World Wide Wheat Pool May Be Established
A three day international wheat pool conference involving Canadian Australian and American delegates aimed to sustain relations from the pre conference and plan for a next meeting. Efforts toward a working arrangement among major wheat exporting countries faced obstacles due to Australian pool organization and differences among delegations. Col. H Burnell of Manitoba Wheat Pool was named chair, with George W Robertson of Saskatchewan Wheat Pool as secretary.
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Paul
Colle H. Burnell
Manitoba Wheat Pool
George
English Magistrate Defends Canada Related Prisoner Advice
In Birmingham Magistrate Short defended advising a prisoner to go to Canada. He said he saw no offense to Canada and praised the prisoner as a sturdy, capable man suited for colonial work. The incident sparked protest in Ottawa Parliament as J S Woodsworth questioned the magistrate action.
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Dominion
Birmingham
Short
Canada
Jal
Wardoor Ufe
Hose of Commons
Ottawa
J. 5
Woodsworth
Labor
North Centre
Winniper
No Liquor Buying Combine Form In Canada Provinces
Victoria reports that a proposed cooperative liquor purchase cartel among British Columbia and prairie provinces is deemed impracticable. Turn Davidson, BC representative, says conditions vary too much across provinces and that there was no intention to form such a combine.
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Victoria
Recruiting In Britain Emigration Competes With War Office Report
The annual War Office report highlights emigration as a serious competitor to recruitment, with Britain and Northern Ireland contributing most to the army. Emigration's impact is noted across Scotia and the eastern counties, yet recruiting improved last year overall. The storm-ridden voyage of the British freighter Forington Court ended at Swansea after 31 days, carrying coal amid three North Atlantic tempests.
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War Office
London
Northern Ireland
Scotia
York
Forington Court
North Atlantic
Swansea
Cays
Alberta Premier Browpler Announces 1925 Surplus and Immigration Shift
Alberta's 1925 public accounts show a revenue surplus of about $ SAE019, the province's second largest ever, with coal and mineral production up and agriculture valued at $254,000,000. Browpler touts Liquor Net and Northern Irrigation success, plans for cooperative enterprise funding, and calls for controlled immigration and colonization amid expected settler growth. Liberal opposition leader Mitchell criticizes vacancies and demand for parliamentary scrutiny of appointments.
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Permonton
Alberta
Lewin Larare
Prewler JK Browpler
Eastbound Grain Rates Controversy Overruled by Board
Commissioners urged rapid action on eastbound grain rates to Fort Willan as part of a dispute under the Railway Act. Saskatchewan counsel argued for the right to negotiate a maximum rate, while officials claimed new orders would not change the situation. References to cross-border shipping and regional involvement frame the tense regulatory debate.
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Awa
Board of Was Commissioners
Fort Willan
Jones Boyes
Meen
Coum
Saskatchewan
McEwen
Vien
Canada’s Stand On Peace Pact Important Note
The Daily Herald reports a denied claim that Canada would dissociate from Locarno pact obligations and remain neutral in war. It argues such a move would split empire treaties, risking coordinated defense and a scenario where Britain fights while Canada stays at peace, a remarkable shift in imperial policy.
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Canada
Dominion
London
House of Commons
Ocawa
The
Daily Herald
Britain
Fuel Shortage in Ontario Debated in House
In Ontario the house discussed fuel supply worries as Liberal members pressed for government action. Armstrong cited inability to obtain Alberta coal and potential risks to Western Ontario institutions, while Minister Stewart said Ottawa would act on a federal fuel controller’s request, noting no communication had yet arrived from Ontario authorities.
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Ontario
Howe
Armstrong
Cooserestive
East Lambton
Alberta
Ceers
Charles Stewart
Snowslide wrecks Utah mining town killing many
A huge snowslide in the Highland Gulch mining district near Binghaw Utah buried several buildings including the Methodist Church in Lake City area. Snow, rock and debris trapped residents. estimates of entombed range from 58 to 100 with little hope for survivors as fires burned amid crushed structures.
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Utah
Lake City
Highland Dor Snining
Binghaw
Here
Little Hope la
Britain to Pay $160 Million on U S War Debt This Year
London financial statements show the exchequer chief says Britain’s 1926 payments on Allied war debts would total about £39,062,000 or roughly $160 million if sterling remains at par. He notes expected receipts from German reparations and already settled allied debts amount to about $65 million. discussions continue on remaining commitments. Graben named railways chair considered for Canadian National Railways board with Sir Henry Thornton current president and chair.
