Extra men sought for harvest work across prairie provinces
Ottawa reports crops ripening with harvest due in August and the Employment Service of Canada says 25 000 to 30 000 extra workers will be needed. Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta expect to require 13 000 or more each, with local and British Columbia contributions.
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Ottawa
Prairie Provinces
Employment Service of Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Railway officials plan harvest excursion trips from East
Railway officials meet in Montreal this afternoon to arrange the usual harvesters excursions from eastern points. Western employment officials will cooperate with the railways at Winnipeg to distribute men to needed localities.
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Montreal
Western Provinces
Winnipeg
Pancho Villa Murdered at Canubia Ranch in Durango
General Pancho Villa, veteran rebel commander in northern Mexico, was shot and killed this morning at his ranch in Canubia Durango by his secretary Miguel Trillo. A battle followed in which Trillo was killed by Villa’s loyalists. reports say the fight continues.
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Chihuahug City
Mexico
Francisco
Pancho) Villa
Canubia
Durango
Micuel Trillo
Trillo
German mark slumps in London exchange market
London July 20. The German mark fell sharply in the exchange market to about 2,000,000 marks per pound sterling after Reichsbank steps against excessive currency demands. There was little business and quotations were nominal.
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London
Reichsbank
Harding Will Be A Well Guarded
Vancouver expects President Harding during his visit to occupy the same suite once used by the Prince of Wales at the Hotel Vancouver The entire tenth floor will be reserved for his party and corridors will be patrolled by U S secret service officers with assistance from the Royal Northwest Mounted Police plus Canadian Pacific Railway service staff on duty around the hotel
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Vancouver
U. S
Harding
Dominion
Prince of Wales
Canadian Pacific
U. S. Secret Service
Secret Service
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Canadian Pacific Railway Service
Extreme Heat Paralyzes Mellila Commerce
Mellila Morocco July 20 reports extreme heat with the thermometer at 129.2 degrees Fahrenheit causing commerce and social intercourse to halt as authorities issue advisories and residents stay indoors during the heat wave.
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Mellila
Morocco
Farbenhelt
Daylight to Dark Flight Called Off in Westward Attempt
Washington reports the army service canceled the daylight to dark transcontinental attempt after Lieut. Russell Maughan failed twice. At Rock Springs Wyoming oil leak forced a 508 p m landing as he had covered over 1925 miles at 160 mph before the abort. His average pace from New York to Cheyenne stood at 135.6 mph without stop time.
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Washington
Army Service
Maughan
Rock Springs
Wyo
Russsell Maughan
North American
United States
Curtis
New York
Cheyenne
Voter Return To Work In Local U M W Meeting
New Clasgow North July 20 members of the U M W local voted 327 to 54 to return to work immediately. The meeting was long and confined to U M W members. An ex board member William Murray of Thorburn attended but did not vote.
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New Clasgow
Stellarton
Plan conference gains Chinese leaders approval
Hong Kong July 20 Sun Yat Sen telegraphs approval of a round table conference plan for China’s principal leaders to seek peace in the war torn republic. Sir Robert Ho Tong, the Hong Kong businessman honored with a British knighthood, formulated the plan to cement British Chinese relations.
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Hong Kong
Sun Yat Sen
Canton
China
Robert Ho Tong
Executive Meeting of Referendum Committee Tonight
The executive of the Referendum Committee of Hundred Men is called to meet at City Hall tonight at 7 30. The session will be held in the council chamber to discuss the referendum effort and plan next steps.
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Council Chamber
City Hall
Farm Prices Unstabilized Threaten Disaster Says Minnesota Deputy
Congressman Knud Wefald urges President Harding to call a special session to pass laws stabilizing farm product prices as Minnesota voices concern over market dumping. The piece notes a cooperative wheat curtailment plan in six states aimed at boosting 1924 grower prosperity and mentions a Ferguson Cabinet appointee in Ontario from Guelph.
