Restoration of Crow’s N R Rates Stirs Winnipeg Debate
The federal decision to restore westbound Crow’s Next rates pleases Winnipes and Winnipeg leaders while awaiting a Supreme Court of Canada ruling on the western provinces appeal. Premier Bracken hints at string attachments, and the board of trade vows to press for removal of discrimination.
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Winnipes
Winn Ses Mer
Supreme Court of Canada
Supreme Court
Railway Commission
Bracken
West
Winnipeg Board of Trade
Germany Seeks Special Status in League Negotiations
Germany's note to the League of Nations requests an exceptional position due to limited armaments and is circulated for member comments. Some view it as bypassing the council, signaling a push for major armament reductions by neighbors before joining the Geneva protocol. Others fear Germany's worry over troop movements against Austria and prefer continued cordial terms.
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Geneva
Germany
League of Nations
League
France
Autesia
Ottawa Post Office speeds up Christmas rush
Ottawa post office implements a rapid stamps system to handle Christmas mail. Patrons hand parcels to a clerk who weighs them and calls postage to a second clerk who processes payment and issues a slip. Inside, staff affix stamps to speed up service during the busy season.
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Ottawa
Left Tickets That Won Lottery Prizes
Madrid reports a dead man Senor Quin tang left two lottery tickets that won prizes totaling about $146 000. Just before death Quixtana's house was robbed leaving his widow and children hungry at Christmas. Toronto notes 6 000 names on the unemployment list with relief limited to married men with families.
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Madrid
Senor Quintang
Quixtana
Toronto
Sabatini Wins Prize for Scaramouche Motion Picture Work
Rafael Sabatini has won the $10,000 Adolph Zuker prize for the best motion picture story or play of the year ending last September 1. The award is given by the Authors' League of America.
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New York
Rafael Sabatini
Nevel
Scaramouche
Mane
Adolph Zuker
Authors’ League of America
Anglo German Commercial Treaty Signed Reported
Lucien Chassagne of Le Journal notes that the Anglo German commercial agreement was signed in three days with little disruption while the French German talks stalled. The German delegates plan to return to Berlin and will not come back before January 8.
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Lucien Chassagne
le Journal
Berlin
Police Capture Men For Nanaimo Theft
Western Washington, Canadian and American officials and detectives trapped six of eight men accused of the December 12 Royal Bank of Canada Nanaimo BC robbery. Noted prisoners include Ross C. Watson, a former Seattle detective, and Clarence R. Shively, ex policeman awaiting trial in connection with a California bond robbery.
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Seattle
Washington
Royal Bank of Canada
Nanaimo
B.C
Ross C. Watson
Clarence Ir
Pick) Shively
Bank of California
Sending Note To Germany On Allied Views On Armament
London reports that the Council of Ambassadors may send a communication to Berlin after reviewing interim Allied Ministry reports on Germany armament conditions. Officials cite two concerns: a police organization resembling an army and alleged clandestine machine gun production.
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London
Council of Ambassadors
Germany
Berlin
Saskatchewan Grain Growers report rising membership
The Saskatchewan Grain Growers Association reports a major membership drive with sixty six locals organized or reorganized. Officials note satisfactory progress despite incomplete results before the annual convention. Local dues influx grows as committees push campaigns and new locals line up for 1925.
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Saskatchewan Grain Growers
Regina
Saskatchewan Grain Growers’ Association
Conan Doyle Leads London Spiritualism Campaign
London spiritualists led by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle begin a city and world campaign to promote spiritualism. Dr. G Vale Owen, a noted spiritualist pastor, cooperates as they seek to awaken London's fashionable society to spiritualism as a remedy for worldly ills.
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London
Christ
Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur
G. Vale Owen
Criticism of US Air Force Equipment by Navy Official
Rear Admiral Moffatt testifies before the House special aircraft investigating committee that only about 224 Sid aircraft of all kinds in U S possession could be used effectively in war. He states that about half of airplanes are obsolete and even the usable 224 are becoming outdated.
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Washington
United States Navy
Moffatt
Bureau of Aeronautics
Special Aircraft Investigating Committee of the House
Cattle Disease Spreads Across Begjam Villages
Foot and mouth disease continues to spread in Begjam with 3 534 farmyards affected across 983 villages. The outbreak prompts concerns among farmers and authorities about containment and livestock losses.
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Brussels
Begjam
South African Visit Valuable To Empire
Sir George and Lady Foster, returning from a South Africa tour with the Empire parliamentary group, report 20 000 miles traveled in five months. They say the visit strengthened kinship and common interests within the Empire and improved understanding of regional problems.
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Ottawa
South Africa
Empire Parliamentary Group
Sir George
Lady Foster
Empire
Ireland Protests to League Over Anglo Irish Treaty
Geneva reports Ireland has dissented from Great Britain’s views on registering the Anglo Irish treaty with the League of Nations. The move signals potential wider imperial tensions as Canada and South Africa may follow, raising questions about empire autonomy and League prerogatives.
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Geneva
Ireland
League
Geneva Peace Organization
Great Britain
Downing Street
Canada
South Africa
Renowned Canadian Military Engineer G A Clements Dies
Vancouver reports the death of Sergeant Major G A Clements R C E a prominent instructor in military engineering in Canada. He enlisted with the Royal Engineers in Chatham England in 1892.
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Vancouver
G.A. Clements
R.C.E
Canada
Royal Engineers
Chatham
England
Vancouver Declared Greatest Pacific Port By Official
Hon H A McKeown chairman of the Canadian Board of Railway Commissioners told the New Brunswick Maritime Commercial Travellers' Association that within the lifetimes of many present Vancouver would become the greatest ocean port on the Pacific coast. He said Vancouver had already surpassed Seattle and was closing in on San Francisco after returning from the west.
