Canadian tariff debate on magazines and periodicals
In Ottawa July 20 the House of Commons debated duties on magazines and periodicals. Mr Bennett proposed a graduated tariff based on ad content, with two cents per copy above 30 percent ads and five cents per copy if ads exceed 30 percent, while free for under 20 percent ads. Periodicals retain 15 cents a pound for content yet may not be less than 15 cents per copy. languages other than English or French stay free. Opposition Leader Mackenzie King warned of US reprisals and reduced circulation. Bennett argued moderation and fair notice before the September 1 effective date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
House of Commons
Bennett
Mackenzie King
United States
King
Canada
Toby
N.O.P
U C T Picnic Draws 2500 Children to Central Park
The U C T children’s picnic drew about 2 500 youngsters from Bow Island Walsh and Etzikom to Central Park on Saturday under perfect weather. Volunteers Alf Crowther Jim Sharpe Frank Newman Curley Edwards W J Derby Sam McKenzie Bernard Kane W H Williams and Andy Lamb led a large team distributing thousands of treats and running races for different age groups with concrete results listed for yard dash events.
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Central Park
Bow Island
Walsh
Etzikom
U.C.T
Hamlin
Alf Crowther
Jim Sharpe
Frank Newman
Curley Edwards
W. J. Derby
Sam McKenzie
Bernard Kane
W. H. Williams
Lew Hayworth
Andy Lamb
Fall to serve year and a day in New Mexico prison
Albert B. Fall will travel from Tres Iitos ranch to the Santa Fe penitentiary to begin a one year and one day sentence for accepting a bribe as Secretary of the Interior. Convicted of taking 190 700 dollars connected to the Elk Hills leasing, Fall's health will keep him in the prison hospital under medical care for a severe pulmonary ailment.
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Three Rivers
N.M
Albert B. Fall
Tres Ittos
New Mexico
Santa Fe
E.le.doheny
Lésbing
Elk Hills
Californa
Naval Dhil
Water-Flooded Tunnel Victims Rescued Unharmed
Milwaukee firefighters rescued 12 heat tunnel workmen trapped as water flooded a 100 foot completed section and a 37 foot shaft. They reached two compression chambers and surfaced six hours later none the worse for their experience.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Milwaukee Fire Department
Drowning of 8-Year-Old Ronald Ketchen at Croque Lake
Ronald Ketchen eight son of Mr and Mrs James Ketchen of Havelock drowned while bathing at Croque Lake near Peterboro Ontario on Sunday. The body was not missed until another bather felt it with a foot, ending a sudden tragedy on a warm fair day with a temperature near 96.5 degrees.
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Peterboro
Ont
Ronald Ketchen
James Ketchen
Havelock
Croque Lake
Martial law declared in Peiping and Tientsin
Martial law and strict censorship imposed in Peiping and Tientsin. Manchurian authorities seize military supplies with intent to move against disaffected Generals in Honan.
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Peiping
China
Tientsin
Honan
Not By Any Means First Stock Broker Who Has Flew
James Goodwin Hall, a New York stockbroker, flew from New York to Havana in just over eight hours aboard the monoplane Crusader. He departed Havana at 7 04 EST for a return flight, planning a brief stop in Miami before continuing to Roosevelt Field. He aims to cut southbound travel time further.
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Havanna
Associated Press
James Goodwin Hall
New York
Havana
Miami
Roosevelt Field
Opposition to Beauharnois Co y. North St Lawrence waterway scheme
A petition in the House of Commons seeks leave to introduce a bill to build canals between Cardinal and Cornwall Ontario and Hungary Bay and La Prairie Basin Quebec. The plan aims to create a deep waterway up to 35 feet deep from the Welland Canal's eastern end to Montreal harbor, enabling an Ontario Quebec Canal and Power Company navigation route.
