Manitoba crop report says yield may match last year
The Manitoba Free Press reports the five general crop survey for Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta expects a wheat yield as large as last year due to increased western acreage. Government notes JuneJuly forecasts are unreliable and rains in August boost yield prospects across western Canada. Harvest in Alberta is 25 percent complete with favorable rains improving grain filling despite pockets of drought and light rust.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba Free Pypss
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada
Edmonton
Chinese man plummets 70 feet in Ford sedan on Moyle road
In Cranbrook British Columbia on August 21 a Chinese driver Ke Wing Chan backed his Ford sedan down a hill to let another car pass. Nervous handling caused the vehicle to drop about seventy feet over the bank. Chan was Severely cut but survived after being rushed to hospital. Police seek the Manitoba tourists who allegedly caused the crash and fled the scene.
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Cranbrook
B. C
Moyie
Manitoba
Moyle Road
Ke Wing Chan
Chow Ling
Ko Wing Chan
LaFrance Again Nominated To Oppose Speakman
Edmonton confirms J G LaFrance the unsuccessful Conservative candidate in Red Deer was renominated to face A Speakman UFA who held the seat, as Speakman won in the 1925 triangular contest with 3 861 votes. McKerchar Liberal 2 462. France 2 028.
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Edmonton
J. G. LaFrance
Red Deer
A. Speakman
U.F.A
Mr. Speakman
Thomas McKerchar
J. G. France
A. Speman
Heavy Guns Are No Longer Needed
Williamstown Massachusetts August 21 A British scientist Sir James Irvine said chemical warfare is now inevitable. He warned that the nation with the strongest chemical industry also holds the most potent weapons and that passenger planes could be converted into bombing machines using chemical shells. He claimed heavy guns and traditional war materials are no longer necessary.
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Williamstown
Mass
James Irvine
Institute of Politics
Harvest Help Wanted for Vauxhall Harvest
Supt Wright of the local Labor Bureau seeks 15 to 20 men for harvesting at Vauxhall. Workers should contact Mr Wright to join the assignment, set to depart Monday morning.
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Wright
Labor Bureau
Vauxhall
Mr. Wright
Wheat market slips as futures drop across board
In May futures Canada wheat prices eased with harvest forecasts over provinces showing higher yields. Trading in Winnipeg saw selling pressure while outside interests offered to sell. no export buying occurred. October, December and May futures all closed lower with May showing the sharpest drop. rye and other grains mirrored the weak trend.
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Winnipeg
Meighen Attacks Group System in Parliament
High River August 21 Premier Meighen declared the group system will never succeed in Canada. He argued it would sever the country and create sectional strife. He cited France as an example of peril from such a system and warned Canada could become a Western dominated parliament. He warned against an occupational or geographical grouping. Continues on page light.
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High River
Asia
Meighen
Parmament
Alberta
Canada
Daughter Thaws Heart Of Father
Chicago reports wealthy composer Bohumbr Kryl agrees to honor his daughter's marriage choice after ten years. Mario Kryl, engaged to Spiro Harji-Kyriagkos, says her wedding will happen at the Kryl mansion in Tarpon Springs, Fla, with hopes of retrieving the promised $100,000.
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Chicago
Bohumbr Kryl
Mario Kryl
Sho
Miss Kryl
Spiro Harji-Kyriagkos
New York
Papa
Josephine Kryl
Paul
Taylor White
Women seek shoe rule on Texas trains fails to win action
Austin August 21 The Texas railroad commission declined to act on a petition signed by nine women demanding that men be prohibited from removing shoes or sandals in railroad cars. It said no rule could be enforced to require men to ride with shoes on.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Railroad Commission
Meighen Outlines His Program Before Calgary Crowd
Premier Arthur Meighen spoke to about 4,000 in Calgary praising sound policy and clean government. He criticized current acts as a sham, urged provincial cooperation, and promised a conference if returned to power to align tariff, finance, and pension policies with Western needs.
