Missionaries Rescued by British Marines Near Hong Kong
Ten Italian and Chinese priests and nuns were freed near Swabne after a British destroyer Seraph intervened following a detention by Communists. A Chinese convert reported executions and the sacking of the mission complex. Admiral Tyrwhitt ordered rescue, and British officers took custody of the prisoners.
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Hong Kong
Ams
Hwabue
Seraph
Swabne
Reginald Tyrwhitt
Severe European Winter Strikes Paris and Rail Lines
Severe northeasterly gales bring snow from Dakar to Dunkirk. Cherbourg records 80 mile winds, Calais Boulogne services halted, Paris London air route canceled. France reports seven deaths and 15 inches of snow with rising Seine and Marne. Floods threaten Rabat and Casablanca as Moroccan rivers overflow.
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Paris
Atlantic Seaboard
Dakar
Dunkirk
Europe
Africa
Cherbourg
Calais
Boulogne
London
France
Rabat
Casablanca
Ouergha
Abd-el-Krim
Meknes
Seine
Marne
Soviets Blamed for Canton Communist Trouble
A note says Russians caused the Canton Communist outbreak and city burning. It claims the Soviet Consulate was the Communist headquarters and the Russian consul general would be detained until documents are translated. The note responds to M. Tchitcherin denying Soviet plots and mentions plans to raise a peasant army from nearby districts.
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Canton
M. Tchitcherin
Italian explorer plans North Pole flight by dirigible
Ottawa reports General Nobile intends a North Pole flight next summer in a dirigible for scientific purposes. Dr Benardelli, Italian consul, seeks Canadian maps and data. The note hints at the project with limited details. Separate line mentions experiments feeding lambs requiring 200 pounds grain and 50 pounds hay per 100 pounds gain.
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Ottawa
General Nobile
North Pole
Benardelli
To Fly Over London Canadian Farmers To See World's Metropolis From the Air
One hundred twenty five Canadian farmers traveling with the Canadian National Railways Farmers Marketing Party will tour London in January. They will get a ground view of the city and an air view from an Imperial Airways liner, with a 20 minute joy ride over London and the Thames for eager participants. Depending on interest, one or two Silver Wing aeroplanes may join to cruise over the city together. The event departs from Croydon Aerodrome, Britain’s premier airport, with guided hangar tours explaining modern air travel and aircraft.
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London
England
Canadian National Railways
Uie
Imperial Airways, Limited
Thames
Croydon
Britain
Paris
Amsterdam
Famine Alarm in Shantung and Chihli Provinces
A committee of observers reports at least four million people in Shantung and parts of Chihli face extreme famine. The survey links drought and locusts to civil war, banditry, and high taxation, with conditions to worsen toward spring after the Chinese New Year.
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Fpekin
Shantung
Chihli
Chinese International Famine Relief Commission
Red Cross
Shantong
Bechtereff Leaves Brain Pantheon to Add Own
The Russian psychiatrist Prof. Vladimir Bechtereff, founder of the brain pantheon, died after a brief illness and willed his brain to be added to the collection. Already preserved are the brains of Anton Rubinstein, Demitri Mendeloff, and Alexander Kohni.
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Moscow
Brain Pantheon
Vladimir Bechtereff
Bechteroff
Bechtereff
Anton Rubinstein
Demitri Mendeloff
Alexander Kohni
Ottawa drives League of Nations education in Canada
Instruct Future Citizens Geneva Canada guides citizens in League aims. Manitoba adds a League chapter to readers and requires tenth grade study of a special pamphlet by the Canadian League of Nations Society. Saskatchewan plans school League study and Ottawa urges provincial governments to teach League doctrines.
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Geneva
Canada
League of Nations
Ottawa
League
Manitoba
League of Nations Society
Saskatchewan
Detroit Board to Honor Mrs Lindbergh with Gold Medal
The Detroit Board of Education voted to award Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh a gold medal of honor in recognition of motherhood and her qualities of patriotism loyalty valor heroism courage and the pursuit of higher things. The resolution cites her value to the nation and the public school system.
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Detroit
Mich
Detroit Board of Education
Evangeline Lindbergh
Mexico to Buy Plane Under New Embargo Relaxation
The State Department granted the Mexican Government a license to purchase the tri motor plane used by Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh for a Detroit to Mexico City flight. This approval marks the first step under the revised policy on arms and munitions.
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Washington
Mexico
State Department
Evangeline Lindbergh
Detroit
Mexico City
Sparrow Barred From U.S. Hockey After Fight
St. Paul Spunk Sparrow of the Minneapolis hockey team has been permanently barred from play in the American Hockey Association for his altercation during the St. Paul versus Minneapolis game.
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St. Paul
Spunk" Sparrow
Minneapolis
American Hockey Association
British settlers to migrate to Canada under Empire plan
Ottawa reports a forthcoming British migration program led by Dominion Secretary L C Amery. The plan envisions grouping British families into colonies with expert supervision and cooperative funding, aiming to settle up to 20 000 families across promising areas amid a broadened empire settlement effort.
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Ottawa
L. C. Amery
Dominion
Canada
Amery
Raoul Dandurand Praises League of Nations Role
Senator Raoul Dandurand Canada’s Geneva returnee from the Mauretania says only the League of Nations could have settled Poland Lithuania disputes this year. He notes acceptance of border troop supervision by military attaches from Great Britain France and Italy as an assertion of League authority.
