Thirteen Die As Sightseeing Plane Crashes Near Newark
Newark N J March 18 Declmont Persons the fourteenth passenger in a Ford trimotor plane died today bringing the toll to thirteen. Pilot Lou Foote 32 and Belmont Parsons of Brooklyn survived injured. Gusty winds forced a crash near Newark Metropolitan Airport as the craft struck railroad cars and a gondola car then split and ferried passengers in a wreckage strewn meadow.
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Newark
N.J
Lou Foote
Colonial Airways
Belmont Parsons
Brooklyn
New York Harbor
Manhattan
Foote
New Jersey Centra Railroad
Fovote
Parsons
St. James Hospital
Hope
Foot
Passengoers
Carrie Tate
Meadows
Meadow Lane
North Jersey
Hudson River
Apoylon Schenk
Edmonton Air Mail Service Extends to Grande Prairie
The Post Office Department at Ottawa has authorized an Edmonton Grande Prairie air mail link. Commercial Airways Limited will carry letters on days without regular northbound train service. Air runs on four days per week if needed, supplementing two weekly trains.
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Edmonton
Grande Prairie
Post Office Department
Ottawa
EF. A. J. Leger
Commercial Airways
Theuirthert
Police court fines for reckless driving incident
J. Eidem of Schuler was fined 15 dollars and costs at the police court on Saturday night for reckless driving. His car collided with H. S. Sheasby of Redcliff who was driving south on Sixth Avenue.
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J. Eidem
Schuler
Fourth St
H. S. Sheasby
Redcliff
Sixth Avenue
Flood Devastation Rings Southern States Killing and Displacing Thousands
Floods across Alabama Georgia and Florida leave an estimated twenty dead and tens of thousands homeless. Rescue boats sweep submerged towns as National Guard and Red Cross efforts supply refugees while planes drop food to stranded families. Evacuations extend along the Chattahoochee and Choctawhatchee rivers.
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Atlanta
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Montgomery
Ala
National Guard
Interprise
Ib Graves
Brewton
Garland
Birmingham
Red Cross
Chattatoochee
Troy
Enterprise
Riba
Caryville
Brantford Man Slays Father Then Injures Neighbor
Brantford Ont March 18 James McCoy aged 40 son of Charles McCoy a Round Plains resident four miles from Waterford is charged with murder of his 75 year old father. He attacked Charles Chambers a neighbor who intervened and wounded a granddaughter of the victim before escaping.
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Brantford
Ont
James McCoy
Chas. McCoy
Round Plains
Waterford
Charles Chambers
Monarch Baseball Club Stages Warming Up Entertainment
The Monarch Baseball Club plans a Wednesday evening event at Empress theatre on March 27 featuring the baseball film Warming Up with Richard Dix. A matinee and evening show cost six bits with no amusement tax, plus Stop Kidding starring Bobby Vernon and a varied program including a new baseball song, Rotary mouth organ quartet, and Something Different musical act. The aim is to raise funds to start the senior ball team season with some treasury support.
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Monarch Baseball Club
Empress Theatre
Richard Dix
Monarchs
Bobby Vernon
Jimmy Connors
Art Wade
Dr. Moore
Mutton Bros. and Associates
Grain Inspections Report For Winnipeg Rail Yards
Winnipeg reports grain inspections with 700 wheat cars inspected this year versus 300 last year. Contract grades total 400, reflecting a year over year change in cargo testing and quality evaluation.
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Winnipeg
Taking Opportunity To Again Soak the Alberta Cities
Lethbridge officials protest a plan to widen the supplementary tax to include buildings. Mayor Barrowman and City Solicitor Bal travel to Ottawa to present the city’s complaint, with Calgary and Edmonton also objecting. The hike could add two mills and raise $10,000 to $15,000, and Barrowman may oppose the Old Age Pension cost to the city during Edmonton talks.
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Lethbridge
Mar
Twdmonton
Barrowman
Bal
Calgary
Edmonton
Barrowmar
Dynamite Blast Wrecks Clairton Near Pittsburg
A massive dynamite explosion devastating Clairton near Pittsburg wrecked over twenty buildings in the central business district early today. Debris blocked streets as fire crews from McKeesport and nearby towns were alerted. two families were reportedly buried in a collapsed structure and six men fled the scene by car.
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Pittsburg
Mar
Clairton
McKeesport
Trotsky predicts Britain feud with Soviet Russia will aid America
The Express prints an interview with Leon Trotsky from Constantinople in which he warns that if Britain does not drop its quarrel with Soviet Russia, America will gain economic advantages. He says the second comers only get the crumbs.
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London
the Express
Leon Trotsky
Constantinople
Great Britain
Soviet Russia
America
Cor Belt Farmers Oppose Tariff Move On Cattle
Washington dispatch reports A. Wright of Drinkwater Sask president of the Western Stock Union will address a Des Moines meeting of Corn Belt farmers to urge opposition to the proposed cattle tariff increase. The march date is listed as March 78 in the source.
