Wisner Premier Says West Gains Despite Delays
The article reports Premier Gracken noting possible attached issues as the Federal Government reviews a key decision pending a Supreme Court of Canada ruling. The piece cites concerns over policy timing, impacts on provincial interests, and a temporary advantage for western regions as restoration of rates is discussed and Winnipeg Board of Trade officials react.
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Wisner
Wiord Gefren Sapecreet
Peters
Cras
Supreme Court of Canada
Supreme Court
Peuriiee
Callway
Comrotasion Ffeck
Gracken
Vietorr
Winnipeg Board of Trade
Germany Seeks Exceptional Status in League of Nations
Germany requests an exceptional position in the League of Nations citing its limited armed strength. Observers see it as appealing to the league to secure concessions after unsatisfactory prior negotiations. Some fear Germany aims for large armament cuts of France and the Littoral Entente before joining the Geneva peace protocol.
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Aiemany
League of Nations
League
Germany
Oninton Fa
France
Rueeia
Ottawa Post Office Announces Christmas Postage Scheme
Ottawa Post Office speeds up service by a two clerk system. Parcels are weighed by a clerk, postage called out to a second clerk who operates a cash register. Customers pay and depart while stamps are affixed inside.
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Ottawa Post Office
Left Tickets That Won Lottery Prizes
Widow of Spaniard Quintana to receive about 140000 dollars after two tickets he owned yielded prizes totaling around 149000 dollars. The dead man’s widow and children face hardship, with a robbery noted in his house before death. Toronto faces acute unemployment as 62 percent of Hatette head office staff are out of work and relief work plans expand for married men with families.
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Madrid
Toronto
Hatette
Unemployament Bureau
Pnlans
Minaton
Acuta
Sabattonhe Novel Wins 310000 Prize in New York
Author Witte Prins reports Rafael Sabattnd has won a 310000 prize in New York for his novel Scearamonthe, claiming the major literary award.
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Witte Prins
New York
Rafael Sabattnd
Anglo German Commercial Treaty Signet Sparks Debate
The fragment discusses stalled talks between France and Germany over a commercial treaty. It claims German and English manufacturers already formed an alliance and notes a French German push, with German delegates returning to Berlin to resume in January.
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France
Germany
Lucien Chassagne
Ye Joarcal
Berlin
Police Capture Men For Nanaimo Theft
Detectives trapped six of eight men charged in a bold December 12 Royal Bank of Canada heist in Nanaimo British Columbia. Notable captives include Hoss C. Watson, once a Seattle detective, and Clarence H. Shively, ex Seattle officer awaiting trial on related cases.
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Svaing
Washington
Royal Bank of Canada
Nansinio
Hoss C. Watson
Seattle
Clarence H
Ick) Shively
Hank of
Californila
Sending Note To Germany on Allied Views On Disarmament
Berlin communications may relay Allied positions on disarmament after interim reports from Allied Ministry authorities on German armament. Officials cite concerns over German police organization resembling an army and continuing machine gun production as key issues.
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Berlin
Council
Alled Ministry
Germany
Wenal
Saskatchewan Grain Growers Report Growing Membership
Sixty six locals have been organized or reorganized during a membership drive by the Saskatchewan Grain Growers Association. Central office reports rising fee receipts and progress, with locals increasing membership and committees appointed for local campaigns. Several new locals formed for 1925.
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Saskatchewan Grain Growers
Regina
Saskatchewan Grain Growers’ Association
Conan Doyle Campaign Aims to Convert London to Spiritualism
London spiritualists led by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle have begun a campaign to convert London and the world to spiritualism. They claim Christ was the greatest psychic ever known and that apostles were chosen for their psychic powers. Dr G Vale Owen supports the effort as a noted spiritualist pastor.
