Parliament to address Modif in next session on Elections Act
The report from thePrivileges and Elections Committee chaired by J M Denis of Joliet reviews the Athabasca 1928 election abuses found by Justice Clarke of Edmonton. It urges the auditor general to seek recovery of payments to officials, calls for a social parliamentary committee, and recommends prosecutions of all Dominion Elections Act violators.
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Modif
Justice Clarke
Athabasca
Partizansip
Uiet
Italy third in world for civil aviation progress
Italy climbs to third in global civil aviation ranking after Germany and France as of late 1920s, with 2915 miles of air routes planned by end of 1928 and daily passenger service across routes. Italo Balbo leads aviation expansion, signaling rapid growth across the sector.
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Rome
Italy
Germany
France
Ofder
England
Italo Balbo
Andretary
Air
Calgary Wheat Pool to Charge Only Operating Cost
Alberta elevators will operate on a cost basis for patrons. Members will pay only the actual operating cost to run elevator facilities. When grain is delivered to Pool houses no service charges apply. At year end the operating cost per bushel will be deducted from the final Wheat Pool payment.
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Calgary
Alberta
Canada
Ex-Service Men Seek Work as Memorial Tribute
British Legion conference backs a tribute to Earl Haig by providing work for ex service men rather than relief. Lady Haig supports the idea that the goal would please her husband who preferred aid to veterans over a statue. The move coexists with government plans for a national memorial. Ex service men from Britain will attend a conference in Luxemburg next September including former enemies.
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Stun
Earl Aly London
British Legion
Far Haig
Lady Haig
Canadian Doctors Examine Immigrants Over Seasp Policy
Dr. David Clark, assistant Deputy Minister of the Department of Natural Health, said inspections of assisted passage immigrants by Canadian doctors are satisfactory and that British press critiques are inaccurate. He cited broader causes for Canada’s lower immigration this year, including growing optimism in Britain.
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Toronto
David Clark
Department of Natural Health
Canada
Mr. Clark
Britain
Saskatchewan RCMP Takes Over Provincial Police Legacy
The Saskatchewan Provincial Police is absorbed into the Royal Canadian Mounted Police with Inspector John Kelly directing the Saskatchewan sub-division. Officers A Drysdale C E Hildyard T Theriault and W English move to RCMP status. Two long-serving members carry over from the old Northwest Mounted days. Inquiry ordered in Ottawa on immigration permits from 1920. A conciliation board named for the Calgary carpenters strike with Justice Clarke as chair and James Gordon and Robert Hewitt representing employers and workers.
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Saskatoon
Sasx
Saskatchewan
History of
Southwest
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
John Kelly
Scarlet Riders
SPP
RCMP
A. Drysdale
C. E Hildyard
Ottawa
Calgary
Justice Clarke
James H. [Gordon
Robert Hewitt
Memorial Day at Arlington Honors War Dead inRain
Thousands, including President Coolidge outside Washington, attend the national memorial service at Arlington Cemetery. The day features a parade of veterans, a Lincoln Gettysburg address setting, and participation by British Ambassador Sir Fame Howard and Canadian Minister Vincent Massey, who place decorations on graves and a Cross of Sacrifice for Americans who died serving with the Canadian corps.
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Arlington Cemetery
Washington
Arlington
National Capital
White House
Coolidge
Abrahim Lincoln
Gettysburg
Penn
Fame Howard
Vincent Massey
Salaries of Canadian scientific agriculturists questioned
In Ottawa Mr. Coote and Mr. Stedman pressed in the House of Commons the issue of inadequate salaries for Canada’s scientific agricultural staff. They argued low pay drives professionals to the U.S. and jeopardizes wheat farming, cereal research, and disease control, warning Canada’s basic industry risks decline without higher compensation.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
C. G. Coote
F.A
Macleod
Department of Agriculture
U.S
Coote
Geological Survey
Canada
Stedman
Souris
Dominion
Possible Canadian judge eyed for Hague vacancy
Washington circles openly acknowledge a Canadian appointee may fill the permanent court of The Hague seat left by John Bassett Moore. Justice Riddell of Toronto is named as a likely successor to the American judge amid strong Canadian and U S recognition.
Senate defeats government naturalization bill in Ottawa
The government bill to amend the naturalization act failed in the Senate after stormy Commons debate. It would have placed naturalization certificate authority in the secretary of state, eliminating court applications. Senator Laird led the rise and the measure died 38 to 20 with Dandurand defending the proposal.