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Hawley
Minn
United States
Knud Wefald
Minnesota
Harding
Werald
Congress
Washington
Chicago
Wheat Producers’ Conference of the Southwest
Dawe
Wheat Council of the
United State
Resume drilling at the Bull's Head well
The Medicine Hat Petroleum Company resumed drilling yesterday and expects to proceed without delays to complete the Bull's Head well. Operations had stalled awaiting casing and a delayed carload from Pioneer, Texas due to railway washouts. Visitors are welcome near the well about ten miles from town with access via Dunmore Hill and the Dauntless trail.
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Medicine Tat Petroleum Company
Pioneer
Texas
Southern Railway
Nes
Dunmore Fil
Dauntless
City Bere to Stage Two Band Concerts Sunday
The City Bere announces two band concerts Sunday one at Central Park starting at 4 oclock and the other at Riverside Park at the same time for the evening. Organizers expect a large afternoon turnout and later concerts at the park on the hill. The program will be identical for both performances.
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Bere
Central Park
Riverside Park
Cairo Conspirators Sentenced to Death in Cairo Case
In Cairo Egypt July 20 a court sentenced five of thirteen men found guilty on July 7 of general conspiracy to murder British officials to be hanged and the remaining eight to terms from three years to life imprisonment. The Cairo conspiracy case followed extensive arrests after years of political outrages.
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Cairo
Egypt
Sleeping Angler Drowns When Fish Takes Hook
Lawrence Wimberly aged 37 drowns in the St Clair River off St Clair after a fishing boat capsizes. He and George B. Horrell were sleeping when a fish seized Wimberly’s hook causing a sudden awakening and the boat to overturn. Wimberly entangled in his line sinks. Horrell swims to shore and the body is recovered minutes later.
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Fish
Detroit
Lawrence Wimberly
St. Clair River
St. Clair
Wimberly
George B. Horre
Winberly
Horrell
Win nifred Far Opens with Broad Attendance
Opening day of the Win nifred Far drew visitors from across the nation. Optimism ran high as crop prospects revived hope that the south is regaining its strength and supporters will reap rewards for steadfast effort.
Germans Weaken German Resistance in Ruhr Report
Report from Dusseldorf states German resistance in the Ruhr is weakening with no sabotage incidents for six days. In Mulheim, French forces confiscated coal supplies at the Thyssen steel plant and tore up rails to the docks, arresting Dr. Harte, the commercial director, after finding a wireless receiving outfit.
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Dusseldorf
Ruhr
Mulheim
Thyssen Steel Works
Dr. Harte
Verdict Expected Saturday in Delorme Case
Montreal July 20 Addressed to the jury in the case of Rev. Adelard Delorme who is on trial for murdering his half brother Raont on January 6 1922 was continued today The defense spoke in English this morning and a French defense address was heard yesterday The crown prosecutor will speak this afternoon and the judge will charge tomorrow morning A verdict is expected sometime tomorrow afternoon or evening
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Montreal
Adelard Delorme
Raont
C. S. Cahan
K.C
Aleyn Taschereau
Ford plant hits new million production milestone
Detroit July 20 The Ford Motor Company plant produced its millionth car on July 11 marking a new production record. The plant previously produced the one millionth motor six months earlier and the latest milestone follows motor number 1 000 000 turned out January 17 of this year.
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Detroit
Ford Motor No
Ford Motor Company
Early Elections in Free State Rumored
Darrell L. Figgis of the Dail Eireann says he was warned preparations for an early election in the Free State are being rushed London reports. He failed to obtain official information from the Irish government when he questioned it in the Dail on Wednesday.
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London
Darrell L. Figgis
Dail Eireann
Dublin
Westminster Gazette
Free State
Figgis
Dail
Ontario strawberry glut leaves thousands rotting on vines
In Toronto reports indicate a harvest surplus with abundant fruit and scarce pickers causing thousands of quarts of strawberries to be left unpicked and rot on the plants as prices stay very low.
