Premier Baldwin Sketches Plan to Aid Distressed Miners
London. Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin outlined government measures to relocate unemployed miners from the Gistreseed fields to other regions. The plan includes 750000 pounds already raised, 500000 more to be spent on transfer, and equal contributions to a lord mayor’s fund. A training network will shift miners to agriculture, with 6000 men to Canada next year. employers urged to hire from distressed areas.
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London
England
Gistreseed
Stanley Baldwin
Baldwin
Canada
Ocean Passage
Britain
Explosions Raze London West End Injuring Dozens
A sequence of blasts tore through central London near the West End by the Overseas Film Service area. Dozens injured, hundreds displaced as streets and utilities were wrecked and fires burned through the day amid uncertain blast origins.
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London
England
West End
Post Office
Overseas Film Service
Death of Hon Walter C Nichol Former Lieut Governor of BC
Prominent British Columbia citizen Walter Cameron Nichol LL.D. former Lieut Governor and former owner and publisher of the Vancouver Daily Province died at the Royal Jubilee Hospital after a recent operation. He had been ill for years with a decline in health in the last two months.
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Victoria
B.C
British Columbia
Walter Cameron Nichol
Vancouver
Royal Jubilee Hospital
Nichol
Saskatchewan U F A C backs Aberdeen to Melfort CN route
The Saskatchewan Branch United Farmers of Canada endorses the Aberdeen to Melfort CN railway line. It is claimed the route will raise grain shipments to Fort Churchill by at least one cent per bushel.
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Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
United Farmers of Canada
Aberdeen
Melfort
Fort Churchill
Canada Adopts U S System Fixing Identification Cards
Canadian immigration officials at Windsor will implement the U S style photo ID cards used by Detroit docks inspectors. Cards vary by status: green for birth citizens, salmon for naturalized and British subjects with landing status, yellow for U S citizens and preferred entrants living in border cities, and a yellow card with a green bar for U S residents who cross daily for work.
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Windsor
United States
Detroit
Walkerville
O. G. Adams
Canada
Alberta Resources Question Fdmonton
Alberta provincial treasurer R G Reid says Ottawa offers the transfer of natural resources to provincial control are better than before. Premier Brownlee and the Executive Council must review the terms before any public announcement or legislative introduction.
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Fdmonton
Dominion
Alberta
Ottawa
R. G. Reid
Reid
Brownlee
Executive Council
Quebec Accepts Dawn Film Amid Censorship Debate
The Dawn film about Edith Cavell, banned in Great Britain and rejected in Ontario and Saskatchewan, has been approved by Quebec censors. The British actress Sybil Thorndike stars as the nurse, with rights holders hoping Ontario and Saskatchewan may reconsider.
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Montreal
Que
Edith Cavell
Britain
Empire
Quebec
Great Britain
Ontario
Saskatchewan
New York
Sybil Thorndyke
Largest gas well struck in Medicine Hat field
Forty million cubic feet of dry gas daily was struck at the Eagle Butte well in Cypress Hill, 35 miles southeast of Medicine Hat. The well reached 3,300 feet, drilled by Medicine Hat and Kansas interests led by C. E. Roth, with Harkness Rowe of Toronto holding a blanket filing a year earlier for 80,000 acres and $50,000 paid in a single operation.
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Lethbridge
Alta
Eagle Butte
Cypress Hille
Medicine Hat
Kansas
C. E. Roth
Harkness-Rowe
Toronto
Canada Should Remain In the League of Nations
Ottawa reports Hon. C. A. Dunning, minister of railways and canals, arguing that Canada should stay in the League. He cited Geneva talks with Premier Mackenzie King and Senator Dandurand, noting the need to avoid aloofness and prevent wider conflict amid cautious, courteous diplomacy.
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Ottawa
Canada
League of Nations
C. A. Dunning
Dunning
League of Nations Assembly
Geneva
Mackenzie King
Dandurand
United States
League
Mr. Dunning
Prince of Wales appeals for aid to miners families
The Prince of Wales pledges personal support for distressed miners families in Britain. He becomes patron of the relief fund and urges a national effort, recalling wartime spirit of shared sacrifice to help women and children facing poverty due to mine closures. A Saskatoon report notes 45,000 residents and 13,664 in education as part of a Board of Trade meeting.
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London
Eng
Prince of Wales
Relief Fund
Saskatoon
J. Holmes
Board of Trade
Senate delays Kellogg Briand treaty review until after recess
Senator Borah in charge of the treaty debate has postponed Senate consideration of the Kellogg Briand anti war pact until after the Christmas recess following talks with party leaders.
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Washington
Senate
Borah
Whalen Leaves Dept Store Post to Lead New York Police
Grover Whalen resigns from Wanamaker and takes office as New York City police chief with a salary of 10 600 dollars yearly. He replaces the outgoing chief and assumes duty in the city’s police department.
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New York
Grover Whalen
Wanamaker
New Yorks
Pilot sets world record with 417 barrel rolls in flight
Dale Med Jackson, test pilot, established a new world record at Lambert-St. Louis Field by completing 417 continuous barrel rolls in a Curtis airplane. The prior record stood at 283 rolls as the aircraft maintained speed through the corkscrew maneuver.
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St. Louis
Lambert-St. Louis Field
Dale
Med) Jackson
Curtis
Revolts Blamed On Ruler in Afghanistan
Despatches from Lahore Bombay and Karachi blame King Amanullah for revolts by his army over long unpaid wages. Reports say the 5,000 men in the standing army were disaffected due to insufficient pay and claims the king diverted funds for European purchases.
