Kingsford Smith lands in Brisbane after 1762 mile flight
Brisbane greets Charles Kingsford Smith and the Southern Cross crew after a 21 hour trans oceanic journey from Suva Fiji. The group, aided by C T Ulm Harry Lyon and James Warner, carried a 25000 gift from Australia and faced a fierce storm before landing at Ballina.
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Brisbane
Australia
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Southern Cross
Suva
Fiji Islands
Austalian
Oakland
California
Kingsford-Smith
C. T. Ulm
Harry Lyon
James Warner
Ballina
Here
Kingsford- Smith
Coolidge
Commonwealth
Sydney
Lyon
Charles ‘T. P. Ulm
Nationalists in thousands around Peking
Uncounted Nationalist forces from Shansi and allied troops closed in on Peking on three sides. Six thousand Shansi troops entered the capital while Feng aimed at Tientsin. Foreign residents were assured safety as the city remained quiet despite surrounding troops.
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Peking
Mie
Shansi
Pang Yu-Liang
Feng
Tiesutsin
Pekin
Washington
Mukden
Manchuria
Paoyuling
Chang Tso- Lin
Tientsin
J. P. Ratey
Legation
West Brny
Race Meet Slated For Medicina Hat July 25
At a directors meeting of the Medicina Hat Agricultural Society it was decided to hold a race meeting here on Wednesday July 25. A Corn Show is planned for November with the exact date to be fixed later. President W A Chareh was asked to appoint a committee to arrange the race meet program.
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Medicina Hat Agricultural Soiety
W. A. Chareh
Senate fears U S control of St Lawrence waterway
Ottawa June 8 The Senate committee report on the St Lawrence waterways project urges continuing inquiry next session The Aluminum Company of Messina N Y would control the canal and tolls if the joint waterways commission plan is adopted Senator Reid argues the firm is linked to Standard Oil and owns related power assets Canada would bear costs while navigation remains a Canada concern and New York seeks power profits separate from Canada The Riverside postmaster Bruce County Wm McDonald longtime figure dies.
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Ottawa
Senate
Aluminum Company
Messina
New York
Joint Waterways Commission
J. D. Reid
Aluminum
Reid
Standard Oil Company
The
St. Lawrence
Canada
Ontario
Quebec
New York State
New York City
U.S
Medicine Hat Fish and Game Association Forms
The Medicine Hat Fish and Game Association outlines formation progress and budget needs. A shipment of pheasant poults from Oregon arrived, and members plan breeding to release hundreds next summer. Officials discuss funding, ticket drives, and local seasons on prairie chickens and Hungarians.
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Medicine Hat Fish Ad. Game. Association
Oregon
Waloff
Allan
Régegie Bray
Parliament to prorogue as House clears agenda
Ottawa reports Parliament to prorogue at six tonight if no unforeseen blocks occur. Prime Minister said the order paper is cleared and most estimates passed, with debate focusing on the 39 million dollar Canadian National Railways vote and the CN R hotel plan at Halifax. Opposition leader Bennett criticized Immigration Minister Forke while votes for salaries and immigration outside service were approved.
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Ottawa
Canadian National Railways
Hon. R. B. Bennett
C.N.R
Halifax
Ee Iouse
nanaiAarad
Pridiy
R. B. Bermett
Forke
Immigration
Department of Immigration
House of Commons
Italia Dirigible Italia Believed Alive Near Spitzbergen
Reports from King's Bay Spitzbergen and Moscow indicate the airship Italia, missing since May 25, is believed alive with its crew of 11 under Commander Umberto Nobile. The Citta Di Milano detected signals and relief efforts, including Soviet expeditions, are under way to reach the stranded crew in the ice north of Northeast Land.
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King’s Bay
Spitzbergen
Associated Press
Italia
Citta di Milano
Met Se
Serventen
Umberto Nobile
Manoya
Moscow
Schmidt
Peterman
Franz Josef Land
Bragariza
Wess
Osvevar
Dirigible
Hobby
Braganga
Igible
Nobile
Franz Jones Land
People's Commissars
Esiiamoff
Sedoff
Philadelphia
Jack Watkins
Sages
Spitztergen
King's Bay
Land
Disbarment Proceedings Start Against Noted Judge Lindsay
Denver, June 9. Disbarment proceedings began against Ben Lindsay, former Denver Juvenile Court judge and juvenile delinquency authority, for professional misconduct as a lawyer. The complaint accuses Lindsay of representing Mrs. Jerwood Stokes in challenging her late husband W. E. D. Stokes will and alleges others, including Lindsay, collected more than 40,600 dollars in fees from the litigation.
