Rescue Planes Converge On Coronation Gulf and Athabasca Lake
Winnipeg reports a major air search for two missing Dominion Explorers planes north of Baker Lake and Bathurst Inlet. Six to eight search aircraft from Canada and the United States converge on Stoney Rapids Fort McMurray The Pas and other bases with Col C D H McAlpine as missing company president leading the effort.
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Winnipeg
Man
Canada
Peake
Baker Lake
Bathurst Inlet
Dominion Explorers
Toronto
New Yor
Prince George
B.C
Dominion Explorers Organization
C. D. H. McAlpine
Stoney Rapids
Saskatchewan
Fort McMurray
Athabasca River
Alberta
Pas
Manitoba
Dominion
Lake Athabasca
Coronation Gulf
Athabasca Lake
Fort Norman
D.-M.hogartt
Western Canada Airways
Punch” Dickens
Andy” Cruickshanks
Edmonton
Roy Brown
Hollick Kenyon
Crewberry Portage
J. D. Vance
Pat Reid
Northern Aerial Minerals ‘ Exploration Company
Reid
Vance
Sioux Lookout
Ont
N.a.mle
Lac du Bonnet
Col. C. LD. H. McAlpine
Stan McMillan
G. A. Thompson
E. A. Boadway
Richard Pearce
Alex Milne
Senate probes Shearer ties to cruiser bill matter
The Senate inquiry records reveal Shearer claiming to have given a secret British document during the debate on the 15 cruiser bill. Newport News executives Homer Ferguson and Frederick Palen face questioning over alleged payments tied to Shearer’s Geneva trip and undisclosed company funds.
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Washington
William B. “Shearer
Senate
Homer L. Ferguson
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation
Shearer
Frederick P. Palen
Newport News
Geneva
Palen
Steamer Domira Run Aground Off Great Abaco Island
The freighter Domira is aground off Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas with the crew likely lost unless a breeches buoy can be rigged to land. A distress call reported the vessel 100 feet from shore amid hurricane strength winds and a raging sea.
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Miami
Fla
Domira
Great Abaco Island
Bahamas
Toronto Tragedy Records Double Murder Suspicion
Mrs. Mar guerite Twilley aged 28 of Port Hope Ontario and Jas Phillips 40 of Toronto were found shot dead in a boarding house room in Toronto. A revolver lay on the floor as police weigh double murder against possible suicide. Twilley, separated from her husband and children, is the woman involved.
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Toronto
Marguerite Twilley
Port Hope
Ont
Jas Phillips
Northern Alberta Hunter Freed of Murder Charge
George W. Moore, 46, trapper from the Maloy district near St. Paul, was acquitted by a jury of murdering Norman Ward near St. Paul. The judge discharged Moore, cautioning him on gun safety. The case was the sole murder trial in the September session. no motive or ill will was shown. Prosecution by Ed ward B. Cogswell KC and H. Gibson. defense by J. C. MacDonald.
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Edmonton
George W. Moore
Maloy
St. Paul
Norman Ward
Justice Walsh
Criminal Court
Ward
Moore
Vegreville
Edward B. Cogswell
K.C
H. Gibson
J. C. MacDonald
British Soviet Negotiations Opened Again
London September 24 Valerien Dov galevsky Soviet ambassador to France and Arthur Henderson British foreign minister renewed talks aiming at restoring diplomatic relations. Discussions focused on procedures for future conferences after a prior meeting ended when the Soviet demanded exchange of ambassadors before finalizing an agreement. Henderson refused.
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London
Valerien Dovgalevsky
France
Arthur Henderson
Great ‘Britain
Soviet Union
Dogalevky
Henderson
Chang Fah-Wei Outbreak Takes a Serious Turn
Hankow reports say Nationalist forces claim Chang Fah-Wei rebellion is crushed after a siege at Lochow. Casualties reported as troops near Jiunan and Hupeh. Shanghai dispatches suggest the revolt is more dangerous than official statements indicate.
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Chang Fah-Wei
Hankow
China
Chang Fah-Kwei
Chang
Lochow
Jiunan
Hupeh
Shanghai
Ichang
Chang Fak- Wei
Chiang Kai Shek
Yangtse
Chang Fak-Wei
Thornton to Remain CN Rail President in Canada
Ottawa reports Sir Henry Thornton will stay on as president of the Canadian National Railways. Premier Mackenzie King confirmed this after a cabinet meeting when the railways minister was away. Rumors of a contract renewal and possible departure to England were denied.
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Ottawa
Sir Henry Thornton
Canada
Canadian National Railways
Mackenzie King
C A. Dunning
Railways
Sir Henry
England
League Adjourns After Most Constructive Session
The Assembly of Nations ends its tenth annual session in Geneva with delegates from over fifty nations lauding it as the most constructive and progressive in a decade of League work.
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League
Geneva
Assembly of Nations
Alberta farmers reject Sapiro plan on compulsory wheat pool
Calgary and Edmonton reports quote W. Wood of the United Farmers of Alberta disputing Aaron Sapiro’s Saskatchewan proposal. Wood warns legislation to force pool delivery could wipe out market trades and demands government share in control. Premier Brownlee declines comment on Alberta’s stance unless the issue becomes active.