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London
Eng
Amanullah
Afghanistan
Lahore
India
Daily Mail
Bombay
Karachi
Daily Express
Kabul
Europe
Hoover Signals Nonintervention Promise to Argentina
La Focca quotes Herbert Hoover telling President Irrigoyen that the United States would not intervene in internal affairs of other nations and would recognize their right to handle their problems. Irrigoyen says Hoover may differ with President Coolidge on this policy.
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Puenos Aires
la Focca
Irrigoyen
Herbert Hoover
United States
Hoover
Coolidge
Influenza Spread Prompted Talks on School Absences
A Ontario conference led by Dr. W. J. Bell urged amending the Public Health Act to allow sending home pupils with first cold symptoms from public schools. They concluded the flu outbreak in the province was widespread and linked to the common cold origins.
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Toronto
Ontario
W. J. Bell
Mystery surrounds death of Ralph McKay in Thames
A London coroner's jury could not determine the cause of death for Ralph McKay, a Western Ontario University student from Regina who disappeared on October 25. Decomposed remains were found in the River Thames by children. Dr. Fred W. Luney noted no external injuries, no water in the lungs, an empty stomach, and no poisoning, leaving the exact cause of death unresolved.
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London
Ralph McKay
J. H. McKay
Regina
Western Ontario University
River Thames
Fred W. Luney
Luney
Big Drug Seizure At Hudson River Pier
Federal agents seized five large packing cases of narcotics valued at 5 million dollars arriving Friday on the French liner Rochambeau. United States Attorney Tuttle called it the largest seizure on record. A man named Klein, alias Joseph Unger, arranged the import for shipment to an unidentified consignee in Philadelphia. The seized crates contained opium cocaine and morphine.
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New York
Treasury Department
Hudson River
United States
Tuttle
Rochambeau
Klein
Joseph Unger
Arnold Rothstein
Philadelphia
May Be Elevated To Peerage In Conserv ative Circles
The Evening Star reports strong rumors that Sir Austen Chamberlain, foreign secretary, will not seek re election in West Firmingham. No confirmation yet but the paper says the suggestion is tenable and that a peerage elevation would fit Conservative precedent if the government returns.
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London
The
Evening Star
Austen Chamberlain
West Firmingham
Austen
House of Lords
Expect Peaceful Settlement Of Bolivia Trouble
The Pan American conference through a special mediation committee urged Bolivia and Paraguay to settle their differences peacefully. Bolivian minister Diez De Medina and Paraguayan delegate Ayala were urged to reach a pacific agreement as Mauriua of Peru said information would be gathered before reporting.
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Washington, D.C
Bolivia
Paraguay
Diez de Medina
Ayala
Mauriua
Peru
Mauritin
Paris
Briand
France
League of Nations Council
Eric Drummond
League
League Council
Evil effects of mixing on grain industry
W F Golden of Ebenebezer Saskatchewan Testifies before Royal Grain Commission that mixing harms the grain trade except for private lake terminals He cites a $225 loss on four cars due to Winnipeg inspection issues and argues mixing profits go to the mixing house, harming producers and old country buyers He warns British millers will reject degraded Canadian wheat if Russia resumes large exports.
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Yorkton
Sask
Saskatchewan
Royal Grain Commission
Winnipeg Inspection Department
W. F. Golden
Ebenezer
Canada
Russia
Golden
Huge Increase In Crop Movement Fort William Ont
Official figures from the board of grain commissioners show a dramatic rise in Lake movement of grain for the 1928 navigation season and the crop season. The navigation period May 4 to December 12 records over 100 million more bushels than 1927, while the crop season August 10 to December 13 adds nearly 80 million more. Total navigation movement reached 385,061,444 bushels, up from 279,488,714 last year, with 1,568 cargoes from the port.
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Fort William
Ont
Board of Grain Commissioners
Airmen Embark to Check Hudson Bay Prospectors
Four airmen of the Northern Aerial Minerals Exploration Co depart Winnipeg in two super-monoplanes to reach prospectors near Richmond Gulf on Hudson Bay. The small party lacks outside contact and may rely on Sioux Lookout for supplies.
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Winnipeg
Man
Northern Aerial Minerals Exploration Company
Hudson Bay
Richmond Gulf
Sioux Lookout
Mussolini Expands Grip on Cabinet Command
Mussolini has seized seven of the 13 government portfolios including Colonies and other key posts such as Foreign Affairs, War, Marine, Aviation, Interior and Corporation, giving him a consolidated majority in the cabinet.
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Mussolini
Aviation
Interior
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool directors re elect officers at Regina meeting
A J McPhail of Lade stock was re elected president of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Association at the initial board meeting in Regina. L C Brouillette of Landis was re elected vice president and R J Moffatt of Mradwell was again chosen managing director.
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Regina
Sask
A. J. McPhail
Ladestock
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Assocaation
LC. Brouillette
Landis
R. J. Moffatt
Mradwell
Ottawa Quiet on Saskatchewan Resource Terms
Ottawa signals no current talks with Saskatchewan on returning natural resources. The federal stance favors finalizing Alberta terms first before Saskatchewan.
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Ottawa
Ont
Saskatchewan
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Coverdale
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Queen's
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R.M.S. Lady Nelson
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Lady Nelson
J. M. Reith
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