General Strike Deepens In Britain With Food Supply Tactics
London reports the second week of a general strike as peace seems distant. Army convoys deliver food to Hyde Park amid government claims of ample London supplies and disheartened Trade Union Congress.
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London
Great Britain
Victoria Dock
Hyde Park
Trades Union Congress
Baldwin
Nine Elms
Birmingham
Sawyer
England
Oxford
Cambridge
Southampton
Shoreditch Labor Party
Wight
New German Motor Anto Baden-Baden Arrives in New York
A strange craft called the Baden-Baden of Hamburg arrived in New York Harbor. It is described as a hybrid vessel using wind power with two motor towers and a 600 ton carrying cargo of building stone. The ship completed an experimental voyage of 6220 miles in 38 days.
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New York
New York Harbor
Manhattan
Henry Hudson
Baden-Baden
Ham-burg
New German Republic
Pioneer dies in Winnipeg at 93
James Bruce a Manitoba native and pioneering agriculturist who introduced the first threshing machine to Western Canada dies at his Winnipeg home. He was 93 and a notable figure in early prairie farming history.
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Winnipeg
James Bruce
Manitoba
Western
Canada
Liberal Leader Shaw Plans May Tour Across Alberta
Capt T J Shaw Liberal leader begins a May tour visiting Bow Valley Bassano Lethbridge Medicine Hat Edmonton Champion Sturgeon Dawson Camrose Spirit River Peace River area meetings conventions and banquets as he seeks Liberal nominations and communicates with supporters.
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Calgary
T. J. Shaw
Tnes
Bow Valley
Bassano
Shaw
Capt. Shaw
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Empress
Cypress
Edmonton
Cbi
Capt
Little Bow
Champion
Sturgeon
Dson
Camrose
Peace River
Spirit River
Forest Fires Rage in Virginia and New Jersey
Forest fires in the Eastern States claimed at least two lives and caused damage well over a million dollars. While many blazes in New England were controlled, serious fires continued in Virginia and New Jersey with extensive area losses.
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Boston
New England
Virginia
New Jersey
One Killed When Car Plunges Over Embankment
Vancouver: At Marine Drive six miles south of the city an auto failed to turn and plunged over a ten foot embankment killing 48 year old Roderick Dunn instantly. Charles Johnson sustained severe injuries. Both men were electric railway employees returning from work.
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Vancouver
B.C
Marine Drive
Roderick Dunn
Charles Johnson
Roth Well reaches shale at 3735 feet, casing in jeopardy
The Roth No 1 well broke through last night and drilling will continue with a wet hole until the lime is reached. The bit this morning stood in a shale at 3735 feet which will not hold the casing.
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Roth No 1
Byrd Flies Over North Pole First Time in Air
New York reports Commander Richard L. Byrd completed a nonstop flight over the North Pole in an airplane. The feat matches Admiral Peary as a polar achievement, with Byrd returning to King's Bay after a 4:20 p.m. landing. The voyage covered 33 days after departure from New York.
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New York
North Pole
Richard L. Byrd
Pole
Robert E. Peary
Admiral Peary
Matt Henson
Flos Bennett
Byrd
New York Times
St. Louis
King’s Bay
Spitzbergen
Lieut. Wade
United States
United States Universities
London
Toklo
George Wilkins
Detroit Arctic
Endicott Mountains
Point Barrow
Alaska
Flaisen
Hugo Eckener
Copenhagen
Arctic
Ottawa House to miss Ascension Day session
The House of Commons will not sit on Ascension Day. Members plan to spend the weekend at home and the budget vote is now expected Tuesday of next week.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
National Hospital Day Observed by Medicine Hat General Hospital
Medicine Hat General Hospital invites the public to visit Wednesday May 12 from 2 to 6 pm to tour the hospital, view the new elevator, and enjoy afternoon tea on the Nurses' Home lawn. No collections or donations will be solicited.
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National Hospital
Medicine Hat General Hospital
Game Warden Clark Russell Found Dead in Ontario Water
The body of Clark Russell of Bancroft, a game warden, was recovered from deep water at Deacon's Creek in Belleville Ontario. He had been missing since last Monday and is believed to have slipped into the water while fording the stream.
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Belleville
Ont
Clark Russell
Bancroft
Fish Art
Deacon's Cresk Eer Bencroft
Five Die When Car and Train Collide Near Mount Clemens
Detroit May 10 five members of the Rank family died Saturday afternoon when an Port Huron interurban train crashed into their automobile two miles north of Mount Clemens. The mother Mrs Charles Rank 36 grandmother Mrs Selina Rank 42 and daughters Helen 6 and Henrietta 10 plus uncle August Rank 39 were killed. Father and infant son and another uncle were seriously injured.
