Co operative Union of Canada urged to unify nationwide sales
The Saskatoon Regina congress urged wholesale safety and unity for Canadian co operatives. It called for affiliate links with the Co operative Union of Canada, discussed Wheat Pool ties, and proposed legislation to streamline provincial cooperative administration and finances. A report notes widespread wireworm damage in Saskatchewan crops amid dry weather and recent rains.
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Cooperative Union of Canada
Reion
Canada
Tina
Shiva Iether
Co-Operative
Montreal
Appeis
Prairie Provinces
Dominion
Co-operative Union of Canada
Ing
UFC
Express Party
the United
George Keen
J. H. Wesson
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Wesson
UGG
Congress
Regina
Saskatchewan
Dominion Entomological
Saskatoon
Lloydminster-Maidstone
World Dairy Congress Opens in London With International Delegates
London hosts the World Dairy Congress with sixteen delegates from three nations under the International Federation patronage of the King. Lord Desborough presides as leader of the British Imperial Council of Commerce while Hon. W Motherwell and Lord Lascelles represent Canada and the British delegation. The program features technical papers and guided tours of dairying centers in England and Scotland.
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London
Word
International Federation
Lord Desborough
British Imperial Council of Commerce
W. Motherwell
Dominion
Lord Lascelles
England
Scotland
Duke of Contoiught marks 60 years in the army
London notes the Duke of Contoiught former Governor General of Canada Celebrates the sixtieth anniversary of his army entry by entertaining the army council. The Duke who recently observed his 7th birthday enjoys good health and continues a busy schedule of public and social engagements though reducing evening events.
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London
Duke of Contoiught
Canada
Army Council
Robert Nelson Munro Receives Ottawa Promotion
Winnipeg official Robert Nelson Munro assistant division commissioner of Immigration for Western Canada has been promoted to a post in the Dominion office at Ottawa according to word received.
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Winnipeg
Robert Nelson
Wrong Man Executed in Germany Miscarriage of Justice Report
A Mecklenberg Strelitz justice ministry statement claims an innocent man was condemned to death and executed for a crime four accomplices later confessed to committing. Berlin papers dub it one of Germany’s most terrible miscarriages of justice in fifty years with four witnesses now stating their own guilt.
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Fragle
Germany
Perlin
Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Ministry of Justice
Berlin
Drowned When Car Plunges Into River
Three young natives of PEL drowned when a touring car driven by George Walsh veered in fog and plunged into the river at Southport. Two others survived. the car carried Walsh and his siblings from New York for a late night outing.
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Charlottetown
Pel
Southport
George Walsh
New York
Atlantis Expedition Sets Sail For Azores To Seek Lost Continent
An expedition led by Columbus O Donnell Iselin II sails from New York aboard the Atlantis to search the Atlantic for traces of the lost continent Atlantis. The ship carries Iselin designed dredging gear intended to reach three miles down. London reports twenty seven murders last year all solved with property valued around 650 000 recovered. Jewish groups pledge three million dollars over five years to fund Palestine rebuilding per the League mandate.
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New York
Azores
Atlantis
Columbus O'Donnell Iselin
Iselin
London
Palestine
League of Nations
Great Britain
Westward crossing attempt planned for July
A trans Atlantic flight by Maurice Droubin and Joseph Lebeix may be attempted early July. The trip would be a commercial venture with Lebeix speaking in Lyons.
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Paris
Atlantic
Maurice Droubin
Joseph Lebeix
Lebeix
Lyons
Lord Plumer to vacate Palestine post after three years
Lord Plumer will soon leave the high commissionership of Palestine, a role he has held since 1925. The Daily Express cites differences with the British colonial office over cost sharing for the Trans-Jordan force amid Palestine’s budget deficit. He led during key Belgian front operations with Canadian forces and commanded dominion troops, including during the South African war.
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London
Plumer
Palestine
The
Daily Express
Lord Plumer
British Colonial Office
Trans-Jorania
Canada Research Effort to Spur National Lab Work
Ottawa plans a coordinated national research program with a new Ottawa based laboratory at the Dominion Experimental Farm. The government aims to avoid duplicating university and provincial labs and will assign regional problems to scientists across Nova Scotia and other provinces. Financial support will aid researchers under the National Research Council in collaboration with provinces and universities to boost Canada’s economic development.
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Ottawa
Canada
Washington
James Malcolm
Trade and Commerce
Henry Marshal Tory
National Research Council of Canada
Malcolm
Tory
Bureau of Standards
Dominion
National Research Council
Nova Scotia
Dominion Experimental Farm
Ntional Research Council
Imitation Strike At Antwerp Becomes Real
In Antwerp Belgium 11 000 dock workers called off work after a joke where two Communists bicycled through the harbor saying the union had struck for a 10 francs a day raise. Union officials then decided to turn the mock action into a real strike.
