Joint U S Britain Action Over Shanghai Crisis
Great Britain and the United States plan joint action to safeguard their rights in the Shanghai international settlement amid heightened tensions. British requests to Japan seek consultation before any moves in the settlement. U S authorities preparing to coordinate in Tokyo.
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London
Associated Press
Great Britain
United States
Downing Street
Shanghai
Washington
Tokio
Henry L. Stinson
D.C
Richard $. Hooker
United States Marines
Navy
International
Admiral Taylor
Asiatic Fleet
Navy Department
Manila
China
Hoover
League
Geneva
Associated Great Iwers
Quickly
League of Nations Council
Davies Nominated for Athabasca Riding
Edmonton Jan 29 Percy G Davies barrister of Clyde Alta was chosen as the Conservative candidate for the Athabasca federal riding at the convention yesterday. The by election set for March 21 will fill the seat left vacant by the death of J C Buckley MP.
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Clyde Barrister
Athabasca
Edmonton
Percy G. Davies
Clyde
Alta
Corver i
J. C. Buckley
M.P
Grain inspections show lower wheat car count this year
Winnipeg reports Thursday grain inspections with 297 wheat cars vs 344 last year and 257 contract, 60 cats, 9 barley, 1 flax, and 3 rye. In Senate succession chatter, Sir Thomas White, former finance minister, is emerging as a leading candidate.
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Winnipeg
George Foster
Senate
Thomas White
Finance
Conflicting Peace Theories Dominate Geneva Disarmament Talks
Article notes two rival concepts of organized peace at the Geneva disarmament conference. France advocates international force backed by police and judges to enforce peace, while Britain, the United States, and others resist broader league guarantees and new obligations.
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Geneva
Dan
Maanbleton
France
Joséph Paul Boncour
Hague
Council of the League
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Belgium
Italy
Ducks See Northward Flight Prompt Fresh Spring Talk
A Tabor reader named Mr. Murray reports ducks crossing and flying north around 11 a.m. today. He notes a Calgary butterfly sighting earlier and ties both to hints of spring. The short note leaves readers pondering seasonal signals.
Meighen to Be Government Leader in Senate
Ottawa January 29 The appointment of Rt Hon Arthur Meighen to the Senate and his selection as government leader in the Upper Chamber is regarded as practically certain. The move would follow a Conservative caucus opening day of Parliament. Willoughby resigns as government leader after serving in past sessions. Meighen, renowned for parliamentary skill, would head the government forces in the Senate.
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Ottawa
Arthur Meighen
Senate
Meighen
W. B. Willoughby
Moose Jaw
Deaths Presumed After Sinking of Submarine M-2
The Admiralty announced no hope for rescuing the sixty officers and men aboard the submarine M-2 after it sank off Portland. An old wreck six miles north and thirty degrees west of Portland was found, and a broad search will continue with no life-saving expectation.
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London
Associated Press
Admiralty
Portland
Flight attempt begins for Montreal to Victoria journey
Jarl Grubbstrom and W H Cross launched a 500 mile route from Lethbridge at 12 45 PM heading toward Vancouver B C in their large cabin monoplane. They had arrived from Medicine Hat and faced unfavorable weather that could delay the trans Canadian flight over the Rockies awaiting warmer conditions.
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Lethbridge
Jarl Grubbstrom
W. H.cross
Montreal
Victoria
Medicine Hat
Rockies
Vancouver
No market held today due to bad roads
The report notes that no market took place today because the roads were in poor condition and few farmers were in the city.
Russians and Chinese Railway Tangle Looms Over Harbin Fight
Tokio reports Japan will hold Russian and Chinese Eastern Railway officials accountable for any delay in sending reinforcement troops to Harbin Manchuria. The line, jointly owned by Russia and China, could trigger a direct clash with Japan as Ting Chao asks Soviet troops to move between Harbin and Kirin.
