Mary Pickford Kidnap Plot Uncovered In Los Angeles
Police in Los Angeles report three confessions and three arrests in a plot to abduct Mary Pickford from her Hollywood to Beverly Hills route. The plan aimed to demand 200000 dollars, with suspects Stevens Wood and Holcomb held on conspiracy charges. Pickford aided by a guard detail.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Mary Pickford
Offic
A. J. Woods
Woods
C. Z. Stevens
E. L. Doheny
Jackie Coogan
Palo Negri
Miss Pick Ger
Hollywood
Hom
Douglas Fairbanks
George K. Home
Charles Z. Stevens
William Wood
Claude
Fat) Holcomb
Miss Pickford
Pola Negri
Buster Keann
E. L
Hlomer
Surueta
Tarmen
Julia G. Mott
Rudio
Jome
Meighen Proposes Conservative Tariff and Resource Policy
In the House of Commons Rt Hon Arthur Meighen moved a resolution outlining the Conservative platform. It calls for immediate protective tariff revision covering natural resources and manufactured goods, resource conservation, Empire preference with Canadian port imports, a Tariff Commission, and cost sharing on reduced transport for Maritime Provinces and Western products.
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Ottawa
Arthur Meighen
House of Commons
Meighen
House
Maritime Provinces
Hoadley Sees Alberta Resources Bill Passing Soon
Edmonton June 2 Acting premier George Hoadley said the resources legislation may pass despite Ottawa dispatches signaling many details to settle. He noted terms and conditions must be closed and divisions settled, but stressed he believes it will still go through this year.
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Edmonton
Ottawa
George Hoadley
Shen
Prev
Courtesy from car conductor nets grateful note
Washington May 29 Conductor 975 of Capital Traction known as James Gray helped an elderly woman to the curb and escort her aboard later. He received a letter from Miss Annie Ward of Cincinnati stating her mother Mary Ward left him 4000 dollars for his courtesy. It was so unusual that she never forgot it. Brown-Weheen wedding at Medicine Hat Alberta on May 24 unites Miss Dorothy McKeen and Mr Lancelot Charles Brown with celebrations. Convicts at Sing Sing prison who can afford it are permitted to buy radio apparatus in their cells.
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Washington, D.C
Capital Traction Company
James Gray
Cie
Annie Ward
Ceincinnati
Mary Ward
Brown—Weheen
Medicine Hat
Dorothy McKeen
Gros Ventre
Alberta
J. Mes Foe
England
Lancelot Charles Brown
Y. Wolf
H. Sponholz
Sponholz
J. Tillenberg
J. Weiss
H. Schneider
Convicta
Sing Sing
Bayer
Murdock Ready to Mediate Coal Strike
Glace Bay June 1 Hon James Murdock labor minister offers to act as mediator in the four month coal dispute between British Manpir Steel Corp and its workers if the company agrees to his involvement. The United Mine Workers had requested his good offices to help bring a settlement.
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Glace Bay
Manpir Steel Corporation
James Murdock
United Mine Workers Executive
May placements total 368 by local employment bureau
The May placements show 32 farm, 60 building construction, 8 clerical, 2 domestic and personal, 1 general labor, 213 railroad construction, 28 casual, 66 miscellaneous for a total of 368. Farm laborers were moved from Calgary Vancouver and Winnipeg with two sent to Lethbridge and Edmonton. Women’s section posted 26 placements with farm and domestic splits. one farm cook moved to Edmonton and one chambermaid to Calgary, plus one farm cook arriving from Vancouver.
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Local Employment Bureau
Calgary
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Lethbridge
Edmonton
West Rejoices In Moisture Across Prairies
Winnipeg reports intermittent rainfall since Sunday boosting crop prospects in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Heavy downpours last night reached up to two inches in places easing cutworm spread while showers continue and cooler, unsettled conditions are expected across the prairies.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Saskatchhewan
Alberta
Istevan
Elbow
Outlook
Saskatchewan
Parliament prorogation unlikely by month end
Ottawa June The prorogation of Parliament seems unlikely two or three weeks hence as informal discussion of the legislative program continues. The fate of the Freight Rates Bill and other measures will largely determine session length with various amending bills and the Quebec harbor vote awaiting approval.
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Ottawa
Home Bank
Quebec Harbor Commission
House of Commons
Question Discussed On Government Action Against Bootleggers
In Ottawa the House debated how the government might pursue Cecil R. Smith and other bootleggers. Justice Minister Lapointe said a Privy Council appeal is under consideration and taxing criminal profits remains complex due to provincial law violations.
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Ulttawa
Cecil R. Smith
Woodsworth
Labor
Winnipeg
Supreme Cort Hat
Ernest Lapainte
Privy Council
Commons
John Hubbs
Prince Edward
Sir Henry
Supreme Court
Ernest Lapointe
Min
Stey Oof
Revenue trends in Canadian railways March 1925 report
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics notes March 1925 revenues for steam railways rose seasonally from January and February but fell 4 4 percent from March 1924. Freight traffic down 9 8 percent. passenger traffic down 15 percent. Expenses fell 5 8 percent, reducing net revenue by 900 19. Canadian National Railway shows total revenues down 5 8 percent. Canadian Pacific reports gross revenue declined to 7 1 76 246.
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Dpinion Bureau of Statistic
Canada
Tso
Canadian National Railway
Self control ideal method birth control report
The National Council of Public Morals committee finds the ideal birth control method to be self-control. It discourages contraceptives and urges simpler living while calling for social and economic reforms. The duty of parenthood is stressed with a view toward four or five children per married couple.
