Canadian National to press betterment and extensions
Ottawa December 28 The Canadian National plans to push ahead with its improvement program and extensions. Sir Henry Thornton, CN president, told reporters after meetings with Hon C A Dunning and Premier Mackenzie King that the company would continue operations to provide work and meet transportation needs. He discussed possible financial restructuring and amalgamation of CN lines with bondholders in London, while stressing prudence and avoiding dismissals as a policy.
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Ottawa
Canadian National
Henry Thorn Ion
Sir Henry
C. A. Dimning
Mackenzie King
England
London
Canadian National Railway
Ener
WHS Pointeg Oul LO Tne Vandallan National Railway
Dunning
Sir Menry
Canada
Britain
Canadians
Geneva
Canadian Pacific
C.N.R
Claim Skull is Close Approach To Missing Link
Peiping China December 28 the skull of the new Peking Man found by a Chinese geologist near Peiping was shown publicly for the first time at a geological survey meeting. The skull is the most complete of its kind with the brain case intact.
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Peiping
China
Peking
Geological Survey of China
Piltdown
Amadeus William Grabau
Chinese Geological Survey
Roy Chapman Andrews
Hopkinson Freed After Inquest Into Grasswood Death
Richard G. Hopkinson aged 19 was released after the inquest into the death of 12 year old Archie Watson. Watson died after striking his head on a kitchen stove corner in a Grasswood farmhouse. Jury ruled death due to intracerebral hemorrhage.
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Hopkinson
Saskatoon
Sask
Richard G. Hopkinson
Archie Watson
Young Watson
Grasswood
Graf Zeppelin North Pole Flight Called Off for 1930
Berlin December 28 the Aero Arctic Society says the projected Graf Zeppelin North Pole expedition has been canceled for 1930 but the flight is expected to proceed in 1931.
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Graf
Arctic
Berlin
Aero- Arctic Society
North Pole
Graf. Zeppelin
Europe Praises Canadian Grading System At Alberta Talk
Dr. Robert Newton head of Alberta's crop branch reported to a Western Canada Agronomists convention banquet that Europe respects Canada's wheat grading system. He noted European interest in high protein wheat is limited and that no protein specification is likely to be needed for blending.
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Edmonton
Robert Newton
University of Alberta
Western Canada Society of Agronomists
Newton
Europe
National Research Council
Dr. Newton
Canada
Medicine Hat MPs to Seek Public Views on Measures
Dr. F. W. Gershaw M P and Hector Lang M L A announce public meetings in Medicine Hat to gather electors ideas on the Vehicles and Highways Act and radio broadcasting legislation in Canada. January 7 at 8 oclock in City Hall will feature discussions led by Sam Short Jessop Nott and others with an aim to inform upcoming sessions of Parliament.
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F. W. Gershaw
M.P
Hector Lang
M.L.A
House of Commons
City Hall
Sam Short
Lang
Canada
Jessop Nott
Gershaw
Medicine Hat
Bessie Love Marries Prominent Young Stock Broker
Hollywood confirms actress Bessie Love wed William Ballinger Hawks a Beverly Hills stockbroker at St James Episcopal church. Hawks has two brothers, Kenneth and Howard, already linked to film industry families.
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Bessie Love
Hollywood
Calif
William Ballinger Hawks
St. James Episcopal Church
Miss Love
Beverley Hills
Kenneth
Howard Hawk
Duncan man claims record for cougar slayings
Ike Holman of Duncan British Columbia holds a record by killing 116 cougars, with five slain in the past week.
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Ike Holman
Duncan, B.C
Rum-Runners Drown While Fleeing Inspectors
Four crew members of three rum running boats are believed drowned in the Detroit River after plunging into the water to escape Customs patrols. Other crew members were saved. inspectors seized the smugglers’ boats with liquor valued at over 330,000.
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Detroit
Mich
Detroit River
Natives Missing After Christmas Voyage From Prince Rupert
A party of ten natives five men and five women sailed from Prince Rupert Christmas afternoon in a small trolling boat toward Kitkatla. They hoped to reach there before ten o'clock that night but open water and a believed swamping of their craft left them unaccounted for despite a long search.
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Prince Rupert
B.C
Kitkatla
Vauxhall Garage Destroyed By Fire in Martin’s Establishment
Fire at Martin's Vauxhall Garage caused total loss of building and contents valued at twenty to twenty five thousand dollars with some coverage by insurance. Several cars and a large tool outfit were destroyed as flames began in the engine room, aided by scarce water and heavy smoke.
