New Legislation Announced in Dominion Speech
Ottawa reports outline of new laws including amendments to the Elections Act, Companies Act, Fisheries Act, Narcotic Drug Act, and technical education. Proposals cover pensions for Canadian National employees, multilateral peace treaty, and rail line development. Grand Trunk shareholders seek restoration or compensation, claiming $180 million while Ottawa holds line on discussion.
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Ottawa
Niagara
Railway Commission
His
Dominion
Partic War
Fisheries Commission
Ntional
Canadian National Railways
Eastern
Western
Canada
Ont
Grand Trusk
National Railway
Dominion of Canada
Grand Trunk
Not Denying Treaty Suggestion That Canada Is Holding Up
London reports quote authoritative quarters denying Canada delaying the arbitration pact between Britain and the United States. The delay is said to be due to focus on the Kellogg pact. Observations from Canada and other Dominions are noted. The arbitration machinery is under discussion but no major difficulties or hurry are anticipated.
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Canada
London
England
Britain
United States
Nurses Called To Paris From England
Flu epidemic in France has grown serious with Paris importing nurses from England to speed patient care. Telegraphic aid from London has shortened response times to about twelve hours in some cases. One hospital authority estimates about one fifth of Parisians affected. while most cases were mild, recent reports show more pneumonia and bronchial symptoms increasing deaths.
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France
Paris
England
London
Better relations looked for Sofia and Bulgaria
After years of extreme tension and frontier disputes, Bulgaria and Slavia appear to approach improved ties. The disputed frontier is to be opened and a mixed commission will meet in Sofia to draft frontier details. A formal commercial treaty is expected soon to enhance trade.
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Sofia
Ougara
Aser
Bulgaria
Tuel Slavia
M. Droff
Mission Now In Europe London
The Canadian broadcasting commission led by Sir John Aird left for Europe on February 7. Members reportedly impressed by a British organization earning about $5,000,000 yearly under government supervision, with revenue shared between the government and the corporation.
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London
Engina
Canadian Broadcasting Commission
John Aird
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Continent
Silver Bullion and Clothing Shipped from Halifax Afloat
The Cunard liner Au- Fania sailed to Plymouth and London carrying 240 bars of silver bullion on the London option and 93 parcels of clothing for the miners relief fund of the Lord Mayor of London. This marks the first forward shipment from Halifax for this purpose.
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Halifax
Cunard
Au- Fania
Plymouth
London
King Signs Documents in First Councillor Signatures
King George, in London, signed two state papers after appointing new councillors of state on December 4. The documents name Justice Tomlin as lord appeal in ordinary and as a member of the privy council.
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London
England
King George
Justice Tomlin
Appeal
Privy Counett
Enlisted Seamen Die in Pensacola Formation Fight
two sailors Branwell P Nowell aged 24 and Andrew Brink aged 21 attached to the naval flying squadron were killed during a formation drill in Pensacola Florida. unclear wreckage details followed a midair confrontation as the mishap occurred amid a training exercise.
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Pensacola, Fla
Branwell P. ‘Nowell
Andrew Brink
Naval Fying Squadro
Mid St Caring
Duke of Gloucester to travel to Tokyo for imperial Order
The Duke of Gloucester will depart London at the end of March to present Emperor Hirohito with the Order of the Garter. The date was set due to the King’s improving health. The party will reach Japan in early May for the ceremony.
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London
England
Duke of Gloucester
Tokio
Hirohito
Japan
Order of the Garter
Ice Clogs Venice Canals Threaten Gondola Traffic
Weather freezes sweep Venice as canals and lagoons turn to ice. Gondola routes halted and daily traffic blocked while officials weigh replacements for usual transport. Italy faces record cold with forecasts of slow moderation.
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Rome
Venice
Manitoba premier Roblin marries Miss Leggett in California
Rodmond T. Roblin former Manitoba premier and Canadian financier wed Ethel M. Leggett of Los Angeles at Wiltshire Congregational Church on February 5. More than 100 guests attended the ceremony, described as simple.
