Canadian Club Explores Baltic Situation and Baltic Nations
At the Cosmopolitan hotel, the Canadian Club heard Hugh Sholto Watt discuss the Silent War in the Baltic. He outlined the Baltic trio Lithuania Latvia and Estonia and their struggle against Russian pressure and German cultural influence.
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Finland
Russia
Hugh Sholtowatt
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
Cosmopolitan Hotel
Baltic
Hugh Sholto Watt
Europe
Ottawa
Annie Currie
Fort William
L. Monkley
Canada
J. H. Whitehouse
H. C. Dixon
G. G. Elder
J. Currie
Cousins
Chuir
Latvian
Mr. Watt
Fishermen Thriving as Lake Newell Boom Continues
About ninety fishermen now work Lake Newell in the Ti-mile region, up from thirty in 1937, setting nets three days weekly to supply a big Friday market. They regulate trips to Tuesdays through Thursdays, with ice fishing on whitefish using long gull nets and finger traps. Despite plenty of fish, surface sparsity and ice cracking slow catches, yet the harvest targets 6 060 pounds under government quotas.
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Lake Newell
Ti-mile Long
Still Cold With An Icy Wind Blowing
The article describes persistent cold with a northwest wind shifting to the north and northwest, peaking at 20 mph between 8:30 and 9:30 am. By 7 pm winds eased to 40 mph from the north. Temperatures ranged from minus 14 at 6:30 am to 8 below by late morning, then 10 below at 1 pm. Reports from Lethbridge and Swift Current note strong winds and subzero readings.
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Lethbridge
Our Broadcasts May Be Drowned By New Agreement
Delegates at the Canadian Association of Broadcasters convention fear private Canadian radio stations will be drowned out by stronger American ones due to a treaty signed in Maine and ratified by Mexico. The group will seek permission from the Transport Minister and the joint technical committee of the Canadian Confederation to allow maximum power use on their channels.
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Montreal
Canadian Association of Broadcasters
Maine
Mexico
Transport
Canadian Erosedvastine Corporation
Conciliation Board Named for Glace Bay Mine Trouble
Ottawa Jan 23 The Labor Department will appoint a conciliation board to negotiate disputes between District 26 United Mine Workers and Dominion Coal Company at Glace Bay N S over wages and hours after attempts to renew an expired union contract.
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Ottawa
C.E
Labor Department
United Mine Workers
Dominion Coal Company
Glace Bay
N.S
Canada and Germany May Exchange War Prisoners
Ottawa reports repatriation talks amid war, with about 25 Canadians in Germany and roughly 400 Germans interned in Canada. Exchanges would likely involve neutral mediation or Red Cross channels and could be category based rather than direct one to one.
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Canada
Germany
Ottawa
Department of External
Red Cross Society
United States
Plomatic
Two IRA Men Scheduled for Hangs in Coventry Bomb Case
London January 23. The court of appeal rejects appeals of James Richards 29 and Peter Barnes 32 both of Coventry. They were condemned to death for taking part in an August Coventry explosion that killed five people and for the murder of Als? Ansel a Coventry shopwoman clerk.
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London
Court of Appeal
Coventry
James Richards
Peter Barnes
Alsi Ansel
Alberta regiment seeks more NCO recruits for second class
Lieut. Col. G. G. Elder grants expanded intake for a second NCO school in the 1st Alberta Regiment. The current class has forty. nights are Wednesdays and Fridays. Recruits joining now receive special coaching to catch up with the group and better prepare for military duties. Enrolment available on Wednesday or Friday nights.
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G. G. Elder
1St Alberta Regiment
N.c.o.’S
Ottawa approves $100000 credit to Finland for food
Dominion government announces a $100000 credit to assist Finland in buying foodstuffs in Canada. An additional $160690 credit was authorized by an order in council last week but public disclosure followed tonight. Consul-general Jalannen in Montreal will coordinate with Agriculture and External Affairs to determine optimal aid delivery.
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Ottawa
Dominion Gvernment
Finland
Canada
Mackenzie King
Departments of Agriculture and External Affairs
Ottawa weighs wheat export control amid Russia talks
Ottawa reports the federal government is expected to announce some form of control on wheat exports after a cabinet council discussed the issue. A spokesman hinted a statement may be issued, with Russia's possible purchase of about 1,000,000 bushels cited as a factor. Officials stressed keeping Canadian wheat from aiding enemies while wartime holds remain.
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Ottawa
C.P
Privy Council
Winnipeg
Russia
Lrief Cabinet
Germany
Canada
U F A Seeks Ottawa Debt Adjustment Action
Former Alberta premier J E Brownlee will present U F A debt adjustment resolutions to Ottawa. Brownlee, the U F A solicitor, left Edmonton to convey the party's submissions made at its annual convention.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Dominion
J. E. Brownlee
United Farmers of Alberta
Brownlee
U.F.A
Ottawa
Red Cross Seeks Daily Blood Donors for Front Care
The Canadian Red Cross Society plans a blood drive in Toronto with 1 200 volunteers aged 21 to 60 donating a cup every eight weeks for Western Front surgical treatment. Blood processed by a new serum method will be shipped to the front to treat shock and other conditions. Volunteers will test and classify at Connaught laboratories in squads of 50 on Monday and Tuesday mornings. A similar British bank already collects 100 000 pints monthly.
