Conservatives Press For Steel Aid In Maritime Vote
In Ottawa on May 25 Conservatives move a third supply amendment blaming government inaction on implementing Duncan Royal Commission steel industry recommendations. Finlay MacDonald argues Nova Scotia’s steel decline hurts coal and Eastern Canada, cites Maritime Rights concerns and calls for unity with coal, reduced capital, and provincial municipal cooperation.
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Ottawa
Duncan Royal Commission
Finlay MacDonald
Conservaive
Cape Breton
MacDonald
Mr. MacDonald
Duncan
Nova Scotia
Canada
Maritime Provinces
Maritimes
Maritime Rights
P. J. Veyiot
Saint John
National
J. L. Ralstion
Thomas Cantley
Pictou
Maritime Industries
Mine Disaster in Yukon Coal Mine Leaves 18 Dead
Bluefield WVa May 23 Thirteen miners were known dead and four missing after a blast in Number One mine of the Yukon Pocahontas Coal Co Yukon McDowell County last night. Surface crews recovered many of the bodies and officials said fewer than 17 were in the mine at the time.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Yukon-Pocahontas Coal ‘Co
Yukon
McDowell County
Escae
President on His Way Back to the East
Vancouver, May 23. Mr KE Beatty K C chairman and president of the Canadian Pacific Railway and Mr D C Coleman vice president left tomorrow afternoon at 4 45 for the East. The president's special train will route via the Okanagan and Kootenays to Crow's Nest. They will stop five minutes at Nelson and reach Cranbrook about 6 45 Friday morning.
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B.C
KE. Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway
D. C. Coleman
Okanagan
Kootenayso Crows Nest
Tadanac
Nelson
Nelon
Cranbrook
Women Decline To Serve On Jury In Boy Scout Trial
Three women jurors at Old alley object to serving at the trial in Scouter Who was charged with a serious offense and were excused from jury duty. The judge said I do not see my ladies should be released in such ages. This is a case affecting the honor of young children and I would have thought ladies proper persons to serve on the jury.
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London
Old Alley
Scouter
Perons
Canadian Tourists Injured In Motor Smash Near Cadiz
A motor car carrying Canadian tourists from the steamer Otranto crashed into a wall near Cadiz Spain. Two Canadians Ellen Spicer and Ver Van Dey were injured.
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Cadiz
Spain
Reuter’s
Otranto
Algiers
Africa
Seville
Ellen Spicer
Ver van Dey
Young Ruffians Sentenced in Moscow Assault Case
Three youths once seen as poets in Moscow Bohemia received a total 13 year prison term for assaulting a girl after a drinking bout. The victim committed suicide the next day, and the trial drew crowds that required troops to maintain order near the museum hosting the proceedings.
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Moscow
Bohemia
Star of Falkland Strands on Rocks Off Akunhead
The Alaska Packers Association steamer Star of Falkland with about 280 Chinese and 40 white passengers ran aground on rocks a half mile west of Akunhead in the Bering Sea near Unimka Pass. The vessel lists with the forward deck under water as the Haida coastguard cutter and the lighthouse tender P proceed to assist. The ship was bound from San Francisco to Bristol Bay canneries.
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Seattle
Alaska Packers Association
Star of Falkland
Akunhead
Bering Sea
Unimka Pass
United States Coastguard
Coastguard
Haida
San Francisco
Bristol Bay
Athabasca election scandal aired before House committee
Ottawa May 23 The Athabasca 1925 election found guilty of illegal practices was reviewed by the Parliamentary Committee on Privileges and Elections. Jules Castonguay testified on returning officers roles and election weaknesses while D F Kellner pressed ballots and misprints. The panel adjourned until Wednesday.
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Ottawa
A. H. Clarke
Edmonton
Parliamentary Committee On
Jules Castonguay
Castonguay
Justice Clarke
Athabasca
D. F. Kellner
Progressive
Bennett
England
Mr. Kellner
Lord's Day Act to Apply to Farmers
Edmonton May 22 Attorney General Lymburn directs provincial police to ensure wider observance of the Lord's Day Act across province. Local detachments to cooperate with citizens to uphold Sunday rest while acknowledging past weather-related leniency not establishing a precedent.
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Edmonton
Lymburn
Forest fires reportedly eased by rain near Breton area
Heavy rain in the Edmonton district yesterday helped extinguish forest fires 40 miles southwest in the Breton area. No further reports from distant points were received this morning.
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Edmonton
Breton
Body of William Milton Recovered After River Search
The body of William Milton, missing since May 11, was recovered from the river and brought to Nott's Chapel for a service with interment at Hillside Cemetery. Police, railroaders, and ranchers conducted an all night search. Milton traveled about fifty two miles from the recovery point to the city.
