Air mail service discussed at Western Canada conference
Calgary reports resolutions urging the Post Office to establish an air mail link among Western Canadian cities and for government help with airport lighting. The meeting, with seven cities present, set tariffs for visiting and local planes and a uniform policy on leases for municipally owned aerodromes. Final airport control stays with municipalities while aerodrome administration may pass to aero clubs.
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Calgary
Post Offic Department
Canada
Dominion
F. F E. Osborne
A. G. Graves
A. A. G. Bury
Edmonton
J. Lesti
Saskatoon
T. J. Emerson
Moose Jaw
T. Bullivant
Medicine Hat
Regina
George M. Beil
Emil Sick
Lethbridge
J. B. Corley
Post Office
Fred McCa
Great Western Airways
1D. K. Yorath
Calgary Aero Club
United States
Prairies
Corley
Osborne
Post Office Department
Manyberries Men Appeal Death Penalty Appeals in Saskatchewan
William Hugh Megill and Ernest Olson appealed to Saskatchewan’s Court of Appeal after murder convictions. Judges heard legal arguments but gave no decisions. judgments expected within a week. Megill faces hanging February 1 in Regina. Olson’s execution is scheduled February 15 in Prince Albert. If appeals succeed, new trials may be ordered.
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Regina
Appeal Court of
Saskatchewan
William Hugh Megill
Ernest Olson
F. W. G. Hualtain
Megill
Anna Goth
Shaunavon
Olson
William Robson
Carrie Swanson
Melfort
Prince Albert
Saskatchewan Court of Appeal
Deputy Marshal Flies In With Prisoners From Alaska Trail
Traveling 600 miles by dog team over the lower Kuskokwim, United States Deputy Marshal Wiseman brought back three natives accused of murder assault and moonshining. The slayer is to be flown to Fairbanks for trial while the others receive jail terms locally.
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Bethel
Alaska
Lower Kuskokwin
United States
Marshal Wiseman
Fairbanks
Eighteen Drown as Auto Plunges Into River Near Say
Eighteen stonecutters and a chauffeur drowned when a car turned from a bridge into the Curthe river near Say. Recovery began the next day as salvage under torchlight drew crowds. two victims were boys just starting work. another was to be married next week.
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Brussels
Curthe
Say
Relief plane status in North lands 24 hours awaited
Edmonton reports no word from the relief aviators for 24 hours as they seek Fort Vermilion to deliver anti-toxin to Dr Hamman. A dog team may rush supplies to Little Red River while fog hampers the mission. Flight details include stops at McLennan Peace River and Fort Vermilion with 280 mile river distance to the final leg.
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Edmonton
Fort Varmilion
Hamman
Little Red River
Fort Vermilion
McLennan
Edmonton, Dunvegin
British Colunhia
Jodmonton
Aim
Thursway
Peace River Town
McLenia
Fort Vermilon
Hudsnon Bay Company
Little
Red River
Royal Alexandra Hospital
R. R. Nicholls
Soviet Wheat Plan Sees 10 Million Acres Planted in Russia
Thomas D. Campbell of Hardin Montana and Pasadena claims ten million acres of Soviet plains will be sown to wheat and flax under his direction with American machinery. He will sail January 12 from New York to Russia to finalize tentative agreements from the Soviet Commission visit. Campbell leaves Pasadena for Washington and New York, stating over $100 million worth of American planting and harvesting equipment will be bought for the effort to feed the Russian people.
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Los Angeles
The
Times Today
Thomas D. Campbell
Hardin, Mont
Pasadena
America
Russia
Campbell
New York
Washington
General Bramwell Booth Shocked by Removal News
London. General Bramwell Booth head of the Salvation Army for 16 years has been told of a high council move to depose him while ill at Southwold. Doctors delayed disclosure fearing strain. Booth expressed devotion to the Army as news echoed through Salvation Army circles.
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Bramwell Booth
London
Bramwell’ Booth
Salvation Army
Southwold
High Council
Catharine
Cathrine
Booth
Sunbury-on-Thames
Airplane Rescues Man In Brain Fever Case
An airplane flight from Sioux Lookout Ontario to Winnipeg carried W J Anderson who was stricken with brain fever. He was unconscious on board and the pilot Dale Atkinson completed the trip in two and a half hours. Anderson’s condition improved the next morning.
