Close division eyed on budget vote amid party splits
The article recalls a 2 year old Liberal Conservative split that nearly toppled a Progressive budget amend ment led by Robert Forte. It notes likely repeated near ties with Liberals and Progressives allied against HM and predicts the government’s majority may shrink further as Conservatives and Progressives again oppose the main government motion.
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Ntawa
Axe
Robert Forte
Lvader
Prem
Predicts Aerial Warfare Chicago The Next War In Air
Sir Charles Higham, an advertising man, told the English Speaking Union that the next war will be fought largely in the air within about twenty years. He warned Chicago would face aerial bombardment on par with New York and San Francisco. He argued Britain and the United States would not clash in war and Britain acts as the world’s policeman to curb aggression by English speaking nations. France could, with its army and air forces, threaten London from the air in four hours. He said he spoke for himself, not as an alarmist.
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Chicago
Charles Higham
New York
San Francisco
France
London
Manitoba Loss on Outstanding Loans Revealed
Premier Bracken tables a legislature report showing Manitoba among 74 rural credit societies with $2,442,100 in outstanding loans. Losses rise to $669,202 with 3,062 borrowers and 449 farms abandoned amid 44 societies under provincial administration.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
John Bracken
Ottawa Debates Radio Copyright and Free Music
Gordon V. Thompson of Leo Feist presses Ottawa committee on copyright, arguing Canadian authors and songwriters should hold full control and opposing broadcasting of free music. He cites treatment equal to press, pulpit, and stage in Canada.
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Otttawa
Oopyright Committee
House
Gordon V. Thompson
Leo Feist
Music Publishers
Toronto
Canada
Treaty Approved By The Hague Chamber
The second chamber approved the trade treaty between Hiolland and Canada, signaling parliamentary backing for the pact and advancing international trade relations.
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the Hague
Hiolland
Canada
Manitoba Pool Elevators Seek Incorporation
Manitoba Pool Elevators seek incorporation with a capital stock of 91000. a bill to reincorporate the Manitoba Pool Elevator was ordered reported by the private bills committee of the Manitoba Legislature. The company would operate under the Bitixew king authority to construct or require facilities for handling grain for Machida & Co operative Wheat Producers Limited and its members. It aims to improve methods and reduce grain handling costs and to curtail speculation manipulation and waste through the proceeding.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Manitoba Legilater
Bitix
King Autheory
Machida & Co-operative Wheat Producers, Limited
Hunger Threatens Ukrainian Farmers Near Komarno Manitoba
Winnipeg reports from the Canadian Kapok describe extreme poverty among Ukrainian farmers north of Komarno that could lead to deaths from starvation if aid does not arrive. Dr. J A Hunter notes crops and gardens were ruined by frost last year and support systems have collapsed.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg
Kapok
Komarno
J. A. Hunter
Tenlon
Presbyterian Church
Oriental Labor and Prosperity Debate in British Columbia
One hundred eighty-one delegates from various associations gathered in Victoria to discuss the Oriental problem and its impact on BC prosperity. Speakers claimed Oriental labor retards prosperity by diverting money from white circulation, noting the lumber industry payroll reached 50 million dollars with about half paid to Orientals.
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Victoria
B.C
British Columbia
Eight Killed In Explosion In Hamburg Harbor
Eight people died and three were seriously injured when a heavy explosion ripped the oil lighter Saturn in Hamburg harbor. The 210 foot vessel ripped apart, hurled its anchor over nearby buildings, and blasted a worker’s body to a neighboring roof. Authorities suspect gas from oil residues caused the blast as a worker activated an oxygen blast apparatus.
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Hamburg
Germany
Saturn
Australia Plans Own Defence Force To Guard Island Continent
Premier Stanley Bruce urged Australia to build a 10 000 ton cruiser squadron with submarines as its core defence. He said Britain helps but Australia cannot rely on British sacrifice alone. Ottawa reports a Dominion wide plan for Save the Forest week April 19 to 25 was established at a conference called by Interior Minister Charl Stewart.
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Adelaide
South Australia
Stanley Bruce
Commonwealth
Great Britain
Australia
Britain
Ottawa
Charl
Stewart
Western nurses graduate at Royal Victoria Hospital
Four western nurses are included in the 1925 graduating class of nurses in training at the Royal Victoria Hospital here. The western nurses are Jean Scott of Winnipeg Manitoba Gwenoolyn Nixon of Battleford Saskatchewan Agnes Bigely Rexzina Saskatchewan and Lillian Greene of Medicine Hat Alberta.
