Border Patrol Commended by U S Official
Washington Representative Clancy of Michigan praised the Canadian border patrol for halting illicit liquor trade and lauded its honesty courtesy and efficiency. He contrasted it with U S patrols citing lights in boats and alleged corruption while blaming American liquor laws for jail backlogs.
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Washington
Representate Clancy
Michigan
United States
Clancy
United States Patrol
Treasury Department
Border Patrol
FW. Camp
France Delays Naval Program in Talks with Italy
Paris foreign minister Aristide Briand told the Chamber of Deputies the French shipbuilding program would pause until December to enable naval negotiations with Italy. He stated another war in Europe is impossible and inadmissible and that no more ships would be started before December. Mussolini had been informed of the halt, Briand added.
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Paris
France
Aristide Briand
Italy
Foreign Relations Committee
Chamber of Deputies
Europe
Mariand
Briand
Mussolini
Wheat Shortage Hits Portugal Triggering Import Debate
Lisbon reports a wheat shortage prompts suspension of milling work by the National Association of Millers. Army stocks ensure daily supply, no bread famine feared, while the government prepares to adjust import laws and mandate stock declarations. Interior areas report serious scarcity concerns.
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Lisbon
Portugal
National Association of Millers
New Woman Member For British House
London reports Lady Noel Buxton’s by election entry to the House of Commons in the North Norfolk by election. The 14 women in Parliament set a record with nine Labour, three Conservative, one Liberal, and one Independent. Margaret Bondfield becomes cabinet’s first female minister of labor. Miss Busan Lawrence serves as parliamentary secretary to the Ministry of Health.
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London
Noel Buxton
House of Commons
North Norfolk
Margaret Bondfield
Busan Lawrence
Heath
Prince Albert population debate raises civic turnout figures
Local civic groups and civic boost organizations claim Prince Albert Sask has about 12,000 residents. Voter lists show 4,735 eligible voters within city boundaries, supporting the contention that those entitled to vote equal roughly one third of the population.
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Prince Alpert, Sask
Civic Metals
Civic Boost Organizations
Prince Albert
Labor Government Sees Narrow Commons Victory
The Labour government in London escaped defeat by a slim three vote majority on a finance bill. Liberal leader Lloyd George pushed an amendment offering tax exemption for profits spent on modernization, but faced stiff opposition from the chancellor. Four Liberal MPs backed Labour, while others abstained or stayed away, highlighting Liberal party strains.
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London
England
MacDonald
House of Commons
David Lloyd George
D. Simon
Withington
Manchester
Wiliam Edge
Leicester
Robert Hutchison
Percy A. Harris
Bethnal Green
Godfrey Collins
Donald McLean
First Canadian Boy Scout Jamboree Opens at Prince Albert
The first boy scout Jamboree in Canada opened at Prince Albert National Park on Lake Waskesiu with 476 scouts in attendance. The camp site at Big Beach features a half mile of white sand and safe bathing, while Waskesiu Beach serves as park headquarters and the premier Mackenzie King summer home site with camp facilities and services.
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Prince Vert
Canada
Prince Albert National Park
Beauiful Lake
Waskesia
Prospect Point
Mackenzie King
Ban on U S Apples Hits Ontario Trade
A.M. Wiseman reports a British order prohibiting raw apples imports from the United States into the United Kingdom from July 7 to November 15. Exceptions apply to specific U S apple grades in barrels or boxes with certificates from a US Department of Agriculture inspector. The embargo possibly stems from a feared railroad borer pest not believed to exist in England.
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Toronto
A.M. Wiseman
Canada
Ontario
United States
United Kingdom
United States Department of Agriculture
England
Disastrous Forest Fires Ravage Northern Saskatchewan
Dominion forestry office reports 195 of 225 fires from April 1 to June 30 caused $138,929 in forest losses in Northern Saskatchewan. Major blaze Birch Bark Lake burned 171,627 acres. 17,723,000 board feet salvable timber burned. 3,033,000 board feet destroyed. Fuel and pulpwood inere areas valued at 65,000 cords. Causes: settlers and campers 43, incendiary 34, rail on smokers 6, unknown 5, lightning 1, lumbering 1.
