Terrific Explosion Wrecks Oppau Chemical Plant Germany
A massive explosion at the Bad tsehbe Anilinfabrik Oppau plant on the Rhine destroyed much of Oppau. Estimates say 1,000 to 1,500 killed and about 2,000 injured, with many houses demolished and gasometers turned to a funnel hole. Mannheim and Mainz reported additional injuries. Factory management later said the blast originated in a reservoir of ammonium sulphate despite safety assurances.
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Mannheim
Ludwigschaffen
Mayence
Oppau
Russian Scouts Urge Canadian Aid for Famine Victims
Russian boy scouts appeal to Canadian scouts to organize famine relief as war refugees arrive in Chita. Thousands from the Volga region are fated for private foster homes due to government funds shortfall. Bread samples show harsh conditions with sorrel and grass. Authorities report 90 million starving across ten Volga governments.
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Chita
Boy Scouts
Volga
Russia
The
Food Is Cheaper In England London
Retail prices in England show a downward trend with food and dry goods being reduced by shopkeepers. Critics note licensed victuallers raise beer and whiskey prices despite cheaper brewing materials. Retailers say price cuts come with reduced profits, while earlier risers marked up stocks.
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London
England
Teutonic Sold for Scrapping in Rotterdam Tow
The Teutonic, White Star’s famed Atlantic liner for over three decades, has been sold to a Dutch firm and is being moved to Rotterdam to be broken up.
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London
Rotterdam
Irish Republicans urge tax resistance until Dail decision
Belfast Irish Republican authors warn districts to refuse payment of income taxes to British collectors until the Dail Eireann acts on the subject.
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Belfast
Ireland
Dail Eireann
British Government Charges Soviet With Breach of Faith
The British Government dispatches a note to Moscow alleging Soviet breaches of faith in Central Asia and Afghanistan. Earl Curzon demands explanations for anti-British propaganda, Third International activities, and the Russo Afghan treaty clauses on consulates.
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Landes
Moscow
Central Asia
Afghanistan
Great Britain
Earl Curzon
Russia
India
M. Stalin
England
France
M. Chitcherin
Lord Curzon
Jamal Pasha
Angora
Anatolia
Surviving Passenger Rescued After Sloop Coronation Wreck
A sole female survivor, clinging to a wall as others perished, was rescued after five days adrift when the sloop Coronation wrecked off Windward Island while going from St Lucia to Grenada. The vessel was dismasted in a September 8 storm and stranded on a Grenadines reef. a fisherman spotted and saved her.
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St. Vincent
Windward Island
Coronation
St. Lucia
Grenada
Grenadines
Veterans May Organize Legion Toronto
The Canadian Legion of Veterans plans a unified veteran group in Toronto as a holding body pending amalgamation. A provisional committee meeting voted to proceed with regional organization and unite ex-service men and women under one veteran’s organization.
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Toronto
Canadian Legion of Veterans
Fire Destroys Lumber Stocks at Parry Sound Mill
Fire consumed Conger Lumber Seaiae mill and a vast stock of timber along the waterfront at Parry Sound Ontario. Loss includes six million feet of lumber four million lath piles slabs and other products with barns stables and mills damaged. Wind aided firefighting but about eighty workers face job loss.
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Parry Sound
Ont
Conger Lumber
Seaiae
Malabar Rebels Roil Madras District Amid Looting
A Reuters despatch from Madras reports raiding and wholesale looting persist in parts of the Malabar district as bodies of rebels terrorize the countryside, indicating ongoing instability and violence in the region.
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London
Reuter
Madras
India
Malabar
French Considering Disarmament Question
Paris reports the tentative agenda for the Washington conference on arms and Far Eastern matters has French government approval except the land armament limitation clause. Premier Briand is reviewing the clause with Marshals Foch and Fayolle before proposing modifications.
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Paris
Washington
Briand
Foch
Fayolle
Great White Chief Will Respect Treaty
Cayuga chief Wash‑FaLeh returns from London after a pilgrimage to the throne. He told King George V of the old treaty from George I and the wampum belts. He says he won his case before the great white chief and the treaty will be respected.
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New York
Wash-FaLeh
London
George V
George I
Canadian Loan to China Raises Policy Clash
The Times reports a Canadian banking syndicate will lend the Republic of China 3 million dollars in gold against one year bonds secured on enterprises. The deal yields over 20 percent annual return for Canadian investors though it bypasses the concertium’s consultative process. The Canadian government may not be bound by the consortium’s terms, risking a split in policy with Britain and allies.
