Aviators land in Hawaii after epic trans Pacific flight
Lieutenants Maitland and Hegenberger completed the longest nonstop air voyage, about 2400 miles from California to Hawaii, amid favorable weather and a celebratory reception. The pair credited a functioning compass and radio beacon issues with guiding their mission. The crew sought coffee and cold chicken sandwiches after landing.
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Trans Pacific Loop
Sonoma
California
Maitland
Hegenberger
Hexenberger
Army
Navy
Civil
Gane
M. Lewis
Hawaiian Department of the Army
Lexenberger
Maval
Funcion
Maitland Hogenberger
Strike vote shows near certainty of action by ENA workers
E N A employees in Montreal vote overwhelmingly for strike action amid a CN Railway wage offer. Union chairman J E Maguire notes the survey indicates a near term walkout, with 18 000 workers affected. A separate Budapest Hungary crop report shows Hungary wheat 68 794 000 bushels and rye 25 511 000 bushels, with prior years listed.
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E.N.A
Maguire Montreal
Canadian National Railways
J. E Maguire
Central Region
Canadian
Ihungary
Ottawa
International Institute of Agriculture
Rome
Hungary
Argo
Authorized to Fire Salutes at Ottawa and Bamonton
The department of National Defence adds Ottawa Bamonton to the artillery salutes list for authorized occasions including Royal Salutes on the sovereigns birthday and Dominion Day. Britain drops its proposal to investigate League of Nations limits, fearing broader tasks would derail the league mission to keep peace.
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Ottawa
Bamonton
Dominion
Department of National Defence
League
Geneva
Switzerland
Great Britain
League of Nations
Canada Trade Increase Tops World In Alleys
Canada’s trade increase leads all nations, rising 85 percent as per National Foreign Trade Council figures. Australia follows at 45 percent and the United States at 33 percent, according to a New York based council report.
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Canada
Montreal
National Foreign Trade Council of
New York
Australia
United States
Favorable Western Crop Report From Western Regions
The Weekly Agricultural Department report for the Canadian Pacific Railway notes favorable growth across western areas with earlier sown grain ahead of last year and later grass sowing slightly behind. Curworms cause minor damage in a few spots while drought is not a factor. Hall has flattened crops in limited Saskatchewan and Alberta acreage, but moisture remains adequate and new land breaking increases as farmers capitalize on good conditions.
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Agricultural Department
The
Canadian Pacific Railway
Hall
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Welcome Return of Royalty Duke and Duchess Home
British papers greet the Duke and Duchess of York on their six months tour to New Zealand and Australia. The welcome highlights the Duchess sacrifice leaving infant Princess Elizabeth, linking her to other royal wives and mothers torn between husbands abroad and their children at home.
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Duke and Duchess of York
New Zealand
Australia
Duchess of York
Princess Elizabeth
Empire
Chinese Nationalists Suffer Defeat in Four Day Fight
A Shanghai dispatch to Exchange Telegraph says the Chinese Nationalists admit the heaviest reverse of the war at Suchowfu in Kiang province. Attacked by General Sun Chuan Fang and his Shantungese, the Nationalists evacuated Suchowfu after four days of battle, losing 30,000 men, mostly killed, and retreating to Peng.
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London
Shanghai
Suchowfu
Kiang
Sun Chuan Fang
Shantungesa
Peng
Fatal Air Crash Kills Lieut Anderson at High River
Royal Canadian Air Force Lieut CN Anderson, 25, was killed when his plane crashed and burned during a test flight at the High River Federal air patrol station near Jubilee celebrations. Anderson’s family lives in the Brandon district. Dr Eugene Haanel, aged 86, longtime mines supervisor and director, dies in Ottawa. He held degrees from Canadian and American universities.
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Anderson
High River
Calgary
Alta
Royal Canadian Air Force
Federal Air Patrol
Met
James
Brandon
Hane
Ottawa
Eugene Haanel
Two Cruiser Classes Proposed By Britain At Naval Talks
Geneva dispatch reports Britain urged a two class cruiser plan at the naval conference. A proposed division would be 19,000 ton ships with eight inch guns and 7,500 ton ships with six inch guns. observers fear the talks hang on reopening the Washington treaty and Japan signals support for Britain on size and armament questions. The U.S. delegation remains fixed on Coolidge's invitation scope.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Great Britain
Tripartite Naval Conference
United States
Washington
Coolidge
Parachute Descent by Caroline Sykes in Canada
Toronto office clerk Caroline Sykes made a pioneering parachute descent from an aircraft, stepping from 1,000 feet to land safely on a mountain top. It marks the first woman’s parachute descent in Canada, with expectations she may perform the stunt daily at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto.
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Manya
Anss
Caroline Sykes
Toronto
Canada
Miss Sykes
Seed Company Changes Hands in Canada Sale
Regina reports J. R. Robinson western manager for Steele-Sriggs Seed Company notes the Steele-Briggs Company has purchased the Canadian interests of the P.M. Ferry Company in Windsor Ontario. The deal expands Steele-Briggs reach to 34,000 merchants while D. M. Ferry focuses on the United States.
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Regina
J. R. Robinson
Steele-Sriggs
Linkted
Steele-Briggs Company
P.M. Ferry Company
Windsor
Seyte-Briggs Company
D. M. Ferry Company
United States
Unity of British Empire Stressed in Chicago Lecture
Sir Cecil Hurst told a University of Chicago audience that the British Empire remains a united unit in common peril, though individual dominions gain self sufficiency. He said alliances cannot be contracted or unmade by mere agreement and that equality of status does not imply equal power. He noted disparities between Britain and Dominion powers are narrowing as the empire stays united on major affairs.
