Alta's Attorney General Returns From Privy Council Trip
Edmonton August 8 Hon J F Lymburn attorney general has returned from overseas. He found Alberta promising and notes the privy council cases on women as senators and on W R Hull estate taxes. Judgment postponed to October. Lymburn praised the court fairness and cites limited agitation over the Labour government. Unemployment visible in mining areas but signs of normal social life continue.
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Edmonton
J. F. Lymburn
Alberta
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Canada
W. R. Hull
Calgary
Royal Trust Company
Lymburn
N. W. Rowell
K.C
Toronto
O. S. Edwards
Dominion
Old Country
Bank of United States chairman on Canada US banking ties
Stanley C. Mitchell, chairman of the Bank of United States, notes improved cooperation between Canadian and US bankers at Banff. He predicts national banks may exist in the US, sees money tight but likely to ease within two months, and highlights the bank’s 1915 founding and post 1927 mergers.
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Banff, Alta
Canada
United States
Stanley C. Mitchell
Bank of United States
Greater New York
Banff Springs
Lake Louise
Cana
Bank of the United States
Central Mercantile Bank
Colonial Bank
Municipal Bank
First Spring Wheat At Lethbridge Yields 20 Bushels Per Acre
Lethbridge Aug 9 The first spring wheat threshing return shows Garnet on 5000 acre Smith farm land east of Lethbridge yielding 20 bushels per acre under dry land conditions. Expected 15. Indicates Southern Alberta crop may thresh better than estimated despite a long dry spell. Winter wheat moving, twenty cars shipped from Turin.
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Lethbridge
Smith Farm
Combine
Alberta
Turin
Anglo Egyptian treaty stirs anxiety in Australia
Melbourne reports growing concern over a proposed Anglo Egyptian treaty that would confine British troops in Egypt to the Suez zone and shift protection of foreigners to the Egyptian government. The Canberra scene worries over capitulations and extraterritorial rights, warning that abolition could affect fair treatment of outsiders.
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Melbourne
Australia
Egypt
Suez Canal
Great Britain
Melbourne Herald
MacDonald
Sydney Herald
Sydney, Herald
Ferguson Wins Twickenham By Election Narrowly
Sir John Ferguson, Conservative, retained Twickenham seat after beating Labor and Liberal rivals. Vote totals showed a reduced poll from the general election, amid seaside travel and election fatigue. Ferguson argued for Empire free trade with a tariff on foods. Conservatives cited no tax on foods as a pledge. The result did not mark a verdict on his policy due to the overall lower turnout.
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Twckenham
Middlesex
Eng
John Ferguson
Twickenham
House of Commons
William Joynson-Hicks
Home Secretary
Labor
Liberal
John
Sir John Ferguson
Thomas J. Mason
F. G. Patterson
William Joynson- Wicks
Thomas CG. Mason
Sir John
Churchill Party To Tour Western Canada
Winston Churchill and party including his son and brother will reach Quebec tonight after traveling on the Empress of Australia. The itinerary covers Winnipeg Regina Edmonton Calgary Banff Vancouver Victoria Seattle and onward to the United States with stops in Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia.
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Winnipeg
Winston Churchill
Major Churchill
Head of the Lakes
Western Canada
C. P
Mount Royal
Imperial
Regina
Churchill
Edmonton
Calgary
Prince's Ranch
Banff
Shcarmons
Rockies
Sne Seicires
Coast Range
Vancouver
Canadian Pacific
Victoria
Seattle
California
United States
Atlantic Seaboard
Australia
Quebec
British Premier Asked to Settle Cotton Strike in Manchester
Prime Minister MacDonald and Labor Minister Bondfield were invited to Manchester to mediate the cotton textile stoppage. MP Joe Compton said the gesture could bring owners and workers together, with no reply yet. Mediation efforts by Sir Horace Wilson continued as talks between sides made limited progress.
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Manchester
England
MacDonald
Margaret Bondfield
Joe Compton
Gorton
Efort
Horace Wilson
Minister of Labor
Tag Day Declared Off For Relief Of Wainwright Fire
Wire from Mayor Forster to Kiwanis Club president Mr. Lew Monkley states immediate funds not required for relief of fire sufferers. In view of the information, a Tag Day will not be held locally.
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Sverite
Wainwright
Lew. Monkley
Kiwanis Club
Forster
M. F. Forster
Russian Bear Growls Over Matszvskaya Bombardment Rumor
Reports from Manchuria via the Renge News Agency described heavy bombardment sounds toward Matszvskaya from seven a.m. feared by residents in Matszvskaya area. Authorities treated it as likely a Soviet demonstration rather than sustained attack.
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Tokio
Renge
Manchuria
Mats@zvskaya
Eagle Butte well advances toward contract depth in Cypress Hills
Eagle Butte No.1 has reached 3965 feet and cut the Kootenay coal around 3950 feet. Officials expect No.1 to reach 4000 feet within about ten days. No.2 is planned in Sec 30-7-3W4 near Bob Roth’s farm, with water hole now being sunk and rig to move from No.1 when ready.
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Eagle Butte No
Kootenay
S.W
Bob Roth
No. 2
Oil Tanker William Rockefeller Explodes Off Bayonne Harbor
An explosion aboard the Standard Oil tanker William Rockefeller at anchor off Bayonne New Jersey killed one and injured eleven. Tugs battled flames and attempted to move the ship toward the lower New York Bay as oil spread over the water and crews were rescued.
