Insect Plague Threatens Saskatchewan Crops
Saskatoon reports millions of dollars in potential crop losses in Saskatchewan due to cutworms wireworms grasshoppers and the wheat stem sawfly. The Dominion laboratory study warns grasshoppers may be widespread in the southwest while last year’s wireworm damage could recur if spring is wet and a dry July could boost sawfly losses beyond 1929 levels.
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Saskatoon
Sask
C.P
Saskatchewan
Kenneth M. King
Dominion Tomological Laboratories
Break-up Period Shuts Off Northland Air Routes
Aramonton March 31 In spring breakup northern service ends mail runs to Aklavik before summer. After brief trips to Resolution Smith and Chipewyan from Fort McMurray pilots take six weeks layoff. Western Canada Airways plans a base at South Cooking Lake with dock and cottage for crews.
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Aramonton
Northland
Commercial Airways Seroplanes
Aklavik
Resolution
Smith and Chipewyan
Fort McMurray
Aviators Rescued After Forced Landing in Northern Territory
Sydney Australia March 3 AP report says aviators David Smith and Lt S H Piers who diverted to the Northern territory while en route to England were found by a searching party. They had landed Saturday after sending wireless updates from Wyndham area saying they were without food but had water.
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Sydney
N.S.W
David Smith
S. H. Piers
Wilds
Northern Territory
England
Wyndham
O.K
Pool Shows Its Teeth Down in Waverley
Moose Jaw March 21 Seed grain advances from the Waverley Sask Municipal Council refused to S E E Wilson a farmer of Lidgett Sask because he is not a member of the wheat pool according to an affidavit. He says he was told no advances will be made until he joins the Saskatchewan Pool.
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Moose Jaw
C.P
Waverley
Sask
S. EE
Wilson
Lidgett
Saskatchewan Pool
Train kills two in New Brunswick collision near station
Stenhen New Brunswick March 31 two men Isaac Acker and Thomas Cook died after their car was struck by a Canadian Pacific Railway train yesterday. Acker the driver died instantly while Cook died later at hospital.
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Stenhen, N.B
Isaac Acker
Thomas Cook
Acker
Cook
Two Lives Lost When Steamers Meet Head-On
Portland reports a fatal collision on the Columbia River as the excursion boat Swan carrying 286 from Longview Washington was rammed by the Davenport near St Helens. Two dead and twelve seriously injured with four missing, names include Mrs J E Hagedorn and J E Larson of Vancouver.
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Portland
Ore
Swan
Vancouver
Wash
Longview
Uff
St. Helens
Columbia River
Davenport
J. E. Hagedorn
J. E. Larson
Florist
Richard, Belland, Jr
Belland
Jack Mitchell
Bandman Seventh Infantry
Vancouver Barracks
Ohio
G. E. Lundy
Japan Approves Acceptance of Formula in London Talks
AP dispatch from Oyo March 31 reports Baron Bindehara informing Japan and the United States will accept the five-power naval formula without altering its core terms while urging other powers to two or possibly three party alignment. Premier MacDonald told MPs Britain seeks a firepower naval agreement among the five powers at the conference and will not limit talks to two or three nations.
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Oyo
Baron Bindehara
London
MacDonald
House of Commons
Tragedy at sea as Ben Doran crew vanish after reef collision
Seven crewmen clinging to Ben Doran's rigging were lost when the Aberdeen trawler struck a reef in the West Shetland group. Rescue attempts found the ship broken up and gone, with fears the men perished overnight. A calf born on a Ontario farm survived briefly.
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Shetland Group
Rat
Shetland Islands
Marc (Ap
Aberdeen
Shetland
Girl Operator Fends Off Masked Robber In Office
In Carp Ontario, Kate Wilson, a rural telephone operator, fought a masked robber who attacked her to reach the cash drawer. She restrained him as the drawer toppled to the floor, scattering about $15. Her condition is described as not serious.
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Carp
Kate Wilson
Miss Wilson
Pistol feud leaves three dead in Kentucky town
Browneville Kentucky March 31 a confrontation on the highway near Bee Springs ended with a man and his two nephews shot dead. The elder’s son in law is jailed as authorities investigate the affray that occurred yesterday.
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Browneville
Bee Springs
No More Baby Marriages In India Under New Act
New Delhi March 31 AP The Child Marriage Act makes baby marriages illegal across British India at midnight forbidding unions where girls are under 14 or boys under 18. A fine of 1000 rupees or up to one month in prison applies to offenders. The law leaves untouched the realms of 70 native princes.
