London raid on Arcos office shocks diplomats in May tension
Scotland Yard and police raided Arcos Limited offices in Moorgate London, seizing the Soviet selling agency and Russian trade delegation premises. A Rosengolz protested to Sir Austen Chamberlain as officials said the raid may strain Anglo Russian relations. authorities reported no further information yet. The operation drew heavy police cordons and continued late as officers searched the five story building.
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London
Scotland Yard
Arcos Limited
Arthur Henderson
William Joynson Tickson
Clouse of Commons
Home Secretary
Arcos
A. P. Rosengolz
Downing Street
Austen Chamberlain
Arcos House
Russia
Great Britain
Arcos Ltd
Arengolz
Associated Press
Foreign Office
Moorgate
Ares
Open tenor prize tops Agperts Musical Festival day
Calgary May 13 rivals from Medicine Hat Lacombe and Edmonton carried major awards at the Agperts Musical Festival. Henry Cole of Medicine Hat won the open tenor class, Myrtle Cochrane of Lacombe took senior violin, and Violet Cumming of Edmonton captured the open contralto solo as a large crowd enjoyed the afternoon session from 2 to 7. Mrs. L. M. Burns of Medicine Hat scored 93 in open sight playing, just one point from perfection.
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Calgary
Henry Cole
Medicine Hat
Myrtle Cochrane
Lacombe
Violet Cumming
Edmonton
League at Geneva studies standardization of kitchen goods
At the League of Nations economic conference in Geneva three women delegates urged universal standard sizes for pots pans stove lids and related utensils arguing current lack causes waste and difficulty for homemakers. Dr Marie Elizabeth Luders led the call noting a future for buying by number across hardware shops.
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Geneva
Gene of Nations
League
Economic Conference
Committee For Nationalization of Industry
Marie Elizabeth: Luders
Luders
Flmond Tropka
Polish Union of Chemical Industries
Poland
Germany
Henry M. Robinson
Industrial Committee
United States
Europe
Europa
Farop
Planes Ready to Start Morning Flight Tie-up
Reporters track missing French aviators Captain Nuncesser and Coli four days overdue in New York on a Paris flight attempt. Hydrographers theorize if alive they may lie in Labrador, with other pilots delayed by bad Atlantic weather and two US planes expected to depart soon.
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New York
Nuncesser
Coli
Paris
United States
Labrador
Curtissfield
N.Y
Atlantic
BeHanca
St. Johns
Mld
Harbor
John Casey
Harbor Crace
Nungesser
Little Lad Dies After Fire In Rubbish Container
Four year old Archie D Barn died from burns after a fire started in a rubbish container in Lethbridge yesterday afternoon. His playmate Allen Banks remains in serious condition at the local hospital. Two other children playing near the concrete container are believed to have crawled into the receptacle through a trap door and started the blaze, their cries likely saving them from being burned alive.
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Lethbridge
Archie Dbarnby
Allen Banks
Kidnapped Toronto Baby Recovered In King Street House
May 123 Lloyd Daley a two months old child of Mr and Mrs James Deley was taken from his carriage outside a department store. The infant was found with a woman in a King Street house at noon today. Mrs Daley declared the baby is hers and a charge of kidnapping was laid against Mrs LePage later this afternoon.
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Toronto
Lloyd Daley
James Deley
Tuesdy Best
King Street
Five Injured When Toronto Trestle Collapses
A Toronto railway trestle at the foot of Spadina Avenue collapsed during work today. Five men were injured, two seriously, as they were thrown from the trestle amid heavy timbers.
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Toronto
Spadina Avenue
Mrs Jarvis Dies in Toronto at 66
Elizabeth Margaret Harriet Augusta Jarvis, 66, wife of Aemilius Jarvis Sr., died in Toronto after a long illness. She was the daughter of Sir Aemilius Irving, KC. Survived by her husband three daughters and two sons.
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Toronto
Elizabeth Margaret Harriet Augusta Jarvis
Aemilius Jarvis Sr
Jarvis
Aemilius Irving
K.C
Miss Craig’s Story of Murder in Yunnan Province
Miss Mary I. Craig of Philadelphia, survivor of a bandit raid near Yunnanfu, recounts the March assault that killed Rev. Morris Schlicter of Toronto and his young daughter. She credits H. A. C. Allen of the China Inland Mission for aiding their escape after disguise and peril in the mountains.
