United Farmers Freight Rates Appeal to Ottawa
Vancouver backed by the United Farmers of the three prairie provinces prepares an appeal to Ottawa through GG McGeer seeking lower export grain rates to Vancouver, reduced domestic grain and flour rates on transcontinental lines, and removal of the mountain differential. McGeer to argue at Ottawa and pursue further appeals to the Supreme Court if permitted by the board of railway commissioners. Alberta labor delegates push for old age pensions. A giant wave strikes the Majestic in New York injuring crew and flooding compartments after docking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Prairie Provinces
United Farmers of
British Columbia
Ottawa
GG. McGeer
Pacfic
Fort William
Toort William
Britten Columbia
McGeer
Mr. McGeer
Board of Railway Commissioners
Supreme Court of Canada
Leon J. Ladner
K.C
Supreme Court
J. E McMullen
Canadian Pacific Railways
RW. Hannington
Canadian National Railways
McGill Receives 85000 Gift for Engineering Scholarship
The faculty of applied science at McGill University in Montreal received 85,000 from Walter W. Colpitts of New York to establish a graduate scholarship in civil engineering in honor of Dr. John Densall Porter emeritus professor of mining engineering. Colpitts, a 1899 graduate of McGill, helped fund the endowment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
M. Faculty of Applied Science
Walter W. Colptts
New York
John Densall Porter
Colpitts
McGill Faculty of Applied
Alberta Farmers Oppose Re Election Of UFA President
Opposition to re election of H W Wood as president of the UFA failed as the motion to retire him honorary president was defeated while an amendment to make him president passed by an overwhelming vote. In Fredericton New Brunswick data shows Canada dairy prices will rise in 1928 by over 11360 dollars according to J F Singleton head of the dairy market division.
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Bamonton
H. W. Wood
UFA
Fredericton
Canada
J. F. Sinleton
Federal
Department of Agriculture
Toronto Egg Marketing Problems At Provincial Convention
At the annual Canadian Producers Association meeting in Toronto delegates discussed unprofitable egg trading due to surplus supply. A committee was to be named to approach the Dominion government with a plan including dealers exporters and producers. President W Cameron highlighted profits for producers but losses for dealers and urged advertising efforts to boost consumption. Consumption per person rose from 10 dozen in 1906 to 20 dozen in 1927 with expectations of further growth in 1928.
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Toronto
Canadian Producers Association
W. Cameron
Toron
Alfred McCann
Cheltenham
Ont
Cameron
Canada
Reparations Conference in Paris Focuses on Early Talks
The reparations conference is slated to meet in Paris around February 9 with Owen D Young and J Pierpont Morgan expected to play key roles. Officials report no definite plan yet, though some experts have constructive ideas. British experts reportedly adopt a waiting stance as France and Germany begin initial discussions. Japan plans to rely on forthcoming developments.
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Paris
Owen D. Young
J Pierpont Morgan
France
Germany
Japan
Great Increase Shown In Canadian Trade
Canada’s total trade rose to 2,007,890,158 dollars in the last nine months of 1928, up from 1,773,002,834 the year before. Domestic exports reached 1,071,647,164 dollars, up 121,542,197 from 950,104,367, with wheat, newsprint, and automobiles driving the gain. Figures released by the department of national revenue summarize the improvement.
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Ottawa
Canada
Department of National Revenue
Air Plot Killed Toledo Pilot Hay in Plane Crash
Pilot Ted Hay of the Trans continental Air Transport Company died when his plane crashed during approach. Witnesses said a wing failed as the aircraft descended about 75 feet above the field, and the low altitude prevented correctable recovery.
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Toledo
Ted Hay
Trans-continental Air ‘Transport Company
Hay
Taviator
Manitoba to Take 50 Youths in British Immigration Scheme
Hon Albert Prefontaine Manitoba Minister of Agriculture announced plans to requisition 50 youths to be brought to Manitoba under the British Boy Immigration Scheme this spring. The move follows renewed participation in the program by the province. Meanwhile fuel tanks found near Norway match those used on Roald Amundsen’s ill fated airship Italia voyage, confirming a link to the expedition and the five others lost with Amundsen.
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Reg'na
Manitoba
Albert Prefontaine
Paris
France
Joald Amundsen
Italia
Arctic
Norway
Amundsen
McNaughton Elevated to Major General in Defence Post
Brig Gen A G L McNaughton, Ottawa's newly appointed chief of staff for National Defence, is elevated to the rank of major general. The appointment is backdated to take effect from January 2, 2998.
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Ottawa
Canada
Department of National Defence
A. G. L. McNaughton
Wal Sail For England Earl of Egmont to Leave Soon
The new Earl of Egmont Frederick Joseph Trevelyan Perceval plans to sail east of Egmont toward England, leaving Calgary around February 2 with his fourteen year old son the Hon. Frederick George Moore Perceval and friends Mr and Mrs Harry Trimmer of Pridds.
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Egmont
Calgary
Earl
Frederick Joseph Trevelyan Perceval
Great Britain
Farm Loan Board Ottawa Names Likely Appointees
The Farm Loan Board in Ottawa has not yet named its full leadership. Dr J D McLean, former Premier of British Columbia and new chairman, is to meet. the understood candidates include Hon EC Drury, former Premier of Ontario, and Beaudry Leman, president of Banque Canadienne Nationale.
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Ottawa
Farm Loan Board
J.D. McLean
British Columbia
EC Drury
Ontario
Beaudry Leman
Banque Canadienne Nationale
Wll
German Plan for New Cruiser 15 Published
Berlin reports a London Review of Reviews publication of a secret Groener memorandum denying the need for a new battleship. Officials order an investigation into the leak while Berlin denounces the disclosure as a scandal. Wickham Steed confirms the document’s authenticity and says it reached him through a trusted channel.