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Ottawa
St. Lawrence River
Beauharnois
House of Commons
Narcisse M. Cantin
Montreal
Cardinal
Cornwall
Ont
Hungary Bay
la Prairie Basin
Que
Ontario
Quebec Canal
Power Company
Welland Canal
Who Controls Aeronautics London July 20
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council reserved judgment on the Dominion Government of Canada's appeal from the Supreme Court at action on a reference regarding aeronautical activities in the Dominion. The Supreme Court held that while the Dominion may control international aviation, provinces have jurisdiction over aviation within their territories. A PC ruling could invalidate certain Dominion laws attempting to set provincial regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Dominion Government of Canada
Spreme Court
Acioa
Dominion
Supreme Court
Inter
Vancouver man named British Columbia lieutenant governor
Ottawa July 20 J W Fordham Johnson of Vancouver has been appointed lieutenant governor of British Columbia succeeding R Randolph Bruce who was appointed February 24 1926 Official announcement came Sunday night and sets a Pacific Coast province leadership transition in motion
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B.C
Ottawa
J. W. Fordham Johnson
Vancouver
British Columbia
Pacific Coast Province
R. Randolph Bruce
Purser William Smith Skip Religious Work for Auto Club Post
William Bradley Smith, once ship purser on a round the world liner who married Roberta Semple, will not join religious work at Angelus Temple. He has taken a clerical post with an automobile association and he and his wife have left the parsonage. Mrs McPherson hopes he stays in religious work but friends say the auto club position suits her son in law. Rolaf McPherson, 18, will wed Lorna Dee Smith at Angelus Temple tomorrow night. Minnie Kennedy, mother of Aimee Semple McPherson, underwent psychiatric examination but is not to be admitted to a psychopathic ward.
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Los Angeles
Calif
William Bradley Smith
Roberta Semple
Aimee Semple McPherson
Angelus Temple
Smith
Automobile Association
Rolaf McPherson
Lorna Dee Smith
Alta Okla
Minnie Kennedy
Aimee Semple MacPherson
Fire at Norris & Co Warehouse Sparks Alarm
A gasoline fire in the Norris & Co warehouse behind their store was brought under control after a quick brigade response. The blaze, started by a worker cleaning an motor with gasoline near a stove, scorched two cars and burned the roof before crews contained it. Earlier, a hog pen at the old Johnstone farm on Ross Creek was demolished by fire, with effort focused on protecting nearby residence.
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D. A. Norris & Co
Johnstone
Ross Creek
Grain Inspections Report for Winnipeg July 20
Winnipeg grain inspections show totals for Saturday with compares: Wheat 443 cars, last year 376. Contract wheat 308 oats 6 SA, barley 40 and 32, flax 12 and 8, rye 23 and 16, other grains 3 and 1.
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Winnipeg
Socialist Government Predicted by Saskatchewan Farmers Leader
A J Macauley president of United Farmers of Canada Saskatchewan section told the Western Labor Conference that Saskatchewan will elect Canada's first socialist government. He cited the 30000 member UF C and forecast fifty former members return to the Legislature. He urged government action to meet twenty one farm relief demands and warned farmers might not pay debts if a special session is not called.
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Winnipeg
Man
Saskatchewan
Canada
A. J. Macauley
United Farmers of Canada
Western Labor Conference
Anderson
Macauley
McDougald to Testify in Beauharnois Inquiry Session
The Beauharnois power project inquiry resumes as Senator McDougald agrees to testify before the committee this afternoon after earlier refusal. Sir John Aird of the Bank of Commerce and Senator Donat Raymond are listed witnesses with ties to the Liberal party fund discussions.
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Montreal
Donat Raymond
Ottawa
Beauharnois
H. B.lennox
Toronto
Samuel Jacobs
W. L. McDougald
Senate
Wesley A. Gordon
Sir John Aird
Canadian Bank of Commerce
John Aird Jr
Beauharnois Corporation
Ontario Conservative Party
Liberal Party
M. O. Sweezey
Raymond
Andrew Hayden
John Aird
Bank of Commerce
House of Commons
R. O. Sweezey
Planes collide near Newington. two killed
Two U S Army planes crashed over Newington Connecticut. Two crew members died in the collision while two others parachuted to safety. An unidentified civilian was struck by a falling plane and is reported dying in the hospital.
