Laurier Palace arrestees face manslaughter charges in theatre fire
Montreal authorities arraigned Ameen Lawand owner Camille Bazzy ticket taker and Michael Avie house manager on manslaughter charges in connection with Sundays Laurier Palace theatre fire that killed 78 children. Bail set at 5000 for Lawand 8000 for Bazzy and Avie. coroner later issued warrant for detention.
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Montreal
Ameen Lawand
Laurier Palace Theatre
Camille Bazzy
Michael Avie
Char Ge
Law
Ameen
Lawand
Michael Aric
McMahon
Arie
Bazzy
Mernwen
Montreal boy’s accidental shooting of rabbi shocks town
Coroner’s jury returns verdict of accident in the shooting of Rabbi Sochet by 15 year old Wilfr Lessard in a Montreal butcher shop. Evidence shows prior pranks by the youth and no malice between them. Market activity and egg prices noted in the same report.
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Montreal
Wilfr “Lessard
Voroshiloff Urges Soviet War Readiness Across Population
Moscow reports Clemency Voroshiloff successor to Trotsky calls for aggressive wartime preparation in Soviet Russia. He warns surrounding nations backed by England plan attacks and urges militarization of all, especially workers, with active propaganda campaigns. Registration for 1893–1903 birth cohort underway amid cold, long lines. Political commissars abolished, ending Bolshevik control over officers’ political reliability checks.
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Moscow
Clemency Voroshiloff
Leon
Trotsky
Red Army
Inoviet
Russia
Nikolai Bucharin
Communist Executive
Voroshiloff
England
Europe
Red
Avimy
Ice clogged storm sewer blocks water flow during chinook thaw
Citizens report smoke and rising water as ice plugs form at storm sewer inlets. Nearby snow melt from chinooks refreezes at basin entrance, sealing the outlet. Wood smoke reportedly helps thaw the ice and free the storm sewer entrance.
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Aris
Iankles
Vancouver Harbor Board Faces Contested Appointments
Vancouver, B C rumors swirl over proposed appointments to the harbor commissioners. Critics from the Board of Trade and merchants groups protest potential Liberal beneficiaries while health minister King and cabinet ministers face demands for responsible nominees. Local bodies urge transparent selection amid pressure from organized commerce.
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Vancouver
B.C
Redéra Athor
Will Ben
Board of Trade
D. King
Thee of Health
Columbia
Ministe King
Bnntiuntentiois
Liberals
The
Board
Ukrainian Families Will Be Settled on Faiths to Dominion
Winnipeg report notes a plan to settle Ukrainian families in farms and settlements in Western Galicia near Winnipes. Dr Windmier Kontantynowics visits Canada and meets with Dr W B Black of Canadian National Railways to discuss colonization.
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Winnipeg
Janis
Windmier
Kontantynowics
Warsaw
Canada
W. B
Galicia
Winnipes
Two Infants Die in Puckasaw Fire Tragedy
In Sault Ste Marie Ontario two infant children of Av ant Mes Fred Laflent reportedly burned to death in a fire at Puckasaw. The victims were a 24 month old and a three week old, left alone in a back room. Word of the incident reached here days later.
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Sault Ste Marie
Ont. Jan
Can. Press
Ant Mes
Fred Laflent
Puckasaw
Siege Ends as Howard Konkle Dies in Michigan
Jackson Michigan January report states deputy sheriffs and state police fired over 1000 rounds at Howard Konkle after attempting to arrest him for shooting his wife May 86 and a neighbor. Konkle was found dead with a bullet through the heart. Mrs Konkle and a neighbor were hospitalized.
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Monkle
Vanderlook Lake
Begiegers
Gound Kontkle
Mra. Konkte
Foltoiy
Steel track laid on Pas Bay Rail bridge at Mang Jat
Work completed on the Pas Bay rail trestle over the river, enabling the new track to bring trains up to ten miles per hour. Several crews remain active at divisional points while the Pay and Kettle Rapids area remains largely shut down.
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Mang Jat
Pier Bay
Scot Aa
Iit
Berlin cabinet coalition talks collapse as Centrists withdraw
In Berlin on January 1 1930s style remarks show Dr Julius Curthus failing to form a bourgeois cabinet. The Centrists refused to join the right wing coalition, ending attempts to replace the Marx ministry.
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Berlin
Julius’ Curthus
Commercal
Marz
Marx
Jersey cow sets world butter fat record in ten months
The Jersey cow from British Columbia known as the world's champion yields 1000 pounds of butterfat in ten months, totaling 1025 pounds of fat and 14,955 pounds of milk in the same period, surpassing prior records.
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Vancouver
Henry Whitaker
Oiginal
Foster's
Rome
Armarene
Pretoria
Oxford
Janet. Ies
Jersey
Aigo A
Wheat inspections total 957 cars in Winnipeg
Wheat inspections in Winnipeg on Thursday totalled 957 cars, with 169 of contract grade, compared to 930 the previous year. Grains numbered 98 cars against 172 last year, reflecting activity levels in the grain trade.
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Winnipeg
BEO
Foreign and Chinese Officials Brace for Tensions in Canton
Canton reports British and French naval forces to reinforce Shameen defenses as fears of anti foreign disturbances rise. Chinese workers in a Canton hospital show strike tendencies while Peking announces new surtax mandates from the Washington agreement and tariff autonomy starting 1929.
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Canton
Shameen
Hongkong
Shanghai
Hankow
Werner Win
DML EN
JRO
Peking
Hag
Washington
Fire destroys residence of Dr Grimshaw in Peace River
Fire early this morning completely destroyed the residence of Dr M E Grimshaw in Peace River. Alarm at 4 30 a m allowed little to be saved with only a piano and a few belongings rescued. Loss estimated over 5000 with partial insurance. Dr Grimshaw remembered in Medicine Hat for years. Angus M McIntyre prominent cattleman for West Elgin died at Dutton aged 87.
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Peace River
M EB
Grimshaw
Angus M. McIntyre
Cataon
West Elgin
Dutton
Chaplin Divorce Case Dominates Headlines
In Los Angeles on January 14, Charles Chaplin denied misconduct allegations from his wife in a divorce suit and prepared his defense. The case centers on claims involving five actresses tied to Chaplin and ahead of potential witness disclosures by court or counsel.
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Los Angeles
Chaves Chaplin
Young
Chaplin
Ind
Charles Chaplin
New York
Auto and Train Crash Near Minneapolis
Five people from Minneapolis were injured when their car collided with a train 25 miles south of here. Eid, Anderson, Hazel, Thomas and Annette Johnson were named among the injured in today’s report.
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Minneapolis
Eid
Anderson
Hazel
Thomas
Annette
Johnson
Hare
Featureless Wheat Trading Posts Minor Losses in Winnipeg
Winnipeg traders saw a quiet session with light buying by bulls seeking to cushion declines. May futures slipped to 1.34 1 8, July to 1.327 8, and October to 1.247 8 as prices edged lower and activity remained thin. Exporters and outside interests stayed out of the market. Coarse grains were largely inactive.
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Winnipeg
Woman dies after drinking homemade alcohol in shack
Emma Heins formerly of Calgary was found dead near Toronto after consuming alcohol she and Arthur McCullough brewed. A coroner's inquest ruled death from acute alcoholism. McCullough, charged under the Ontario Temperance Act, testified about Heins' travels from Calgary to Parry Sound and their isolated living conditions.
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Toronto
Emma Henna
Calgary
Arthur McCullough
Parry Sound
Heins
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