Tuberculosis research conference in Canada advances plan
The joint chairmanship of Dr. Tory and Dr. Grisdale led a two day conference under the National Research Council and federal Agriculture Department to coordinate scientific work on tuberculosis in humans and animals. An associate committee of leading bacteriologists and pathologists from across Canada was named with representatives from science and industry to push coordinated research efforts.
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Canada
I HM Tory
National Research Council
J. H. Grisdale
Mrough
Research Council
Cazala
Department of Agriculture
Con
Tory
Grisdale
S Hadwen
Imal Diseaoes
University of Saxoas
Seasion
George Hutton
Natural Resources Department
Canadian
Pacife
Calgary
A. Rankin
University of Alberta
A. Savage
University of Manitoba
P. Talbot
Edmonton
Eagleson
National Research
Rouneil
Unique Ceremony in Winnipeg Honors Unknown Soldier Cross
In Winnipeg at Toc H Talbot House a historic Unknown Soldier’s Cross ceremony was held by Major General H B Ketchen. The wooden cross, bearing mud from Flanders, was sent by Field Marshal Lord Plummer to Mark of the Empire, marking a Canadian soldier who died in WWI. Veterans and patriotic groups attended the solemn event.
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Flanders
Toc H. Winnipeg
Canada
Toc HH
Talbot House
H.B. Ketchen
Miliary District No. 10
Lord Plummer
Winnipeg Firm Wins Elevation Contract at Prince Rupert
A Winnipeg company, Carter Halls Aldinger Company, Limited, won the contract for constructing the grain elevator at Prince Rupert, B C, with a bid of 876729 dollars. The foundation, costing 20000 dollars, was built by Northern Construction Company. The government announced the award, noting the building portion and existing foundation.
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Prince Rupert
B.C
Ottawa
Thomas Low
Northern Construction Company
Soldier Veterans Association protests Amendments in Soldier Settlement Act
The Mant tobe Command of the Great War Veterans Association will protest to the Dominion Government. It claims the amendments requested by GWVA are unsatisfactory to discharged soldiers and insists reforms align with veterans’ needs.
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Winuiye Tn
GWVA
Administration Of Canteen Funds Doubtful Detailed Statement
Ottawa reports a senate inquiry into the Great War Veterans Association canteen and disablement funds. The inquiry questions the dissolution of funds into a consolidated account and whether a detailed statement of expenditures will be furnished. Payments include 25000 for stock in The Veteran and 8000 for subscriptions amid merged funds to extend the association’s scope.
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Ottawa
Dominion Command
Great War Veterans’ Association
Senate
Mounties Miss Wembley Parade Role in 1925
London reports that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police avoided duty at the Empire Exhibition parade due to social instructions to shorten the provision this year. Canadian authorities had asked to include the Mounted Police, and arrangements would have been made if approved.
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London
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Department
Duchess of York expresses wish to visit Canada at Wembley
The Duchess of York and the Duke of York visited the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley. She spoke with Canadian officials about visiting the Dominion, showing interest in Canadian exhibits and stating she had never been there. The couple spent much time at Canadian pavilions and discussed staying at a ranch referenced through a relative.
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Duce of York
London
Prince of Wales
Canada
Duchess of York
Duke of York
Wembley
Duke
Dominion
Communists Invade City Council Meeting in Ville Neuve Lerote
Communists stormed a Ville Neuve Lerote city council meeting and forced members to sign a dissolution document. They then expelled the councillors, and police, summoned by ousted officials, repelled the invaders in the city hall.
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Paris
Ville Neuve-Lerote
More Automobiles In Alberta This Year
Alberta's motor car population appears set to surpass previous records with 47,006 automobile licenses issued to date by the provincial secretary's department, nearing last year's total of 47,900 though seven months remain. The report notes the pace suggests strong growth ahead.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Provincial Secretary's Department
Allies to Outline Germany Disarmament Shortfalls
A note to Berlin will itemize German disarmament failures under Versailles. France and Britain, citing the Allied Control Council, will present plainly that Germany has not fulfilled all obligations. About 30 to 49 factories remain to be converted, and opposition exists to the large war staff and state police.
