Treaties Urged To Cover All Disputes Between U S And Canada
In Williamstown on August 7 Dean P E Corbett of McGill urged adoption of a frank treaty to send disputes to arbitration. He argued current treaties lack coverage and fuel anxiety among Canadian business interests. The round table heard focus on Kellogg pact enforcement, with Willis J Abbott proposing teeth and Admiral Rogers arguing diplomacy remains primary. Alfred Fitch of Burnaby, B C, drowned in the Fraser River after falling from a plank over a box factory site.
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Williamstown
Mass
Canada
United States
Dean P. E. Corbett
McGill University
Dean Corbett
I’m
Chicago
Willis J. Abbott
Christian Science Monitor
Wm. L. Rogers
U.S.N
Abbott
Congress
Admiral Rogers
Mr. Abbott
Alfred Fitch
Burnaby
B.C
Fraser
Box Factory
U S Tariff Criticism Continues Over Canadian Cattle
Washington Aug 7 The Monthly Circular of the National City Bank of New York argues that U S Canada trade benefits the United States and warns against tariff hikes on feeder cattle. It says higher duties would raise beef prices and strain supply while Middle West farmers rely on Canadian cattle to feed corn.
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Washington
United States
Canada
National City Bank of New York
Senate
House
National City Bank
United“ States
Middle West
Rutledge Air Service Opens Flying School in Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat gains Rutledge Air Service branch with first students Jessop Nott Applebee and Bradley taking initial instruction. Instructor George Clarke emphasizes safety, expanded service pending demand, and plans for a hangar, fencing, and a pilot rest room at a new service station with Imperial Oil.
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Medicine Hat
Rutledge Air Service
Jessop Nott
Applebee
Bradley
George Clark
Clarke
Rutledge Service
Mr. Clarke
Imperial Oil Company
Prison Break at Kansas Penitentiary Kills Two Prisoners
At the State Penitentiary in Lansing Kansas a mass breakout left two long term inmates dead and a third with a fractured skull. Deputy Warden R H Hudspeth and guard W L Heslop were wounded as convicts seized guards and used prisoners as shields. About 400 inmates worked to surface in a coal mine and four armed guards were taken prisoner.
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Lansing
Kansas
State Penitentiary
William Webb
Robert Collins
J.B. Knght
R. H. Hudspeth
W. L. Heslop
Young reparations plan faces fierce debate at Hague talks
At the Hague Conference on August 7, French Finance Minister Henri Cheron and Italian Senator Masconi defended the proposed reparations plan against British Chancellor Phillip Snowden. They argued the Paris experts carefully drafted new payment schedules and that the plan must be approved to move Europe past postwar tensions. France insists it has reached its compromise limit after repeated sacrifices.
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Hague
Netherlands
Phillip Snowden
France
Italy
Henri Cheron
Masconi
Paris
Atlantic Fleet Greatest Naval Force in World
London reports the Admiralty will recall five Queen Elizabeth class battleships from the Mediterranean to home ports and the Atlantic fleet becoming the world’s greatest fighting force. The shift alters naval power balance from Malta and Gibraltar to the Atlantic and reflects dockyard maintenance considerations alongside a reduced replacement program.
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London
Admiralty
Mediterranean
Malta
Gibraltar
Atlantic
Washington
City Trials Oil and Bitumals on Streets
At the Committee of the Whole meeting the council approved experiments with road-oil on North Railway Street opposite the CPR station and with bitumals for a block whose location is to be decided. The advisability of purchasing a motor for street watering was discussed, with figures showing motor power could triple watering reach for the same cost.
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C.P.R
Business Leader Sees Prosperity in Medicine Hat
Mr. George Henderson, president and general manager of Brandram-Henderson Lids and the Alberta Linseed Oil Co., Ltd., reports evident prosperity in Medicine Hat. He noted favorable reports from Southern Alberta and says he saw crows in the West this week. Henderson will return to Montreal after touring Company branches on the Pacific Coast.