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Montreal
Royal Victoria Hospital
Jean Scott
Winnipeg
Man
Gwenoolyn Nixon
Battleford
Sask
Agnes Bigeley
Rexzina
Lillian Greene
Medicine Hat
Alta
Commonwealth orders two submarines for £716,000
It was announced that the Commonwealth Government will have two submarines built by Vickers Limited in England at a total cost of £716,000.
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Melbourne
Vickers Limited
England
Balkan Tensions Rise From Suspected Joint Flight Incident
Dispatches from Belgrade report a Bulgarian airplane seized in Austro- Slav territory amid rising Balkan tensions. Photographs of frontier fortifications found with Bulgarian officers aboard suggest a possible cross border incident. Bulgaria calls the plane privately owned with no official status, while Yugoslavia contemplates a court martial.
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Bulgaria
Balkans
Belgrade
Jogoslav
Jugo
Canadian Woollen Convention Aims to Boost Sheep Farming
Refief opened the convention in Toronto where President Dobbie urged expanding the woollen industry. He stressed raising more sheep, increasing Canadian wool use, and boosting Wear More Canadian woollen goods.
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Toronto
Dobbie
Canada
Eastern Canada supports new tax rules on exports
Montreal officials discuss the budget provisions affecting hydro power exports and U S consumer demand. J B Norris of Montreal Light Heat and Power says the export tax will deter Americans from buying Canadian hydro and supports the policy. Canadian Pacific Railway and Canadian National Railway officials note coal freight rates cannot be lowered or changed pending budget study.
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Montreal
Canada
Norris
Montreal Light, Heat and Power Companys
Canadian Pacific Railway
Z. N. Todd
Canadian National Railway
Help For Canadian Veterans In U S
In the House of Commons the minister of soldiers' civil reestablishment stated no special relief provision exists for disabled or distressed veterans of the American Expeditionary Force now living in Canada. A sum will be allotted to the American Red Cross for relief of Casebian Expeditionary Force members residing in the United States.
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Ottawa
Canada
House of Commons
J. S. Beland
Resources Ready Edmonton Report Approved for Consideration
Premier Greenfield receives notice from Rt Hon Mackenzie King that O M Biggar has completed his inquiry into Alberta natural resources transfer. Biggar’s investigation, begun after Ottawa talks, focuses on technical accounting aspects, delaying actual transfer until report is tabled.
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Edmonton
Greenfield
Mackenzie King
O. M. Biggar
Alberta
Arab Students Strike Over Lord Balfour Visit
In Jerusalem the men’s training college students began a strike linked to the upcoming visit of the Earl of Balfour who will open the Hebrew University. Arabs plan a general strike to protest the Balfour Declaration and Britain’s policy to foster a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
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Jerusalem
Men’s Training College
Earl of Balfour
Hebrew University
Lord Balfour
Palestine
Seafish Catch Much Smaller Ottawa
Canada February sea fish catch totals 40,478,700 pounds valued at 634,549 dollars, down from 45,237,700 pounds and 1,200,744 dollars in February 1924. Atlantic coast haddock cod hake and pollock fell to 3,762,400 pounds from 4,218,400. lobster catch reached 540,000 pounds versus 444,900. Pacific coast total was 980,200 pounds, down from 1,752,706 in February 1924.
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Ottawa
Canada
Atlantic
Pacific
Great Pacific Battle Fleet Roars in Annual Force Drill
San Pedro reports the United States battle fleet, led by its dreadnoughts, unleashed a flood of flame and steel during a six minute force practice. The simulated battle produced a torrent of sound and vibration unseen in the Pacific Ocean before.
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San Pedro
Cal
United States
Pacific Ocean
Canada to tackle alleged foreign egg competition in House
Ottawa plans to question government actions in Parliament over Chinese and American egg imports. Conservative MP W. G. McQuarrie of New Westminster proposes scrutiny of measures to meet alleged competition in the Canadian market.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
House of Commons
W. G. McQuarrie
New Westminster
B.C
Tuberculosis Rising in Japan Report
An official report states tuberculosis is increasing yearly in Japan with 4.3 million sufferers and about 122000 deaths annually.
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Tokio
Japan
Egypt Defies British Control With Independent Policy Moves
Paris reports that despite Britain's nominal hold on Cairo's foreign policy, the Egyptian government has moved toward independent actions. The development signals friction between Cairo and London over regional strategy and authority.
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Paris
Great Britain
Cairo
Winnipeg bill seeks compulsory drug treatment
The legislature referred a bill to compel treatment of drug addicts to the law amendments committee. Introduced by Hon. D. L. McLeod municipal commissioner W. Ivens of the Labour party called the measure a step toward solving the drug problem.
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Winnipeg
D. L. McLeod
W. Ivens
Germans Told to Choose Polish Nation or Leave
Warsaw reports the German government, under the Vienna agreement, has invited residents in Germany who claimed Polish nationality to depart German lands by August 1, or face expulsion by force. The move follows the German-Polish accord reached last August.
