Recovery Signs Bank Review in Canada Amid Rising Trade
The Bank of Nova Scotia and the Bank of Montreal report improving business activity after years of gloom. They note a general rise in commodity prices and a better balance between farm and manufactured goods, easing farmer purchasing power and offsetting Western grain shortages.
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Tercate
Canada
Bank of Movs Scotia
Bank of Monreal
Bank of Nova Scotia
Bank of Montreal
Bank of Nova Scotia Review
Lindbergh Says North Atlantic Air Route Feasible Soon
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh asserts a north Atlantic air route to Europe could be technically established within two years with good planes and experienced pilots. He notes weather would not stop flights but questions the current financial feasibility. The Lindberghs reportedly left Esk Fjord Iceland bound for the Faroe Islands.
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Lindbergh
North Atlantic
Reykjavik
Iceland
Channes A. Lindbergh
Europe
Copenhagen
Denmark
Charles A. Lindbergh
Esk Fjord
Faroe Islands
Reduced Student Fares For Canadian Universities
C P Riddell announced reduced fare arrangements for teachers and students attending Canadian universities. Tickets will be valid Sept 1 to Oct 4 each year with a fare of one and one third of the regular one way first class rate. Return travel allowed between May 1 and June 30 following issuance. A fisheries patrol vessel seized the American halibut vessel Curlew near Ban Joset Bay off Vancouver Island.
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Allways
Montreal
Quebec
C. P. Riddell
Canadian Passengers Association
Canadian Railways
Canada
Victoria
B.C
W. Redford
Vancouver
Curlew
Seattle
Ban Joset Bay
Calgary harvest hands demand declines amid BC jobless influx
Calgary, Alberta sees historically weak demand for harvest workers as crop prospects falter and unemployed migrants from British Columbia swell, according to provincial government employment officials.
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Calgary
Alta
British Columbia
Bueau
Leak forces return of Sierentz to port for repairs
The Sierentz, carrying 265000 bushels of grain, left Churchill for Europe when water flooded the hull after a galvanic action. A 1.5 inch hole was found under the engine room. Repairs will be done at Churchill and duration is unknown. Thomas Harling and Sons, Montreal, represented shipowners.
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Churchill
Sierentz
Dreyfus Line
WH. Harling
Thomas Harling and Sons
Montreal
Europe
Mr. Harling
Grain conference interrupted by wartime veteran seeking food
Human problem experts at a London grain conference discuss better bread for hungry peoples. A war veteran from Lethbridge wanders in from Scotland seeking work and a meal, while a Canada House official assists him.
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Sonelave
Canada House
Woebegone
Lethbridge
Alta
Scotland
Insects Tied to Sleep Sickness Spread Across Regions
Federal and local officials study biting insects as suspected carriers of sleeping sickness. The outbreak in the St Louis area has 191 cases with 22 deaths including Wichita Kansas and Warrensburg Missouri. Cases span Maryville Missouri and Muskogee Oklahoma with additional reports in Kansas City Kansas and Oklahoma.
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St Louis
St. Louis
Oklahoma
Kansas
Wichita
Kas
Kansas City
Warrensburg
Maryville
Muskogee
Relief Plan Divides Manitoba Drought Area With Saskatchewan
Ottawa debated relief for southwest Manitoba where a 30 mile by 30 mile drought and grasshopper affected five municipalities, leaving farmers destitute. Manitoba urged Dominion to run the dried region through the Saskatchewan Relief Commission with federal funding, while Wesley Gordon gave no definite reply and a Saskatchewan commission shutdown was anticipated.
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Ottawa
E A. McPherson
Manitoba
Department of Labor
Dominion
Saskatchewan reLef Commisson
Wesley Gordon
Saskatchewan Commission
Welcome for Premier Forbes at Chicago World’s Fair
The arrival of Prime Minister Forbes of New Zealand in Chicago for a World’s Fair visit is marked by a 19 pun salute. He travels with Mrs. Forbes and an eight member party returning from the London Economic Conference. They arrive via Canada and plan a two day stay.
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Chicago
Forbes
New Zealand
Canada
Plans for Western Wheat Crepe Improvement Details
Details of a program to improve western wheat crepe to raise Canada's grain premium on world markets are revealed by Dr. LH Newman. He is currently conducting research work in Western Canada.
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Canada
LH. Newman
Dominion Cerealist
Gandhi released from Poona jail after brief fast break
M K Gandhi was freed from custody in Poona after serving a little over three weeks of a one year sentence for civil disobedience. He broke a week long fast with orange juice and was inspected by two doctors finding no serious danger. He dined at the home of Lady Vitandas Thackersey in Parunakuth.
