Wheat Pools distribute second interim payments across crops
Winnipeg reports nearly forty million dollars in second interim payments from the Canadian Wheat Pool and coarse grains pools in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Details show varied per bushel rates by grade, with totals across pools breaking down by wheat, oats, barley, flax and rye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Northern
Fort William
Stear
Ramsay
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
C. W
N. W
C.W
Alberta
Rain, Thunder Showers Foreseen Across Regions
Winnipeg reports emphasize rain likely today or tomorrow with thunder showers in northeast Ontario within 36 hours. Western Prairies cool to 80s after days near 90, while the West may see scattered light showers. Manitoba forest fires in Pine Falls may ease as moisture-laden clouds move in, potentially stamping out the threat in Thunder Bay district and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Pine Falls
Thunder Bay
Ontario
Kenora
Rainy River
Patricia
Ottawa
Canada
Forest Service Branch
Department of the Interior
Toronto
Other Powers May Join Navy Reduction Talks
London reports progress in Anglo American naval talks with Prime Minister MacDonald and Ambassador Dawes. The discussions, already involving Alexander and Gibson, may expand to a five power conference in London, potentially replacing the Washington talks and drawing in other naval powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ramsay MacDonald
Charles G. Dawes
No. 10
Downing Street
Albert W. Alexander
Admiralty
Hugh Gibson
Belgium
United States
Great Britain
Washington
MacDonald
Canada to send delegates to League of Nations meeting
Ottawa reports Canada will likely be represented at the League of Nations Assembly by Hon. R. Dandurand and Hon. W. D. Euler, Minister of National Revenue, with a third Dominion government member to be chosen at the next Cabinet meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada
Assembly of the
League of Nations
R. Dandurand
W. D. Euler
National Revenue
Dominion
Poison Mystery Involves Death of Three Persons
In Croydon a poisoning case involving three related deaths took a new turn as the coroner's jury initially held that Mrs Violet Sydney was poisoned wilfully but then found insufficient evidence to prove murder. The jury had earlier convicted Vera Sydney of murder but later shifted to verdicts that she died from acute poisoning with no clear proof of self administration or external homicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qndon
St Yeast
Violet Sydney
Syd
Ney
Vera
Sydney
Taberta Candy Company reopens with rebuilt modern plant
Taberta Candy Company restarts operations in a reorganized factory after a fire. Under W McQuarrie and associates the plant has been redesigned from cellar to top floor with better equipment. Cleanliness and quality position the firm among Canada’s best, inviting public visits and promising a banner year ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taberta Candy Company
Taberta
Cel
Canada
W. McQuarrie
Taberta Candy Factory
City Officials Inspect Paving Methods in Lethbridge
City Mayor Bullivan Alderman Currie and officials Hugh C. Ritchie and Hugh McLaughlin left by auto to inspect paving in Lethbridge as Medicine Hat trials bitumuls on streets. A report from the mayor is expected tomorrow. success could ease local paying difficulties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bullivan
Ald. Currie
Hugh C. Ritchie
Hugh McLaughlin
Auto
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Bandit gang robs Canadian Pacific payroll of 84520 at Vancouver
Vancouver July 31 a bandit gang held up M. Harris CP railway payroll master and escaped with payroll cheques totaling 84520. Earlier reports say Low Poy a Vancouver Chinese man was held up on the Sea Island bridge and thrown into the river but rescued by a tug crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
M. Harris
Canadian Pacific Railway District
Low Poy
Sea Island Bridge
Eburne
Here
Poy
Johnston Reports Satisfactory Gold Values From Atlee Drilling
William Wallace Johnston reports from Atlee that the Medicine Hat Gol Dredging Syndicate is drilling test holes on the Red Deer river leases. The placer in charge, Mr Holmes, will not report assay results yet as platinum values await determination. Johnston notes gold values are satisfactory and cites a new camp in good shape with crew happy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat Gol Dredging
Red Deer
Atlee
Holmes
William Wallace Johnston
Johston
Two Trail Men Killed In Acetylene Tank Blast
In Trail British Columbia at 7 10 am two men died and one was injured when an acetylene gas tank exploded at the Consolidated Reduction plant acetylene burner shop. Nick Verzuh 25 of Trail and John L Baldock 22 of Penticton were killed. Hugh Palmer injured by flying splinters. The tank reportedly failed by weakness and the blast hurled debris 200 feet and collapsed the gate house roof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trail
B.C
Consolidated Reduction Plant
Nick Verzuh
John L. Baldock
Penticton
Hugh Palmer
Verzuh
Baldock
Clear Cash Wins Goodwood Stakes at Two Miles and Three Furlongs
