Conditions Improve in British Columbia Amid Breaks in Dikes
Edmonton dispatch reports a missing airman Pilot Marlow W. Kennedy of Mackenzie Air Services after a mercy flight from Edmonton to Mayerthorpe. BC floods and snow slides cause widespread damage. Sumas area relief workers rebuild bridges and power lines as towns fill with refugees and residents evacuate.
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Edmonton
C. P
Marlow W. Kennedy
Mackenzie Air Services
Mayerthorpe
Kennedy
Sumas
Glacier
B.C
C.P
Rocky Mountains
Canadian Pacific Railway
Calgary
North Bend
Vancouver
W. M. Neal
Western Lines
Albert Canyon
British Columbia
Abbotsford
Here
Dion
Frank M. MacPherson
Vedder
Fraser Valley
Pitt Meadows
Milgard
Sino-Japanese Co Operation Aims at Peaceful China Drive
Geneva reports Japanese circles say Japan and China plan a wide cooperation pact. Core aims include a united fight against Communism in China and economic development to expand Chinese demand for Western and Japanese goods, benefiting Western powers as well.
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China
Geneva
C.P
Japan
Attempt on life of the former Kaiser sparks rumors
A Daily Mail dispatch from Doorn reports a claim that a chef in Kaiser Wilhelm II's household attempted to kill him. The chef was sent to Germany after 15 years of service. officials cite illness from trench service. Rumors tied to Wilhelm’s 76th birthday and Princess Hermine allegedly favored capital punishment for the man.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Doorn
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
Mail
Wilhelm
Hermine
Edward G Barrett Dies At 70 In Winnipeg
Edward G Barrett 70 former office boy rose to president of Vulcan Iron Works Ltd in Winnipeg dies. Born in Hamilton he moved to Winnipeg in 1883 and joined Vulcan Iron Works as office boy later becoming company president in 1918.
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Winnipeg
Van
C.P
Edward G. Barrett
Vulcan Iron Works, Ltd
Hamilton
Barrett
Vulcan Tron Works
Axe Slaying Mystery Near Nordegg Deepens
In Nordegg Alberta RCMP pursue a case into the death of 50 year old Stanley Pawlichi found slain Friday night from behind with an axe. Inquest adjourned to February 1 as investigators hold key information. His body was discovered Saturday at 7 30 am lying face down in the snow with items he bought nearby.
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Vuppus
Abbotsford
Fred Noble
Matsaui
Noble
Nooksak
Washington State
Emil Hautala
Glenogle
Golden
Clayburn Company
Kilgard
Sumas Mountain
Tom Hough
Nordegg
Alta
R.C.M.P
Stanley Pawlichi
Chinese Fear Start of New Offensive in Chahar
Peiping reports fear of a new Japanese offensive in Chahar as Kalgan dispatches claim reinforcements arrive at the Jehol Chahar border. The week’s fighting has left an estimated 200 dead, with Chinese Governor Sung Chen-Yuan cited.
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Chahar
Peiping
China
Associated Press
Kalgan
Jehol-Chahar
Sung Chen-Yuan
Jehol
Great Wall
Manchoukuo
Outer Mongolia
Hsinking
Senator Hatfield Dies in Nova Scotia
Senator Pau L Hatfield died in Yarmouth Nova Scotia from malignant neutropenia a rare blood disease after a brief illness of a little over a week The illness worsened after a severe influenza attack and left him unable to recover during his final days
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Yarmouth
N.S
Cc.p
Pau L. Hatfield
Four Suffer Coal Gas Leak Near Guernsey Farm
A faulty stovepipe leaked coal gas into a bedroom at Simon Gingich’s farm near Guernsey Sask causing the three sons and a hired man to collapse in bed. Mrs Gingrich found them and a doctor from Lanigan treated them. The eldest Clement has not fully recovered.
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Guernsey
Sask
C.P
Simon Gingick
Dominion plan aims 50 million fund for Canadian workers
The Dominion government backs an unemployment Insurance bill creating a 50 million dollar annual fund to disburse to Canadian workers. Adults in involuntary idleness would receive about six dollars weekly, funded by worker and employer contributions with government administration. Agricultural, fishing, lumber, and professional workers are initially excluded.
