Chinese official predicts peaceful Manchurian crisis outcome
Dr K S James Woo chief secretary of the Chinese delegation to the League of Nations arrives in Vancouver aboard the Impress of Asia with wife and child. He foresees two safeguards against war: Russia and China have signed the Kellogg pact and China is a League member able to seek impartial solutions. He says internal strife is ending and China will rise as a world power with strong government and growing commerce, especially with Canada.
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Vancouver
K. S. James Woo
League of Nations
Impress of Asia
Tor. Woo
Lucerne
General Assembly
Russia
China
League
Mmms
Canada
Three Thousand Reindeer Set For Mackenzie Drive
Ottawa reports Canada will move a herd of 3000 reindeer from Alaska to the eastern Mackenzie delta with the drive beginning in October. It will take several years to herd the animals across the Arctic northward region.
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Ottawa
Alaska
Mackenzie River
Arctic
Dr. J Booth Named Commissioner of Agricultural Economics
The Civil Services Commission announced the appointment of John Franklin Booth as commissioner of agricultural economics for the Department of Agriculture. Booth, a Canadian educated in Regina and trained at the University of Saskatchewan, comes from the United States government in Washington, D C. He specializes in field husbandry.
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Awa
Civil Services Commission
Department of Agriculture
John Franklin Booth
United States
Washington, D.C
Booth
Regina
Regina College and Normal School
University of Saskatchewan
Send-Off for Eugene Desharnais Retired CPR official honored in Medicine Hat
A banquet at the Assinibgia Hotel marked the retirement of Eugene Desharnais after nearly fifty years with the Canadian Pacific Railway. Messages from colleagues in Vancouver and Medicine Hat praised his long service, with thanks for his work on construction and as roadmaster between Medicine Hat and Calgary. The event featured Lordship honors, toasts, and a tribute from Dr. Gershaw, closing with an invocation and patriotic salute.
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C.p.rb
Western
Canada
Lake Superior
IT. B.desharnais
Medicine Hat
Medicine Int
Calgary
Desharnais
C.P.R
Mattawa
Ont
Canadian Pacific Railway
Eugene Desharnais
Winnipeg
Gene
Jas. McArthur
Assinibgia
Deharnais
C. S. Maharg
Vancouver
E.C
Medicine Hat Division
J. M. Nicol
M. J. Scott
C. A. Cottreel
Eugene
A. J. English
H. W .McLeod
J. B. McTaggart
Eagle Butte No 1 Oil Well Nears Completion
Eagle Butte No 1 oil well stands at 3903 feet with drilling toward the Kootenay formation in Medicine Lodge Coulee. No 2 is planned about six miles east, Cypress Hills structure noted by geologists. Company expects Cardium sand Bow Island formation in lower Benton for big finds and plans for No 3, likely next spring, with Moose Jaw Regina gas franchises under negotiation and potential rotary drilling for wells to enable a pipeline.
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Eagle Butteil Co. Ltd
Kootway
No. 1
Medicine Lodge Coulee
Cypress Hills
Bow Island
Benton
Moose Jaw
Regina
Elkwater Trail Culverts Deteriorate on Busy Road
Heavy traffic on Elkwater road this summer has damaged culverts at three miles and nine miles from the lake. Traffic disruptions raise concerns for travel and road safety as crews assess repairs.
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Elkwater Road
Booth visits Medicine Hat among kin noted
Mr. Booth took major work in animal husbandry and visited Medicine Hat last month as guest of his sister-in-law Mrs Arundell and Mr Arundel on Second Street.
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Mr. Booth
Medicine Hat
Mrs. Arundell
Mr. Arundel
Second St
Briand to form cabinet with Poincare set aside
Aristide Briand, France's new premier, will keep the Poincare cabinet intact except that Raymond Poincare will not be included. Briand as premier and foreign affairs minister signals a Locarno era policy while Poincare retires due to health.
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Paris
Aristide Briand
France
Raymond Poincare
MM. Poincare
Briand
Poincare
Germany
Doumers Ye
M. Clemente
Chamber
Dowmergue
M Calais
Caillaux
Locarno
M. Briand
The
Republic
Doumergue
Noumergue
Re‘weive
Presidnet
Fatal Fire At Vancouver Tent and Awning Plant
George Capelle aged 58 of Burnaby died after a fire at the Jones and Son Tent and Awning plant on Perry Road and Kingsway burned his body. An oil vat splashed ignition sparked the blaze as an oil tank exploded causing Capelle to be clothes on fire. He ran into the street followed by coworker Mosely before flames were stopped.
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Vancouver
Jones and Son Tent and Awning Company
Perry Road
Kingsway
George Capelle
Lily Street
Burnaby
General Hospital
Capelle
Mosely
Bullion Recovered From Slocan Lake Crash
In Nelson British Columbia a bullion shipment valued at about 50000 dollars, lost 27 years ago when a car plunged from a Slocan City wharf, has been recovered by diver Fred Madison at 120 feet depth and is being sent to the Consolidated Mining and Smelting plant at Trail for Australia shipment.