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Germany
Berlin
Council of Ambas
France
Britain
Allied Committee of Control
Imany
Prance
Miraculous Escape From Fifth Story Fall
Carpenter Ralph Harth used a 1500t plank as a parachute and fell from a fifth story scaffold to the sidewalk in San Francisco. He landed unharmed except for a slight shock, doctors report his escape from instant death a miracle.
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San Francisco
Ralph Harth
Harth
Nake
Canadian Works Newspaper Association Convention in Winnipeg
The Canadian Works Newspaper Association plans a large Manitoba convention with four to five hundred delegates from across the West. Banquet at Manitoba Agricultural College chaired by premiers Bracken Dunning and Greenfield. Winnipeg hosts luncheon and dance at Royal Alexandra Hotel. Tours, automobile drive, and a Minaki Inn stay conclude the program.
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Canadian Works Newspape Association
Minton
Bod
Bocra
West Ada
Manitoba Agrcultural College
Thieh Ad
Bracken
Manitoba
Dunning
Saskatchewan
Greenfield
Alberta
Winnipeg
Assiniboine Park
Royal Alexandra Hotel
Canadian Pacific Railway
Winoipes Tourist and Conven Hon Bureau
Cowboys Break Buffaloes for Jubilee Parade in Calgary
Calgary hosts a historic Jubilee Parade on July 6 with two fully grown buffaloes driven in harness through the streets. The buffaloes were sent by Oscar Duclos to stockman JM Dillon and are being trained by Harvey Shore and Bert Bishop after arrival.
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Calgary
JM. Dillon
Oscar Duclos
Edmonton
Harvey Shore
Bert Bishop
Must Secure Game License for Foreign Hunters
Ottawa authorities plan a bill giving the federal government power to require foreigners entering the Northwest Territories to obtain a hunting license. Introduced after the interior minister noted many outsiders explore untamed hinterland without authorization. The measure seeks to license and tax foreign hunters in future arrivals.
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Ottawa
Northwest Territories
House of Commons
Charles Stewart
Dirigible R-33 delayed to late July after April damage
The dirigible R-33 will not fly again until late July or early August after sustaining more extensive damage when breaking from its moorings at Pullen in April. It is being prepared for a trip to Egypt and may take part in trials initially planned for the airship.
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London
Pulliam
Egypt
West Ottawa Geologist Dowling Dies Sudden
Dr Donaldson Bogart Dowling a renowned geologist with an international reputation died suddenly at his home in West Ottawa from heart trouble. He served the Geological Survey of Canada and shaped western Canada coal and petroleum discoveries influencing irrigation potential.
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Ottawa
Donaldson Bogart Dowling
Canada
Geological Survey of Canada
Alberta
Fort
Hemp Industry Expands in Manitoba Portage District
Farmers in the Plains district agree on cultivating hemp as a new permanent industry. Acreages per farmer planned, with seed distribution underway. The Manitoba Fibre Mill is negotiating for trackage, and a hemp mill is slated to operate by fall for Portage-area farmers.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg
Fallin
Portage
Reduced Rates On Livestock Stir Canada Britain Trade Move
Ottawa testimony before a special parliamentary committee on ocean rates suggests cutting per head cattle rates to 15 dollars for matured steers if prices allow and possibly lower for lighter animals. A lower rate could boost the market, steady cargoes, and grow Canada’s cattle industry with Britain in demand and limited space. In Ottawa, beer ads to be removed from streetcars after contract expiry following a temperance union protest. Vancouver reports P Burns and Co plans to acquire cooperative creamery plants at Salmon Arm Vernon and Armstrong in British Columbia.
