World Happenings Briefly Told
J Ramsay MacDonald plans a late July Canada holiday with his three daughters. Moritz Aufenberg Von Komarow, a top World War I Austrian general, dies at 76. Nobel rumors name F B Kellogg for peace prize. Canada to enforce long term farm loans act. Waterways case delayed to September. Ontario mineral output rises over a year. Britain films to be shown in Canada. twelve films bought for £100,000.
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J. Ramsay MacDonald
Canada
Berlin
Geneva
House of Commons
Dominion
Supreme Court of Canada
Anglin
Ontario
Charles McCrea
United Motion Picture Products of America
Hall Caine Turns Seventy Five at Greta Castle
Sir Hall Caine novelist and dramatist of the Isle of Man marked his 75th birthday at Greta Castle. He has been knighted for wartime propaganda work and is said to be writing a new life of Christ.
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Isle of Man
Hall Caine
Greta Castle
Sir Hall Caine
Christ
Champion Boy Orator of Canada Crowned in Toronto
William Fox junior of De LaSalle School London Ontario won the Canadian oratorical championship in Toronto before nearly eleven thousand spectators. Miss Swanhild Matthison Vancouver and Miss Alice Elizabeth Muse Roblin Manitoba were runners up as contestants spoke on the Future of Canada.
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Canada
Willam Fox
de Lasalle School
London
Ontario
Swanhild Matthison
Vancouver
Alice Elizabeth Muse
Roblin
Manitoba
J. R Burnett
Charlottetown
Europe
Washington
Mexico
Argentina
England
Japan
Cuba
Holland
United States
Germany
Frederick Hotson
Tavistock
Ont
Fox
Toronto
Winnipeg Women’s Canadian Club
United Farms Women of
Teachers’ Federation of Ontario
Alberta
Margaret Kinney
Victoria High School
Iedmonton
Roblin Consolidated School
Dauphin
British Columbia
Swanhird Matthison
Duke of Connaught High School
New Westminster
Prince Edward Island
Fdison Smith
Pownal School
Pownal
William Fox
William Mulock
Main Johnstone
Toronto Daily Star
D. M. Kennedy
Peace River
Alta
Donald Lamonte
P.E.I
Wilson Macdonald
J. T. Thorson
M.P
South Centre
Winnipeg
George M. Wrong
Walter Keast
S. H. Henry
Teachers’ Association
Miss Kinney
Edmonton
Miss Muse
Matthison
Edison Smith
Liverpool Cathedral and Liverpool Market Tour Highlights
The tour begins at Liverpool Cathedral famed for size Gothic design and a 116 foot nave height with a copper roof and a 168 stop organ. It then visits the Liverpool Produce Exchange, Liverpool Fruit Exchange, and a Commonwealth tobacco factory with tours of operations and samples. The group travels to Manchester to explore Smithfield Market and the Co operative Wholesale Society Assembly.
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Liverpool
Great Britain
St. Peter's
Rome
Seville
St. John’s Cathedral
New York
Northern Counties
Liverpool Produce Exchange
Liverpool Provision Traders’ Association
Europe
Liverpool Fruit Exchange
Manchester
Globe Travel Company
Walton Hail
Lord Daresbury
South Armorica
Italy
France
Hugary
Poland
Holland
Switzerland
Lancashire
Manchester Ship Canal
Clanchester
Canada
England
Wales
Smithfield
United Kingdom
Ship Canal
Co-operative Wholesale Society
The Radio Sleep Toll in the Radio Age
General Manager Sarnoff of RCA says radio has saved the world 60 million dollars. The other side is the sleep cost to listeners who stay up past midnight, causing lost rest, reduced energy, and potential health breakdown for workers who must wake early.
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Sarnoff
Radio Corporation of America
Canadian Business Conditions Improve Across Indicators
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports stronger overall activity after the first quarter. Out of ten indicators only coal output stays flat. employment pig iron steel bank clearings car loadings building permits imports exports and coke all rise by one to twenty eight points, signaling a healthier business environment in Canada.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Kellogg Peace Plan Endorsed by House of Lords
The House of Lords unanimously endorsed Frank B Kelloggs proposal to outlaw war moving the Marquis of Reading to introduce the measure in the Commons. Lord Reading lauded the plan as a decisive step for world peace with an agreement among leading powers to settle disputes peacefully and leave details for later negotiations. Lord Cushendun Parmoor Cecil and others supported the remarks.