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Toronto
C.P
Dominion
Mail and Empire
Ottawa
Mail
House of E
Arrest in hit and run death near Killam
Police report the death of Leonard Doddington 21 of Rochester after being struck on the highway near Killam October 10 1934. C Morgan of Killam was arrested for manslaughter arraigned and bailed at 10 000. In Berlin Axel Holst Nazi leader and champion rider was killed when his horse toppled during the opening of the national riding tournament.
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Killam
Alta
C.P
Leonard Doddington
Rochester
Here
C. Krgan
Hoe
Davison
Camrose
Berlin
Axel Holst
Schutz2- Staffel
Germany
Holst
Russian Debt Settlement Talks Set To Resume In Washington
Ambassador Troyanovsky returns from Moscow to reopen talks with Secretary Hull on settling Soviet debts and creating credit channels for trade. The outcome hinges on Moscow’s reply to U S proposals, with American claims totaling about 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 and possible trade ties.
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Washington
Dan
A.P
Troyanovsky
Cordell Hull
State Department
Troyanevsnky
Moscow
United States
Hull
Western Mayors Back Federal Pick Up Unemployment Relief
Calgary mayor leads Western conference as mayors from British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba urge Dominion government to assume unemployment relief costs. Delegates cite high relief rates in Medicine Hat and Ottawa talks on reducing municipal debt and tax burdens while safeguarding city credits.
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Calgary
C.P
British Columbia
Alberta
Andrew Davison
Davison
Canada
Ontario Mayors Association
Ontario Association
Cornelius Rink
Regina
Federal House
Medicine Hat
J. Bullivant
Dominion
Ite
Capitalism Not Doomed But Social Concept Must Be Aligned
Prime Minister R B Bennett told the Montreal Board of Trade that a new social concept is needed to apply social ideals to economic problems. He argued the system can be saved with reforms not the abandonment of capitalism, warning against unrestrained profit motive and noting global trade shifts and inequality.
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Bennett
Montreal Board OF Trade
Montreal
C.P
R. B. Bennett
Mr. Bennett
Canada
Hauptmann Shakes off Cross Examination In Lindbergh Case
Jan 28 Feld of Flemington reports Bruno Richard Hauptmann faced a sharp cross examination. He denied drawing a window and ladder in his notebook and admitted facts that may clear Isadore Fisch of some claims. He denied knowing Fisch before the kidnapping and murder of Charles A Lindbergh Jr. He protested vehemently at the relentless questioning.
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Flemington
C.P
Bruno Richard Hauptman
Isadore Fisch
Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Fisch
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
John F
Jassie) Condon
David T. Wilentz
Woodsworth Raps Old Parties as Canada Faces Capitalism Fight
Verdun Que January 27 J S Woodsworth leader of the Co operative Commonwealth Federation says the choice before Canadians is between Capitalism and Socialism not a tinkered system. He attacks Premier Bennett and Liberal leader King arguing reform parties have blurred lines while noting he could support good features of Bennett's proposed unemployment and health measures but opposes contributory schemes.
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Verdun
Que
Canada
J. S. Woodsworth
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
R. B. Bennett
Woodsworth
Verdun C.C.F
Reform Party
Bennett
House of Commons
Swift Current inspector R Wiseman dies at 44
Fair and mild weather note accompanies a brief report that R Wiseman, a telephone agent and inspector at Swift Current, has died at age 44. The item records his occupation and place of death with a concise obituary style.
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R. Wiseman
Swift Current
Woman and Baby Escape From Chinese Communists
Mrs. Claurence Vickert of Toronto and her six months old baby fled a four day, 200 mile journey down the Yangtze to Chunking after their steamer struck a rock and sank. A Chinese cook helped them escape in a small boat amid vast river upheaval. her husband remained in Chengtu.
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Eiven Szechwan Province
China
A.P
Yangtze River
Claurence ‘Vickert
Toronto
Chunsking
Suifuo
Vic
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