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London
Christ
Arthur Conan Doyle
Richards
G. Vale Owen
Passor
West End
Critic of U S Air Force Equipment By Rear Admiral Moffatt
Rear Admiral Moffatt told a congressional committee most U S planes are obsolete. He said about 500 aircraft are outdated and only 224 could be used effectively in war, a figure that is itself growing out of date.
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Moffatt
United States Navy
Bureau of Aeronautics
Cattle Disease Spreads in Belgium Cases Increase
Reported outbreaks of foot and mouth disease rise in Belgium amid regional cattle health concerns. Officials investigate reports of infections across several sectors and urge farms to maintain biosecurity measures.
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Belgium
South African visit deepens ties across Empire says Sir George
Sir George Foster and fellow Empire MPs voiced satisfaction with their Africa trip. They believed travel by train and motor routes fostered kinship and common interest between South Africa and other dominions, enhancing understanding of imperial challenges.
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Sir George Foster
Peak Africa
Empire
George
Bads Foster
Rhalimany
Variol
Fiji
South Africa
Mmipire
Ireland Protests to League Over Irish Treaty Registration
Geneva reports Ireland issued a strong protest to the League of Nations denying Britain’s right to register the Anglo Irish treaty. The move signals possible broader imperial reverberations, with officials in Geneva noting it may test colonial independence within the League framework. Vancouver reports the death of Sergeant Major A Clements, a renowned Canadian military engineering instructor, who enlisted in 1892 in Chatham, England.
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Geneva
Ireland
Geneva Peace Organization
Great Britain
The
League
Downing Street
Canada
South Africa
Vancouver
A. Clements
RCE
Royal Engineers
Chatham
England
Vancouver Seen As Greatest Pacific Port In Canada
Sen I A Mc Keown chairing the Canadian Board of Railway Commissioners told the New Brunswick Maritime Commercial Travelers Association that Vancouver would soon lead Pacific coast commerce and rival San Francisco, having already surpassed Seattle and left behind other cities.
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San Francisco
St. John
X.B
Vancouver
Pacific Coast
Sen
I. A. McKeown
Canadian Board of Railway Commissioners
New Brunswick
Maritime Commercial Travellers Association
McKeown
Seattle
Paris Papers Targeted in Government Action
Paris Justice Minister Repoul orders proceedings against La Liberte for publishing alleged false news. Articles cited discuss an alleged Communist plot to seize Amiens and claims the government hid mobilized tanks and machine guns around suburbs. Also notes Aero Club of France ratifying a 448.171 km/h air record by Florentin Vonnet at Istrees on Dec 11.
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Paris
Repoulthas
la Liberte
Amiens
Aero Club of France
Adjutant Florentin Vonnet
Istrees
Santa Claus Uses the Radio Broadcast to Canada
The Canadian National Railways radio department links letters from Canadian children to Santa in his workshop. Santa answers each evening and visits stations in Moncton Montreal Ottawa Toronto Winnipeg Saskatoon Regina Calgary Edmonton. A picture shows Santa using a microphone and CN freight engines carrying toys on Christmas Eve, capable of lifting 339 freight cars even without snow.
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Santa Claus
Jradio Department
Natonal Bailways
Canada
G.N.K
Santa
Lce
Santa Clana
Canadian National Railwaye
Moncton
Montreal
Ottawa
Toronto
Winnipeg
Saskatoon
Regina
Calgary
Edmonton
Telting
Lim
CIGR
Santi
Canadian National Railways
British Empire
Santa Clauz
Foanez Ready TM to Fight A Deel Mentany Prance
Vicent Bissen Ibbeg, Spanish gather, declares amid numerous challenges from Spain. He cites past duels with Bins and a near fatal wound, insisting he will not fight all challengers to prove courage.
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Mentany
Alton
Bissen Ibbeg
Spain
Thanet
Platoke
Air Mail Pilot Killed in Snowstorm Crash
Clarence Gilbert, air mail pilot, died when his plane failed during a snowstorm near Kaneville Illinois after a long 15 hour search. His parachute failed to deploy leaving a scene of wreckage as the crosscontinental mail service mourns its first fatal accident since July.
