General strike called off as talks resume in Britain
London May 12 British general strike ends and unions move to restart negotiations over the coal industry. Arthur Pugh announces the settlement to Premier Baldwin and ministers at Downing Street. A National Wages Board and coal industry reforms are outlined with a subsidy renewal and governance changes.
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London
Downing Street
General Council
Trades Union Congress
Baldwin
Labor
Arthur Pugh
Trades Union Council
Great Britain
Herbert Samuel
Royal Commission
The
National Wages Board
Norge Passes Over North Pole in Historic Flight
The dirigible Norge crossed the North Pole early this morning amid excellent flying conditions. It remains on course to Nome Alaska for its 2750 mile leg, led by Lincoln Allsworth and other expedition members.
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Oslo
North Pole
New York
Nome
Alaska
Lincoln Allsworth
Josephine Ford
Richard Byrd
Byrd
King’s Bay
Spitzbergen
Norge
Vadsee
Rome
St Johns Choir Loses By Two Points At Provincial Festival
Edmonton reports the St Johns Choir finished second in the small choirs contest as Medicine Hat Chett retained the shield after a close two point margin. Stanton Morris of Medicine Hat placed third in a class of eleven with two marks.
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Stanton Morris
Edmonton
St. John’s Choir
Medicine Hat Chett
Medicine Hat
No Confidence Motion Against Luther Adopted
Berlin May 12. The Reichstag adopted a no confidence motion against Chancellor Luther by 176 to 146. Luther met President Von Hindenburg after the vote as the cabinet resignation was expected and later the cabinet resigned with President Hindenburg asking it to carry on for the present.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Luther
von Hindenburg
Doings In Parliament Ottawa May 12
The Senate met at 3 pm and passed the Interim Supply bill after discussion of the Hudson Bay Railway vote. The firearms sale restriction bill received a second reading. In the Commons the budget debate continued led by J. D. Chaplin and other MPs from Liberal and Conservative parties. R Sanford Riley of Worcester Massachusetts and Winnipeg died last week.
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Ottawa
Senate
House of Commons
Hudson Bay
Commons
J. D. Chaplin
Lincoln
A. J. Macdonald
Glengarry
J. R. O'Neill
Temis
Baldwin Announces End of General Strike in Commons
In London on May 12 Premier Baldwin announced the general strike was called off and pledged immediate efforts to renew miner and owner delegations. He said the peace and victory were the result of common sense for the whole United Kingdom and urged Britons to work forward in cooperation.
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London
House of Commons
Baldwin
United Kingdom
Ford Says U S Won't See General Strike
Sudbury Massachusetts May 12 Henry Ford argued the United States is too intelligent to stage a general strike like Britain. He warned against drastic action, saying the strike was engineered by "the people who are always putting things over." He spoke amid questions about crime and idleness and alcohol as a motor fuel. Also noted Washington May 12 Julius Barnes attributed Britain’s strike failure to ignoring fundamentals of economics.
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Sudbury Mass
United States
Great Britain
Henry Ford
Ford
Washington
Julius I. Barnes
Chamber of Commerce of the
Barnes
International Chamber of Commerce
Josiah Stamp
Europe
Heenan Says He Needs No Aid From Any Minister
Ottawa May 11 Liberal M P Peter Heenan Kenora Rainy River resumed budget debate in the Commons. Heenan charged Ontario Tory actions and alleged intimidation of settlers while Conservative G B Nicholson protested and the Speaker urged focus on the federal budget.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Peter Heenan
Kenora-Rainy River
Neenan
Nova Scotia
Cape Breton
F. P. Quinn
Halifax
Quinn
Heenan
RE. N. MacDonald
National Defence
Militia
Ontario
Ferguson
G. B. Nicholson
Agoma East
Lemieux
German Fascists Plan to Restore Hohenzollern Empire
Berlin May 12 Police disclosed detailed plans for a German Fascist dictatorship aiming at the restoration of the Hohenzollern Empire in renewed splendor. Authorities report a mass of documents including a plan to concentrate an attack on Berlin while questioning various political leaders, though they regard it as a paper dream.
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Hohenzollern
Berlin
Polie
Conservative Whip Boys Before Customs Inquiry
Ottawa May 12 A denial that he was in contact with liquor seizure owners was given by J I A Bisaillon former chief preventive officer before the Customs Inquiry committee. He testified the seized barge arrived at Montreal and liquor was unloaded with no pilfering. May 11 W A Boys chief Conservative Whip asked to review the Davis Waisberg case file.
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Ottawa
Tremblay
J. I. A. Bisallicn
St. Montreal
Customs Inquiry Committee
Bisaillon
Montreal
Mr. Calder
W. A. Boys
Davis Waisberg
Boys
Toronto
Canadian cent embedded in boy for over a month
May 12 Moose Jaw An unsuccessful attempt to remove a large Canadian cent from the body of three year old Frank Tress of Bayard was made at the general hospital. A further operation is planned for tomorrow to extract the coin that has been in his body about a month. The boy, ill with measles, swallowed the coin during the night after the father failed to remove it.
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Moose Jaw
Frank Tress
Joe Tress
Bayard
General Hospital
Baron Byng plants memorial tree on Mill Bay solarium site
Victoria note records a ceremony at Mill Bay where Governor General Baron Byng planted a tree for a proposed crippled children solarium in memory of Queen Alexandra. Lord and Lady Byng spend a short holiday on Vancouver Island ahead of their return tour across Canada.
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Victoria
Mill Bay
Here
Baron Byng
Canada
Queen Alexandra
Lord
Lady Byng
Vancouver Island
Planes Collide Over Langley Field Two Majors Escape Unhurt
Norfolk Va May 12 two Langley field student pilots Majors Harold E Geiger and Harold M Hickam survived a mid air collision in formation at 2500 feet. Both fully wrecked their single seat pursuers but parachuted to safety before landing.
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Norfolk
Harold E. Geiger
Harold M. Hickam
Langley Field
James Lee
Fire at Braemar and East Allowance Premises
A morning blaze at the corner of Braemar Street and East Allowance started when a gas pipe slipped at the air mixer, causing gas to ignite outside a stove. Firefighters were called just after 10 o clock. the chief shut off the gas at the cellar meter, preventing further damage.
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Braemar St
East Allowance
Wheat market slips after strike news in Winnipeg
May 12 in Winnipeg saw heavy liquidation of long wheat as prices closed lower across the board. May 1.53 1-8 July 1.51 October 1.32 3-8 with October posting the largest decline. Speculators pulled back despite higher opening. Export business moderated on the down scale as traders anticipate UK demand. Coarse grains were featureless and cash wheat activity was fair with a stronger tone expected.
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Winnipeg
Ing
United Kingdom
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