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Toronto
Canadian Red Crass Society
University of Perentea
Connaught Laboratories
Great Britain
School Board appoints delegates to Alberta trustees convention
At the School Board meeting trustees C. W. Niblock W. A Church W. W. Oliver and Dr H. C. Dixon were named as delegates to attend the Alberta Trustees Association convention in Calgary January 24 26 A Rotary Club grant of 440 for milk fruit was received with thanks.
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C. W. Niblock
W. A Church
W. W. Oliver
H. C. Dixon
Alberta Trustees Association
Calgary
Rotary Club
Vatican Horror in Polish Atrocities Broadcast by Radio
Vatican radio in English reports Polish suffering under German rule with 70 percent facing starvation and Polish food reserves diverted to German stores. The speaker, an English Jesuit back from Poland, condemns suppression of religious worship as a mortal iniquity.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Poland
Paderewski Again Takes Lead in Polish Exile Council
Paderewski, world famed pianist, assumed the presidency of Poland's national council in exile in Paris. He pledged to deliver Poland from captivity and raise her from ruins. He returns to politics for the first time since resigning as premier in 1919 after leading Poland's fight for independence.
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Paris
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Poland
National Council
Paderewski
Germans Halted In Vosges Raid
Paris reports a strong German raid in the Vosges sector was repulsed while British warships attacked two German submarines. no confirmation of sinking given by the Admiralty.
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Helsingfors
Nurmes
Paris
Vosges
Western Front
Lake Ladoga
Karelian Isthmus
Tokyo
Hachiro Arita
Asama Maru
Japan
London
Admiralty
Pluto
England
C O C Meeting Plans Lunch and Talks at Assiniboia
The monthly Chamber of Commerce gathering will be at the Assiniboia hotel next Thursday at 12 15 p m. Adam Ziegler and T Fawcett will speak with Ziegler outlining a farmers short course and urging chamber support for bringing it here. Jaweelt will discuss the potato disease topic.
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Chamber of Commerce
Assiniboia
Adam Ziegler
T. Fawcett
Ziegler
Extension Department
University of Alberta Ath
Chamber
British Forces Hold La Bassee and News From Front
25 Years Ago by The Canadian Press reports that British forces occupied La Bassee southwest of Lille. There is bitter fighting at Nieport Belgium where Allied artillery halted a threatened German push. A heavy snowstorm in the Carpathian mountains delayed operations on the Eastern Front.
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la Bassee
Lille
Nieuport
Belgium
Carpathian Mountains
Rumania Denies Oil to Germany Under State Control
In Bucharest on January 20, Britain and France warned Romania that any insistence on forcing British and French oil firms to supply Germany could cause complications. Romania issued a decree creating a national petroleum commission with power to control production refining and export of all oil and to seize noncompliant companies. Some foreign circles view the decree as a response to German pressure to secure more Romanian oil.
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Winston Churchill
Nazi Germany
Churchill
Europe
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Helland
Switzerland
Norway
Bucharest
Britain
Rumania
Germany
National Petroleum Commission
Yukon Drowning Claims Stewart Man on Ice
Alfred Burian of Stewart Yukon Territory was drowned when a tractor train hauling wood broke through ice on the Stewart River about 30 miles from Mayo. Police at Dawson reported the accident received yesterday.
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Dawson, Y.T
C.P
Alfred Burian
Stewart, Y.T
Stewart River
Mayo, Y.T
Dawson
Miner dies from injuries at McGillivray mine
Joe Urbaska age 46 died from fatal injuries sustained while working at the McGillivray mine in Coleman Alberta yesterday. He died en route to hospital and details of the accident were not immediately available.
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Alberta
Coleman
Alta
C.P
Joe Urbaska
McGillivray
Hertzog Urges Peace as War Debate Opens in Parliament
General J B M Hertzog told South Africa's parliament that the time has come to end the war with Germany and restore peace. Prime Minister Smuts dismissed the plea as a Mein Kampf distortion, noting the war costs South Africa about $150 daily as debate opens on the motion.
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Smuts
Hertzog
South Africa
Orazio Fire Start Point Blamed In Steamship Disaster
Surviving crew members of the Italian liner Orazio say a spark from a motor ignited lubricating oil which set off a fuel oil explosion, destroying the ship and killing more than 600 aboard as Genoa reports.
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Genoa
Italy
Orazio
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Reich
Watl
Watt
Conciliation Board
King George
I.R.A
A. J. Jalkanen
RED Cross
C. O. C. Meeting
Yukon
Medicine Hat
City Hall
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