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New York
Standard Oil
William Rockefeller
Bayonne
N.J
New York Harbor
Soviet plane lands at Omsk on Moscow to New York flight
The all metal amphibian Land of the Soviets arrived in Omsk after a three hour leg from Krasnoyarsk for technical reasons, part of a Moscow to New York crossing. crew includes Boris Sterlingef, Semyon Shestanof, Philip Bolotof, A Shestakof, and D Foogagel. route spans about 12 000 miles across Siberia and the northern Pacific.
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Novosibirsk
U.S.A.R
Omsk
Krasnoyarsk
Moscow
New York
R.S.F.S.H
L.S.T
Krashnoyarsk
Siberia
U.S.S.R
Land of the Soviets
Boris Sterlingef
Semyon Shestanof
Philip Bolotof
A. Shestakof
D. B. Foofagel
Aviation and Chemical Society
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Seattle
San Francisco
Chicago
Northern Pacific
United States Army World
Japan
Billion Dollars In Lessage in 15 Minutes
The New York Stock Exchange experienced a historic rout as a panic liquidation erased over a billion dollars in quoted values in fifteen minutes after the Fed rate hike from five to six percent. Prices of many active issues fell sharply on opening, with thousands of shares traded, though a rally formed within the first half hour amid signs of recovery. The text also briefly notes the King’s ability to transact business in recent days.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
New York Federal Reserve
Britain Will Quit Hague
Reuters reports from The Hague that Philip Snowden the British Chancellor of the Exchequer prepared to leave on Monday if a satisfactory reply on protecting British taxpayers is not received. The conference news notes Britain will not accept a reduced share of German reparations and other nations push for approving the Young plan with no changes.
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London
Reuter
the Hague
Philip Snowden
Hague
France
Italy
Belgium
Great Britain
Germany
Europe
British Journalist Sees Limited War Risk in Manchuria
Sir Percival Phillips, on board the Empress of Asia, doubts a large war in Manchuria. He warns Russia might delay actions if troops head east, fearing Baltic State counter moves and a Soviet weakness in the west. He cites broken promises and Chinese fatigue with propaganda.
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VaNcouver
Russia
Tikeyany
Manchuria
Percival
Phillips
K.C.B
London Daily Mail
China
Sir Percival
British,Columbia
Hankow
Far East
Baltic States
Georgia
Ukraine
Highway Police Shoot Chief of City Police in Disturbance
Chicago Aug 9. Chief Theodore Schutte aged 45 of Linwood Park Illinois was shot and killed by county highway police after they were summoned to quell a disturbance at a roadhouse near their station. Police say he was drunk and threatened officers.
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Chicago
Ill
Theodore Schutte
Limwood Park
Ills
Schutte
South African Minister Appointed Plenipotentiary to Washington
Eric Louw, South African High Commissioner in London, named Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary to Washington. The move reflects Hertzog party diplomacy for separate representation in key capitals. Mrs Thomas Chisamore and her son, aged 25, from Port Arthur, drowned at Trout Lake resort on Sunday.
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Capetown
Union of South Africa
Eric Louw
London
Washington
Hertzog
Thomas Chisamore
Port Arthur
Trout Lake
Alberta Foundry and Machine Co. Takes Over CEL Co Ltd
Alberta Foundry and Machine Co Ltd assumes control of CEL Co Ltd plant. The transfer occurred last August with the former firm handing the plant to Alberta Foundry. E Davies and V W Parrish continue in charge performing general repairs and machine work as they convert to standard manufacturing.
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Gomsent
Canadian Ram Implement. Co. Ltd
Alberta _Foundry and Machine .Co.; Ltd
Alberta, Fount and Machine Company
Messr. E. Davies
Vi W. Parrish
Ling
Rennie on the brink as forest fire marauds near town
A forest fire near Rennie Manitoba threatened the small CPR siding town. The blaze burned three quarters of a mile south and another three quarters of a mile north, with wind control key. Railway crews were released to aid firefighting efforts as authorities feared an outbreak.
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Winnipeg
Ogn. Press
Rennie
Man
Canadian Pacific
Saskatchewan tragedy as son kills father in Sheho
John Pasowesty shot and killed his father Nick Pasowesty in the Sheho district. An inquest at Sheho Town Hall heard a signed confession and a coroner's verdict that the death resulted from a gunshot fired by John. Witnesses described the morning of August 1 and the discovery of the body near a bluff with shotgun parts nearby.
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Sheho
Sask
John Pasowesty
Nick Passwesty
Pasonesty
Sheha
Pete Pasowesty
C.P.R. Land
John
Insinger
John ‘Pasowesty
Laudie Kuchinski
Father
Laudie
Ness
Jason Westy
Johy
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Privy Council
Far Eastern Dominions
Col
R. M. Blair
Bisley
Lieut
D. T. Burke
Ottawa
Col. Blair
Eagle Butte Oil
Cypress Hills
Bayonne Harbor
N.Y
Krashnayarsk
Britain
London Daily
MAIL
Roadhouse
Alta. F. & Mach. Co. Takes
CEL Co. Ltd
Saskatchewan
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