Forke Says No Retaliation by Canada on US Immigration Move
Quebec May 12 minister of immigration Robert Forke says Canada will not retaliate against the United States move restricting Canadian workers. He plans a Europe tour, views expanding the 3000 Family Scheme to 5000, and aims to secure government coordinated immigration channels with Britain, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Italy and Hungary.
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Forke
Canada
Quebec
United States
Robert Forke
Department of Immigration
Europe
Immigration Department
Mr. Forke
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Italy
Hungary
Southampton
Egan
Forkce
Western Canada Signals Major Horse Sale to Russia
Calgary May 11 reports the Russian government may buy four thousand western horses for summer shipment to Russia. Delegates Louia Kon Michialoff and A Ilyoosheen assess Alberta and other provinces, with Montreal as the reporting hub. If approved, first ships could leave Montreal in July, with three shipments of about 1300 horses each.
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Calgary
Canada
Louia Kon
M. Michialoff
A. Ilyoosheen
Montreal
Russia
Alberta
Borges
Patrolman Kills Bandit in Buffalo Drug Store Shootout
In Buffalo on May 12 an unidentified bandit was killed and 18 year old Daniel Sansanisi wounded after a gunfight with Patrolman Howard L. Weber. A third bandit fled with $50 in a waiting car.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Daniel Sansanisi
Howard L. Weber
Italy to implement ten percent wage cuts for workers
Rome reports that industrial and agricultural workers accepted a ten percent wage cut. New contracts will be swiftly negotiated between employers and employees confederations across all industrial and agricultural sectors under the recently announced charter of labor.
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Rome
Italy
Australian Cruisers 590 Feet Long With 68-Foot Beam
Sydney May 12 reports new Augbyatan cruisers the Canberra and the Austrelia being constructed for Great Britain. They measure 690 feet with a 68 foot beam and will carry 3 400 tons of fuel oil. They are designed for speed of 015 knots with a longer range than modern American and Japanese ships.
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Sydney
Austredm
Vancouver
Pravince
Canberra
Great Britain
Nebraska settlers seek Canadian farmland on CPR drive
A delegation of fifty Nebraskan families led by Frank Stewart of North Platte met C P R colonization chief C A Vanscoy in Winnipeg to inspect Alberta tracts for settlement. The group has capital but plans no migration until late fall or early spring due to current crops.
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Winnipeg
Frank Stewart
North Platte
Neb
C. A. Vanscoy
C.P.R. Thoday
Calpary
Colonization Department
Alberta
Crushed Fingers Incident Near Whitla Injures Worker
Wasyl Gushwawaty suffered a painful injury last evening when a rail dropped on his right hand near Whitla mashing two fingers. He was brought to the hospital here where Dr. Fish attended to his injuries.
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Wasyl Gushwawaty
Whitla
Dr. Fish
Bayou des Glaises levee holds but danger looms
New Orleans reports the Bayou des Glaises levee remains intact today though a crevasse threatens as waters rise. Residents and laborers pile sandbags to shore up the top and raise the dyke between Correlonville and Sapto while Baton Rouge flood relief and Army engineers monitor the bulge and warn of possible overtopping before nightfall.
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New Orleans
Bayou Des Glaises
Correlonville
Sapto
Here
Mississippi
Baton Rouge
Army
December Wheat Shows Strength on Winnipeg Exchange
Wheat values moved erratically then rose, with December futures gaining as reports of bad southern weather encouraged buying. July futures saw gains on strong export demand and good orders, while December new crop opened around 1.31 and extended higher on the day.
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Winnipeg
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Small Fire at Bank Street Office Causes Minor Damage
Fire brigade rushed to 551 Bank Street at 6 16 p m yesterday where an overheated stove ignited a partition. The blaze was extinguished with little damage reported.
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Bank Street
Milo Eggers in Hands of the Police
Victoria British Columbia May 12 Milo Eggers awaits trial after extradition from Tacoma Washington. Police say he hijacked the launch Hadsel and shot operator Einar Lurum in British Columbia waters in March. Eggers, known to U S coast cities police, resisted extradition for two years.
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Victoria
B.C
Tacoma
Wash
Unite States
Arienta
Milo Eggers
British Columbia
Hadsel
Einar Lurum
British Columbus
Eggers
United States
Canada
Admiral Kerr Dies at 88 After Long Naval Career
Lord Kerr, Admiral of the Fleet, dies aged 88. Born 1839, he joined the navy at 14 and served 51 years including Lucknow, the Mediterranean, and the Channel Squadron. He was private secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty and became Admiral of the Fleet in 1904.