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Yunnanfu
China
Mary I. Craig
Philadelphia
Here
Morris Schlicter
Toronto
H. A. C. Allen
China Inland Mission
Mr. Schlicter
Mrs. Schlicter
Marquis and Marchioness of Aberdeen Celebrate Golden Wedding
London reports the Marquis and Marchioness of Aberdeen mark their golden wedding this autumn. The Marquis, former Governor General of Canada 1892 to 1898, is 80. his wife, founder of the Victorian Order of Nurses, is 70. They have received gifts including a motor car from the International Council of Women where Her Ladyship has led since 1904.
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London
Marchioness
Aberdeen
Marquis
Canada
Victorian Order of Nurses
International Council of Women
Ten Million In Damages Feared From Bayou de Glasses Crevasse
The Bayou de Glasses levee broke in Moreauville at six am widening to 600 feet by nine am threatening about 100000 people. State official Harry D. Wilson estimates the crevasse will cause at least 10000000 dollars in damages to agricultural interests across roughly 150 miles northwest of New Orleans.
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Alexandria
Bayou Des Glasses
Big Bend
Moreauville
Harry D. Wilson
Bayou de Glasses
New Orleans
Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray Sentenced to Die in June Week
Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray were sentenced to die in the electric chair at Sing Sing in the week of June 20 for the murder of Albert Snyder. Appeals will go to the Court of Appeals with expected decision in six months. The court said they would be moved to Sing Sing next Monday.
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Ruth Snyder
Harry
Judd Gray
Queens County Court House
New York
Tenry
Sing Sing
Alberta Coal Rates Inquiry Begins June Seventh
Ottawa dated May 13 reports the long delayed inquiry into eastbound Alberta coal transport costs will start in Ottawa on June 7. The government ordered the Railway Commission in 1926 to investigate coal movement costs from Alberta to Central Ontario, but a general freight rates inquiry delayed the coal case until now.
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Ottawa
Can
Alberta
Railway Commission
Ontario
Seeding Conditions Most Unfortunate Manitoba Province
Winnipeg reports a storm and heavy rain sweeping Manitoba after a record heat day. Temperatures plunged from 72 degrees to near freezing in 24 hours, halting farm work and delaying early seeding across the province. Some districts on Portage plains report quick wheat germination where seeding occurred.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada
Portage Plains
Auto crash near North Bay kills and injures locals
Joseph De Gros Villerin aged 50 was killed and Julie Piche Miss St Louis and R Mayer were injured when a CPR light engine struck the rear of their auto near North Bay. None of the injured is in a serious condition.
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Joseph de Gros Villerin
Julie Piche
St. Louis
R. Mayer
C.P.R
North Bay
Trade Union Bill Faces Hurdles in Commons Debate
London May 13 The House of Commons sitting as a committee passed only the first seven words of the Trade Union Bill designed to prevent coercive strikes before adjourning at four this morning. The closure ended a two day debate with contention over the definition of a coercive strike and calls for a clearer government definition.
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London
Bil
House of Commons
Fire destroys Munson Hotel and bank building in Alberta
A fire in Munson Alta started in an ice house behind the hotel and swept the Munson Hotel and the Bank of Montreal across the street. Losses are put at about 12 000 dollars for each building, totaling around 24 000 dollars. The blaze began early Friday morning.
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Munson
Alta
Bank of Montreal
Two Die in Ontario Shooting Affray Ex-Sudbury Man Dead
Sudbury Ontario May 13 Joseph Martell of Sudbury and John Hudson of Eganville die after a shooting affray. Martell's car crashed into a fence and a nearby RCMP member found Hudson dying with a heart wound and Martell already dead beside the car.
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Sudbury
Ont
Joseph Martell
John Hudson
Eganville
Martell
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Hudson
October Holds Strong Position on Grain Market
Winnipeg reports bullish tone on the grain market as unsettled western weather keeps traders cautious. Early gains of 1.4 to 11 2 cents fade as outside interest remains weak. October leads with the strongest position despite light local trading and minor gains in coarse grains.
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Winnipeg
Ialize
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Valdemar Strogoff
H. Kedney
Mimico
M. Kedney
Harry Cole
Mrs. Burns
U.S
R. S. Munn
Halifax
N.S
Halifax Herald
Freeport
Digby County
Shermen
Little Lad
Miss Craigs
Missionary
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