Hudson Bay terminal project under heavy test and transfer
Ottawa reports remarkable tests on the Hudson Bay terminal plan. Two Royal Canadian Air Force seaplanes fly twice daily between Nelson and Churchill, moving men and material to the New Hudson Bay railway terminal. About 225 workers are at Churchill, 20 at Nelson, with 13,009 tons of site material and supplies to shift this summer. Dredges from Montreal, worth over 1.5 million, sail to Churchill by September 20, with crews and convoys, while crib lumber and other supplies head toward Hudson Bay via Panama Canal.
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Ottawa
Fiers
Department of the Interior
Churchill
Nelson
Montreal
Church
New Westminster
B.C
Pacific Coast
Panama Canal
Hudson Bay
Halifax
Tunney Retains Championship In Eleventh Round KO
Gene Tunney defends his heavyweight title at Yankee Stadium New York stopping Tom Heeney in the eleventh round. Heeney, battered and bloodied, pressed the attack but Tunney’s superior boxing and sharp lefts led to a decisive stoppage as the challenger staggered and suffered a brutal defeat.
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Heney
Yankee Stadium
New York
Tom Heeney
Gene Tunney
Tunney
Heeney
Nobile Arrives in Narvik with Italia Survivors
General Umberto Nobile and Italia disaster survivors reach Narvik Norway aboard Citta di Milano flag at Kalmar. Central News dispatch notes sullen interest from dock crews as ropes are landed. Reports reference harsh weather, injuries, and desertion in Saskatchewan context.
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London
Kalmar
Citta di Milano
Umberto Nobile
Italia
Narvik
Norway
Kai Central
Unat City
Ventore Otr Warnant
New Canadian Steamship Candia Plans Five Vessels
The Lady Nelson, first of five steamers for Canadian National Steamships, will serve Atlantic ports and the West Indies. They will carry passengers cargo and mail with refriger ated equipment and aim for high comfort and safety. The launch occurred July 17 and is to arrive in October with Madam Lapointe involved in ceremonies.
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Lady Nelson
Canadian National Steamships
West Indies
British Guiana
Bermuda
Bahamas
Jamaica
New York
Lord Plete
Allenby
Lady Allenby
Madam Lapointe
Test long distance call links Moose Jaw with British Metropolis
A British Isles test call connected Moose Jaw resident J A Inch, wire chief at the local telephone office, with a speaker in Poland six thousand miles away. The two to three minute talk demonstrated the new long distance system enabling West to Old Country conversations with clear reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meee Jaw
Moose Jaw
Loa
J A Inch
West
Veteran Mountie Denny Dies at 79 in Local Hospital
Captain Sir Cecil Edward Denny 79 former inspector and one of the last surviving RNWMP founders died July 26 after crossing plains in 1874 he enlisted in Ottawa and helped sign the 1877 treaty with Indigenous peoples later serving Alberta as archivist and author
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Captain Denny
onOne
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Plains
Cecil Edward Denny
Tralee Castle
County Kerry
Ireland
Ottawa
Ceci Denny
Alberta
West
Nova Scotia Reports Few Men Available for Harvest Help
The Nova Scotia department of natural resources told Ottawa that the province would struggle to supply more than 75 percent of the requested workers for the Western wheat harvest. Increased activity in building and mining reduces the number of men available, with an estimated total not exceeding 1,200 for harvest excursions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fewian
Department Or Natural Resources
Ottawa
Nova Scotia
Wreckage Found Off Jutland Coast Believed Linked to Nunges Plane
A fragment of an aeroplane wreckage with silver and bronze fabric was recovered off the Jutland coast and sent to Paris for identification. The finder, Dr. Frode, a Danish physicist, noted a wireless receiver among the pieces and believes it may be related to the Nunges ser-Colin plane lost last year.
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Copenhagen
Jutland
Nungesser-Colin
Paris
Frode
Winnipeg teacher named Canadian Teachers' Federation president
W. Laidlaw of Machray junior high in Winnipeg was elected president of the Canadian Teachers' Federation at the ninth annual conference. C. Braden Jelly of Summerside P E won the vice president post over C H Sweet of Alberta, and Alderman M J Coldwell of Regina was reelected secretary treasurer.
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Winnipeg
E. W. Laidlaw
Machray
Canadian Teachers’ Federation
Association
C. Braden Jelly
Summerside
P.E
C. H. Sweet
Alberta
M. J. Coldwell
Regina
Mussolini to Open Nobile Inquiry in Europe
Rome Italy. An inquiry into the conduct of the Nobile expedition has been ordered by Premier Mussolini to quell hostile criticism across Northern Europe. The investigation is expected to open late September or early October and may be directed by Mussolini himself.
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Rome
Italy
Mussolini
Europe
Belfour At Eighty London
Great Britain celebrated the eightieth birthday of Sir Arthur Belfour a distinguished statesman with long public service. He entered the House of Commons in 1874 and remains a cabinet member as Lord President of the Council despite a throat infection. The Earl of Roseberry is the other eminent survivor active in politics.
