Woodsworth Addresses Canadians on Modern Life and Parliament
J S Woodsworth M P of Winnipeg delivers a two part talk at City Hall on Canada’s Parliament and “Dollar Civilization.” He urges adapting to new technologies and stresses federal provincial powers and local governance as part of a broader transformation for Canada. Alderman Hole chairs the event and a chart illustrates parliamentary machinery.
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Winnipeg
Ottawa
J.S. Woodsworth
M.P
Win- Wipe
Labor Party
Canada
Woodsworth
Ald. Hole
House of Commons
Cinada
Rure
Employment improves in Great Britain as unemployment falls
London May 15 Canadian Press reports improved jobs figures for Great Britain with total unemployment under one million for the first time since early May 1926. The gain is reflected in raw steel and engineering sectors while coal fields remain weak with four mines in South Wales closed temporarily.
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London
South
Wedes
Britain Breaks Off Relations With Hankow Regime
May 18 from Peking Basil Newton withdraws as British minister's representative at Hankow. A note declares Hankow failed to govern by modern standards, signaling the end of quasi diplomatic ties with Chen's Nationalist regime. Britain is expected to shift policy toward Chiang Kai-shek's Nanking government.
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Peking
Basil Newton
Hankow
Yangtse Valley
Haakow
Legation
Great Britain
Hiankow
Charee Q
Owen O'Malley
Chen
Chiang
Canada Trade Gains in April Exports Surpass Imports
In Olfuwi on May 18, Canada reports rising trade with April exports exceeding imports when compared to last year. The overall increase totals $21,009, highlighting stronger outbound shipments alongside domestic demand. The Moon salamna is noted by Wide-awake Advertisers.
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Olfuwi
Canada
Fleet to Patrol Maritime Coasts Against Smuggling
Ottawa May 18 A fleet of more than twenty vessels with speeds around thirty knots will patrol the Maritime coastline to curb smuggling. Twenty to twenty five high powered cars will operate from nine strategic road junctions in Nova Scotia New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island to aid the effort.
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Ottawa
Can. Press
Martimes
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Oxford Students Prohibited From Plane Trip by Proctors
Hundreds of Oxford undergraduates queued for flights at the aviation field when proctors arrived and ordered them off. Students protested the ban, proctors took names, and many disguised as workmen later flew.
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Oxford
Eng
Bit of wreckage sighted far at sea may be the missing airplane
Hope rises in Boston as coast guard and government boats search 100 miles at sea after a report of wreckage matching an airframe. A 20 by 5 foot wood panel and cross ribs were seen at dusk near Cape Sable NS, following earlier sightings of a missing airplane linked to Captains Nungesser and Coll.
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Boston
Wass
Charles Nungesser
Francois Coll
Coast Guard
F. Ing
United States Shipping Board
Belle Pline
Rotterdam
Duce
Cape Sable
Lynn
Bath school blast kills many children in Michigan
A Bath Michigan district school explosion killed numerous children and injured several. Authorities found more than 500 pounds of dynamite in the wreckage and four sticks at the suspect Andrew Kehoe’s former home. Kehoe died in the blast after firing into a box of explosives, with others including Superintendent E. E. Huyck killed.
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Lansing
Mich
Con
Bath
Here
Arm
Andrew Kehoe
Vicinty
E. E. Huyck
Glen Smith
Nelson McFarren
McFarren
Smith
Clinton County
W. G. Conklin
Kehoe
Louisiana Flood Drowns and Destroys Crops As Waters Rise
New Orleans reports the Atchafalaya and Bayou des Glaises floods surpassing prior records. Seven thousand square miles under water, 20 parishes affected, 4.2 million acres inundated, with multiple drowning deaths including at Melville and Rosa Plantation as rescue efforts continue.
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New Orleans
Atchifalaya River
Bayou Des Glasses
Louislana
Gulf of Mexico
Melville
Atchafalaya River
Rosa Plantation
W. T. Clark
Alexandria
Bayou Des Gloises
Clark
Arinv
Kiwanis Hear Former President Smyth
Past President Dr. Charles Smyth addressed the Kiwanis Club about his California trip. He described settlements and Spanish-era work, noted Medicine Hat connections, and praised the travelers’ success. President Waller Western is slated as next week’s speaker.
