Dominion urged to set own grading for pool wheat
In Saskatchewan a call arose to remove Ottawa influence and let the province establish its own grading for pool wheat. The Saskatchewan Grain Inquiry Commission prepared to hear from Dr F J Girchard of Canada’s Board of Grain Commissioners, with hearings planned in Winnipeg in February amid farmer complaints about grading and private elevator mixing practices. Farmers criticized lack of constructive suggestions from commissioners as the inquiry progressed.
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Mahort
Sask
Dominion
Texis
United Farmers of Canada
Sankatchewan
Serge
Ottawa
Sackatchewan Grain Inquiry Commission
F. J. Girchard
Grain Research Laboratory
Th Board of Grain Commissioners Canada
Winnipeg
Moock Found Guilty of First Degree Murder
Moock was found guilty of first degree murder by a Spokane jury. The verdict carried a death sentence, delivered after a four and a half hour deliberation. Moock showed tears as it read, while his wife cried and needed assistance. The defense planned to seek a new trial or appeal to the state supreme court.
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Eton
Spokane
Wash
Moock
Fence
Tory
Patrick
Yorkton
Saskatchewan
J. A.M. Patrick, KC
Supreme Court of
Aly
Lindbergh Wins Harmon Trophy at International Aeronautics Conference
Charles A Lindbergh received the Harmon trophy for the year 1927 at the International Civil Aeronautics Conference. Pierre Flandin presented the award, a gift from Futur Harmen of Paris, founder of the International League of Aviators. Shirley Short, an airmail pilot, had won the trophy in 1976. Premier J. E Brownlee of Alberta and Dr. B. F. Toomey, premier of British Columbia, were visiting at the time.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Pierre Flandin
Chamber of Deputies
Clef
Trojsay
Fuitter Harmen
Paris
Internation League of Aviators
Shirley Short
Cedarville Land Sale Ties Up Bank Assets in Toronto
A land tract named Cedarville in Toronto Ontario valued at 1.6 million dollars, part of the assets of the defunct Home Bank, is slated for sale. The sale aims to liquidate the bank’s remaining holdings and recover creditor value.
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Home Bank
Toronto
Cedarville
Time Limit For Pension Appeals in Ottawa
Ottawa officials clarify federal pension appeals time limits. Chief adviser KG MacDensh states amendments set an appeal window from the board decision date. Appeals must be filed by December 31, 1928 or within two years of the decision, with exceptions for decisions issued before December 21, 1926.
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Ottawa
KG. Mac
Department of Pensions and
MacDensh
Board of Powers
Time Extends Coal Shipment Plan for 1929
Government extends Alberta coal shipments to Ontario under 875 per ton for six months in 1929 subject to grain movement. no six month test for 1630 yet. Railways failed to file 1928 cost sheets with the Board. A hearing last month edged completion past March 31, 1929. Outcome on federal loss funding pending after that date.
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Abert
Omtark
Ottawa
Aberta
Ontario
Alberta
Board of Railway Commissioners
Alberta to train British migrants for Canada aid agreement
Alberta and the British overseas settlement department concluded a pact to boost migration. Alberta will provide one month of free agricultural training for men aged 17 to 25 and one month of free domestic training for women aged 22 to 33. Trainees will be placed on farms and in domestic roles in Canada as two parties travel in spring.
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Canada
Britain
Alberta
Overseas Setttlement Department
Queen Mary Unveils Memorial Tablet
Queen Mary presided at the unveiling of a memorial tablet on Tower Hill to remember the Mercantile Marine men who died in the war. She left Buckingham Palace at 2:30 and was cheered by crowds. The ceremony was broadcast nationwide by radio and she delivered a brief address as king’s representative, marking her first radio speech.
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Radio London
Eng
Queen Mary
Tower Hill
Mercanti Marine
Duckingham Palace
Canadian Fisheries Association to Meet Ottawa in January
A delegation from the Canadian Fisheries Association will meet Hon. Mackenzie King and cabinet in Ottawa in January to discuss recreating a Dominion minister of fisheries and to present suggestions for Canada's fishing industry. Also, the League of Nations council adopted a report on sleeping sickness in Africa, noting its devastation among natives and endorsing a League campaign to combat the disease.