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William Milton
Nott’s Chapel
Rocu
Hillside Cemetery
H. P. Cooper
VY. Grandee
Aberrhein
Taylor
Inspector Scott
J. Mitchell
Allan Eli
Box Springs
Northern railways show record profits in early year
Edmonton reports that the Northern lines led by the RE D and B C and Central Canada show more than double the business in the first quarter of this year versus last. Minister Vernon W. Smith notes gains in both freight and passenger traffic, suggesting the system may cover capital charges as the year progresses.
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Edmonton
RE. D
B.C
Central Canada Railway
Vernon W. Smith
Northern Railways
Farmers Of East And West Co-operate For Mutual Good
Woodstock Ontario May 23 Farmers of Eastern and Western Canada were urged to cooperate for mutual benefit. John H Weston of Regina stressed unity at a large Oxford County gathering aimed at forming a Grain Pool as part of a province wide movement.
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Farmers of
East
West
Woodstock
Ont
Canada
John H. Wesson
Regina
Oxford County
Treason Charges Hit Deputies in Poland Conspiracy Case
In Vilna a district court convicted four deputies and 33 others of treason for conspiring to detach northern Polish districts and unite them with Soviet Russia as an autonomous Communist Republic. Of 56 defendants, 19 were acquitted.
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Warsaw
Poland
Vilna
Russia
Grain inspections report Winnipeg May 238 cars
Winnipeg grain inspectors report 680 total wheat cars, up from 300 last year. Contract grades show 300 cars vs 48 previously.
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Winnipeg
Bank Clearings For This and Last Week
Clearing house returns show this week at 409 248 dollars last week 471 436 dollars and this year one year 194 199 dollars.
No News Tomorrow Due to Statutory Holiday
The newspaper announces there will be no issue of The News tomorrow Thursday because of a statutory holiday.
Slaying at Ontario Hospital for Insane shocks staff
Coroner McGillivray and Crown Attorney McGibbons probe the death of Walter Toom, 45, a paralytic patient at Ontario Hospital for Insane Whitby. He was found with his head crushed beside his bed, a wooden mallet spotted with blood nearby. An inmate, once well behaved, is suspected after alleged remarks by Toom, though the man appears mild now.
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Whitby
Toom
Mine Accidents Report At Least 236 Dead Across Four Mines
Indications today show 236 workers killed in four mine disasters since Saturday. Mather Pennsylvania coal mine reports 164 dead and 33 missing, Yukon West Virginia coal mine 13 dead and four missing, Harland Kentucky coal mine two dead with 16 missing, Kimberley Nevada copper mine cave-in four dead.
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Mather
Yukon
W. V
Harland, Ky
Kimberley
Nev
Taxi Service Set for City Hall to Park Baseball Games
Arrangements with local taxi drivers will run between City Hall and Athletic Park for tomorrow's baseball games with a fare of 10 cents.
Former Alberta boy confesses to church robbery
Napoleon Lavigne, a former Alberta boy, confessed in Ottawa to breaking into Paul’s Church in Aylmer two years ago and stealing three "onorhane" items, two solid silver pieces valued at 3,600, plus 8,500 worth of pearls and rables, with a vessel base bearing one saptaed mark.
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8St. Paul's Church
Aylmer, Que
Ottawa
Napoleon Laevigne
Alberta Boys
Paul’s
Aylmer
Lavigne
Lord Buckland Killed in Horse Riding Accident
Lord Buckland, created a baron in 1926, died in a horse riding accident near his Bulch home in Breconshire. Galloping at speed he struck a telephone pole, his head crushed, and he died instantly. He was brother to Sir William Berry and Sir Gomer Berry, noted newspaper owners.
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Newport
Eng
Lord Buckland
Bulch
Breconshire
William Berry
Gomer Berry
Nationalists Beset by Northern Forces in Hokien Pact
Reports from Hokien describe fierce fighting as Nationalists retreat south before the Northern Shantung army. From London came news of a massive Pekin battle with 400,000 troops, while Chiang Kai Shek presses toward Pekin and Feng Yu Hsiang nears the capital. Japan maintains a cordon around Shantung and Manchuria, shaping northern operations.
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Tokio
Hokien
Peking
Chihli
London
Daily Mail
Japanese War Office
Pekin
Chang Tso Lin
Manchuria
Chiang Kai Shek
Tientsin
Feng Yu Hsiang
Shantung
Japan
Shanding
Chang Teo Lin
Tientsin-Hankow
Bulls Still Control Market In Prairie Wheat Rally
Western Canada and US northwest prices rose as hot weather pushed gains in wheat futures. October led the advance with closes 1 to 17-8 cents higher. overall gains ranged 2 to 27-8 cents. Weather was hot across the prairies with light rain only in Edmonton Red Deer and Victoria. trading remained local and coarse grains showed strong demand except for flax.
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Canada
United States
Prairie Provinces
Edmonton
Red Deer
Victora
Alberta
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