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Nelson
B.C
Slocan Lake
Slocan City
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company
Tadanac
Fred Madison
Old Trail
Australia
Four Drownings Reported Over Weekend in Montreal Area
Montreal reports four drownings over the weekend. Adrien Leroux 23 drowned at Montreal North while Armand Desmarais 17 failed to reach shore at Ville Lasalle. Donald Desjardins 16 fell into a canal during a wrestling incident. Frank Gardner 42 a New York engineer on a private yacht fell into Lake Dorval while cleaning the boat.
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Montreal
Adrien Leroux
Armand Desmarais
Ville Lasalle
Donald Desjardins
Frank Gardner
New York
Lake Dorval
Zeppelin ready for flight on Wednesday
Friedrichshafen Germany July 29 Zeppelins works report the Graf Zeppelin prepared for a second Atlantic flight to America on Wednesday morning after a successful test over Southern Germany. Dr Hugo Eckener announces the depart date following satisfactory motor tests. A separate note states Lord Coventry sets a record with eighty six years and sixty four days as his title remains.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Zeppelin Company
Graf Zeppelin
Atlantic
America
Hugo Eckener
Zeppelin
Lord Coventry
Convicts Break From Auburn Prison In Major Revolt
About fifty long term inmates led a revolt at Auburn State Prison, capturing the arsenal with fifty rifles and four machine guns, storming gates, and firing into camps. Four guards were shot and two mutineers killed. unrest ended with guards and state troopers restoring order. Most inmates were later confined. Machine guns missing from the arsenal remained unaccounted for.
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Auburn
N.Y
Auburn State Prison
Foor
King shows satisfactory progress after operation
The King continues to make satisfactory progress at Buckingham Palace. He took a short walk yesterday afternoon for the first time since his operation two weeks ago.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Palace
Narrow Escape From Drowning Near Clarke’s Nurseries
Pete Merkel narrowly escaped drowning while testing a puntoon motor by Clarke’s Nurseries near the Canneries. A raft and motor complications led to Merkel going under, but Geo Bergen and Jack Conn helped pull him ashore. He received artificial respiration and oxygen at the hospital and remains under care doing well.
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Pete Merkel
A. C. Wade
Clarke
Merel
Walter Clarke
Mr. Nott
Zwett
Merkel
Geo. Bergen
Jack Conn
Clark
Bergen
Ed Orum
MacCharles
Patterson
Endurance Plane Crash Kills Captain Christian
Minneapolis reports an endurance plane crash at World Chamberlain field at 5 25 am killing Captain Christian and seriously injuring co pilot Owen Haughland. The craft plunged into an old racing track after ground crews readied a refueling contact. The plane had 154 hours 40 minutes aloft. No cause given and witnesses suggest excessive speed during a last message.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Minnesota
World Chamberlain Field
Christian
Owen Haughland
Crichton
Haughland
King on immigration and doctors to Canada
Hon Dr King says Britons may come if fit with no restrictions. He returned from Europe aboard the Empress of Scotland after medical and immigration duties. He expects no surge in Canadian doctors abroad, notes local recruiting in outside districts and praises minister J T Thomas. He departed May 21 for a two month trip.
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Quebec
Canada
King
Ottawa
Scotland
Europe
Atlantic
Mystery Deaths in Croydon Family Murder Verdict
London July 29 The coroner’s jury returns a murder verdict in the Croydon family deaths three members of the same household died of poison. Vera Sidney dies February 14 1929. Mrs Violet Kamelia Sidney dies April 5 1929. Edmond Creighton Duff dies April 27 1928.
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London
A.P
Mempberg
Croydon
Tha
Vera Sidney
Violet Kamelia Sidney
Vera
Edmond Creighton Duff
Sidney
Duff
Chinese and Russians Withdraw From Border To A Neutral Zone
Manchuria dispatches report Russian and Chinese troops withdrawing from the border creating a neutral zone to avoid clashes. Twelve miles now separate the forces. Chinese withdrawal driven by fear of a Mongol invasion. Russians withdrew at Manchuria and Pogranichnaya under Moscow orders.
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Tokio
Manchuria
Pogranichnaya
Moscow
Robin Still Flies St Louis July 29
Robin piloted by Red Jackson and Forest O'Brien completed a sustained flight of 384 hours after taking off at 7 17 am in St Louis. The event marks a record long air journey with the morning start time noted in Central Standard Time.
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Robin
St. Louis
St. '_cuts
Red Jackson
Forest O’brien
C.S.T
Heat Wave Grips United States and Canada
A severe heat wave blankets the United States and parts of Canada with near to over century temperatures. Major cities report highs around 98 degrees and widespread drought threatens crops from the Atlantic coast to the prairies. Beaches fill and traffic evacuations from cities occur as drownings rise in metro areas.
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New York
United States
Albany
N.Y
Baltimore
Phoenix
Arizona
St. Louis
Washington
Mercury
Boston
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Detroit
Philadelphia
Portland
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Elkwater Trail
J. M. MacArthur
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