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Ontario
Toronto
Fire saves Amox town as rain halts blaze
Vancouver reports the Annox BC forest fire threatened hundreds and millions in property before a sudden downpour from a magnified blast ended the blaze. Firefighters fought with buckets lines axes and earth barriers as brands and smoke spread. An oil tanks explosion broke windows but failed to end the town.
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Vancouver
Manine
Annox
B.C
Cardia
Anyvox
Amox
Bad Storm Hits Viking Alberta With Thunder and Lightning
The July storm in Viking Alberta brought the heaviest downpour of the year with severe thunder and lightning. No hail was reported and only light structural damage occurred. North Battleford also reported a strong electrical storm with no hail.
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Saskatoon
Viking
Alberta
North Battleford
Medicine Hat Chamber Eyes City Nursery and Directory Plan
The Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce met at the Hotel Cecil to discuss inviting a branch nursery from Canada to aid tree planting and beautification. J M Harris from Henderson Directory Co urged cooperation for a new city directory, with a census of Medicine Hat and Redcliff to begin in about three weeks. Secretary Richardson said 2,000 copies of Lebkicher's oil report would be printed, and a letter to the Winnipeg Board of Trade on freight rates would be sent to Ottawa.
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Chamber of Commerce
Cecil
Canada
J. M. Harris
Winnipeg
Henderson Directory Company
Chamber
Medicine Hat
Redcliff
Richardson
Lebkicher
Medicine Hat-Many Island Lake District
Winnipeg Board of Trade
Privy Council of Canada
Governor-in- Council
Ottawa
High Record of Gold Production in 1922
Ottawa reports 1,263,304 ounces of gold mined in Canada in 1922 valued at $26,116,050. This marks the second highest annual total after the Yukon placer peak of 1900. The 1922 output exceeds the previous year by 36 percent.
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Ottawa
Canada
Yukon
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Dominion
We Pay Five Cents A Pound For Clean Cotton Rags
Medicine Hat News states a local buyer offers five cents per pound for clean cotton rags, inviting residents and businesses to bring suitable textiles for collection.
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Medicine Hat News
Imperial Oil geologist tours Many Island Lake field
Mr. Hopkins of Toronto a geologist for Imperial Oil visited the Many Island Lake oil field on Wednesday with President A W Lang Vice President C B Pingle and Director A G Anderson of Community Oil Wells Limited. Hopkins plans to stay in Alberta until fall visiting oil prospects. The Canadian American Oil and Gas Company resumed drilling yesterday in its Many Island Lakes field well after installing a new crank shaft.
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Mr. Hopkins
Toronto
Imperial O CO
Many Island Lake
A. W. Lang
C. 8. Pingle
A. Anderson
Community Oil Wells, Limited
Wr. Hopkins
Alberta
OW and Gas Company
Many Island Lakes
Imperial Grand Orange Council calls for British envoy withdrawal
Rev. David Ness of Whiteinch Glasgow, addressing the Imperial Grand Council, urged immediate withdrawal of the British envoy to the Vatican. He argued that diplomatic ties with the pope threaten Protestant constitutional principles and the welfare of the British empire.
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Pope
Empire
Grand Orange Council
Winnipeg
Canadian Pressi
Imperial Grand Orange Council of the World
Vatican
David Ness
White Luch
Glasgow
Scotland
Imperial Council
Resolute Liner Arrives With Packed Beer Wine Cargo
The United States liner Reso lute of Panama registry arrived at Plymouth today with stocks of beer stout whisky gin vermouth and wines. The cargo had been ordered by wireless after the vessel sailed from New York.
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Plymouth
United States
Resolute
Panama
New York
Soviet to Accept Constantinople Pact at Near East Talks
Lausanne July 21 Soviet Russia notified the Near East conference that she accepts the convention for control of the Turkish affairs negotiated here and will sign the pact of Constantinople within the next three weeks.
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Lausanne
Soviet
Russia
Sigan
Constantinople
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Prince Albert
Brandon
Bull's Head Well
Ade
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Delorme
Sir F. Lemieux
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