Immigration inquiry closes hearings on women's division work
Ottawa May 31 The parliamentary immigration inquiry ended Wednesday afternoon with a private sub committee meeting to prepare a report. W D Evan Deputy Minister of Immigration described the women's division work with hostels in Halifax Saint John Montreal Toronto Winnipeg Calgary and other points. Hostels are resolving housing and job placement for newcomers and may serve as clubhouses for short visits. Publicity abroad focused on the British Isles United States Northwestern Europe. The record memo on publicity was filed for study. Questions touched on literacy for newcomers and policy effectiveness with debate over past immigration levels.
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Ottawa
W. d. Evan
Mgan
Department
Halifax
Saint John
Monreal
Toronto
Winnipeg
Calgary
Vancouver
Mr. Egan
Department of Immigration
Egan
British Isles
United States
Europe
W. F. Kay
W. T. Lucas
U.F.A
Camrose
Peter MacGibbon
Muskoka
Charles Stewart
McGibbon
Canada
Dr. McGibbon
Stewart
Prince of Wales set for Africa tour with Duke of Gloucester
The Prince of Wales plans a royal tour of Africa next autumn with the Duke of Gloucester. The royal brothers will be absent for four to five months with no departure date yet set. They aim to visit Monrhbasa Kenya Ugerida Tong gavika and Rhodesia before spending Kristgjas in Capetown.
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Lomilon
C. P. Cable
Prince of Wales
Africa
Duke of Gloucester
Prince Henry
Royal Brothers
Monrhbasa
Kenya
Ugerida
Ethbridge Cafe Held Up by Two Bandits
Lethbridge residents report a morning robbery at Foung's cafe on Fifth Street as two men, one masked with a neckcloth, absconded with about 40 dollars from the cash register. Police traced a description and found an auto stolen nearby, with a possible link between the two incidents.
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Lethbridge
Foung’s
Fifth Street
Two End
Fom
Iven
Leamier
Clearing House Returns For May And April Totals
Clearing house returns show May receipts of 2 076 209 and April 2 087 892 dollars. For the year to date the May 1927 figure is 1 200 081 dollars and weekly totals include 452 381 last week and 151 419 this week.
Lake St John flood conditions improve reports
Chicoutimi May 31 improvement noted for Lake St John area. Officials say water level held steady overnight with no further damage reported. Isolation eased as fire communications restored. 458 Method village remains without vital facilities after days cut off.
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Chicoutimi
Que
Lake St. Hn
Lake St. John
Rain and Snowfall Report Across Districts
Reports from local offices of the P R describe yesterday's two hour rain at Gletchen and a half hour snowfall at Shep ard. Showers persisted with a brief heavy downpour in Milo on the Lomond subdivision, light showers near Swift Current Empress Mine, and heavier precipitation with snow in Schul er Burstall and Irvine to Maple Creek areas.
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Gletchen
Shepard
The
P.R
Milo District
Lomond
Swift Current-Empress Mine
Schuler-Burstall C'Stricts
Irvine
Maple Creek
Manyberries Range Research Station Opens in Alberta
The Dominion Department of Agriculture opens a 16 000 acre range experiment station near Manyberries Alberta south of Medicine Hat. Forty two projects tackle ranchers problems with anticipated long term economic value as findings accumulate from the new station.
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Ottawa
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Manyberries
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Dominion Range
Dominion Experimental Farms
Canadian Pacific Railway
Saskatchewan
Ottawa Engagement of Miss Crowdy to Lord Weir Heir of Eastwood
Miss Lucy Crowdy daughter of J. Crowdy of Ottawa Assistant Secretary to the Governor General becomes engaged to Hon James Kenneth Weir son and heir of Lord Weir of Eastwood. The announcement states the wedding will occur in Ottawa in the fall and the couple will reside in Scotland.
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Lucy Crowdy
J. ¥. Crowdy
Ottawa
James Kenneth Weir
Lord Weir of
Eastwood
Scotland
Italia's Fate Still a Mystery as Rescue Fails
King Bay Spitzbergen May 30. The fate of General Umberto Nobile and the Italia and its 16 crew remained obscure as storms and ice hinder rescue. The Citta Di Melino returned after threats of destruction. Italian chasseurs scouted Spitzbergen while hopes dimmed for news of the airship.
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Spitzbergen
Umberto Nobile
Dirigibe
Italia
Danes Island
Citta di
Cape Bacrn
Wood Bay
Wilde Bay
Hinlopen
King’s Bay
Citta di Milano
Oslo
Norway
North Pole
L’mberto Nobile
Spitzboerren
Polar Sea
Luetzow Holm
Mexico Chief of Staff Under Arrest
General Jose Alvarez, chief of staff to President Calles, is dismissed on charges of smuggling large shipments of silk under Calle s protection. He was arrested and placed in a cell at police headquarters, with expectations of a public sensation once details emerge.