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George Henderson
Brandram-Henderson, Lids
Alberta Linseed Oil Co., Ltd
Medicine Hat
Henderson
Alberta
Montreal
Pacific
Murder Charge in Jack Knife Fatality
Regina Sask August 7 The coroner's jury returns a verdict that Patrick Kearns 40 laborer died July 31 1929 between 10 pm and midnight in a vacant lot Osler and South Railway Streets fatally stabbed with a jack knife by Ambrose Hockwasher Hockwasher faces a murder charge with a preliminary hearing set for Thursday morning
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Regina
Sask
Patrick Kearns
Osler and
South Railway
Ambrose Hockwasher
Hockwasher
City to Represent Southern Alberta Motor Association
W Huckvale and R C Black named to represent Lethbridge at a reorganized Southern Alberta branch of the Alberta Motor Association. An executive meeting will decide on hiring a paid secretary and opening an information bureau in Lethbridge. Local executives cover Cardston, Taber, Medicine Hat, Macleod, Pincher Creek, Blairmore, and other districts.
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Lethbridge
Southern Alberta
Alberta Motor Association
Calgary
Edmonton
A. B. Hogg
J. B., Turney
W. G. Greenway
J. Porter J. Jones
J. W.awden
Raymond Magrath
Cardston
Joseph Low
Waterton Lakes Park
W. Fraser
New Dayton
Coutts
F. Costes
Milk River Taber
Cannon
C. Bowisland
Roy Beatty
Medicine Hat
Black
Huckvale
Macleod
Macdonald and Clark
Pincher Creek
Mr. Morgan
Blairmore
Mr. Scott
Granum
Claresho
Laflamme Very Ill After Stroke Worsens
Montreal August seventh Senator N K Laflamme is reported to have worsened at his Richilieu summer home six weeks after a stroke doctors fear he may not recover the illness has subdued his earlier strength and spirits and a deterioration is expected unless there is marked improvement
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Laflamme
Montreal
N. K. Laflamme
Richalieu
Distinguished Musical Concert Co to Visit Medicine Hat
Rathbone Lodge No.6 of Knights of Pythias arranges with the 166th Regt ONG Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias Concert Band of Columbus Ohio to stop in Medicine Hat on Saturday September 7 at 9 15 p m for a concert in the Arena. The program offers band numbers solos quartets and readings by forty graduates of music including Sousa veterans. Profits over expenses go to the Ladies Hospital Aid.
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Rathbone Lodge
Knights of Pythias
O.N.G
John P. Sousa
Citizens of
Medicine Hat
Lodge
Knights For
Egypt and Britain Near Accord on Occupation and Sudan
The British and Egyptian governments publish proposals to end British military occupation of Egypt while keeping protection in the Suez Canal zone. Ambassadors will exchange, Sudan remains under British control with possible future revision, and a treaty may follow parliamentary approval in both nations.
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London
Egypt
Foreign Office
Suez Canal
Fuad
Mahmoud Pasha
Sudan
Great Britain
King Iruad
England
Britain
League of Nations
Eunat
Otr
Zeppelin Set to Start World Circumnavigation From Lakehurst
Aug 7 reports from Lakehurst New Jersey that the German dirigible Graf Zeppelin is to begin its circumnavigation today with Dr Hugo Eckener urging passengers to assemble by 4 pm to enable a midnight start. The plan routes include Friedrichshafen Tokyo and Los Angeles with several layovers before returning to Lakehurst in September. Inspections in Winnipeg note wheat car figures with contract grades listed in a separate item.
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Lakehurst
N.J
Earth
Hugo Eckener
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Graf
Hans von Schiller
Tokio
Los Angeles
United States
Leech Cause Suspected in Duck Mortalities at Many Island Lake
Medicine Hat reports Alex Glennie in charge of the Many Island Lake Sanctuary suspects leeches as the cause of summer duck deaths. He found leeches in two young ducks and in an old pinfold near the marsh, coating the tongue and throat. No remedy seen. he will monitor the lake and bring a specimen for city observers if another duck is captured.
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Alex Glennie
Dept. of the Interior
Glennie
Munro
Okanagan
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U. S
Wean Corbett
U.S Tariff
City
Motherland
British Empire
Winston Churchill
Baldwin
H. Thomas
Privy Seal
MacDonald
Amery
Dominion
Young
Atlantic Fleet
W. Huckvale
R. C. Black
The
Alberta Motor Asso
Suez Canal Zone
Los Angerese
U.S
Winnipeg
Medicine Hat Fish
Game Chase
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