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St. John N.B
Vancouver
Pacific Coast
H. A. Mc-Keown
Canadian Board of Railway Commissioners
New Brunswick
Maritime Commercial Travellers’ Association
McKeown
Seattle
San Francisco
Institute Proceedings Against Paris Papers
The Justice Minister Renoult ordered Paris courts to initiate action against La Liberte for publishing false news. Articles claimed a Communist plot to seize Amiens and alleged government mobilization of tanks and machine guns in suburbs to deter a supposed retaliation.
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Paris
Renoult
la Liberte
Amiens
Aero Club ratifies Bonnet world speed record
The Aero Club of France officially confirms the new world speed aeroplane record of 448 171 kilometers per hour set by Adjutant Fiorentin Bonnet at Istrees on December 11.
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Paris
Aero Club of France
Adjutant Fiorentin Bonnet
Istrees
Santa Claus Uses the Radio Across Canada
The Canadian National Railways radio department links Santa Claus with children nationwide. Letters from boys and girls are broadcast to Santa at his workshop, and he replies each evening by radio. Santa visits CNR stations in Moncton Montreal Ottawa Toronto Winnipeg Saskatoon Regina Calgary and Edmonton to encourage writing care of the CNR Radio. CNR lends Santa steam locomotives to haul his toy freight, capable of pulling 150 loaded cars, ensuring toys arrive even without snow on Christmas Eve.
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Santa Claus
Radio Department
Canadian National Railways
Canada
C.N.R
Santa
Far
Moncton
Montreal
Ottawa
Toronto
Winnipeg
Saskatoon
Regina
Calgary
Edmonton
Canadian National Rail
British Empire
Ibanez Ready to Fight Duels in France
Vicente Blasco Ibanez declares readiness for duels in Mentone France after being challenged by Spanish figures from his book. He says he has fought nine duels with pistols or swords and two opponents were seriously wounded, one near death.
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Mentone
France
Alfonzo
Primo de Rivera
Vicente Blasco Ibanes
Spain
Ibanez
Air Mail Pilot Killed in Snowstorm Over Kaneville
Clarence Gilbert, an air mail pilot, died after his parachute failed during a snowstorm. His wrecked plane and mail were found after a 15 hour search along the route. The death marks the first fatal accident among transcontinental pilots since July.
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Chicago
Clarence Gilbert
Kaneville
Kanevillee
Empire trade plan hinted by Ottawa government
Ottawa expects the Baldwin government to soon convene the Imperial Economic Committee after Christmas to explore methods to boost Empire trade beyond tariffs. Potential supports include import licenses subsidies and price stabilization for agricultural outputs, though official advice remains unconfirmed and licenses were not recommended by last year’s Imperial Economic Conference committee.
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Ottawa
Baldwin
Imperial Economic Committee
London
Imperial Economic Conference
Phillip Lloyd Greame
Board of Trade
Trotzky Reviled by Soviet Leaders in Campaign Attacks
The article notes Trotzky, now sidelined from politics, enduring relentless censure from Soviet leaders and party members. Despite his former prominence next to Lenin, no sympathy or defense emerges as six weeks of harsh criticism expose alleged sins and failures of the Bolshevik regime.
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Moscow
Trotzky
Communist Party
Lenine
Effort For Peace London Paper Offers Free Copies
The Day weekly offers free copies on streets if it can press without war news. So far all issues have been sold at a price.
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London
MacDonald Departs for Jamaica Vacation
Ramsay MacDonald has left for Jamaica on his first real vacation since resigning as premier. He plans to return to England in time for Parliament's resumption early in February.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
Jamaica
England
Big Gathering of Scientists at Washington
Delegates from nearly all Canadian universities will attend the 79th meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington from December 29 to January 3. About 3000 professors and researchers will discuss papers, visit museums, and tour government laboratories. A British film tour from Toronto will be shown, with a special lecture by Dr Edwin E Slossen accompanying reels from the Ontario Government film bureau.
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Washington
American Association For the Advancement of Science
United States
Toronto
Biritish Association For the Advancement of Science
Western Canada
Edwin E. Slossen
Science and Service
Ontario Government Nation Picture Bureau
Great Britain
Canada
Ontario
West
Dominion
Saskatchewan Schools See Enrollment Rise Across Districts
The 1923 departmental annual report shows Saskatchewan elementary enrolment at 187,968 with average daily attendance 125,873, up from 178,314 and 115,253 the prior year. Total province grants reached 1,928,812, including 1,787,029 for elementary and 191,782 for secondary and vocational education.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
New Bank Bills Issued By Imperial Bank of Canada
A Christmas issue introduces green $5 notes bearing the bank president and general manager portraits, bluish $10 notes with the same cuts, and brownish $20 notes showing the president. The bank planned the release to suit gift giving before Christmas.
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Regina
Imperial Bank of Canada
Coal Gas Seepage Endangers Eleven In Montreal Homes
Coal gas penetrated walls of Rosemont dwellings nearly killing eleven people, including eight children aged up to seven. Police report gas came from a nearby partly built building where a furnace was lit and vents closed, forcing fumes into adjacent homes.
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Montreal
Rosemont
Toll of Disease Figures Show Decline in 1923
Death rates from typhoid fever and diabetes fell in 1923 according to the Census Bureau figures. Typhoid deaths totaled 6,635, down from 6,988 in 1922, while diabetes deaths reached 17,257, up slightly from 17,182 the previous year.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Christmas Mail Record Shatters Winnipeg Volumes
Winnipeg post office handled an unusually heavy Christmas mail through put with staff increased but no serious congestion, says Postmaster T. T. Bowser. The season set new volume records for the facility and reflects strong mail demand.
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Winnipeg
T. T. Bowser
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George Foster
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MacDonald
Imperial Bank
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