Spirit of Conciliation Urged to End UK General Strike
Premier Baldwin urged a conciliatory spirit in Commons to settle the General Strike and reinstate workers while avoiding bitterness between employers and men. J H Thomas condemned the Telegraphs call of total surrender and urged adherence to the premier’s broadcast urging healing and restoration.
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London
United Kingdom
Baldwin
House of Commons
Rawmeay MacDonald
Labor
Premji Or
J. H. Thomas
Mr. MacDonald
Theritish Gazette
Mr. Thomas
Alberta Coal Plans Discussed by Toronto Mayor
Mayor Thomas Foster will summon the Alberta coal committee to discuss securing Alberta coal for Ontario. He expects Premier J E Brownlee to join in presenting to Ottawa for a temporary $7 a ton rate this year, hoping the experiment proves successful and railways agree to continue the rate.
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Toronto
Thomas Foster
Alberta Coal Committee
Ontario
Alberta
Foster
J. E. Brownlee
Ottawa
Seaplanes Rush To Quell Manitoba Forest Fires
Two seaplanes were rushed to the Lac Du Bonnet and Grand Beach areas as forest fires menaced wide regions. Forest patrols report fires are being subdued with rain aiding firefighters across the province.
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Winnipeg
Lac du Bonnet
Grand Beach
Manitoba
Forest Patrol
Poland seeks Canadian goods in Poland
Michel Strazewski consul general in Canada for Poland says there is strong demand for Canadian wheat flour agricultural implements and asbestos upon his return from a three months visit. He notes buyers in Poland show interest in these commodities and signals favorable trade prospects for Canadian exporters.
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Montreal
Poland
Michel Strazewski
Canada
Tenn am W N U 1639
SRG T Tennam WN U 1639 appears as a clipped archival fragment. The readable text references initials and a date as part of a historical listing, but no clear event or full names are provided.
Save the Franc Fund Formed in Montreal
A Save the Franc fund led by Sir Lomer Gouin aims to stabilize French credit in Canada. The appeal cites gratitude to France and business benefit, urging small donations from schoolchildren and modest employee subscriptions. Funds will be sent to Marshal Joffre in France.
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Montress
Canada
Montreal
Lomer Gouin
Quebec
France
Marshal Joffre
Revolt in Poland Sparks Street Fighting in Warsaw
Reliable reports say severe street fighting in Warsaw with many killed or wounded. Anti-Government forces reportedly occupy the castle, prime minister’s residence, and foreign office as they march on the president’s Belvedere palace. The government is said to have resigned and a presidential resignation is anticipated. Telegraph and phone links are interrupted. Dan zig agency claims loyal troops hold all public buildings.
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Berlin
Warsaw
Foreign Office
Belvedere
Danzig
Europe crop conditions show wide variation in 1920s report
A cablegram from the International Agriculture in Rome notes winter cereals in Bulgaria are excellent with good to fair conditions in Italy Belgium and Poland. Hungary has favorable weather and Romania reports normal conditions with spring sowing nearly finished. France cites rust complaints and its outlook is weaker than last year.
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Ottawa
Department of Agriculture
International Agriculture
Rome
Bulgaria
Italy
Belgium
Poland
Hungary
Roumania
France
Manitoba Declares Portage la Prairie Bird Sanctuary
The Manitoba Government confirms a bird sanctuary near Portage la Prairie covering about 2,600 acres, with 600 acres of water. The Kiwani Club will mark the area and the parks board has prepared a pond for geese and ducks near the deer enclosure in the park.
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Portage la Prairie
Man
Kiwani Club
Parks Board
Canadian Pensioners Highlighted In British Debate
In the House of Commons the minister cited about 15 000 Canadian pensioners and total Canadian pension spending near £1,000,000 yearly. Canada office expenditure was $23,000 with a £15,000 saving achieved. The minister thanked the Canadian Government for past assistance.
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London
House of Commons
Ministry of Pensions
G. C. Tyron
Canada
Manitoba Beer Tax Losses Reported by Attorney General
More than 60 percent of Manitoba beer produced in 1925, taxed by gallonage, appears to have been disposed of without accounting to the government liquor control commission, per a return filed with the legislature clerk by Hon. R. W. Craig, attorney general.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Government Liquor Control Commission
R. W. Craig
Grant County superintendent plans pupil weight checks
A Grant County Washington school superintendent carries portable scales in his car and intends to weigh each pupil twice yearly as part of a district program.
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Grant County
Wash
New Flag Designs Submitted for Union of South Africa
Cape Town design submission details show a flag with red and a green yellow blue palette and a union jack to fly on state occasions. A cross-party commission selected the design after an agreement between Gen. J B Hertzog and Gen. Jan Smuts. Over 3000 submissions were received for the new flag.
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Capetown
South Africa
Hertzog
Union of South Africa
J. B. Hertzog
Jan. Christian Smuts
House of Assembly
Butter From Antipodes Faces Canadian Dumping Duty
In Ottawa the House of Commons announced that Australian butter and canned fruits subsidized for export will be taxed to offset the subsidy. Hon. George H. Boivin said the Patterson scheme began January 1 in Australia, imposing three halfpence per pound on butter and paying a bonus of threepence per pound on exported butter.
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Ottawa
Canada
House of Commons
George H. Boivin
Customs
Australia
Commonwealth
British Premier Baldwin Promises Square Deal for All
London reports Premier Baldwin at Downing Street meeting with Trades Union Congress leaders promising a square deal for all. He pledges to seek quick reinstatement of strikers and to minimize impact on trade while aiming to restart mines at the earliest moment with cabinet backing and careful negotiations.
