Legion Convention Elects Officers and Chooses Camrose for 1929
At the Canadian Legion convention this morning President W J Hill of Edmonton retained his seat by one vote over P McQueen of Medicine Hat. McQueen was re elected as vice president from a slate of four. Camrose was chosen as the 1929 convention site amid strong bids and invitations from local officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Legion
W. J. Hill
Edmonton
McQueen
Camrose
Legion
T Canada
Onor
J. Slight
Board of Trade
Camrose Ellis
Medicine’ Hat
Hill
HB. B. Wilson
Cal
Missing Rockford Fliers Stir North Search Efforts
Storms halt Coast Guard and museum teams seeking the Greater Rockford after it vanished off Cape Chidley Labrador. Reports from Ottawa and stations worldwide flag no trace as authorities urge northwest communities to aid the search for Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Davis Straits
Rockford-to-Stockholm
Bert Hassell
Parker Cramer
United States Coastguard
Marion
Greater Rockford
Chidley
Ottawa
Labrador
Greenland
Belle Isle
Dominion
Department of Marine and Fisheries
H.D. Newson
United States
Cramer
Ill
Arctic
Rockford
Cape Chidley
Rackfod
F. U. Hall
Stamford
Conn
Hall
Immigration debate sparks cross border tensions in Canada
A judge warns Italians face disproportionate crime rates and calls for exclusion from Canada and the United States. He lauds Canada's justice system and its administration, contrasting with other nations and suggesting easy tribal or ex tradit ion evasion. The discussion reflects wartime era anxieties over immigrant groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Marcus
Italy
Administration of Justice
Canada
Prohibition Agents Involved in Chicago Raid Shooting
Chicago Aug 28 Federal agents responding to a Loop office raid on an alleged liquor syndicate shot Merele Adams an insurance agent in the back. Witnesses say Arthur Franklin a student prohibition agent fired the shot during the confrontation. This marks the second such shooting in raids this year following March events involving Wm Beatty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wm. Beatty
Merele Adams
Arthur Franklin
Bomb hits Italian consulate in Liege injures concierge
A bomb exploded last night and damaged the Italian consulate at Liege Belgium slightly wounding the concierge. The consul was absent at the time. The fire damage was small.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussells
Belgium
Liege
Toronto Man Killed While Experimenting
Cobalt Ontario August 22 Norman Rimmer thirty of Toronto was found dead in a room he occupied apparently from his own experiments. A leather belt wrapped around his chest held a wet cloth with two metal discs connected to a wire from the wall switch. Police found Rimmer had three books on electricity. no inquest will be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cobalt
Ont
Norman Rimmer
Toronto
Rimmer
Arrest Twelve Mexicans Accused of Plot to Kill Calles Obregon
Mexico City reports on charges against seven women and five men, all Roman Catholics, accused of conspiring to murder Presidents Calles and Obregon. Mother Superior Concepcion Acaheda De La Lata is alleged to be the chief plotter. A plan involved poisoning pins at a Celaya dance and a bridge bombing near Celaya. the group allegedly aimed to kill the officials April last, with one member invited to join for promised heaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Calles
Alvares Obregon
Concepcion Acaheda de la Lata
General Obregon
Celaya
Qobregen
Callen
Obregon
Rafael
Enriquez Vidal
Senorite
First August Snow Strikes Trebizond Region
In Satory Trebizond Turkey on August 32 the first August snow falls over Trebizond and surrounding areas. Residents flee to mosques to pray as heat grips Constantinople. Snow piles up ten feet on the Gumush Khane plateau, 12 frozen deaths reported, crops ruined and hundreds of cattle perished. Two shepherds found frozen on the plateau amid a flock of frozen sheep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trebizond
Turkey
Constantinople
Trebisond
Gumush- Khane
Sir Joseph Ward May Lead New Zealand United Party
Sir Joseph Ward, 72, former New Zealand premier, may lead the United Party at the November general election. He arrived in Vancouver en route home from Britain and did not deny reports that about fifty party candidates invited him to be their leader, saying he cannot decide until return home. A Wellington cable said no formal offer had been extended. Ward’s long Liberal-era leadership and the party’s liberal coalition status are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Joseph Ward
New Zealand
United Party
trans-Canada
Great Britain
Will Gail
Acrangi
Joseph
Wellington
Winnipeg
Cable
Sir Joseph
Duchess of Bedford Resumes Air Flight to Karachi
The Duchess of Bedford and Captain C. D. Barnard flew at dawn in the Princess Xenia from Bushier Persia toward Karachi India. The ship had been forced down here two months earlier due to engine trouble during its England to India voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bushier
Persia
Duchess of Bedford
C. D. Barnard
Princess Xenia
Karachi
India
Princes Xenia
England
Tolmie Names Cabinet for British Columbia
Premier S. F. Tolmie unveils his cabinet after July election defeat. Key posts include W. Atkinson agriculture, R. H. Pooley attorney general, W. H. Shelly finance, Joshua Hinchcliffe education, N. S. Lougheed public works, R. L. Maitland speaker designate. Several ministers represent Greater Vancouver ridings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
British -Columbia
S. F. Tolmie
Agament
Dr Tolmle
T Whiyey
Rik Feo Bookey
Commarvative House
Justic J. A. MacDonald
W. H. Shelly
Vancouver
Joshua Hinchcliffe
L. Howe
Richmond-Point Grey
F. P. Burden
Fort George
W. A. McKenzie
Similkameen
S. Lougheed
Dewdney
R. L. Maitland
J. W. Jones
South Okanagan
Gene Tunney Visits England After Crossing Mauretania
Gene Tunney the retired heavyweight boxing champion arrived in Plymouth on the steamship Mauretania. He and a friend landed by tender after a brief customs check and drove to London through mist and rain. Rev Stanley Beames of Trail becomes Anglican rector at Revelstoke.
