British Air Raids Stir Panic in German Towns
London reports 255 British air raids into Germany with 10 planes lost. Bombs dropped on Mannheim and other targets caused fires and evacuations while civilians fled to Switzerland. Continental dispatches note uproar over continued raids and shifts in public opinion.
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London
Germany
James Tan MacPherson
War Office
House of Commons
Mannheim Marely
Geneva
Coblenz
Basel
Priceburg
Rhine
Switzerland
Zweidrucken
Wight
Flood Waters Swamp Medicine Hat Factory District
Severe floods due to ice jam at Hedley Shaw bridge flood Seven Persons creek inundating southwest Medicine Hat. City workers and volunteers used boats and rafts to rescue residents and protect Alberta Pump and Brass Works, Canadian Western Foundry, and nearby mills. Over 300 houses underwater. several bridges and roads washed out. no lives lost.
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Medicine
Hedley Shaw Railway
Seven Persons Creek
Thit Vienly
Corona Hotel
Elizabeth St. School
Colubia Avenue
Tedley Shaw
Witter
Vergus
Columbia Avenue
Somth
St. Dua
Hedley Shaw
Tuurmoil
Marshall
Rutherford’s Mill
Ie Parnell Mill
Medicine Hat
Mother Charged With Murder in Child's Death
Rose Ann Latham of Dyamna was arraigned for preliminary hearing on a charge of murdering her infant child last fall. The body was found by a former tailor in November and provincial police arrested the accused on March 1. She was employed in a hotel at the time.
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Calgary
Rose Ann Latham
Dyamna
Mareh Jone Della
Government to Probe Partisanship Charges in Public Officials
Ottawa March 19. The Union government will not dismiss officials for offensive partisanship without inquiry by the civil service commission. The commission will determine if public interest favors retention or dismissal after establishing guilt.
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Ottawa
Civil Service Commission
Ino
Angus two year old steers sold at high price
Canada Land and Irrigation Co sold Mesers T Mitchell Sons an exceptionally choice carload of grade Angus two year old steers. Price 1234 cents per pound, possibly the highest for cattle in Machine Mat. May fattened these cattle on Ronalane irrigated farm on choicest Alfalfa hay and grain. Mitchell and Sons plan to slaughter for local trade, promising excellent meat for customers.
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Canada Land and Irrigation Company
T. Mitchell & Sons
Messrs. Mitchell & Sons
Dillon Demands Ireland Release Amid War Turmoil
Fragmentary report shows Dillon demanding Ireland be freed as Irish Nationalist John Redmond looms. The statement vows to inform England publicly that noble talk of national self-determination clashes with Britain’s wartime governance and misuse of power.
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Budshiten
Ireland
Marels Ii
Dehn Olona
John Redmond
England
John W Costelle laid to rest in Calgary
Livery of respect was paid to John W. Costelle father of Calgary’s mayor and the first white child born in the city. The funeral Mass was led by the Right Rev JO P. McNally at St Mary’s Cathedral and he was buried in the Catholic cemetery with prominent residents acting as pallbearers and many floral tributes.
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John W. Costelle
Calgary
JO P. McNally
Clebrant
St. Marys Cathedral
Albany Mobilizes All Able Bodied Males for Naval War
Albany announces a wartime decree mandating full employment for all able bodied males aged between eighteen and fifty in naval work after a governor proclamation. The move, tied to a bill introduced by Senator Theodore Courhis Robinson, targets work in war industries and related locations as evidence of compliance or violation.
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Albany
Nay
Martel
Germany
Theodore Courhis Robinson
Daring Escape Attempt Suppressed at Toronto Jail
In Toronto last evening a group of prisoners tried to break out of the city jail. Jailer Arthur Rustoed was knocked unconscious as the escape bid unfolded. A rapid police response subdued the mutineers, ending the attempted breakout.
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Toronto
Arthur Rustoed
Farlo ugh Arrivals Highlight Return of Canadian Troops
The article reports on March 17 as Canada dispatches two trains carrying returning troops to Winnipeg and Halifax. It notes officers and men from western provinces, including decorated cadets such as Capt HS Strahan, with details of their daring actions during Cambrai. Also mentioned are three arriving steamers with more returning soldiers and officers from western Canada.
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London
Pekin
Siberia
Western Front
Exchange Telegraph Company
Copenhagen
Ais
Gotha
Tandon
Reuter
Ottawa
Exgerly
West Front
Hiss
Winnipeg
Palmiss
Vancouver
Regina
Atta
Marry Lorse
Cambrai
Strahan
Fieaday
Pieres
Taoet
O W. Terring
Ninth Battalion
Calgary
Lindsay
ILC
Tronto
J. R. Stratton
Moccot Parishboro
Ont
John Collins
Chas. Tennant
Victoria
HR. Stone
Royal Cycling Corps
J. B. Chaffery
M.C
MH. Lane
Seattle
Wash
Halifax
Ialifax
G. Stephenson
Paynton
Sash
McKenzie
W. Mokwet
A. Akelhorn
Washington bans the Finished Mystery distribution
Washington reports the Department of Justice banned the Finished Mystery under the Espionage Act. Authorities seized thousands of copies nationwide and district attorneys were directed to prosecute anyone selling or distributing the book.
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Washington
Becauss
International Bible Students
Department of Justice
Orris Sentenced for No Visible Means of Support
Howard Orris appeared before Magistrate Rae at the Police Court yesterday and was found guilty of having no visible means of support. He was sentenced to three months hard labor.
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Howard Orris
Rae
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Verdun
Amsterdam
Berlin
Gerais
Paris
Ehnene
Times Rilys
Rome
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Vatican
The
Hague
Holland
Great Britain
Agai
Thang
Radsershintern
Ravaria
Rotterdam
von Adenne
Berlin Tageblitz
English
Adriatic
Herce
Aerons
Dunmore Hill
Ross Creek
Pot’tory St
Rutherford Bridge
Dunmore
Prent Gap
Partizanship
Thug Price Cattle
Grant
Canada
Dillon
March
HP Jme
Police
Mizpah Lodge No
Fy & M
4Th St
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