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Nanni River Bridge
Tsitsihar
Japan
Harbin
Manchuria
Asuottutzd Press
Rengo
Sald
Ting Chao
Chinese Eastern Railroad
Russia
Kirin
Urge Change In Truck Licenses
A Edmonton delegation pressed Edmund Trowbridge deputy secretary of Alberta to license motor trucks operating near cities on the same basis as those inside city limits. Government has issued new highway truck regulations with no fee change for city trucks but revisions for highway use affecting several firms including Hudson's Bay Company and T Heaton Company represented by named lawyers and officials.
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Edmonton
Edmund Trowbridge
Alberta
C. I. Newell
K.C
Hudson's Bay Company
KR. W. McLaughlin
T. Heaton Company
A. Fraser Little
Lyons urges cost cuts to match falling world prices
Melbourne January 28 Prime Minister Joseph Lyons told a premiers conference that costs must be reduced to counter the decline in world prices. He warned that without concrete action to raise prices the overall situation cannot improve. He backed protection for primary and economic sectors and urged full execution of the premiers plan to reduce deficits toward balance.
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Melbourne
Australia
Joseph A. Lyons
Commonwealth Loan Council
Commonwealth
Lynne
Confernee
Lyons
Treasury
General Election date set for Irish Free State
Dublin announces dissolution of the Dail and a February 10 call for elections. Governor General McNeill proclaims January 29 as the dissolution day and February 16 as the election date for the new general election in the Irish Free State. The Senate has 60 seats and the Dail 153, with five year terms unless dissolved sooner.
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Dublin
Ireland
Associated Press
McNeill
Dail Eirann
Irish Free State
Free State
Seanad Eireann
Chamber of Deputies
Dail
Hireann
National League
Shanghai Truce Arranged. 7 A.M. EST Start
Japanese and Chinese at Shanghai agreed to a truce to begin at 7 a.m. EST, aided by British and U.S. consuls-general. Chinese losses reported at Shanghai reached 300 killed and wounded by this afternoon amid the Chapei battle and heavy air bombardment.
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Shanghai
Washington
Associated Press
United States
Nanking
Winnipeg Wage Dispute Settled with Wage Cut
Winnipeg January 29 the wage dispute between the Winnipeg Electric Company and its street railway employees is settled after a mass meeting votes to accept a compromise. wages are reduced by 6 14 per cent while the company aimed for a 10 per cent cut.
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Winnipeg
Winnipeg Electric Company
Dartmoor Convicts Turbulence Delays Work Restart
Dartmoor prison convicts staged a second disturbance of the week last night in Princetown England. Authorities canceled plans to resume convict work today as inmates stood at cell doors shouting threats and insults to wardens. The night was described as hideous with scores vocally jeering warders.
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Princetown
Eng
Dartmoor
Medicine Hat Bonspiel Opens With Wide Entry Including Late Fee Plan
The Medicine Hat Cutting Club announces its annual Bonspiel starting Monday at the cutting rink. About sixteen rinks from outside points are expected and prizes are funded by local merchants and manufacturers. This year a new entry rule allows any curler to enter by paying five dollars, covering both Bonspiel and game fees, for those who have not played this season or have paid less than three dollars.
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Medicine Hat
Seeeneet
Justice A F Ewing Named Commissioner in Broadcast Music Control Case
Ottawa January 29 The Canadian Press reports Hon A F Ewing justice of Alberta Supreme Court is appointed commissioner to investigate the Canadian Performing Rights Society of Toronto and its control over broadcasting of musical works the fees charged to stations and related matters The society claims authority over more than two million music works
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Ottawa
A. F. Ewing
Supreme Court of Alberta
Canadian Performing Rights Society of Toronto
Fatal stabbing and fire at Elma farm home
Elma, Jan 29. Martin Sipar, 55, his wife, and six children were stabbed to death as they slept. Two other children were critically wounded when a hired immigrant man, about 45, fled after setting the house on fire. Neighbors and police pursue the unknown assailant as relatives aid the injured.
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Elma
Man
Associated Press
Martin Sipar
Here
Pollue
Sipar
Europe
John Sipar
Martin
John
Provihdial
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