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Ottawa
Senate
Secretary of State
Laird
Dandurand
State Department
Record shows March 1928 rail freight up from year before
Canadian railways moved more freight in March 1928 than any prior March with gross revenue up by 53 percent from 1927. Net revenue rose by 883.29, while operating expenses climbed 39 percent. Grain surges boosted first quarter traffic, especially grain shipments to Pacific ports. payroll also grew.
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Ottawa
Canadian Railways
Pacific
Br Pfeestoreae
Cocoatel
de Casane
Paoenger
Peete
Caprese
Antivasie
J. H. St. Martin
Canadian Pacific Air-Express
Toronto
Montreal
Rimouski
New Mission Premier King Seeks Rainmaker Role
A letter read in the Senate from Saskatchewan urges Premier King to arrange weekly rainfall for the next three weeks to ensure a bumper crop. Senator Laird presented the note praising seeding time and ground readiness, claiming Western Canada could yield the greatest crop ever if rain is supplied.
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King
Ottawa
Saskatchewan
Laird
Senate
Canada
Martyr to Science Dr William Alexander Young Dies in Africa
News arrives of the death of Dr William Alexander Young director of the Gold Coast Colony in Africa. A Scotch descendant with tropical disease expertise he worked with Dr Hideyo Noguchi who died recently of yellow fever in Accra. Young, aged 35 in 1924, held his post since then.
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London
William Alexander Young
Gold Coast
Africa
Young
Hideyo Noguchi
Accra
Noguchi
Ontario Joins Manitoba In Securities Regulation Dispute
Hon W H Price Ontario Attorney General states Ontario will join Manitoba in its legal fight with the Dominion Government over securities regulation rights. Edwin Bayly KC Deputy Attorney General to depart June 15 to join Manitoba’s counsel Hon W R Craig KC. Privy Council hearing set for early July.
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Toronto
W. H. Price
Ontario
Manitoba
Edwin Bayly
England
W. R. Craig
K.C
Privy Council
Flag raises unrest in Capetown riot over new Union flag
Police drafted from across the peninsula as demonstrations erupted against the 18th anniversary celebration of the Union of South Africa. Colored protesters clashed with authorities, vehicles carrying Union flags were damaged, 90 arrests and injuries reported, while Hertzog and Smuts spoke on a platform showing the new flag beside the Union Jack.
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Capetown
South Africa
Union of South
Hertzog
Jan Chi Smuts
Narions
Smuts
Stops Operations Of Bogus Stock Salesmen
Ontario crackdown under the Security Frauds Prevention Act has shut down more than a hundred questionable brokers and high pressure salesmen. The Ontario Attorney General’s Department reports some offenders jailed or bailed pending appeal, with a majority deported to the United States.
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Toronto
Ontario
Attorney General's Department
United States
McGill Confers Five Honorary Degrees at 1928 Convocation
The 1928 McGill University convocation awarded Doctor of Laws to five distinguished candidates: Sir Wilfred Grenfell, Rev Canon Cody of Toronto, William Reid Blair of New York Zoological Park, George Isles of Gettysburg, and a McGill graduate. President Sir Arthur Currie addressed Memorial Day and urged world peace while criticizing crime and overreach by legislatures.
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Montreal
McGill University
Wilfred Grenfell
Labrador
Canon Cody
Toronto
William Reid Blair
New York Zoological Park
McGill
George Isles
Gettysburg
Julian C. Smith
Arthur Currie
Lincoln
Coolidge
America
U.S
Mr. Coolidge
State Department
Hiland
United States
France
Princes Plan Afetean Tri London Tour Of Africa
The Prince plans a four to five month autumn tour of Africa with the Duke of Gloucester. They intend to visit Mombasa Kenya Uganda Tanganyika and Rhodesia then spend Christmas in Cape Town. The departure date is not set.
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Afetean
London
Africa
Duke of Gloucester
Prince Henry
Mombasa
Kenya
Uganda
Tangayika
Rhodesia
Cape Town
Canadian penitentiaries hous e inmates by sex and origin
In Ottawa the Canadian cenitentiaries hold 2 580 inmates, 2 539 men and 41 women. Of these, 1 614 are Canadian born and 48 nations are represented. The figures were given in the Senate in reply to Senator J P B Caspain.
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Ottawa
Senate
J.P. B. Caspain
Vancouver Rejects Daylight Saving Time Plan
Vancouver residents vote by more than four to one to stay on standard time for the rest of the year rather than adopt daylight saving time for the summer months.
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Vancouver
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Ramer
Winnipeg
University of Alberta
John Bracken
Canada House
High Commissioner
Mussolini
Saad Bey
Turkey
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Englewood
Here
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Perest
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