Income tax exemption raised to age 21
Ottawa reports budget resolutions passed with a key change raising the income tax exemption age for children to 21 from 18. Debate included Woodsworth’s amendment attempt and a 149 to 35 division sustaining the deputy speaker’s ruling. Bourassa urged extending exemption to small sash and door makers, which was ruled out of order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Robb
Finance
Woodsworth
Labor
Winnipeg North Centre
Johnston
Lovie
Ward
Glen
Milne
Messrs. Edwards
Cantley
MacDougall
MacDonald
Richman-West Cape Breton
Fraser
Ernest
Cowan
Henri Bourassa
Lat Belle
J. A. Robb
Bourassa
A. W. Neill
Comox- Alberna
la Belle
Labelle
Rob
Henri Bourass
Milton Campbell
Markenzie
Northern Alberta and Saskatchewan Blizzard News
Reports from Medicine Hat Edmonton Saskatoon and Regina describe a March blizzard's impact. Snow drifts from three to ten feet halted travel in Saskatchewan and central Alberta while Edmonton saw only two inches of snow. Regina and Saskatoon faced street closures and injured residents as winds neared fifty miles an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Pacific Railway
Medicine Hat
Saskatchewan
Edmonton
Alberta
Saskatoon
City Park
Regina
Sask
Mar
Prince of Wales Wins Lord Manners Cup at Bicester
The Prince of Wales rode one of his hunters to victory in the Lord Manners Cup at the Grenadier Guards Regimental point to point races in Bicester. Fourteen other entries competed. He rode a well judged race and finished a length ahead of the runner up, earning a great ovation from the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bicester
Eng
Prince of Wales
Grenadier Gunards
Prince
Colorado Ranchers Report Heavy Cattle Losses Near Marval
Five thousand head of cattle died on the ranges near Marval during last week's blizzard that blocked highways and cut off Eastern Colorado points. Stockmen call it the worst storm in five years and fear they cannot drive cattle to feed pastures due to huge drifts. Farmers, meanwhile, welcomed the snow as aid to crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Colo
Marval
Colorado
Evidence In Sapiro Ford Case Opens Witness Line
Detroit March 16 five housewives a saleswoman dealers and clerks named as potential witnesses prepare for the $1,000,000 libel suit against Henry Ford. Wil J. Cameron editor of the Dearborn Independent and Fred Black publicist were first listed to testify as the hearing opens delayed by a court conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Henry Ford
Aston Sapiro
Wil J. Cameron
Dearborn Independent
Sapiro
Fred Black
Mich
Fred M. Raymond
James A. Reed
Ford
W. M. Henry Gallagher
Aaron Sapiro
Deportation Sought for Blasphemy Convict Sterry
Toronto reports Ernest Y. Sterry was sentenced to sixty days for blasphemy and local police planned deportation after his sentence. Attorney E L Cross indicated deportation actions would proceed, while Inspector McKinney noted Sterry had lived in Canada three years and might be eligible for a special dispensation to return to England.
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Toronto
Ernest Y. Sterry
Jalil
Coatswa AY
Sterry
E. L. Cross
Fost
Canada
Costs to Maintain Hon Herbert Greenfield in London
Edmonton reports an appropriation of 14000 dollars for the current year to maintain the provincial colonization office in London under Commissioner Robert Greenfield. A further 3725 dollars is requested for the first quarter of 1928. Last year’s overseas work cost 4232 dollars. Greenfield’s salary is 6000 dollars annually with living and traveling allowances. Additional funds cover telephones, postage, printing, and unclassified provisions totaling several thousand dollars. Secretary Hugh M Baker’s salary is listed at 2800 dollars with extra assistance of 100 dollars.
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Edmonton
London
England
Robert Greenfield
Shanghai Labour Conflict Grapples With Fascinating Agitators
Shanghai reports of 150 selected agitators arriving from Hankow are stirring fear among workers as intimidation and alleged murders mount. Rail traffic disruption and forcible desertion of locomotive crews mark intensified unrest as Cantonese forces push toward Chang Tsung Chang rail links.
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Shanghai
Hankow
Shanga
Shanghai-Nanking
Shanghai South Station
Woosung
Wuhu
Chang Tsung Chang
Shantung Province
Nanking
Anhwei
Pengpu
Kuomintang
Peking
Lake Taihu
Thing
Chang Tso Lin
Chang
Chin Yun Ao
Cheng Chow
Honan
Last Surviving Québec Conference Witness Dies at 91
William Henry Orr, a veteran Canadian reporter and former assistant editor of the Toronto Globe, aged 91, died this week in Gulfport Mississippi. He witnessed the 1864 Quebec Conference and later served on the New York Tribune staff under Horace Greeley.
