Alberta coal shipments to Ontario under new rate plan
Ottawa reports the coal shipping window from April 15 to July 15 at six dollars and seventy five cents per ton for Alberta coal. An Alberta Ontario committee will oversee fuel suitability and grades, with Ontario representation and a four member standards board to set eastbound coal standards ahead of the April 15 movement.
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Ottawa
Board of Railway Commissioners
Alberta
Toronto
Ont
Ontario
W.W. McBain
Canadian Coal Committee
McBain
Alerta
Dominion
Ferguson
Edmonton
Brownlee
Standards Board
J. A. Ellis
Mr. Ellis
Ottawa to bar private liquor imports under provincial control
Canadian legislation to forbid private individuals from importing liquor into provinces with liquor control, allowing only governments to transport liquor. Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island would remain exempt. the proposal arose at the Provincial Conference of Prefers in Ottawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
OCHO
Bible Students Barred From Radio Licenses Cancelled
Canadian radio authorities renewals suspended for International Bible Students Association in Toronto and other cities. Licenses canceled following widespread listener inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Dominionovernment Radio
Interational Bible Students Association
Oronto
Canada
Army leader stops over in Winnipeg on way to Commonwealth
Winnipeg March 30 Commission leader Henry Mapp representative in Canada Australia and the United States arrived from Toronto en route to Australia for Salvation Army Congress meetings. He met headquarters officers on arrival and will stay in the city briefly before sailing from Vancouver to the Commonwealth.
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Winnipeg
Mar
Toustralia
Salvationrmy Congress
Henry Mapp
Andon
Canada
Australia
Toronto
Engand
Mapp
Sevral
Vancouver
Commonwealth
Newburgh Postmaster Fatally Shoots Self After Slaying Teen
In Wallkill, Newburgh area, Harry T. Melugh, post master, shot and killed himself after allegedly killing nineteen year old Marie Terwillizer. Police close in as motives allegedly involve breaking a friendship with a younger brother.
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Newburgh
Marie Terwillizer
Harry T. Melugh
Wall- Kill
Melagh
Husband Of Princess Ordered From Rhineland
Alexander Lubkoff, husband of Princess Victoria of Schaumberg Lippe, was secretly found in Aix la Chapelle Rhineland Prussia. He was ordered by the Rhineland Governor to leave Germany within 24 hours and proceeded to Belgium where he was again bid to move on.
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Aix la Chappelle
Belgium
Rhineland
Prussia
Alexander Lubkoff
Victoria
Schaumberg-Lippe
Germany
Kaiser
Norris Named to Board of Railway Commissioners
Ottawa announces Hon T Norris former Manitoba premier is appointed a member of the Board of Railway Commissioners to fill the vacancy left by A C Boyce retirement. W J Donovan of Winnipeg was appointed to the Court of King's Bench for Manitoba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Can. Press
T. ©. Norris
Manitoba
Board of Railway Commissioners
A. C. Boyce
W. J. Donovan
Winnipeg
Court of King’s Bench
Province of
Cape Province Flood Cuts Off Towns and Damages Rail
Heavy rains in Cape Province caused widespread flooding isolating towns in drought affected areas. The irrigation dam near Prince Albert reportedly destroyed after five years of drought. A dam washout delayed a royal train near King Williams Town as embankments and rail lines were washed away.
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Capetown
South Africa
Cape Province
Prince Albert
Earl of Athlone
King Willams Town
Floods Swamp Pike Lake Region In Saskatchewan River
The Saskatchewan river rose six feet since yesterday afternoon and overflowed its banks south of Pike Lake flooding an eight by two mile district. An ice barrier forty feet high backed the flood as 30,000 to 40,000 acres of farm land were under water near Saskatoon with 29 families left homeless.
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Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Pike Lake
S.M. W. Kenzies
Sask
Athabasca Election Report Referred to Ottawa Committee
The Athabasca Alberta election report by Justice Clarke, revealing corrupt practices in 1925, was referred to the privileges and elections committee. MPs urged thorough action to restore democracy after voters’ disenfranchisement and alleged wrongdoing by civil servants. The debate also covered Communist propaganda and settler instruction.
