New Anglo Irish Peace Accord Reached in Belfast Talks
London reports a fresh agreement between Northern and Southern Irish authorities for peace. Churchill announces a plan to reorganize Ulster policing by sectarian balance, a special court for serious offenses, cross border cooperation, and British parliamentary aid to address unemployment.
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London
Winston Spencer Chace
Bill
House of Commons
Ireland
Helfart
Winston Spencer Churchill
Belfast
Secret
Nine-Power Treaty Ratified by Senate
The nine power Far Eastern treaty drafted to carry forward the open door policy in China has been ratified by the Senate. The measure affirms commitment to free trade and equal access to Chinese markets under the open door framework.
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Washington
China
Senate
Refuse Permits For Foolhardy Stunts At Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls Ontario mayor Thompson rejected two permit applications for a cable cross Gorge stunt. Miss Eleanora Yelding a 17 year old English girl sought the Blondin act and James Hard of Toronto asked to repeat his 1896 performance. The mayor ruled the risk to life barred city approval.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Thompson
Niagara Gorge
Eleanora Yelding
Blondin
James Hard
Toronto
Basilica of St. Anne Destroyed by Fire
Fire at Ste. Anne de Beaupre ruins the Basilica of St. Anne and monastery and college. estimated loss around 1.2 million dollars with about 500 thousand insured. Redemptorist Fathers plan rebuild on a larger scale, citing a short circuit as the fire cause.
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Quebec
Ste. Anne de Beaupre
Plighmy
Amundsen Plans Arctic Drift With Two U S Planes
Norwegian explorer Captain Roald Amundsen announced he will lead a drift across the Arctic basin starting from Seattle on June 1 with two U S cruising planes. He will be accompanied by Lieut Oscar Omdal and Lieut Dahl, both experienced in demanding conditions. The report also notes Life Guards boots cost sixty dollars a pair.
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U.S
Amundsen
New York
United States
Rapld Amundsen
Arctic Basin
Seattle
Norway
Amundson
Oscar Omdal
Dahl
Panama Canal
Amendment To Dominion Elections Act Affecting Women Franchise
In Ottawa the first private member's motion passed, urging an amendment to the Dominion Elections Act to enfranchise women including foreign born women naturalized by marriage. The debate focused on a subsection requiring a judge's certificate for certain entrants born outside North America. Agnes MacPhail argued for equal rights while critics noted anti German Austrian provisions. Premier King signaled government support if the House approves the move.
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Ottawa
North America
W. D. Euler
Edberal
North Waterloo
Mr. Euler
France
Belgium
Germany
Austria
Hugh Guthrie
Genera4
Misa Agnes MacPhail
T. J. Church
Toronto
Miss Mac Phall
King
Research Efforts to Counteract Grasshoppers in Western Canada
Manitoba expects fewer grasshoppers than 1921 while Saskatchewan may face a new outbreak and Alberta anticipates heavy egg deposition in 1922. The government plans ongoing research to curb grasshoppers wheat stem sawfly rust and army worm and will halt further chlorine gas experiments as costly.
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Looning
Otawa
Alberta
Mr. Motherwell
Registered Bonds Discarded After Ladner Bank Robbery
Vancouver police recovered bonds valued at 3450 dollars, proceeds of a Royal Bank heist in Ladner BC. The stolen securities, worth over 50000 dollars, were found in the thieves’ car along with a car belonging to Winston Staples of Ladner. A partial list shows at least 25009 dollars of negotiable securities.
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Ladner
B.C
Vancouver
Royal Bank
Winston Staples
Staples
Death of Alberta UF A member in Ribstone area
Alberta UF A member C O F Wright of Ribstone died March 28 at Royal Alexandra Hospital Edmonton Pleural Pneumonia was the cause. He fell ill at San Remo Lodge where he stayed with his wife and family leaving a wife and three children one daughter in hospital with pneumonia. The Hon Charles Stewart minister of Interior is a brother in law of the deceased.
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Edmonton
Alta
C. O. F. Wright
U.F.A
Ribstone
Alberta
Royal Alexandra Hospital
Corns Lift Off With Freezone Instant Relief
An ad touts Freezone for removing hard and soft corns and calluses using a finger application, claiming quick, painless results. It mentions a low price and easy use. The piece also notes Marshal Joffre visiting Victoria British Columbia planting a tree in memory of Canadian soldiers who died in France.
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Soft Corp
Joffre
Victoria
B.C
France
Marshal Joffre
Death of Sir John C. Eaton Toronto
Sir John C. Eaton died after a six week illness at 48. Timothy Eaton, his son, and Mrs. Timothy Eaton. Lady Eaton and other relatives were at hand. Born April 28 1876, he led the Eaton department store empire with interests in Canada and abroad, noted for philanthropy and patriotism.