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Calgary
United Farmers’ of Alberta
Alberta Wheat Pool
Brandsias
Aaron Sapiro
Saskatchewan
Board of Control
Sapiro
Cooperative Marketing’ Organization
Canada
Mr. Wood
Canadian Wheat Board
Edmonton
Alberta
Brownlee
Regina
Florida braces for possible hurricane landfall on east coast
West Palm Beach Florida September 25 the state prepared for an approaching tropical disturbance near the Bahamas likely to near the east coast between West Palm Beach and Daytona Beach late today and expected to grow into a hurricane.
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West Palm Beach
Florida
Bahamas
Doukhobors Trial Under Way in Nelson
Trials before Magistrate John Cartmel begin for 205 adult Sons of Freedom members in Nelson B C charged with obstructing peace officers during the arrest of 244 colonists. Nine convicted, Vladmir Meier convicted with judgment reserved. trials continue.
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Nelson
B.C
John Cartmel
Sons of Freedom
Corp
J. F. Johnston
Watkin
Vladmir Meier
Czar
Meier
Russia
Cartmel
Five Die as Train Strikes Car Near Woodbine Iowa
At a railroad crossing east of Woodbine five people perished when the Chicago and Northwestern Limited Columbine struck a sedan late on Sept. 25. Victims were Mr and Mrs Rollo Buress their son and daughter in law Kenneth Buress and another son Kenneth Buregs 16 all of Woodbine Iowa.
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Woodbine
Iowa
Chicago and
Northwestern Limited
Columbine
Rollo Buress
Claude Buress
Kenneth Buregs
Rollo Buregs
President Beatty Tours CPR Inspecting Western Lines
Calgary reports E. W. Beatty and Canadian Pacific directors on an inspection tour of western lines. The party viewed Drumheller, Strathmore, and the Strathmore supply farm home to a prize Holstein herd praised as the continent’s best. Herd winners include the Grand Challenge shield at Vancouver. They head to Edmonton then Lac La Biche aboard the Northern Alberta Railway.
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Calgary
Canadian Pacific
Drum- Heller
Strathmore
Ward Jones
Jones
America
Vancouver
Mr. Beatty
Toronto
Beatty
Edmonton
Lac la Biche
Alberta Great Waterways
Northern
League of Nations moves toward disarmament and war limits
Geneva Sept 24. The League assembly adopted the preparatory disarmament report and urged a convention to prevent war. Lord Cecil pressed limits on war materials and manpower, while Britain agreed to ratify the arms traffic convention. A commission will draft covenant amendments to harmonize with Kellogg, with an eleven member panel to report by next April.
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Geneva
League of Nations’ Assembly
Lord Cecil
Great Britain
M. Politis
Greece
Cecil
Italy
France
Japan
League Council
Arbitration and Security Committee
League
Casey
Eric Drummond
Aga Khan to marry candy store girl in November
Paris dispatch reports the Aga Khan Moslem leader and racehorse owner will wed the brunette girl who first drew his attention in a Chambery candy store. The ceremony is to be performed by Chambery’s mayor, per Pierre Lazereff writing in Patis Midi.
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Paris
Aga Khan
India
Africa
Europe
Chambery
Pierre Lazereff
Patis Midi
Grain Inspections Report From Winnipeg
Winnipeg grain inspections show 1,500 wheat cars yesterday, half the 3,000 cars recorded last year. Contract grades accounted for 1,300 cars.
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Winnipeg
Embargo May Be Placed on Grain Shipping of West
Western Canada may face an embargo on grain shipments to the head of the lakes, says E B Ramsay, chairman of the new Board of Grain Commissioners. He notes rising elevator congestion at Port Arthur and Fort William and blames weak export demand for Indian grain, plus American grain traffic to Montreal.
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West
Winnipeg
Canada
E. B. Ramsay
Board of Grain Commissioners
Port Arthur
Fort William
Ramsay
Lakes
Montreal
Prairies
Bowman Conviction Quashed by Judge Green
The court quashed Bowman's conviction from a June eleventh negligent driving case that caused injury to Violet Wolff. Judge Greene ruled no negligence by Bowman, overturning Magistrate Parker's eviction. Proceedings involved Messrs Blaficha Laidlaw Blanchard & Company for the prosecution and Davidson Gow for Bowman.
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Bowman
Parker
Violet Wolff
Greene
C. S
Blaficha
Laidlaw
Blanchard
W. D. Gow
Davidson & Gow
Art Bowman
Alex
D. Gow
Davidson
Gow
Hoover Fights to Retain Tariff Flexibility in Hawley Smoot
President Hoover publicly defends the 1922 flexible tariff provision as essential for farmers, industries, and consumers. Senators dispute the clause amid Democratic efforts to remove it, arguing the executive lacks power to alter duties unilaterally. Debate to continue at least a week before a vote.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate
Congress
Simmons
North Carolina
Harrison
Mississippi
Senator Watson
Indiana
Mississippian
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Athabasca Lake District
Hunter
Henry
Wise Wood
Weather Bureau
Doukhobors
C.P.R
Fankow
Kansu
Taochow
Hansu
Laochow
Hochow
G. W. Pingle Agency
Hull Block
Lord Cecil Uries
Britain
Candy
Gurl
ST. Lawrence
Green
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