Malcolm speaks to Britain over trans Atlantic link
Hon J Malcolm Canada’s trade minister addresses Cardiff audience from Ottawa during Empire Exhibition in Wales. He praises empire marketing board, urges imperial migration cooperation, notes welcome for British emigrants and Welsh links, and salutes Prince of Wales as symbol of shared empire. He cites 627 Welsh emigrants in 1927 and over 500 per month now, stressing patriotic duty and mutual advantage of knowing empire.
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Wales
James Malcolm
Ottawa
Cardiff
Malcolm
Partment
Empire Marketing Board
Empire
Canada
MacKenzie King
Great Britain
London
British North America
British Isles
Prince of Wales
Crow and Magpie Decline in Province Campaign
The crow and magpie population in the province fell by over a million through a 1928 campaign run by 4230 contestants for 1500 prizes from the Provincial Department of Railways Labor and Industries. Results show 465953 legs and 681716 eggs collected and a total enemy loss of 914692 before hostilities closed September 1. An aerodrome program for Britain seeks city council funds, with Manchester Nottingham Leeds Hull and Liverpool among those taking steps.
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Regina
Department of Railways, Labor and Industries
Public Service Monthly
London
Britain
Air Ministry
Manchester
Nottingham
Leeds
Hull
Liverpool
Viscount Allenby Receives NYU Doctor of Laws Honorary Degree
Field Marshal Viscount Allenby of Great Britain was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by New York University reflecting recognition of his services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Field Marshal Viscount Allenby
Great Britain
New York University
Famine in China as districts suffer widespread hunger
Reports from Shansi and surrounding provinces describe extreme famine with babies killed for lack of food and children sold for cash. Magistrates cite 200,000 starving in Yang Hsien, while drought, banditry, uprisings, and Red Spears guerrillas devastate Hunan, Kwangsi, Sulyan, and Honas.
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China
Kwangsi
Sulyan
Hupen Hunan
Honas
Yang Hsien
Red Spears
Shansi
Famine, mobs in Moscow denounce government
Severe famine in Soviet Russia triggers large scale unrest in Moscow and Leningrad. Mounted police patrol the capital as mobs chant anti government slogans. In Helsinki and Riga reports, shortages prompt bread lines and violent retaliation against food distributors.
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Moscow
London
Russia
Helsingforg
Riga
Exchange Telegraph Company
Helsingfors
Leningrad
Brilliant Meteoric Display Predicted In Montreal
Montreal observers may see bright meteor displays from November 10 to 17, as Harvard College announces through McGill. A. Vibert Douglas notes shooting stars will appear in the northern sky south of the Great Bear, best after midnight until 4 a.m., as bright flashes across the sky.
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Montreal
Harvard College University
McGill
A. Vibert Douglas
Montreal Centre
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Harvesters in Canada Likely to Settle Permanently
Ottawa officials report 5000 British harvesters remain in Canada after western harvests. About 3500 have returned to the British Isles, while most who stayed have secured permanent work on western farms, suggesting a durable settlement pattern.
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Ottawa
West
Canada
Department of Immigration
Department
Banting Recalls Insulin Breakthrough After Cameron Prize
In London Eng Banting recounts winning the Cameron prize for research at Edinburgh University and explains how reading an article in London Ontario sparked his insulin discovery. He states sleep eluded him until two o'clock the next morning when he crystallized his ideas leading to successful experiments.
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London
Eng
F. C. Banting
Edinburgh University
Ont
Spanish Royalty Arrives in London for Royal Visit
Queen Victoria of Spain and her daughters Infantas Beatrix and Maria Christina arrived in London and were greeted at Victoria Station by the King and Queen. The royal party will be hosted by Queen Victoria's mother Princess Beatrice, widow of Prince Henry of Battenberg.
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London
Eng
Queen Victoria
Spain
Infantas
Beatrix
Maria Christina
Victoria Station
Alberta Sheep Breeders Elect Officers At Calgary Meeting
Alberta Sheep Breeders Association annual meeting in Calgary elected officers including President John Wilson and Vice President William Hudson Kathryn with second vice-president Alex McDougall. Directors named include W L Carlyle Calgary Bf McK Andrews Dewinton John Ramsay Limon Valley Richard Knights Calgary and others. Directors of Alberta Horse Breeders and Alberta Cattle Breeders associations also met.
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Calgary
Alberta Sheep Breeders’ Association
John Wilson
Wiliam Hudson
Kathryn
Alex & McDougall
W. L Carlyle
Bf McK. Andrews
Dewinton
John Ramsay
Limon Valley
Richard Knights
Jr. Innisfail
EJ. Reid
Cremona
Graf Zeppelin Lands Safely In Home Port
Graf Zeppelin completes first round trip commercial trans Atlantic flight landing at Friedrichshafen with passengers and mail from America. The airship covered 4003 miles, total leg about 10000 miles since start October 11, with eastward record under 63 hours. Crowds cheered as searchlights and cannon salutes greeted thereturn.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
America
Lakehurst
N.J
Atlantic
Roosevelt Field
England
France
Eckener
Paris
Lake Constance
Important Announcement Foreseen by Canadian Scientist
Dr Henry Marshall Tory, president of the National Research Council of Canada, predicts a major early winter statement by bacteriologists in Ottawa on mankind’s struggle against tuberculosis in animals, a deadly scourge linked to human tuberculosis.
