Royal visit marks old city ceremony at Lloyds opening
The King and Queen in London observe a centuries old rite near Temple Bar as they attend the opening of Lloyds new headquarters in Leadenhall Street. The Lord Mayor presents the pearl sword and city keys, symbolizing surrender of rights, before royal procession continues.
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Temple Bar
London
Lloyds
Leadenhall St
Bank of England
Old London
Eity
Elizabeth
Soviet plan on disarmament faces delegates criticism
At Geneva on March 24 delegates rejected Prussia's disarmament plan as propaganda influenced. They criticized its framing of major powers as dominating and opposed its Commission of workers and international groups to enforce the scheme. Lord Cussendon urged naval cuts before the Capital ship replacement program under the Washington convention.
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Geneva
Prussia
Causiiq
Lord Cussendun
United States
Washington
Little Lad Drowned at Fifth Street Bridge
Ralph Williams, ten, son of Mr and Mrs Dun can Williams colored, drowned in the river yesterday while watching the ice go out. Believed to have fallen from the Fifth Street bridge. body not recovered. Farr and Mild Temp 623.82.
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Chatham
Ralph
Duncan
Willams
Fifth St
Day in Parliament Report from Ottawa Commons
Ottawa March 24 The Senate will not sit Monday. In the Commons private members bill takes precedence. Yesterday the Commons spent the day in committee debating tariff changes. Most amendments were passed.
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Ottawa
Can
Senate
Bnll
Conmmons
Government liquor control proposed to solve 18th Amendment issues
Rep Sabath urged a federal government liquor dispensary system to curb bootlegging and drunkenness. He argued the plan would end illegal sales and send profits to the Treasury, countering critics who worried about turning the U S into a bootlegger.
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Washington
Canada
House
Sabath
Tuinioff
Sam
Hersey
Accidentally Shot By Boy Practicing In Rifle Shooting
Geulph Ont March 24 Gordon Karn 28 a coal teamster died in hospital from a lung wound after being shot by 14 year old Wilfried Lavoice and others who were target shooting in a bush near the city. An inquest will be held.
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Geulph
Ont
Gordon Karn
Wilfried Lavoice
Kain
Will Eaton Co Extend Medicine Hat Business
The News reports a major expansion in Medicine Hat with Will Eaton Co taking the entire block to Sixth Avenue and adding departments like ladies wear gents furnishings and boots and shoes similar to Lethbridge stores. Rumors say Whipnel Bakery and Hood's Barber Shop were asked to vacate as space opens for the Eaton Co redevelopment.
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Medicine Hat
Whipnel Bakery
Hood
Eaton Company
Sixth Avenue
Lethbridge
Glagh
Baton
Groceteria
Explosion aboard Courageous kills engineer during tests
At Devonport in March one engineer was killed and three seriously injured when an explosion rocked the British aircraft carrier Courageous while engineers tested an emergency pump in the dockyard. The Courageous, converted from a cruiser, was to be completed as an aircraft carrier this month as part of emergency war program work begun in June 1924.
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Devonport
Eng
Courageous
Grasshopper Plague Reported in New South Wales
An Evening News despatch from Sydney notes a vast grasshopper plague in Southern New South Wales. The front swath is about twenty miles wide with swarms extending ten miles behind, devouring crops and coating fences as motorists report blocked radiators and windshields.
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London
Evening News
Sydney
New South Wales
No Foundation For Charge of Sabotage At St. Francis Dam
Los Angeles on March 24 Deputy Sheriff Harry Wright head of the criminal investigation department said no evidence supports dynamiting as the cause of the St Francis dam breach. He noted no testimony or evidence has been presented to the sheriff's office to confirm sabotage as the probable cause.
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Los Angeles
St. Francis
Harry Wright
Criminal Investigation Department
Sheriff's Office
Wright
Belgrade official dies at 69 after troubled year
Fragment from Belgrade reports the death of a local official aged sixty nine after a period marked by political unrest and crime. The text references authorities and events around the assassination era of King Alexander Obrenovic and Queen Draga, indicating a turbulent early 1900s context.
