Canadian Premier King Arrives for League of Nations Sessions
Geneva welcomes Canadian Premier William Lyon Mackenzie King as he arrives for the September League of Nations session. British and French officials bid farewell at Lyons station. Delegates including Lord Cushendun and Poland’s M Zaleski accompany the train and greet King in Geneva.
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Geneva
W. H. Ingram
W. L. Mackenzie King
Canada
League of Nations
Doumergue
France
Rambouillet
Paris
Phillippe Roy
Lyons
Lord Cushendun
M. Zaleski
Poland
W. A. Riddell
King
C. D. Skelton
Secret naval pact between France and Britain outlined
Geneva reports claim the provisional agreement limits construction of large cruisers and submarines but pauses smaller units. French circles deny any secret clauses and join British officials in denying plans for an associated British French fleet.
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Geneva
France
Great Britain
Fire Destroys Box Factory and Tannery in Vancouver
A West Vancouver blaze, fanned by a high wind, gutted the B C Box Company Limited plant and its tannery on Second Avenue West. The fire, which began in a storage space under the box factory roof, spread to lumber piles and threatened nearby mills before being brought under control by 3:40 pm. Losses include the box factory valued at 200000 and the tannery at 59000, with extensive damage to surrounding structures and piles of lumber.
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Vancouver
B.C. Box Company Limited
Second Avenue West
Pierre Paris
A. B. Cushing Mills Ltd
Second Avenue
Box
A. B. Cushing
Lester Iron Works
Anderson Furniture Company
Progressive Engineering Works
City Barns
Pipers Head to Highland Gathering in Banff
At Toronto Union Station the advance guard of pipers boarded the Trans-Canada Limited for Banff to attend the Highland Reunion and Scottish Music Festival August 31 to September 3. Pipe Major Mac Pherson and Pipe Major H. S. Featherstone lead the Ontario group joining others en route from Montreal and Sudbury to compete for the silver cup and other prizes at Banff Springs Hotel. The festival includes the Burns cantata Jolly Beggars and showcases strathspeys and reels performed by noted singers and pipers.
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Toronto
Union
Trans-Canada Limited
Banff
Ontario
Burns
48Th Highlanders
MacPherson
Scottish Regiment
H. S. Featherstone
Argyle
Sutherland Highlanders
Hamilton
Sudbury
Montreal
Puesta
C.P.R
Banff Springs
Mountain Valley
E. W. Beatty
C. P.R
Canada
Robert Burns
Nanking Replies to Japanese Note Demands Treaty Revisions
Shanghai Aug 29 The Chinese Nationalist government released a summary of its reply to Japan July 31 note protesting abrogation of the Chinese Japanese treaty It rejects automatic extension and calls for revising old treaties It says the action rests on international law and precedent but urges Japan to appoint delegates to begin negotiations for a new reciprocal treaty to replace the old one and improve relations.
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Shanghai
Japan
China
Weather in Western Provinces Warm With Narrow Thunder Risk
The western provinces report mostly fair weather with higher temperatures. Edmonton and Winnipeg show cloud cover while Port Arthur and Calgary trend fair with milder conditions. Local thunder storms are noted in some areas but overall warmth continues.
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Vancouver
Edmonton
Regina
Calgary
Fair
Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
Winnipeg
Port Arthur
Feminists Try Gate Crossing At Doumergue Chateau
Doris Stevens and three others of a feminist group attempted to crash the gate at the Doumergue presidential chateau in Rambonillet France to present a petition for equal rights. They were held by police for several hours over missing identity papers and released after lunch with treaty signers. The incident drew attention in Washington where advocates hailed the act as raising the profile of the proposed equal rights treaty.
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Rambonillet
France
Doris Stevens
Chauteau
Equal Rights Movement
Doumergue
Miss Stevens
Loring Pickering
Fenny Bernard
Betty Gramswing
Portland
Ore
Paris
Chauteau Gate
Kellogg
Woman’s Committee of International Action
Washington
inter-American Commission of Women
Pan- American Conference
Commission
Aerial Performer's Remarkable Escape
Rudolph Jacobs aerialist survived a 65 foot note snapping during a show at the exhibition grandstand in Toronto. He fell 48 feet to a wooden platform, landed unconscious, and suffered a painful chest contusion with no life threat reported.
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Toronto
Rudolph Jacobs
Edmonton to consider power offers from utilities
Edmonton officials will review offers from Canadian Utilities Limited and the Calgary Power Company at a City Council meeting in the week of September 24. The decision follows a council action to assess power supply proposals.
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Edmonton
Canadian Utiliies, Limited
Calgary Power Company
Malta plans settler migration to Canada with guarantees
Malta's opposition leader Sir Ugo Mifsud says Malta will back its settlers to Canada and ensure they will not become a burden on the Canadian government. He will present the plan and training program to Minister Robert Forke in Ottawa.
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Montreal
Malta
Knights of St. John
Canada
Ugo Mifsad
Robert Forke
Ottawa
School Supt. Passes Back to the Mothers
Chicago officials report William J. Bogan, Superintendent of Schools, says mothers decide if daughters go stockingless. The remark, made in Chicago on August 29, is presented as guidance for girls of various ages.