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Chicago
Cecil Hurst
Foreign Office
University of Chicago
Cecil
Sir Cecil
Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association elects officers
Huntsville art-sam Wynn of York ton Sask was elected president at the annual meeting finale. Other officers named include First vice president 8. D. Anslow Campbellton NB and second vice president Hugh Savage Duncan BC. Directors listed cover British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan with R. E. White Kamloops H. G. Parsons Golden Charles Clarke High River A. R. Eonis Le Saskatchewan C. R. Macintosh North Battleford. Dunbar
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Huntsville
Art
Sam Wynn
Yorkton
Sask
Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association
London mayor invites aviators for nonstop London flight prize
London officials announce an immediate broadcast inviting aviators to qualify for a nonstop London to London flight with a $25,000 prize funded by a local brewery. A flight machine will be bought by the same company and handed to the winner once a fully qualified aviator, ideally Canadian, is found to undertake the trip. Separate note reports Vancouver amalgamation vote with overwhelming majorities in favor of merging the city and South Vancouver and Point Grey municipalities.
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Londes
Moore
London
England
Vancouver
South Vancouver
Point Grey
German and Briand Share 1926 Nobel Peace Prize
Oslo authorities welcome Foreign Minister Stresemann of Germany who arrives to receive the 1926 Nobel Peace Prize shared with French Foreign Minister Briand.
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Oslo
Norway
Streseman
Germany
Briand
France
Explorer Amundsen Visits Yokohama Voyage Photo Tale
The Vancouver Harbor scene shows famed North Pole explorer Roald Amundsen aboard a liner bound to Yokohama. Captured with C B Stahlschmidt, the image accompanies news that Amundsen is on a holiday trip rather than a scientific voyage.
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North Pole
Iicinity
Japan
Unnewass Pnegedn
Vancouver
S. Pacific
Fmpress
Asia
L. Prenter
Vancouver Harbor
Yokohama
van- Commission
Couver
Amundsen
C. B. Stahlschmidt
Best Opening For Aviation In Canada
Calgary report on aviation growth in Canada highlights a strong trans Atlantic trend. BF Mahoney of Ryan Airlines cites safer air travel, urges development of airways night flying and emergency landing fields, and notes Canada offers the world's biggest openings for aviation due to vast distances and time savings. He stresses public awareness and government action.
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Calgary
United States
Canada
Sears
BF Mahoney
Ryan Airlines
Lac San Diego
Louis
Charles A. Lindberg
York
Paris
Canadians All Mile Cartier Says Canadian Is a Title to Be Proud Of
Hortense Cartier daughter of Sir Georges Etienne Cartier returns to Toronto after 68 years, recalling her childhood there from 1854 to 1859 and praising Canadian identity while noting a French term is not preferred. She expresses pride in Canadian heritage and mentions her father’s distinctive regalia gifted by Indigenous people.
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Mile. Cartier
Toronto
Mile Hortense Cartier
Sir Georges Etienne Cartier
Toronnto
Quebec
Mademoiselle Cartier
France
Military unit transfers and a London theft probe
The Westminster regiment announces transfers of units within Canada including Co Company from Mission to New Westminster and C Company to Indian Head, while the Canadian Machine Gun Corps reports another move involving Nanaimo to Mission. London detectives investigate a $35,000 home robbery at Colonel Harry Day MP, with four paintings damaged including Houdini’s handcuff artwork. A House of Lords second reading covers the Workmen’s Compensation Transfer of Funds bill, and BC agriculture plans note 70 acres of canning peas to be planted this season in a province eyeing progress.
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Ottawa
Canada
Department of National Defence
Westminster Regiment
Mission
New Westminster
B.C
Ausinibola Regiment
Manor
Indian Head
Sask
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
No 3
Machine Gun Battalion
Nanaimvo
London
Scotland Yard
Harry Day
Houdini
Harry Pay
Harry Houdini
Day
Lauway
House of
Imperial Conference
B.C BC
Manitoba election delivers Progressive mandate for five years
Premier Bracken and Progressive supporters are returned to power with a likely 29 of 53 seats as Conservatives gain nine to 15 seats, Liberals lose two, and Labour holds steady. Winnipeg backs beer sale changes, favoring government control and “cash and carry” limits, while a direct delivery proposal for brewers is rejected.
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Labor
Winnipe
Dusting Wheat Fields By Planes To Control Dust In Canada
Aeroplanes will dust Manitoba wheat fields with a cola chemical named chemi furko to prevent black stem rust. Royal Canadian Flying Corps officer T M Shields plans 5000 acres of field trials in Manitoba with a return visit to North Dakota near Chaffee by Walter Reed coordinating three wheat varieties on 10 to 15 acre plots.
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Chemi Furko
Manitoba
Case County
North Dakota
T. M. Shields
Royal Canadian Flying Corps
Philadelphia
Winnipeg
Walter R. Reed
Chaffe
N.D
Shields
Mr. Reed
Milk Ban Ordered Over Montreal Epidemic In New York
New York health commissioner Dr. Mathias Nicol Jr directs state health officers to ban milk and milk products from Montreal amid a typhoid outbreak. Montreal reports over 7 000 cases and about 900 deaths in a population of 700 000 with a death rate near 11 per cent.</s>
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New York State
Saratoga Springs
Mathias Nicol
Montreal
Nichol
Increase in Coal Output in British Columbia
Vancouver reports a rise in coal production for the year with British Columbia output reaching 55,000 tons, up by 154,229 tons from the previous period. The milestone reflects stronger mining activity across the region.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
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Panamass
M. Morris
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