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Winnipner
Sioux Lookout
Ont
Winnipeg
W. J. Anderson
Anderson
Dale Atkinson
England Open Strong In Test Against Australia
Melbourne match report England faced a 332 target in the fourth innings and stood at 171 for one wicket at day's end. Openers added a brisk stand as England presses for a bold victory in the third test.
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Melbourne
Australia
C. P
Cable
England
Report On Ponoka Asylum Conditions Almost Ready
Edmonton reports Dr. C. M. Hincks’s Alberta Mental Hospitals assessment will depart Toronto by week’s end. Provincial Health Minister George Hoadley urged speedy delivery ahead of the legislature session.
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Edmonton
C. M. Hincks
Alberta
Toronto
Hdincks
George Hoadley
Re-elect Barrowman To Mayoralty In Lethbridge
Lethbridge January 4 at the first City Council meeting Robert Barrowman was re elected to be mayor. The city now chooses its mayor from among aldermen rather than by popular vote.
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Barrowman
Lethbridge
Robert Barrowman
Mother urged son to plead guilty in four boy murders
Riverside January 3 Sheriff Clem Sweeters said Mrs Sarah Louise Northcott begged him to urge son Gordon Stewart Northcott to plead guilty to indictments charging him with four boy murders near Riverside. Judge George E K Freeman granted defense counsel's request to appoint a commission of experts to examine Northcott's sanity.
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Riverside
Cal
Clem Sweeters
Riverside County
Sarah Louise Northcott
Gordon Stewart Northcott
Irs
Northcott
George EK. Freeman
Younh
Kids Responsible For All the Trouble In Australia
Two Innisfail, North Queensland boys confessed to removing and upside downing the Italian coat of arms from the Italian consulate and placing it before a Chinese store. They said it was a holiday joke and they did not grasp the emblem’s significance. The Italian consul had initially urged action against the offenders.
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Sydney
N.S.W
Innisfail
Queensland
Dramatic Break in Buenos Aires Sends Wheat Prices Down
Winnipeg traders opened with heavy selling driving early losses and closing one quarter to slightly over three sixteenths of a cent lower. Liverpool futures fell about one eighth to one quarter cent on Buenos Aires weakness. Cash wheat offered in light quantities with odd lots taken at unchanged to half a cent gains on spreads. coarse grains dull.
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Winnipeg
Liverpool
Buenos Aires
King's Slow Yet Definite Recovery Progress
London reports two favorable factors in King George's illness as rest improves, local infection eases, and general condition steadies. Official reviews emphasize nourishment, better blood health, and weariness from mental fatigue, with doctors noting cautious optimism and continued confidence in recovery.
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London
George
King George
Rem
Nto
Lord Dawson of
Penn
Sir Stanley Hewett
Sir Hugh Rigby
Canadians Pay Radio Tax dip in figures and dodgers noted
Ottawa dispatch reports more than a quarter million Canadians with radio receiving sets had paid the 1 tax by November end an increase of 17000 versus 1927. It cites an estimated 100000 radio fans dodging the tax and lists licenses issued in western provinces for 1927 and 1928.
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Montreal
the Gazette Today
Ottawa
Dominion
Radio Commission
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Northwest Ter
Waukon
Wheat Inspection Totals At Winnnipeg
Grain officials report 300 cars of wheat inspected yesterday in Winnnipeg, compared with 100 cars the prior year and 200 under contract grades.
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Winnnipeg
Parliament Sets February Seventh Start for Canadian Session
The Cabinet confirms February 7 as the opening date for Parliament. The session will focus on the budget, financial appropriations, private bills, and possible returns of western provinces’ lands. Manitoba’s ceded domain and Alberta’s status loom large amid tariff, railway, and radio policy debates.
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Ottawa
Jan. O
Assembly of Parliament
Senate
Commons
Manitoba
Alberta
Brown- Jee
British Columbia
Peace River
Saskatchewan
Tariff Board
United States
Radio Commission
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific
Sun Life
Bell Telephone
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