Alberta Plans Major Road Upgrades Across Three-Year Span
Alberta will spend 10 million dollars over three years to improve roads. Minister J McPhernee said 4.247 million will go in the current year from capital and income funds. The 1929 plan covers gravelling three main highways from central Alberta to the Saskatchewan border, linking Calgary Bassano Medicine Hat Walsh and Banff route.
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Eamonton
Alberta
J. McPhernee
Alberta Motor Association
Saskatchewan
Calgary
Bassano
Medicine Hat
Walsh
Basseano
Banff
Britain Plans Second Imperial Air Line
London plans a second imperial air trunk line with similar distance to the longest regular services. Sir Samuel Hoare announced a London Capetown service and an England India route about 6000 miles with a provisional timetable. Negotiations with African governments, especially the Union of South Africa, for a weekly London Capetown service have concluded.
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London
Nndiana
Brent Imperial
Samuel Hoare
Capetown
England
India
Union of South Africa
Heavy snow paralyzes Colorado towns marooned by storm
A two day blizzard left Denver and Colorado towns cut off as snow depths reached three feet in places. The storm stretched north to the Canadian border, blanketing Montana Colorado and Wyoming. Rescue workers freed 74 year old Frank Nelson from a cabin near Mount Almagros near Cripple Creek after he was marooned without food.
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Denver
Corosman
Rocky Mountain
Montana
Colorado
Wyoming
Frank Nelson
Mount Almagros
Cripple Creek
Western Air Ace Punch Dickens Wins McKee Trophy
Edmonton pilot CH Punch Dickens receives the 1923 McKee Trophy for meritorious aviation service in Canada. He logged 1035 flight hours in twelve months, much of it in northern regions, as announced by Colonel J L Ralston, minister of national defence.
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Ottawa
Cap'ain
Punch’ Dickens
Edmonton
Alta
McKee
Canada
Dickens
Dominion
J. L. Ralston
National Defence
Nobile Resigns Command of Airship Hallal Expedition
London reports the Exchange Telegraph says officials announced in Rome that General Umberto Nobile has relinquished his rank and office as commander of the ill fated Hall Expedition. The resignation was accepted.
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Nobile
London
England
Exchange ‘Telegraph Company
Rome
Umberto Nobile
T Halla
Hero of Gallipoli General Sir Charles Newsham Dies at 61
London obituary notes General Sir Charles Newsham long served in Gallipoli and Saloniki defenses. He was wounded in action and mentioned in despatches. Retired in 1924, he died aged 61 in an advanced age.
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London
Enguana
Charles Newsham
Gallipoli
Saloniki
Canada urged to develop helium gas for airships
In Parliament Sir Samuel Hoare signaled a plan to approach Canada to produce helium for British dirigibles. Canada’s Bow River helium wells in Alberta could supply large volumes. earlier wartime Canadian research by Prof. J. C. McLennan enabled commercial helium. Helium is non inflammable and safer than hydrogen, with two airships planned to fly by spring or early summer.
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London
England
Canada
Samuel Hoare
House Commons
United States
Egypt
API India
Montreal
Toronto
Bow River Valley
Alberta
Medicine Hat
J. C. McLennan
University of Toronto
Saskatoon Welsh Society Reunion Message From Antarctica
Radiogram from Frank Davies in Little America Antarctica sent to Thomas Phillips in Saskatoon wishes a joyous 1929 reunion of the Saskatoon Welsh Society. Davies, once an instructor at the university here, now a scientist with Admiral Richard Byrd’s South Pole expedition, sent February 28. message received March 2 in New York, too late for the March 1 local celebration but will become a valued archive item for the Saskatoon Welsh Society.
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Saskatoon
Seuegenmarin
New York Times
Thomas Phillips
Frank Davies
Saskatoon Welsh Society
Davies
Richard B. Byrd
Tis
South Pole
Little America
Antarctica
New York
Welsh Society
Telephone Service Expands at The Pas Manitoba
H. Coddington, superintendent of Manitoba Telephone, announced a completed extension adding hundreds of lines to The Pas exchange. Subscribers rose from 237 last July to 895 now, with plans to surpass 1000 soon and to extend long distance north to Flin Flon this season backed by 19000 dollars.
