Canada Crop Shortage May Help Farmers Through Higher Prices
Ottawa reports drought in Western Canada reduces crop yields while wheat prices rise. The Canadian Wheat Board and government may gain from higher sale prices on surplus wheat, cutting earlier losses. sales policy to liquidate stock remains unchanged. Official crop prospects show continuing decline due to heat, drought, pests, and rust.
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Ottawa
C.P
Canada
Canadian Wheat Board
Wheat Board
Fron Canadian Co-operative Wheat Producers, Limited
John I. McFarland
James R. Murray
Murray
Ross Keay Are Named to Posts in Ranch Group
Members of the Short Grass Stock Growers association continue appointing permanent directors. George Ross of Westbridge and St Kilda is named permanent director of zone 2 Milk River district. H W Keay becomes permanent director of zone 6 covering the north Tilley area. The group reports growing membership as drought tightens conditions for stockmen.
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Short Gass Stock Growers’ Association
Tilley
News Today
Alberta
Alberta Premier undecided on TOBA election help
Premier Aberhart would not commit to assisting Manitoba Social Credit League candidates in the provincial race. He said he is interested but has no definite statement yet. John Blackmore noted Manitoba politics are provincial and Alberta leaders would act only on private invitations.
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Lethbridge
Alta
Aberhart
Manitoba Social Credit League
John Blackmore
Social Creditors
House of Commons
Manitoba
Alberta
McGeer Warns Bondholders Over Alberta Interest
Vancouver July 8 Mayor G G McGeer told the city budget committee that Alberta Premier Aberhart can reduce bond interest and even refuse to pay principal, urging bondholders to “flee from the wrath to come.” The meeting noted Alberta sent a cheque for 11260 on 546000 Alberta bonds while Calgary and Edmonton investors refused reduced interest.
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Vancouver
C.P
G. G. McGeer
Aberhart
Alberta
Ald
J. J. McRae
Ald. McRae
McGeer
Hord
British Columbia
G. C. Miller
Frank Comptroller
Frank Jones
Miller
W. W. Smith
Calgary
Edmonton
Wheat Board Holi Grain Injunction Urged by Senator
Western Canadian farmers should rise up and seek an injunction against the Canadian Wheat Board to stop selling more wheat at 1.25 a bushel. Senator R B Horner Blaine Lake Sask warns crop prospects are the worst in 30 years. He calls the Board’s sales calamity and a crime against producers and says rain is urgently needed to avoid exportable surplus loss.
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Calgary
C.P
Canadian Wheat Board
R. B. Horner
Blaine Lake
Canada
King Makes Air History In Private Plane Flight
King inspected Royal Air Force stations by flying in his private plane from Windsor to Northolt and Wittering. Duke of York accompanied him. the mission showed how quickly fighters can take off as nine aircraft were airborne within three minutes after the alarm.
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London
C.P
Royal Air Force
Windsor
Northolt
Wittering
Duke of York
Household Brigade
Edward Fielden
A Few Good Crops Seen Around Medicine Hat
Report notes scattered localities show fine crops in the Medicine Hat area. Johnny Roan of Whitia tends 200 acres of wheat with potential around 30 bushels per acre and tall sturdy heads. Henry Mitchell presented strong samples now on display at Pingle's Second Street drug store. Further good stands noted south of Seven Persons on the Reid place.
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Johnny Roan
Whitia
Henry Mitchell
Pingle
Second Street
Reid Place
Cooler Weather In Sight for The Prairies
Drought relief brings cyclonic winds and rain to central Saskatchewan with roofs torn off and debris scattered. Alameda reports nearly two inches of rain in a drought hotspot. Meanwhile Manitoba and parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan face continued dryness as storms extend north to Prince Albert.
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Winnipeg
C.P
Saskatchewan
Mid-Western
Alberta
Manitoba
Alameda
Regina
Vanscoy
Dedlisle
Saskatoon
Prince Albert
Chicago
Roosevelt to visit Quebec for social talks with Roosevelt
Prime Minister Mackenzie King accepted an invitation to meet President Roosevelt in Quebec during the latter's visit to the governor-general on July 31. The meeting is described as purely social. King planned a Bathurst trip today for Hon. P. J. Vernot's funeral and would stop in Quebec on the return to Ottawa to discuss matters with the governor-general.
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Ottawa
C.P
Mackenzie King
Quebec
Roosevelt
Washington
King
Michaud
Bathurst
N.B
P. J. Vernot
Vast Butter Shipment From Alberta and Saskatchewan
About 25 railway cars are en route to Vancouver carrying 14 000 boxes totaling 794 000 pounds of butter from Alberta and Saskatchewan for export to London and Liverpool. It marks one of the largest Vancouver routed consignments, with Canada’s exports expected to reach 10 000 000 pounds by year end.
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Vancouver
C.P
Alberta
Saskatchewan
London
Liverpool
Great Britain
Canada
A. A. Buffin
Dominion
Atlantic
Heat Records Tie Winnipeg Air Time Milestone
Winnipeg recorded a new heat record as the official temperature reached 206 degrees at 5 p.m. Officials noted the previous high of 103 degrees from August 1886, marking a dramatic climb in temperatures today.
