British protest over U.S. war debt remarks sparks diplomatic note
Washington reports Britain seeks an official reply to Secretary Mellon's Hibben letter on wartime debt. Secretary Kellogg replies the exchanges are domestic and no further remarks are sought. Mellon defends his Hibben statement while conceding a typographical error in a key line.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
Andrew W. Mellon
the Treasury
Hibman
Princeton, University
Iran
Kellogg
Mellon
Hibben
Germany
Riots Between Sikhs and Muslims in Lahore Toll Mounts
In Lahore, British India, violence between Sikhs and Muslims last night left ten people dead and over fifty injured. Authorities ban sticks and large gatherings for 30 days as troops are ordered to fire if outbreaks resume. sporadic assaults continue in alleys and byways with brick bats and bamboo poles blamed for most fatalities.
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Lahore
India
British airman to fly seaplane to Canada and back
The Evening News reports within weeks a famed British airman will attempt an air route to Canada and return in an ordinary seaplane. The crew includes two pilots and a navigator plus a fare paying passenger. It would be the first westbound Europe to North America flight, first return, and first passenger flight.
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London
May
The
Evening News
Canada
Europe
North America
Little Teddy Journeys From Canada To Yankee Land
A cub named Teddy travels from Wadena Saskatchewan to Canton Illinois in a CPR express shipment. Teddy writes a note to messengers asking to be fed and cared for, stating he is Canadian born and not subject to quota laws. Teddy arrives in the United States and will be placed in a zoo. An inquest is ordered into the death of Mrs. M A Doak in Lyndney Nova Scotia.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific Express
Wadena
Sask
E. E. Johnson Auction Co
Canton
Ill
C.P.R. Express
Teddy
United States
M. A. Doak
British Empire Steel
Lyndney
N.S
Irrigation project at Vauxhall draws 12000 acres in nine months
Calgary, May 5. P J Jennings of the Interior Department reports that more than 12 000 acres of irrigable land near Vauxhall have been taken up in the last nine months. Many new settlers moved onto the Canada Land and Irrigation Company's project and construction of a new flume will replace the washed out one. Seeding begins with beet crops in Taber and preparations for the Lethbridge district canal turn on the coming week.
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Calgary
Alperta
P. J. Jennings
Department of the Interior
Jennings
Taber
Stirling Anber
Canada Land and Irrigation Company
Vauxhall
Arrowwood
Arrowwood Station
Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District
Moderates Seek Alliance With Northerners
A London despatch reports Chiang Kai Shek’s forces suffered reverses while 4000 troops depart Foochow to reinforce him. Chiang aims to win Sun Chuan Fang’s support as Sun’s units may seize Chinkiang near Nanking. Canton reports looting by bandits but troops pursue them and missionaries return home as railways head north to counter Radical advances from Hunan. Peking cites Moscow protests over prisoners from the Soviet Embassy raid and warns execution could trigger Moscow’s action.
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London
Chiang Kai Shek
Nanking
Exchange
Hong Kong
Foochow
Chiang
Sun Chuan Fang
Exchange Telegraph Company
Sun
Chinkiang
Yangtse River
Canton
China
Hunan
Peking
Moscow
Clashes Kill Ten Chinese in Samarinda Search
Ten Chinese are reported killed and many wounded in two clashes with police and soldiers during house-to-house searches in Samarinda Chindsc quarter on the Borneo coast. Police made arrests and seized important documents, according to a Benfermassin teting dispatch.
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Batavia
Jave
Samarinda
Borneo
Rom ‘Benfermassin
Relief Machine Of Mississippi Hard At Work
New Orleans reports the vast relief effort as floods from Mississippi levee breaks threaten fifty thousand people. Craft ranging from steamboats to outboard flat boats evacuate the homeless to camps in Louisiana and Mississippi while navy seaplanes locate refugees on rooftops and promontories. Families endure heartbreak as children cling to mothers and possessions are abandoned, with resilient groups of refugees singing hymns amid the disaster.
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New Orleans
Mississippi
Louisiana
Loouisiana
Weather Outlook For Western Canada May Days
Winnipeg May 5. Weather remains cool in the West with snow or rain in Southern Alberta. Mostly fair today and Friday with stationary or slightly higher temperatures.
