Japanese Deny Bombing in Jehol as Armistice Talks Suggested
The Japanese legation denied unofficial reports of plane bombings of Chinese troops in Jehol. Marshall Chang Hsiao-Liang reportedly signaled openness to armistice talks near Shanbaikwan. Japan aims for terms affecting North China with renewed Boxer protocol restrictions.
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Shankhai
China
Legation
Jehol
Marshall Chang Hsiao-Liang
North China
Shanbaikwan
Foreign Office
Japan
Great Britain
France
Italy
Germany
Cunliffe Installed as Kiwanian President for 1933
Roy T. Cunliffe was installed as Kiwanis Club president for 1933 at the last weekly meeting. Retiring president A. B. Clow reviewed a difficult 1932, noting continued club activity and community service despite tight funds. The club, with modest funds, relied on member contributions to fund projects such as medical care for children, clothing drives, scholarships, Christmas Cheer, and hospital support, with Apple Day and Ice Carnival raising 362.36, leaving the rest from members’ gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy T. Cunliffe
Cunliffe
A. B. Clow
Clow
Pich
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanians Announce 1933 Officers and Year Ahead
The club declares an old figure return and outlines a year of useful accomplishment. Officers for 1933 include President R T Cunliffe Vice President W S Ashley Immediate Past President A B Crow Treasurer D Sanders Secretary W I Bannan Directors H S Joslin W J Dennis C M H Roche Thomas Murray R C Black Dr O Boye and C W Niblock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. T. Cunliffe
W. S. Ashley
A. B. Crow
D. Sanders
W.I. Bannan
H. S. Joslin
W. J. Dennis
C. M. H. Roche
Thomas Murray
R. C. Black
Dr. O. Boye
C. W. Niblock
CP R derailment near Hawkesbury injures dozen
A Canadian Pacific Railway passenger train bound for Montreal rolled down a 15 foot embankment near Hawkesbury Ontario after striking a broken rail. Twelve people including a mother and six children were treated at Hawkesbury hospital for minor injuries.
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Hawkesbury
Ont
Canadian Pacific Railway
Hawkesbury Hospital
Montreal
Riots in Lerida Averts Spain Violence Kills 17
A syndicalist outbreak in Lerida Spain left at least 17 dead and 35 wounded as authorities called out armed forces to quell riots. Police accuse monarchists and communists of organizing bombings and weapon seizures amid arrests of many alleged extremists. One woman died during the disturbances.
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Barcelona
Spain
Lerida
Calgary by-election field narrowed to six candidates
Calgary nominations close for January 19 provincial by election to fill the Alberta Legislature seat vacated by Dr. C. W. McGill who joined Ottawa’s Indian Affairs. Six candidates enter the race: Norman Hindsley Peoples party D Ralph Crichton Independent R H Parkyn Independent Labor Amelia Turner Canadian Labor Party and CCF John O Sullivan Farmers and Workers United Front A C Mackay Independent.
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Calgary
Alberta
C. W. McGill
Department of Indian Affairs
Ottawa
Frey
Norman Hindsley
Peoples’ Party
D. Ralph Crichton
R. H. Parkyn
Independent
Amelia Turner
Canadian Labor Party
C.C.F
John O'Sullivan
Farmers' and Workers’ United Front
A. C. Mackay
Washington floods disrupt travel and maroon families
Rampaging rivers from heavy rains and melting snow flooded Washington lowlands. Families were marooned, a railroad bridge washed out, highways inundated, and train and stage schedules disrupted. No deaths were reported.
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Seattle
Washington
Long Arm of the Law Reaches Alta. Murderers In Tennessee
William McLean and Kenneth McLean, sought by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for the Sept. 30 slaying of Alberta farmer Walter J. Parsille, have fled a Knoxville county jail escape. Police trace the pair from Saskatchewan to Tennessee, with locals uncertain of real names.
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Knoxville
Tenn
William McLean
Saskatchewan
Tennessee
Indmonton
Royal Canadian Mounted
Kenneth McLean
William
Walter J. Parsille
Mannville
Alta
McLeans
Joseph Stewart
Stewart
Parsille
Shea
Christmas tree event at St Ambrose Parish Hall draws large crowd
Notes From Redcliff report a large attendance at the St Ambrose Christmas tree in the Parish Hall on a Thursday evening. An impromptu program delighted attendees while kids filled seats. Hockey chatter grows as rink enlargement promises games. seniors project next clashes with the Southerners and Town teams amid improving play.
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St. Ambrose
Well Known Canucks Married In US
Detroit report says Tulford Party from Toronto and 21 year old son of Senator C Hardy Brockville Ont and Betty Hill 16 of Toronto crossed the U S to marry but marriage failed in Detroit and Toledo due to waiting periods. They wed at Crown Point Ind at 4 am Saturday and were arrested on return with police awaiting parental word.
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Detroit
Tulford
Toronto
C. Hardy
Brockville
Ont
Betty Hill
Toledo
Ohio
Crown Point
Ind
Representative Samuel Kenedal Dies by Suicide in D C
Rep Samuel Austin Kenedal age 73 GOP from the 24th Pennsylvania district died by suicide in his House office after leaving a note citing grief over his wife. A bullet hole was found in his head.
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Washington
Samuel Austin Kenedal
Pennsylvania
House of Representatives
Coolidge Funeral Held in Plymouth Vermont
In Plymouth Vermont the town honors former President Calvin Coolidge with a simple memorial at the Union Church. Friends and neighbors gathered as his body was laid to rest in the Vermont hills across from the Coolidge homestead.
