Winnipeg Strangler Nelson Seeks Fast Trial Date
Earle Nelson charged with the murders of a Winnipeg woman and a 14 year old girl requests a speedy trial. The Strangler, sought a meeting with a foreign official, denies guilt and awaits a preliminary hearing set for Thursday. The Manitoba Assize Court urged a quick proceeding to protect public peace. Clarence Darrow declined to defend Nelson.
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Winnipeg
Earle Nelton
North American
Nelson
Tann
Canada
Manitoba Assize Court
A. MacDonald
Chicago
Clarence Darrow
Darrow
Leopold Tach
Convicts Strike at Lansing Penitentiary Over Cigarettes
A mass uprising at the Lansing Kansas state penitentiary involved hundreds of prisoners in barricades and a mine siege. Prison guards were attacked and one guard stabbed while riot police restored order amid limited fuel for lamps and several prisoners sent to solitary confinement.
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Kansas State Penitentiary
Lansing
Kansas
State Penitentiary
R. F. Hudspeth
J. E B. Thomas
Hudspeth
Sheriff Peter Gunn of Lac Ste. Anne dies at 63
Edmonton reports the death of Sheriff Peter Gunn aged 63. A Bav of Scotland immigrant who served as Hudson's Bay factor, farmer, and Dominion fishery inspector, he represented Lac Ste. Anne in the Alberta legislature for eight years and was appointed sheriff in 1916. He is described as a Liberal and is survived by son-in-law Milton Mc Keen, the current Lac Ste. Anne member.
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Edmonton
Peter Gunn
Athabasca
Peace River
Alberta
Scotland
Hudson's Bay Co
Hudson's Bay
Dominion
Lac Ste. Anne
Milton McKeen
Soviet representatives board train to Moscow from Canada
Soviet representatives in Canada announce they will leave for Montreal to Quebec and then Moscow. Longin M. Gerus says seven months here aimed to start work. he regrets the canceled Canada Soviet relations. Verus says Canadians favor restoring ties and notes trade gains in machinery clothing and wheat markets and horse imports. He calls for reestablishing diplomatic and trade relations with the USSR.
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Montreal
Canada
Gerus
Quebec
Moscow
Russia
Verus
Soviet Union
Union of
Soviet Socialist Repubblics
Siberta
U.S.S. R
Irish Derby winner Knight of the Grail claims Currard victory
Sir Delves Broughton's Knight of the Grail by Prince Galahad out of Magles Music won the Irish Derby at Currard Ireland on June 22 from a six horse field. Chantrey owned by W N G Singer finished second and Wadin's Arch second. The Chatham Wallaceburg and Lake Erie Railway will cease providing a passenger service.
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Chatham, Wallaceburg and Lake Erie Railway
Imperial Oil files 25 000 acres in Cypress Hills leases
Lethbridge reports Imperial Oil Company filed on 25 000 acres of petroleum leases in Cypress Hills near township 7 ranges 2 to 5 adjacent to Rowe interests 80 000 acres. Bruce Harkness Alberta gas and oil commissioner connected with the filing. Imperial geologists had surveyed the field after the Hine report. Rowe says Imperial plans drilling this year to test acreage. Local filings total over 160 000 acres and over 81 000 dollars in Interior Department income so far this year.
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Lethbridge
Imperial Oil Company
Cypress Hills
Rowe Interests
Toronto
Bruce Harkness
Province of
Alberta
Imperial
Hume
Pentonil
Hine
Rowe
W. TD. Rowe
Rowe Group
Interior Department
Gambling house raid ends in arrests after police struggle
In Vancouver on Abbots Street the keeper and sixteen inmates of an alleged gambling house were arrested after a fight with police. Officers used batons to subdue the inmates. In Minneapolis Geo. FE. Leach was re elected mayor for a fourth term.
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Vancouver
Abbots Street
Geo. FE. Leach
Minneapolis
De Autremont Found Guilty of First Degree Murder
Hugh De Autremont, 23, was convicted of first degree murder in Jacksonville Oregon for the 1923 Southern Pacific train holdup slaying of Charles Q Johnson. The jury recommended life imprisonment. His twin brothers Ray and Roy, 27, were arrested in Ohio and jailed for murder related to the same case.
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Jacksonville
Ore
Hugh de Autremont
Charles QO. Johnson
Southern Pacific
Siskiyou Tunnel
Oregon
de Autremont
Ray
Roy
Ohio
Radicals May Plan Attack on Shameen Quarter
Reports from Shanghai dated June 22 describe unease in Canton over rumors that Radicals intend to attack Shameen the foreign quarter to free imprisoned comrades. Agitators allegedly disrupt British steamers to Hong Kong and call on farmers and laborers to join a drive on Shameen. Clashes between Radicals and government forces are said to be ongoing.