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Belgrade
Jug
Alexander Obreno
Draga
Calgary Teachers Push World Peace Arbitration Clause
Calgary Public School Local of the Alberta Teachers’ Association urges Ottawa to attach Canada to the optional clause of the World Court League of Nations to compel peaceful dispute settlement. The piece notes broader support from Canadian groups and cites two other strategic moves toward arbitration and peace. A report adds that France rejects woman conscription and discusses five proposed methods to avoid war. A holy war rumor in Arabia is noted with a cautious comparison to civil strife.
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the News
J. Crittenden
Sixth “Avenue
Calgary
Alberta Teachers
Alliance
Canada
Council of the League
Wallonshassan
A.T.A
Bled
Ottawa
World Court of the
League of Nations
Alberta
League, of Nations Society
U.R
U.F.W.A
Arabia
Immigration scheme and Canadian settlement plan outlined
Dr Gershaw discusses McRae's proposal to open Western Canada for free homesteads using ten million acres near railways and thirty million in Peace River country. He estimates 300,000 families could settle with 2,000,000 new residents overall, funded by government costs and long term title terms. The piece also covers prewar and postwar immigration trends, income barriers, and Chinese head tax history in Canada.
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F. W. Gershaw
M.P
General McRae
House of Commons
Canada
Peace River
British Isles
China
Offerings Free at High Prices on Mixed Wheat Market
Winnipeg March 24 Mixed trade was shown on the wheat market with offerings leaning to liberal at top prices but thinning as prices declined. Closing quotations were 3 8 to 1 8 lower. Cash wheat demand was moderate and little beer traded. May rye futures weakened five cents from mid week highs as other coarse grains held steady.
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Winnipeg
Can of Carbide Explosion Kills Six on Cutter Acorn
An Exchange Telegraph despatch from Copenhagen reports six crew members died when a can of carbide exploded on a small vessel off Iceland. A big wave swept the cutter Acorn, flooding the forecastle and dislodging the carbide from a shelf, triggering the blast when seawater contacted it.
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London
Copenhagen
Iceland
Acorn
Woolen industry debate on tariffs and protection
Ottawa March 24. In committee, Conservative MP raised alarm over tariff changes harming the woolen industry. Mr Stevens argued protection should reflect Canada’s wage gaps versus Britain, France, and Italy, noting fiber costs and a South Ontario factory would benefit under free yarns and warps.
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Ottawa
House
Ae 6
Vancouver Centre
Grida
Cana
Stevens
United States
Canada
Dominion
Mr. Stevens
South
Ontario
Moore
Tariff Board
Guery
Sidi
AL Prt
Aeid
Robb
Fire destroys nurses training home at Lake Avenue Hospital
Firefighters fought flames at Lake Avenue Hospital in Rochester New York to rescue a wax training dummy mistaken for a girl in distress. The nurses home and training quarters burned, causing about 12000 dollars in damage.
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Rochester
N. Y
Lake Avenue Hospital
Seizure Details Tie Arms to Italy and Hungary
Reports from Agram and Vienna Tagespost describe explosives listed for Hungary and arms from Italy. Vienna papers note other carloads routed Italy to Roumania via Hungarian territory passing Subotica days earlier.
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Surin
Irvine youth injured in horse riding accident
SREROWN as HORSE John Schulz, agetep, the son of 'a rmer living near Irvine, was brought to the hospital last met with a fractured feg. The lad was out riding his horse the fall breaking the bone in his left leg below the knee. He is under the care of Dr. MacCharles and was reported this morning as doing nicely.
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John Schulz
Armer
Irvine
MacCharles
Jury Blames Hollinger Management for Mine Debris Dump
In Timmins Ontario the inquest into the February mine disaster deaths finds Hollinger management and executives responsible for debris dumping in stopes. The verdict cites carbon monoxide poisoning from a fire in stop 55 A and calls for safer old stopes under government inspection with more mining inspectors appointed.
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Timmins
Ont
Stopes
Hollinger
Lindsay
Kampla
Gardez
Stope 55-A
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