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Henry Marshall Tory
Dent
National Research Council of Canada
Otta
Newfoundland Election Returns Show Government Defeated
Returns from twenty nine of thirty seven districts indicate the opposition led by Sir Richard Squires has defeated the government of Hon. F C Alderdice. Opposition wins in St John s City West and Burin West, while government gains in St John s City East and Burin East. Squires and Alderdice were elected, Squires in Humber and Alderdice in St John s City East.
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St. John's
Nfd
Richard Squires
F. C. Alderdice
St. John's City West
Burin West
St. John's City East
Burin East
Sir Richard Squires
Hon. F.C. Alderdice
Sir Richard
Humber
Alderdice
Innovation in Toronto firm cuts scaffolding with stilts
Contractors Supply Stilts For Workmen reports that a Toronto firm supplied six foot stilts to workers to eliminate scaffolding. Two workmen refused and complained to the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, claiming they were fired. William Varley of the Building Trades Council investigates potential city or provincial statute violations.
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Toronto
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
William Varley
Building Trades Council
Saskatchewan Leads In Grain Shipments
Saskatchewan leads grain movement with 6,376,165 bushels dumped into elevating bins on Canadian Pacific lines and 073,723 bushels in other counts. Manitoba reports 35,144 225 bushels of grains including 19,530,015 bushels of wheat, Alberta marketing 958,308 bushels across all grains with 93,560 wheat. Total marketed around 530,000,000 bushels. railways have received 304,000,000 bushels to date.
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Winnipeg
JG. Sutherland
Canadian Pacific
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
Motherland
Stricken With Bovine Disease Reported in Kent County
Dr James Moriarity of this city identified a 23 year old patient with a disease called bacculus abortus first known to affect humans. The man, treated since August for typhoid like symptoms, showed fever spikes, emaciation and nosebleeds before a blood test confirmed the diagnosis at a Kent County Medical Association meeting.
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Chavnam
Kent County Medical Association
James Moriarity
Britain aided immigration scheme eyed by Canadian provinces
Ottawa plans indicate British assisted immigration may expand after Minister Robert Forke’s western tour. Premiers of Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia discussed policies and potential provincial support. A plan to move 250 boys to start farming could involve $8,000 funded by Britain Canada and provinces, aiming for a large settler movement next year.
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Ottawa
Robert Forke
Forke
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Federal Department
Britain
British Labor Gains in Civic Elections Across UK
London reports show Labour winning a net 101 municipal seats outside London, with Conservatives and independents losing ground. In Twickenham Labour took three seats from Conservatives, while women candidates surged, including seven women elected to Poplar council and the mayor of Fulham’s daughter at age 21 winning a seat. Unemployed candidates fared poorly in Southwark and Shoreditch. Deptford’s Communist candidates were beaten. Bermondsey’s mayor lost.
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London
Eng
Pal
Twickenham
William Joynson- Hicks
Borough of
Poplar
Fulham
Southwark
Shoreditch
Deptford
Bermondsey
Armistice Day Letters From France Arrive in America
Two million letters from La Havre the largest mailing ever sent from France begin to reach the United States aboard the Rochambeau. Aimed at American women for Armistice Day they are hand addressed by French war widows and sealed as propaganda.
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la Havre
France
America
Rochambeau
Held Lucky Ticket Won By Fred G Moore In Pool
Fred G Moore 18 a bank clerk won the first prize in the Army and Navy Veterans pool on the Cambridgeshire Handicap. He drew Palais Royal IL and will receive about 39000. Fred Graham Pontypool Ontario drew Baytown for about 11800 as second prize. E A McLatchey New Glasgow Nova Scotia holds Insight IL for 5900 as third prize.
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Quebec
Fred G. Moore
Imperial Bank
Army and Navy Veterans
Palais Royal IL
Fred Graham
Pontypool
Ont
Baytown
E. A. McLatchey
New Glasgow
Insight IL
McLatchey
Megill condemned to hang for Eastend murder
Shaunavon Saskatchewan reports William Hugh Megill to be hanged February 1 for the murder of 10 year old Anna Goff in the Eastend district where he worked as a farm hand. A King's Bench jury found him guilty with no mercy anticipated by Justice H W Bigelow. Militia officers from the Third Canadian Machine Gun Battalion faced trial for alleged assault on police at the Thistle Club.
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Shaunavon
Sask
William Hugh Megill
Anna Goff
King’s Bench Court
Megill
Eastend
H. W. Bigelow
Hamilton
Jeffs
Thistle Club
Zeppelin Mail Carried 101000 Pieces Back to Germany
The Graf Zeppelin returned to Germany with 101,053 pieces of mail weighing about one ton. The U S postal service will credit the German postal administration $75,713 for the shipment, which included 49,748 letters and 61,938 postcards.
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Washington
Germany
United States
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Allenby
Graf Zeppelin
Newfoundland Elections
Ireland
Mary
Lord Lascelles
Portumna
Anna Gort
Zeppelin
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