Japan Proposes Compromise to Save Naval Conference
Geneva reports that Japan presented a provisional compromise on cruiser tonnage to Admiral Saito and Viscount Ishii aiming to avert a conference collapse. The plan would limit 10 000 ton cruisers to twelve for Britain and the United States and eight for Japan up to 1931, amid ongoing deadlock discussions.
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Geneva
Japan
Saito
Viscount Ishii
Ilueh St. Gibson
United States
Meneva
Associated Press
Tri-Partite Naval Conference
Great Brita
Mbs
Great Britain
Hom W. C. Bridgeman
Admiralty
Bridgeman
Prince of Wales Named to Privy Council of Canada
Ottawa reports His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has joined Canada's Privy Council after Premier King's welcome. The Prince will spend five days at a Rockies ranch then visit Vancouver and Victoria, with travels including Banff and Calgary en route to England.
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Ottawa
Can
Prince of Wales
Privy Council of Canada
King
Canada
Privy Council of
Dominion
Viscount Willingdon
Canatola
Stanley
Calgary
Baldwin
Banff
Mr. Baldwin
Albert
Strathcona Horse
Dbanff
Vancouver
Revelstoke
Victoria
British Empire Service League
Inquest Into J. M. Anderson Death Resumes Tonight
The inquest into J. M. Anderson’s death, held to view the remains, will continue tonight at eight o'clock. Authorities and witnesses are expected to testify as the proceeding proceeds in the local courthouse.
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J. M. Anderson
Plane Crash Kills Girl in Santos Crowd Incident
A plane escorting Brazilian aviator Joan De Barros from Santos to Sao Punto crashed into a crowd yesterday. A little girl was killed and several people were injured while the men aboard survived with miraculous escapes.
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Santos
Braz
Vessel's Crew Fought Starvation For 114 Days
Sydney reports the 1892 ton Columbia River ship Tatters Association s Chillacothe sailed from Astoria Ore for 114 days at sea in a leaky condition. Starvation edged closer as rations ran out with three biscuits per man daily. Provisions arrived after the Harpalyee rescued the crew. Cook Sam Ayerer devised dishes that staved off complete starvation. The master's five month old son, Teter Bergman, appeared unfazed by the peril.
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Sydney
Vancouver Province
Astoria
Ore
Columbia River
Association
Chillacothe
Sydney Harbor
Pacific
Harpalyee
Cook
Sam Ayerer
Sierra
T’eter Bergman
Premier Baldwin speaks at Montreal Canadian Club lunch
Premier Baldwin outlines the Empire Marketing Board role in fostering imperial unity. He cites scientific cooperation between Canada and Great Britain in agriculture and mineral prospecting and notes fundraising and publicity efforts to promote empire produce and research. He stresses a long term aim to embed empire goods in national use.
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Baldwin
Montreal
Canadian Club
Empire ‘Marketing Board
Canada
Great Britain
British Cabinet
Committee of Civil Research
Empire Marketing Board
Rasearch
Westminster
Aviator Leclair Schultz Dies In Parachute Failure
Mount Clemens Mich Aug 2 Lieut Leclair Schultz of Selfridge Field was killed when his parachute failed to open after he jumped from a burning aircraft at 10000 feet He was commanding officer of the 27th Squadron succeeding Lieut J Thad Johnson who was killed last month at Ottawa while leading escort flights with Col Charles A Lindbergh.
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Mount Clemens
Mich
Lieut
Leclair Schultz
Selfridge Field
Lieut. Schultz
J. “Thad” Johnson
Ottawa
Charles A. Lindbergh
Air disasters in Chicago claim seven lives in eight days
A secondhand air plane nose dived yesterday in Chicago killing two people, marking the third fatal crash in eight days and bringing the total deaths to seven. The string of tragedies ends an unprecedented run of air disasters across the city.
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Chicago
Secident
Street Cleaning Needed After Storm Debris
A block on Fourth Street near St Barnabas and the Cosmopolitan Hotel shows dried mud from a recent cloudburst. The Public Works committee will likely use extra funds approved by the Council to clean up the unsightly mess.
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Medicine Hot
Fourth Street
St. Barnabas
Dunning and party tour Nelson and Churchill works
Hon. Chas. Dunning and engineering experts arrived at Port Nelson to inspect bridge work and dredging. The party planned a revised route to reach Churchill in better weather, with development work to resume on their return.
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Port Nelson
Man
Chas. Dunning
Fort Churchill
U‘gen
Churchill
Wheat Market Dull But Firm At Winnipeg
Winnipeg wheat trading opened dull after the long week end holiday. Liverpool cables and liquidations weighed early, then seaboard buyers steadied prices. Overall activity was light, yet prices closed unchanged to 1 8 cent higher, with frost reports from Northwestern States supporting oat prices.