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California
Los Angeles
Rodmond T. Roblin
Manitoba
Ethel M. Leggett
Wiltshire Congregational Church
Simno Z
Jersey Cattle Club Reports Higher Jersey Registrations
At the annual meeting of the Canadian Jersey Cattle Club held here reports of registration and transfers showed a marked jump. The figures for 1928 were 24 079 compared with 15 480 in 1927. J W McGillivray Chittwack BC was quoted vice president.
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Toronto
Canadian Jersey Cattle Club
J. W. McGillivray
Chittwack
Alberta Keeps Own Police to Enforce Statutes
Premier Brownlee stated the Alberta government will not accept Dominion shifts to have the RCMP take over policing from the provincial force. He emphasized Alberta will enforce its own statutes with its own police.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Brownlee
Legand
RCMP
Brownlee Outlines Plans For North Country
Premier Brownlee told the Alberta legislature that shortwave radio links will connect isolated northern points in Alberta with telegraph services. The plans include an intensive water catch program for arid areas, three soil survey parties, and a survey of the northeast pre Cambrian Shield for mineral possibilities in the Peace River country this year.
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Brownlee
Edmonton
Alta
Alberta
Peace River Country
France Will Renounce Pension Rights In Reparations Plan
A conference of reparations experts in Paris contemplates France waiving about 6 billion dollars in pension rights from the Versailles settlement as part of a conciliatory move to stabilize postwar Europe. The issues include Germany’s payment capacity, timing, and the separation of war debt from reparations, with talks also considering evacuating the Rhineland and replacing troops with an Allied commission.
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Europe
International Committee of Experts On
France
Germany
United States
England
Rhineland
Rice Jones leaves United Grain Growers to form new firm
Rice-Jones resigns as vice-president and from the board of United Grain Growers to launch Rice-Jones and Co Limited in Winnipeg. The new firm will operate as an investment service handling stocks and bonds and participate in underwriting new security issues, with representation planned in Western Canada and connections to Toronto Montreal and New York.
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Rice-Jones
United Grain Growers
Canada
Rice-Jones and Co. Limited
Alberta Farmers’ Co-operative Elevator Company
Curry Block
Winnipeg
Ottawa Athlete Killed In Camp Borden Plane Crash
Ottawa athlete J. G. Jerry Ault died from injuries after his solo flight at Camp Borden ended in a tail spin. A court of inquiry will be held at Camp Borden to determine the accident cause.
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Camp Borden
Ottawa
J. G
Jerry” Ault
Ault
Ottawa appoints R A C Henry deputy minister of railways
The prime minister announced the appointment of R A C Henry, director of the bureau of economics for the Canadian National Railways, as deputy minister of railways succeeding the late Major Graham A Bell. Henry will earn the same salary as his predecessor at 10000 dollars per year.
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Ottawa
R. A.C. Henry
Bureau of Economics
Canadian National Railways
Graham A. Bell
Henry
Mild Copenhagen Winter Notably Snowless Abroad
The Greenland Administration Department reports an unusually mild winter with virtually no ice or snow. Temperatures hover around 48 degrees Fahrenheit, marking a striking departure from typical winter conditions.
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Copenhagen
Greenland Administration Department
Starving Crowds Raid Food Stores In Beskarabia Famine
Hunger driven mobs attacked relief stations killing time by smashing furniture and seizing residual food. Officials held talks with the relief committee promising more rations as crop failure and blocked food trains worsen a famine between Bucharest and이 Beskarabia.
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Beskarabia
Bessarabia
Bucharest
Injuries Fatal To Paper Company Worker In Gear Of Machine
William Ashcroft, an employee of International Paper Company in North Bay Ontario, died after his leg was caught in a large bleaching machine. Workers used acetylene torches to cut through gears and shafts to release him. A special train took him to hospital in Mattawa where his right leg was amputated, but he died from shock and loss of blood hours later.