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Montreal
Canada
Canadian Fisheries Association
Mackenzie King
Ottawa
Terry
P. J. Cardin
Marine and Fisheries
R. W. Gould
Africa
Lagano
Council
The
League of Natons
Campaign League
Navigation on Great Lakes ends after record grain movement
Navigation on the Great Lakes closes following a year with record grain shipments from Fort William to Port Arthur. A total of 778,780,000 bushels of grains were moved, up from 193,000,000 last season, as grain boats continued until December 12 when insurance became unavailable. Grain movement remains heavy on the prairies and freighters still operate in the lead up to season end.
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Great Lakes
Winnipeg
Fort William
Port Artur
Lake Beach
Prairies
First Woman Given Maximum Michigan Sentence
A Lansing jur y convicted Mrs. Etta Mae Miller of selling liquor, her fourth felony, and sentenced her to life in prison under the habitual offender clause. The judge imposed the life term after a 1 hour 50 minute jury deliberation. Mrs. Miller, mother of 19 children, becomes the first woman in Michigan to receive the maximum penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing, Mich
Etta Mae Miller
Michigan
Evacuation timing in Rhineland discussed by Stresemann
In Lugano Dr. Gustav Stresemann questioned reports of an early Rhine evacuation. He said Germany expects its complete removal only after reparations are settled, while noting uncertainty about when that will happen. Talks have touched on a Rhine verification and conciliation committee after troops leave, and an unconfirmed ally gesture to evacuate the second Rhineland zone with reparations talks.
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Lugano
Switzerland
Gustav Stresemann
Germany
Rhine
Rhineland
Committee of Experts
Predicts Coast-To-Coast Air Mail In Canada
Ottawa reports that postmaster general Hon. P. J. Vennot outlined a coast-to-coast air mail plan within a few years contingent on parliament funding. He indicated a possible experimental air mail service next summer between Vancouver, B C as progress in aerial transport continues.
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Ottawa
P. J. Vennot
Vancouver
B.C
Five Hour Siege Ends In City Barricade Death
In Chicago near dak and Milton streets a 16 year old boy resisted police for five hours using guns and bombs. Police siege involved 100 officers and riot squads. Deputy commissioner John Stege and Sgt. Thomas Conley entered the barricaded room and shot the youth, rendering him unconscious.
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Chicago
Dak
Milton
Little Italy
Ernest Witurst
Foor
Polce
John Stege
Thomas Conley
Whituirst
Daring Hold Up in Yonkers Bank Car Heist
A bank payroll robbery in Yonkers nets $104,500 as six masked men force a reinforced rear door, wound a First National Bank messenger in both arms, and snatch cash from the delivery truck within about three minutes near Buena Vista Avenue and Hudson Street. The driver and a front-seat patrolman were kept at bay as the robbers escaped. The money had been prepared for disbursement from the Federal Reserve Bank in New York the same day.
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Yonkers
N.Y
Lct
First National Bank
Federal Reserve Bank
New York
Buena Vista Avenue
Hudson Street
Loyd Building in Winnipeg Sold for About 1,009,000
The Loyd Building on Portage Avenue, built in 1914, changed hands to a syndicate of Winnipeg businessmen for a reported price around 1.009 million dollars. A separate report notes Canton government plans to abolish imported western styled clothing in southern China.
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Winnipeg
Loyd
Portage Avenue
Canton
China
Riches in Northland Coal and Oil Shale Reported Near Hudson May
Mining talk dominates Junction discussions as reports claim coal 16 miles southeast of Hudson May and oil shales surveyed by Toro near Porcupine Hills. The find reportedly surpasses Horace Halcrow prospecting in Pasquia Hills a decade ago. Accessible by 16 miles of wagon road, bush country hosts the oil shale field with unknown local coal type or quantity.
