Alberta Legislature Passes Public Works and Agriculture Votes
Edmonton notes the Legislative assembly approving Public Works estimates totaling 4.79 million and discussing road costs. Agricultural department votes reach 1.085 million with 10,000 for exhibits to showcase Alberta cattle in England and aid stockmen at Chicago and Canadian shows.
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Agric. Dept
A. J. Mclean
Marshall
Alberta
England
Chicago
Edmonton
Agricultural Department
Blow
Calgary
A. d. McLean
Iffes
McLean
Public Health Department
Public Health
Llon
Bashlund
Explosion at Southwest Side Factorys Causes Multiple Deaths
Chicago reports indicate an early morning blast wrecked two factory buildings on the southwest side. Ten confirmed dead and many injured as police and fire crews searched the ruins. cause of the catastrophe is not yet known.
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Chicago
Government to split Labor Bureau into two departments
Edmonton March 29 Special to The News reports a government Labor Bureau division will separate offices into farm labor and industrial employment. Jon Duncan Marshall states the change aims to better serve farmers and workers, amid House criticism and calls to reopen private agencies for farmer hiring.
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Edmonton
Government Labor Bureau
Jon. Duncan Marshall
H. J. Montgomery
Wetaskiwitz
Gems Recovered From City Drain In Kansas City
Mrs Henry J Shaw dropped Marel and Pir Monds valued at £0 6 into a drain. A municipal employee using a nap recovered the gems tied in a handkerchief in a 24 inch sewer in front of the house after a plumber’s efforts failed.
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Kansas City
Henry J. Shaw
Pittinder
Liberal Meeting Postponed to April 16 in Federal Call
The Liberal meeting scheduled for April 1 has been postponed to Friday April 16. Arrangements will be made for calling a convention for the Federal constituency.
Doctor Wild Poison Case in Brooklyn Youth Court
In Brooklyn children's court two 12 year old boys accused of feeding poison to 4 year old Josephine Olsen during a play doctor scene were held in 500 bail. The boys found two bottles in a vacant lot and allegedly prescribed poison for the girl. The case was adjourned pending the child's illness outcome.
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New York
Marcel
Josephine Olsen
Brooklyn
Children’s Court
Embargo on Canadian cattle eyed for lifting this summer
Manning W. Peaberty Ontario Minister of Agriculture said Britain favors lifting the embargo on Canadian cattle and expects a royal commission to review the matter. He arrived on the Minnedosa and urged support for Federal representations to the commission with hopes the embargo will end before July 1.
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St. John
N.B
Britain
Manning W. Peaherty
Ontario
Minnedosa
England
Minster
Coleagues
Revolutionaries Capture Minsk and Form White Russia Republic
A Copenhagen despatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company reports Minsk has fallen to revolutionaries. The eighth Bolshevik army is said to have joined them, creating a democratic White Russia republic. Surrounding peasants and local communists are said to be implementing terror measures.
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Democratic White Russia Republic
London
Minsk
Russia
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Helsingfors
White Russia
Wiev
Dublin Castle Official Shot Outside Hotel in Drury Street
Dublin reports Capt Rees an official of Dublin Castle shot dead outside his hotel in Drury Street. Four men composed the assailants. A separate London white paper on a Mallow Ireland incident in January states the court vindicated military actions against railway workers who resisted assassins. Ning injured, wife killed.
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Dublin
Rees
Dublin Castle
Drury Street
London
Mallow
Ireland
Ning
Man Awakens From Years-Long Sleep At County Hospital
A patient identified as D1 Awoke for a moment after nearly three years in a county hospital. He yawned and slept again, with nurse reports noting no speech. Eslinger arrived in the hospital earlier with injuries and long sleep history. the couple D Potter celebrated a 50th wedding anniversary in Crystal, Man.
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Fort Smith
Agk
Marelh
Jaane
Iewaka
Eslinger
Hue
Mrs. D. Potter
Clinton
Crystal, Man
Bistragted Husbands De Arg Hor Bande Carried Off In Auto
In Youngstown Ohio on March 24 sisters Agnes Hetzell and Thelma Hetzell aged 18 and 29 recently married Henry and Jacob Hellen, brothers of Atlanta Michigan, disappeared after their honeymoon trip. A woman with a touring car lured the brides away during a tire stop and fled with the couples. Police seek the brides and report no trace in Youngstown or nearby towns. Separate notice from Belleville Ontario reports early grain sowing in Sydney Township with C A Klecieson planting osts on Saturday.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Agnes Hetzell
Thelma Hetzell
Henry
Jacob Helen
Atlanta
Mich
Londy
North Jackson
Belleville
Ont
Sydney
C. A. Klecieson
Coal mine owner drowned when river crossing capsizes
In Lethbridge on March 29 William Ruperts Co, part owner of the Harrison coal mine across the river, drowned when his boat with three companions capsized. The three others reached shore. Ruperts body not recovered.
