Vern Booker Sentenced To Hang In Alberta Murder Case
Vernon Booker, 21, was found guilty of murdering his mother, brother, and two hired men at Mannville Alberta on July 9. A jury deliberated over five hours before returning the guilty verdict. Justice Walsh then sentenced him to be hanged at Fort Saskatchewan jail on April 24. Booker protested his innocence as the sentence was pronounced.
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Edmonton
Mannville
Alberta
Vernon Booker
Fort Saskatchewan
Justice Walsh
Booker
Jude
Crown
Edward B. Cogswell
K.C
N. D. Maclean
Government to take over university hospital
Edmonton January 24. The university hospital finances will be voted by the legislature and brought under government control. A special act will set up a mixed board half university and half government with existing contracts honored. The move aims to broaden clinical teaching and expand health services at the hospital.
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Edmonton
aJn
University Hospital
Brownlee
Cypress Club Annual Meeting Scheduled for January 26 1929
The Cypress Club will hold its annual general meeting at 9 30 PM on Saturday January 26 1929 in the club rooms. Officers will be elected and further business may be transacted as needed.
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Cypress Club
Canada Expects Forty Percent Intermediate Waves Share
Ottawa reports Canada's claim to forty percent of the intermediate radio waves has been successfully maintained at the international conference. A final allotment to the United States and Canada is expected to be announced, with Newfoundland Cuba and Mexico sharing certain channels. The plan foresees about 60 percent for the United States and 689 total channels with roughly 250 available after amateur and dot dash allocations.
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Ottawa
1Canada
Canada
United States
Newfoundland
Cuba
Mexico
Dot
Dash
Pistol Duel Averted Between Hungarian Women
In Budapest on January 25 two women Madame Kovach and Mlle. Targo faced a duel over a husband’s affections. Police intervened before they could clash in a quiet park. Weather: fair with snow flurries, temperature 12 to 22.
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Budapest
Hungary
Madame Kovach
Mlle. Targo
Mme. Kovach
Bomb Dropped from Plane Kills 14 Troopers in Jamrud
Bombay reports that a British air force bombing run near Jamrad killed 14 Indian officers and troopers. Two wounded troopers had legs amputated and likely died. 16 horses were killed. The two airmen in charge were detained after mistaking locals for a target.
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Bombay
Janu
Bombey Evening News Today
Peshewar
Jamrad
Fragmented verse about kin and choice in dark tones
A fragmentary poem describes brothers and sisters in a tense moment. It ponders who guides the heart and who can try its chords and springs, suggesting fate and awareness of a potential wrong move.
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Ile
Canadian Legion reports year 1928 a record year
President McQueen reports 1928 as the legion’s most successful year with rising membership and heavy secretarial work. Officers re-elected include P. McQueen, H. B. Whiffin, 4'. McCartney, Md. Keal, and others. A tribute to late E. F. Nicholson was paid, and an impromptu concert occurred during ballot counts. Continued on page Fival.
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McQueen
Canadian Legion
P. McQueen
H. B. Whiffin
McCartney
MD. Keal
R. B. Pratt
H. A. Staines
D. Gillespie
M. S. Huston
J. Stout
E. F. Nicholson
J. Potter
Wally Kemp
Norman White
H. Thompson
Legion
Passengers Buried in Romanian Snow Are Safe
The Bucharest Telegram reports all passengers on a train buried by snow between Turiu Magurele and Litza in Southern Rotumania escaped to a nearby village. The incident followed a gasoline war in California reducing price from 18 to 14 cents a gallon.
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Bucharest
Roumania
Turiu-Magurele
Litza
Rotumania
California
Essex Tragedy: Four Children Slain in Romford Shed
Four children aged two and a half to six and a half were found with their throats cut in a Romford shed. The victims were cousins of Sidney Fercy Gray, a former Metropolitan Police officer, now missing after being seen with the children earlier that day. Gray, once commended for bravery, suffered head injuries from a fire engine incident and spent time in hospital and a mental home before pension.
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Romford
Isex
C. P. Cable
Sidney Fercy Gray
Metropolitan Police of London
Gray
Educative Address on the Social Life of Insects by Strickland
Professor Strickland spoke at the Chamber of Commerce dinner on the Assiniboia Hotel detailing ant colonies as perfected cooperative systems. He contrasted human social progress with ant society and described colony origin, longevity of queens, and long observation periods, illustrated by lantern slides.
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Prof
Strickland
Chamber of Commerce
Assiniboia
C. Pratt
F. 8. Carraf
Inspector .Carr
Afghan chaos grows as Kabul position remains unclear
In Peshawar and London reports, Afghanistan's capital is described as chaotic with Kabul inaccessible and the foreign office reopened. Snow blocks the Kandahar road while Shinwari and other tribes threaten Habibullah Khan's hold amid general unrest and rumors of a march by Afghan provincial chiefs to restore Amanullah.
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Peshawax
India
Afghanistan
Kabul
Foreign Office
Kandahar
Habibullah Khan
Pathans
Shinwari
London
Daily Express Today
Souriya
Bombay
Amanujan
the Express
Afghan Legation
Amanullah
Brandon livestock man chosen as Manitoba lieutenant governor
J D McGregor of Brandon Manitoba a prominent cattle man accepts the lieutenant governor post in Manitoba succeeding T A Burrows. Ottawa reports say the appointment could be made within days with McGregor considering the offer after a 48 hour review.
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Winnipeg
Man
J. D McGregor
Brandon
Manitoba
West
Canada
T. A. Burrows
McGregor
Ottawa
Manitoba Free Press
J. D. McGregor
Robert Forke
George Schnabel Still At Large Linked To Wife's Death
Montreal on January 25. Detectives say the body found near the Niagara Falls gorge is not George Schnabel, the man sought in connection with his wife’s death. Det Sgt McCoy of the Montreal police inspected the scene and concluded the unlawfully imprisoned man’s navy did not match Schnabel.
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Montreal
Niagara River
George Schnabel
McCoy
Wheat inspections in Winnipeg show drop from last year
Winnipeg on January 25 reports inspections of wheat totaling 300 cars versus 1000 last year. Contract grades amount to 200 cars.
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Winnipeg
Freezing Arctic Blasts Grip Nation From Rockies To Gulf
Extreme cold from the Arctic blasts chilled the Rocky Mountains and western plains, spreading to the Gulf coast as near zero readings rattled New Mexico Oklahoma and Western Texas. Snow sleet and heavy rain hampered transport and communications with a stalled bus passenger dying near Evanston Wyoming in the day’s severe weather.
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Kansas City
Rocky Mountains
Middle Western
South Western
Gulf of Mexico
Rocky Mountain
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Evanston
Wyo
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