Viscount Peel Named Head of UK Delegation to Empire Talks
Viscount Peel is chosen to head the United Kingdom delegation to Empire Parliamentary Association meetings in Canada. The appointee, linked to Lord Harteham, is to lead ministers and officials including Hon PG Williams. The group sails to Quebec August 24, tours the Dominion, then proceeds to Sydney Nova Scotia, October 5.
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Lorides
Lord Harteham
Baldwin
Viscount
United Kingdom
Empire Partiamesary Association
Canada
Viscount Peel
Gov
PG. Williams
Wade
Quebec
Lone
Dominion
Sydney N.S
Fatal crossing accident near Alberts kills sheriff family
A deadly grade crossing crash near Okotoks results in the death of A. J. Clarke sheriff of Sunbustana and his wife Jennie and two sons Garry ten and Lioyt four. Ada, about 15, is in High River hospital in critical condition with another daughter injured. The party, staying in Coutts, was driving toward Calgary when a blinded driver at the crossing caused the tragedy.
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Wheee
Alberts
Okotoks
A. J. Clarke
Sunbuestana
Jennie
Garry
Lioyt
Ada
High River
Holt
Coutts
Calgary
Manitoba Farmers Seek Drainage Relief After Flood Losses
About one hundred Sperling District farmers in Southern Manitoba report crop losses near one million dollars from floods in June and July. They urge the government to reconstruct the drainage system in the area. Premier John Reacken and Public Works Minister W. R. Club said they would consider the request after an inspection tour.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg
Sperling
John Reacken
W. R. Club
Record Crop Prospects For Australia In History
Victoria British Columbia news notes forecast of record wool and wheat harvests in Australia and Canada. Sir Joynton Smith, promoter from Sydney, says Australia’s wool and wheat crop may be the greatest the country has produced, with expectations of a vast yield and a potential record across the board.
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Victoria
Australia
Canada
Joynton Smith
Millonaire
Sydney
Nsw
Bir Joynton
Blast Fatal at Calgary Mine Kills LL Johnson
A dynamite explosion at a mine near Dodds Alberta killed LL Johnson longtime chairman of the Department of Sk ie rs Civil Re establishment. The tragedy occurred instantly and authorities reported the blast caused Johnson's death at the scene.
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Calgary
LL Johnson
Department of Skiers
Johnson
Dodds
Alta
Miners Flock to Harvest Fields From Flin Flon Railways
In The Pas Manitoba miners from railway construction camps head south seeking higher wages in interior harvest fields. Five hundred men have departed The Pas on the last two trains going south.
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Pas
Flin Flon
Gold Strike Reported Near Mine Centre Ontario
A special despatch from Mine Centre Ontario reports a sensor gold strike west of Fort William along the Johnson Mine line near Little Vermilion Lake. A mining engineer says surface gleams of gold could total thousands in value, potentially rivaling the Isa Bella property of Northern Red Lake Mines Ltd from weeks earlier.
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Sasy Pool
Img
Toronto
Lockalsha
Fort W
Johnson Mo
Little Vermilion Lake
Tomn
Northern Red Lake Mines, Ltd
Cooperative Marketing Powers Farmer Prosperity
Professor RL Pay of the University of Toronto says the Willamstows Mast-Agricultural co-operation lifts farmers to higher living standards by eliminating marketing uncertainty and basing decisions on statistical knowledge. He notes the wheat pool revolutionizes farmers’ moral and economic position, with U S government support in research and education aiding agricultural progress as CL Christensen of the Department of Agriculture cites cooperative marketing benefits.
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Willamstows
Mast
RL Pay
University of Toronto
Institute of Politica
Canada
United States
CL Christensen
Department of Co-Operative Marketing
Department of Agriculture
Reappointed Ottawa Dr McLean to Ten Year Board Term
Ottawa reports Dr Simon J McLean has been re appointed assistant chief commissioner of the Board of Railway Commissioners. His ten year term follows an office expiry August 6, and he began on the board in 1908. This third term sets a precedent for re appointment after expiry.