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Chicago
William J. Bogan
Cars Collide On Allowance Avenue
A Ford touring car driven by Leslie Brown and a Whippet coupe driven by R. Klemm collided at Ross Street and Allowance Avenue around 4 30 yesterday. The Ford rolled over after being side swiped. Brown was uninjured. The Whippet had a torn bumper and bent frame. Klemm was unhurt. Police charged both drivers. cases were heard at the police court this afternoon.
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Ross Street
Allowance Avenue
Ford
Leslie Brown
R. Klemm
Pantry raid at No 3 Dunmore Road reported
Harold Garlough, at work at the Gas City Planing Mills, was alerted by a neighbor that two men were seen entering his parents home at No 3 Dunmore Road. They raided the pantry and took several jars of preserved fruit before fleeing. no trace of the suspects was found.
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Harold Garlough
Gas City Planing Mills
Dunmore Road
Rampage Killer Captured After Fatal Sacramento Shootings
Percy Barnes, alleged killer of three during a Sacramento rampage, was captured by police in Stockton while driving in. Clarence Muncy, 35, died after being wounded in the spree that left three dead and a fifth injured. Barnes claimed accomplice L. R. Coburn, 26, at Southern Pacific shops, as responsible.
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Stockton
Calif
Percy Barnes
Sacramento
Clarence Muncy
Barnes
L. R. Coburn
Southern Pacific
Harvesting Progress Report From Empress Sub-division
The C P R reports light rain this morning on the Empress sub division with no frost. Harvesting operations proceed satisfactorily across the division. In Vauxhall Irrigated district D W Hays cites 35 percent of crop cut and frost free. Sir Henry and Lady Thornton sail for Europe tomorrow.
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C.P.R
Empress
Vauxhall
D. W. Hays
Hall
Cash Wheat Market Is Inactive
Winnipeg reports a dull cash wheat market with prices unchanged after a mixed session. October futures edged up 7 to 8 cents on late buying but eased back, export demand showed little drama, and European weather remains a factor delaying harvests.
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Winnipeg
Liverpool
Europa
Frairie
Mystery of Missing Victoria-Seattle Plane Deepens
Report from Discovery Bay and Fort Point notes a woman’s body possibly Mrs. Alexander MacCallum Scott and a wicker chair found by coast guard vessels. Leather case and diary of Alexander MacCallum Scott washed ashore at Discovery Bay, supporting the plane’s watery grave theory.
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A. M. Scott
Alex. Scott
Port Angeles
Wash
Alexander MacCallum Scott
Discovery Bay
Seattle
Port Townsend
British Columbia Airways
C. C. George
B. C. Airways Ltd
George
Fort Point
Point Beckett
Columbia Airways
Here
L. L. Bennett
Coastguard
Port Discovery
George A. Smith
E. E. Gleason
Quimper Peninsula
Victoria
Harvesters Busy as Swathers Return to Fields
Reports from Lethbridge and Winnipeg describe bright sunshine and ideal harvesting conditions across Southern Alberta and the Canadian West. Binders swathers and combine harvesters operate as grain readiness increases, with lighter frosts and some light rains not delaying cutting duties. Labor is reported favorable and supplies sufficient for current needs.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
Winnipeg
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Canadian
Nicholson Cup Opens With Gamblers Beat 20-12
In the first Nicholson Cup games P. Gow defeated Machine Gunners 20-12 while W. Patterson won 22-9 over G. Reynolds. Tonight features Moore versus Wrights Reynolds against Stevenson.
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P. Gow
Machine Gunners
W. Patterson
G. Reynolds
Moore
Wrights Reynolds
Stevenson
Ethel Hertle Wins Big Race in Lake Ontario Marathon
Toronto results show Ethel Hertle of New York winning the ten mile Wrigley Marathon swim for women off the Canadian National Exhibition grounds. Miss Gattenham finished second.
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Toronto
Ethel Hertle
New York
Lake Ontario
Miss Gattenham
Vancouver businessmen tour the northern British Columbia
A 100 strong Vancouver Board of Trade delegation sails from Alice Arm on the Princess Alice to tour mining districts along Vancouver Island and back to Vancouver August 31. They visit Prince Rupert Stewart and Alice Arm, inspect Premier mine Dolly Varden Toric and other properties, gaining insights into northern mining operations and communities.
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Alice Arm
B. C
Princess Alice
Vancouver Board of Trade
Vancouver
Vancouver Island
Prince Rupert
Stewart
Dolly Varden
T. S. Dickson
Democrats to Spend 4,000,000 in Campaign Efforts
In St Louis on August 29, Democratic National Committee chairman Joana Raskob announced a total campaign budget of four million dollars. The plan includes 500,900 for outreach in ten Corn Belt states and a significant amount for radio campaigning. The document outlines priorities for President Be seven.
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St. Louis
Democratic Party
Joana Raskob
Democratic
Styvalgail
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Highland
Hall of Glory
Foreign Ministry
Frank B. Kellogg
United States
Lord Cushenden
Gustav Stresemann
Germany
A. Briand
R. Jacobs
Guy Wire
L. Brown
Sir Henry
Lady Thornton
Europe
Mirway
Wrigleyarathon
B.C
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