Banking Commission Opens Sessions on Vancouver Island
Lord MacMillan said Canada stands on the eve of economic growth and needs strong financial instruments. The Royal Commission on Banking arrives in Victoria to study a central bank and banking capacity for a growing nation, with sessions to move to Vancouver. Alberta’s Premier Brownlee may attend.
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Lord Macmillan
Canada
Ctoria
Royal Commssion
Charles Addis
Thomas White
Beaudry Leman
la Banque Canadienne Nationale
J. E. Brownlee
Alberta
Edmonton
Pordon
Ottawa
Tolmie
British Columbia
Victoria
Rail Labor Will Amalgamate a Canada Union
Montreal Aug. 14. Rail labor executives move to create a permanent joint council uniting the standard railroad unions across Canada. The plan seeks one overall umbrella while preserving some sectional autonomy on specific issues.
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Montreal
Pacific Relations Institute Opens With Broadcast Speeches
The 1933 Institute of Pacific Relations meeting at Banff Alta opens Monday August 14. An 8 15 p m MST broadcast will run for one hour across Canada and the United States via the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission and NBC. Speakers include Newton W Rowell Hu Shih Herbert Samuel Inazo Nitobe and Newton D Baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission
National Broadcasting Company
United States
Canada
Institute of Pacific Relations
Banff, Alta
Institute
M.S.T
Commission
N.B.C
Newton W. Rowell
K.C
Hu Shih
China
Herbert Samuel
England
Inazo Nitobe
Japan
Newton D. Baker
Grain Department Schedules and Measurements Referenced
Ogilvie Grain Dept. lists multiple period references from 1961 to 1976 including Oct 71 and May 76. The data enumerates track and street measurements with numeric codes such as 7-8 and 3-4 and numbers like 49 1-2. No narrative context or event is provided.
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Ogilvie Grain Dept
Free State Election Aims Seen By Dublin Observers
Dublin reports today that the Irish Free State is nearing dissolution of the Dail with observers predicting a general election in September or winter. The De Valera government faces pressure from the Blue Shirt movement and the republican young faction seeking faster actions toward ending the Beitlah link.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
Eamon de Valera
de Valera
Blue Shirt
Fianna Fair
William T. Cosgrave
Blicans
First British steam ship to reach Churchill shores
The S. S. Pennyworth, first vessel this season from Europe, entered Churchill Manitoba amid a noisy welcome. It carried goods for prairie points and is slated to depart Sunday with 295000 bushels of Canadian wheat. The voyage followed a close race with three other merchant ships of a ten-strong fleet.
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Churchill
Man
Canada
S. Pennyworth
Europe
Thomas Walton
Cardiff
Montreal
Pennyworth
Mercantile Marine
Manitoba
United Kingdom
SS. Farnworth
Rio Clara
Brandon
Sierentz
Prairie Points
All Quiet on the Chinese Front at Banff Conference
Vancouver reports H G W Woodhead warns the Chinese front is quiet but internally unstable. He cites Canton opposing Nanking’s truce with Japan and predicts Japan may gain full control of the Chinese Eastern Railway by purchase or force to sever Russia’s Vladivostok outlet through gauge change.
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Vancouver
H. G. W. Woodhead
Shanghai Evening Post
Shanghai
Institute of Pacific Relations
Banff
Canton
Nanking
Jehol
Woodhead
China
Henry Pu-Yi
Japan
Russia
Vladivostok
Siberia
Welsh Mine Strike Idles 17 000 in Swansea Area
In Swansea Wales 17000 anthracite miners are idle due to unresolved seniority rule claims and reported employer refusals to pay minimum wages. Authorities expect 6000 more to join by Wednesday as the strike widens and relates to Welsh anthracite imports.
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Swansea
Wales
Canada
Liberal Leader W L Mackenzie King Passes Through Medicine Hat
Rt Hon W L Mackenzie King arrives in Medicine Hat at 9 50 p m aboard the Crow Nest train en route from Lethbridge to Moose Jaw. He plans no formal address, opting to meet citizens on the station platform and hear their views with Dr Gershaw and other Liberals assisting at the informal reception.
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W. L. Mackenzie King
Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
Moose Jaw
Crow’s Nest
C.P.R
Gershaw
M.P
King
Third Baron Seaton Dies in Devon at 79
London Aug 14 Canadian Press Cable. Lord Seaton of Buckland Abbey, Devon, died at age 79. Born July 4 1854, he was linked to Canada’s early military annals through his forebears. Drake's drum, a noted heirloom, was among his treasures. Also reported, Harvey Barns, a Midland Ontario farmer, died from gunshot wounds allegedly by Mrs Rose Cadeau.
