British Premier MacDonald Sets Fast Move on Lancashire Strike
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald flew from Lossiemouth to Edinburgh and met with eight cotton mill employers representatives and Sir Horace Wilson to push a settlement of Lancashire stoppage affecting nearly a million workers and 1,500 factories. The talks followed Wilson’s days of mediation and aimed for an immediate breakthrough in England’s costliest industrial dispute since 1926.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Ramsay MacDonald
Lancashire
Lossiemouth
Horace Wilson
Ministry of Labor
Wilson
Manchester
MacDonald
Tossiemouth
England
Canadian Revenues Show Healthy Increases in Four Months
Ottawa reports ordinary revenue for the four months ending July 31 rose by 14,125,695 to 181,093,955 from the prior year. Ordinary expenditures advanced to 103,167,638, while customs and income duties also posted gains, with excise duties declining slightly from 20,901,114 to 16,529,857. Interest on the public debt reached 48,749,478 for the period.
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Ottawa
Dominion of Canada
Finance Department
Canada
Dominion
M H A A Cancels Sports Day As Lack Of Interest Showcased
The Medicine Hat Athletic Association has cancelled August 21 Sports Day due to low competitor interest. A few local athletes train for Banff Highland gathering on September 1 and are expected to perform well there.
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Medicine Hat Athletic Association
Tofield Fire Destroys Meat Market and Business District
Edmonton Aug 10 Fire in an ice house at the Tofield meat market destroyed sight buildings and caused an estimated $54,000 in damage. Water shortages left little hope to halt the blaze as the business section became a smoldering ruin.
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Edmonton
Tofield
Alberta
Graf Zeppelin Arrives in Friedrichshafen After 75 MPH Air Run
The Graf Zeppelin completed a trans Atlantic leg on its world flight, landing at Friedrichshafen at 1 03 p m local time after 55 hours 24 minutes aloft and covering about 4200 miles at an average of 75 miles per hour. The eastward voyage set a faster pace than the return to Lakehurst and the prior Lakehurst Friedrichshafen leg.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Graf Zeppelin
Lakehurst
N. J
Graf
Garden Stuff Theft Warns Public As Prosecutions Loom
Police report multiple complaints about garden items being stolen. Authorities warn that recoverable evidence will lead to prosecutions. Public urged to safeguard plots and report suspicious activity. Weather notes fair and warm with a high near 86 degrees.
Saskatchewan Grain Commission to Propose Major Wheat Grading Changes
Winnipeg report says Judge J. T. Brown will submit a plan for far reaching reforms in wheat grading and marketing. The commission has studied evidence from western provinces and eastern ports and may recommend new grades, grading regulation changes, and revisions to elevator handling and Montréal port haulage rules.
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Winnipeg
Saskatchewan Grain Commission
J. T. Brown
Regina
Justice Brown
Dominion
United States
Brown
Montréal
Oran Is Found Not Guilty Of Wrecking S-12 Collision
London reports Lieut.-Commander H. P. K. Oran, commanding officer of submarine S-12 during its collision with S-47 on July 9, was found not guilty of negligence and acquitted by court-martial.
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Oran
London
H. P. K. Oran
Fear Along the Manchurian Border Line
Reports from Harbin and Manchuria describe rising military activity near the Manchurian Soviet frontier. Artillery fire was noted at Pogranichnaya with Soviet aircraft operating, and sabotage damaged the Astern Railway while Harbin shops were set ablaze and armed patrols arrested Russians. Martial law discussed.
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London
Russia
China
Harbin
Daily Mail
Manchuria
Pogranicsnaya
Senator N. K. Laflamme Dies In Montreal Area
Montreal, Aug. 10. After a lingering illness, Senator N. K. Laflamme C., noted figure in Canadian legal circles and outstanding Montreal lawyer, died this morning at his summer residence near Montreal.
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Montreal
N. K. Laflamme,c
Sister Celestine Harrington Sacrifices Life Shielding Convent Children
In an early morning fire at St. Patrick's convent on Hayling Island near Portsmouth England Sister Celestine Harrington the acting mother superior returned to rescue the children and lost her life near the Chapel entrance The chapel was undamaged All 7 nuns aided in awakening and evacuating the 70 convalescent residents with no child harmed Sister Celestine aged 53 hailed from Menagh County Tipperary and had lived in England 25 years.
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Portsmouth
Eng
St. Patrick’s Convent
Hayling Island
Celestine Harrington
Island
London
Celestine
Menagh
County Tipperary
Order of the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
England
Canada appoints Larkin to represent at Hague reparations talks
Ottawa August 10 Hon P C Larkin Canada's London high commissioner is named to represent the Dominion at the Hague reparations conference. Premier Mackenzie King says the appointment reflects Canada's interest and Larkin has already joined the talks as a member of the conference's financial sub committee. The move signals Canada may differ with Britain on Young plan terms as discussions proceed at The Hague.
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Ottawa
P. C. Larkin
Canada
London
Dominion
the Hague
W. L. Mackenzie King
Larkin
The
Magne
Ben
Rick
Philip Snowden
Brish
Canberra
Australia
Bruce
Snowden
Britain
Hague
Rhineland
France
Rhine
Germany
Briand
Great Salt Works In Saskatchewan Burns To Ground
The Bishopric and Lent Company's salt works near Expanse Saskatchewan burned, destroying 500 tons of sodium sulfate and 1800 gallons of crude oil. The plant, power house, and storehouse were wiped out, leaving five houses standing where a major local industry stood. thirty five workers were employed at the time.
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Great Salt Works
Saskatchewan
Moose Jaw
Sask
Prairie fire near Seven Persons devastates grazing land
A large prairie fire northwest of Seven Persons Thursday afternoon spread across grazing land, crops, and buildings. Local volunteers from village and farms fought the blaze into the night, aided by harvesters who helped move stock. By midnight the fire was controlled but losses were still undetermined pending estimates.
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A.P.P
Combine
Team
Sergt. Allen
Const
Cotterill
Whitla
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Ontario
Snowden's Stand Delays Reparations Conference Action
At The Hague the reparations talks paused as Phillip Snowden British Chancellor of the Exchequer pressed for revision. The finance committee adjourned until Monday without debating his demand while observers in Paris and London noted the surprise at the move and its potential implications.
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Hague
Conference Financial Committee
Phillip Snowdon
London
Reuter
the Hague
Non
Phillip, Snowtier
Finance ‘Committee
Paris
Havas
Phillip Snowden
Crop Report Shows Spring Wheat At 66 Percent Of Average
Ottawa reports no total bushel estimate for wheat this year. As of July 31 spring wheat stands at 66 percent of the ten year average per acre. Manitoba Th percent, Saskatchewan 65 percent, Alberta 66 percent reflect a drop from June 30 projections.
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Ottawa
Can. Press
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberto
Canada
Sakastchewan
Alberta
Prairie wheat crop holds steady with pockets of improvement
The Free Press reports the fifth general crop update shows no major drop in wheat conditions across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta since July 20. Some districts see better prospects while oats suffer, rain is uneven, and heat accelerates filling in places. Stem rust appears lightly in six Alberta points with drought destroying some wheat and summer fallow showing better results.
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Winnipeg
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba Free Press
Prairies
Free Press
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Lethbridge
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M.H.A.A
Atlantic
Sask. Grain Commission
Laflamme
K.C. Dies
Mother Superior
Boo Jun
J. P. Whitney
Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Hague Center
Baden Powell
Boy Scout Movement
N. W
Page
Govt
Free Press Crop Report
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