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London
Wu Committee
National Council of Public Morals
Flood Loss Estimated at Fifty Thousand Pounds in Sydney Area
Floods caused damage estimated at 500000 pounds about 2125000 dollars. Refugees in Wagen district mostly return home while the Murrumbidgee river continues rising at Narrandera threatening many homes.
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Sydney
N.S. W
Wagen Wagen
Murrumbidgee
Stu
Narrandera
Alberta crop report notes good rains and progress May 30 1925
The Alberta Department of Agriculture reports generally satisfactory crop growth across the province with heavy rains on May 21 to 23 followed by cool days. Seeding of coarse grain is near completion, wheat shows healthy growth, sub soil moisture is high, hay and pasture are improving, and fodder crops are expanding in the south. Pest outbreaks include cutworms and grasshoppers in the North and old grasshopper areas, with officials taking field action to assess and control damage.
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Peace River
Department
Canadian Pacific Crop Report Notes Western Canada Progress
The June 1 crop report from Canadian Pacific Railway Agriculture Department notes improved weather across the prairie provinces with widespread rain and strong crop growth. Manitoba reports five to eight inches wheat emergence, minor cutworm damage, and complete seeding except flax and green feed in some areas. Saskatchewan and Alberta show favorable germination, moisture, and headway, though cutworms and grasshoppers cause local issues. British Columbia frost injury may reduce soft fruits in Creston Cranbrook and Ukalakanum Valley regions.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Canadian Pacific Hallway Agricultural Department
Prairie
Manitoba
Edmonton
Dunregan
British Columbia
Creston
Cranbrook
Ukanacun Valley
Destructive Shanghai Riots Include Fire and Gunfire
Chinese student demonstrators rioted in Shanghai's Central District as machine guns opened on a mob near Thibet Nanking Road. American and United States forces patrolled, a quorum failed at a ratepayers meeting, and a U S volunteer corps discharged on street targets wounding a dentist and killing a horse.
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Shanghai
Duy 2
Thibet-Nanking Road
Peta
United States
Thomas G. McMartin
Human Welfare Threatened by Population, Brighton Sermon
Bishop Barnes of Birmingham warned delegates at the Health Congress in Brighton that human welfare is menaced by fecundity. He linked Europe’s crowded state to the Great War and urged limiting population growth to prevent a future catastrophe. He argued large families hinder social progress and civilization risks being overwhelmed by reckless reproduction.
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Brighton
Eng
Dune
Barnes
Birmingham
Europe
Quizzing Negro in Girl's Death
New York police questioned a Black man whose name was withheld in the murder case of Miss Florente Kane found battered in a vacant lot. He had been charged with attempting to attack a woman in the same neighborhood on May 17 as detectives from Manhattan and Brooklyn worked the case. Miss Kane, James Kane's sister, was strangled while returning from a theatre party.
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New York
Jane Joa Negre
Florente Kane
James A. Kane
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Miss Kane
Explosion at Carolina Coal Company Leaves 83 Missing
At Coalglen North Carolina an explosion at the Carolina Coal Company mine entombed workers. Authorities say 83 victims recovered surpassing initial estimates. The incident follows reports from Winnipeg about wheat inspections and grain car totals.
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Coalglen
N.C
Carolina Coal Company
Oficlits
Canada Claims All Islands North of the United States
Ottawa reports the commission’s findings on Canada's claim to lands north of the continent between Alaska and Greenland. It states Canada asserts title to territory northward to the North Pole and would concede others’ claims only for areas not under its claim, while waiving Wrangel Island if appropriate.
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Ottawa
Canada
Charles Stewart
Interior
House of Commons
Dominion
Alfiski
Frreenland
North Pole
Qnite
Weed Inspector Kindt Sets Taber HQ in District 1
Mr. L Kindt, weed inspector for district 1, will base headquarters at Taber. He plans meetings starting June 15 in Purple Springs and Grassy Lake, assisted by district agriculturist J Murray, with weed control lectures illustrated by films. Farmers with complaints or needs are urged to contact him in Taber.
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L. &. Kindt
Mr. Kindt
Saskatchewan River
Chin
Saskatchewan
Kindt
Taber
Purple Springs
Grassy Lake
J. Murray
Nantou
Renctions
Government to send two sea planes for Amundsen search
Oslo reports the Norwegian government will dispatch two seaplanes to the Arctic to aid the Amundsen North Pole expedition search. The ship Ingertre will transport the aircraft toward the Arctic from Horten near Christiania, with the Yngertre expected to reach port today and sail toward Spitsbergen on Friday.
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Amundsen
Oslo
Norway
Arctic
Amnandsen
North Pole
Spitsberg
Ingertre
Yngertre
Horte
Christiana Fjord
Thrty
Spitbergen
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Murdock
Spitzbergen
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Amundsen-Ellsworth
Alaska
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Sir Henry Thornton
Canada National Railways
Royal Yeast
Che
Department of Agriculture
Government of Alberta
Canadian Pacific Railway Crop Report
Moore Park
Rushell
Saskatcheewan
Bcuish
Lalo &A
United Sales Marine
Stelans
Jeseer
Bisho
Carolina Isarter
U.S
L, BE. Kindt
Jwuc
John A. Ussop
Ud Wanslaughter
Pattle Thelma Burrup
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