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Ottawa
Simon J. McLean
Board of Railway Commissioners
McLean
Ofice
Franke 1
Oliver
Death Of Canadian Novelist Mrs Isabel Ecclestone Mackay
Canadian novelist and playwright Isabel Ecclestone Mackay died at her Vancouver home after a yearlong illness. Born in Woodstock Ontario 52 years ago she moved to Vancouver 19 years ago and was wife of Peter J Mackay official reporter of the Court of British Columbia. She authored novels including House of Windows Up the Hill and Over Mrs of Morning The Window Gazer and Glengarrow plus Fires Of Driftwood a children’s poetry book and several plays produced in Canada and the United States. She leaves three daughters.
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Isabel Ecclestone MacKay
Vancouver
Peter J. Mackay
Court of
British Columbia
Woodstock
Ont
Mackay
Donald MacLeod MacPherson
Glengarrow
Canada
United States
Australia Ship Visit to Montreal and Planned Caribbean Tour
The Royal Australian Navy light cruiser Australia visited Montreal for several days with about twelve thousand people touring the ship. After four days at Quebec she will head to Halifax then Boston New York and several other ports in a broad October schedule including Wellington and Brisbane with overall tour dates through October.
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Montreal
HALAS
Australia
Royal Australian Navy
Quebec
Halifax
Boston
New York
Chesapeake Bay
Colon
Tanita
Wellington
Brisbane
Sydney
Nsw
Kellogg Likely to Visit Ireland After Paris Pact
Secretary of State Kellogg, after signing the Fifteen Power anti war treaty in Paris on August 27, plans to remain to respond to a request from President Cosgrave, executive council of the Irish Free State. A possible later trip to London is also noted.
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Washington
Kellogg
Ireland
Paris
Cosgrave
Executive Council
Message From Amundsen Believed Found In Battle Note
Despatches from The Hague report the Norwegian Minister at Amsterdam saying a bottle found near Rottumeroog contained a message in Roald Amundsen’s handwriting. The note, deemed authentic, gives the explorer and his four companions’ position on July 1 as they searched for the Italia wreck.
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London
Mai
Hague
Amsterdam
Roald Amundsen
Italia
Rottumeroog
Amundsen
Netherland Islands
North Sea
Philip Roy Named Envoy to Paris by Dominion Government
Ottawa reports Hon. Philippe Roy recommended as Canadian minister plenipotentiary to Paris. The prime minister announced Roy, born 1868 in St Francois Quebec, has long served in Paris and was senator since 1906. Formal commission expected in October with Paris legation opening then.
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Ottawa
Philippe Roy
Paris
Roy
Tokio
St Roy
Ume
Mr. Roy
St. Francois
Que
Senate
Wilfred Laurier
Influenza Epidemic Reported Along Mackenzie River
A serious influenza outbreak with high death tolls is reported along the Mackenzie River in northern areas. Rev W B Singleton from Hay River Indian School notes 20 deaths at Fort Resolution and 10 at Hay River, with higher totals expected elsewhere. Manitoba Indian Affairs says no provincial epidemic information was received.
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Winnipeg
Mackenzie River
W. B. Singleton
Hay Rive Indian School of the Indian and Iskimo Mission
The
Missionary Society of the Church of England
Fort Resolution
Slave River
Slave Lake
Hay River
Manitoba
Dominion Department of Indian Affairs
Fuller Party Reported Safe After Arctic Trek
Town student geologists from Town into the north launched a renewed voyage to Hudson Bay after three weeks. Four men, long presumed dead, now head toward Driftwood Point via Neulin Lakes and Tolewinza River, aiming for Chesterfield Inlet and Fort Churchill. Elsewhere, vandalism struck a Roman Catholic church as sacred items were desecrated and a chalice broken.