Clear Cash won the Goodwood Stakes over two miles and three furlongs at Goodwood. Troubador finished second by five lengths with Dazzler third. Mountain Lead, initially 10 to 1, finished a head ahead of Clear Cash but was disqualified for bumping and boring by his jockey. Clear Cash paid 13 to 3 with Troubador at 100 to 8 and Dazzler at 25 to 1. fourteen horses started.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodwood
Eng
Clear Cash
Troubador
Dazzler
Mountain Lead
Fire destroys Sarajevo arsenal in Belgrade blaze
Belgrade July 31 reports say the arsenal at Sarajevo burned last night causing damage estimated at 8,000,000 dianars about 1.5 million dollars. Local authorities assess the blaze and extent of loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Jugoslavia
Sarajevo
Riots in Chamber: Briand Gains Confidence Support
Paris July 31 The Radical group in the Chamber voted 42 to 34 to abstain when Premier Briand seeks a confidence vote in the new government. The abstention gives Briand a comfortable majority. The Cabinet met and approved Briand’s delegation policy set to be read in the Chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Briand
Sbriand
Vestris Overloaded At Start, Inquiry Finds
The Board of Trade inquiry in London ruled the Vestris was overloaded and unfit for its winter voyage from Hoboken. It found the SOS was delayed by six hours after peril began and answered fifty eight questions about the loss which killed 112 lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Holt
Vestris
Hoboken
N.J
Board of Trade
S.O.S
Brock Is Made Admiral of the Fleet
London reports Admiral Sir Osmond Brock promoted to Admiral of the fleet with a long list of promotions. Captain K G R Dewar becomes Rear-Admiral and retires. Dewar was a key figure in the Royal Oak court martial at Gibraltar last year over naval band use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sir Osmond Brock
Admiralty
K. G. R. Dewar
Royal Oak
Gibraltar
Canadian composer and impresario Dr Charles Harriss dies
Dr Charles A E Harriss, a leading Canadian composer and promoter of British music, dies at his Ottawa home at age 67. He is survived by no spouse, as his wife predeceased him several years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Charles A. E. Harriss
Canada
Empire
Harriss
Grain inspections report from Winnipeg
Winnipeg notes grain inspections with 200 wheat cars inspected yesterday and 300 cars the previous year. Contract grades recorded at 100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
A G Creelman Struck by Illness in Vancouver Home
Friends report that A G Creelman is gravely ill at his Shaughnessay Heights home in Vancouver after a second paralytic stroke. At 72 he is among Canada’s oldest CPR contractors, with a career dating to 1882 on the original line west of Brandon. He recently completed the Drumheller Red Deer river bridge and was midway through the Welland Canal contract. He had also arranged the sale of Medicine Hat Brick and Tile to Redcliff Pressed Brick Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Awire
A. G. Creelman
Shaughnessay Heights
Vancouver
Mr. Creelman
C.P.R
Canada
Brandon
Red Deer River
Drumheller
Welland
City
Medicine Hat
Redcliff Pressed Brick Co
Forest Fires Haunt Western Canada Ranges
Edmonton and Winnipeg dispatches describe massive forest fires across western Canada with hundreds of volunteers, soldiers and foresters fighting hot drought conditions. The Thunder Bay and Kenora districts face the fiercest outbreaks as rain remains scarce and resources surge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Head of the Lakes
Rocky Mountains
Canada
Fire Rangers
Irrigated Land Crops Doing Well in Canada System Tour
Mr. C. W. Hays returned from inspecting the Canada Land and Irrigation system reporting that irrigated fields at Vauxhall show good crops while dry farming areas fare poorly. In Arrowwood dry land crops are nearly burnt out though some summer fallow crops survive the heat and drought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Hays
Canada Land & Irrigation System
Vauxhall
Arrowwood
Communists Plot Disputed Agitation Across Europe and Britain
London reports say Communist agitation funded by Moscow seeks to spark strikes during August celebrations, with workers at Woolwich arsenal and Lancashire cotton mills affected. British Foreign Minister Henderson and Soviet ambassador meet as police monitor alleged plots, while Paris braces for unrest amid Soviet subsidies and Red threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Arthur Henderson
M. Dovgalevsky
France
Moscow
England
Woolwich Arsenal
Eiven
Lancashire
Paris
Berlin
Tok
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nadian Wheat Pool
Rob Paymaster
WM. Wallace Johnston
Arsenal
Brock
A. E. Harriss
Conny Beath
Brazeau
Lovett
Edmonton
Lake of the Woods
Crow Lake
Calgary
Bragg Creek
J. A. Hutchison
Bow River Forest
Horn
Hutchison
Nash
Moose Mountain Lookouts
Coal Spur
Alta
Burhing
Crooked Creek
Baillie
High Divide
Moscovy
Germany
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Manchester
Ita
Cnet
Adimant
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!