Tariff Reform Delayed as Hawley Bill Faces Western Protest
Washington reports a slow grind toward final action on the Hawley tariff bill stalled by Eastern industry pressure and Western farmer protests. Canada watches closely as Senate subcommittees study agriculture and wood products with August deadlines shaping possible revisions before adjournment.
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Damocrats
Senate
Moorer
Nance Committee
House of Representatives
Congress
Hoover
Canada
Watson
Indiana
Henry Smoot
Jah
Shortridge
California
Harrison
Mississippi
Conally
Texas
Senator Couzens
Michigan
Deneen
Illinois
Keyes
New Hampshire
Walsh
Missouri
Thomas
Oklahoma
Southern Cross Makes First Lap of Sydney to England Flight
Captain Charles Kingsford Smith and the Southern Cross completed the first leg to Derby Northwest Australia landing at 3:30 a.m. local time after a nonstop flight from Sydney. The crew faced extreme cold but encountered perfect flying weather. This marks the初 start of a planned Sydney to England route, with earlier attempt ending near Port George Mission.
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Derby
Northwest
Australia
Charles Kingsd Smith
Moise
Cross
Sydney
England
Port George Mission
Thanksgiving for Recovery of King Invites Canada Churches
Ottawa declares July 7 a day of thanksgiving for the recovery of His Majesty the King. The cabinet orders an official invitation and directs churches to hold their own services across Canada and the Empire.
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Ottawa
New Brunswick Wife Murders Husband Then Drowns
Fredericton June 26 Gordon Currie a 50 year old farmer of Springhill five miles from here was murdered with an axe at his home yesterday by his wife who afterward killed herself by drowning in the Saint John river near the home The woman had not been in good health for some time Her body was recovered by fishermen.
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Fredericton
N.B
Gordon Currie
Springhill
Saint John
Woman Fires at French Consul in Berlin
In Berlin on June 26 a Lithuanian woman, arriving with her husband and child at the French Consulate of M. Binet, fired several shots after demanding travel compensation for a lost leg. The gun misfired, the arm was seized by a porter, and both she and her husband were arrested.
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M. Binet
Berlin
Hime
Lithuania
Paris
Binet
Rain blankets vast prairie rail division overnight
Reports from CPR offices indicate a three hour rainfall last night across the division from Swift Current to Calgary and along feeder subdivisions. In the city the precipitation measured .28 inch.
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The
C.P.R
Swift Current
Calgary
Military Leader Chiang Kai Shek Announces Feng Yuan Hsiang Resigns
General Chiang Kai Shek states Feng Yu-Hsiang resigns command in Central China and will depart China for a foreign tour, informing Northwestern China leaders in Nanking on June 26.
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Central China
Nanking
China
Chiang Kai Shek
National China
Feng Yu-Hsiang
Plane in-flight telephone links New Jersey to London
A United Press test uses a flying telephone booth to transmit a trans Atlantic news dispatch. The plane’s crew and London office officials communicate via radio to Bell Labs in Whippany and land wires through New York to the trans Atlantic transmitter at Lawrenceville.
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Hadleyfield
N.J
London
United Press
Jersey
Webb Miller
Atlantic
Trans-Atlantic
Miller
American Telephone Company
Bell Laboratories
Whippany
New York City
Lawrenceville
England
Judgment Reserved in Slancter Case Against S A Wallace
Judgment was reserved in the slancter case Jamesell vs S A Wallace heard before Judge Taylor at Edmdhton district court. Jamesell, manager of the Glasgow House, testified he resigned in May 1928 yet remained to aid the transition. He described broad powers, audits, and disputes over accounts including $800 and $532.80 as personal and company transfers amid accusations of betrayal of directors.
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Jamesell
S. A. Wallace
Taylor
Edmdhton
Caun
James Tell
Glasgow
Witness
Kés
Wrich
Tie
Blackstock
McKinnon
Glasgow House
Wallace
Lethbridge Fire Chief Cleared By City Council Inquiry
The city council adopted a report from the committee which investigated complaints about the fire department. Chief Hardy was absolved of fault while the committee recommended improvements for efficiency and operations.