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Harrison
Lethbridge
William Ruperts
Sealing Steamer Reports Large Seals Catch Off Newfoundland
A wireless dispatch from the sealing fleet off Newfoundland indicates a heavy catch with Viking reporting about twenty thousand seals. Prospects of profitable voyage for health owners are mentioned as the fleet had secured seats and remains busy despite rough conditions.
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St. Johns
Miareh
Newfoutmmlland
Viking
Gulf
W. T. Ramsay Dies in Gibraltar
William T. Ramsay of Paronto and former Canada Life Insurance superintendent died in Gibraltar on Sunday. Slavic messages received here yesterday announced the death.
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Toronto
Gibraltar
William ‘T. Ramsay
Paronto
Canaida Life Assurance Company
Drowned at Twenty Mile Creek Near St Catharines
In St Catharines Ontario Marcel Moyer aged 17 drowned in Twenty Mile Creek after a leaky boat incident. His companion Cecil Brown was rescued.
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St. Catharines, Ont
Marcel Os
Gladstone Moyer
Cecil Brown
Bathing Costumes May Be Banned by Ordinance
London March 29 The ministry of health has suggested seaside towns enact ordinances making it an offense for either sex to wear bathing costumes that do not extend from the neck to within four inches of the knee.
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London
Ministry of Health
Greek Troops Capture Ski Shehr as War News Surges
London reports Greek troops have occupied Ski Shehr with many prisoners and war material. In Constantinople, Turkish forces in Armenia are recalled to meet the Greek offensive. At Alexandrina, two killed and several wounded as nationalist and socialist clashes erupt. order restored and arrests made.
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Armenia
London
Ski Shehr
Atens
Constantinople
Angora
Alexandrina
Naturalist FMIUS WATUERIGT Dies Aboard Central Train
New York reports the death of the noted naturalist FMIUS WATUERIGT at 2 AM aboard a New York Central train near Kingsville Ohio. He had spent winter in California and was returning east, was in ill health, and was in his early nineties.
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New York
Dobn Turroughs
New York Central
Kingsville
Ohio
Ile
California
Boyish shooter testifies to coroner jury on Good Friday shooting
Voronte Muarreh Pifteem a 9 year old Tutveil Holmes testified he bought cartridges for a 25 calibre rifle to shoot at a ground hog when Clays Tupling intervened and his shot hit Tupling. The coroner jury adjourned the inquest.
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Voronte
Tutveil Holmes
Cloyv Tupling
Goodriday
Clay Tupling
City Council Court of Revision Hears General Assessments
City council in session as a court of revision reviews general assessments with about ten appeals on the list.
Rights Of A Profession In Alberta Faces Bill Debate
Edmonton March 20. The Private Bills committee examined the Alberta Optometria Association incorporation bid. Opponents argued against giving a self regulating council power to discipline members for minor infractions citing close corporation concerns. Supporters urged self governance as standard in professions and noted medical precedents while proposing the attorney general handle prosecutions. The bill was left over for a future vote with a provision barring eye treatment of children under twelve.
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Edmonton
Alberta Optometria Association
Stanter
W. A. Davidson
Davidson
Shillmad
Dr. Stanley
Attorney ‘General's Department
J. G. Turgeon
Stanley
Medical Association
Turgeon
James Weir
Optometry Association
Board of Examiners
University of Alberta
Blow
South Calvary
Association
Edmonton Swept by Blimoime Blizzard
Edmonton endured a severe blizzard with high winds and blowing snow. Temperatures ranged from 25 below to 60 above zero that day, as a northwest wind persisted through the afternoon and into the night.
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Edmonton
Blimoime
Wamonton
Severe frost kills fruit crops across Kentucky and Pennsylvania
The weather bureau reports a severe frost in Kentucky jeopardizing the fruit crop with orchards damaged by last night’s cold. Officials in Pennsylvania declare early peach, cherry, and plum varieties likely killed after reports from dozen counties.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Weather Bureau
Warrizburg
Pennsylvania
State Bureau of Plant Industry
Government troops crush Leuna plant siege in Central Germany
Berlin March 29. Government forces and security police surrounded the Leuna nitrogen plant in Central Germany, forcing the communists to surrender after five days of siege. Insurgents cut off on all sides were subdued, with 1000 prisoners taken and several machine guns captured.
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Berlin
Germany
Leuna
Mie
Alberta Teachers Alliance Seeks National Education Policy
Edmonton March 29 The Alberta Teachers Alliance requests the provincial executive through the Confederation of Teachers to urge the Federal Government to appoint a minister of education for the Dominion cabinet to form a national educational policy. A commission to investigate salaries for primary and secondary school teachers is to be appointed by the Dominion government.
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Edmonton
Alberta Teachers Alliance
Confederation of Teachers
Southport Labor Faction Plans Break with Independent Labor
In Southport on March 23 the minority faction of the Trdenenitent Labor Party declared they will secede from the Independent Labor Party and form a new unit, signaling a split within the British labor movement.
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Southport
England
Trdenenitent Labor Party
British Labor Party
Independent Labor Party
Jorm Urecone Eslanet Party
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