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Denver
Colo
Ben Lindsay
Boatwright
Lindsay
Jerwood Stokes
W. E. D. Stokes
New York
Soldier Land
Parliament Proceedings Highlight Migration and Settlement Estimates
Ottawa June 6 Can Press reports Parliament will likely convene today. Yesterday the Senate sat briefly as the Commons approved migration estimates totaling 2,281,400,000 and Soldier Settlement 3,115,000. Other approved items include Canadian National Steamships 7398,000 and related national funds.
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Ottawa
Can. Press
Senate
Commons
Saskatchewan Stock Growers Fold By Annul Sneha
Sask stock group meeting planned in Maple Creek next Thursday and Friday. A well balanced program has been arranged for members and attendees.
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Saskatchewan
Association Foldy
Sneha
Maple Creek
Two Seater Biplane Lands Here Friday
A two seater biplane piloted by Lou Dillon landed in the Norwood subdivision at 3 30 p m on Friday afternoon. The craft advertised a trip from Havre Montana through Southern Alberta and planned a hop to Lethbridge. The green bodied silver wing aircraft bore the carved name Hudson, Wessex, Chrysler.
Wheat Market Rises On Strong Liverpool Cables
Winnipeg reports brisk trade in wheat with gains as prices jump early and close higher amid solid cash demand. Export business seen expanding after cables from Liverpool and strong market tone, with lower grades up 1 4 to 1 cent and top grades steady.
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Winnipeg
Liverpool
Special Sitting of Supreme Court Civil Division Opens
A special sitting of the Supreme Court civil division will be held here Monday at 10 am. Judge Walsh presides over the $25,000 damage action of Henry Smith against the C P R. G M Blackstock K C for the plaintiff and A L Smith K C of Calgary for the defendant.
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Supreme Court, Civil Division
Supreme Court
Justice Walsh
Henry Smith
C.P.R. G
Governor Byrd Receives Threat From Klansmen Letter
An anonymous letter claiming to be from the Ku Klux Klan threatened flogging to Governor Harry V. Byrd and others who support certain Virginia constitutional amendments. The letter, turned over to postal authorities in Richmond, hints at placing higher power in Virginia and was forwarded for official action.
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Richmond
Yva
Ku ‘Klux Klan
Harry V. Byrd
Eerta
Virginia
Byrd O
Ottawa House defeats Conservative amendment on expenditures
In Ottawa the House rejected by 79 to 38 the Conservative bid to censur e the year end and projected expenditures as excessive and extravagant. Two Progressive members backed the amendment. others supported the government. Premier King promised a special estimates committee next session and a pause in adjournment amid continued talks on parliamentary aged indemnity.
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Ottawa
R.B. Bennett
House
Faamely
M. Carmichael
Kindersley
W.K. Fansher
Lambton
Labor
King
H. E. Léviguety
Bec Montmorency
Lavigueur
Two tots die in Edmonton explosion tragedy
An explosion at a railway centre in Edmonton on Thursday afternoon killed two children, seriously injuring two others. The victims include Katie Zook, 40, and her daughter and son, as debris and flying boxes caused multiple injuries. A bystander, J Barnby, who died in Ashtie Townshth, is among victims in the incident.
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Edmonton
Dune
Ellice Aril
Atta
Thurdithy
Katie
Zook
Radway
Alyg Wat
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BRE
George Rowland Blades
London
Alfred Mond
Henry Oliver Wright
George
Rowland Blades
Sir Alfred Mond
Sir Henry
Order of the Bath
St George's
U. S
Wm. McDonald
Riverside
Bruce County
Medicine Hat Fish
Ae and Game
Assoc
Abe
Eagy
Alex
Glenne
Island Lake
Feather
Bennett
Railway Department
Bell Telephone
Alberta
H. Smith
C.P.R
J. Barnby
Huron
Ashtie
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