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New York
League of Nations
Poland
Lithuania
Raoul Dandurand
Canada
Council
Geneva
Mauretania
Great Britain
France
Italy
Dandurand
Calgary barber chain manager Garry Graham dies in Calgary
Garfield Garry Graham, longtime manager of the Calgary branch of Barber-Ellis Limited, a Calgary Rotary Club member and prominent mason, died at Holy Cross Hospital after a five week illness that began with pneumonia.
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Calgary
Alta
Garfield
Garry Graham
Barber-Ellis
Rotary Club
Holy Cross Hospital
Will Attempt To Break Speed Record At Daytona
Indianapolis driver Frank Lockhart plans a straight away mile run at Daytona Beach Florida between February 15 and 23 to shatter the world speed record of 203.79 miles an hour set last year by Major H D Seasrave of London. Also said to be planning to challenge the mark are Malcolm Campbell of London and an automobile builder named White of Philadelphia.
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Indianapolis
Frank Lockhart
Daytona Beach
Fla
H. D. Seasrave
London
England
Malcolm Campbell
Eng
White
Philadelphia
Pioneer Empress of Japan figurehead mounted in Vancouver park
The glittering figurehead of the Empress of Japan, pioneer trans Pacific liner, has been erected in Stanley Park Vancouver as a historic relic. Built in Barrow in 1890 91 she was first Canadian ship regular to Vancouver Pacific service later discarded when the Empress replaced her. The preserved figurehead stands on a concrete block and was presented to the Vancouver Parks Board for erection by the board.
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Japan
Pioneer
Stanley Park
Vancouver
Empress of Japan
Neki
trans-Pacific Speed and Comfort Banner
Barrow-in-rurness
England
Pacific
Vancouver Parks Board
Soldiers Frozen to Death in Yugoslavia discovered
The bodies of 17 soldiers were found along the railway to Nish, frozen in a cold wave a week earlier. Snowdrifts hid the casualties until the snow melted, revealing the rank and order of the dead with rifles clutched.
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Belgrade
Jugo-Slavia
Nish
Canada to buy two modern destroyers to replace Patrician and Patriot
Government seeks authority at the next session to acquire two new destroyers to be delivered within three years. The Patriots and Patrician will be sold. Work starts now on the first new destroyer. In the interim two existing ships Torbay and Toreador will be refitted at Portsmouth for Canadian service and arrive in Canada late March.
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Portsmouth
Canada
Thornycrofts
China Station
Mediterranean
Lindbergh’s Earnings After Paris Flight Revealed
The New York Sun reports Lindbergh has earned about 250000 since the Paris flight. Of this, 25000 comes from the Orteig prize, about 200000 from his book and articles, and 25000 from the Guggenheim fund. A craft-company director offered a job, but Lindbergh said he would not work for less than he was worth and would not sell his name.
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New York
The
New York Sun
Paris
Col. Lindbergh
Orteig
Guggenhein Fund
United States
the Sun
Lindbergh
Stand still declared over foot and mouth outbreaks in Britain
Twenty six outbreaks in six distributed centres trigger a ministry order restricting cattle, sheep, pigs and goats movement within a large Midlands Yorkshire and Lancashire area. Markets will be regulated with licenses required for any movement out of the stand still zone.
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London
Ministry of Agriculture
Midlands
Yorkshire
Lancashire
Appropriation of Large Sum for Hudson Bay Railway
Ottawa reports a forthcoming railway estimate including several million dollars for the Hudson Bay Railway. The exact amount depends on engineers’ findings for year’s work and the last road section contract has been awarded. Current year appropriation stands at 5 100 000. The finance minister will present a bill to ratify an earlier agreement with Canadian Northern income bond holders.
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Ottawa
Hudson's Bay Railway
Canadian National Railways
Minister of Finance
Nine Victims of Poison Alcohol in Winnipeg
Winnipeg reports nine deaths from poison alcohol linked to canned heat or wood alcohol in Coronation Block on King Street. Police found methyl hydrate bottles labelled poison, with more than 25 similar deaths in two years.
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Winnipeg
King Street
Reduced Express Rates Take Effect For Sipail Parcels
Canada express firms announce new rates for parcels up to 15 pounds and 3.5 feet in any dimension. Filing with the Railway Commission, the schedule starts January 1 with original loss or damage protection up to $50 included. Rates vary from 30 to 60 cents within provinces and up to 80 cents or more for adjoining and separated provinces, with a six foot length girth cap. Certain items such as money and livestock are excluded from these reduced charges.
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Ottawa
Canadian Express
Board of Railway Commissioners For
Canada
Express Traffic Association
Maritime Provinces
Mine Railway Project Progress At The Pas Manitoba
Engineers of the Canadian National Railways advance an 83 mile mine track effort in The Pas district. Fifty locating party men led by Frank Haven work with 275 construction staff under K A Ramsay to clear muskeg terrain and limestone obstacles. The winter objective reaches Cranberry Portage fifty miles farther.
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Pas
Canadian National Railways
Frank Haven
K. A. Ramsay
Cranberry Portage
H. A. Dixon
Western Division
Death Toll in Quebec Hospice Fire Holds at Thirty-Two
Rev. Mother St Romuald of Hospice St Charles states death toll from the December 14 blaze cannot exceed 32. She notes 28 children remain unaccounted for but traced, while 30 bodies have been found. Coroner discounts reports of additional remains. Moisan morgue denies such discoveries.
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Quebec
Mother St. Romuald
St. Charles
Moisan Morgue
Repos
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Mans
China
Edwin Alderson
Edwin
Mrs. Lindbergh
U.S
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
H. B. Road
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