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Winnipeg
Liverpool
Seaboard
Labrador medical missionary invested in London
The Labrador medical missionary received knight commander of the Order of St Michael and St George insignia from the king. The honor was bestowed during the opening ceremony of St Anthony's Hospital in London in recognition of his labor.
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London
England
Coolidge Declines 1928 Presidential Run
President Coolidge released a brief statement on August 2 saying he does not choose to run for president in 1928. The note timed to the fourth anniversary of his taking office was delivered without comment.
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Raed City
S. D
Coolidge
United States
Arson and Fraud Charges Hit Peter Sechek in Camrose
Edmonton August 1 Peter Sechek is jailed after a two count arson arrest joining sixteen prior fraud and perjury charges. A preliminary hearing is set in Camrose while bail is sought at 20 000. Fire investigators and the provincial fire commission are building a case tied to fires at Camrose sites including a garage and a dwelling.
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Edmonton
Peter Scheck
Camrose
Castoday
Jackson
J. Yp. Frawley
Crown
J. Adam
Secheek
Supreme Court
Wetaskiwin
Camrose Auto Supplies Company
Frank W. Schmidt
Brace
Robert Hoe
Civic tax gains and city engineer decisions at council
City Treasurer reports stronger tax collections through August first with 1925 541195.00 1926 524605.00 1927 555000.00 and a $30400.00 net rise. Current and arrears totals rise by 3284.00. Rents from caveat properties added 4480.00. Council debates city engineer appointment selecting Singh C. Ritchie Calgary at 2500 yearly and approves 2,000,000 for urgent road repairs. Water tests show no leaks near Hill Road.
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Singh C. Ritchie
Calgary
Water Committee
J. Hayward
Hill Road
Belfast
Cambridge
Sixth Streets
Sentence Of Death Passed On Russian By Ukrainian Court
Kharkov Aug 2 The Ukrainian Supreme Court has sentenced Penkoff Polonyny a Russian to death for counter-revolutionary acts including alleged espionage for Polish and French services. Seven others were given prison terms from three to eight years and Sofia Shekeshivili three years with conditional remission. The alleged leader M Hajaparidze received eight years in prison.
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Kharkov
Ukraine Republic
Russia
Penkoff Polonyny
Ukraiian Supreme Court
Sofia Shekeshivili
M. Hajaparidze
Chamberlin Makes Historic Takeoff From Passenger Liner Leviathan
Clarence Chamberlin hopped from a special runway on the liner Leviathan off Fire Island at 8:14 AM in a Fokker biplane en route to Teterboro New Jersey. The test aimed to prove combined steamship and air routes can speed mail service, potentially cutting trans Atlantic trips from five to three days with future passenger access. The flight ended at Curtis Field due to fog after landing safely, with officials noting the takeoff was smoother than expected.
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U. S
Lawrence
Fire Island
Clarence Chamberlin
Teterboro
N.J
Chamberlin
United States Lines
New York
United States
Curtis Field
Leviathan
Long Island
Shipping Office
Curtis
Electrical Storm Ravages Northeast Hurting Dozens
A major electrical storm Aug 2 disrupted traffic from New York to New England. No fatalities, but lightning injuries occurred as subway and trolley service halted and manhole explosions caused darkness and panic. Damages included homes, theatres, barns, and transit lines with hundreds affected. Oscar Nucart, a Mason New Hampshire fugitive, was driven from the woods by the storm.
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New York
New Jersey
New England
New York City
Times Square
Rochester Gas and Electric Light Company
Mast Main Street
Hudson County
N. J
Public Service Electric Company
Morris County
South Orange
Parks
Lowland
West Shore Railroad
Orangeburg
N. Y
New Haven
Webster
Mass
Fitchburg
Oscar Nucart
Mason
N. H
Hurricane tears through Tirajana in Canary Islands damage
A hurricane swept over Tirajana in Las Palmas causing roof loss, uprooted trees, overturned vehicles, and destruction of almond olive and corn crops. Residents fled homes and sought refuge in a church as the storm passed yesterday.
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Las Palmas
Canary
Tirajana
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Hugh 8. Gibson
U.S
Washington
Esme Floward
Kellogg
State Department
Prince
Privy Council
Wales
Anderson
Isabelle Sheridan
Mary Pickford
Miss Pickford
Best Girl
Miss Sheridan
Dunning
Nelson
Hudson’s Bay Railroad
Sir Wilfred Grenfell
Hon
Waughton Lennox
Supreme Court of Canada
Dominion Government Railway Committee
Hugh C. Ritchie
Canary Islands
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