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Pax
Pas
Man
H. Coddington
Manitoba Telephone System
Mr. Coddington
Flin Flon
Coddington
Fire Destroys London Paper and Tin Factory District
A major London blaze on the Thames south shore destroys multiple paper and tin factories. Flames reached 100 feet high for hours as hundreds of firemen fought to stop spread. One loss cited 400 tons of newsprint amid emergency evacuations.
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London
Engramu
Thames
Scientist Einstein Birthday Birthday Escape
Scientist Arthur Einstein and Mrs Einstein left Berlin to dodge publicity on his birthday. The famed physicist turned 50 on March 14 and the couple traveled to an unnamed country location for a brief visit to avoid attention.
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Sciemtlet
Serlin
Arthur Einstein
Einstein
Berlin
Estimates For British Air Force Criticized In Debate
Labor member Kenworthy bitterly assailed the 1929 air force estimates in Parliament. He charged the plan shows no change after the anti war pact and criticized Singapore spending as excessive while defending the base’s strategic role and air power needs. Sir Samuel Hoare defended the defence budget as part of the Singapore base and essential for naval operations.
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London
Joseph M. Kenworthy
House of Commons
Britain
Kenworthy
Air
Singapore
Real Britain
Samuel Hoare
Singapor
Sir Samuel
CPR Branch Lines Bill Clears Third Reading in Commons
Ottawa reports the CPR branch line expansion bill passed third reading in the House of Commons with the Sutherland to Melfort line dropped in committee. The bill moves to the Senate while National line developments await third reading. Barclays Bank Canada incorporation bill also cleared third reading.
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Ottawa
Canadian Pacific
House of Commons
Sutherland-to-Melfort
Saskatchewan
Commons
Senate
Canadian National
House
Barclays Bank
Canada
Anglo American Disarmament Question Raises Alarm
Sir Arthur Balfour, chairman of the British Industry and Trade Commission, warns that Anglo American disarmament must reach agreement to save the cause and maintain respect of continental powers. He cautions that failure could invite renewed warfare.
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From
Balfour
Arthur Balfour
Briish Industry and Trade Commission
England
Auto Driver Killed While Aiming For World Speed Mark
Daytona Beach. Lee Bible a 42 year old Daytona Beach garage mechanic was killed when his 36 cylinder Facing car left control and crashed into the sand dunes while attempting to break the world speed record of 231 mph set by H O D Seagrave. Cameraman Charles Traub also died and Bible left a wife and two children. The tragedy occurred after Bible crossed the measured course at 202 mph before about 20 000 spectators.
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Ocean Speedway
Daytona Beach
Churchill Progress Pushes Toward Port Completion
Steel laying workers advance toward Fort Churchill, terminus of the Hudson Bay Railway, with completion anticipated by early April barring unforeseen delays. Telegraph links to Churchill established March 12, and steel now sits within 12 miles of the port as construction materials move north.
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Churchill
Winnipeg
Rea
Fort Church
Hudson Bay Railway
H. A. Dixon
Canadian National Railways
Assisted Passage Applications for Canada Rise in Britain
In the year ending January 31, 1929, 6583 families and 28468 individuals sought assisted passage to Canada. 2772 families and 18718 individuals were approved, while 2140 families and 15351 individuals sailed. A miners’ harvesters scheme was excluded. Also on the front pages are early photos of King George at Craigwell House, showing him in a bath chair with Queen Mary, signaling cautious recovery.
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London
England
Canada
L. C. M. Amery
Dominions
House of Commons
Left Large Estate in Toronto Widow Leaves 83 Year Old
A Toronto cabman who died aged 83 left an estate valued around 200000 dollars. Mr Kellaher who arrived penniless in Toronto over forty years ago willed 190000 dollars to local orphanages.
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Toronto
Whauneusher
Cabman
Kellaher
Canadians and the ten pound fare colonization move
Officials from the Department of Colonization and Develop and the Canadian Pacific Railway note caution about the new ten pound fare arrival wave to Canada. They say many travelers may not seek agricultural opportunities and existing colonization groups may not place them, making the overall movement potentially disappointing.
