Freezing Winds and Snow Touch Alta Saskatchewan
Winnipeg dispatch notes early snow across Alberta and Saskatchewan with an inch to nearly two inches in places. Widespread wind dusted the plains, many wires grounded, and rail and telegraph lines disrupted as Manitoba expected cooler weather and possible snow in coming days. Local relief came with blue skies in Medicine Hat while farmers hailed the moisture as a boost for next year’s crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Medicine Hat
Winnipeg
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Mid-Prairie Province
Calgary
Dominion
Swift Current
Canadian Pacific
Canadian National
Saskatoon
Edmonton
Medicine Hut
C.P.R
Drumheller
James Robinson
Bomb Found Under Car Seat in Nebraska Stunt
A dynamite bomb wired to the seat plugs was found under Jay Wesso's car in Stunt Nebraska. It failed to explode due to improper grounding. A garage mechanic discovered two sticks of dynamite. Wesso had driven the car with the bomb present. He denied knowing anyone who wished him harm though a young woman reported an unsigned warning note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stunt
Neb
A.P
Sioe
Jay Wefso
Wesso
Wefso
Air Force maps and explores Northwest Territories flight
No. 2 General Purpose Department of the Royal Canadian Air Force planes arrived at Churchill after an 8,000 mile series of flights begun July 4. Pilots F L Mawdesley and H J Winny, with C S MacDonald, surveyed waterways and photographed fuel caches from Lac Du Bonnet to Aklavik, Chesterfield Inlet, and Hudson Bay, producing 2,800 photos for maps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
No. 2
General Purpose Department
Royal Canadian Air Force
Churchill
Department of National Defence
F. J. Mawdesley
H. J. Winny
C. S. Mac Donald
D.L.S
Department of the Interior
Mackenzie River
Herschel Island
Aklavik
Great Bear Lake
Arctic
Coronation Gulf
Chesterfield Inlet
Hudson Bay
Food Control Over Birth Control Debate In Japan
Dr Yuzo Tobyama of the Tokyo Public Health Department argues food control is more vital than birth control in Japan today. He toured Winnipeg en route to New York to study American sanitation at the Rockefeller Institute. Also aboard were K Yajimoto a wholesale merchant and T Huga heading to Harvard University for theology classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Yuzo Tobyama
Department of Public Health
Tokyo
Japan
New York
Rockefeller Institute
K. Yajimoto
T. Huga
Harvard University
Red Band on Way to U S with Intent to Create Trouble
Report from San Francisco says a band of Russian Communists bound from China aboard an unnamed steamship aimed to cause trouble. Immigration and the coast guard boarded the vessel but failed to prevent entry. A Shanghai citizen letter warned of narcotics hidden aboard and a consignment on the same ship. Customs Collector M B Hamilton sought coast guard aid at the harbor gate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Band
U.S
An Francisco
A.pyy
China
United States Immigration and Coastguard
Lewa
Shanghai
San Francisco
M. B. Hamilton
Coast Guard
Towa
Will Carry Anti- Toxin By Airplane
Alaska dispatch reports Pilot Frank Dorbandt will fly anti-toxin to Dillingham in Bristol Bay where a diphtheria outbreak is reported. He returns from Cane Serdge Siberia with a ship captain needing hospital care and will stop at Holycross to pick up Matt Vastghn for Anchorage hospital transport. The flight is planned to complete in one day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Frank Dorbandt
Dillingham
Bristol Bay
Derbandt
Cane Serdge
Siberia
Holycross
Matt
Premier Bennett Departs Quebec for Imperial Conference
Premier Bennett left Quebec aboard the Empress of Australia en route to the London Imperial Conference. He thanked supporters as thousands roared their cheers and sang O Canada while Bennett and his party waved from the gangway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Que
London
Dominion
Canada
Bennett
Australia
Premier Bennett
Hugh Guthrie
H. H. Stevens
Trade
Maurice Dupre
Mildred Bennett
William Baird
Canadian Pacific Steamships
J. R. Latta
Empress of Australia
Gang Way
Mr. Bennett
Mildred
Miss Bennett
Latta
Fennett
H. G. Fergnson
Ontario
Europe
Bobby Jones Trims Can Opponent In Amateur Meet
Bobby Jones started the National Amateur Golf Championship by defeating Ross Somerville 5 and 4 in the first round. The Ardmore venue hosted the match play, with Jones delivering a dominant round against the Canadian title holder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merlen Cricket Club
Ardmore
A.P
Bobby Jones
Ross Somerville
Earthquake Kills 175 in Tajikistan Region
A tremor near Stalinabad in the Tajikistan region of the Soviet Union reportedly killed 175 people and injured 300. Officials awaited details as rescuers searched the debris.
