World Happenings Briefly Told
Canadian police press campaign to seize firearms from aliens and praise Kellogg d plan to outlaw war. Manitoba mining hits record for six months. King George to leave Abergeldie Castle after eight decades. Dr A H Gee named assistant professor at California. Marconi and Eastern Telegraph talks near final stage. Northwest Territories appoints Dr Duncan Campbell Scott as commissioner. Montreal bylaw on noises enforced. local music firm fined for noisy gramophone outside.
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Manitoba
King George
Abergeldie Castle
King Edward
Queen Victoria
A. H. Gee
Toronto
Yale
University of California
Gee
Marconi
Eastern
Imperial Radio
Duncan Campbell Scott
Indian Affairs
Northwest Territories
John W. Greenway
Dominion Lands
Montreal
Alberta Wool Trade Eyes Japan Market
Alberta seeks wool exports to Japan after positive tests on samples sent to Kobe. K Miyanishi reports Japanese Government plans to import Alberta wool of similar quality and private firms may place orders this year. Requests seek data on potential hundred ton supplies as further Western trade links are explored with visitors from experimental farms and the Manchurian railway.
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Japan
Alberta
Agricultural Department
Edmonton
K. Miyanishi
Kobe
Miyanishi
K. Kanda
Capt. T. Kawakami
trans-Pacific
Hungarians Form Saskatchewan Farmers’ Association
The Hungarian Farmers’ Association of Saskatchewan is organized to aid about 40,000 Hungarians in the province. Tritz Leisebaker of Horizon is elected president, with headquarters to be in Regina. A weather note mentions a red sunrise and expected rain later morning.
How to Fight the Increasing Cost of Living
A Paris bookshop inquiry reveals the title has increased in price. The exchange features Pele Mele noting the rise.
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Paris
Farmers Tour Tribute and London Parliament Tour
The party laid a wreath at the Cenotaph in Whitehall carried by Mr. William Guild and Mr. E. F. Augustine. They toured Parliament, Westminster Abbey, and the Chapter House, noting the Tudor Gothic Chapel, coronation chair, and the Unknown Warrior tomb. They then traveled to Harwich, crossed to Denmark aboard the Jylland, stayed in Copenhagen, and met Danish agricultural leaders before visiting Amalienborg Palace and Copenhagen Castle.
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Denmark
Whitehall
Empire
Harwich
Houses of Parliament
Westminster Abbey
Parliament Buildings
Victoria
Royal Entrance
Edward the Confessor
Henry VIII
London
House of Lords
House of Commons
Prince of Wales
Commons
Baldwin
Churchill
Ramsay Macdonald
Lloyd George
Westminster Hall
William Rufus
Sir William Wallace
Charles I
Warren Hastings
Edward VII
William Ewart Gladstone
Harold
Chapter House
Scone
Edward I
Henry III
Elizabeth
Mary
Henry VII
Scotland
Jylland
Yooland
North Sea
Esbjerg
Copenhagen
Cosmopolite
Canada
Hogsbro Holm
General Agricultural Council
C. Christensen
Amalienborg Palace
Christianborg Castle
Western Farmers Are Skilled Operators
Western Canada farming is described as highly modern with machinery reducing manual labor to almost nothing. Farmers are portrayed as skilled operators and executives who oversee mechanical contrivances performing hard work. The review notes constant progress and rapid adoption of new devices to improve efficiency.
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Canada
Agricultural and Industrial Progress In
Western
R C M P To Patrol Far North On St Roch Schooner
A ten man Royal Canadian Mounted Police detachment will operate from a 95 foot auxilliary schooner named St Roch. The vessel with 150 horsepower engines and eight knot speed will patrol northern waterways from Vancouver to Herschel Island. The crew includes a wireless operator and carries provisions for the island mission.
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Canada
Mackenzie River
Arctic
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
St. Roch
Vancouver
Herschel Island
Mounted Police
Lower rail fares urged to aid harvest labor flow
A Winnipeg conference of the United Farmers of Manitoba the Federal Government employment service the Board of Trade and the Provincial Government urged special inter provincial railway rates for harvesters. The plan would let workers stop in Manitoba then continue to Alberta and Saskatchewan where harvest is later.
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West
Winnipeg
United Farmers of
Standard Grades For Honey In Canada Planned
The Canadian government plans to establish standard grades for honey as exports rise sharply. Exports have jumped 200 percent in four years and now exceed one and a half million pounds annually.
Tragedy of the Arctic Drowning Seen by Arctic Captain
Captain Burgess recounts a Labrador coast tragedy near Rigolet where an Eskimo mother died saving her three children from a sinking ice floe. In a leaking improvised boat the mother baled to reach shore, but the tub failed and all four drowned.
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Arctic
Burgess
Labrador
Rigolet
World Winners Meet At Quebec City
Three world winners met in Quebec City for the annual Canadian Seed Growers Association convention. J C Mitchell of Dahinda Saskatchewan. Herman Trelle of Peace River Alberta. Major H G L Strange of Fenn Alberta attended. Major Strange was re elected president and Winnipeg will host the next meeting.
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Quebec City
J. C. Mitchell
Dahinda
Saskatchewan
Chicago
Canadian Seed Growers’ Association
Major Strange
Winnipeg
Pigeon-Toed Walk Believed To Extend Life Says Podiatrist
Dallas podiatrist Dr. W Lee Austin told the Southern Association of Chiropodists convention in Oklahoma City that pigeon toe walking can extend life potential. He warned outward toe pointing disrupts alignment, affecting hips and spine and causing nervous system upset and indigestion. He joked that history might have changed if Germans used pigeon walk instead of the goose step.
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W. Lee Austin
Dallas
Tex
Southern Association of Chiropodists
Oklahoma City
Dr. Austin
Paris
Erecting Country Elevators A Busy Alberta Season
Alberta grain companies and the Wheat Pool plan a busy summer building country elevators to handle larger expected harvests. Gillespie Grain Company announces six new elevators, each with 40 090 bushels capacity, under the direction of president John Gillespie.
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Alberta
Gillespie Grain Company
John Gillespie
Frm
Bituminous Sands of Northern Alberta Vow Paving Solution
Tests show that the bituminous sands of Northern Alberta can be successfully used for paving. With a practically unlimited supply, their use seems to solve permanent paving and road construction in the western provinces.
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Alberta
Island Falls power plant eyed on Churchill River
The Churchill River Power Co. Ltd plans initial development of 29 000 horsepower at Island Falls on the Churchill River, allied with Whitney interests. The project aims to surpass Saskatchewan's current largest plant in Regina and could serve Moose Jaw North Battleford Prince Albert and Saskatoon. One sixth of the output must be public reserve sold at cost. The Regina office issued warnings of land flooding and protests are due by July 16 noon.
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Island Falls
Churchill River
Churchill River Power Co. Ltd
Whitney
Flin Fion
Saskatchewan
Regina
Moose Jaw
North Battleford
Prince Albert
Saskatoo
Churchill River Power Company
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Farmers’ Marketing Tour
Canadian National Railways
Great Britain and
Princess Elizabeth
Britain
Duke and Duchess of York
Northern Patrol
Europe
North American
St. Lawrence
Quebec
Western Provinces
Taymory
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
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