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Canada
Department of Colonization and Developmet
Canadian Pacific Railway
Dominion
Muuch
Manitoba Legion Demands Action Against Communists
The Manitoba command Canadian Legion resolves to eradicate Communism in Canada and prosecute its spread. It calls for banning Communist meetings in public schools and condemns the literature and songs it says promote blasphemy and sedition to corrupt youth and immigrant minds.
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Manitoba Command
Canadian Legion
Winnipeg
Canada
British Empire Service League
Pilot Injured In Hawk Caused Propeller Break Incident
Flying Cadet R. G. Hamilton RFC suffered a freak airplane accident near Cann six miles north of Chico California when the propeller of his pursuit plane was shattered after an aerial encounter with a hawk. Hamilton attached to the British jet Hermes was en route from San Diego to Vancouver when the crash occurred.
Britain announces assisted passage for settlers to Canada
Ottawa introduces a new scheme to bring British workers to Canada to farm. Young men from the British Isles who cannot afford the £10 steamship fare will be lent passage money by Britain after Canadian immigration checks. Several thousand men may come this year. the program targets unemployed miners and aims for permanent settlement with no return passage funded by Canada. The plan complements existing assisted passage schemes, including a special rate for agricultural families with free child passage.
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Ottawa
Department of Immigration
Stness
Willingnes
New Canadian Beef Cattle Men Association Proposed
Brandon Man. resolution to form a Canadian Beef Cattle Men's Association was adopted at the Aberdeen Angus annual meeting. It aims to support beef grading work by the Dominion government with co operation from Shorthorn Hereford and stock growers groups. Lieutenant Governor McGregor advanced the plan and was elected with James Bowman of Guelph as leaders along with F. H. Reed and W. J. P. Warren as officers.
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Brandon
Man
Dominion
Aberdern
Aberdeen Angus
J. D. McGregor
Manitoba
Dominion Shorthorn Breeders’ Association
Canadian Hereford Breeders’ Association
Saskatchewan
Alberta Stock Growers’ Associations
Rifle Meet Date Set At Ottawa August Week
The Dominion of Canada Rifle Association announces the year’s DACA prize meet will run the week of August 12 at the Comnaught Rifle Ranges near Ottawa. Brigadier-General J Duff Stuart of Vancouver becomes the new president succeeding Brigadier-General J G Ross of Montreal who previously led the association.
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Ottawa
Dominion of Canada Rifle Association
J. Duff Stuart
Vancouver
J. G. Ross
Montreal
Secretary To Trade Minister Honored
Ottawa dinner honors H. O. Campney longtime private secretary to Hon. Jam Malcolm minister of trade and commerce. Campney leaves government service to practice law in Vancouver with members of the parliamentary press gallery and the department of trade and commerce in attendance. E. W. Grange presided.
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Ottawa
Parliament
H. O. Campsey
Jam Malcolm
Trade and Commerce
Campney
Vancouver
Parliamentary Press Gallery
Department of Trade and Commerce
E. W. Grange
Police force proposed to Hoover to curb smuggling
A federal constabulary similar to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is urged to President Hoover to end liquor smuggling across the Canadian and Mexican borders. The force would combat rum running immigration smuggling and merchandise smuggling now overseen by the customs service.
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Den
Hoover
Washington
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Customs Service
Treaty for Pacific salmon catch eyed before Kellogg leaves
Senator Wesley Jones of Seattle presents to President Wilson and Secretary Kellogg a treaty allowing Canada and the United States to regulate sockeye salmon catches on the Pacific coast. Jones aims to have it signed before Kellogg’s term ends and placed on the calendar for the April 15 special Senate session.
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Washington
Canada
United States
Pacific
Dover
Kellogg
Wesley Jones
Seattle
Jones
Helso
Senate
Miners Die in Cage Accident Near Gorlovka
Twenty seven miners are killed after a crowded cage plummets in a shaft of the Dom Etz coal basin near Gorlovka. Rescue teams investigate the disaster as officials report the fatal incident.
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Moscow
Gorlovka
Dometz
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McKee Trophy
Antarctic
Welsh Society of Saskatoon
Amine
Uganda
Fagland
Kampala
London Daily News
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C.P.R
James A Robb
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