Port Churchill or Nelson chosen for new railway terminal
Ottawa reports progress on the Hud bon's May Railway with a forecast of Port Churchill as the longer term terminal and Port Nelson as an alternative. Minister Hos. C. A Dunning says headway is satisfactory and expert advice will decide the final route. Frederick Palmer will join Dunning to survey both sites in late July.
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Ottawa
Port Melson
Fort Churchill
Hos. C
Dancing
Frederick Palmer
Duning
Churchuil
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Churchill
Kelson
Better Labor Conditions Shipbuilding on Clyde Clestes De mand For Men
In four months the Clyde district unemployment fell by one third due to shipbuilding and marine engineering activity. Shortages of labor appeared for urgent jobs and employers welcomed apprentices after years of restraint. Dr J H Coyne of St Thomas Ontario, president of the Royal Society of Canada, spoke at the society meeting praising the Dominion's bright future.
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Clyde
London
Ottawa
J. H. Coyne
St. Thomas
Royal Society of Canada
Society
Dominion
Hon Lemieux Honored at Ottawa Reception
Hon R Lemieux speaker of the Canadian House of Commons and Madame Lemieux were honored at a reception and luncheon hosted by the British ambassador to Italy. Right Hon Sir Roland Graham attended with English and Canadian visitors a large gathering of capital residents. Ottawa plans National Thankgiving Day on July 3 with services at prominent centers. A choir of 11,500 voices from 70 churches and 10,000 school children will perform patriotic songs for the jubilee. C J J Rickweed of Ottawa to direct.
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R. Lemieux
Wtome
Rodolphe
Lemieux
House of Commons
Madame Lemieux
Italy
Sir Roland Graham
Ottawa
Confederation
Manx youth emigration plan targets Canada settlement
Isle of Man mayor JB Crookall proposes sending 100 Manx families to Canada for community settlement, with land set aside and 80 percent agricultural work. The plan follows a raised youth leaving age to 15 and aims to train teens for emigration to fit Dominion needs.
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Dominion
Montreal
Canada
Isle of Man
JB Crookall
Douglas
House of Kers
Prize for Pacific Flight Promises 25000 to First Aviator
The Star Bulletin reports James D. Dole of Hawaiian Pineapple Co offers a 25000 prize to the first aviator to fly non stop from the continental United States to Hawaii, with 10000 for the second. The contest runs starting August 15, and Bellanca's Columbia with Clarence Chamberlin is entered, while Lindbergh's Paris flight is noted as a possible precursor.
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Honolulu
Star Bulletin
James D. Dole
Hawaiian Pineapple Company
Paelic
Hawaii
New York
Columbia
Clarence Chamberlin
France
Fokker
Ameri As
Parisight
Charles Lindbergh
The Favored Country London. Canada Faces Immigrant Debate
T Cramp general secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen says Canada can absorb more immigrants if regulation protects existing workers. He returns from a Dominion tour noting a revolt of Canadian organized labor against American domination and similar moves among professional associations. He also comments on Canada’s railways.
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London
Canada
T. Cramp
National Union of Railwaymen
Dominion
Cramp
New York Financier Payne Whitney Dies at 52
New York financier Payne Whitney Swaneler died of a heart attack at his Manhasset country estate. A philanthropist and sportsman, Whitney was among the country’s wealthiest men at about 100 million to 100 million dollars in estate estimates. He was Harry Payne Whitney’s brother and William C Whitney’s son, with a 1924 income tax assessed at over 2 million dollars, exceeded only by Rockefeller Jr. and Ford.
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Manhasset
Payne Whitney Swaneler
Whitney
Harry Payne Whitney
William C Whitey
Navy
Cleveland
Wall Street
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Henry Ford
Post Office Official to Represent at Saskatchewan Meeting
T P Murplea, superintendent of the equipment and supply branch of the federal post office department, will represent the postmaster general at the Saskatchewan Postmasters association convention in Regina from June 7 to 9. About 15 delegates are expected to attend.
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Regina
Sask
T. P. Murplea
Federal Post Office Department
Saskatchewan Postmasters’ Association
Cable Bill Passed by Lords in Pacific Cable Board Reform
The House of Lords gave third reading to the Pacific Cable Bill, completing passage in both Houses. The bill authorizes a reorganization of the Pacific Cable Board as part of the settlement of Canada's dispute reached at the recent Imperial conference.
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London
House of Lords
Pacific Cable Board
Canada
First commercial air service opens in Manitoba
A passenger and freight aeroplane service to the central Manitoba mine area began on June 1 marking the province's first commercial air operation. Western Airways had previously confined its flights to the Lake district of Northern Ontario.
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Winmper
Manitoba
Western Airways
Ed Lake
Ontari
Canada Ends Trade Pact With Russia Over Policy Violations
Ottawa announces immediate termination of the Canada Russia trade agreement after cabinet debate and British government moves against Soviet relations. Premier King says the pact remains open to resumption via adherence to conduct limits, while quasi diplomatic privileges for the Russian trade commission are ended.
