Sapiro Still Testifies in $1,000,000 Ford Libel Suit
Aaron Sapiro returned to the witness stand in Detroit facing Henry Ford in a high profile libel case. He described pre 1916 cooperative efforts in California and his view that successful groups were commodity based. Judge and counsel engaged over his expert qualifications as he detailed cooperative contracts and past contracts as benchmarks.
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Detroit
Mich
Aaron Sapiro
Henry Ford
California
Sapiro
Ile
Europe
America
James A. Reed
Ford
Raymond
Win
Henry Gallagher
Reed
Ulysses
Labor modernizes fortunes in Australia state elections
South Australia and Western Australia election results favor Liberal and Country forces in SA with a 26 seat majority out of 46 while Western Australia shows a 23 to 23 split. Labor leaders face uncertain prospects but may continue administration.
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Adelaide
Australia
Reuter
South Australia
Western Australia
Liberal
Country
Labor
Labor Party
Laborites
Brave 18-year-old fights shark to save friend
Stanley Gibbs, frail 18 year old, received a Duke of York medal for bravery after he battled a shark to save a younger friend in Sydney. Gibbs grappled the shark, freed his companion, and carried him home before the friend died. Also noted is the death of W. R. Nursey, veteran of the Riel rebellion, in Toronto.
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Sydney
N. 8
Duke of York
Stanley Gibbs
Gibbs
Manning the Manless Land and Western Colonization Plans
Montreal report on the Canada Colonization Association under Canadian Pacific Railway control outlines progress since 1925. It cites 1,794 families settled on 436,229 acres across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with high Manitoba success and Mennonite settlers. It notes future expansion potential for 986 families on 225,644 acres and calls for broader Western settlement programs.
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Montreal
T. C. F. Wyerer
Canada Colonization Association
Winnipeg
Dominion Mortgage Investments Association
Windsor Hotel
Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway
Department of Colonization and Development
Canadian Pacific
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Western
C. M. Bowman
The
Mutual Life Assurance Company
Canadian Colonization Association
Britain and the States Confer Joint Action in China
London reports that Britain and the United States are considering joint action on the Nanking incident with views to a possible decision. British authorities in Changsha Chungking and Ichang evacuate all British males while women and children go to Shanghai. Four hundred white colonial troops and 400 Annamites are to arrive in Shanghai from Tonkin. The British cabinet vows a firm stance in China with no further concessions until order is restored.
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London
Reuters
Shanghai
United States
Washington
Foreign Office
Changsha
Chungking
Ichang
Yangtse
China
Aris
Tonkin
Annam
Chang Sha
Siang Kiang River
Hunan
Woodcock
Downing Street
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Performing Bear Injures Brooklyn Boy in Circus Style Attack
New York reports a seven year old Brooklyn child named Robert Shreves approached a performing bear outside a theatre. The bear struck him with its paw and caused serious wounds, nearly killing him as he extended a friendly gesture.
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New York
Robert Shreves
Brooklyn
Miners Prepare For Ohio Wage Shutdown In March
In Bellaire and Panapolis Ohio miners face a general shutdown as the Jacksonville wage agreement expires Thursday night. About 33 000 Eastern Ohio miners have two days to clear mines and prepare for abandonment until a new wage scale is set. The United Mine Workers authorize separate wage deals after March 31 to avert a broad suspension in the bituminous coal industry starting April 1.
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Bellaire
Ohio
Jacksonville
Panapolis
United Mine Workers
Wheat Prices Close Cent Higher on Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Prices on the Winnipeg Grain Exchange closed higher amid foreign cables and local dealer activity. May wheat at 1.40 1/8, July 1.37 1/4, October 1.27 3/4, with bullish traders supporting the market and coarse grains showing weaker demand. Cash wheat found a good outlet with spreads near unchanged to around 1/4 cent lower.
