End Of Civil War In Ireland Near Brightens
London reports the end of the war in Ireland may be near as National forces enter Cork and Irregulars evacuate the city. Explosions set Patrick Street and the Victoria Hotel ablaze while battles disrupt telegraph links and cable communications between the U.S. and Britain.
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Dublin
Cork
Patrick Street
Victoria Hotel
London
Ireland
National Army
England
New York
Lisbon
Cape Verde Islands
Buenos Aires
United States
Great Britain
Manitoba Farmer Cabinet in succession to Norris ministry
Manitoba's Farmer Cabinet following the Norris administration lists John Bracken as Prime Minister and Education Minister. F. M. Black is Provincial Treasurer while R. W. Craig is Attorney General. Neil Cameron heads Agriculture and W. R. Clubb Public Works. D. L. McLeod is Provincial Secretary. Cabinet reduced to six with Bracken absorbing Education duties and telephones. Cameron handles immigration and McLeod health matters.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Farmer
Norris
John Bracken
F. M. Black
R. W. Craig
K.C
Neil Cameron
Minnedosa
W. R. Clubb
Morris
D. L. McLeod
Arthur
Bracken
Immigration Department
Cameron
McLeod
Empire Exhibition Seen Boosting Inter Imperial Trade
Toronto report notes Lord Morris former Newfoundland premier now in London urged Britain to use the 1924 Empire Exhibition as a powerful force for fostering inter imperial trade. He emphasized the postwar remedy lies in expanding trade within the empire while visiting Toronto.
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Toronto
Britain
Lord Morris
Newfoundland
London
England
Earthquake Shock Felt in St John New Brunswick
A despatch from Edmonston New Brunswick reports a severe earthquake shock felt in St John August. People were awakened by rocking homes and a pile of lumber was overturned.
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St. John
N.B
Edmonston
Foreign-born inmates dominate Canadian penitentiaries
Brigadier General W. S Hughes told the Union of Canadian Municipalities that about 80 percent of inmates in Canadian penitentiaries are of foreign origin, especially in the west. He urged segregation of young first timers and called on municipalities to aid reformation by providing employment and purchasing goods for the prisons.
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Winnipeg
W. S Hughes
Union of Canadian Municipalities
Hughes
British Cruiser Raleigh Runs Aground at Belle Isle
The Raleigh with Admiral Sir William Pakenham aboard ran aground on Point Armour in the Straits of Belle Isle. Its 800 crew landed ashore on an uninhabited coast and will be evacuated to Halifax. The flagship of the North Atlantic and West Indies squadron, the 9,950 ton cruiser is a World War I era vessel built to hunt raiders and armed with 7.5 inch guns and anti-aircraft weapons.
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Raleigh
Quebec
Sir William Pakenham
Labrador
Winnipeg delegates tout Union of Canadian Municipalities activity
A. D. Shibley reports the Union’s busy year with the Bell Telephone rate case immigration flow and check tax savings. Invitations for the 1923 convention go to Halifax Windsor Fort William Regina and Edmonton. R J C Stead defends immigration efforts noting widespread U S newspaper ads and unseen campaigns.
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Winnipeg
Union of
A. D. Shibley
Shibley
Bell Telephone Company
Union
Halifax
Windsor
Fort William
Regina
Edmonton
Department of Immigration and Colonization
R. J. C. Stead
Department
Canada
Quebec Finances Show Five Million Surplus for 1922
The Quebec financial report for the year ending June 30 1922 records an ordinary revenue over expenditure surplus of 5 033 419 dollars.
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Quebec
Province of
Coal shipment to sail from Canada for Britain
Within the next week or ten days 9000 tons of British anthracite coal will be sent across the Atlantic in Canadian Government Merchant Marine ships.
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Toronto
Four Leaders Urge Fraternity Among English Speaking Nations
Four prominent figures at the California English Speaking Union meeting advocate closer harmony among English speaking nations to foster global goodwill. Taft, Lord Shaw, Wickersham, and Davis stress fraternity as essential for lasting peace and shared heritage of a common tongue.
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San Francisco
California
English Speaking Union
William Howard Taft
United States
Lord Shaw
Dunfermline
House of Lords
George W. Wickersham
John W. Davis
Great Britain
The
American Bar Association
Taft
England
Ireland
Bad Crop Weather In Britain
English crop reports stress more sun to save the harvest. The torrential rains raise questions on total damage and how a sunnier end to the season might have improved Britain’s wheat crop. Potato yields are good, but prices dip below production costs due to heavy Dutch and Danish imports.