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London
Times
Irekin
Republic of China
China
Great Britain
United States
France
Japan
Disorders In Vienna After Bourse Closure
Serious disorders erupted in Vienna after the stock exchange closed. Crowds rushed entrances, police restrained the melee, and shops of money changers were wrecked. Suspected forex speculators were dragged from cars and beaten. Impromptu meetings urged permanent closure if profiteering continued.
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Vienna
German Plan For Raising Funds
The German Reparations Commission approves a plan to form a collective credit organization including all industries banks and realty owners on the principle of limited liabilities. Members would mortgage a fixed proportion of holdings to the state in return for tax abatements.
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Berlin
Unemployment Declares Britain's Big National Problem
A British Columbia and Idaho drainage plan could reclaim 30300 acres in the Kootenay River Valley, split between Canada and the U.S. The project envisions extending the lake outflow, enabling agriculture in a fertile BC interior area with railways, roads, and settlement plans. costs and funding shared by both nations, with land sold in 40 acre plots to farmers.
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Victoria
B.C
Idaho
British Columbia
Kootenay River
Boundary Line
Kootenay
Rocky Mountains
Selkirk Ranges
United States
Bonners Ferry
Kootenay Lake
Lardo
Nelson
Bonnington Falls
Columbia River
Muerling
Crow's Nest
Board of Trade
Creston
Provincial Lands Department
U.S
Ualely
Prince of Wales will not visit Canada on return voyage
London reports that the Prince of Wales will not visit Canada on the return from his India tour. He will travel home the same route as outward, via the Suez Canal, following his established itinerary.
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London
Prince of Wales
Canada
India
Suez Canal
Canadian Navy ships dock at Sand Point New Brunswick
The cruisers Aurora Patriot and Patricia and asuarines CH-15 and CH-16 of His Majesty's Canadian Navy arrived in St. John New Brunswick from Halifax and docked at Sand Point West St. John.
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Canadian Navy
N.B. St. John
N.B
Aurora
Patriot
Patricia
His Majesty’s Canadian Navy
Halifax
West St. John
English statesman praises Canada on return from tour
Sir John Simon expresses enthusiasm for the Dominion and its people after a delightful Canadian visit. He declines to comment on Canada's stance on legal appeals to the Privy Council in London, a topic discussed after Lord Cave’s earlier remarks.
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London
Sir John Simon
England
Canada
Dominion of
Atlantic
Sir John
Privy Council
Lord Cave
Court of Appeal
Cannot Get Rid Of Extremists Washington
More than 100 Russian anarchists remain at liberty in the United States on bonds totaling 60 000 in Liberty bonds held by the Secretary of Labor. The Soviet Government refuses to accept them and also to receive about 100 insane and other undesirable Russians, hindering deportation efforts.
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London
Labor Party
Washington
United States
Secretary of Labor
U.S
Halifax to Vancouver Voyage Drifted to Salisbury Beach
J. H. Engle of Halifax and Arthur Sprague of St. John once buffeted by a heavy sea off shore entered Salisbury Beach while their 16 foot open boat rested after a voyage from Halifax to Vancouver via the Panama Canal. They began the trip July 25 last.
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Salisbury Beach
Mass
J. H. Engle
Halifax
N.S
Arthur Sprague
St. John
N.B
Vancouver
Panama Canal
Hostilities Break Out Between Jugoslavia and Albania
Geneva dispatch reports new fighting between Yugoslavia and Albania prompting eager calls from League of Nations leaders to bring the issue before the assembly at the earliest opportunity.
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Geneva
Jugo-Slavia
Albania
Assembly of the League of Nations
Republic proclaimed in West Hungary denied reports
Budapest reports that Stephen Frederick claimed a republic in West Hungary and that the Hungarian government ordered mobilization of troops. Hungarian agency denies the republic claim and troop mobilization.
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Hungary
Budapest
Stephen Frederick
West
Toronto Man Wins Canadian National Trophy For Largest Brook Trout
W G I Browne of the Dominion Bank Building in Toronto wins the Canadian National trophy for the Nipigon River season’s largest brook trout. The fish weighed seven pounds.
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Toronto
Port Arthur
Ont
W.G. I. Browne
Dominion Bank Building
Nipigon
Spend Your Money At Home Support Local Merchants
Readers urged to shop locally to boost the town economy. Emphasizes supporting small businesses and keeping money within the community.
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Theresby
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Canadian Scouts
Teutonic
Sole Sur
Vivor
Sloop
Yorkshire Post
Sheffield Steel
W. G. Pickell
Portage la Prairie
Oakville Standard and
Lapgruth Herald
Ontario
Reparations Commission
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