Alberta Industrial Development Plan Outlined at Chamber Meet
Government representatives briefed ten local leaders on a proposed Provincial Industrial Development Association in Alberta. The aim is to coordinate markets and resources, boost industry and tourism, with a September meeting to select a 12 member advisory board and draft agendas for Edmonton officials.
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Alberta
Ihe
Chamber of Commerce
Howard Stutehbury
R. J. Dinning
Alberta Liquor Control Board
Mayor Builivant
W. A. Church
Alberta Line
OL Cas Vo VW
Parrish
Goria Iroundey and Machine Cagle
W. . McCombs
W. A. Arundel
Benk
Montreal
Walter Armstrong
Medatta Potteries
WL JY
Natural Resources Industries
Brown
Mr. Dinning
Newartmcnt
Edmonton
Stutehbury
Weld
Sir. Latchbury
Prairie Premiers discuss wheat loan guarantees and 1930 crop
Premier John Bracken said provincial governments are unlikely to guarantee advances on the 1930 wheat crop. Negotiations continue between the Prairie Pools, banks, and the central selling agency as the Canadian Co operative Wheat Producers meets to consider initial payments for 1930.
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Winnipeg
John Bracken
Trevento
Bracken
Ottawa
Aang Provincns
Bank Monsters
B Bennett
Canadian Co-operative Wheat Producers, Ltd
Prairie Pools
Great Scott Wins Greenwood Stakes at Kenpton Park
Great Scott owned by Mrs. Chester Beatty won the Greenwood Stakes mile and a quarter at Kenpton Park. Vigra placed second and Antiquary third as seven horses contested the race run for 300 pounds. Odds were 11 to 4 for Great Scott from Grand Parade and Dalkeith。
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Kenpton Park
Eng
Chester Beatty
Great Scott
H. Martin
Major Courtauld
Grand Parade
Dalkeith
British Capital For Oil Fields West
Ad ditional British capital for Can ada's oil fields near Wainwright and Turner Valley is promised for next year by William Ivey president of Kern River Oil Fields Ltd who arrives from the West with Charles Stocken of the London Stock Exchange. They will return to Canada next spring after sailing for England. Panama census shows men outnumbering women by 12000 in the republic.
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Montreal
Quc
Canada
Wainwright
Turner Valley
William Ivey
Kern River Oil Fields Ltd
Charles 8. Stocken
London Stock Exchange
Ivey
Stocken
England
New U S Tariff Affects Trade With Canada in June
U S exports to Canada fell about 20 million in June compared with a year earlier while imports decreased by about 8 million. 1930 exports reached 58.7 million versus 80.5 million in 1929, and imports were 36.5 million against 55.3 million. Canada remained the top customer despite the overall US foreign trade contraction, with Europe showing the sharpest absolute decline and the South American trade suffering the largest relative drop.
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Washington
Canada
United States
Europe
Jack Pickford Faces Court Summons Amid Third Honeymoon
Delmonte, Canada August 14. Motion picture actor Jack Pickford brother of Mary Pickford faces two court summonses over alleged unpaid store bills as he begins his third honeymoon. He married Mary Mulhern in New York yesterday, with a third summons awaiting him in Los Angeles.
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Delmonte
Can
Jack Pickford
Mary Pickford
Pickford
Mary Mulhern
New York
Los Angeles
Altitude Record For the West Is Broken
Regina man P. B. Keffer of the Regina Flying Club climbed to 18 500 feet over Regina on a post noon flight, surpassing the city altitude record and likely reaching over 20 000 feet above sea level, a ceiling height for unoxygenated high altitude flying.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
C.P
Western
Canada
B. Keffer
Regina Flying Club
Keffer
George Anger Ferryman Found Dead in Bow Island
Bow Island Kerryman reports ferryman George Anger was found dead in his bed this morning possibly from heart failure after a month of illness. He had been replaced briefly by M. Haskell and lived at the Myrtle Hotel under Mrs. Ridgedale's care. Funeral plans were not announced.
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Bow Island
George Anger
M. Haskell
Myrtle Hotel
Young Pheasants Released in Cypress Hills
Over one hundred additional pheasants from this year’s hatch have been released in Cypress Hills by Medicine Hat Fish and Game Association. Observers say they appear healthy and feed on bugs. A brood hatched in the open was also noted, with quiet parent birds nearby. A later report confirms two more broods between the Surrey and Stnibert ranches.
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Cypress Hills
Medicine Hat
Surrey
Stnibert
Endurance Record Set by Lambert St. Louis Team
The veteran endurance team Dale Jackson and Forest O'Brien flew through rain and threatening weather at Lambert Field in St. Louis to set a new world record for sustained flight. They officially regained a record at 1,552 hours 41 minutes, surpassing 23 days.