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Ouawa
J. H. Grisdale
Canada
Britain
Hie Special Parliamentary Committee
B.C. Creamery
Vancouver
P. Burns
Calgary
P. Burns and Company, Limited
Salmon Arm
Vernon
Armatrong
British
Canadians Win Yale Fellowships At New Haven
Four Canadians are among 127 students awarded Yale University graduate fellowships and scholarships for the next term. Carl Tolman of Vancouver BC is named among the scholars in the Yale program.
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Yale
Industrial Disputes Act Debate In Ottawa Senate
The Industrial Disputes Act discussion in Ottawa considers aligning the 1907 act with Privy Council rulings. Senators debate liability, penalties for employers and employees, and the act’s aim to facilitate settlement of industrial disputes through lawful measures.
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Ontawa
Privy Council
Senate
Maseed
Ant
Beaubien
Caserain
Reid Ls
Dandurand
Relief For Soldier Settlers: No Further Legislation In View
In Ottawa during a House of Commons debate on the resolution, Hon. J. A. Robb, minister of immigration and colonization, said no additional legislation was anticipated regarding credit terms for soldier settlers. He noted concerns over high livestock costs and promised to review a case cited by Mr Harris but stated no new acts are planned.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Soviet
Russia
Ottawa
Charles Stewart
J. A. Jobo
House of Cxamens
York
J. A Robb
Imut Gration and Colonization
Harris Tooed
Lee Isiar Hon
Calgarian Chosen for Fruit Committee in 1925
H C Stockton of Cat dn Fruit Jobbers named by the Jobbers as their representative on the fruit and vegetables committee of British Columbia for 1925. Other members not announced. The two members will represent the Associated Growers of British Columbia and the shippers of Crary. Committee formed at Winnipeg meeting and again at Vernon.
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Calgary
H.C. Stockton
Catdn Fruit
Autoclaion
Britts Columbia
Crary
Western
Krow
Winnipeg
Vernon
Bankruptcy Act Amended Aimed at Insolvent Farmers
In Ottawa the Bankruptcy Act amendment was introduced to allow officials to custody estates and let insolvent farmers continue work after bankruptcy. Hon. Ernest Lapointe introduced the bill in the House, with support from Saskatchewan and Alberta MPs. The minister cited banking and commerce committee recommendations. The measure received first reading in the Commons. Motor Boat Beating Train New York Wood defeats Twentieth Century Limited in Albany to New York dash of about 169 miles May 25. Wood previously beat a train from Miami to New York in 1921.
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Ottawa
P Saces
House of Commons
Ernest Lapointe
Nenais
Banking and Commer Committee
Sakatchewan
Alberta
New York
Gar Wood
Twentien Century Limited
Albany
Wood
Miami
Fla
McGill Graduates Win Stevenson Medal In Dentistry
Western students led by T H John of Victoria receive top honors as Sc GH University May marks graduation. John earns the Stevenson gold medal for dentistry among the MacGill contingent.
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McGill Montreal
Scgh University
May
T. H. John
Victoria
Stevenson
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Dave Avery
Rhe Waidonal Rreearch Comact
Federal
Department of Ag
Eampston
Prairie Provinces
Tajima
Osaka
E. Roy Sayles
Canadian Weekly Paper Association
Wembley Parade
Terrorize
Duarmame
Sweden
Stockholm
Columbia
William Fletcher Barrett
William
Society For Psychical Research
Trotzky
Moscow
Leon Trotzky
Supreme Economic Council
C.W.N A. Convention
Afghanistan
Allahabad
India
Karachi
Kabul
Kahost
Mary Booth
Willam Bramwell Booth
Salvation Army
Oogrin
Scottish Church Union
Edinburgh
Federal Assembly of the Church of Scotland
United Free Charch
Lorne A. Bedy
Associaton
Telescope
Walkerton
Ont
Winnipee
West
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Ottawa Electric Railway
Calgarian
Fruit
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