Britain makes progress in railway strike efforts
London reports progress in handling a national railway strike with more trains running and sabotage restrained. Volunteers aid distribution as officials note strong union responses and possible sympathy action from other labor groups. Troops deployed for protection amid tense warnings and contested factory and depot access.
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London
Great Britain
Downing Street
James Henry Thomas
National Union of Railwaymen
Wanted person with megaphone for big game tomorrow
Notice asks any person possessing a megaphone to call 2428 for use at the upcoming big game tomorrow. The terse public appeal seeks immediate contact for event coordination.
Bourassa Retires to a Montreal Monastery
A Ottawa dispatch reports Henri Bourassa once prominent in Canadian politics has taken a year’s leave from Le Revoir and retired to a Montreal monastery with plans that may lead to priesthood.
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Winnipeg
Ottawa
Ard
Henri Bourassa
Quebec
le Revoir
O & Monastry
Montreal
Canadian Canning Plants Compelled to Shut Down
St. Catherines Sept 30 Shortage of tin plate for cans caused by the great steel strike in the United States is creating many problems for canners and growers. The district is hard hit with several plants forced to close as stock of cans runs out. Dominion Canners at Welland and Niagara on the Lake have closed and the Jordan Station plant will close tomorrow.
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St. Catherines
United States
Dominion
Welland
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Jordan Station
Lynch mobs kill third Black man in twelve hours
In Montgomery Alabama a Black man named John Temple who fatally wounded Officer John Barbare with a blow was later killed by a small band of white men in the hospital after three this morning. The incident marks the third Black death by lynch law within twelve hours.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Ala
John Temple
John Barbare
Romanian Forces Seize German Plane at Hotin
Romanian bureau at Berne reports Rumanian troops captured a large German biplane near Hotin in Bessarabia. The craft carried 300 million paper roubles and a miniature printing press. The crew of four German officers was aboard. the plane was en route to Moscow and landed after a gasoline leak.
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Geneva
Hotin
Bessarabia
Berne
Moscow
World Series Coverage From The News Wire
The News has arranged for a wire service on the world series set to begin tomorrow. Results will be bulletined at the News Office inning by inning and announced at the Ball Park.
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Ball Park
Mount Mausa Lea Erupts Again Stranding Kona Residents
Mount Mausa Lea on Hilo Island erupted late last night sending lava streams down the Kona side. Homes were destroyed and residents fled toward the sea three miles away as the lava flow advanced. The eruption marks a renewed phase threatening coastal areas and prompting evacuation actions.
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Volcang
Hilo Island
Honolulu
Mount Mausa Lea
Kona Side
Sapphire bed claimed near Billings Montana by prospecter
Disinss Mont Sept 28 0 n T Dickinson reports locating a sapphire bed near Billings keeping exact site secret within half a mile of the courthouse. He shows cut gems made in Denver St Louis and Cincinnati and notes sapphires command high prices postwar. He explains rough sapphires are white with lime coating and blue flashes when held to light.
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Disinss
Mont
Montana
Dickinson
Dutch Shipping Requisition Returns Underway
Rotterdam reports all Dutch ships totaling about 500000 tons requisitioned by the United States in March 1918 have been returned or are in the process of return to Dutch owners.
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Rotterdam
United States
Consideration of Bolshivik Blockade Strengthening
Paris reports the supreme council debated not only maintaining but strengthening the blockade of Bolshevik Russia. The council weighed potential difficulties if Germany renews relations with Russia when the peace treaty takes effect, according to Le Journal.
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Paris
Havas
Supreme Council
Russia
le Journal
Germany
German Blockade Commences Today
Paris reports the German blockade will begin today after the Baltic threat, with no food ships allowed to Germany until further orders. Vessels already en route to German ports may proceed to their destinations.
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Paris
Germany
von der Goltz
Baltic
Woman in charge of London's food distribution
London reports Miss Eleanor Hopewood, longtime assistant commissioner in the ministry of food and former secretary to a large commercial firm, now oversees food distribution during the crisis. She expresses optimism, downplays the strike, and says the public need not worry.
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London
Eleanor Hopewood
Ministry of Food
Miss Hopewood
Prince to Arrive Angity Friday in Ga
Mayor Brown reports Admiral Halsey wired the Prince of Wales arrival for Friday October 3 at 8 80 am, duration one hour. A reception plan includes police near the bandstand, a school holiday, and store closures. Invitations go to local and veterans groups, with limited space guiding invitees.
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Prince
Angity
Ga AM
Mayor Brown
Admiral Halsey
H.R H
Prince of Wale
Gw.vla
Bardatand
Attitude Toward Permanent Union Project in Ottawa
Liberal unionist supporters meet in East Block caucus to decide on forming a permanent Unionist party. Cabinet plans a special meeting to discuss policy with Sir Robert Borden expected to depart for the south to review the party platform amid illness limits his daily official duties.
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Ottawa
Privy Council
Cabinet Council
Robert Borden
South
Robin
Robert
Civic Holiday Proclaimed for Baseball Finals
A Civic Holiday is proclaimed on Wednesday October 1 commencing at 12 o'clock noon to allow all citizens to attend the final baseball games between the Calgary Hustlers and the Medicine Hat Monarchs.
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Calgary Hustlers
Medicine Hat Monarchs
Plot on British figures in German assassination plot revealed
In San Francisco on September 30, sworn testimony from former German military attache Wilhelm Von Bricken to Immigration Commissioner Henry M. White named Charles N M Schwab Sir Cecil Spring-Richardson the former British ambassador Lord Misher of the British admiralty and the late Herd Kitchener and the British vice-consul at Ensenada Mexico as targets for assassination by agents of the German government.
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San Francisco
Cal
Charles NM. Sehwab
Cecil Spring-Rich
United States
Lord Misher
Admiralty
Herd Kitchener
Ensenada
Mexico
Wilhelm von Bricken
Henry M. White
Seattle
Washington
Borden to Take Rest After Strain of Four Years
Ottawa reports Sir Robert Borden will depart for a month of rest after medical advice. The strain of four years has left him run down though officials discount grave symptoms. He attended a cabinet meeting last Saturday amid rumors of illness.
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Ottawa
Sir Robert Borden
Robert
Grippe
Roberta
Cabinet Council
Sugar Refineries Strike Shuts Plant in St John
Atlantic Sugar Refineries workers walk out at 1 am after rejecting the company eight hour day and 10 cent raise. Minimum wage set at 45 cents per hour. Men refuse to accept a five cent increase from the union’s proposed award, denying talks with the ventilation board.
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St. John
N.B
Atlantic Sugar Refineries
Ventiliation Board
Shopmen to Meet Board Over Canada Wage Talks
The Canadian Railway War Board will host a meeting with the Canadian Railway Shopmen's Union executive next week, using the U S railroad administration and shopmen settlement as the basis for new wage negotiations.
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Montreal
Sant
Tooking
United States Railroad Administration
Canadian Railway Shopmen's Union
Canadian Railway War Board
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