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Osm
Saskatchewan
Prince Albert
Sask
Dominion Forestry Office
Birch Bark Lake
Marksman MacKay Wins Queen's Prize at Bisley Meet
Scotland's 78 year old Sergeant MacKay captured the King's prize at the Bisley gathering, a classic Empire marksmen event then known as the Queen's prize. His scorecard shows six consecutive bull's-eyes at 200 yards, proving his keen eye and steady hand remain intact.
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Tasiey Camp
Sergt MacKay
Scotland
Bisley
Glider Across Ocean Attempt Behind Ship Reported
A wireless from the liner Saturna says the glider Claibournie Foster stayed aloft for eight hours, claimed as a record for a towed craft. Named for a Broadway actress backing the venture, the glider heads to Gibraltar for a east west ocean crossing behind a ship. Practice flights by Hugh Keavney and Robert Lewis are under way.
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New York
Claibournie Foster
Gibraltar
Hugh Keavney
Robert Lewis
Narrow Escape At Markinch Grain Bin Incident
Markinch Sask J F Burke local agent for North Star Grain Elevator narrowly escaped being buried alive when a grain bin burst open beside one he had cleaned. He had just climbed out as several tons of wheat poured into the space he had vacated, narrowly avoiding a trapped fate.
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Markinch
Wall
J. F. Burke
North Star Grain Elevator Company
Burke
Viceroy vows firm handling of India crisis in Simla
Simla India Lord Irwin declares civil disobedience unlawful and dangerous pledging Britain and India join in seeking a solution. He denounces Gandhi method as coercive mass action and compares it to a general strike while urging calm and constitutional response. He says the government must resist mass action or abdicate and emphasizes India's duty to consider the Simon Commission report with freedom of judgment.
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Simla
India
Lord Irwin
Britain
Mahatma Gandhi
Simon c
London
Government of India
Simon Commission
Commission
Butter Price Plot Probed Under Combines Act
In Ottawa, concerns arise over alleged price manipulation by certain produce firms to depress butter prices paid to producers. Jean Francois Pouloit, former Liberal MP for Temiskaming, Que, seeks action, claiming wholesale dealers store butter to sell later at high consumer prices. He requests ministerial intervention under the Combines Investigation Act.
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Ottawa
Canada
Jean Francois Pouloit
Temiskaming
Que
Peter Heenan
Pou At
Crooks Displace Decent Men in Chicago Election Posts
A petition before County Judge Edmund V. Maguire names 211 men and women as election judges and clerks with police or criminal records. It follows a prior filing listing 275 judges and clerks with such records, alleging political bosses displaced clean candidates.
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Chicago
State Senate
Edmund V. Maguire
Wheat Standing Four Feet High At Hague Farm
Henry W. Fisher reports a remarkable wheat crop on his 50 acre field at Hague Sask. If conditions hold, the tall heads about four inches long could yield around 40 bushels per acre, a promising result for the season.
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Henry W. Fisher
Hague
Sask
Here
Fisher
Milling Qualities Excellent Garnet Wheat Debated
A Dominion cerealist report by LH Newman on Garnet wheat shows excellent milling qualities and recommends shipping Garnet as a separate variety from Manitobas. The Federal Department of Agriculture had Garnet tested in the United Kingdom and Europe with 6,700 bushels sent abroad to milling experts for evaluation and questions answered.
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Ottawa
Great Britain
LH. Newman
Dominion Cerealist
Federal
Department of Agrculture
Unite Kingdom
Newman
Halt Immigration Ban Sought By Canadian Pacific Leader
EW Beatty, president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, advocated halting immigration from the United States and Europe for now, excluding British immigrants with capital. He linked unemployment in building trades to wheat prices and expected Canada’s situation to improve with a normal crop barring lasting European resistance.
