British plot tied to Egyptian nationalist ties, Daily Mail reports
The Daily Mail cites prime sources alleging a special tie projection and heightened security around Viscount Ageady’s headquarters. In Egypt’s Ubats pier a prominent British government figure is said to be targeted, prompting the home secretary to order round‑the‑clock plainclothes police protection.
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Londion
Ageady
Egypt
Ubats Pier
Apar Cciais
Daily Mail
Europe
England
Britain Warns Against Interference In Sudan
Britain informs the League of Nations it will not recognize any Egyptian claim to appeal on the Anglo Egyptian dispute. The note states Britain will oppose interference from Egypt the League or any government on Sudan matters. The communication signals Britain's stance amid the ongoing Anglo Egyptian conflict.
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Britain
League of Nations
Egypt
League
Great Britain
Sudan
Hyrot
Airplane to Photograph Sun Eclipse Over New York
An airplane will traverse nearly 400 miles of New York state during the January 24 solar eclipse. A specially designed camera will capture the sun’s corona, extending the viewing time beyond the two minutes visible from the ground, as devised by Dr. David Todd of Amherst College.
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Washtogtos
New York State
David Todd
Amherst College
Heavy taxes press Bulgaria as war debts loom
The Bulgarian public finances face rising tax burdens to meet wartime obligations. A Sofia bookseller revealed rising levа totals from 1922 to 1925, reflecting a nationwide tax shift across business sectors.
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Europe
Sofia
Bulgaria
Newfoundland Rhodes Scholar Gerald Temessarier Named
Fatlowa Brother to Oxford St John s Newfoundland The Newfoundland Rhodes scholar this year as Gerald Temessarier whose brother Ralph won the scholarship two years ago No Nobel Prize This Year Thilsilania Norway The Nobel prize coeten of the Borthing haa
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Fatlowa
Oxford
St. John's
Newfoundland
Gerald Temessarier
Ralph
Nobel Prine
Thilsilania
Norway
Nobel
Peter Coeten
Btorthing Haa
Manitoba Liquor Commission Subsidy Impact
Manitoba Liquor Commission pays to the government to extend tax. The subsidy totals about 2156.60 yearly from federal funds and adds 4 percent of net price of guaranteed goods since the commission began on September 26 1923.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
German Defence Minister Rejects War Rhetoric in Leipsie
Dr. Otto Geshler, German defence minister, spoke at a Thunacrane party rally in Leipsie to denounce sabre rattling. He urged Germany to focus on business and commerce and on negotiating treaties and economic measures rather than war.
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Leipsie
Germany
Waerliced
Xueb Q
Otto Geshler
Thunacrane Party
Petition Demands Immediate Convocation of Cairo Chamber
Egyptian deputies present a petition signed by 113 delegates to King Fuad urging immediate convocation of parliament. Senators echo the action as the country faces a critical phase and resists usurpation, insisting on independence and self rule under Fuad.
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Cairo
Fuad
Siilar
Pation
Frost Damaged U S Corn in Principal Producing Area
Washington reports 48 percent of the corn crop in the principal producing area matured before the first killing frost, far below the usual 91 percent. The delay is blamed on a late spring and a cool summer, according to a department of agriculture advisory.
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Washington
France Refuses Alsace German Language Demand
Premier Herriot told the Chamber of Deputies France cannot be asked to aid in developing the German language in Alsace. He opposed demands by M Perrotes and Rev Muller for absolutely bilingual Alsace schools, citing national language policy.
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Alsace
Paris
France
Herriot
Chamber of Deputies
M. Perrotes
Strasbourg
Muller
Lower Rhine
Ontario Hospitals Burden From European Mental Defectives
A wartime report states that 110 individuals from Southern and Eastern Europe entered Ontario provincial institutions for the insane feeble minded and epileptics during the year under review. Foreign Secretary Chamberlain and US Ambassador Kellogg signed a convention granting US nationals similar rights in Palestine to League members pending ratification by Britain and the US. Ramsay MacDonald was reelected chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party with J R Chynes as deputy leader and Der Speer as chief whip.
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Europe
Fillie
Toronto
Ontario
U.S
London
Chamberlain
United States
Ambarsador Kellogg
Palestine
League of Nations
Great Britain
Ramsay MacDonald
Parliamentary
Labor Party
J. R. Chynes
der Speer
Ship Chirdetenas Trees Victoria ELC Closer Detail
Twenty five to thirty young trees will be shipped from Victoria to ELC. The shipment targets expansion of the nursery stock and supports ongoing reforestation efforts in the region.
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Chirdetenas Trees
Victoria
Elc
Ship
U.S. Proposes Quota Law Expansion for North Americans
Labor secretary Davis outlines three immigration changes. Extend quota rules to Canadians and Mexicans, allow temporary raises for labor shortages, and require registration for all admitted aliens. He warns current liberal access fuels bootlegging and illegal entry.
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Washington
United States
Labor Department
Davis
Canada
Mexico
Edmonton Selected as Site for Concordia College
Lutheran headquarters announced Edmonton Alberta was chosen as the permanent site for Concordia College. It was announced that between 125000 and 150600 dollars would be spent on new buildings in Edmonton in the next few months.
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Lutheran College For
Alberta
St. Louis
Edmonton
Alta
Concordia College
Widow rejects government offer after Sir Lee Slack murder
Cairo Thea reports the British Government offered £200,000 to the widow of Sir Lee Slack who was slain near the Egyptian army base. She refused the sum and requested the money be distributed to the poor.
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Cairo
Thea
Mackallan
Lee Slack
Simiar
Rasmussen Reports Discovery of Peculiar Eskimo Tribe
Danish explorer Captain Rasmussen returns from a three heart voyage along Greenland and North American coasts to Alaska detailing a strange Eskimo tribe in King William Land named Netahac. The tribe reportedly abducts wives and sustains intertribal feuds, with a wary reception by Rasmussen’s party.