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India
New Delhi
Legislative Assembly
Moslem Saint's Fort Raided in Carechi India
Police and 105 constables raided Pir Pagharo Sahib's fort in Carechi India finding a 28-year-old youth imprisoned in a large box who had been missing for months. Weapons opium liquor and cartridges were seized and charges of murder and theft were filed against Pir Pagharo a 22-year-old religious leader known as Pir.
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PIR Pagharo Sahib
Carechi
India
Ropri
Pir Pagharo
Pir
Southern Airways Visit Sparks Interest in Medicine Hat Plan
Citizens paid for flights in Curtis Robin and Moth planes piloted by G Ross and J Elliott of Lethbridge. A large crowd gathered to see the ai circus missing Capt Fred McCall. Planes arrived in the afternoon after a morning delay to assess local interest in hosting a plane and instructor in Medicine Hat.
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G. Ross
J. Elliott
Lethbridge
Fred McCall
Medicine Hat
Immigration policy debate in Western Canada alarms farmers
Eke x on Editor Medicine Hat News argues Western Canadians resist active immigration while farmers face wheat price declines. He notes co op marketing, mass production, tractor use, and cost cuts as aids, cites Crow’s Nest agreement, railways consolidation, and reduced immigrant intake from 1918 to 1929, with limited future family assistance.
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Canada
U.S.A
Ottawa
Alberta
C.N.R
Europe
Raiways
Dominion Department
Tess
Quay
Missionaries Captured by Bandits Reported in Kiangsi
Shanghai dispatch cites a Changsha source saying bandits in Kiangsi captured three missionaries including Mrs R. W. Porteus and Miss N. E. Gemmell with two women and a man. Two British and one American escaped to the Western Kiangsi mountains. others’ whereabouts remain unknown amid disrupted telegraph service.
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Shanghai
China
Ene
Changsha
Hunan
Kiangsi
Presen
Keiangsi
China Inland Mission
R. W. Porteus
Enigland
N. E. Gemmell
Miss Gemmell
PTV
R. H
Germantown
Yuanchow
Hanchow
Serious Charge Against Winnipeg Parks Board Secretary
In Winnipeg on March 31 an arrest warrant is issued for J H Blackwood longtime secretary of the Parks Board after alleged irregularities in board accounts. City Solicitor Jules Prudhomme and Mayor R H Webb attended the meeting announcing the action. Blackwood had offered his resignation weeks earlier. The exact scope of the irregularities was not disclosed.
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Winnipeg
C.P
Winnipeg Parks Board
J. H. Blackwood
Jules Prudhomme
K.C
R. H. Webb
Parks Board
Prudhomme
Blackwood
Wheat and grain prices in Winnipeg auction notes
In Winnipeg on March 31 auction notices list this year’s wheat at 237 caras and 955 contract prices for wheat. Barley and oats show varied figures with flax and rye also referenced. Last year figures accompany most items with mixed screenings noted.
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Winnipeg
Prades
Monthly Clearings and Returns Report Summary
Monthly clearings show totals around 1.25 million to 2.09 million with varying categories. The document records returns for the period, noting figures such as 1 310 651 and 2 093 746 in cited months and years, reflecting financial activity and asset movements.
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Cleiting Zhouike
Tor Rou
Indian princes form informal talks on Dominion status and federal ideas
Talks in New Delhi lead to an informal committee of two lawyers an industrialist and a former legislator and an editor to outline issues common to British India and independent states. They will present proposals at Simla to the potentates of India. The princes back Dominion status and seek proper treaty rights interpretation while British Indian leaders promise non interference and discuss a Federal India. The Maharajah of Patiala lauds the talks and tangible results. The panel includes Sir Bari Lain Lin, Sir Ramaswa Alyar, and Sir Mehta.
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New Dehli
India
British India
Simla
Becuia
Patiala
Eggry Ees Soman
Bari
Lain Lin Eit
Tha
Ienlative Assembly
Ramaswa
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Australia
Japan
Canadian College
Emmanuel College
Toronto
Central Theological College of the United Church of Canada
E. W. Wallace
Victoria University
Alfred Gandier
Victoria University Library
Aecalf
la Passe
Ont
Therfreak
Southern Airways Company
Eke
Medicine Hat News
Wast
SEC. OF Parks Board
Alyar
Sir Mehta
Ee Linten
Marshall
Owneh
Wickie
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