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Washington
C.P
Q A. Wright
Drinkwater, Sask
Western Stock Union
Des Moines
Wright
Alberta Legislature Prorogation Planned This Week
Edmonton March 18 The Alberta legislature will prorogue this week likely Wednesday After a busy session much remains to be done Four resolutions led by Premier J B Brownlee address natural resources and other issues including railway roadbed use Jasper Park to Evansburg wage minimums and Alberta product markets About 45 bills remain and the School Act debate on second reading is pending Premier Brownlee will open today
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Edmonton
Alberta
J. B. Brownlee
Chris Pattinson
Labor
Edson
Milton C. M. McKeen
U.F.A
Lac Ste. Anne
W. W. Prevey
Tdwonton
Canadian National Railway Cau G.T.P
Jasper Park
Evansbur
Minimum Wage Board
Am Extension c
Brownlee
Wreck of Russell Lake Claims Six Off Newfoundland Coast
Six crewmen die when schooner Russell Lake is wrecked near Burgeo on Newfoundland southwest coast. Four bodies recovered. Vessel owned by Clyde Lake, minister of fisheries. Fire from rubbish on a vacant lot spreads to grass but is controlled by fire brigade.
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St. Johns
Mid
Russell Lake
Burgeo
Clyde Lake
Newfondland
First St. West
Princeton Geology Summer School to Tour Canada and Rockies
Twenty five Princeton University geology students will study mining fields at Rouyn Quebec and pre Cambrian deposits across Canada. The six week tour begins June 22 from eastern provinces, travels to Montreal Winnipeg and the Rockies reaching Vancouver then returns east via Toronto and Buffalo aboard a special car Princeton with sleeping quarters kitchen radio and motion picture apparatus.
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Rouyn
Que
Rocky Mountains
Jasper Park
Alta
Princeton
Canada
Maritime Provinces
Montreal
Rockies
Vancouver
Toronto
Buffalo
Richard M. Wield
Princton University
Canadian National
Manchester University
Oxford
Cambridge
Cornell
Pennsylvania State College
Williams
Columbia
Moose Jaw Lad Stabbed at Hollywood House Party
Johbn Munn a 21 year old visitor from Moose Jaw Saskatchewan was stabbed at a party in Los Angeles and remains in critical condition at Hollywood Emergency Hospital. Kenneth Ferguson 24 a claimed actor is jailed on assault with intent to murder charges after allegedly attacking Munn with a bread knife during a dispute involving Ferguson and his wife.
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Moose Jaw Lad
Hollywood
Los Angeles
Calif
Johbn Munn
Kenneth Ferguson
Munn
Ferguson
Mrs. Mone- Munn
Moose Jaw
Sasix
Rebels Hold Strong Defensive Stance Near Torreon
In Mexico the clash grows as Federal forces close on the insurgent stronghold of Torreon assisted by air raids. General Calles plans a forceful assault and aims to seize the city by Tuesday night. insurgent leader Escobar claims a first skirmish victory and rebels strike at San Pedro.
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Mexico City
Torreon
Calles
Escobar
San Pedro
Torrena
Gomez Palace
Lorreon
Mexico
United States
Jaurez
Margaret Moher
Grand National Candidate De Combat Shot After Fall
The twelve year old steeplechase horse De Combat, a Grand National candidate, was shot at Sandown Park after breaking a fetlock in a trial run. Owner M Melbanke rode but was thrown and sustained minor head cuts. A Swedish Lutheran church section will begin in Edmonton this summer.
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Sandown Park
Eng
C.P. Cable
de Combat
M. Melbanke
Melbanke
Edmonton
Pistol Duel Between Bandit and Constable in Chicago
Four hundred spectators watched Policeman George Schert engage an unidentified robber at a busy North Street intersection. Nine shots were fired before the bandit fell dead as the officer tried to disarm him after a restaurant robbery.
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Chicago
Ills
George Schert
Medalta Plant Change Hands Formally Today
Messrs Arnold and Carlile of Calgary are in the city to take over the Medalta Stoneware ltd plant in the name of a new purchasing syndicate. Debentures will be issued in a few days and applications for about 65 percent have already been received. No changes are expected to the current staff.
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Messrs Arnold and Carlile
Calgary
Medalta, Stoneware Ltd
Correction on Rescue Effort At Fifth Avenue Crash
The News corrects earlier spelling and names from a Saturday report. J E Sharp administered Schafer’s method of artificial respiration to Mr Schneider during the auto accident rescue on Fifth Avenue. The weather forecast notes fair and colder with a temperature around 46 to 34.
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Port Arthur
Winnipeg
Fair
Repina
Prince Albert
Medicine Hat
Calgary
Vancouver
Victoria
Fifth Avenue
W. G. Sharpe
J. E. Sharp
Schafer’sethod
Schneider
Drowning in Montreal Laundry Water Main Burst
A thirty inch water main burst in the Montreal Laundry Company cellar flooding streets and killing Lorenzo Peppe age 47. Firemen rescued his fellow workers who escaped to upper floors as the basement flooded and caused extensive damage.
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Montreal
Que
Montreal Laundry Company Limited
Lorenzo Peppe
Peppe
Marshal Foch shows slight weakness amid stable night
Paris March 18 Marshal Foch was reported by his doctors to be a little weaker but had a fairly satisfactory night. The physicians noted a temperature of 99.5 and a pulse around 100 while saying there was no immediate danger despite the high rate.
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Paris
Marshal Foch
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Trotsky
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Newfoundland Star
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