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London
Baldwin
Trades Union Congress
Downing Street
Ernest Bevin
Dockers
Tighten Up Dry Laws Moves Savages Senate Action
The U S senate prohibition committee approves a tightened dry law enforcement measure to be recommended by the judiciary committee. The bill, unlikely to pass this session, proposes penalties up to five years imprisonment or a 10000 dollar fine for diverting dentured alcohol and aims to seize vessels and search crafts on the high seas under treaty rules.
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Washington
Senate Prohibition Committee
Judiciary Committee
Congress
High Seas
United States
Carpenters Resume Work in Vancouver After Strike Settlement
Work on downtown Vancouver buildings resumed after a ten day carpenters strike ended in conferences between strikers and the general contractors association. Settlement preserves a five and a half day week until May 1 1927, raises daily pay by 50 cents now, and sets new carpenters pay at 7.50 dollars per day.
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Vancouver
General Contractors’ Association
King George Urges Britain to Cooperate for Peace
The king appeals to all Britons to forget past bitterness and unite for lasting peace. He notes the nation’s steady conduct during the industrial crisis and asks everyone to work toward reconciliation and calm.
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London
George
Great Britain
Prepare For Moving Bumper Grain Crop Montreal
The Canadian board of grain commissioners met in Montreal with the board of trade harbor commissioners and others to discuss moving this year's bumper grain crop. Industry leaders say handling facilities for eastern shipments must improve at Montreal. Nancy Plummer, an Indian woman born in the Long Lac area before Confederation, has died. She trapped and traded furs with the Hudson's Bay Company in youth. her father John Way washee led a Moose Factory territory tribe.
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Montreal
Board of Grain Commissioners For Canada
Board of Trade
Harbor Commissioners
Leslie H. Boyd
Port Arthur
Ont
Nancy Plummer
Long Lac
Hudson's Bay Company
John Waywashee
Moose Factory
Scots Sailors Welcome Home as Montreal-bound Youth Arrive
A Liverpool to Canada voyage aboard the Canadian Pacific liner Mont Glare brings a party of young Scots to Canada. Passengers include Robert and William M Ro bert Chrissie and Nancy Cameron from Forres Jean Brown of Govan W Gray of Fife and Flora Stables of Insch ABerdeenshire.
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Canada
Scotland
Dominion
Liverpool
Britain Faces Return to Work After General Strike Breakup
Britain begins to resume industry after the general stoppage. Re-engagement of workers and government emergency controls must be settled before full output returns. The Trades Union Congress called the strike orderly and the nation accepts the end of the protest.
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Britain
London
Trades Union Congress
Amundsen Drops Flags At The Top Of The World
Aerial reports from Riiser-Larsen describe the North Pole passage as a festive scene with Amundsen lowering the Norwegian flag while Ellsworth and Nobile each planted their nation flags. The dirigible paused near the ice as a sunbeam glittered on the flags like gems.
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Amundsen
Rome
Nobile
North Pole
Norges
Riiser-Larsen
Fce
Ellsworth
United States
Malian Aero Club
Grain shipments to Vancouver face no port handling issues
E D Cotterell, CMP railway superintendent, says grain moving to the Pacific Coast will be easily handled this season regardless of Alberta crop size. He notes prior year delays due to the permit system and states the railway will use the plan from the start.
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Pacific Port Vancouver
Pacific Coast
Alberta
E. D. Cotterell
Western Lines
Canadian Pacific Railway
Europe on Verge of Another War Warns Count von Coudenhovenlergi
Count von Coudenhove kalergi, urging a pan European federation, warns Europe faces another war greater than 1914. He cites multiple Alsace Lorri ne parallels, Bessarabia tensions, and Italian imperial aims as flashpoints, saying poverty rules as main safeguard but not insurmountable.
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Serii—Iin
Coudenhovenlergi
Vossiche Weitung
Europe
Alsace-Lorraine
Bessarabia
Romania
Russia
France
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Africa
Asia
Alberta Resources Bill Held In Abeyance
Ottawa reports a stalled resources bill affecting Alberta in the current session. The measure would continue provincial administration of school lands, a system in place for two decades, while objections center on education rights and constitutional scope amid provincial elections and imperial scrutiny.
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Ottawa
Alberta
Brownlee
Contract Campaign Launched by Moose Jaw Pool
Saskatchewan Livestock Pool begins campaign to secure contract signers across districts. W D MacKay, president, says speakers and organizers will be sent to regions with or without existing shipping associations where support for the pool marketing system is strongest.
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Moose Jaw
Saskatchewan Livestock Pool
W. D. MacKay
Record Berry Harvest Expected in British Columbia
Officials from British Columbia’s department of agriculture forecast a new record berry crop this year aided by recent rain boosting potential by about twenty five percent. Growers expect to sell far more berries than last year on the prairies and overseas, especially for jam, barring any weather setbacks before harvest.
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Vancouver
B.C
British Columbia
Department of Agriculture
Honorable settlement praised after British strike ends
Ottawa remarks by P. M. Draper of the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada call the settlement between the British Government and the British Trades Union Congress Council honorable and sensible as the general strike ceases.
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Ottawa
British Trades Union Congress Council
P. M. Draper
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
Canadian painter Jobson Paradis dies at 75
Noted Canadian landscape painter Jobson Paradis died in Guelph Ontario at age 75. He was born in St. John's Quebec and was the son of a judge from the Montreal district.
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Ottawa
Guelph, Ont
Jobson Paradis
Paradis
St. John’s
Que
Montreal
Renewal of Holy War Ordered by Abi-el-Krim
A dispatch from Taza Morocco reports Abi-el-Krim the Riffian leader has ordered a renewed holy war against French and Spanish forces in Morocco.
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Pariz
Taza
Morocco
Abi-el- Krim
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