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Hudson May
Hudson Bay Junction
Sask
Toro
Porcupine Hi
Horace Halcrow
Pas
Pasquia Hills
Auto Taffic
Labrador Sale Favored by Coaker in Newfoundland View
Sir William Coaker of the Fishermen's Protective Union urges Newfoundland to sell Labrador to Canada or to a syndicate if they could fetch 100000 dollars. The aim is to fund the colony’s national debt as discussed in the Fisherman Advocate. Winnipeg appoints A. M. Wiseman MC as trade commissioner to succeed Braddock. duties begin in February. The Pas Board of Trade seeks reliable site info for a town tied to Flin Flon mine development through Hon. D. G. McKenzie.
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St John's
William Coaker
Fishermen’s Protective Union
Richard Squires
Newfoundland
Labrador
Canada
Sir Wiliam
Fisheran
Montreal
A. M. Wiseman, MC
Winnipeg
G. F. Braddock
Department of Overseas Trade
London
Eng
Wiseman
England
D. G. McKenzie
Pas Board of ‘Trad
Naval Appointment at Esquimalt Barracks
Official notice by Hon J. L. Ralston announces Lieut. Commander G. B. F. Barnes RCN assigned to duty at the Royal Canadian Navy barracks in Esquimault British Columbia.
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Ovawa
J. L. Ralston
National Defence
G. B. F. Barnes
RCN
Esquimault
B.C
Rail crossing problems to be studied under Frank Oliver
Hon Frank Oliver named advisory officer to the Board of Railway Commissioners to study level crossings across Canada and report on elimination or protection measures. He served on the board from 1923, earlier was MP for Edmonton and minister of justice under Sir Wilfrid Laurier.
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Frank Oliver
Board of Railway Commissioners
Oliver
Canada
Railway Commissioners
House of Commons
Edmet
Hor
Wilfrid Laurier
Rum runners use power line to smuggle liquor across Niagara
A provincial police constable reports speeding rum runners using a 120000-volt power line spanning the Niagara River to move liquor into the United States. He found a sedan near Queenston power house stocked with liquor and a setup to tap the line.
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Niagara
Tongara Falls
Niagara River
United States
Queenston
C N R Branch Lines Projected For The West
The Ottawa correspondent notes a three year CN R branch program worth over 20 million dollars. Hudson Bay Railway to Fort Churchill will reach there next summer, with CN and CPR sharing Alberta government railways purchases including Edmonton, Dunvegan, BC Railway, Alberta Great Waterways and Central Canada lines. Programs since 1924 total hundreds of miles and millions. new work to begin after 1927-29 finish. Harbor works progress noted. In Montreal, grippe epidemic hits hospital staff while Byrd denies sending for forty huskies to Yukon for his Antarctic expedition.
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Toronto
Ottawa
Toronto Sur
Cays
Fort Churche
Canadian National Railways
Canadian Pacific
Alberta
Edmonton, Dunvegan
British Columbia
Alberta and Great Waterways
Raiway
Central Canada Railway
CNR
Parliamet
Canadian National
Can National
Lnes
Canada
Eral
Hove
Itragon Bay Railway
Cana‘tian Tional
Department of Railways and Canals
City inaugurates CKX radio station in Manitoba
Brandon unveiled the city operated CKX radio station. The project cost about $2,500 to construct and will be operated and maintained by Manitoba government officials through the city initiative.
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Brandon
Brangon
CKX
Manitoba
Shorter Route To Bay With New Aberdeen Line
Canadian National Railways announced a new Aberdeen to Melfort line will shorten the route from Saskatoon to Hudson Bay ports. The change aims to speed freight and passenger service across the corridor.
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Montreal
Saskatoon
Hudson Bay
Aberdeen
Melfort
Sask
Canadian National Railways
Canada inspires world disarmament effort, Ralston says
Ottawa Ontario Hon J L Ralston minister of national defence tells the University Club that Canada leads toward world disarmament, setting an example for nations and advancing the sentiment of peace.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
J. L. Ralston
National Defence
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J. E Brownlee
8. F. Toimie
Temea
Ith
Mads
Americs
Queen Victoria
Spain
Europe
America
Northland
C.N. R
Grippe Epideraie
Montreal General Hospital
Royal V Toria
Hospital Notre Dame
Byrd Denter
Richard E. Byrd
Associated Press
Ark City
Antarctic
Bill Riley
Yukon
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