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Poona
India
M K. Gandhi
Gandhi
Vitani Das Thackersey
Bombay
Parnakuth
Bandits Rob Quebec Bank and Are Apprehended Soon After
A posse of citizens pursued and captured two bandits who robbed the Banque Provinciale in Ste. Anne Des Plaines Quebec. They forced manager R. Lavoie to remove his trousers and opened the safe taking 1500 dollars. Lavoie was struck and tied in the basement. the money was recovered.
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Ste. Anne Des Plaines
Que
Banque Provinciale
R. Lavoie
Lavoie
Nova Scotia Liberals to Form New Cabinet After Win
Angus L. Macdonald expected to lead the Liberal cabinet as Nova Scotia votes 22 to 8 over Conservatives. Possible ministers include J. L. McIsaac for provincial secretary treasurer, Dr ME McGarry for health, J A Macdonald for highways, AS MacMillan for highways, and Michael Dwyer for public works and mines. Attorney-general likely J S Smiley or J H MacQuarrie.
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Anscar
Halifax
Angus L. Macdonald
Nova Scotia
Canada
Treas
J. L. McIsaac
Antigonish
AS. MacMillan
Armstrong
Michael Dwyer
Cape Breton Centre
John S. Smiley
Cumberland
J. H MacQuarrie
Pictou
Vancouver Pedestrians Granted Right Of Way In City Traffic
Police court outlines that pedestrians or jaywalkers have right of way at marked and unmarked intersections in Vancouver. An old law prevents prosecution of pedestrians regardless of location, while Percy C Mumbry became the first motorist charged for not yielding and received four warnings after paying $2.50 costs.
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Vancouver
Fjay-Walker
Jay-walker
Percy C Mumbry
Conditions In Arctic Satisfy Major MacBrien
Major General J H MacBrien, commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, returns from a 4000 mile Northwest journey via Great Bear Lake Copper Mine Mackenzie River Yukon Territory and Alaska and reports Arctic and sub Arctic conditions entirely satisfactory. At Shingle Point he observed a reindeer herd awaiting resumed trek to Kittigatuit.
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MacBrien
Ottawa
Winnipeg
Northwest
Great Bear Lake
Copper Mine
Mackenzie River
Yukon Territory
Alaska
J. H. MacBrien
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Arctic
Shingle Point
Kittigatuit
Communism Faces Cuban Unrest After Prohibited Parade
In Havana soldiers and police were deployed after authorities denied a permit for a Communist parade protesting the U S execution of Sacco and Vanzetti six years earlier. Speakers labeled Yankee imperialism and capitalism while criticizing the provisional government of Jos Manuel de Cespedes amid regional strikes and U S mediation efforts.
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Havana
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
United States
Jos Manuel de Cespedes
ABC Secret Society
Gerardo Machado
Abcs
Communist Party
Cuba
Sumner Welles
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
Typhoid Outbreak Tied to External Source at Montreal Convent
In Montreal the milk and water at the Mother House of the Sitters of the Congregation of Notre Dame were cleared after tests. Dr. Seraphin Boucher, head of the city health department, says typhoid fever has killed four nuns and threatens 26 others, traced to an exterior source. A nun who died in hospital had not contracted typhoid. 26 nuns are confirmed ill, not 33, as precautions and hourly prayers are maintained within the convent.
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Montreal
Congregation of Notre Dame
Seraphin Boucher
Montreal Health Department
Boucher
Record Crop Expected In Peace River Area This Year
A long cold wet summer followed by favorable ripening weather is predicted to yield a record crop in the Peace River district. Charles Frederick of the Peace River Record notesFine crop potential highlighted by positive growing conditions and strong harvest prospects.Captain Errol Boye fully recovers from minor injuries after the aeroplane Columbia crash near Sutton Ontario. The plane, known for Atlantic crosses, suffered a broken propeller and damaged left wing. Prime Minister R B Bennett declines to comment on Nova Scotia Conservative defeat.
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Famonton
Anta
Peace River
Charles Frederick
Peace River Record
Sutton
Errol Boye
Columbia
Here
North Atlantic
London
Eng
R. B. Bennett
Nova Scotia
Mr. Bennett
Dynamite Blast Set to Uncover Ore at Flin Flon Mine
Mine superintendent M A Roche says the Flin Flon operation will loosen more than 500000 tons of ore in an open pit when 150 tons of dynamite are fired in September. Tasked under the Flin Flon mine project, the blast will expand excavation work.
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Flin Flon
M.A. Roche
Movie Strike Called Off by U S Labor Board
The United States labor board announced that the strike of motion picture sound men has been called off and all striking employees will immediately return to work.
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Washington
United States Labor Board
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