Privy Council to Probe Grain Quality and Contracts
Winnipeg reports a potential Privy Council review of Canadian American grain shipping contracts with the London Corn Exchange. Arbitration over a scab diseased American barley fed to German stock may test the Canadian certificate of quality and its warranty effect, with possible Privy Council appeal.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Privy Council of England
Germany
London Corn Exchange
Barney
England
Arbitration Board
Corder
Privy Council
German Grain Exchange
British Board of Arbitration
Enon Natada
Wheat Pools
Board of
Fire Kills 114 in Russian Theatre Blaze Near Moscow
A wooden moving picture theatre in Igorkino Vladimir province suffered a devastating fire with one exit. One hundred fourteen people died including children and adults. 11 were badly injured and six slightly hurt. Education officials offer orphan care. 15,000,000 rubles set aside for bereaved families with more relief to come. Earl Arrives At Castle Southampton as land deal with Mennonites nets roughly $9,000 for 15 farm sections.
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Moscow
Igorkino
Vladimir
Education Department
Springwater
Saie
RH. Bourk
Mr. Bourk
Zeppelin Flight Considered From Friedrichshafen to Brasil
Graf Zeppelin commander Dr Hugo Eckener says a flight from Friedrichshafen to Rio de Janeiro Brazil is being considered this year. The airship aims to showcase long range travel capability and promote German aviation during the era.
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Plas Zeppelin
Berlin
Hugo Eckener
Dirigatte
Graf Zeppelin
Friedrichshafen
Fo de Janeiro Brasil
Debates Over German Debt Payments And Annuities
Debates focus on the amount and duration of annuities to pay Germany's war debt. France seeks about ten billion marks for immediate payment, Belgium demands six billion for forged currency, Great Britain about four billion plus additional reimbursements, while a plenary session may follow hopeful conciliatory talks.
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Ame
Ite
Germany
France
Belgium
Great Britain
United States
Plans Another Trip Over Niagara Falls
Niagara falls daredevil Jean Lussier, a French-Canadian who rode the falls last summer in a rubber ball with 75,000 spectators, plans a second plunge on July 4 in a "parlor ball" six feet in diameter. The craft will be electrically sighted and padded to protect the occupant through the journey.
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Niagara
Jean Lussier
Lussier
William “Red” Hill
No Disarmament Conference Delayed to 1930
Geneva reports that there will be no general disarmament conference this year. The earliest convocation could be spring 1930, with fall more likely. Delay stems from slow progress in preparations and the need for two more sessions by the League Preparatory Disarmament Commission to draft a general convention.
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Geneva
League of Nations
League
Million Dollar Prize Tug of War Off Shanghai Coast
A three cornered contest over a prize valued at over 1 million dollars unfolds eighty miles from Shanghai in the Yangtse estuary. Japanese salvagers, Chinese pirates, and wind and waves compete for the wrecked North German Lloyd steamer Geissen. Edmonton session ends with bills passed and supply granted.
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Shangast
China
Shanghai
Yangtse Estuary
Bequests To English Charities In Will Of R M Horne Payne
English charity bequests are listed in the will of RM Horne Payne former British Columbia Electric Railways official who died here. The estate totals about 1 0700 000.
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London
England
RM. Hornepayne
British Columbia Electric Railways
Reward Reunites Father with Son From Kidnapping Case
After forty years of searching in Kansas and Ohio, A A Wilhite, 60, was reunited with his son FH. Fixe ler, now 41 and a prosperous Kent Ohio farmer. The boy, born to a mother who died at birth, was taken by maternal grandmother Mrs Sarah Lewis from Emporia Kansas. Alfred Bixler also disappeared from Emporia at the same time. The son grew up using the surname Bixler.
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Kansas City
Kansas
A.A Wilhite
FH. Fixe
Kent
Ohio
Sarah Lewis
Emporia
Alfred Bixler
Bixler
Danube Flood Destroys Homes Across Banked Lands
Thousands along the Danube’s right bank lose homes cattle and belongings in the worst flood since 1872 as thawed ice chokes the river. Bells toll along its 800 mile course warning residents to flee for their lives.
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Bratislava
Czecho - Slovakia
Danube
Grest
War Marshal Foch Dies After Prolonged Illness
Marshal Ferdinand Foch, famed Allied commander in the great war, died at 77 after a long illness at his home. Despite days of improving health, a sudden heart collapse ended the intrepid warrior’s life. France to hold a national funeral, its sixth, joining Carnot Faure Pasteur Gambetta and Victor Hugo as honored figures.
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Paria
Ferdinand Foch
Associated Press
France
Carnot Ad Faure
Pasteur
Gambetta
Victor Hugo
Canadian Bank of Commerce California Approved as Separate Entity
The state banking commissioner approves the formation of a San Francisco branch delegation as a distinct entity under a California charter. The Canadian Bank of Commerce California gains a separate status from the parent organization.
