Search for missing Italia dirigible begins in Spitzbergen area
Oslo reports Lieut Luetzow Holm and a Norwegian hydroplane depart Tromscoe for Spitzbergen to search for the Italia. The Braganza steamer also heads to Spitzbergen to contact the Italia base ship Citta Di Milano and aid the search as preparations for a large auxiliary expedition proceed. A Vladivostok radio hint and a Chaumont message from Tientsin add to the mystery of the missing dirigible and calls for help.
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Oslo
Luetzow Holm
Norten
Tromscoe
Spitzbergen
Citta di
Kingss Bay
North Pole
California
Far Eastern University
Vladivostok
Siberia
Tee
Amsterdam Island
Revelstoke Floods Reach Levels Not Seen Since 1896
Revelstoke B C May 28 flooding followed a severe thunderstorm with torrential rains. The Illecillewat and Columbia rivers rose to levels unseen here since 1896 washing away one house and submerging roads and land. Bridges and railway lines were washed out and trains were halted but began moving again by noon.
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Revelstoke
B.C
To Columbia
Ilecillewat
Illecillewat River
Here
Arrowhead
Sicamous
Kay Falls
Three Valleys
Craigellachie
Camble
Gray
Tileciliewat River
Columbia River
Malakwa
Keviche
British unionists pledge aid for India's poor
Trades unions in Britain vow to assist Indian workers after Purcell and Halesworth report. They describe millions of Indians as half starved, poorly housed and illiterate with wages around one shilling daily. Guardian supports action, noting impact on Lancashire cotton demand and East market competition. Simon Commission's return may complicate the issue.
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London
Trades Unions of
Britain
India
Messrs. Purcell and Halesworth
General Council
The
Trades Union Congress
Manchester Guardian
Trades Union
Lancashire
Guardian
Simon Commission
Pleaded Guilty to Murder of Two Sons in Canal Incident
George Allen Chisholm a 35 year old Canadian with shell shock pleaded guilty to murdering his two sons Edgar seven and George nine by drowning them in the East Chicago canal. His lawyers introduced insanity as a mitigating factor citing war trauma and injuries from France. The confession describes the boys walking with armbands to the canal believing they would see their grandmother.
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Valparaiso
Ind
George Allen Chisholm
Montreal
Edgar
Carge
East Chicago
Grant Crumpacker
Chisholm
France
Crumpacker
Helen Lawrence
Teead
England
Mily
Chicago
Sid
United Church Conference Reviews Mission Work in Alberta
Alberta night at the United Church Conference featured minute talks on province wide mission efforts. Speakers outlined work among 1500 Indians at Morley and other communities, German speaking congregations, Ukrainian settlement progress, French mission hospitals at Bonnyville and Cold Lake, and rural church potential.
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United Church Conference
Alberta
Edmonton
Itea
United Church
J. F. Woodsworth
Indian Industrial School
Morley
Hobbena
Wabamun
Sadine Lake
Indian Lake
Calgary
Medicine Hat
W. E. Sieber
W. H. Pike
J. EB. Duclos
St. Paul Presbytery
Bonnyville
Cold Lake
Supreme Court Rejects BC Fisheries Licensing Provisions
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that Sections TA and 18 of the Dominion Fisheries Act are ultra vires. The provisions would have required annual licenses for operating commercial fish canneries and salmon curing establishments in British Columbia. The judgment was unanimous.
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Ottawa
Ont
Supreme Court of Canada
Parliament of Canada
British Columbia
Minister of Marine and Fisheries
Boy Survives Four-Story Fall in Toronto Apartment Riot
In Toronto on May 28 a 14-year-old named Walter Cook fell four stories from a roof and suffered a broken arm and a washed leg. He struck three clothes lines and a window during the descent, rolled into the basement, and was discharged from hospital after treatment.
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Toronto
Ont
Walter Cook
Two Brothers Fatally Struck by Freight at Taber
Taber Alberta May 28 two brothers Mike Slack 41 and Andrew Slack 86 were hit by an east bound CPR freight at 9 30 pm Saturday Andrew died instantly and Mike later died from injuries causing an inquest to be held
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Taber
Alta
Mike
Andrew Slacki
C.P.R
Andrew
Edmonton Area Enjoyed Heavy Rain Sunday
Edmonton and surrounding regions recorded a heavy shower Sunday afternoon benefiting farmers in need of moisture. Some locations reported nearly an inch of rain, with Bail Celley streets flooded and early garden crops battered by hail.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Admonton
Athatases
Old
Corrase
Stettler
Suffield Well of Ont Alta Oil Co Down 160 Feet
Mr. H B Pearson from Calgary with Mr H C Duggan visited the Ontario Alberta Oil Company well at Suffield. The drill for the 20 inch pipe is down to 160 feet and Pearson expressed satisfaction with progress.