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Detroit
Mich
Port Huron
Mount Clemens
Charles Rank
Selina Rank
Helen Rank
Henrietta Rank
August Rank
Sugar Beet Expert I D O Donnell to Speak in Medicine Hat
The Western Canada Irrigation Association will hold its annual convention in Medicine Hat on July 27 28 and 29. One keynote speaker will be I D O Donnell of Billines Ment an irrigationist specializing in sugar beets and promoting a new sugar beet industry in Southern Alberta.
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Western Canada Irrigation Association
Medicine Stat
TD. O'Donnell
Ct Billines
Ment
Alberta
Rain Deluges Southern Alberta Nourishing Crops
Southern Alberta received over an inch of rain boosting topsoil moisture and encouraging rapid germination of late sown grain and sugar beet fields. Rain was general from Calgary to Swift Current with varying start times and a high barometer suggesting moisture continuation if winds stay low. Mayor Taylor invites the 1928 Imperial Conference to convene in Vancouver.
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Alberta
Otam
Canadian Pacific Ralway
Calgary
Swift
Taylor
Imperial Conference
Vancouver
Fire at Great West Garment Co. destroys Edmonton plant
A three story Great West Garment Company building at 97th Street and 103rd Ave in Edmonton burned from 3 am. The blaze left 385 workers unemployed as stock valued at 450000 was nearly all ruined. Officials estimate losses near 400000, covered by insurance due to spontaneous combustion.
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Edmonton
Great West Garment Company
97Th Street
103Rd Ave
Music Week Ends in Medicine Hat with Free Concerts
Medicine Hat celebrated Music Week with a packed Empress Theatre concert on Saturday night. The event, arranged in one week, featured diverse performances and was free to the public, thanks to church venues and support from the Medicine Hat News.
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Empress Theatre
Medicine Hat
Dominion
David W. Hays
Hays
F. Blackburn
Harry Yulll
Ottawa Budget Clears Unchanged Tariff Stance
In Ottawa on May 10 Hon J A Hoht the Minister of Finance said the automobile tariff would likely only gain a few defining words for automobile parts, with no principle changes to the budget and no alterations to the Sales Tax.
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Ottawa
J. A. Hoht
Montreal Sailings Unchanged by British General Strike
Passenger and freight sailings from the port of Montreal are not affected by the British general strike. The only evident impact is fueling vessels in Montreal for their round trips, according to inquiries at the main steamship offices.
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Montreal
Britain
Alberta legislature may prorogue without adjourned session
Edmonton May 10. Government circles discuss dissolving the present legislature without an adjourned session and prorogation by order in council to speed elections by July. Premier Brownlee unlikely to return before May 16, with Ottawa duties delaying cabinet heads.
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Edmonton
J. KE. Brownlee
Ottawa
Alberta
East
W. S. Gray
J. J. F. Frawley
Public Athies Board
Big Strike Delays Immigration to Canada
Ottawa reports a general strike halted a planned migration of about one thousand Britons and their families to Canada. Rail service disruption caused the delays, while US farmers seek admission in large numbers under the British Empire settlement scheme, with the 1926 quota of a thousand families expected to fill within six weeks.
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Ottawa
England
Canada
Department
United States
Passengers Die In Dnieper Steamer Collision
The steamer Bie Jer mas, traveling from Gomel to Kiev on the Dnieper, collided with a cargo boat near Gomel. All deck passengers were saved while several in lower cabins perished. a rescue squad saved many others though exact fatalities were not learned.
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Moscow
Gomel
Kiev
Dnieper
Sask. Suspects Held By City Police
J. O. Richarde J. C. Benton and J. Ober are held by city police awaiting Saskatchewan authorities for robbery charges at Webb. Arrested Sunday they appeared before Magistrate Ellis. Richards and Ober charged with Vagrancy remanded. Benton fined five dollars and costs with one day imprisonment for carrying a revolver without a permit. Julia Ober and Irene McLaughlin arrested on receiving stolen property charges and held for Saskatchewan police.
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J. O. Richarde
J. C. Benton
J. Ober
Saskatchewan
Webb
Ellis
Richards
Ober
Benton
Julia Ober
Irene McLaughlin
Edmonton Land Office Records Pick Up April Entries
Homestead entries and soldier grants at the Edmonton federal land office for April reached 177, the highest total in several years as settlers continue to file for land and veterans benefits.
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Federal Land Office
Edmonton
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Roth Well
Lieut. Boyd
U.S. Navy
N. Pole
Canadian Health Congress
Cession
Toronto
Mirabethl. Smellie
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Victoria Order of Nurses For Canada
Guilford
WW. Reed
Queen's University Centre
Geo. D. Porter
Canadian Public Health Association
I. H. Erb
Hospital For Sick Children
I. D. O'Donnell
Great West Garment CO
Med. Hat
Hamburg
Sask
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