Premier King replies on Imperial Conference commitments
Oldawa March 30 Premier King rebutted the Imperial Conference decisions saying they are not binding on Canada without formal approval. He noted Canadian delegation stance and detailed conference committee structures while stressing Parliament is not bound by last fall’s conference decisions. Continues on page four.
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Oldawa
Uon
Ugh Guthrie
Te House of Commons
Canada
British North America
Ottawa
Department of External Affairs
King
Sapiro Ill With Libel Suit Against Ford Over Court Time
Detroit March 30 Nearly endless legal arguments ended when Judge Raymond limited each side in Aaron Sapiro's 1,000,000 libel suit against Henry Ford. Court proceedings paused as attorneys debated Sapiro record books with the jury kept outside.
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Detroit
Mich
Aaron Sapiro
Jenry Ford
AM. Raymond
Sapiro
Ford
Traffic clash injures forty seven in Sind province dispute
Forty seven people are reported injured after a wet road collision near Sarana in Upper Sind. Despatches say the crash arose from a dispute over a woman and her three children, with tensions running high.
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Karachi
British India
Mostems Wnh HiIndus
Sarana
Sind
Premier of Alta. Asked Down to Ottawa
Premier J H Brownlee of Alberta seeks to appear before the Railways Canals and Telegraphs committee in Ottawa if prorogation allows. The decision followed a wire from Brownlee to D M Kennedy Peace River and is tied to an Alberta legislative session end. A motion for the Deputy Minister of Railways of Alberta to testify also passed.
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Ottawa
Can
J. KH. Brownlee
Alberta
Railways, Canals and Telegraphs Committee
Peace River
Brownlee
M. Kennedy
U.sa
Confederation Topic Highlighted by P R Riches Talk
The St Barnabas Church Men’s Supper Club heard Percy Ifbes of Alexandra High School discuss Confederation with emphasis on Maritime Rights and Alberta resources. Mr Riches urged calm, impartial thinking, noting untapped rights of Maritimes and unfulfilled Confederation promises. The audience gave Riches a strong ovation.
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St. Barnabas Church
St. Barnabgs Church
Winter Huckvale
Percy Ifbes
Alexandra High School
Confederation
Riches
Alberta
Maritimes
Foreigners lives in danger in the upper Yangtse
Authorities warn the upper Yangtse situation may spiral out of control endangering foreigners. Trade stalls as foreign missions and ships report tensions and clashes. Reports from Nanking, Canton, Hankow, and Shanghai describe looting, armed response, and labor strikes affecting foreigners and international interests.
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Yangtse
London
Tarantula
United States
Helena
Reuter
Hongkong
Shameen
Canton
Canton Club
Washington
Fuchow
Shanghai
United States Asiatic Squadron
Navy Department
Kowehhow
Nanking
Austen Chamberlain
House House of Common
Vasna
Royal Artillery
Bellerephone
General Labor Union
Oxford Students Plan Harvest Aid for Canada Crop
Oxford University students will join a government and Canadian railways program to harvest wheat in Canada. They sail in July to Montreal, work on Ontario farms until mid August, then proceed to Manitoba before returning to England for October college reopening.
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Oxford
Oxford University
Camiian
Montreal
Manitoba
England
Wheat Prices Slide on Chicago Weakness in Winnipeg Market
Wheat prices in Winnipeg fell late in the session influenced by weaker Chicago markets. Losses ranged from 1 1 2 to 1 4 cents with some support forming as short coverings on firm foreign cables helped limit declines. Rye stayed in strong demand while flax and other coarse grains showed only moderate activity amid colder, snowy weather.
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Winnipeg
Chicago
Expeditionary Force Attacked in North Burma
Rangoon Burma March 30. One of the two slave emancipating expeditions in the Kachan hill country was attacked. Captain West of the British army and two expedition members were killed. Three others wounded and an interpreter missing. Military Police reinforcements en route. Communication by heliograph. bad visibility limits details. In Mugwang Valley about 1000 slaves were freed last year with government compensation to owners.