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Derby
Isae
Lord Kerr
Loin
Walter Talbot Kerr
Navy
House of Lucknow
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Fie
Cousins Celebrate Reunion Land Them in Police Court
Babe Williams and A Williamson, cousins, were fined five dollars and costs each for disorderly conduct after a reunion celebration at the Hobo camp and Canada Cafe with J Henry and G Marfield, two box car artists. Marfield avoided punishment due to ill health.
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Babe Williams
A. Williamson
J. Henry
Williams
Williamson
G. Marfield
Canada Cafe
Abbout
Marfield
Police raid Soviet trade delegation headquarters in London
London May 12 police raided Areas House Moorgate near the Bank of England, HQ of the Soviet trade delegation and Anglo Russian Co operative Society. Uniformed officers guarded entrances and denied access while inquiries were not explained. No arrests reported by afternoon.
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London
Moorgate
Bank of England
Anglo-Russian Cooperative Society, Limited
Tranlform
Russian refugees to learn farming in Canada program
A party of young Russian agriculturists trained with League of Nations aid left Winniper for the West to study English and Canadian farming methods. Placed with English-speaking Saskatchewan farmers, they aim to settle on land once they gain experience and language skills as part of the league plan.
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Winniper
Canada
League of Nations
C.P.R. Colonization Department
Saskatchewan
West
Russia
Czecho- Slovakia
France
East
Manitoba
Roar of airplane heard over Newfoundland on Monday
News wires report sightings and rumors of a transatlantic flight attempt by French aviators Nungesser and Coli. The plane’s roar was heard near Harbor Grace Newfoundland while U S pilot Columbia prepares for Paris departure. Authorities chase rumors of the missing fliers fate.
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New York
Nungesser
Colt
Paris
United States
Columbia
Nimyesser
Coli
Richard EB. Byrd
Rodman Wanamaker
American Trans-Oceanic Company
Byrd
Dakar
Senegal
Ilope
Saint Roman
Mouneyres
St. Louis
Brazil
Rio Janiero
Halifax
Anglo-American Cable Company
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Hinton
Imperial Cable Company
St. John’s
Sir William Horwood
Allardyce
D. I. Meaney
Brian
Foreigner Steals Rifle Kills Girl at Mountain Park
Joe Malevich stole a rifle from the Canadian National Railway depot at Mountain Park and shot Mary Shaylst at 4:30 on Wednesday night. He then killed himself. A.P.P. Constable Banks was en route to Mountain Park to investigate the rifle theft when he learned of the double tragedy.
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Edmonton
Canadian National Railway
Mountain Park
Joe Malevich
Mary Shaylst
Malevich
A.P.P
Banks
Coal Spur
Stillborn Child After Oil Stove Fire In Rosemount
A Montreal household fire caused by an oil stove explosion forced Dr. and Mrs. Alphonse Davieu to move a sick woman and three children to a neighbor’s home. There Mrs. Davieu delivered a stillborn child despite medical care.
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Montreal
Alphonse Davieu
Rosemount
Davieu
Tragedy Struck as Farmer Killed by Freight Train
Finlay Sinclair aged 54 was driving cows home from pasture in Agassiz British Columbia yesterday evening when a freight train struck and killed him. The accident occurred as he attempted to cross tracks with his herd. Police and railway officials investigated the scene.
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Agassiz
B. C
Finlay Sinclair
Minister of Railways Completes Hudson Bay Road Inspection
Federal Minister of Railways and Canals Lon Chas A Dunning concluded a inspection trip along the Hudson Bay Railway from Mile 330 to Mile 350. He praised progress despite weather and engineering challenges and noted the schedule is on track. He toured Bowden Mile 137 round house coaling plant and machine shop with his party.
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Hudson Bay Road
Hudson Bay Railway
Lon
Chas
A. Dunning
Dunning
Kettle Rapids
Nelson River
Limestone
Bowden
Round House
Explosion in Dallas Kills Five, Injures Dozens
May 12. Five men and no women were killed and more than forty injured in a Dallas blast that wrecked a two story brick building. The explosion happened during a fire in a drug store on the first floor as volunteers and firemen fought the blaze. Upwards of 35 members of a local lodge of the I.O.C.F. were in a second floor hall. Gasoline ignited and the blast followed, debris cleared by morning with most occupants accounted for.
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Dalas
Texas
Metropol’s
Lodgy
1.0.C.F
Catholic Church launches book and play purge over sexual content
Rome report says Pope Pius XI ordered bishops to curb sex saturated works and plays. Circular targets culture books that glamorize immorality and link mortal sin to religion, warning readers may be corrupted and depraved.
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Rome
Pius XI
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