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Antwerp
Belgium
Ockers
Retiring Speaker Rejects Peerage After Long Preface
The Right Hon J R Whitley who retired last week from the speakership of the House of Commons has intimated he does not desire to accept a peerage. This refusal breaks a 120 year precedent as seven of ten speakers since 1802 have been created viscounts.
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House of Commons
London
J. R. Whitley
Banff Visitors Reel In Tenacious Lake Trout At Minnewanka
Guests from Banff used a motor bus for a five mile trip to Lake Minnewanka where several good catches were made. G Andrews of Banff won best sport with a thirty pound lake trout after a long struggle. He swears the water dropped two inches when the trout was landed.
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Banff Springs
Lake Minnewanka
Sevral
G. Andrews
Banff
Tim Murphy Slain In Chicago Machine Gun Ambush
Chicago labor leader Timothy Murphy was shot and killed outside his Rogers Park home at 243 Morse Avenue by four to five assailants in a large automobile. A loud burst from a machine gun ended his life as he stepped from the basement doorway. brother in law Harry Diggs aided Murphy’s wife and moved the body indoors amid neighbors’ stunned misgivings.
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Chicago
Big Tim" Murphy
Hame
Morse Avenue
Rogers Park
Big Tim
Murphy
Harry Diggs
Diggs
May Merge Wireless and Cable Interests in Imperial Talks
London reports an announced merger of wireless and cable interests was expected with the government to approve. Marconi stock rose while Eastern Telegraphs showed activity as rumors spread of a sweeping consolidation to control imperial communications, including the Pacific cable system.
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Pacific Cable Conference
London
Wireless
Marconi
The
Stock Exchange
Fastern Telegraphs
Passie Cable
Cable and Wireless Company
Imperial Communications A
Pacific
Influence of Wheat Pool on World Markets
Edmonton reports on co operative success in agriculture with C G Randell of the US USDA outlining six success factors for producer co operatives. George Melvor of the Canadian Wheat Pools argues a 55 percent stake could sway world prices, noting world wheat trade totals and the pool’s impact. Ramsey of Winnipeg stresses member satisfaction and the risk to world cooperation from failed cooperatives.
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Edmonton
United States
Institute of Cooperation
C. G. Randell
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Randell
Republic
George Melvor
Canadian Wheat Pools
West
Ramsey
Winnipeg
Canadian Wheat Pool
British Labor Party Opposes Large Pension Debate
The British Labor Party challenged the customary $20 000 annual pension for House of Commons speakers in a Commons debate. Rt Hon J R Clynes proposed a 15 000 pension, but the amendment was defeated and the present pension approved. Clynes argued the amount unjustifiable while noting the speaker’s duties limit self interests.
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London
House of Commons
Stanley Bald
Whitley
Mon
J. R Clynes
Clynes
Hom. Whitley
Honton MacPherson
Labor
Ike
Jack Jones
Labor Silvertown
Con Mediately
Disarmament Effort in Geneva Advances Model Treaties
The Arbitration Committee in Geneva is drafting six model security treaties as a basis for League of Nations action before the September assembly. Officials acknowledge 1928 has yielded little progress, and European nations demand guarantees against attack before disarmament. The commission hopes to finalize these treaties and submit them for approval.
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Geneva
League of Naeons
Assembly
Commission
League For Approval and Action
Japan backs Kellogg peace plan in re
Tokyo ministry spokesman says Japan is in complete accord with the Kellogg proposal to outlaw war and that the cabinet will meet soon to consider the treaty before sending a reply. The government believes the plan promises greater world peace than any prior effort.
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Tokio
Japan
Frank A. Kellogg
United States
Kellogg
Registration Cancelled for 11 Panama-Flag Ships
Treasury officials cancelled the registration of 11 Panama-flag ships found ferrying liquor or contraband into the 28. The fleet included the Federal Stip of Vancouver BC seized over four years ago on the West Coast by prohibition authorities and later released by court order, along with the Chaska and the HIsata.
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Panama
Treasury
Federal Stip
Vancouver
Ambitious Gas Pipeline Plan Across Western Cities
A local Regina report notes a proposed project to pipe Alberta gas to Moose Jaw Regina Brandon and Winnipeg. It is alleged a bond issue would be floated in New York to secure needed financing.
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Regina
Sask
Lethbridge
Alta
Alberta
Moose Jaw
Brandon
Winnipeg
New York
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Leach
Spearin
R. B. Bennett
Federal Conservative Party
Lake
Big Tim” Murphy
British Labor Party
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