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Calgary
Arthur Meighen
Canada
King
Fred Davis
East Calgary
Sturt
W. Kent Power
Meighen
I. B. Bennett
Davis
Western
Althoug
Commons
Episcopate Outlines Plan To Seek Constitution Amendment
In Mexico City on August 21 the Catholic Episcopate announced it will petition the Mexican congress to amend the religious clauses of the constitution. Bishop Diaz, secretary, disclosed the plan to reporters.
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Mexican Congress
Mexico City
Diaz
Open Spaces Luxe Hon Perren Baker Visit
The Hon. Perren Baker, minister of education, visited Onefour on a Cypress District tour. He said grants would be distributed to districts so there is no delay opening semester schools on September 1. Mrs. Baker accompanies him on camping out, with a trip including a night at the construction camp on the new Medicine Hat to Havre automobile trail and a foray into Montana.
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Onefour
Perren Baker
Cypress
Baker
Sonditignb Aggihnedds
Od Aistricta
semanNer
Steamer Harold S Gerkin Sunk in Lake Erie After Gale
In Lake Erie eight miles from Erie Pennsylvania the steamer Harold S Gerkin sank after a fifty mile per hour gale whipped huge waves. Sixteen crew members were rescued in two lifeboats by the car ferry Maitland of Ashtabula. a third boat with four men vanished. Captain Hayman of the Maitland stood by until daylight to continue the search.
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Erie
Car’ Ferry
Maitland
Cleveland
Ohio
Harold S. Gerkin
Lake Erie
Jay
Ashtabula
J. H. Gamble
Aptain
Hire
Buffalo
Hayman
Mystery adds to murder case in Hal f Mills probe
Philadelphia police report an important arrest may come in the West Philadelphia Half Mills murder plot linked to the slaying of Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall and a choir singer in New Brunswick, New Jersey four years ago. A pistol found by Lieut Belshaw is described as a blue barreled Spanish automatic weapon tied to the case.
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Philadelphia
Half- Mills
West Philadelphia
Edward Wheeler Hall
New Brunswick
N. J
Lieut. Wn. Belshaw
H. Stanley Traga
Belshaw
Golg
New Jersey
Potato digger accused after forcing wife to pull wagon
In Kansas City Kansas on August 22 William White a potato digger allegedly strapped his wife into a wagon yoke and tried to make her pull the load after his horse failed to move. A deputy sheriff observed the struggle as White whipped the team with a dong whip.
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Kansan City
Kan
William White
White
14 Year Old Boy Shot By Sheriff
In Pueblo Colorado a 14 year old boy named Leslie was shot by Deputy Sheriff Charles Fiscus after refusing to surrender and allegedly reaching for a revolver. The youth lay in a hospital with fatal injuries while his 21 year old brother Forest faced jail for highway robbery.
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Pueblo
Colo
Leatie Gonos
Forest
State Penitentiary
Leslie
Charles Fiscus
Poese
Dusinegs
Prohibition
Fiscus
Grant birthplace house burned in Point Pleasant Ohio
The house where General Ulysses S. Grant was born at Point Pleasant Ohio was destroyed by fire today. The Grant centennial in 1922 drew President Harding and thousands of visitors to the site for anniversary observances.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
U. S. Grant
Point Pleasant
Harding
Montreal Passenger’s Death By Self Inflicted Act
F. J. Dickson of Montreal reportedly killed himself by shooting two days out of Victoria aboard the Canadian-Australian line Niagara. The ship’s captain kept his name secret and arranged burial at sea after Dickson left a letter requesting anonymity. few passengers learned of the incident before reaching Honolulu.
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Honolulu
F. J. Dickson
Montreal
Victoria
Niagara
Dickson
Grain Inspections Report From Winnipeg
Winnipeg grain inspections show wheat at 23 cars yesterday versus 28 last year. Contract grades recorded 18 cars. Course gums reported 34 cars, down from 47 previously.
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Winnipeg
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