Pool pays late wheat dividends from Canadian co op
A statement from the president of the Canadian Co operative Wheat Producers Ltd announces another pool payment for the 1924 crop. Twenty cents per bushel will be paid on Nov 1 2 3 and 4 for No 1 wheat with some grades excluded or adjusted. The second installment of 20 cents per bushel adds to a total of 1 55 dollars distributed so far and the final settlement will occur after further wheat receipts and grade adjustments.
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Winsipes — Fittern Siiiien Dotare
Biter
G1 Canadian Co-operative Wheat Producers
Crop Deetributing Railway Prep Amid Grain Load Push
Preparations for this year’s crop announced by ED Cotterell Wanaportation officer of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The plan includes 75 freight engines plus 170 switch engines at terminals to serve grain loading points across the west. Box cars numbered 40 000 are readied with engines for early grain transport. Extra orders for rolling stock and more experienced crews are being called up as cars and engines idle for months are refurbished.
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ED. Cotterell
Canadian
Pheific Railway
Cotterell
Vacant Senate Seats Across Provinces Reported
The Mail and Empire notes nine senate vacancies with two in Prince Edward Island quota one in New Brunswick two in Quebec two in Ontario and two in Alberta Canada. Possible Alberta appointees include Philippe Roy W C Bechanan and Frank Oliver. Also mentioned are events about the Prince of Wales diamond gift and Regina oil warehouse fire in Saskatoon with major damage and firefighting efforts.
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Toronto
Toreo Mail and Empire
Ine
Dominion General
Senate
Prince Eewart Island
Ken Brunswick
Quebec
Yontario
Alberta
Mail and Empire Dispatch
Philippe Roy
Paria
W. C. Bechanan
Frank Oliver
Strikes hit Empress of Australia Chinese crew in Yokohama
Deser tion by Chinese crew of the Empress of Australia during the voyage from Vancouver to Kobe leaves only a portion aboard. Japanese replacements are being hired as the ship nears Kobe, with further deser tions anticipated.
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Yokohama
Canadian
Pacife Railway Company
Tralla
Kobe
Vancouver
Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace Recap
King George and Queen Mary hosted a large royal garden party at Buckingham Palace on July 21. Hosts greeted guests as they circulated past well-dressed attendees from Britain and abroad in a festive, war era social event.
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Wade
Buckingham Palace
King George
Queen Mary
Travel protest over Ellis Island mistreatment by English tourist
Ralph Adams an Englishman and his wife protested after being detained a day at Ellis Island though tourists with proper passports. He claimed he and other American tourists in student class were taken off the Leviathan and subjected to humiliating medical examinations. Adams planned to contact the British consul and the U.S. line over the incident.
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New York
Elis Island
Ralph Adams
United States
Adams
Elle Island
Tis Island
Evolution On Trial A Court Action In U S Hi Commenced
Loren H Wittener a government employee brought a suit that could move the evolution teach ing issue to federal courts to decide if teaching this theory shows disrespect for the Holy Bible The action uses rider to the 1025 District of Columbia Appropriation Bill restricting funds for salaries of superintend ents or teachers who permit or teach disrespect for the Holy Bible in public schools
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U. S. Hi
Washington
Loren H. Wittener
Gos Roment
District of Columbia
Alberta to participate in conference on succession duties
The Alberta Government will take part in a forthcoming conference on succession duties. Attorney-General Brownlee replied to Premier Bracken of Manitoba, who urged a conference and Alberta’s readiness to participate at agreed time and place.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Brownlee
Bracken
Manitoba
No Cattle Shipments By St. Lawrence Route
Shipping houses in Montreal and local firms say they will stop cattle shipments on the St. Lawrence route to England citing insufficient profit despite space shortages. They expect little rate increase and cannot sustain the cattle trade to Britain. In other items, Walter Rodgers and his wife were killed in a town crossing collision involving a Yellowstone Park train. Mrs. Rodgers died instantly. he died at the hospital. The story also reports a large round-up of horses by the Sarese Nation for an upcoming Indian stampede at the Sar-Jere Reservation on August 6.
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Busi
Montreal
St. Lawrence
England
Tve
Calgary
Sar- Jere
Alberta O8 Strike At Foremost Gas Field
A secret strike at the Foremost gas field disrupted operations of the Cen dian Western Natural Gas and Power Company. Drillers, told to secrecy, continued work after drilling deeper past a producing oil sand at about 2,002 feet, with oil encountered and produced before resuming gas drilling.
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Calgary
Cendian Western Natural Gas and Power Company
Eas Company
Powers Hope to Solve China Problem Soon
Washington reports substantial accord among major powers on a formula to address the Chinese problem. Peking diplomats may submit the plan to China's provisional government soon, tying in customs duties revision, an Inquiry commission on extraterritorial questions, and a British-proposed judicial inquiry into Shanghai riot losses. The Shanghai incident plan hinges on Beijing joining the inquiry and accepting its findings.
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Washington
Peking
Provisional Government of
China
Shanghai
Investi
Union Bank of Canada Votes to Transfer to Royal Bank
Winnipeg reports the Union Bank of Canada consented to transfer its business and assets to the Royal Bank of Canada. At a special meeting held at the head office, over 67,000 of 80,000 eligible votes were cast in favor, with no dissent.
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Union Bank
Winnipeg
Union Bank of Canada
Royal Bank of Canada
Wisconsin Professor Vanishes in London Search Fails
Professor J Victor Collins of Stevens Point Wisconsin, delegate to the World Federation of Education Associations, disappeared in London after going to a station to buy tickets for a late train to Edinburgh. A 24 hour Scotland Yard search yielded no trace of him.