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London
Great Britain
Holland
Denmark
League Seeks Russia Information for Europe Recovery
The League of Nations issued a circular asking member states to forward all information on Russia’s agriculture population movement and life in towns and countryside. A committee of experts will study the data to relate Russia’s situation to Europe’s reconstruction.
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Geneva
League of Nations
League
Russia
Europe
Winnipeg Saskatchewan Alberta win premier prizes in paper contest
The annual publishers conference at Agricultural College awards top honors to North Battleford Optimist first in general contest, Redcliffe Review second, Peace River Record third. Peace River Record also takes Sales Manager's Cup. Melfort Moon earns gold watch for best local page. Thirty five papers entered from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta.
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Winnipeg
Saskatchewan
Alberta
The
Agricultural College
North Battleford Optimist
Redcliffe Review
Peace River Record
Linotype Cup
Melfort Moon
Toronto Type Foundry
Manitoba
Editors Tour Western Canada to Scout Land for American Settlers
Victoria dispatch notes editors from the Dakotas and adjacent states will tour Western Canada and British Columbia to scout land for a large influx of American settlers. They depart Winnipeg around August 17 and arrive here late August as guests of Immigration and Colonization under Hon. Charles Stewart. The British Columbia Government may appoint a representative to guide the editors.
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Victoria
B.C
Dakotas
Canada
British Columbia
United States
Winnipeg
Department of Immigration and Colonization
Charles Stewart
Russian Rebels Sentenced in Moscow Treason Trial
Fourteen of thirty-four Social Revolutionists were sentenced to death by the Revolutionary tribunal for high treason. Three defendants were acquitted, the rest received prison terms from two to ten years. Among the condemned are three women including Eu gene M. Rattner, Helen Hanoua, and Lydia Konoplova who turned informer and claimed the party selected killers for Premier Lenin.
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Moscow
Revolutionary Tribunal
Eugene M. Rattner
Helen Hanoua
Lydia Konoplova
Lenine
Editor Killed In Ground Collision At Bruno
Joseph A Tepe editor of the Bruno Leader was fatally struck by a whirling aeroplane propeller during a ground flight demo at Bruno Saskatchewan. T H Spence Saskatchewan Canadi an Air Force Association secretary received a telegram ordering a court of inquiry but date and panel are not yet set.
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Regina
T. H. Spence
Saskatchewan
Canadian Air Force Association
Dominion Air Board
Joseph A. Tepe
Bruno, Sask
Tepe
Bruno
B. Clerewater
M. Tepe
Spence
States Ordering Coal From Wales
The American demand for coal rises due to strikes in the United States and Canada. Orders for 500000 tons have been received, totaling 1500000 tons for delivery in August and September. Demand for anthracite is high, but limited supply is booked and US orders cannot be filled despite willingness to pay seventy shillings per ton.
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Cardiff
United States
Canada
Typhoon at Swatow Leaves Massive Casualties and Homeless
The United States consul at Swatow reports 50,000 deaths from the August 2 typhoon and says 100,000 are left homeless. Urgent relief is requested as the seaport 250 miles northeast of Hong Kong struggles with the disaster.
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Pekin
Swatow
Hong Kong
United States
New Zealand Seeks Expanded Naval Defence
Premier Massey told Parliament that New Zealand must do more to aid Imperial defence. He said the Dominion was not doing enough and would raise the issue in the budget, aiming to set a lead for other Empire states in defence matters.
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London
New Zealand
Massey
Reuter
Wellington
Dominion of
Denmark Resents Swedish Naval Visit at Flensburg
Danish newspapers bitterly resent a visit by Swedish warships to Flensburg, a Baltic area center of Danish and German tensions since the Schleswig plebiscite. Some papers call the visit unfriendly toward Denmark and tactless for Sweden to show loyalty to Germany through Finnsburg demonstrations.
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Copenhagen
Flansburg
Schleswig
Denmark
Sweden
Finnsburg
Germany
Allied Premiers Struggle Over German Reparations Policy
Britain and France diverge on how to handle Germany's reparations at a high level meeting. Poincare demands action, Lloyd George pushes for moratoriums and economic safeguards. Belgium's Theys seeks center ground while Grigg informs reporters that rupture seems likely without agreement.
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Germany
M. Poincare
Mr. Lloyd George
France
Themys
Belgium
Lloyd George
Rhine
Ruhr
Poincare
Europe
Entente
Edward M. Grigg
Downing Street
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Manitoba Farmer Cabinet
Corals Department
Mr. Stead
Stead
Ww. N. U
Chester E. Moffat
Rocky Mountain House
Alta
Gazette
Sylvan Lake
U.S
West
Columbia
Union of Canadian Muni
Lesage
City of
Dominion
Wales
Worgaring Machines
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