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Winnipeg
Japanese officer attempts suicide after consulate assault
Lt. Kamo Araki commander of the guard at the Nanking Japanese Consulate wounded himself aboard the flagship Tor after reporting the incident. Commander in chief of the Japanese squadron feared firing would trigger a massacre among officials and families. Under samurai code, officers failing in duty commit seppuku.
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Shanghai
Kamo Araki
Nanking
Tors
Araki
Doings in Parliament Ottawa March news brief
Ottawa reports parliamentary activity with the Senate to sit today and the Commons to debate Imperial relations. Yesterday the Senate adjourned after a brief session as a government bill on debts to the Crown advanced to a second reading. In the Commons the Guthrie amendment to the Georgian Bay Canal Bill failed 105 to 87. the bill gained a second reading 103 to 55 and moved to committee.
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Ottawa
Senate
C N R Branch Lines Program Wins Approval
The Canadian National Railways three year branch line program received approval from the Senate Railway and Telegraph Branch Committee. Fifteen branches are planned at about 2 million dollars. Senator G P Graham led the Bills for the government, with Alberta routes including a 19 mile cut off from Elk Lake toward Bretona Clover Bar and a link from Ashmont to Bonnyville.
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Ottawa
Canadian Press
Canadian National Railways
Railway and Telegraph Branch
Senate
Rt. Hen
G. P. Graham
Railways and Canals
Alberta
Bretona
Clover Bar
Elk Lake
Ashmont
Bonnyville
Liberal Leader Sets Topics for Major Joint Conference
Edmonton March 29 A Liberal motion by Capt Joseph Shaw outlines topics for a federal provincial conference to be convened this year chaired by Prime Minister Brownlee and ministers. Key items include constitutional amendment procedures, sickness and unemployment insurance, federal provincial taxation, concurrent jurisdiction in agriculture policing immigration health and research, and senate reform.
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Edmonton
Ottawa House
Joseph Shaw
Brownlee
Ottawa
Canada
Senate
Cook Takes His Own Life in Nelson Hotel
James Mullen, 54, a cook on CN railway work trains, drank lye solution in a Nelson hotel and died in hospital. He said they set him crazy before the end. Mullen was born in Burnon Prince Edward Island and came to Nelson two months ago.
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Nelson
B. C
James Mullen
Mullen
Burnon
Prince Edward Island
Canadian National Railway
Guest Loses House Seat To Liberal In By Election
London March 29 Dr Haden Guest former Labour MP for North Division Southwark stood as Independent Constitutionalist after resigning over Labour stance on China defence. Admiral H M Smith withdrew in his favor. Liberal candidate E A Strauss won with 7 884 votes. Labour's Geo Isaacs was runner up with 169 votes and Guest secured third with 5 215 votes.
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London
Haden Guest
Labor Party
House of Commons
Southawark
China
Guest
Admiral H. H. Smith
E. A. Strauss
Geo. Isaacs
Labor
Dr. Guest
Albania Situation Warns of Grave Mobilization in Albania
Paris dispatch reports that Belgrade informed foreign ministers that Albanian unrest is grave with ongoing mobilization under Italian officers.
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Paris
Belgrade
Albania
Dickens talk and music charm Medicine Hat Rotary
A Rotary luncheon in Medicine Hat featured a memorable music program by Mrs. D. W. Hays party and an instructive talk by Harold Ireland on The Life and Times of Charles Dickens. Ireland contrasted 1812 England with today, noting Dickens depicts real poverty and urging Rotarians to model responsible family life and wise use of freedom.
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Rotary
D. W. Hays
Sexton
IF. Blackburn
J. Marsh
Harold
Ireland
England
Charles Dickens
Dickens
Oliver Twist
Little Dor
Tven
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Thomas Bradshaw
Massey-Harris Company, Limited
C.N.R. Branch Lines
Alta
MTA Liberal
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Cook
Defence Force
Chas. Dickens
H. S. Ireland
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