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Ottawa
Ont
House of Commons
Athabasca
Alberta
Justice Clarke
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Spencer
Thi
TEA An Eee aEk Lee Can Ues
Charles Stewart
Interior
G. R. Geary
Provente South
EB. J. Garland
A.P.A
Bow River
Clark
Athabasca County
Garland
Justice Claris
H. &. Spencer
U.F.A
Battle River
Peace River
Beaubien
Gideon Robertson
Canada
New York
Winnipeg
Montreal
Robertson
Auto plunges into canal drowns three in Detroit incident
In Detroit a man learning to drive a recently purchased small car backed into a canal. The car, with gears in reverse, accelerated into the water, drowning the man, his wife Agnes 88, and their two young children. Witnesses recalled the driver seemed to struggle with turning the car before the accident. The hooks were recovered.
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Detroit
Mich
James McDermott
Agnes
Empire Free Trade Appeals to Former Exchequer Chancellor
Sir Robert Horne, ex chancellor in Lloyd George’s government, calls for an Empire free trade pact. He envisions seamless commerce among the Dominions and the Motherland, comparing it to US interstate trade and arguing it would expand Britain’s global commercial strength. He arrived in Victoria aboard the Niagara from Australia.
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Empire Free Trade
Exchequer
Victoria
B.C
Robert Horne
Lloyd George
Sir Robert
Niagara
Australia
Dominions
United States
Wheat Prices Fall on Dull Grain Exchange Day
Winnipeg on March 30 reports dull grain trading with wheat and other grains generally dipping. Final quotes show declines of 3 8 to 7 8 cents, seaboard purchases and spread trading noted early, New York advisory gains not lifting local prices, oats selling mainly for domestic needs.
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Winnipeg
Grain Exchange
Sion
New York
Bremen Flight Delayed By Irish Gale At Baldonnel
Dublin reports a gale postpones the Bremen’s departure for New York. Ground conditions at Baldonnel aerodrome prevent the five ton plane from lifting, likely delaying the voyage for days. London dispatches describe signaling plans for ships and in New York investors place bets on the Bremen’s success.
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Dublin
Ireland
Atlantic
Baron Ehrenfried Gunther von Huenefeld
Bremen
New York
Baldonnel
London
United States
Daily Chronicle
Chronicle
A. Jacob Koehl
Herman Koehl
Koehl
Baron von Huenefeld
Mr. Koehel
J. S. Fried and Co
Wall Street
Parliament Opines On Newfoundland Entry And Tax Bill
The day in Ottawa reports the Senate sitting with Newfoundland entry into the Dominion under debate and a special committee on St Lawrence waterways to be named. In the Commons the Clark report on Athabasca election frauds is referred to a standing committee. A third reading approved on the National Railways settlement and on changes in the income tax bill, carried 85 to 2.
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Ottzwa
Can
Senate
Newfoundland
Dominion
St. Lawrence
Clark
Athabasca
Russia Again Turns To Wheat Growing
Figures submitted to the International Institute of Agriculture show growing importance of winter wheat in the Soviet Union. In five years area sown nearly doubled, with 1927-28 winter wheat at 27.794 million acres and winter rye at 67.423 million acres, vs 1926-27.
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Rome
International Institute of Agriculture
Remus Declared Sane and Freed by Court
George Remus former bootleg leader and wife slayer won his freedom from the Lima State Hospital for the criminally insane when the Third District Court of Appeals ruled him sane.
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Remus
Lima
Ohio
George Remus
Lima State Hospital
Third District Court of Appeals
Eaton Co Grocery marks one year in Medicine Hat crowd
Seldom has Medicine Hat seen such a turnout as the Eaton Groceteria's first anniversary celebration drew an estimated three to four thousand visitors. The steady procession moved from 8 to 9:30 PM, with attendants guiding the crowd along the right side of the store and through the main floors before exiting.
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Medicine Hat
Eaton Groceteria
Rage Five
Two Tugs Caught in Ice Floe Off Long Point
Brantford Ontario March 30 report two tugs caught in an ice floe off Long Point. The Port Dover tug Altawandron abandoned and the Jean F remain in the ice about three quarters of a mile apart as the floe drifts. A heavy gale and fog hinder rescue and no sign of either boat is visible. Ottawa says Royal Air Force will send a plane from Camp Borden with food and fuel for Altawandron in Erie.
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Brantford
Ont
Can
Port Dover
Altawantrpi
Jean F
Daat
Lorig Poi
Ottawa
Royal Air Force
Camp Borden
Lake Erie
Department of National Defence
Ontario
Long Point
City Barber Shops Closed For Funeral Hour
All barber shops in the city will close tomorrow morning from nine to ten for the funeral of the late Mrs Lemna. The measure affects all shops as residents attend the ceremonies and mourners may be delayed.
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Lemna
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Tom Norris
Ry. Commission
Chas. Stewart
Seaboard
Russia
T. Eaton Coy
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