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Lethbridge
Cameron
Barrowman
Smeaton
McKenzie
Hardy
Japanese mine flooded trapping miners in Kinsha shaft
An Exchange Telegraph report from Tokyo says sea water flooded into a Kinsha coal shaft trapping 48 miners and a rescue party. safety doors burst cutting off help. Hope faded as the mine became completely flooded.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Tokio
Kinsha
Historic Glenarm Castle Destroyed by Fire in Ireland
Glenarm Castle in County Antrim home of the MacDonnell family and long associated with Northeastern Ulster was burned during the night. The 1636 construction left only blackened walls and the servants quarters. Valuable furniture and pictures were lost. The Earl and Countess of Antrim were away in London.
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Belfast
Glenarm Castle
County Antrim
Macdonnell
Ulster
Earl and Countess of Antrim
Glenarr
London
Poincare Government Wins Confidence Vote in Morocco Clash Debate
Paris June 26 The government of Premier Raymond Poincare won a confidence vote 347 to 207 after a long session debating recent clashes in Morocco between dissident tribes and French troops. Earlier the government narrowly survived an interpellation 291 to 266 during the debt agreement ratification debate.
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Paris
Raymond Poincare
Morocco
National Fruit Co Improves N Rly St Plant Alberta
National Fruit Co announces a new refrigerating plant on N Rly St in Alberta. The plant occupies half the main floor and basement with three compartments for fruit vegetables and bananas. Automatic controls regulate temperatures and ripeness while a ventilated fruit room stores ready produce. A tobacco room and new offices overlook the warehouse floor. Maneuver George Hoover oversees the new equipment easing duties for fresh fruits.
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National Fruit CO
N. Rly. ST
Alberta
Bknanag
MacDonald hints at formal plan for naval disarmament talks
London report: Premier Ramsay MacDonald says a definite method and venue for naval disarmament talks will be announced soon. He held a Labor reception in Euston Road and noted new discussions with U.S. ambassadors Dawes and Gibson aiding the peace effort. He stressed practical steps and mutual understanding in the world today.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
Friends Meeting House
Euston Road
Charley Ty. Dawes
United States
Great Britain
Hugh 8. Gibson
Belgium
General Dawes
Associated Press
Gibson
Forres
Dawes
MacDonald
Labor
Two New Canadian Destroyers Named Saguenay and Skeena
Ottawa reports two new Canadian destroyers to be built at Southampton by Thorncroft Limited. They cost about 3 million dollars in total and are due for completion in two years. The ships will replace the obsolete Patriot and Patrician, which were sold for scrapping.
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Southampton
Thorncroft Limited
Saguenay
Ottawa
Thorncroft, Limited
Saskatoon Masons elect grand master at fiftieth convention
Jorville Clark of Govan Saskatchewan was elected grand master of the Saskatchewan grand lodge of the Masonic order at its fiftieth annual convention. The lodge held its concluding sessions Wednesday.
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Jorville Clark
Govan, Sask
Saskatchewan
Grand Lodge of the
Masonic Order
Elkorn Girl Found After Long Search Near Bluff
Mary Angus aged 22 daughter of Mrs W Angus was found yesterday afternoon at the edge of a bluff about three miles from her home seven miles west of Elkorn after a three day search by more than two hundred men who had scoured over three sections of land. She had been missing since Saturday while searching for her brother and could not give a clear account of her escape. The doctor reported her in good physical condition.
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Elkorn
Man
Mary Angus
W. Angus
Sidney Webb Pain ted To the Pestage
Sidney Webb, renowned English economist and secretary for the Domisilops in the new Labor Government, is to become Baron Passfield. The King announced a peerage for the veteran theorist, who will assume the title of Baron Passfield of Passfield Coigner.
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London
Sidney Webb
Domisilops
Labor
of Kingzette
George
Baron Passfield
Passfield Coigner
Redistribution plan eyed to reshape Alberta legislature
A Canadian special legislative committee discusses re distribution in Alberta. Proposals include creating seats at Drumheller and Turner Valley, splitting Peace River, adding seats between Vegreville and Camrose, and possibly reducing seats in Calgary and Edmonton while keeping total members near sixty.
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Edmonton
Special Legislative Committee
Peace River
Grande Prairie
Vegreville
Camrose
Knetiien Farquabereag
Miepherson
Ec ‘McPhergon
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Fordney
House of Represattives
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Tion
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Australian
New Brunswick
Croydon Field
Bourget Field
France
English Channel
Adolph Meister
Ireland
Poincare
Casase
Stich’ & Gathering
Ecnooy
Geer
Ig Society of Friends
Labor Party
Bluffs
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