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Plymouth
Eng
Gene Tunney
Mauretania
Tunney
London
Stanley Beames
Trail
Revelstoke
Five people electrocuted by 2800 volt wire in windstorm
In a night tragedy five persons died after stumbling onto a bare 2800 volt power line during a fierce windstorm. The victims included Sucara and Miller among others. several family members and rescuers were among those killed as they attempted to aid the injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Artz
Ags
Saninga
Abo
Sucara
Mis
Willer
Bor
Suroon
Miller
Wesley
Meeks
Floods Cause Property Damage Across Cumberland and Westmorland
Abnormal floods sweep Cumberland and Westmorland causing extensive property and road damage while floods in Cheshire disrupt crops. Harvesting is halted in many areas. John Tamblyn, former Oshawa postmaster, died last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
C.P. Cable
Cumberland
West Moreland
Cheshire
John Tamblyn
Oshawa
Hoadley Offers Cup For Best Wheat Field
Edmonton August 22 The Hon George Hoadley offers a Grand Challenge Cup to be contested for by first prize winners in field crop competitions in Alberta this year. Judging will finish in a few days and the Edmonton Board of Trade will decide the cup award soon. Keen interest has been shown in these contests and the Grad Challenge Cup winner is awaited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
George Hoadley
Alberta
Edmonton Board
Semon suffers breakdown and is taken to San Bernardino sanitarium
Larry Semon veteran film comedian collapsed mentally and physically. He was moved to a private sanitarium near San Bernardino California for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Calif
Larry Semon
San Berhardino
Market Volatility in Winnipeg Grain Trade on Aug 22
Wheat futures showed erratic moves with the October option swinging from 13 8 higher to 11 2 lower before finishing 11 8 to 11 4 higher than the prior close. Price upswings followed frost forecasts in the prairie provinces, then heavy selling drove Oct to about 107 1 2, with late trading lifting from the lows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Prairie Provinces
Regina Injuries Report After August Incident
A fragmentary note lists injured individuals from Regina and Moose Jaw including Miss Irene St. and Miss Ellen Stoddard among others. Names such as L. A. Moore and locations south of Pease are mentioned with plans for recovery and return.
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Regina
Pease
Abd Eines Miscroll
Moose Jaw
Irene
St. 501
Ellen ‘Stoddard
L.A. Moore
Drowned While Fishing at Foam Lake Beach
Saskatoon Aug 23 A man named Egan Batate an agent of the CNR at Wadens drowned while fishing in the lake near Foam Lake beach He went beyond his depth and disappeared witnesses failed to reach him until Foam Lake rescuers arrived Life extinct confirmed by authorities The deceased’s family from Ebenezer Sask and a brother from Alberta survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatoon
Egan Baatite
Waldena Beach
Foam Sete
Foam Lake
Sntere
Lye
Hbenezer
Sask
Hwitg
Alberta
Canadian Pacific grain traffic hits near record year
Vancouver Aug 23 final figures show 270,309,239 bushels of all grains marketed on the Canadian Pacific for the year ended July 31, up from 230,548,738 last year. Wheat totaled 228,116,964 bushels, second only to 1923-24. July saw 1,278,833 more bushels than last year with 7,558 cars loaded, and total cars unloaded for grain rose to 125,444. Exports from Vancouver reached record levels with shipments to the United Kingdom and Europe totaling 67,886,993 bushels and other destinations 729,? million bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Western Lines
Canadian ‘Pacific Railway
Afiadian Pacific
Cnadian Pacific
Ecord
Vancouver
United Kingdom
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Tokiwa Hall
Herold
Prince Enicion
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Welrd
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Plane
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Cavanpany
Calles-Obregon
J. Ward
United Party of N
Prem. Sf. Tolmie
Jennisey Meghias
W. Alls Surprise
R. Miller
Brim
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Hoadley
Gee Oy
Egan Batke
O.N.R. Aerenee
Bert Willam
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