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United States
Europe
EW Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway
Beatty
Sit Fon
Canada
Sid Mr. Beatty
Proposed Power Line Plan For Saskatchewan Project
A plan to spend 4.5 million dollars on a Saskatche wan River project called The Horseshoe Bend is under study by the Saskatchewan Government. The site lies 25 miles east of Prince Albert with potential power distribution province wide. Backers include Fras Brace Engineering of Montreal and Rollins and Sons of Boston, with future pulpwood development expected in northern Saskatchewan after completion.
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Saskatchewan
Prince Alberta
Canada
United States
Horseshoe Bend
Saskatchewan River
Prince Albert
Fras Brace Engineering Company
Montreal
Rollins and Sons
Boston
Trade With Canada Declared Killed by Senator George
Senator George of Georgia denounced the Smoot Hawley Grundy tariff as strangling Canadian trade. He argues the tariff harms a key ally and customer, noting Canadian exports and imports totaled about 480 million and 520 million dollars in 1929 with a large trade surplus for the United States. He urges friendlier trade policies.
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Washington
George
Georgia
Democratic National Committee
Thas
Canada
Dominion of Canada
Department of Commerce
B N A Bill Receives Royal Assent In Swift Passage
London Ontario The British North America Act bill has received Royal assent after rapid passage through both Houses in 15 days The measure enacts agreements between the federal government and Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta regarding resource control and the transfer of Crown lands to British Columbia Manitoba marks its 66th anniversary as a Canadian province on July 15 the swift passage aimed to precede that date.
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London
England
British North America
Mit
Iaw
Manitoba
Coninuum of
Canada
Westminster
Earldom of Egmont Confirmed for Alberta Rancher
In London, Mr Justice Eve in Chancery Division upheld Frederick Trevelyan Perceval, a former Alberta rancher, as rightful holder of the Earldom of Egmont and estates. The judge dismissed claims by Robert Pollnall and James William Perceval, granted a declaration on funds held by trustees, and ordered a vesting charge in Perceval’s favor.
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Earldom of
Egmont
Alberta
London
England
Eve
Supreme
Frederick Trevelyan Perceval
Robert Potnall
James William Perceval
Perceval Court
Poultry Congress Exhibits Frows Brandon On The Way To London
An exhibit of live poultry from the Brandon district is en route to the World's Poultry Congress in London England this month. Thirteen of the 50 birds from Manitoba are from local exhibitors including Mrs Jos Woods three Black Orpingtons Jas larke three Black Wyandottes John Windover a White Chinese goose pair of Canada wild geese Roger Morrison a Barred Rock cock Mrs John Mumby a white turkey tom and Mrs AM MacPherson a white turkey hen. About 1 000 birds from across Canada are expected at the show.
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Brandon
Big Brandon
London
England
Manitoba
Jos. Woods
Jaslarke
John Windover
Provincial Exhibition Park
Canada
John Mumby
AM. MacPherson
Lon
Aviators Extend Flight to Northern Canada Route
Two Canadian government airplanes ready for a three month cruise depart from Vancouver toward Aklavik and the Mackenzie Delta. Under Flight Lieutenant Mawdesley the expedition plans a northward route via Stony Rapids and the Mackenzie region, returning via Great Bear Lake and Coppermine, Baker Lake, Chesterfield Inlet, and Churchill. In Vancouver the Harbor Board reports current export grain totals for 1929–30 at 46,837,287 bushels, with no prospect of reaching 4,400,000 for the year and 834,994 bushels exported by this time last year.
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Nort Lac du Bonnet
Man
Aklavike
Mackenzie River
Canada
Mawdesley
Stony Rapids
Sask
Mackenzie
Great Bear Lake
Coppermine River
Baker Lake
Chesterfield Inlet
Churchill
Hudson Bay Railway
Vancouver
B.C
Vancouver Harbor Board
Ottawa Poultry Show Prepares For World Congress
In Ottawa 800 birds are gathered for shipment to the World Poultry Congress in London England. Birds come from every province of the Dominion as the event approaches in late month. Also noted is an order for 100000 pieces of silverware for the new Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York.
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Ottawa
London
England
Dominion
New Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
New York
Calle
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