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Vauxhall
Martin
Coroner Jury Finds Stewart Guilty Killer in Toronto
The coroner's jury in Toronto returned a verdict that Edward Stewart is responsible for the death of John Freeland, a local butcher found dead in his store cellar on December 16. A heavy iron bar near the body supported the belief of skull fracture. Stewart, who confessed to the crime, faces murder charges and is to appear in court next Tuesday.
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Toronto
Edward Stewart
John S’reeland
Atore
Freeland
Stewart
Wheat and corn inspection figures from Winnipeg
Winnipeg reports show inspections totaling 200 for corn and wheat, with last year’s figures at 900. Contract grades stand at 100.
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Winnipeg
Masonic Installations Mark 1930 Lodge Officers
The article reports the installation of 1930 officers for Medicine Hat Lodge No. 2 and associated lodges in Miz pah Bow Island Redcliff and Brooks, with 2.W. Bro John McCandie officiating and inviting district lodges to hold installations. The event included a turkey supper at St Barnaoas and speeches by local dignitaries, musical performances, and a notable birthday and retirement notices for William Henderson and Robert Perry.
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John the Evangelist
Medicine Hat
Mizpah
Bow Island Lodge
Quarry Lodge
Redcliff
Brooks Lodge
Oddfellows
W. Bro
John McCandie
Nol
Callirzy
St. Barnaoas
Canon Western
J. H. Ker
G. M Blackstock
L. Monkley
J. M. Taylor
H. 8
Ireland
E. L. Stone
H. W.D. Cox
C. W. Niblock
D. Macadam
William Henderson
Henderson
Medicine Hat Lodge No
Reid Sen
W. Armstrong
J. H. Céllier
W. H. Williams
Ae W. ©. Godard
W. J. Smaltacombe
Steward
J. Li. Trotman
H. O. Parkes
W. Lakey
Jensé Elliott S
Crerar Likely to Be Canada Railways Minister in New Year
Brandon expects an acclamation for T. A. Crerar as Canada’s new Minister of Railways with a Brandon by election likely after the retirement of Robert Forke. Ottawa cabinet discussions offered no confirmation, with word of any appointment expected in the New Year.
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Brandon
C. P
T. A. Crerar
Canada
United Grain Growers
Ottawa House
Robert Forke
Senate
Grevar
Forke
Mgr. Crerar
Liberals
Ottawa
Ernest Lapointe
London
King
Winnipeg
Crerar
New York
Well Merited Promotions At C P R Field and Calgary
Mr W J McLean is promoted to assistant superintendent of the C P R at Field B C to replace the late W H Gordon and leaves for Field to assume duties. He began with the C P R at Moose Jaw thirty years ago and later served as road foreman of engines in Medicine Hat. Panter and Sharpe also receive promotions as assistant superintendents at Macleod Calgary and Banff respectively with Panter moving from Macleod and Sharpe from Banff era.
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W. J. McLean
Field
B.C
W. H. Gordon
B. C. Point
McLean
Moose Jaw
Medicine Hat
Alberta Kiwanis
Calgary
Panter
F. C. Sharpe
Tocat
Sharpe
C. P. BR
Banff
Restoring Peace Time Order in Manchuria and Rail Plans
Bracing reports from Tokyo say peace time conditions in Manchuria proceed steadily. Russian manager Julius Rudy arrives in Mukden to confer with Chang Hsueh-Liang as Soviet forces withdraw from Chinese territory. Japanese consular and Moscow reports confirm evacuation of key Manchurian locations and early resumption of Manchuria Harbin rail service. Bell Telephone Company of Canada plans 31.5 million dollars in 1930 extensions and improvements.
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Toyko
Manchuiia
Taay
Julius Rudy
Chinese Eastern Railway
Mukden
Ty .othensSav
Tchang
Hsueh-Liang
Manchuria
Moscow
A Ae
Harbin
Habarovsk
Kailar
Bell Telephone Co. of Canada
Alberta plan to provide work for unemployed men
The Alberta government unveils a winter job scheme placing unemployed workers with farmers who will clear land. The state pays for the work and farmers repay over three years, with public works departments administering the program and local agencies set up across the province. Many farmers have signed up, and the scheme aims to keep men employed through winter and boost spring breaking activity in the Edmonton area.
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Stdmonton
Aby
Public Works Department
Ain
Edmontony
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