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Plymouth
White Union Church
Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
Vermont
Radical party wins two senatorial by elections in Paris
Paris reports Former Premier Herriot's radical party secured one seat and held another in two senatorial by elections. The results consolidate party strength in the capital as voters chose delegates to regional and national chambers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Herriot
Radical Party
De Valera Supporters Break Up Opposition Rally
Dublin reports a mass rally disturbance as De Valera supporters clashed with opponents at an election meeting. In the melee 30 people were injured including a woman and child. revolvers fired, rocks and eggs flew, and speakers were protected by police and Army Comrades. Crowds ranged from 15 000 to 25 000 as the Free State campaign intensifies.
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de Valera
Dublin
Cummana
Collins O’driscoll
Michael Collins
Dai
Army Comrades Association
Richard Mulcahy
Polic
Army
Prohibition Repeal Amendment Advances in Senate
The Senate judiciary committee gave a favorable report to the Blaine repeal resolution to end the 18th amendment. The measure would limit ratification to seven years and allow Congress to bar saloon returns while protecting dry states from liquor shipments. The panel kept a provision to submit to state legislatures.
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Washington
United States Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Congress
Trouble in Slama area sparks deadly sectarian riot in Bombay
A bound cricket ball struck a Pathan pedestrian in Bombay on January 9 triggering rioting in Slama. Two Muslims and one Hindu were killed and 26 injured as violence spread after Hindu watchmen confronted the Pathan who had threatened the children with the bat.
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Bombay
India
Pathan
Seriou
Slama
Mastman Mayor Alber Breaulet Killed by Train
Alber Breaulet, mayor of Mastman, Quebec, was killed by a train. The fragment notes offer dates and track references from Ogilvie Grain Dept records.
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Ogilvie Grain Dept
Alber Breaulet
Mastman
Que
Snowslide Delays CPR Main Line Trains
A heavy snowslide in the mountains delays CPR main line service. Train No 2 due this morning is annulled. The first westbound train today will be No 4 due to arrive at 10 40 PM.
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BR Wwe Oe OH
C.P.R
Five Year Plan in Russia reshapes life and faith
The Five Year Plan ends December with Russia showing vast industrial gains yet facing food shortages and policy flaws. Family structures shift under easy divorce laws, children separation, and religion becomes restricted though some worship persists. Marx and Lenin veneration grows as people seek a promised future.
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Russia
Karl Marx
Lenin
Dorchester Penitentiary Riot in Maritime Province
Dorchester penitentiary in New Brunswick saw a five and a half hour riot by 300 inmates against 40 guards. Five prisoners were wounded by gunfire, two guards injured by thrown objects, and the riot ended around 9 30 p.m. The warden will report to Ottawa on the incident.
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Dorchester
N.B
Dorchester Penitentiary
Maritime Provinces
Bowes
Fields
Ottawa
Lloyd George Ill in England Delays Liverpool Speech
War time prime minister Lloyd George lies in bed with fever at Birkenhead delaying a scheduled speech in Liverpool. He marks his 70th birthday January 17 with a mass meeting of his constituents at Carnarvon, a speech he would have delivered after long service in the House of Commons.
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Birkenhead
Eng
Lloyd George
Liverpool
Carnarvon
House of Commons
Communists Plan Nationwide Jan 17 Hunger Demonstration
Victoria reports a Canada wide agitation by Communist groups with demands for non contributory unemployment insurance. Hunger marches are planned in Ottawa and provincial capitals timed for January 17, per received advices.
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Victoria
Ottawa
Canada
B. C
Wild Sunflower Converts to Sugar Source in Iowa
Ames Iowa January 9 Corn belt farmers once saw the Jerusalem artichoke as a weed now it is a sugar producer at Iowa State College roots bear tubers storing levulose a sweet sugar A semi commercial process makes levulose sold for a fraction of last year Admiral Bertram Thesiger retires after a 45 year British navy career.
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Ames
Iowa
Towa State College
Bertram Thesiger
Federation of Labor Convenes in Calgary Sessions Highlight Pension and Wages
Calgary January 9 The Alberta Federation of Labor opens its 21st annual convention with about nineteen resolutions from United Mine Workers locals on the Workmen’s Compensation Act and relief workers and pay. Calgary Trades and Labor Council pushes hours of labor and Old Age Pensions Act while talks on affiliation with the Co operative Commonwealth Federation loom. Fire Fighters Union seeks Vehicles and Highway Traffic Act amendments. Edmonton delegates protest mothers’ allowance cuts and university grants. The sessions begin at the Labor Temple with Fr. presiding officers and a large turnout anticipated.
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Calgary
United Mine “Workers of America
Alberta Federation of Labor
E. F E. Roper
Calgary Trades and Labor Council
Ald
F. J. White
M.L.A
Federation
Labor Parliament
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Fire Fighters’ Union
Edmonton
Fr. With
Sendsance
R. Livett
J. E. Worsley
A. Farmilo
F, Smeed
Lethbridge
Ontario Shooting Affair in Kirkland Lake
At noon in downtown Kirkland Lake Ontario William Antonovich is accused of killing one woman and wounding three others with bullets. A posse formed as residents hunted him and the suspect was reportedly captured nearby.
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Kirkland Lake
William Antonovich
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A. E. Ward
Dominion Glass Co
Cummana NA Ngaedheai
Cosgrave Party
Irish Free State
Dail Eireann
England
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Frank Aiken
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Clare
James Geoghegan
Athlone
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