Western Canada on High Road to Prosperity Says Coleman
D C Coleman vice president of western lines Canadian Pacific Railway reports Western Canada ready for another year of prosperity as harvest begins. Thousands of grain cars and hundreds of locomotives are prepared to move wheat to Atlantic and Pacific ports. Tourism gains with more visitors from the United States Britain and elsewhere visiting prairie cities and mountain resorts and influential travelers aiding future Dominion benefits.
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D. C. Coleman
Winnipeg
Prairie Provinces
British Columbia
Canadian Pacific
Atlantic
Pacific
Coleman
United of States
Real Britain
Coteman
Minine Coteress
Pacific Coast
Vana
Tragic Montenvers Train Wreck Kills Twenty One
A Mont Envers railway disaster near Chamonix leaves twenty one dead and eighty injured as a car plunges into a ravine. Rescue crews, doctors, and witnesses recount the wreck’s rapid sequence and grim toll among international tourists.
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Chamonix
France
Mont Envers
Coe
Mont Blanc Chain
Mont Evers
Montengers
Newton Perry
Chitage
Chicago
Tate
Merce Glace
Baldwin Expresses His Appreciation To Canada
Premier Stanley Baldwin sent a message from Goderich Ontario thanking for the warm welcome given to Mrs. Baldwin and himself during their Canadian tour. He praised the generous hospitality and expressed hope that future visitors find the same spirit and optimism during Confederation's diamond jubilee year.
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Goderich
Ont
Premiser Mackenzie Kine
Stanley Baldwin
Royal Windsor Back After Flight to Windsor, Qatar
The monoplane Royal Windsor with Phil Wood of Detroit and pilot Duke Scedeller returned to Curtiss Field after failing to buck head winds and rain in a flight toward Selfridge Field Michigan en route to Windsor, Qatar.
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Curtiss Field
Royal Windsor
Phil Wood
Detroit
Duke Scedeller
Selfridge Field
Mich
Windsor
Qat
Liberal Wins In New Westminster by Election
Liberal Ange l 6. Wells Gray won New Westminster provincial by election in British Columbia over Conservative Charles A. Welch by a 909 vote margin. The result leaves party strength in the legislature unchanged with Nelson riding vacant after Premier John Oliver’s death.
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New Westminster
B.C. Angel
A. Wells Gray
John Oliver
A Regular Scout ends Sierra ranch ruse with truth
Fred Blake faces Burlingames who challenge his claimed lineage and a missing scar. June Monroe defends him as Buddy the Scout watches, while Ed Powell and the sheriff close in. Fred urges Buddy to live honestly and tell the truth, reinforcing Scout ideals.
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Fred Blake
Fred Monroe
Ron
Mrs. Blake
Monroe
Rey Scoul
Buddy Mahtroe
June
Mrs. Monroe
Fred
Burlingames
Monroes
June Monroe
Steve
Luke Burlingame
Luke
Sierra
Ed Powell
Buddy
June and Fred Face Ridicule and Truth About Scar
June confronts Fred and Luke as tension rises over an accusing tale about a scar. Fred feels anger and fear as his deception begins to unravel and he contemplates violent revenge. The scene ends with uncertainty about his next move.
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June
Luke
Steve
Fred
Soviet Government Expands Wrangel Island Uses
Nome, Aug. 27. The Soviet government shows activity along the Siberian coast this summer. Capt. Olaf Swensen reports the triding ship Nanook returning from the Kolyma river region. Air pilots over Wrangel Island say the Soviet colony planted there years ago is thriving and intended as a feeding and breeding ground for fur bearing animals including polar bears.
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Nome
Alasia
Siberian
Olaf Swensen
Nanook
Kolyma River
Wrangel
Crop prospects good but weather will decide yields
Ottawa reports Western Canada enjoys reasonably good weather for harvest. Sir Henry Thornton predicts a good wheat crop, likely better than last year, but final yields depend on weather. Dominion Bureau of Statistics lists last year’s crop at 409,811,000 bushels. Thornton notes he cannot predict this year’s total.
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Ottawa
Canada
Sir Henry Thornton
Canadian National Railways
T Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Henry
Earthquake Kills Ten in Shantung China
A quake centered in Tsinan Shantung province, China, kills ten and injures over 100. About 200 houses are reported destroyed in the tremor noted by the Nichi Nichi Shim bun.
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Tokio
Tsinan
Shumtung
Nichi Nflerl Shimbun
Abolition of the Death Penalty Advocated in France
Paris, Aug. 27. Socialist leader M. Renaudel publicly announced plans to introduce a bill to abolish the death sentence in France when Parliament resumes. He argued the Sacco Vanzetti case shows how capital punishment provokes widespread opposition when justice fails.
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M. Renaudel
BIH
France
Renaudel
Valentine Schmidt Pays Supreme Penalty Reprieved Twice
Regina reports Valentine Schmidt born 1878 was hanged for the December murder of his wife after appeals from Ottawa failed. He faced reprieve requests, was reprieved twice, and refused a final stay as the scaffold sentence carried out at 6 am. He wrote a final message in prison thanking his Maker and forgiving his enemies.
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LAW
Regina
Valentine Schmit
Siskautchewan Court of Appeal
Schmidt
Ottawa
Justice Bigelow
Hangman Falks
Valentine Lehroaidt
Jesus
Cosgrave government seeks dissolution and elections in Ireland
Dublin and London reports say the Cosgrave government moves to dissolve the Free State parliament and call a general election mid September, after by elections showing strong government wins. Nomination day set for September 8 with Governor-General Healy to proclaim dissolution and convene a new parliament on October 1.
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Irish Free State
Cosygrave
Fea
Livs
Susgrave
Free State
Executive Council
Kealy
Pall Eireann
Dail
Kevin DO Higsins
Markievicz
Republican Party
Gerald O'Sullivan
O'Higgins
Government
Robert Brennan
de Valera
Kathleen Lynn
Sinn Fein
Countess Markievicz
Thomas Hennessey
R. Biiscoe
Fianna Fail
Charles Murphy
O'liggins
O'Sullivan
Costrave
Dail Eireann
Kevin O'Migging
Cosgrave
Healy
Cireachtas
Dail Kireann
Chamber of Deputies
Senad Kireann
Senate
Tleset
Advocate Lash For Motor Car Thefts
Toronto August 26. The Canadian Bar Association proposes whipping with a strap for motor car thefts as an amendment to the Criminal Code. Judge E Coatsworth of Toronto presented the committee’s report on the administration of justice on the concluding day of the annual meeting.
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Toronto
Canadian Bar Association
Committee On the Administration of Justice
E. Coatsworth
Great Welcome for Prince in Winnipeg City
The Prince of Wales and Prince George arrived in Winnipeg after a holiday at Illich River and a Western Canada tour. Thousands greeted them as crowds lined the station route, with an official welcome by Lt. Gov. T. A. Burrows and other dignitaries.
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Winnipeg
Prince of Wales
Prince George
Royal Ranch
Illich River
Alta
Western Canada
T. A. Burrows
Manitoba
Memorial services planned for Dole flight missing six men and one woman
In San Francisco on Aus 27 memorial services were planned for six men and one woman missing in the Dole flight incident. A special ceremony aboard the liner Naul 700 miles west of San Francisco was to include flowers cast upon the waters, prayers, and songs by clergy and passengers.
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Matean
Naul
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