Belief that wheat tariff would aid Canada debated
Alberta Pacific Grain Company official James R Murray argues a preferential tariff on Canadian wheat in Britain would boost western grain prices, countering Ottawa briefs. He says a free entry to the British market with a non empire duty could benefit farmers, despite widespread opposition among some western growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wancipes
Man
Canada
James R Murray
Alberta Pacific Grain Company Limited
United Grai Growers
Imp
Murray
Ottawa
West
Dominion
Italy Denies Secret Navy Report
Rome Italy The ministry of marine issued a second denial of a London story about an Italian secret navy Two cruisers and two torpedo boats were not ordered a year before the parliament announcement according to the ministry The report is false and rejected by Rome officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
Ministry of Marine
London
Canadian firm to take Western Canada wheat for Britain
The Canadian branch of a British food products firm announced it would take wheat from western Canada after August to supply all products sold there. The wheat will be shipped to Great Britain for market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ont
Food Products Exporters
Canada
Great Britain
Soviet Easing of Peasant Sales Near Moscow
Soviet authorities announce relaxation of state contracts for peasants within about 30 miles of Moscow. Free of delivery obligations to state co operatives at fixed prices, except grain. those not in collectives must still fulfill 50 percent of potato delivery contracts.
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Pranamts
Moscow
Russia
Transients Allowed Eastward to Harvest Fields by Police
Calgary's transient unemployed were allowed to travel east toward Manitoba and Saskatchewan to harvest fields, after Royal Canadian Mounted Police intervened. However, they could not pass Winnipeg unless police were confident they would secure harvest work.
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Calgary
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
Royal Canadian Mounted
Winnipeg
Rumor U S Minister to Canada May Seek Leave of Absence
Ottawa reports high authority expect Hon Hanford MacNider to request leave from his post as United States Minister to Canada early next month for the presidential election. He may resign after the vote on November 1 and was named as a vice presidential candidate at the Chicago Republican convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Hanford Macnider
United States
Canada
Cal
Macnider
Chicago
Saskatoon cattle shipment sold to England from university
A cargo of selected steer cattle from the University of Saskatchewan in Regina Sask was sold to England. Dean A M Shaw in England sent the cable to the Department of Agriculture with details pending on prices. Deputy Minister A H Auld confirmed the shipment and its origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchwan University
England
Regina
Sask
University of Saskatch
Book of Remembrance inscribes 68000 names in Ottawa
Ottawa hosts a Book of Remembrance bearing about 68 000 names of Canadians who died in the Great War. James Purvis of London Ontario has been given the task to execute the volume for placement with the casket of the altar in the memorial chamber.
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Ottawa
James Purvis
Heraldic
London
Wooden money in Carinthia pays taxes with pine and beech
The Austrian province of Carinthia allows farmers with insufficient cash to settle taxes using wooden money made from pine or beech instead of coin. The government stated the wooden currency would be valued at approximately the current price of the metal tax due.
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Klagen‘urt
Austria
Carinth
Cholera Epidemic Widespread Across Chinese Provinces
Interior China reports thousands dying daily from a cholera epidemic touching virtually every province. The disease extends to Manchuria and Indo China as British authorities acknowledge a grim impact under the European pact negotiated by France and Great Britain. More than 30,000 tons of cigarette paper were produced in France last year.
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China
London
Eng
Spain
Manchuria
Indo-China
France
Great Britain
Arbuckle Signs With Warner Brothers For Three Films
Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle returns to cinema as Warners Brothers announces a three film deal. The former top comedian will star in new productions, reviving his screen career after years away from the spotlight.
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New York
Roscoe C
Fatty” Arbuckle
Warner Brothers
Gorgulov Found Guilty of Assassinating Doumer
The trial of Paul Gorgulov in Paris concluded with a guilty verdict for the assassination of President Paul Doumer. Witnesses recounted his life, including frequent hysterical outbursts, with one alienist testifying he was not fully sane. An alienist and a Russian laborer offered contrasting testimony on his mental state and alleged involvement with the old Cheka.