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Chicago
Insife
Clarence Gilbert
Alymeth
Kanevtle
Lattachal
Bell
iKanevie
Ka Burdex
Yall
Empire trade steps eyed after Christmas call to committee
Ottawa reports indicate the Baldwin government plans to convene the Imperial Economic Committee after Christmas to study methods to boost Empire trade beyond tariffs. Proposed aids include import licenses subsidies and price stabilization, though no official license system is confirmed.
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Ottawa
Daldwin
Empire
Erade
Theritish
London
Baldwin
Imperial Economic Committee
Imperial Economic Conference
Phillip Lloyd Greame
Board of Trade
Trotzky Faces Ruthless Criticism From Soviet Leaders
In Moscow the Soviet war chief Trotzky endures relentless attacks from party rivals. He is blamed for the Bolshevik regime's failures and is subjected to scathing censure though physically frail and isolated from political strife. Lenine remains the only figure ranked above him.
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Moscow
Trotzky
Communist Party Moscow
Mfe
Hong
Lenine
World Peace Effort Prompts Free Paper Drives on Streets
The Day 4 weekly newspaper offers free copies on streets if able to distribute without wartime news. Previously all copies sold at a price. Ramsay MacDonald has departed for Jamaica on his first vacation since resigning as premier and will return in time for Parliament’s February resumption.
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Tendon
Day 4
Prees
MacDonald
Jamaica
London
Ramsay MacDonald
England
Gathering of Canadian and American scientists in Washington
Delegates from nearly all Canadian universities join about 3 000 scientists in Washington for the 73rd meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science from December 29 to January 3. The program emphasizes technical papers and museum tours, with motion pictures shown from the British tour of Western Canada.
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Washington
Agroviathin For
Washington's Numerous Musevumis
United States
Ererinigs de Toronto
Critisan Association For the Advancement of Science
English Society
Western Canada
Toronto
Edwin EF. Liessen
Lawriter
Ontario
Nation Pietur Bureau
Great Britain
Canada
West
Dominion
Saskatchewan Schools See Enrollment Rise in 1922
Rural and urban districts in Saskatchewan report higher enrolment and daily attendance in 1922. Elementary schools averaged 225 873 attendances from 176 8 pupils while the previous year showed 178 314 pupils and 116 263 daily attendance. Provincial grants total 1 828 912 with most for elementary schools and a smaller share for secondary and adult education.
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Saskatchewan
Amounl
Provines
Asonal Education
Imperial Bank of Canada Unveils Christmas Note Series
The Imperial Bank of Canada released a Christmas issue featuring new bank notes a few days before the holiday. The $5 green notes display the president and general manager, the $10 blue-tinted bills bear the same portraits, and the $20 brownish notes show the president’s image.
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Imperial Bank Reginan
Imperial Bank of Canada
Montreal Families Narrowly Survive Coal Gas Leak
Eleven residents of Montreal area dwellings were nearly killed by coal gas seeping through walls from a neighboring under construction building. Eight children among the victims, oldest seven, were exposed as a furnace in the adjacent site was lit and vents clogged. Police say gas traveled through shared walls from the partly built structure.
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Montreat
Eloven
Beda
Iosemont
Gaa
Conesructhon
Lcgs
Walla
Disease Death Rates in 1923 US Census Area
Deaths from typhoid in 1923 totaled 6,635, up from 6,081 in 1922. Diabetes deaths reached 17,357 in 1923, compared with 17,184 in 1922, per Census Bureau figures released.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Christmas Mail Record Shatters Winnipeg Volume
Winnipeg post office reports an unprecedented surge in Christmas mail this season. Postmaster T. T. Bowser notes the local stall was augmented but no serious congestion occurred despite the heavy rush.
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Winnipeg
T. T. Bowser
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Deel
Air Mail
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