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Winnipeg
Alberta
Colin Burnell Advocates World Market Control By Pools
Colin H Burnell president of the Manitoba Wheat Pool spoke at the International Wheat Pool conference in Kansas City urging farmer controlled co operative marketing to curb speculation and show price gains need not raise bread costs. Russian delegate S G Branin noted interest in contracts with other pools as delegates from Canada Australia Russia and twelve US states attended. Burnell’s speech was a focal point for discussing cooperative marketing on a global scale with Canada leading the movement.
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Kansas City
Colin H. Burnell
Manitoba Wheat Pool
International Wheat Pool
Burnell
Farmers’ Agency
Winnipeg
S. G. Branin
Moscow
Can. Press
Canada
Australia
Russia
United States
Canadians repatriation to British nationality eased
Ottawa reports that Canadian born persons naturalized in the United States who return may be readmitted to British nationality after one year in Canada. Applicants must prove intent to reside by buying property and submitting a staying affidavit. In China, British warships on the Yangtse river may return fire if attacked, says Lt Col Headlam.
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Ottawa
Can
United States
Canada
Dominion
Yangtse River
China
Cuthbert Morley Headlam
The
Admiralty
Wheat Prices Take Off on Winnipeg Market Rally
Wheat futures surged in Winnipeg on May 5 with May at 1.53 a bushel, July 1.48, and October 1.3444 as supplies were tight and buyers and sellers competed. Export sales topped a million bushels. coarse grains strengthened with gains in flax barley rye and oats.
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Winnipeg
Man
Red Cross to Aid Brandon Flood Victims as Waters Rise
Brandon floods prompt Red Cross relief pledged by Major J. W. Forbes after Brandon officials appeal. Severe conditions extend west of Brandon and north of Virden with swollen Little Saskatchewan and Ochre rivers. Bear Creek at Piapot washed out bridges and roads. land submergence threatens crops and delayed seeding in Bechard Riceton area.
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Winnipeg
Red Cross
Brandon
Man
J. W. Forbes
Virden
Little Saskatchewan
Minnedosa
Ochre
Bear Creek
Piapot
Sask
Bechard
Riceton
Saskatchewan
Bathing Beauties Greeted At Station En Route To Vancouver
A large crowd gathered at the station to welcome the Wiss Canada special carrying candidates for Miss Canada. The procession included many sheiks and citizens, with Miss Saskatoon Miss Moose Jaw Miss Regina Miss Brandon Miss Winnipeg and Miss Calgary among the travelers. The party, chaperoned by Mrs H M Thomas and overseen by Thomas of Famous Players, will reach Vancouver for judging with the winner earning a Hollywood trip. A new $70 000 high school opened at Cobalt Ontario. A Jersey City banker suspects his missing 15 year old son Vincent is in Canada and possibly held for ransom.
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Vancouver
Capitol Theatre
Saskatoon
J. Phillips
Moose Jaw
W. Moffatt
Regina
E. Grants
Brandon
L. Jones
Winnipeg
B. MeC'omb
H. M. Thomas
Thomas
Famous Players’ Corporation
Calgary
Canada
Hollywood
Runyon
Jersey City
Vincent
Murder Trial Drama Unfolds In Snyder Gray Case
Henry Judd Gray testified in his own defense detailing the beating of Albert Snyder with a window weight and claiming Ruth Snyder dominated him since May. Gray denied tying the neck wire and described their joint motive to commit the crime.
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New York
Henry Judd Gray
Ruth Snyder
Albert Snyder
Snyder-Gray
Federalship Prohibition Case Sails Toward Colombia
The Panaman steamer Federalship with $1,000,000 in whiskey remains under Coast Guard pursuit after a two month battle involving prohibition officials, treaties, lawyers, and diplomats. The manifest claims a Buena Ventura, Colombia destination, while Cutter Shawnee follows to ensure no cargo is dropped off the U S coast.
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San Francisco
Prohibition
Federalship
Buena Ventura
Colombia
United States
Sterry to Serve Jail Term for Blasphemous Libel
EB V Sterry editor of the Christian Enquirer loses appeal over a 60 day sentence for blasphemous libel. He was jailed at a local farm jail after a March 16 conviction and faces deportation after release. He also serves a separate theft sentence for $200 from a Chinese man.
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Toronto
EB. V. Sterry
The
Christian Enquirer
Svaga
Appel
Sterry
Christian’Enquirer
Cogatsworth
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Medicine Hat
Hase
Victoria
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Baron Gicht Tanaka
Japan
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