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Newington
Conn
Austrian Hungary treaty opens export facilities for metals
In Vienna on July 20 Associated Press reports new Central European trade pacts. Austria and Hungary agree to export metals such as iron steel aluminum paper and leather in exchange for Hungary grain fish eggs meat and other goods. A similar pact with Yugoslavia began yesterday and Austria Czech Slovakia pact starts around July 27.
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Vienna
Austria
Associated Press
Europe
Hungary
Jugo Slavia
History of Our Gas Wells Continued in Medicine Hat
The city’s gas field has shifted from a shortage risk to a thriving municipal venture. Dominion inspector found No 2 drilling efficient, with total costs under 8 208.59 and No 1 at 12 000. savings expected from optimized cementing and multi-well work. Mayor Bullivant’s council added drilling and repairs, reducing overhead and fueling a profitable utility that netted about 100 000 yearly.
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Dominion
Utilities Commission
W. B. Marshall
Medicine Hat
Bullivant
Wiil
Gan
Canada
Porter's Hill
Haliburton
Calgary
Choir Gallery Collapse During High Mass In Luanda
Panic swept the Church of Nossa Senhora de Ne Care in Luanda Porto Angola as a worm eaten choir gallery collapsed during High Mass. About 200 parishioners were injured with eighty hospitalized and twenty in critical condition.
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Luanda
Portugese
West Africa
Associated Press
Church of Nossa Senhord Ne Care
Bombing Shatters Verandah in Welland Home
A hand made bomb exploded on the verandah of John Langer's home on Sixth Street Welland Ontario early today. The blast tore a two foot square hole but the Langer family escaped injury though a threatening letter had been received by Mrs Langer days earlier. Police Chief Boyd withheld the letter's contents.
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Welland
Ont
John Langer
Sixth Street
Boyd
Coral Reef Found Along a Pennsylvania Mountain Side
Pennsylvania State College reports a coral reef discovered on a mountain slope in Pennsylvania. The reef is about 15 feet thick and traced ten miles through the ford area. Experts estimate the core ages at several hundred million years, indicating the area was once sea.
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State Colege
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State College
Pennsylvania Territory
Wis
Air Pageant Plane Detour While Missing Pilot Reported Safe
Grande Forks dispatch notes the trans media air pageant fleet at Grande Forks on July 30 with pilot Jack Handerson and parachute jumper George Bennett. One plane went astray during maneuvers and was reported missing, but the craft later arrived near Grande Forks after a detour from Bethalto, Alta. The event continued with the fleet circling the port and expected arrivals later that afternoon.
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Grande Forks
B.C
Ornia
Bethbri Alta
Jack Handerson
George Bennett
Frank
Alta
Ering
Air Maneeuvers
J. Handerson
Lethbridge
Plang
Tall
Odd Birthday Mystery Navigates Jamestown Shuffle
Fragmentary OCR reads like a local snippet from Jamestown New York with scattered words about an odd birthday event or shout. The readable text hints at a chaotic scene or celebration but lacks clear names, dates, or actions to anchor a fuller report.
Toronto Conservatory exam results in Medicine Hat announced
A list of successful candidates from recent Toronto Conservatory of Music examinations in Medicine Hat is released. Names appear in order of merit including piano and junior categories with students such as Sabie Evelyn, Martie Anderson, and Edith Hounds among those recognized, reflecting strong interpretations and teaching standards.
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Toronto Conservatory of Music
Medicine Hat
Orien
Pian
Horae Caen
Harald J. "Beveridge
Sabie Evelyn Pass
Martie Anderson
Maraley
Edith Hounds
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W. Anderson
J. Schecter
A. Melirer
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I. Ewan
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Ern Wood
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