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Rasmussen
Lenton
England
Nat Rasmiseen
Greenland
North America
Alaska
King William's Land
North
British to South Africa wireless message milestone
A direct wireless communication link between Britain and South Africa was established when a message from Sir Edgar Walton in London reached the Milnerton station, Cape of Good Hope, confirming Britain’s first wireless message to South Africa. The event was announced by South Africa’s premier General Hertzog.
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Britain
South Africa
Cape Town
Great Britain
Cornwall
England
Milnerton
Cape of Good Hope
London
Edgar Walton
Hertzog
Canada Opens Dublin Office to Promote Trade with Ireland
The Canadian Government opens a trade office in Dublin to develop relations with the Irish Free State. F. McEachern, former Milan trade official, travels to Ireland to lead the new office under the Canadian trade commissioner in London.
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Dublin
Ovawa
Irish Free State
F. McEachern
Milan
Ialy
Ireland
Lenidon
Ford seeks permission to loan money for railroad land
Washington Henry Ford asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to allow the Detroit, Toledo and Irontop to issue 159000 first mortgage bonds sold to Henry Ford, his wife and their son Edsel Ford to finance land purchases for his road. Long Distance Radio Record reported from Port Arthur Ontario of radio inspector Wm Sutton hearing F J Bell of Waihemo New Zealand transceiving to 2 CM in Australia clearly.
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Washington
Henry Ford
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Ford
Detroit
Toledo and Irontop
Jenry Ford
Edsel Ford
Port Asthur
Investigation Into Minimum Wage Act Allegations
A public inquiry under the Public Inquiries Act will investigate claims raised by the district trades and labor council regarding how the Minimum Wage Act is administered.
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Toronto
District Trades and Labor Council
Washington to push uniform auto death prevention plan
Washington plans a major conference with President Coolidge to press uniform highway legislation. Representative Dowell reports 24,600 killed and 60,000 maimed in the past year and calls the “terrible slaughter” to be stopped. Canada’s regulation models are under study.
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Washington
Coolhign Cal
Giemore
Act
Dowell
House Reads
Canada
Saskatchewan liquor bill outlines government stores plan
The bill provides for government controlled liquor sales under a liquor board with one to three members. Purchasers avoid permits but face daily limits: four gallons beer and two gallons wine plus one quart spirits in city stores, and four gallons beer in country stores. Yorkton and rural areas would see beer only sales in some districts.
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Regina
Sack
Yorkton
Atores
Port Nelson Storm Hits Hudson Bay Terminals
A severe Dec 1 storm at Port Nelson damaged Hudson's Bay terminals destroying much shipping and cutting wireless comms. Telegram from Fort Nelson detachment to RG M.P. HQ reports no loss of life.
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Port Nelson
Prince Albert
Hudson's Bay
RG M.P
Fort Nelson
Many awards come to Canada at Chicago fair
Canadian entries dominated at the International Livestock Show with prairie provinces excelling in horse and cattle divisions and Ontario in sheep. Saskatche wan led in Clydesdale stallions while Alberta and neighboring provinces highlighted other classes. the University of Alberta earned a reserve in a university special. Canada claimed 26 of 30 oats prize placements.
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Viscount
Uvorge Lane and Company
Pelsko
Alberta
Canadian Pacific
East End
Montreal
South Africa
Union of South Africa
G. E. Day
Dominion Shorthorn Breeders’ Association
Guelph
Professor Day
Carlyle
Prince of Wales
Nasturthim
Tankrece
Canada
Chicago
Priirie
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Wee Donald
A. Weaver
Lloydminster
Reid
Canova
Sask
John Clay and Company
University of Alberta
Linda
University of Nebraska
Princeton Rosewood
High River
L. E. Peterson
Victor
Montana
W. Biglands
Lacombe
Alberti
Oata
William Lucas
Cayley
Alta
George Avery
Kelso
Longhead
Knowhigh Valley
James Patter Eall
Vermillion
el Thompson
Keystone
T. E. Scale
To- Meld
Frank Dall
Strathcopa
Alex. Galluray
Vermilion
B. W. Lercombe
Birtie
Man
Jon. Laith
Wolfe Creek
Samuel Larcombe
E. Boracs
Counsel Submits Arcimton Rates Question
Ottawa solicitor argues before the Privy Council that Parliament retains control over maximum railway rates. He contends the Crown’s Nest agreement rates were set by Parliament and only Parliament can alter or rescind them, urging rejection of a Railway Commission ruling.
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Ottave
J. Synington
Poship
Symington
Privy Council
Board of Railway
Advocate Peerage For Asquith Would Be Fitting
London notes urge recognizing Herbert Asquith with a peerage for long service to Britain. Editors argue his fall from power should not erase public regard and that a peerage would honor his half century of Liberal leadership and statecraft.
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Britain
London
Asquith
Egypt
Pluigh
Rajah Singh Identified as Mystery Figure in London Case
The mystery figure known as Mr A. is revealed by Indian Office documents in London as Rajah Mir Hark Singh, nephew of the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir. James Charles Arthur, a former British officer and aide de camp to Mr A, is under arrest in Paris after failing to block London extradition.
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Mr. A
London
Robinson Whickmailing
James Charles Arthur
de Camy
Paris
Gondon
Decreased Prices On Farm Machinery In 1925 Catalogue
Western Canada implement firms issue new 1925 price reductions effective December 1. Binders decrease 19, mowers 1, drills 10, tractor plows 25, farm wagon 3, China disc price adjustments noted. Protest planned by authorities.
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Winnipeg
Canada
China
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