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Berlin
London Review of
Groener
London
Reichstag
Wickham Steed
Review of Reviews
Drunken Train Crew Linked to Romanian Wreck
Inspectors blame drunkenness by the Bucharest Temesvare express crew for 14 deaths near Pruniscoru after the high speed collision with a derailed local train. About 40 more were injured as the express, at 55 mph, failed to slow for the derailed cars.
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Turnuseverinu
Roumania
Bucharest
Woman Lawyer Praised for Defense in Pimlico Murder Case
London Miss Venetia Stephen failed to win acquittal for John Holmy Ward, 24, the man she defended on a murder charge. The jury found Ward guilty of killing his grandfather, a bookmaker, whose skull was fractured in Pimlico. Justice Humphries commended the defense, while Ward’s counsel urged the death was self-defense. The judge noted difficulty in accepting self-defense theory.
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Pica
London
Venetia Stephen
Central Criminal Court
John Holmy Ward
Pimlico
Justice Humphries
Western Pioneer Dead Major Augustus Mills
Major Augustus Mills 79 died at his Winnipeg home after a career as a western Canadian pioneer. He arrived in 1870 with the first Lord Wolseley expedition and fought in the 1885 rebellion as a Kilonian Infantry captain. He later served as a Dominion land agent and deputy prothonotary at the Manitoba law courts.
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Augustus Mills
Winnipeg
Lord Wolseley
Kilonian Infantry
Big Bear
Dominion
Manitoba Law Courts
Alberta rural school plan approved by United Farmers
Edmonton delegates endorsed the Baker system by 203 to 161 at the United Farmers of Alberta convention. The plan divides the province into 20 divisions of 15 school districts each, creates a general board to oversee rural education, and sets teacher placement and payment under provincial supervision with a raised rural tax to fund the system.
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Edmonton
Alberta
United Farmers of Alberta
Perren E. Baker
Minister of Education
General Board
Baker
Tax reductions urged by manufacturers in Canada
Hamilton Ontario report of the special committee on taxation presented to the Canadian Manufacturers Association recommends reducing the personal income tax lowering sales tax abolishing or trimming excise taxes on finished goods and avoiding double and triple taxation on corporate net earnings and dividends over 200 association members met in a closed session with Sir Joseph Flavelle noting Canada must catch up to British and American rivals in applying science to business.
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Hamilton, Ont
Canadian Manufacturers Association
Council of the Association
Dominion
Joseph Flavelle
Toronto
Ferguson
F. F. Moneypenny
Ontario
CASA
Barclay's Bank of Canada to Seek Charter
Barclay's Bank of Canada plans capital and reserve of 560000 dollars each. F C Goodenough, chairman, announced at the annual meeting. Sir Robert Laird Borden has accepted the chairmanship, with Premier L A Taschereau of Quebec among directors. Charter application to be filed at the coming Canadian parliament session.
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London
Barclay’s Bank of Canada
F.C. Goodenough
Barclay's Bank, Limited
Robert Laird Borden
Canada
L. A. ‘Taschereau
Quebec
Free trip offer to top Canadian graduate student to Paris
J G Metrailler administrator for a Paris Hotel offers a 19 day trip from Montreal to Paris with all expenses paid for the student graduating with highest honors at Canadian universities. Metrailler is president of several hotels in France and Switzerland and will arrange with Canadian university heads.
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Paris
Montreal
J. G. Metraller
Metrailler
Franc
Switzerland
Paraguay Grants 25 Million Pesos to Aid Farmers
Asuncion Paraguay reports the government will set aside 25 000 000 pesos in credits to farmers unable to harvest grain due to a shortage of farm hands mobilized for the Bolivia dispute. Authorities also seek rapid demobilization of farmers and faster return to work.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Bolivia
Ask Customs Rebate Ottawa Rebate Request Grows
The British Columbia Sugar Refining Company asks Ottawa to include in the next estimates a rebate of 36824.88 with interest, representing the claimed overpayment of 59358.83 in customs duties.
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Ottawa
British Columbia Sugar Refining Company
Graf Zeppelin to Visit Egypt and Palestine en Route
The Graf Zeppelin plans a February voyage from Friedrichshafen to Egypt’s pyramids and onward to Palestine, with a mooring stop en route. The airship’s upcoming trip is officially announced and awaited.
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Graf Zeppelin
Friederichshafen
Pyramids of
Egypt
Palestine
Earthquake Kills Hundreds in Northwest Cina Province
Dispatches report a devastating earthquake near the Mongolian border in Shansi province causing hundreds of Chinese deaths. The quake struck a famine‑stricken area in the northwest, with casualties continuing to mount as relief efforts begin.
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Peking
China
Shans
Fear Revolutio Signals Honduras Flight Natives Flee
Isaac Lehman of a New York cotton goods firm arrived in New Orleans with a report that United States citizens and other foreigners are fleeing Spanish Honduras amid expectations of a revolution.
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New Orleans
Isaac Lehman
New York
United States
Spanish Honduras
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Alta
Alberta Federation of Lator
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Cook
White Star
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McGill Universty
Alberta Farmers
W. MU. Ite
Wal
England
Canadian Bank of Commerce
C. W. Rowley
West
J. P. O'Farrell
Dominion Railway Mail Clerks’ Association
O'Farrell
Civil Service Commission
Fone
Arden
Folke Bernadette
Sweden
Ormerly
Miss Estelie Manville
Pleasantville
N.Y
Baltic Kingdom
Esthonis
Latvia
Lithuania
Woman Lends Defence
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