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London
Great Britain
Art
Balfour
Lora Balfour
House of Commons
Earl of Roseberry
Earl Balfour
The
Daily Mail
Lindberghs Earnings Hit 30 000 In Taxes This Year
New York flier Col Charles A Lindbergh earned about 20 000 in late 1927 and paid 30 000 in federal taxes. He began with the 25 000 OrteLy prize for the first New York Paris crossing and earned 200 a day touring 70 American cities from the Guggenheim Foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York
Paris
Ortely
Atlantic
Guggenheim Foundation
Willingness to fund immigration plans from Britain to Canada
Ottawa reports Churchill announced Britain would spend more on stimulating immigration to Canada. Lord Lovat will bring details of proposed policies, including a substantial farming loan and ocean-rate reductions. Ottawa favors several schemes, while specifics await Lovat’s arrival and British approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Bis
Steamship
Churchil
Lord Lovat
Department
Alberta To Consider Town Planning Scheme
Premier Brownlee returns from the University of California where he opened the fourth annual convention of the American Institute of Cooperation. En route he visited Victoria and Vancouver to interview two Town Planning Commission candidates H L Seymour of Vancouver and Doughty Davies of Victoria. Council will consider these applicants soon with a possible recommendation to council.
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Famonton
Brown’ee
University of California
American Institute of Co-operation
Victoria
Vancouver
Alberta
Town Planning Commission
H. L. Seymour
Doughty Davies
World Disarmament Conference to be Considered by League
A world disarmament conference with far reaching implications for global security may be considered by the League of Nations council and assembly in September. If approved, Canada’s Prime Minister could invite nations to hold the conference in Canada, marking a major step beyond the U S multilateral treaty on war reduction.
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League of Nations
Ottawa
United States
Council
Assembly
Canada
Opium Seizure at Nanaimo Bonded Warehouse
Opium valued at 120000 dollars was seized in a Nanaimo bonded warehouse. It was hidden in freight marked pea nut of and salt turnips. Packages were addressed to Sun How a local Chinese merchant and thought to have arrived aboard a liner from Asiatic ports. Authorities say the seizure was assisted by provincial police and customs staff.
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Nanaimo
B.C
Sun How
Customs Preventive
Plane searches rise as prospector appeals flood Ottawa
Department of National Defence official says many appeals request planes to search for prospectors believed missing in northern woods. He notes most cases end with the prospectors not truly lost, but delayed progress, and plane searches offer limited chances of sightings.
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Rtment of
National Defence
Otawa
Department of National Defence
English Cadets to Compete in Ottawa Bisley Matches
A party of English cadets touring Canada will join the Dominion of Canada Rifle Association prize meeting in Ottawa. Captain R. J. E Hanson leads fourteen cadets, with ten Australian team members and many from Canada's Bisley squad. Victoria High School cadets from Victoria, B C will participate, and women entrants may rise to four or five from Saint John.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion of Canada Rifle Association
R. J. E Hanson
Fisley
Bisley
Victoria High School
Victoria
B.C
Dominion
Western Province
Saint
Long Water Trip From New York to San Francisco
James Mcarthur and Sydney A McQuillan of Vancouver British Columbia sailed the 34 foot motor launch Miss Vancouver down the Hudson River bound for San Francisco. They plan to pass via the Panama Canal to test using a slow speed motor in a high speed vessel. McQuillan is a noted speed boat enthusiast who has logged over 10 000 miles in this type of craft on prior trips.
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New York
James Mcarthur
Sydney A. McQuillan
Vancouver
B.C
Hudson River
Arch Bishop of Canterbury resigns after 23 years
London reports the Archbishop of Canterbury Randall Thomas Davidson resigns after 23 years. The King accepts the resignation to take effect November 12 with a commission naming York, Durham, and Winchester bishops to receive it. Davidson, 80, and his wife plan a golden wedding gift fund and Lambeth Palace memorial. Most Rev Lang of York is named likely successor.
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London
Canterbury
Randall Thomas Davieson
York
Durham
Winchester
Lambeth Palace
Davidson
Cormo Gordon Lang
Dominion Education Bureau Revival At Conference
Winnipeg agitation for a Dominion Bureau of Education revived at the Canadian Teachers Federation convention. The plan aims at uniform teaching standards, a federal teachers registry, centralized policies, and funded educational psychology research. Dr Russell predicts major forward steps for education in the next century with Canada and the U.S. collaborating internationally.
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Winnipeg
Dominion Bureau of Education
Teachers’ Federation
Acton
National Research Council
Collumbia University
Russell
Canada
U.S
Harvesters From British Columbia Coast Ready for Prairie Quota
British Columbia officials say the province can supply its usual harvesters to western Canada this year. Estimates place the available workforce at about six thousand men for the harvest season. J H H Meety, superintendent of the Dominion Employment Service, comments on conditions and supply.
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Coast Province
Vancouver
British Columbia
Prairie Provinces
Western Canada
J. H H. Meety
Hero
Dominion Employment Service
Record Number Of Entries At Olympic Events Amsterdam
The Amsterdam Olympic program will feature a record turnout with 34 nations in swimming 23 in yachting 20 in rowing 29 in wrestling and 14 in the modern pentathlon. A life-size portrait of the late Earl of Minto was presented to the Dominion archives in Ottawa donated by the Dowager Countess of Minto and placed in the Governors-General room.
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Amsterdam
Dominion Ottawa
Farl of
Government to review railways for potential CN takeover
Ottawa reports indicate the government may seize provincial or private railways and merge them into Canadian National. Minister of Railways notes the situation mirrors the prior session with Sir Henry Thornton examining all proposals.
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Ottawa
Canadian National
Henry Thornton
Camp Borden Pilot Dies in Wasaga Beach Crash
A Camp Borden pilot from Winnipeg, 23, Ralph Brown, was killed near Wasaga Beach while dropping a note to his fiancée Dorothy Fallis. He reportedly struck an air pocket and crashed into a tall pine tree during the flight.
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Camp Borden
Toronto
Dorothy Fallis
Wasaga Beach
Ralph Brown
Winnipeg
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Lindbergh
Thomas Shaw
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Ramsay MacDonald
Cxada
British Parliamen Association
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