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London
Canada
Lord Seaton
Buckland Abbey
Devonshire
Baron Seaton
Upper Canada
Waterloo
Lord Nelson
John Reginald Upton Fllett-Drake
Harvey Barns
Midland
Ont
Rose Cadeau
Mental Home Opens At Claresholm In September
One hundred women patients from Ponuka mental institution will move to Claresholm in September. The unused agricultural college building is being refitted as a hospital with twelve nurses and one resident doctor. Dr W L Valens from Oliver is expected to be appointed medical superintendent.
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Edmonton
Ponuka
Claresholm
Agricultural College
W. L. Valens
Oliver Mental Institution
Knights of Columbus visitors greeted at the station
About twenty Medicine Hat Council members welcomed four California Catholic leaders traveling on train No 4 en route to the K of C supreme international convention in Chicago August 15 to 17. The group included John T. Donohue Jos eph O Connor Harry W McGowan and John F Holland. Local members hosted a brief gathering before the travelers continued their trip.
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Medicine Hat Council
The
Knights of Columbus
Chicago
John T. Donohue
Chico
Calif
Joseph O'Connor
San Francisco
Harry W. McGowan
Willows
Glenn County
John F. Holland
Order
Cycling Tour of Canada by 61 Year Old Walter Jolliffe
Walter D. Jolliffe of Southsea England, 61, tours Canada by bicycle ending in Vancouver with possible Pacific coast trip to Oakland. Retired British Navy veteran visited Montreal on May 6 and rode to Ontario towns via Niagara Falls and Detroit. He has traveled 2,470 miles and enjoys Canadian hospitality while staying with A. C. Wade in Winnipeg.
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Walter D. Jolliffe
Southsea
England
Canada
Vancouver
Pacific
Oakland
California
Jolliffe
Dominion
Montreal
Ontario
Niagara Falls
Detroit
West
Port Arthur
Kenora
Winnipeg
Saskatoon
Swift Current
Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
Okanagan
Victoria
A. C. Wade
Cuba Routs Violence as New Leader Takes Power
Renewed looting and arson prompt Cuban authorities to order troops to fire on violators. Carlos Manuel de Cespedes becomes provisional head, replacing Machado loyalists who flee the island. US warships watch from harbor as violence pits Porristas against police and military forces.
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Havana
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
Garardo Machado
General Machado
Cuba
Gerardo Machado
23Rd Street
Vedado
Porristas
Machada
Antonio Jemenez
ABC Society
Machado
Baldomero Grau
Marcios Laneras
Nassau
Bahamas
Hugenio Molinet
Carlos Miguel de Cespedes
Jamanitas
Melchor Rodriguez
Tomas Cid
Victoriano Castano Sanchez
Codina
Luciano Milian
Porrista
A.B.C
Hortensia Valdez Gonzales
Protest over Rog Blackie game replayed in Lethbridge
Rumors fly about a protest in connection with the Rog Blackie game. No official word has arrived. the protest notice was mailed Friday and Blackie has twenty four hours to respond. Officials may have agreed to replay the game by phone, but no decision is announced yet.
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Blackie
Lethbridge
Wpe
Alberts Baseball Association
Blackie Club
Newfoundland fires threaten coastal communities
Flames licked near Green Bay area as winds drove fire toward timbered coastlines. Villages near Middle Arm and Burlington faced threats to fishing communities, with fires held at bay only by shifting winds and sporadic containment efforts.
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St. John’s
Mid
Green Bay
Tegay Ag
Armad Burlington
Roosevelt orders three warships to Cuba to protect Americans
President Roosevelt directs two destroyers Taylor and Claxton to Havana and another vessel to Manzanillo to safeguard American citizens amid Cuba disturbances. Lt Cmdr Roe Howard will report to Admiral Welles on arrival. White House says this is precautionary and not a U S intervention.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cuba
Taylor
Claxton
Havana
Caribbean
Manzanillo
Roe Howard
Aeeatnaden
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Banking Commission
Island of Vancouver
Royal Commission On Banking
Cssiums
Government of
British Colmbia
U.S
Free State
Earl
Liberal
Seaton
D. Jolliffe
Bem Pathan
Jime
Gustavo Sanchez
Cqt
Santiago
Carlos Manuel
Cespedea
Newfoundland
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