Liberal organizer foresees Alberta provincial election this year
Edmonton report quotes Edward C. Fisher, Liberal provincial organizer, predicting a mid February redistribution bill and a provincial election before seeding time. He says the government delays in settling a new provincial basis may prompt voters to return to the Liberals.
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Fisher
Alberta
Edward C. Fisher
Liberal Party
Calgary
Thac
U.F.A
Provincia
Nll
de Ougely
Sion
Sachem Narrowly Avoids Rocks At St Johns Harbor
The crippled Burtess liner Sachem, after fifteen days at sea and six days without a rudder, reached St Johns harbor mouth with escort vessel Winchester Hero. A steering line parted in the Narrows causing the Hiner to swing broadside toward rocks before tugs guided her to the dock. Sachem departed Liverpool December 23 bound for Halifax via St Johns.
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St. Juhn, Nild
Janu
Westcoll
Sachem
Disay
Arev
Liverpool
Narrows
St. Johns Harbor
Walifax
St. Johns
Poole Named President of United Farmers of Manitoba
J. M. Poole of Kellwood was elected president of the United Farmers of Manitoba in Brandon Manitoba defeating Ben Richardson of Beaver. Poole had been vice president a year earlier and moved to the top as C K E Burnell led the provincial wheat pool. J B Walkem KC of Kingston completes 56 years in law practice.
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Brandon, Man
J. M. Poole
Kellwood
United Farmers of Manitoba
Ben Richardson
Beaver
Mr. Pogle
C. K E. Burnell
Wheat Pool
J. B. Walkem
K.C
Kingston
Blockade Warns Southern Med Jaz Ports In Effect
Cairo Egypt January dispatch reports the Foreign Ministry of Hedjaz notifying its consul at Jeddah that ports in Southern Medjaz are under blockade. Ships entering these ports may be unable to sail and are restricted by the blockade order.
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Cairo
Egypt
Jan. S
Foreign Ministry of
Kingdom of Hedjaz
Jedda
Ty Arabia
Ted
Sen
Medjaz
Selzne
Earth Opened in Bridgewater After Tremors
A fissure two inches wide and forty feet long opened in Bridgewater Massachusetts after tremors that affected eastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire yesterday.
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Bridgewater
Mass
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Bank Clearings This Week and Last
Bank clearings report this week amounting to 839526 dollars. Last week clearings were 248828 dollars. Year ago this week clearings stood at 442129 dollars.
Mussolini Moves Toward General Election In Italy
Rome January 8 Mussolini premier now solidly fascist prepares to reopen the Chamber of Deputies for an electoral bill. Opposing Aventine deputies face a decision on reentry or continued abstention as opposition groups meet to map their campaign.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Pascisti
Mussolini
Chamber of Deputies
Aventine
Chancellor Marx to Form Emergency Cabinet in Germany
Chancellor Marx to assemble an emergency cabinet before sundown after President Ebert authorized a temporary ministry to fill vacancies with under secretaries from the ministries. The move aims to stabilize foreign relations amid ongoing difficulties and the need for a working government.
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Marz
Ebert
Germany
Weather charts hint at colder snap and flurries
The barometer rises ahead of a cold high pressure moving in from the north. Northeast and north winds fall today with local snow flurries and a much colder high Friday. Saskatchewan and Manitoba regions show cloudy to clear skies with plummeting temperatures.
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Edmonton
Lethbridge
Medicine
Moose Jaw
Regina
Woo
Saskatoon
Winnivee
Mrs Snowden Tours Canada by Car of the Mine Engine
Mrs Philip Snowden wife of the Chancellor of the Exchequer rode twenty two miles in a CP rail engine carriage from the Fredericton junction to Wellsford St John N B during her Canadian lecture tour. She praised the engine crews skilled work and said the ride was the thrill of her life. She left for Moncton later that day to lecture and expressed keen interest in Canadian life and people.
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St. John
England
Snowden
Moncton
Canada
Mrs Florence P Kahn Seeks House Seat After Husband
Mrs Florence P Kahn widow of Congressman Julius Kan of California files to succeed her husband in the house of representatives. She becomes a candidate despite the unusual bid and faces a field of rivals in the upcoming election.
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Florence P. Kahn
Julius Kan
Caliifornia
Woman Forced to Surrender Coat in Seaside Robberies
Montraal January 8. Three men jumped from a car and threatened Mr and Mrs Prienx with revolvers on Dey Encres street forcing Mrs Prienx to remove her seal coat and flee. The same gang is linked to three prior robberies yesterday.
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Montraal
Prienx
Early Morning Blaze Destroys Edmonton Syndicate Block
A four alarm fire gutted the Syndicate Block at 95th Street and 108th Ave in Edmonton. Freida's chocolate factory and Woodland Dairy stock rooms were ruined with losses over 25 000 dollars. the brick building may cost around 35 000 to replace. Nine teen families fled with minimal clothing. Walter Rimer of Bryson, Quebec, aged 81, celebrated his and Mary Lavinia Purvis’s 58th wedding anniversary in Gananoque on New Year’s Day.
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Edmonton
Syndicate
95Th Street
108Th Ave
Freida’s
Woodland Dairy, Limited
Walter Rimer
Bryson, Que
Terry Mary Lavinia Purvis
Gananoque
Canada Not Pursuing Dominion Separation Says Post
The Morning Post reports Imperial relations discussion in Canada, noting no drift toward severing ties with Britain. It stresses Canada as a strong independent nation, linked with the Empire only through association, and mentions unease in Britain over Ottawa’s policy tenor.
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London
Press Calle
Canada
Morning Post
the Post
Ion
Swan River Girl Shot by Friend During Accident
In Swan River January 8 a revolver discharge in Leslie Wilson's hands fatally wounded his companion Miss Dorothy Montgomery. Wilson, age 17, had been showing the weapon to Montgomery for a sleigh ride. He was arrested and later released into his father's custody.
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Man
Leslie Wilson
Dorothy
Wilson
John
Montgomery
Widow contests Gompers will in DC court
Mrs Gertrude Gompers files contest in District of Columbia court alleging undue influence by Samuel J Gompers and others. The will grants the widow only the legally required minimum share.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
Colimbia Court
Gertrude Gompers
Samuel J. Gompers
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