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Ouawa
Russia
King
Canada
British Empire
Union of Socialist Soviet Republics
Baldw
House of Commons
Movernent
Russi
Russian Trade Commission
Montreal
Russian Trade ‘Commission
Canadian trade minister hunts Canada Britain market gains
London interview quoted Hon James Malcolm minister of trade and commerce as he aims to boost inter Empire trade and publicity for Canadian foods in Britain. He notes a $100000 grant to promote Canadian foods and highlights recent trade fluctuations with Britain and Canada.
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London
Britain
James Malcolm
Ar. Matcom
Canada
United States Admiration for Canada at Trade Conference
At the National Foreign Trade Convention in Detroit speakers, mostly Canadian, praised Canada’s commerce in hard wheat and pulpwood and noted American investment of 3.6 billion in Canada. The gathering highlighted mutual claims settlements and wartime shipping issues, with final terms awaiting publication.
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Canada
U.S
Detroit
Mich
United States
Case R. Howard
Canadian Bank of Commerce
New York
Montreal swimmer Vierkoetter seeks two prize races this summer
Ernest Vierkoetter, famed for conquering the English Channel, arrives in Montreal to enter the Lake G prize of 10 000 dollars and then proceed to Toronto for a 50 000 dollar Lake Ontario race off the Queen City during the summer season.
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Montreal
Ernest Vierkoetter
Toronto
Lake Ontario
Queen City
Ottawa seeks substitute fuel from sulphite waste
Canadian scientists at a National Research Council meeting discussed recovering alcohol from sulphite mill liquor to make a gasoline substitute. They urged detailed studies on ultraviolet solar radiation measurement and the potential adoption of special glass in homes if benefits are proven.
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Ottawa
Domoioion
Communites of Physics and Engineering
National Research Council of Canada
National Research Council
Building New Telegraph Line in Northern Saskatchewan
Northern Saskatchewan will see a new telegraph line from Loon Lake to Meadow Lake, about 85 miles long, linking Meadow Lake country with farming districts to the west. The project, urged by the federal member, has an appropriation of 8.5 million to proceed immediately, with offices to be established on the yaw as soon as possible.
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Vancouver
London
Britain
Canada
Argentine
Australia
Quebec
United States
Saskatchewan
North Battleford
Loon Lake
Meadow Lake
Feeral
Great Interest in Eclips Rouses English Railways Plans
English railways and motor bus firms prepare to carry thousands of excursionists to vantage points across England for the sun eclipse on June 15. Special trains and hundreds of buses will operate to the open air spectacle, with most participants aiming to arrive near midnight.
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London
Motor Bu
England
Lunar Eclipse to be Observed from Far North Posts
Harvard observers seek aid from Canadian Arctic outposts to record the June 15 lunar eclipse. Messages directed to Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Hudson’s Bay, Revillon Freres, and Eskimo missions emphasize weather data at key sites such as Baker Lake. Dr Willard J Fisher of Harvard notes measurements may reveal Earth's shadow density near its edge.
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New York
Canadian Arctic
Harvard University Observatory
Chesterfield Inlet
Bear Lake
Rampart Howe
Good Hope
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Hudson's Hay and Revillon Freres Trading Company
Baker Lake
Willard J. Fisher
Harvard
Activities of Soviet Agents Come to Light
London reports that official government papers reveal hundreds of British, North American, and other individuals linked to alleged Soviet activities. Parliament members’ names are not to be public, while other names may reach readers. The government plans to publish documents from the recent Soviet House raid and Arcos materials.
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London
Gireles
Great Britain
North America
Eireles
Moscow
Soviet House
Arcos, Limited
Third Internationale Agaiyst Great Britain
Anton Miller
House of Commons
Tle
Bly
T Jor Baldwin
Canada Invited to Join Inter-American Air Meeting
At a Pan American Union conference in Argentina the delegate Felipe Espil urged including Canada in a continental aviation accord. The plan envisions all republics agreeing to cooperate on air navigation and study practical steps for Canada’s attendance in the forthcoming flying convention.
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Washington
Canada
Argentina
Pan-American Congress
Pan-American Union
Felipe Espil
Atom
The
Union
Ferguson Willing to Co operate Toronto
Premier Ferguson agrees to cooperate with the Alberta Trade Commission on a proposal from Alberta delegates to Ontario government for a national committee to promote inter provincial trade using Alberta coal in the East. Preventive measures by provincial and local officials curb typhoid spread. health authorities predict the epidemic will be stamped out within a month.
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Ferguson
Toronto
Alberta Trade Commission
Ontario
Alberta
Immeipad
Washington hosts informal power limits conference date set
Arnie Parley reports that in June Washington the power limits conference was convened by Wall on June 29 after informal talks indicated the date acceptable to all, with ambassadors informed of the plan.
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Arnie Parley
Washington
Wall
Hogs
Radio Typewriter for Remote Radiophonic Communication
A Rome A typewriter designed to calve and transmit messages across long distances is to be tested by the Rome cad Now. The apparatus types automatically on standard paper, using radio wave transmission to send text.
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Radio Typewriter
Rome
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