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Warsaw
Vienna
Germany
Old Age Pensions Advocate Plans House Resolution
Hon James Murdoch minister of labor urges renewed study of old age pensions and will move a resolution in the House of Commons soon, signaling broader government consideration of pension schemes.
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Ottawa
James Murdoch
Labor
House of Commons
British plan for permanent peace via German pact
London secretary for foreign affairs Chamberlain announced to Parliament and the world that Britain abdicates involvement with the protocol wreckage. He proposed a new mutual German pact with former enemies to guarantee Western frontiers and pledge Germany to renounce aggressive aims to alter eastern borders established after the last war.
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London
Austen Chamberlain
Great
Sacrifice Case Ties Kali Worship to Central Provinces
London Dispatches report a disturbing Kali sacrifice incident in Mandla near Jabalpur where Maleband, son of a former official, and his family offered his sister after deeming the boy possessed. The boy died after exposure from neglect. Mulehand and two sons were sentenced to death, a daughter-in-law to life imprisonment.
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London
Calcutta
Mandla
Jabalapur
Maleband
Bhutan
Mulehand
Planed Franco Turkish Alliance Emerges in Constantinople
Henri Franklin Boulillom, a French expert on Turkish affairs, is in Turkey seeking to form a Franco Turkish alliance. With the Mosul question pending in spring, Turkey may seek arms credit and Geneva support, Angora flirting with Paris. Paris moves to settle outstanding issues with Turkey and craft a close accord.
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Constantinople
Henri Franklin Boulillom
Turkey
France
Mosul
Geneva
Angora
Paris
No Combine Among Western Coal Dealers
Ottawa reports that Western Canada Fuel Association did not act against public interests. Commissioner David Campbell says prices fixed by Retail Coal Dealers Association of Winnipeg are not unreasonable while noting the act protects both rich and poor and future safeguards are expected.
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Ottawa
Western Canada Fuel Association
David Campbell
Canada
House of Commons
James Murdoch
City Council Committee Rejects Milk Pasteurization Bylaw
Calgary legislative committee decides not to recommend compulsory pasteurization of milk sold in the city. They cite hardship to small vendors and note eighty five percent of current city milk sales are pasteurized by large firms.
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Calgary
Earl of Balfour Visits Jerusalem Calmly
The Earl of Balfour former British foreign secretary visited Jerusalem with crowds gathering in mosques. Moslem and Christian orators addressed the crowd while mounted police patrolled the streets, and there was a noticeable absence of tension.
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Jerusalem
Earl of Balfour
Public Men of Mother Country May Visit Here
London. Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin commended interchange of visits between the public men of the mother country and the dominions at the Empire Parliamentary Association annual meeting. He noted empire prosperity depends on the motherland and cited J. R. Thomas and Labor ministers' visit to South Africa. He suggested a delegation to Australia next year and proposed a long vacation from August to January, with colonial secretary Amery possibly visiting the dominions this term.
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London
Dominions
Stanley Baldwin
Empire Parliamentary Association
Empire
J. 4. Thomas
South Africa
Goa
Australia
Amery
Ofles
Encouraging Immigration Figures for Canada in February
Ottawa reports February immigration at 2 210, up 208 from January. British 542, United States 800, other countries 868. U S arrivals rise 168 from January. Returning Canadians from the United States total 2 012, with 41 044 since the fiscal year began. For the year to February 28, totals are British 14 521, U S 40 361, other 49 905?
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Ottawa
Canada
Department of Immigration and Colonization
United States
Labour MP Kirkwood Receives Threats After Prince Attack
The Daily Mail reports Labour MP David Kirkwood has received numerous threats tied to his attacks on the Prince of Wales in Parliament. The Glasgow railway workers union raised the issue with the home secretary who promised a full investigation and police protection, which Kirkwood declined.
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London
The
Daily Mail
David Kirkwood
Prince of Wales
House of Commons
Glasgow
National Union
Kirkwood
Ottawa exports rise as New Zealand leads auto sales
Canada reports continued growth in auto exports with New Zealand as the top buyer. Last month 4,008 passenger autos valued at $1,843,551 were shipped, of which New Zealand purchased 1,114 units.
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Ottawa
Canada
New Zealand
Dominion
Carter's Little Liver Pills Help Appetite and Digestion
Jersey City man Frank J. Trumbull credits a newspaper letter and Carter's Little Liver Pills with curing gas and biliousness, restoring his appetite. He urges others to try the remedy, now recommended by druggists.
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Carter
Frank J. Trumbull
Jersey City
N. J
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