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Quebec
Upper
Lower Canada
Maritimes
Gulfport
Mississippi
William Henry Orr
Orr
Toronto Globe
George Brown
New York Tribune
Horace Greeley
Well Digger Entombed Thirteen Hours Rescued
Jeff Ashworth was trapped forty feet down in a seventy foot well at Fugney Springs North Carolina. A nightlong effort by rescue workers using automobile headlights farm lanterns and candles freed him after thirteen hours. He rested well after rescue and was handed to physicians.
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Fugney Springs
N. C
Jeff Ashworth
Ashworth
Halifax Sailors Prepare to Welcome Over 3000 Settlers
More than three thousand passengers from Europe, many to settle on Canadian land, are to be discharged at Halifax between Thursday noon and Monday next. Seven steamers from British and continental ports are due to dock, carrying the settlers.
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Halifax
N. S
Europe
Canada
Chang Drives Henan Troops From Field Toward Cheng Chow
Chang defeated Henan forces with heavy losses and forced their retreat to Cheng Chow. He declared the intent to press the attack on Cheng Chow, signaling a bold campaign move in the theater.
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Chang
Henan
Cheng Chow
Alberta Revenue and Expenditure Tables 1927 1928
The tables present estimated revenues and expenditures for Alberta for the calendar year 1927 and the first three months of 1928, with a comparative column showing actual expenditures and revenues for 1926.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Alberta Budget Tracks Higher Expenditures and Revenues
In Edmonton the 1927 budget shows total expenditures up by 580,840.31 compared with 1926, driven by public debt, executive ravine, education grants, police, and health costs. Revenue is projected at 12,501,046.54, rising 588,918.27, with changes across departments including education, liquor profits, and new tax measures.
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Dora
Canada
Agriculture Dept
Atty.-Gen. Dept
Mun
Public Health
Dat
Public Works Dept
Rys
Tel. Dept
Treasury Dept
Dentine Ae
Tel
Pi Exce
Council
Education Dept
Ad Goa
Waris
Tanita Tata Tea
Ids FA
Pel
Edmonton
Ton. R. G. Reid
Executive Council
Agricultural Department
Schools of Agriculture
Attorney-General’s Department
Alberta
Department of Public Health
Public Works Department
Treasury Department
Dominion
Department of the Attorney General
Education Department
Legislative Assembly
Municipal Affairs Department
Poison tubes lost from hospital van spark police hunt
London police hunted to recover 264 tubes of powerful poison that fell from a hospital van in the east side. Children used the bright orange boxes as toys, and by noon 200 had been recovered after teams traced them from child to child.
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London
East Side
Western Outlets Peace River Rail Route Favored
Ottawa March 16 The Railways and Telegraphs Committee examined joint reports by engineers from the Canadian Pacific and Canadian National Railways on a western outlet from the Peace River district to the Pacific. The Obed route was favored over Monkman or Peace Pass as the best Western outlet. The committee will reconvene Friday and hearings for British Columbia will be scheduled.
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Ottawa
Can
Peace River
Railways and Telegraphs Committee
House
Canadian Pacific
Canadian National Railways
Writneses
Obed
Monkman
Peace Pass
British Columbia
Hall Mills murder case revived by libel suits
Frances Hall Henry Carpenter and William Stevens sue the New York Daily Mirror for 500000 dollars each in the New York Supreme Court accusing the Public Press Corporation of libel over statements connected to the 1922 murder of Rev. Dr Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs James Mills in New Brunswick New Jersey. The plaintiffs had been acquitted at Somerville New Jersey after trial.
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New York
New York Daily Mirror
Frances Hall
Henry Carpenter
William Stevens
The
Public Press Corporation
Supreme Court
Edward Wheeler Hall
James Mills
Episcopal Church
New Brunswick
N. J
Somerville
Dunning Plans Two Year Extension for Rail Line Completion
Ottawa reports Minister C A Dunning will introduce a Bill to extend by two years the deadline for completing the joint section of the Canadian National branch from Rosedale toward the southwest into Alberta.
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Ottawa
Can
C. A. Dunning
Canadian National
Rosedale
Alberta
Ontario Man Abducts 13 Year Old Girl
In Orangeville Ontario on March 16, Robert Cook aged 15 was charged with seduction and abduction of 13 year old Henrietta McCullough. He was denied bail after a court hearing on his farm near her home. Henrietta testified they had discussed marriage and had earlier attempted to marry before the alleged abduction.
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Orangeville
Out
Henrietta McCullough
Robert Cook
Cook
Henrietta
Hig Farm
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Messrs. Leaubien
Millard and Bisset
L. J. Jelliff
U.P.A
Lethbridge
Messrs
Wadsworth
Heaps
Adshead
Messers. Bourassa
Neill
M. F. Hepburn
Elgin West
U.F.A
L. J
Prairie Provinces
Sir Michael H. Hodgen
Mediterranean
Sapiro Ford
Herbert Greenfield
R. G. Reid
Public Health Department
Central Alberta
Police of
Hall-Mills
Big Damages
Ontario
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