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Save Bee
Iason Bay
Regina
John D. Fuller
Hudson Bay
Neulin Lakes
Amailer Boal
Tolewinza River
Hope For Peaceful Relations in Kellogg Pact Support
President Coolidge, speaking before the Wisconsin State American Legion, praises the Kellogg pact as a greater hope for peaceful relations, acknowledging limits on banning war yet stressing its revolutionary policy and the promise of reducing aggression through defense. He notes the pact could be a blessing to humanity if nations adhere to it.
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Wausau
Wit
Coolidge
Wisconsin
American Legion
Aking
To Take Care of British Harvesters
Saskatoon reports T Devlin of the Canadian National colonial department says British miners arriving to work in western harvests should find winter work, or will affect future immigration. He notes the workers are experienced in farm labor and understand harvesting as well as eastern Canadians.
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Canada
Colonization Department
Canadian National Railways
Great Britain
W. D. Harrison
Marcelin
Syaki
E. A. Corcoran
Welton
Sack
FW. Beale
Carlen
Sasi
J. D. Preston-Jones
Atwater Sas
Saskatoon
T. Devlin
Canadian National Colonial Department
British Isles
Expedition Well Equipped New York Antarctic Expedition
The Antarctic expedition led by Commander Richard E. Byrd sails from this port this week. It is billed as the most extensive exploration effort to date and may cost up to one million dollars. Headquarters report costs not less than $859,000 with potential total near $1,000,000. Contributions include $435,000 in equipment and $237,543 in cash. Byrd's 1926 North Pole expedition spent about $140,000.
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New York
Antarctic
Richard E. Burd
Byrd
North Pole
Spirited Fight on Lake Erie With Rum Fleet
A clash between rival rum running fleets on the Niagara River and Lake Erie led to government boats setting a craft on fire and sinking one, capturing two others. Federal agents chased 121 suspicious vessels off Lake Erie as 50 rounds were fired and two men were taken after a burn damage incident near Barcelona.
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Buffalo
Niagara River
Lake Erie
Recon
Barcelona
Epidemic Wipes Out Natives Across Mackenzie River Region
An influenza outbreak in the North has killed many natives along the Mackenzie River, with Fort Simpson and Fort Resolution among the hardest hit. Reports say 53 deaths at Simpson and 50 at Resolution, while other stations report heavy tolls. Only one white death is confirmed. authorities fear total casualties may remain unclear for months.
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Edmonton
Mackenzie River
Fort Simpson
Jack S
Sherwin
Mackenzie Hut
Fort Resolution
Fort Rae
Portman
Fort Goodhope
Fort McPherson
Chief Justice Kennedy Praises Peace and Irish Reform
Victoria listeners heard Right Hon. Hugh Kennedy, Ireland’s chief justice, at a Canadian Club luncheon. He praised the treaty with England, urged solid agricultural reform, and noted Ireland’s religious tolerance, citing a Presbyterian minister in a Protestant Orange county as an example.
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Victoria
Hugh Kennedy
Ireland
England
Hesidce
Free State
Orange County
Aerial Sham Warfare Over London Reported
The aerial sham warfare over London involved hundreds of planes over four days and was marred by a few accidents. Flying Officer L. C. Bennett had to parachute from a burning plane over Richmond and landed safely on a house top. A raiding bomber forced to land in a field, damaged but the pilot and observer escaped unhurt.
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Ints
London
Eng
L. C. Bennett
Richmond
United States Recognizes Ecuador Government in Power
The State Department announced that the United States has extended full recognition to Ecuador’s current government. Secretary Kellogg informed the Ecuadorian leadership by note that, effective immediately, Washington recognizes the regime as it seeks a return to constitutional governance after Ketlhe Fer’s 1925 departure.
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Washington, DC
United Sates
Ecuador
Kellogg
United States
Ketthefer
Montreal Garment Workers Strike Affects City Shops
Montreal workers from the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America halt work across roughly 70 workshops and about twelve unneeded employees are affected. The stoppage touches all city shops and is expected to end quickly as the dispute is resolved.
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Dentical
Montreal
Amalgamated Clothing Works of America
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Irish Free State
Montreal Garment Workers
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