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Moscow
Stalinabad
Soviet Socialist Republic of
Tajikistan
Income Tax Test Case In Vancouver
In Vancouver British Columbia a test case was heard by Mr Justice Audette on the deduction of provincial income tax for Dominion tax purposes. Clinton Willis Roenisch a grain broker from Calgary and Vancouver appealed a ministerial decision disallowing a $459 BC income tax deduction from his 1927 income amid a $31,019 Dominion tax assessment. The case focuses on whether provincial tax payments are a necessary disbursement reducing taxable income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
B.C
Justice Audette
Clinton Willis Roenisch
Calgary
Roenisch
Minister of National Revenue
British Columbia
Grain Movement Eastward Sets Record At Lakes
Winnipeg reports over two million bushels moved from lake ports east in the last 24 hours, the season’s largest shipment. Total 2,515,000 bushels. Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta totals about 2,491,000 bushels with 1,205 cars loaded. Grain stored nationally and shipments via Moose Jaw Saskatoon Calgary continue, with Pacific coast storage and Vancouver transit details.
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Winnipeg
Lake Ports
Transportation Department
Canadian Pacific Railway
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Moose Jaw
Saskatoon
Calgary
Head of the Lakes
Lake Head
Pcific Coast
Pacific Boats
Field
B.C
Vancouver
Death of Harry McNeish Aides Antarctic Pioneer at 64
Wellington reports Harry McNeish aged 64, a member of four Australian Antarctic expeditions with Captain F Scott and Lieut. Sir Ernest Shackleton, died penniless. The obituary notes his role in early polar exploration and his final poverty.
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Wellington
N.Z
Seri
Harry McNeish
FR. F.scott
Ernest Shackston
Heavy frosts close B C canneries end tomato pack
Heavy frost on Monday night across the interior from the U S boundary to the CPR main line ruined tomatoes on the vine and halted tomato canning. Okanagan Valley and interior canneries closed. BC tomato pack for the year is about 500 000 cases, roughly level with 1925. Season started late but frost absence allowed a week longer run than last year.
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Vancouver
B. C
United States
Canadian Pacific Railway
Okanagan Valley
Interior
British Columbia
Captain F R Matthews Arrives in Calcutta
British aviator Captain F R Matthews arrives in Calcutta from Allahabad while en route from Croydon to Australia. He seeks to beat Bert Hinkler's fifteen day record, aiming for the fastest solo flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calcutta
Bengal
F. R. Matthews
Croydon
Australia
Allahabad
India
Bert Hinkler
Tar and feathering attack on Miami tailor shocks city
David Weinberg a 44 year old tailor was kidnapped from his home and hurled from a car in downtown Miami after being tarred and feathered by three unidentified men. He described being bound gagged and blindfolded during a two hour ride before the assault and release.
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D. Weinberg
Miami
Fla
A.P
David Weinberg
Weinberg
Motorist Is Hurled From Car Into Field
Akron Ohio September 23 a mysterious explosion in the automobile driven by Clarence R Barnes 43 Akron salesman fatally injures him. He borrowed the car from a roamer at his home and died on an operating table awaiting amputation of his left leg. His left foot was blown off as he was hurled about 40 feet into a nearby field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Ohio
Clarence R. Barnes
Here
Barnes
Readable First Andree Diary Distorts Last Days Tale
Experts struggle with the second diary found with the Andree balloon expedition remains. They say the volume is largely erased by time and the elements, offering only a fragmentary record of the final days of the mission.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Andree
Heitygeh
Two Police Officers Lynched in Brazil
Dispatches from Sao Lourenco report two police officers were lynched by a mob after killing a farmer who resisted a search for arms. Police Inspector Jose Ricardo Lino and his assistant were taken from the town jail and lynched in the streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oporto Alegre
Brazil
Sao Lourenco
Jose Ricardo Lino
Imperial Conference faces trade shifts and new leaders
The 1980 Imperial Conference will confront Empire trade reorganization under higher tariffs and altered leadership. New figures from Britain Australia Ireland and Canada join Hertzog Cosgrave Bennett and others as they tackle Dominion interests and potential Privy Council reforms.
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London
Canada
Australia
Britain
Bruce
Joseph Chamberlain
Baldwin
Dominions
Winston Churchill
Treasury
Philip Snowden
Thomas
Colonial Office
Emery
Scuillin
Air Australia
Hertzog
South Africa
Cosgrave
Irish Free State
Herzog
Coates
New Zealand
Forbes
Two Islands
Mackenzies
King
Bennett
Privy Council
South African
House of Assembly
British Commonwealth
Rennrt
Commonwealth
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Alta-Sask
J. Wefso
Can
Air Force
N.W.T
Markram Ont
Tokio
Dept. of Public Health
F. Dorbandt
Prem. Bennett
Imperial Conference
Bobby Jones Trimscan
Russia
Gray
Stoke Poges
Buckinghamshire
England
Thomas Gray
Etepy
Penn-Gray
Lady Drummond Hay
Atlantic Ocean
Lake “Porta Ti
BH. McNeish
Okanagan
Akron, Ohio
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