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Fet
Paris
France
Paul Gorgulov
Paul Doumer
Gorgulov
Ivan Lazareff
Cheka
Secret Police
Deka
Gargulev
Five River Drivers Drown In Ottawa Rapids Disaster
Five river drivers employed by the Upper Ottawa Improvement Company perished when their sweeping boat was pulled into a rapids eddy on the Ottawa River. One member of the party is unaccounted for and feared dead. Three clung to the upturned craft and reached shore, while another swam to safety.
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Deux Riviers
Ottawa
Upper Ottawa Improvement Company
Plot to wreck banks nationwide through rumors
Chicago First National Bank president Melvin A. Traylor reports a widespread plot to ruin banks by circulating unfounded rumors. He cites reports from many major cities, an investigation at Pontiac Michigan, and anonymous calls aimed at panicking depositors. Traylor believes radicals orchestrated a national scheme to incite social upheaval.
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Chicago
Melvin A. Traylor Dent
First National Bank of
United States
Pontiac
Mich
Traylor
Prairie wheat crop seen near 130 million bushels this season
Grain experts returning from a western Canada tour say by July 20 crop conditions were generally fair with the prairie yield around 130 million bushels, slightly below the 10 year average. Extreme heat and uneven rains may trim figures, while Alberta and Manitoba report good conditions. A separate London report notes a mystery £450000 gold shipment from Plymouth to New York causing bullion market surprise.
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Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
London
Eng
Plmouth
New York
Nationalist Members Told to Boycott Ulster Parliament
Ireland's Nationalist members of the Norther Ireland party faced a resolution viewed as a directive from the Irish Republic Army urging them to refrain from attending any further sessions of the Ulster House of Commons.
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Fast
Ireland
Norther Ireland Party
Irish Republic Army
Ulster House of Commons
Trade Treaty With South Africa Expected Soon
Ottawa reports Canada and South Africa nearing a trade agreement within two weeks. Experts from the Department of Trade and Commerce, led by Jon H. Stevens, meet South African advisers to smooth issues. The aim is to boost trade, with Canada buying 60,000 tons of sugar this year and seeking more pineapples, wool, oranges, Indian carp, and sisal. In the prior year Canada sold South Africa goods worth 9.2 million and bought 4.4 million, including wheat, rubber tires, newsprint, automobiles, farm machinery, and electrical goods, with lumber and other items under consideration. South Africa currently benefits from the British tariff preference.
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Ottawa
Canada
South Africa
Department of Trade and Commerce
Jon H. H. Stevens
Air Mail Service Plan Outlined by Captain Von Gronau
Captain Wolf gang von Gronau describes a Europe to Pacific air mail route via Iceland and Greenland with continental stops. He notes fast steamship competition with New York, seeks study of direct European to Pacific service, and says he has contacted the Royal Canadian Air Force for routing details. Gasoline shipment reaching Prince Rupert, BC is confirmed.
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von Gronau
Montreal
Europe
Pacific Coast
Wolfgang von Gronau
New York
Iceland
Pacific Ocean
Royal Canadian Air Force
Canada
Prince Rupert
New Manchuria stamp issue signals Pu Yi government
New Harbin stamps appear after the suspension of Chinese postal service in Manchuria. Japan will handle all Chinese and foreign mail bound for the Pu Yi government, a move seen as recognition of the puppet regime.
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Harbin
Manchuria
Cattle Smuggling Attempt Seized in Forkhill South Armagh
About 50 head of cattle were seized by the Ulster Constabulary at Forkhill in South Armagh while attempting to smuggle them from the Irish Free State into Northern Ireland. The drover abandoned the animals and escaped over the border.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Free State
Northern
Ireand
Ulster Constabulary
Forkhill
South Armagh
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Stainforth
Britain
Bisley
S. Africa
Air Mail
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