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San Francisco
Calif
New Bank
Canadian Bank of Commerce
California
Can
Ian Bank of Commece
Decorated By Master Mariners Receives Temporary Insignia
London England The Prince of Wales wore a temporary insignia of office at the Master Mariners annual banquet while the gold jewel encrusted insignia is being made. The event marked his first official meeting with the body after being named master by the King last year. Cabinet ministers ambassadors and other prominent figures attended. The prince proposed expanding the body to 100 new Master Mariners from the Dominions to strengthen imperial links.
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London
England
Prince of Wales
Dominions
Doukhobors Deny Communist Label in Winnipeg Interview
Peter Veregin of the Christian Community of All Doukhobors says Doukhobors are not communists in the sense. He describes their world as a single community under Christ and clarifies Russians near the community were involved with BC education authorities.
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Winnipeg
Peter Veregin
Christ
Veregin
British Columbia
Navy to equip submarines with lung device after tests
Washington reports the submarine Lung device, tested off the Florida coast, will be issued to all navy submarine crews. Seven hundred lungs have been ordered for four V type submarines and bids for six thousand three hundred more will be requested soon.
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Washington D.C
Florida
Navy
My Angeline and Nova Scotia Song Fame
The piece notes How Wolfe Gilbert and Mable Wayne created My Angeline inspired by Evangeline and Nova Scotia’s apple blossom valley. It cites the authors who also wrote Ramona Chiquitte and other popular tunes, highlighting Canadian scenery fueling songcraft.
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Wolfe Gilbert
Mable Wayne
Nova Scotia
Trains Collide Head-On In Ontario Wreck
A head-on collision of two Canadian express trains north of Drocourt Ontario killed at least 19 people including train crews. Immigrant passengers in a wooden colonist car were burned, many unable to escape as flames spread after a stove overturned. Emergency trains evacuated the injured to local hospitals.
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Ontario
Drocourt
Here
Dominion
Seaboard
Prairie Provinces
Indian representative to attend Vancouver education conference
Lawrence Rushbrook Williams, foreign secretary of Patiala, travels from New Delhi to Vancouver for the National Conference on Education. This marks a potential first instance of India represented as a separate unit within the British Empire at the event.
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Wim
Vancouver
New Delhi
India
Lawrence Rushbrook-Williams
Patiala
Alberta Opposes Equal Return of Resources Plan
Premier J E Brownlee states Alberta objects to a Dominion settlement that would return natural resources on the same basis as Saskatchewan and Manitoba. He notes Alberta would keep a $962,000 annual subsidy while Saskatchewan would gain $750,000, reflecting population-based discrimination since 1905.
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Edmonton
Alta
Alberta
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
J. E. Brownlee
Brownlee
Alber
Dominion
Haing
Wheat Grading Debated in Ottawa Parliament
The Ottawa House of Commons debated Canada's 1928 wheat crop handling amid discontent with the Board of Grain Commissioners. Three resolutions sought considering protein content in grading, mixing of grain, and condemnation of the hybrid ticket. Agriculture recommended a joint investigation, inviting board members to present their side before the committee.
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Otawa
Cama
Board of Grain Commissioners
House of Commons
Committee Agriculture
Speed Boat Title Captured By Seagrave
Seagrave of England won a two heat speed boat race on Biscayne Bay with Miss England finishing behind Gar Wood’s Miss America VII. Wood led in elapsed time on the two mile course but was penalized by a heat setback, giving Seagrave 3 points to Wood’s 2.
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Stator H. ©. D. Seagrave
Biscayne Bay
Gar Wood
United States
Wood
Early Seeding Report From Peace River Country
A Spirit River district berry settlement twenty-five miles west of Spirit River seeds early. Rancher Jack Burrows from Flue Berry sows ten acres to Marquis wheat on March 19, the earliest seeding on record in the North. Edmonton district work began March 1 at the provincial government farm Mt Oliver, noted as one of the earliest land starts in ten years.
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Edmonton
Ana
Spirit Peace River
Spirit River
Jack Burrows
Flueberry
Marquis Wheat
Oliver
Horses Win Tug of War With Gulf Turtle
Fisherman A Wiltz hitched four horses to a seine and dragged a 1290 pound turtle from the Gulf of Mexico. The shell was cut, likely by a ship propeller, and the giant animal fought before the horses prevailed. The turtle was estimated to be over 300 years old. Jasper Park Lodge opens May 21 with Minaki Lodge following a month later.
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Port Arthur
Tex
A. Wiltz
Gulf of Mexico
Jasper Park
Minaki Lodge
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Niagara Falls
Millon Dollar Prize
William Egbert
Freds
Warshal Foch
Canadian Bank For
Risals
Hugh Guthrie
Ottawa
Angeline
Michigan
Swanee River
Canadian
Seagrave
Miami Beach
Fla
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