River launch destroyed by sabotage near Canton
Canton, China Aug 13 Seventy people most of them workers were drowned Monday evening when a large Chinese launch traveling from Hong Kong on the Sikiang estuary was blown up by a mine. The outrage is believed to be the work of river pirates who had refused protection fees.
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Canton
China
Hongmoon
Sikiang
Weather Roundup Shows Fair West with Warmer Manitoba
The west remains mostly fair with higher temperatures in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Alberta predicts warm, mostly fair conditions Tuesday with possible scattered showers while Vancouver and Victoria report clear skies and pleasant warmth.
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Vancouver
Victoria
Penticton
Clear
W.dmontana
Claar
Calgary
Brooks
Rumhelter
Medicine Mat
Lethbridge
Cloudy
Moose Jaw
Regina
Sackatoon
Winnipeg
iMintreal
Fair
Halifax
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Stair and Wear
Initial Wheat Pool Payment Was Main Topic at Ottawa Conference
Winnipeg dispatch reports the Ottawa conference on the 1930 crop financing centered on the initial wheat pool payment. Premiers A. J. McPhail and Manitoba Premier Bracken, Alberta’s Brownize, Saskatchewan’s Anderson, and bankers discussed terms amid government reticence.
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Ottawa
Winnipeg
Prairie Provinces
R. B. Bennett
Canadian Wheat Pool
A. J. McPhail
John Bracken
Manitoba
J. K. Brownize
Alberta
J.T. M. Anderson
Saskatchewan
Toronto
Northern
Fort William
Carman
Man
Minister of Labor Announces Quick Unemployment Survey
Ottawa August 12 Hon G D Robertson Minister of Labor announced the government is conducting a rapid survey of unemployment in Canada. The Employment Service Council will meet August 21 to review data and make recommendations for relief measures to be presented to Parliament at the special session next month.
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Ottawa
G. D. Robertson
Canada
Employment Service Council
Reds Hit Changsha Sack Sparks China Revolt Alarm
Reported estimates say about 1500 people were killed as Changsha was sacked by Communist bands. Officials fear a coordinated revolution to expel foreigners and install a Soviet regime with central command behind isolated groups.
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Shanghai
A.P
Changsha
China
FATAL FIRES CLAIM 14 LIVES IN FIRST HALF OF YEAR
Fire commissioner's report shows 14 fatalities in Alberta from January to June 30 with 936 fires causing 1 360 213 dollars in losses. Edmonton led in losses at 110 545 dollars, Calgary at 96 748, and notable blazes hit Three Hills and Lacombe. Alberta’s fire record judges the period light for the year if trends continue.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Calgary
Three Hills
Lacombe
Masson Fire Destroys Half of Quebec Village
A massive fire in Masson Quebec destroyed about 50 structures including the Roman Catholic church and two businesses. By 3 36 pm firefighters contained the blaze which killed Mrs Joseph Laflamme and left two children missing. A woman died from heart failure rushing to escape as flames reached the street. Emergency crews from nearby towns aided the effort.
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Masson
Que
C. R
Sities
Josefn Laflamme
Alberta Faces Protest Over Immigrant Influx
Edmonton reports a protest to Prime Minister Bennett accusing Alberta of dumping European immigrants, with German Speaking Workers claiming 200 Germans arrived by August 2 during unemployment. Acting Premier George Hoadley urged immigration authorities to curb entry amid rising concerns. Ottawa later indicated inquiry was ongoing and newcomers appeared to comply with existing regulations.
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Edmonton
Alberta
R.B. Bennett
Ottawa
George Hoadley
Atlantic
Hon
Hoadley
Department of Immigration
Gordon
Immgration
Ana Colonization
Stesav Hy
Géorgs* Ie
Alserta
British Troops to Take Offensive at Peshawar
Simla India Aug 13 AP serious consideration is given to possible martial law at Peshawar despite quieter reports there Afridi tribesmen believed retiring armored train arrived at Nowshara and troops movedconvincing reports that they would remain on the defensive Prominent leaders in the obedience movement in Poona discussed Mahatma Gandhi and the forthcoming round table in London
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Simla
India
Peshawar
Shera
Poona
Ingdia
Yeroda
Mahatma Gandhi
Papaf
London
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Dinning
Prairie Province Govts
Leary of Guarantee
Greenwood Stakes
Rmn
R. J. Getiham
North Renfrew
Dr. M. Mckry
Old Country
Republic of Panama
U.S
Geo. Anger
Kerryman
Duchess OF York
Glamis Castle
Scotland
George
Nuri Paaha
Trak
Noyacna
Ont
Prankrie
Dominion
Colin W. Burnell
Manitobe Wheat Pool
Mr. Burnell
Samuel Ross
Washington, D.C
Labor
Nanking
Haakow
Hunan
Hankow
Quebec
Bennett Govt
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