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United States
Frank B. Kellogg
House of Lords
Marquis of Reading
Lord Reading
House of Commons
Kellogge
Great Britain
League of Nations
Kellogg
Lord Cushendun
Lord Parmoor
Lord Cecil
New Bombing Plane Demonstrates Coastal Defense Role
A Blackburn Ripon SL with a Napier Lion engine flew over the Humber, dropping a nearly ton torpedo at a marked spot in the presence of air ministry officials and foreign attaches. The aircraft carries an observer, a pilot, and a rear gun, and can climb to several miles at high speed and stall safely. A new fighter, previously secret, a Lyncoln single seater with 200 hp, was also demonstrated to show efficient performance with reduced power.
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Humber River
Air Ministry
Canadian Exhibits Abroad Major Parmalee Sails to Britain
Major J G Parmalee assistant deputy minister of trade and commerce sails for England to oversee an expanded exhibitions programme in Great Britain. The exhibitions will be held in Aberdeen Birmingham Belfast Bradford Bristol Hull Bolton Leeds Leicester Manchester Newcastle Portsmouth and Plymouth this summer.
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J. G. Parmalee
Indian chiefs honor Charles G D Roberts at Calgary gathering
To Be Made Indian Chief Dr Charles G D Roberts president of the Canadian Authors Association will be honored this summer by Canada's original natives as a feature of the annual convention to be held in Calgary July 4 and 6. There will be a gathering of Alberta Indians to make him a chief.
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Charles G. D. Roberts
Canadian Authors’ Association
Canada
Calgary
Alberta
How To Order Patterns Pattern No Name Town
Instructional note lists steps to order garment patterns. No clear event or date. Content implies a catalog-like guide for selecting pattern numbers and names in a town setting.
Canadian air mail route survey aims at Montreal to Winnipeg
A survey will be conducted this year to determine best routes and landing fields for a Canadian air mail line between Montreal and Winnipeg. Officials announce four Eastern Canada air mail contracts forecasting broader operations along the route soon.
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Montreal
Winnipeg
Canada
Rockets Will Propel New Plane
The Opel Works at Kessel Germany plans a rocket propelled aeroplane piloted by Anton K Raab to test atmospheric flight up to 26 000 feet with a 550 pound craft and 100 hp rocket system. After meteorology tests a parachute descent will follow.
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Opel
Kessel
Germany
Anton K Raab
Waliers-Sanders
Prairie provinces make early wheat gains in 1925 report
A Winnipeg newspaper notes a strong early start for 1925, with the largest May wheat acreage since 1921 and a higher percentage of wheat seeded by May 18 than last year. The report cites increased wheat acreage across provinces, more new breaking and fallow reduction, and widespread registered seedings.
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Winnipeg
Prairie
Mining Push in Saskatchewan Plans Across Province
W M Van Valkenburg Regina Board of Trade president returns from the east praising Saskatchewan mining prospects. A ministry of mines is to be created. Regina Board of Trade to establish a mining bureau with similar moves in other major cities. Forty per cent of northern Saskatchewan is pre Cambrian.
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Saskatchewan
W. M. van Valkenburg
Regina Board of ‘Iracde
Ministry of Mines
Stegina Board of Trade
van Valkenburg
Bienfait Briquetting Plant Alterations Underway
Alterations are made to the Bienfait briquetting plant in Saskatoon? Actually Sask. foundations are laid for extra machinery from England. It is expected about thirty carloads will arrive for installation.
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Lriquette
Bienfait, Sask
England
Wheat Pool Elevator Under Construction At Vancouver
Over 600 men labor on the Alberta Wheat Pool terminal elevator in Vancouver. The project is slated for completion by September 1.
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Wheat Pool
Vancouver
Alberta Wheat Pool
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Eagle
Borden Co., Limited
Milburn
T. Milburn Co. Limited
W. N. UL
William Fox, Jr
London, Ont
W. D. Bayley
J.T. Thorson
James L. Hughes
W. L. Mackenzie King
R. B. Bennett
Farmers’ Marketing Tour
Canadian National Railways
Great Britain and
Denmark
C.W.S
Bradshaw
Sutton
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Taffary
U.S
Secretary of State
Britt
British Isles
McDermot Ave
Mars
Atlantic
In Province
Tai
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