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Britain
U. S
London
Winston Shorehill
Ebanestior
House of Conins
United States
Great Britain
Churchill
Graben
Chatman
Canadian National Railways
Sir Henry Thornton
Shoulder
Henry
Russian Torturers On Trial for Deaths During Famine
Two Musitumoff brothers and fifteen others stand charged in Zopol for torturing seven people to death and maltreating forty nine during a famine. More than one hundred witnesses testified as the proceedings unfolded. One MusHumof brother led local suppression committees while the other chaired his village Soviet.
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Wenteen
Zopol
Russia
Musitumoff
Ffteen
Mus Humof
Comittttes
Governor General Survives Melbourne Plane Crash
Lord Stonehaven narrowly escaped injury when a plane at Flinders Naval Base crashed into a tree. He emerged unharmed, with authorities confirming no serious injuries sustained.
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Melbourne
Australia
Lord Stonehaven
Flinders Naval Base
Saskatchewan Trustees Gather in Regina Critique of Curriculum
Large attendance at the Scheol Trustees Convention in Regina debated provincial education policy. Speeches by Chas EB Little urged strengthening agriculture and criticized current curriculum, while a high school funding stance urged broad public support and warned against fees. A resolution to accelerate Hudson Bay route construction was also approved for sending to federal ministers Thornton and W. L MacKenzie King.
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Regina
Holl of Saskatchewan
Chas EB Little
Orema
Hudson's Bay
Thornton
Federal
Minnister of Railways
W. L MacKenzie King
Princ Albert
Grves
The
Trustees’ Association
World Marketing Plan Discussed by Wheat Pool Representatives
Representatives from cooperative wheat pools met in St Paul and Mina to discuss an international wheat pool plan. The Soviet Union trade delegate Pavlos outlined how a worldwide marketing wheat pool would operate and how the plan would be shared only with official delegates as the conference progresses.
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Cooperative Wheat Pools
St. Paul St. Paul
Mina
Pavlos
aMcial
Soviet Union
Ottawa to appoint counsel for customs probe
Ottawa is poised to appoint counsel to lead a full committee inquiry into customs administration as tensions rise. Mr Sparks presented a shirt from a U S penitentiary he believes was made by prisoners and noted U S firms selling such goods at low prices. he warned trade in these prisoner-made items is expanding into Canada despite legal barriers.
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Oxtawa KL. Calder, KG
Monreal
Customs’ Administration
Uni
Canada
Customs Pro
R. P. Spake
Commercial Protective Association
Sparks
Honebt
Ottawa
United States
Esthonians Sentenced in Soviet Plot Trial at Leningrad
Fifty Estonian defendants faced trial beginning February 2 in Leningrad provincial court for espionage and plotting against the Soviet state. They were accused of planning attacks on Russian mansions, plants, bridges, and other strategic sites.
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Bolsheviste
Riga
Latvia
Leningrad
Risla
Australia Ready to Help London on Migrant Fares
The Daily Telegraph correspondent in Melbourne reports that if overseas settlement committees lead on reducing migrant fares, Australia will respond. Crude platinum is typically found as rounded grains.
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Australia
London
Daily Telegraph
Cabling
Melbourn
Si Fe
Commonwealth
Sharp Passages Debate In House
In Olawa a clash erupted between Hon Lacien Cannon and CHL Gahan over the address to the House of Commons. Cannon accused Gahan of obstruction while Gahan defended the government motion and argued no public business was being delayed.
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Olawa
Lacien Cannon
Chl Gahan
St Lawrence St George
House of Commons
Cahan
Cannon
Red Delegates Must Explain Expenditures
A Moscow communist convention draws delegates amid parade pomp and theatre honors while the Moscow Cheka questions appropriations. Soviet papers question the use of millions of gold rubles for revolutions abroad as Scandinavian party links again face Moscow’s influence.
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Moscow
Moscow 1
Export Of Russian Grain Is Increasing
In Peal Minnesota an international wheat pool conference heard a Soviet delegate outline Russia’s grain export history. He cited 1925 grain output around 200 million bushels and noted cooperative organizations hold a strong position compared with the government and private merchants of the Soviet Union. A separate discussion referenced civil service wage debates and hours, with proposals for longer or shorter workdays under cabinet plan.
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International Wheat Pool
Union of Soviet Socialist
Semad
Russia
Calgary Bishop Pinkham resigns amid advancing years
Right Rev. W. Yoram Pinkham D.D. Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Calgary, and Archdeacon Hayes, have resigned citing advancing years. Pinkham was born on November 11 and assumed the Calgary post in 1968.
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Calgary
W.yoram Pinkham
Anglican Diocese of
Hayes
Pinkham
Whyalpeg
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