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Rangoon
Burma
Kachan
West
Hmugwang
Seed Grain Liens Discussed in Senate and Alberta Plan
Ottawa reports Senate discussion on seed grain liens tied to drought relief and 3 million dollars in advances. Edmonton notes a draft bill to consolidate tax arrears in Southeastern Alberta and write off seed grain and relief debts under a debt adjustment board.
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Ottawa
Senate
Buchanan
Lethbridge
Alberta
Dominion
Dandurand
Department of Interior
Edmonton
Drouth
Department of Municipal Affairs
Lon. Wt. G .Reid
Debt Adjustment Branch
Doings in Parliament Ottawa March 30 1926
The Senate sat in Ottawa with the third reading of the National Railway branch lines Bill and the second reading of the Rural Credits Bill after several amendments. In the House of Commons the Imperial relations debate from the Imperial Conference of 1926 continued.
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Ottawa
Senate
House of Commons
Commons
Legislature Demands Full Accounting of Province Railways
Edmonton reports reference a Conservative motion calling for complete accounting of provincial railway and trading activities. A. A. McGillivray urged full balance sheets detailing assets liabilities and capital expenditures and a revenue and expenditure account. Government spokesman defended current disclosures as adequate.
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Edmonton
A. A. McGillivray
Committee Approves Latter Day Saints Incorporation Bill
Ottawa March 30 A bill to incorporate The President of Lethbridge Stake a subdivision of the Alberta Stake of Zicnu Latter Day Saints was approved by the Private Bills Committee of the House of Commons Hugh B Brown of Lethbridge named as president of the corporation tasked with managing church property and interests
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Ottawa
Can. Press
Lethbridge Stake
Alberta
Zicnu
Latter Day Saints
House of Commons
Hughb. Brown
Lethbridge
Austrian official admits pushing wife off cliff in Vienna
Alois Hollerer, a Vienna railway official, says he acted on a sudden impulse when he pushed his wife from a hundred foot precipice. She remained unconscious five days and now refuses to testify. Austrian law prevents charged attempted murder if the wife remains silent.
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Vienna
Alois Hollerer
Holicrer
Talk on Rubber Given by Charlie Beny at Kiwanis Luncheon
Charles Beny spoke to the Kiwanis Club on rubber, tracing its history from inception to modern efficiency. He illustrated the talk with rubber samples and a bottle of rubber tree juice from Dominion Tire Company. A playful cheese-like rubber piece was served with pie, tempting some to bite it.
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Charlie Beny
Kiswanis Club
Charles Beny
Charlie
Dominion Tire Company of
Toronto
Terrible Mine Explosion Traps Hundreds at Whrefield Mine
A massive blast at Mine No ay of the Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Corp near Whrefield traps between 350 and 600 miners and injures surface workers. Rescue crews from Derry Ebrenfeld rushed to the scene as the two story office building collapsed and shaft access was cut off. Officials call it one of the worst explosions in Western and Central Pennsylvania mining history.
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Southfork
Pennsylvania, Coal, and Coke Corporation
Whreffield
Pittsburgh
Blirenfeld
Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Corporation
United States Bureau of Mines Rescue
Derry
Ebrenfeld
Hhrenfeld
Mire
Esplusinia
Escne -Yearle Diffiuws
Pennsylvania
Small Boy Fatally Shot Playing With Rifle
In Chatham Ontario Charlen Lindsay aged 14 was fatally wounded when his friend Ross Wright 15 accidentally fired a rifle at targets Lindsay stepped into the line of fire. He died twenty minutes after the shooting.
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Chatham
Ont
Charlen Lindsay
Ross Wright
Lindsay
Wright
Eight Miners Entombed in Ledford Mine Blast
Eight miners were entombed and believed killed in a gas explosion at Saline County Coal Corp mine number two in Ledford near Harrisburg. Three other workers were injured while 800 other miners in the mine were accounted for.
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Harrisburg
Saline County Coal Corporation
Ledford
Here
Mipp
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