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Mexico City
Jose Alvarez
Calles
Mexico
Calle
Alvarez
Riots in Belgrade Clash Police and Students
Jugo-Slavian unrest in Belgrade leaves hundreds wounded as police with bayonets clash with students amid anti Italian demonstrations. Barricades, water cannon and volleys mark a violent three day flare up with reports of deaths and widespread chaos.
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Belgrade
Jugo-Slavia
Okorra
Srorites
Sarajevo
Balkan
Europe
Italy
Mussolini
I Italy
Zara
Opera Comique
Raguza
Susuk
Free lecture on Port of Manchester and Ship Canal
A free illustrated talk will be delivered at Alexandra Auditorium Friday night about The Port of Manchester and Its Ship Canal. Mr R Mitchell of the Canadian Manchester Ship Canal office will speak. Lantern slides and moving pictures of the canal and docks will be shown. the public is invited.
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Alexandra Auditorium
Manchester
R. Mitchell
Manchester Ship Canal
Toronto
Wheat Prices Inch Up Then Drift on Western Rain
Winnipeg May 31 Wheat prices showed little gain despite exports estimated over three million bushels driven by heavy Western Canada rainfall. May and July positions steadied as carryover concerns and stabilizing weather influenced activity. Early session gains faded with most grades in demand including Number Three Northern while coarse grains weakened.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Northern forces withdraw from Peking as Chang Tso Ling orders retreat
Tokyo May 31 information from Japanese headquarters says Chang Tso Ling Northern Dictator orders withdrawal from Peking. Troops move toward Mukden while Nationalist forces may seize Peking soon. Some units pulled back to Liu shuo near Peking railroad junction as eighth corps defects.
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Tokio
Chang Tso-Lin
Peking
Mukden
Manchuria
Great Wall
Chang Tso-Ling
Peking- Hankow
Liu‘sho
Paotinfu
Eighth Corps
Steamer Gr ton Sinks. Crew Rescued Near St Thomas
The British steamship Granton 4411 tons sank after striking a submerged rock west of St Thomas in seventeen fathoms. The Grehe, a US station ship, failed to tow her, but rescued the Granton’s captain and crew and brought them to St Thomas.
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St. Thomas
Cooperation With Labour Decided at Congress Vote
John Weatherhead of Bardoff urged pure trade policy and political independence in a motion at the Congress of the Cooperative Societies. The body voted 2,465 to 1,470 to reject the resolution and affirm closer working ties with Britain's Labour Party.
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West Hartlepoo
Eng
John Weatherhead
Bardoff
Congress
The
Co-operative Societies
Great Britain
Northern Ireland
Labor Party of
Britain
Balloon Race Ends in Disaster with Fatalities
Pittsburgh telegrams report United States Army Balloon Number One from the National elimination balloon race crashed near Weeing Virginia at 6 10 am. Two balloonists were killed and several injured as a severe storm forced the other 13 starters to earth after takeoffs on Memorial Day.
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Pittsburgh
United States Army
Weeing
Mrs G McKellen Fined For Intoxication In Police Court
Charged with intoxication at the police court this morning Mrs G McKellen was fined 200 dollars and costs this being a second offence with seven alternatives of sixty days imprisonment at.
Triple Tragedy in Hairy Hill Alberta Claims Three Lives
Edmonton reports a grim scene at Hairy Hill forty miles north of Vegreville where farmer Bill Gorgychuk shot and killed his wife Annie, then his mother-in-law Martha Ursulak, and turned the gun on himself. Coroner Dr. Couillard and A P P Corporal Nalder head to the scene as police await fuller details.
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Edmonton
Hairy Hill
Vegreville
Bill Gorgychuk
Annie
Martha Ursulak
Nalder
Couillard
Illicit Lotto Still Case Led to Fines and Jail
In Winnipeg on May 31 Mike Romanek pleaded guilty to operating a giant still at his home using highly poisonous ingredients. He received a $500 fine and three months in jail, plus an additional six months due to lack of funds. An appeal will be entered.
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Winnipeg
Mike Romanek
Four Hundred Fishermen Reported Lost in Hokkaido Wave
Tokyo May 81 reports from Sapporo state four hundred fishermen are missing and believed drowned after a tidal wave wrecked the Sarubatsu fishing fleet on Hokkaido’s northeast coast. Official confirmation was received.
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Tokio
Despitches
Sapporo
Sarubatsu
Hokkaido
Parliament Session Highlights and Budget Totals
Ottawa May 1 The Senate sat and the Commons proceeded with Marine Department estimates. The Senate rejected the Government bill on naturalization of aliens. The Commons passed estimates totaling 15 million dollars for the National Revenue Department and 1.6 million for the Marine Department.
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Ottawa
Senate
Marine Department
National Revenue Department
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