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Winnipeg
C.P
Lethbridge Doctor Killed in Car Crash Near Spring Coulee
Dr. R W Lynn prominent Lethbridge physician was fatally injured when a tire blew out causing his car to crash near Spring Coulee. His wife Mrs Lynn is seriously injured and hospitalized. The pair were returning from Waterton park when the incident occurred.
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Lethbridge
C.P
R. W. Lynn
Spring, Coulee
Canadian Soldier and 7 Others Die in Plane Crash
Cairo July 8. Seven soldiers including Lieut D B E MacIntosh of the Canadian Corps Signals died when a royal air force troop carrier crashed during night manoeuvres. Six others survived with injuries as flames enveloped the wreck. initial findings attribute deaths to impact rather than fire. Lieut MacIntosh, son of Judge J C MacIntosh of Victoria, was born in Esquimalt in January.
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Cairo
C.P
Royal Air Force
Lieut
D. BE. MacIntosh
Canadian Corps Signals
MacIntosh
J. C. MacIntosh
Victoria
Esquimalt
Privy Council Appeals Loom Over Canadian Social Acts
Ottawa clashes loom as government plans to appeal Supreme Court rulings on Employment and Social Insurance Act One Day Rest in Seven and Minimum Wages Act. Prime Minister Mackenzie King hints at appeals on other reform statutes while Bennett warns on theory of legislation.
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Calgary
C.P
Privy Council
R. B. Bennett
Bennett
Canada
Ottawa
Supreme Court of Canada
Ernest Lapointe
Mackenzie King
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Employment and Social Insurance
Dominion Trade and Industry Commission
Farmers’ Creditors Arrangement
International Labor Office
Bennet
Dominion
Trade and Industry Commission
Commission
Tariff Board
Trouble Begins In Extra Gang On Railway
A strike by transient workers at the Jamieson railway camp east of Regina disrupted operations after objections to food. The union says 23 of 30 men walked out after an open air meeting led by Regina officials Louis Binder Matt Shaw and Art King. The men demanded fresh vegetables milk daily soup kettles crockery utensils and a commissary for soaps tobacco cereals and eggs.
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Regina
C.P
Jamieson
Canadian National
Louis Binder
Matt Shaw
Art King
Treatment access rules for tuberculosis patients in Alberta
The Alberta Gazette states that persons living within national park boundaries or treaty Indians are barred from free treatment under Alberta care of tuberculosis patients except by arrangement between federal and provincial authorities.
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Edmonton
C.P
Alberta
Alberta Gazette
Alberta Optometry Act restricts free eye exams ads premiums
An order in council in the Alberta Gazette revises the Optometry Act. Optometrists may not offer free eye examinations, engage in misleading or price reference advertising, or provide premiums or refunds.
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Edmonton
C.P
Alberta Gazette
Find. Boy's Body Found Near Malitz Home
Three year old Felix Malitz, missing since June 28 in Milna Alta, was found dead in a patch of long grass near the Malitz home. Authorities say he was weakened by whooping cough and likely died from starvation and exposure.
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Milna
Alta
C.P
Felix Malitz
Fay
Malitz
Woolwich Arsenal Explosion Kills Five Persons
An explosion in the research department of the Royal arsenal at Woolwich late today killed five people including a department official. One other employee was seriously injured as fire crews from five nearby departments battled the blaze. The cause of the blast was not immediately known.
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London
C.P
Royal Arsenal
Woolwich
Arsenal
War Pensions Appointments Published in Ottawa
Ottawa July 8 Hon C G Power minister of pensions announced appointments to the Pension Commission Brigadier General H F McDonald as chairman and C B Reilly R J Kee and C W Peck named for Ottawa Vancouver Col J G Rattray chairs the Veterans Assistance Commission with Brigadier General Alex Ross as secretary and H L De Martigny and H M Sinclair named to the panel The new commission will study unemployment among returned soldiers and is led by General McDonald succeeding Judge Taylor
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Ottawa
C. G. Power
Pension Commission
H. F. McDonald
OSREE
C. B. Reilly
C. W. Peck
Vancouver
Veterans’ Assistance Commission
J. G. Rattray
Alex Ross
Yorkton
Sask
H. L. de Martigny
Montreal
Dunrobin
Ont
McDonald
Taylor
Ross
Dominion
Canadian Legion
Lapointe
Provincial govt to fund $100 addition to Oliver mental hospital
The provincial government plans construction of a $100 addition to the Oliver mental hospital. Weather is described as cloudy and warm with temperatures around 90.
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Oliver
Heat Wave Grips States Causing Dozens of Deaths and Market Turmoil
Chicago dispatch reports a severe heat wave and drought causing more than a score of deaths including at least 10 from heat as temperatures top 119 in places. Drownings rise as people seek relief in lakes and rivers. markets swing with wheat and corn at extreme highs and lows amid drought forecasts and rainfall in Saskatchewan.
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Chicago
A.P
Des Plaines
Weather Bureau
Washington
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Western Prairies
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Short Grass Association
Toba
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Medicine Hat
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Optometry Act
Woolwich Arsenal
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Rocky Mountains
Indiana
Bismarck
Terre Haute
Devils Lake
N.C
Napoleon
AAA
P Ber
Forag
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