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Charles Smyth
Kiwanis Club
California
Waller Western
Resignations Reported From St. Boniface Staff
Two municipal employees, Ernest Gagnon, petty clerk, and H. Motsszac, treasurer, tendered their resignations, signaling changes in the St. Boniface administration. The article notes their positions and the timing of the resignations.
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St. Boniface
Ernest Gagnon
Etty
Motsszac
Two Murders and Five Assaults with Intent Charged
Chicago’s youth crime ring labeled a crime trust by Chief Hughes faced formal charges for two murders five assaults with intent to kill and 225 robberies. Eleven men mostly under twenty and two young women were arrested in a coordinated roundup. bail around two million dollars was to be sought.
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Chicago
Hughes
KHL
Snow and Rain Halt Grain Seeding Across Western Canada
Weather across Western Canada brings rain snow and freezing temps halting land operations in many districts. In Alberta and Saskatchewan seeding resumes slowly while Manitoba wheat progress lags. Lethbridge reports .89 inch moisture aiding germination as growers expect more wheat acreage and germination-ready fields in a season marked by variable fortunes.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Winnipeg
Canada
Ontario
Rocky Mountains
Regina
Moose Jaw
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Path
Lethbridge
Two Men Sentenced in Portsmouth Perjury Case
In Toronto May 18 Pound guilty of perjury and illegal operation on the late King Dember. Dr O AVithrow gets seven years and Bartlett J Brooks, financier of the late Wiss Dembdner, five years, by Justice Logie in Assizes.
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Toronto
Kinth Dember
O. (. Avithrow
Bartlett J. Brooks
Wiss Dembdner
Portsmouth
Justice Logie
Soviet Protest Note on London Raid Demands Clear British Assurances
Moscow dispatch details a Soviet protest to Britain over the London raid on its house, insisting future trade ties depend on full fulfillment of the 1921 treaty and the immunity of Soviet trade agencies, citing a £10,000,000 bank agreement and warning of possible claims for losses.
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London
Moscow
Wattaies
Great Britain
Soviet Economic Organization
MM. Rosengolz
Sovietia
Soviet Union
Robert Horn
Board of Trade
Leonid Icrassin
Loot Two Banks in Oklahoma Raid Targets Beggs Banks
A nine man gang looted the Farmers National Bank and the First National Bank at Beggs Oklahoma, killing Marshal W. J. McAnalay and wounding a woman in the ensuing clash. The robbers escaped with several thousand dollars. News reached Tulsa by long distance telephone.
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Tulsa
Okla
Farmers National Bank
First National Bank
Beges
Here
W. J. McAnalay
Beggs
Hankowites poised to retake Hankow amid rising unrest
Reports from Hankow China on May 18 describe former Hankowites aligned with General Chiang Kai Shek moving toward Hankow, cutting the Hankow Canton railway south of the city. Simultaneously Japanese and Northern Chinese forces clash near Shanghai with ships and forts in ongoing assault and redeployments.
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Hankow
China
Chiang Wai Shek
Nanking
Yangztse Valley
Chingfang
Haichi
Chaoho
Chang Tsung Chang
Woo Sung
Shanghai
Whangpoo River
Lungsha
Chiang Kai Shek
London
America
Daily Express
Chiang Kai-Shek
Yangtse Rive
Pukow
Imports Rise in Ottawa Trade With United States
Ottawa reports for the year ending March show imports from the United States totaling 688 million dollars, up from 610 million the prior year. Exports stood at 466 million, down eight million, reflecting broader trade shifts.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
Wheat Up Two and Three-Eighths
Winnipeg May 18 grain market surged as drenching rain and snow in Western Canada boosted prices. Bulls limited selling while Chicago houses bought mainly December and October futures, closing with fractional gains across wheat and higher levels in coarse grains.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Cago
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