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Toronto
Sir John C. Eaton
Lacy Eaton
Sir John
Timothy Eaton
England
Eaton
Montreal
New York
Sir Jonn
Sir John Craig Eaton
Canada
Great
Britain
Sile
Lady Eaton
Bongang
Craig Eaton
K.E
Dominion
Moncton
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Regina
Denial of Livestock Deterioration in Commons Debate
In the House of Commons a member alleged home-bred cattle and sheep were rapidly deteriorating and infected with tuberculosis. He urged lifting the Canadian cattle embargo to allow healthy stock entry. Sir A Griffith Boscawen, minister of agriculture, denied the deterioration claims and was cheered.
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London
House of Commons
A. Griffith Boscawen
Woman amputates own arm in Richmond home
Mrs. M Lindauer of Richmond, a Seattle suburb, severed her arm at home after claiming a spirit commanded her to act. She is in critical condition at a hospital. Her one year old daughter was hospitalized in shock.
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Seattle
M. Lindauer
Richmond
King Albert Hurt in Rome Fall Injures Arm
King Albert of Belgium visiting Rome suffers a right arm injury after a fall in his room. Central News quotes Tribuna describing the accident and condition.
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Albert
London
Belgium
Rome
Tribuna
Allied Supreme Council Expected To Meet Again In The Near Future
Washington reports the prohibition unit sees improvement on the Canadian border but not fast enough prompting J P Jones to urge deportation of repeat offenders under narcotic laws to curb illicit traffic. Paris notes Allied Supreme Council may reconvene due to German reparations stance and Genoa conference setup.
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Allied Supreme Council
Washington
United States Prohibition Enforcement Department
J. P. Jones
Prohibition
House Immigration Committee
Paris
Aled Supreme Council
Germany
Reparations Commission
Palncare
Supreme Council
Wirth
Dr. Simons
Saskatchewan Teachers' Convention in Saskatoon April 18 19 20
The Saskatchewan Teachers' Convention announces its Saskatoon program for April 18 19 20 with speakers including Professor Zimmern and Chief Justice Haultain. Topics cover Education and Life Education in Britain and Educational Reminiscences of the Northwest. Railway rates apply April 13 19 for first class to Saskatoon with a standard certificate at registration. Contact Secretary R Weir Regina Normal for more information.
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Regina
Saskatoon
Professor Zimmer
Great Britain
Zimmern
Britain
Saskatchewan
Haultain
Northwest
Crummy
Red, Deer, Alta
Canada
Carrothers
University of Saskatchewan
R. Weir
Regina Normal
Miners at Caledonia Colliery Face Air Sabotage Peril
Four hundred miners were placed in danger when two large air doors at Caledonia Colliery in Glace Bay were jammed, blocking fresh air flow. The incident prompted investigation into sabotage as atmosphere grew foul and risky. Sir Arthur Balfour eyed for an earldom after long Commons service. In Shanghai, Mrs. W J Snider of Brazil Indiana was killed and four others wounded in an abortive assassination attempt on Gen Giichi Tanaka on arrival from Manila.
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Caledonia
Sydney
N.S
Glace Bay
Indiana
Shanghai
W. J. Snider
Brazil
Ind
Giichi Tanaka
Manila
Lost Radium Located in Syracuse Based on Hamilton Hospital Case
Report says twenty thousand dollars worth of radium disappeared from Hamilton Ontario city hospital months ago and has been located in Syracuse New York. The radium was inserted in a cancer patient and was said to have been stolen from there while the man was under treatment.
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Toronto
Hamilton
Ont
City Hospital
Syracuse
N.Y
W A Wilson to Represent Canada at Rome Conference
W A Wilson of Regina has been named one of two Canadian delegates to the world agriculturists conference in Rome Italy. He departs about April 15 and will address topics including possible creation of a wheat pool to influence world prices. Wilson formerly served as Saskatchewan government commissioner.
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W. A. Wilson
Regina
Wil
Saskatchewan
Canada
Rome
Ialy
Dominion
Wilson
Government of
Doubt Reported Death of Lenine Amid Conflicting News
A Rome newspaper report sparks doubt over Nikolai Lenine Russian Soviet premier's fate with claims of death or serious illness. Earlier stories mention a German specialist to Moscow for internal wounds and cancer, while a Moscow dispatch notes Lenine appearing at the All Russian Communist Congress in the Kremlin Palace.
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London
Paria
Nikolai Lenine
Rome
Lenine
Moscow
Ad Sagsin
Associated Press
Kremin Palace
Mount Etna Erupting Forces Evacuations in Sicily
A Rome based Central News despatch, quoting Palermo authorities, reports Mount Etna in a violent eruption with lava streams from the crater. Villages on the mountainside have fled their homes as several earthquakes shake Messina province recently.
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Mount Etna
London
Rome
Palermo
Java
Messina
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