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Shanghai
Canton
Hong Kong
Comet Appears Larger Than Full Moon Over Chicago
June 22 Chicago observers report the Pous-Wintecke comet visible with the naked eye near Vega, appearing hazy and overhead. Astronomers forecast increasing apparent size as the object speeds toward Earth in the coming days with its closest approach, potentially larger than the full moon.
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Chicago
Arctic exploration seeks native studies from Labrador coast
Wiscasset Maine June 2 preparations are underway for the Rawson Macmillan expedition to Northern Labrador commanded by Commander Donald Be MacMillan aboard the auxiliary schooner Endeavor. The party includes a fish ing schooner radio and a 40 foot cabin cruiser Seeko to accompany the vessel under its own power. The team plans to spend a year at a station near the Indian village of Nitin to study botany geology ornithology and anthropology. The station will house a two story building and a guest house for Indians and Eskimos with a broadcasting station to connect by radio. Indian and Eskimo radio contact will be established and a snowmobile will aid bay exploration. About 800 Nascent Indians inhabit the region and will be studied by Dr Duncan D Y Strong. A dog team will deliver monthly mail from Onehee.
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Wiscasset
Maine
Rawson
Macmillan Fl
Donald Be MocMlan
MacMillan
Bendein
Hhe
Arctic
Radio
Sipples
Crnisey Seeko
Duncan DY. Strong
Onehee
Prices Keep Within Narrow Range in Winnipeg Grain Market
In Winnipeg traders were inactive with grain prices staying within a narrow band. Opening declines drew scattered buying, but business was largely at a standstill. mid session trading faded and the close fell 7 to 3-4 cents with July at 1.5878, October 1.4514, December 1.4218 as coarse grains trailed wheat while flax and rye showed separate strength.
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Winnipeg
Construction Work Accelerates on Hudson Bay Railway
In Winnipeg 1100 plus workers and multiple work trains drive rehabilitation and new track on the Hudson Bay Railway. The project extends to Mile 330 and beyond Limestone River bridge as crews repair and realign the line begun in 1926, with ballast and ties replaced and service restored to Mile 332.
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Hudson Bay Railway
Winnipeg
Studs Bay
Canadian National Railways
Limestone
Limestone River
Henes Dhe Ee A
Page Hight
Suffragette Anniversary Dinner Marked Holloway Imprisonment
In London on June 22 a commemorative dinner celebrated the twentieth anniversary of Miss Billington Greig’s imprisonment for suffragist protest at Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman’s residence. Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst and Christabel Pankhurst were among early sufferers not present among others at the gathering.
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London
Holloway
Miss Billington
Billington Greig
Great Britain
Henry Campbell Bannerman
Billington-Greig
Emmeline Pankhurst
Christabel
Women's Movement For Suffrage
R H Kent Chosen for Grand Standard Bearer
St John New Brunswick June 22 The Grand Black Chapter Royal Black Knights of Ireland elected officers for various committees in session yesterday Grand Master Rural Dean Sunder Montreal re elected Deputy Grand Master Henry A Graham Kingston Deputy Grand Treasurer W A Adams Qu Appelle Sask Grand Censors J E Carpenter Vancouver D B Graham Campbellton N B Grand Marshal W L Dence Vancouver Grand Standard Bearers R H Kent Medicine Hat J Dunbar St Mary's Ont Grand Pursivant T L Major Tessier Sask
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Campbellton
N.B
W. L. Dence
Vancouver
R. H. Kent
Medicine Hat
J. Dunbar
St. Mary's
Ont
L. Major
Tessier
Sask
London debate on disarmament plans and ship replacements
London discusses delaying coal ship replacements under the Fish proposals to save Britain forty to fifty million pounds, with the US and Japan facing similar sums. Comment is mixed with anti government views, Liberal News cautiously approves British aims but fears cruiser competition.
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London
Geneva
United States
Britain
Japan
Liberal News
Buiht
Texas Convict Breaks From Prison Farm Escape
Houston, Texas June 22. Five long term white convicts escaped from Ferguson State Farm near Madisonville at midnight. They were pursued as guards and volunteers scoured the Trinity River valley for the missing men. Local authorities coordinated a wide search with reinforcements and public notices.
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Houston
Texas
Ferguston Station
Madisonville
Trinity River
T Camp
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Gorilla Man
Gunn
North Country
Rocco Perri
Hamilton
Canadian Customs Enquiry Commission
M. J. O'Reilly
K.C
BE. J. Murphy
Northern Labrador
Rawson-Macmillan
R.H. Kent
G. S. Bearer
Glasgow House
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