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Ont.Alta. Oil Co
H. B. Pearson
Calgary
H. C. Duggan
Ontario- Alberta Ol Company
Suffield
Pearson
British Banks Blamed for Trouble
London May 26 Leading British industrialists press for a public inquiry into the Bank of England policy and monetary system. Sir Auckland Geddes and Lord Denbigh urge Baldwin to authorize an inquiry with a standard value measure beyond gold. Labor vows investigation into banks’ impact on industry if in power.
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London
Bank of England
House of Commons
Auckland Geddes
Lord Denbigh
Baldwin
Britain
Labor
Bank of Hongland
Postmasters to See Pay Rise Across Rural Canada
Ottawa reports government plans to raise rural postmasters' salaries retroactive to May 1. Minimum goes to 100 dollars, 70 percent of revenue increases up to 1 000, 30 percent up to 10 000, and 20 percent up to 20 000. about 9 000 postmasters would be affected.
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Ottawa
Fon. J. P. Veniot
House of Commons
Post Office Department
Vennot
Dominion
Mr. Vennot
Venict
Vendt
Veniot
Drowning at Kananaskis Dam Claims Lt. Commander McLaren
Lieutenant-Commander Roy MacLaren of Vancouver attempting a canoe run on the Bow River near Kananaskis capsized in rapids after the second dam. Rob Reynolds of the YMCA, a Calgary resident, survived. MacLaren and the canoeist were not found by Sunday evening.
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Calgary
Bow River
Kananaskis
Rocky Mountains National Park
Roy MacLaren
Vancouver
Robert Reynolds
Y.M.C.A
Aera Y Lao
MacLaren
Canmore
Louise Bridge
Alexander Calhoun
Calhoun
Reynolds
Leslie Sara
Canadian Scientist Heads to Arctic for Museum Research
Cornelius Qs goode, 23 year old Chicago scientist, left Ottawa on the Trans-Canada Limited for Edmonton to begin a solitary Arctic research trip and write a PhD thesis in Anthropology under the National Museum of Canada. He had been in Ottawa since Thursday for consultations with museum officials.
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Ottawa
Cornelius Qsgoode
Chicago
Trans-Canada Limited
Edmonton
Arctic
Osgoode
National Museum of Canada
Stunt Flier Jumps From 4200 Feet After Propeller Loss
Hollywood May 28 A Wilson a stunt flier and former Canadian army aviator leaped from a 4200 foot height after a propeller fell off his plane. He descended into Tollywood boulevard traffic while the aircraft crashed into the garden of novelist Frank H. Spearman, wrecking the plane and injuring Wilson who dislocated his right arm and wrenched his back.
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Hollywood
Calif
A. Wilson
Tollywood Boulevard
Frank H. Spearman
Wilson
Bodies Found On Isle Royale Shore After Storm Wreck
Port Arthur reports two bodies found on the Isle Royale shore after the Kamloops wreck in a December storm. Coast guard cutter Chawford brought them in. one victim identified as a boy from Sault Ste Marie. Wreckage and cargo are scattered along the coast as search efforts continue.
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Port Arthur
Isle Royale
Canada Steamship Lines
To Pat
Kamloops
United States Coastguard
Chawford
Jasvitht
J. Journeault
Sault Ste
Fraser River Recedes After Flood Peak Near Mission
Fraser River water has begun to recede after damage from high water in British Columbia. A dyke breach east of Mission flooded Nicomen Island, drowning many sheep and reaching the highway. Roht. A. Norman succeeds Levi Williams as police magistrate at Pietou.
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Fraser River
Mission
Nicomen Island
Vancouver
B. C
Roht
A. Norman
Levi Williams
Pietou
Political Expediency Influences Estimates Vote
In Ottawa on May 26 J C Brady charged political patronage shaped harbour and river estimates in British Columbia. Only 3800 for Old Massett wharf survived a 79000 recommendation, while Powell River funds faced corporate beneficiary concerns. Public Works Minister Eliott promised review as BC harbor votes totaled 537639 with additional Yukon and national river projects.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
J. C. Brady
Skeena
Public Works Department
British Columbia
Old Massett
Brady
Department of Public Works
Massett Wharf
Department Of.public Works
Public Works
Ment
J. C. Eliott
Robert Gardiner
U.F.A
Acadia
Powell River
Powell River Company
Gardiner
Columbia
Canada
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Ala
Horten
Braganza
Washington
United States
Chaumont
Tientsin
China
Navy Department Toam
Mark L. Bristol
Dirigible
Nobile
San Francisco
Umberto Nobile
Columbea
Illecillewat
General Council of the
George
Robert Simons
Wembley
J. H. Arnup
Foreign Mission Board of the
Church
Orient
Parliament
Dominion OF Canada
BAS
Bassano
Old Land
McLaren
Kanaskis
Streamloops
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