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Edinburgh
London
Scotland Yard
J. Victor Collins
Stevens Point
Wis
World Federation of Education Associations
Grasshopper War Expands Across Central British Columbia
Central British Columbia faces vast grasshopper swarms destroying hundreds of square miles. The department of agriculture is advised, and an order in council allocates 15,000 dollars to pollination efforts to aid farmers in affected areas.
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B.C
British Columbia
Department of Agriculture
British miners refuse conference amid wage dispute
In Britain and the United States the threat of a nationwide coal strike grew as miners refuse to meet owners to discuss wage cuts. Miners' Federation declines the proposed conference, while the current working agreement between miners and owners expires July 31. Officials warn a strike unless government steps in to prevent wage contract abrogation in northern West Virginia.
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London
Min
Unesche Inter
Miners’ Federation
Evan Willams
Coal Owners’ Association
A Jook
Federaton
Great Britain
Atlantic City
West
Rhodes scholars annual dinner canceled in Oxford
The Rhodes trustees will omit this year’s annual dinner for Rhodes scholars in Oxford due to the recent death of Lord Milner. The event, once famed for eminent speakers including English statesmen and the prime minister, is not expected to resume until the Rhodes Trust’s new Oxford headquarters building is completed.
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Kenodes
Oxford
Eng
Rhodes
Lord Milner
Rhodes Trust
Rust observations by Saskatchewan professor limit crop risk
Professor Manley Champlin of the University of Saskatchewan notes traces of rust on wheat leaves in the district but says stems remain unaffected. With favorable weather, the rust is unlikely to cause damage to early crops. The report reflects cautious optimism about crop impact.
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University of Saskatchewan
Atkatuon
Manley Champlin
First Rye Harvest Report From Brandon District
Fall rye in Brandon, Manitoba, has been harvested for the first time in the district with cutting expected to begin in a week. The crop appears to be fairly good and is ripening quickly.
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Brandon
Man
Argentine Plans For Becagion Prince Parade In Buenos Aires
Argentina prepares for a reception parade for the Prince of Wales with 12,000 Argentine soldiers and 96 military aeroplanes. The heir will travel via Curlew to Montevideo and transfer to a warship, delaying arrival until mid August due to port restrictions.
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Buenos Altos
Wales
Buenos Aires
Montevideo
Pernambuco
Raafl
Hey
Oimsett
Buchon Aires
Conquering Mount Logan Achievement Noted by Alpine Club
Congratulatory messages pour in to AC from Mount Logan ascent by Captain McCarthy Captain Foster and companions. W Wheeler, Bat Sirector of iby Alpine Chat of Can ada, shares notes including a message from Ottawa via LC Amery, secretary of state for dominion affairs.
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Pancoiver Oy
Mount Logan
Wheeler
Iby
Canada
McCarthy
W. W. Foster
Imr Wheeler
Ottawa
Amery
Dominion Affairs
Inadian Alpine Club
Lake Otra
Paris weighs German security note amid Allied talks
The French Government has begun careful consideration of the German security note and will contact interested countries to decide on policy. Talks on a security pact to guard western borders of Germany will proceed after inter allied review, delaying negotiations with Berlin through ambassadors in Paris or London for several days.
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Paris
Germany
London
Change In Pensions Measure Resisted
London. The government defeats a proposed amendment to the Widows and Orphans and Old Ages Pensions Bill. The measure would have required pensions to be paid to those moving to other parts of the empire. Government officials cited administrative difficulties but noted plans for reciprocal arrangements with dominions to transfer pension rights into their schemes working with the British plan.
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London
House of Commons
Renewal Campaign for Completion of H B Railway
Manitoba Government renews push to finish the Hudson Bay Railway from the end of steel to the Nelson River port. Premier Bracken says western Canada needs the line as Crow's Nest Pass freight rates shift. Legislature members will be invited to review the route and assess its fate for wheat and flour transport.
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Winnipeg
Crows Seat
Manitoba
Mudon Tay
Bracken
Nelson River
Hhe West
Hudson Bay Railway
Western
Canada
Canadian Pavilion Struck By Lightning At Wembley
A thunderstorm struck the Canadian pavilion at Wembley causing damage estimated at several hundred pounds sterling. Lightning hit the pavilion tower, debris crashed through a skylight into offices below, and heavy rain damaged plaster. No injuries or fire occurred. Night watchman and officials describe the thunder as artillery-like. Workmen repair the tower damage.
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Wembley
London
Viscount Allenby May Succeed Lord Byng
The Ottawa Citizen reports a London dispatch that Viscount Allenby, recently retired as British high commissioner in Egypt, may succeed Lord Byng as governor general of Canada. Allenby, famed for World War I command in Egypt and his campaigns in Mesopotamia and Palestine, has been repeatedly linked to the top post.
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Egypt
Ottawa Citizen
London
England
News of the World
Field Marshal
V Allenby
Lord Byng
Canada
Viscount Allenby
Great Britain
Mesopotamia
Palestine
Ouawn
United States Wheat Prices Seen Higher Than Canada
United States Secretary of Agriculture Jerdine said this year’s wheat price should be satisfactory and well above Canada’s price. He cited a smaller winter wheat crop and no expected surplus amid tariff aims. Canada distribution noted in Wembley involved school guests. other items mention cabinet talks on naval build plans and treaty money delivery by seaplane, plus a nitrogen tennis ball novelty.
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Canada
Washington
Agriture
Jerdine
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