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North Bay
Ont
William Ashcroft
International Paper Company
Ashcroft
Mattawa
Death of Bremen Flyer Baron Von Huenenfeld
Baron Ehrenfreid Gunther Von Huenenfeld, one of the three Aeroplane Bremen crew members who first crossed the North Atlantic westward without a stop, died after an operation in a Berlin sanitarium. Born in Koenigsberg, he was the son of a Prussian army officer and had a weak physique. He repeatedly sought military service and was finally accepted as a motorcycle dispatch rider after initial rejection in the war.
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Baron von Huenenfeld
Berlin
Baron Ehrenfreid
Gunther von Huenenfeld
Bremen
North Atlantic
Koenigsberg
von Huenefeld
World merchant ship production rises in 1928 gains
New York Lioya’s register of shipping reports a near 20 percent rise in global merchant vessel production in 1928. Great Britain and Ireland top tonnage, other maritime nations share in a 400,000 gross tons rise vs 1927. US tonnage modestly up. Britain and Ireland up 18 percent. rest of world up 22 percent.
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New York
Lioya
Register of Shipping
Great Britain and Ireland
United States
Great Britain
Air surveys set new Canadian mapping record
Ottawa report to Dominion Land Surveyors states aerial surveying has grown rapidly since inception seven years ago. The last season produced a record 64 143 square miles photographed by vertical and oblique methods across provinces Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia totaling 109 122 photographs.
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Ottawa
Canada
B. W. Waugh
DLS
Dominion Land Surveyors
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Waugh
Townsite Plans for Churchill Port Discussed in Winnipes
A senior engineer and a ministry official arrived to discuss the townsite at Churchill's port on Hudson Bay. The exact purpose was not stated, but officials indicated Ottawa and Winnipeg have long debated the seaport townsite with a past caution from Major Graham Bell in 1927 about land sales near the charter site.
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Manitoba
Ottawa
Winnipeg
Graham Bell
Bank of England Hikes Rate to 5 Percent to Guard Gold Reserves
The Bank of England raised the bank rate to 5 percent from 4 percent, effective to shield the gold reserve amid ongoing shipments to the United States. The weekly gold outflow exceeded £3,000,000, shrinking the reserve to under £150,000,000, and the move aimed to lift sterling exchange and curb further gold loss.
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London
Bank of England
United States
U.S
Autos Take Heavy Toll in Vancouver in 1928
Police statistics show 30 deaths and 13 injuries from 10,529 Vancouver accidents in 1928. Provincial totals reached 87,500 accidents with an average of three deaths per 1,000 cars, up from 77,500 in 1927.
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Vancouver
B.C
British Columbia
Liquor billed as asbestos seized in St Boniface
A shipment valued around $60,000 of liquor labeled as asbestos was seized by city police and provincial enforcement officers in St Boniface. The bill of lading shows the Canadian Asbestos Company Ltd of Cote St Paul Montreal shipped it to the Winnipeg Roofing Company.
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Winnipeg, Aian
St. Boniface
Canadian Asbestos Company, Ltd
Cote St. Paul
Montreal
Winnipeg Roofing Company
Figures Show England Going Dry
England may continue a long trend toward lower spirit consumption. In 1900 England drank 32,289,522 gallons of spirits, while last year’s figure fell to 10,412,921. The decline is blamed on alternative amusements such as movies and radio.
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London
England
Quebec Liquor Profits Fund Charity Work Next Year
Hon Athanase David provincial secretary announced that one million dollars from the Quebec liquor commission profits will be diverted to the charities bureau for further aid to charitable institutions.
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Quebec
Legislative Assembly
Athanase David
Quebec Liquor Commission
Charities Bureau
Senate Votes Navy Buildup To 15 Cruisers And Carrier
The senate approved a bold naval expansion, increasing the fleet by 15 cruisers and one aircraft carrier. The measure passed 68 to 12 with the proviso that all ships be laid down by July 1, 1931.
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Wa Balla
Washington
United States Navy
Senate
Zeppelin Plans New Trip to Ferpt and Palestine
Graf Zeppelin to begin a February departure on a nine round trip mission from Friedichshafen to Ferpt and Palestine, signaling a major airship venture with destinations in the Middle East and Europe.
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Zeppelin
Friediciwafen
Germany
Ferpt
Palestine
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