Saskatchewan Resources Pact Completed in Ottawa
Ottawa reports the Saskatchewan resources pact completed as signatures finalize in transit between Ottawa Regina and back. Premier Mackenzie King announced public details after documents reach their destinations. The transfer aligns with prior deals with Manitoba Alberta and British Columbia and a commission will handle related questions with payment basis to be set by the Supreme Court.
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Ottawa
Saskatchewan
Hom Fimmest Lapointe
Justice
Charley Stewart
Interior
Regina
Premer
J. M. Anerson
Hon. M . MacPherson
Attorney-Genere
Otttawa
King
Manitoba
Alberta
British Columbia
Mackenzie King
Supreme Court of Canada
Germany Raises Wheat Duty in New Schedules
Berlin reports Food Minister Dietrich completed negotiations with government parties on new agricultural duties. Wheat duty rises to as high as 120 marks per ton from 95, with authority to lift further if a wheat glut from Canada and the United States hits the market. Barley duty also increases to 100 marks per ton.
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Berlin
Dietrich
Canada
United States
Murdock Named New Senator for Ottawa
Hon. James Murdock former Minister of Labor in the King administration is appointed to the Senate. Premier W. L. Mackenzie King announced the appointment in the House of Commons. The Premier said other vacancies will be filled in due course in response to a question from R. B. Bennett.
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Ottawa
James Murdock
Labor
King
Senate
W. L. Mackenzie King
House of Commons
R. B. Bennett
Ottawa power systems drive Canada’s electric output
In 1928 Canada had 18 hydro electric systems spread coast to coast with an average annual output of 106 million kilowatt hours or more. The Hydro Electric Power Commission of Ontario produced over four billion kilowatt hours. These 18 systems accounted for two percent of total central power generation in Canada.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Hydro-Electric Power Commission of
Ontario
Narrow escape as auto plummets into ravine in Chile
Seven saved after car crashes into a 90 foot ravine near Andacollo Coquimbo. The vehicle rolled at least twelve times, coming to rest at the bottom. Six occupants were seriously injured and a 4 year old girl suffered minor injuries. The car was destroyed.
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Coquimbo
Chile
Andacollo
Mrs Kipling Taken to Hospital in Hamilton Bermuda
The wife of Rudyard Kipling was rushed to hospital on the poet’s arrival from the Bahamas. Her condition is reported not to be serious.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Rudyard Kipling
League Society Holds Its Annual Meeting
Representatives from Canadian organizations promoting international peace attended the eighth annual meeting of the League of Nations Society in Canada. Dr. Ho M Tory presided as Agnes Machail delivered the league address, while Sir George E Foster urged stronger popular education on league ideals.
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Canada
League of Nations Socety
Ho M Tory
Mies Agnes Machai
George E Foster
League
Ant Continua
Sec.ety
Naval deadlock eased after Briand MacDonald talks
London reports indicate a breakthrough in the Franco Italian naval parity deadlock at the five power conference. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and French Foreign Minister Aristide Briand met two and a half hours at the Hotel Carlton to discuss practical figures and a path to a successful conference. Briand said optimism is in the air as experts observed and plans to brief Paris officials follow.
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London
England
Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
Aristide Briand
France
Carlton
M. Briand
Miss MacDonald
Briand
Mr. MacDonald
Reno Massigli
R. L. Craigie
Communists Charged With Attacks on Berlin Churches
German dispatches report Communist forces damaged a Protestant church door Bible text in north Berlin and daubed a Roman Catholic church with red paint. The Moscow despatches say the anti religious campaign may spread to North America.
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Berlin
Moscow
North America
British oil steamer Dorothy and Audrey seized in Charleston convoy
Norfolk report says the British screw steamer Dorothy and Audrey was escorted to Charleston with a coast guard patrol boat. The crew boarded the vessel and found 800 cases of liquor in the hold before arrival.
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Norfolk
Dorothy
Audrey
Charleston
S.C
Coast Guard
Australia Plans Tobacco Culture
The Australian government will conduct a soil and plant survey to assess introducing tobacco culture in the country. Authorities believe soil and climate conditions may prove favorable for cultivation.
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Australia
Canberra
Aus
Airmen Reach Churchill After Long North Marooning
Airmen Vance and Blasdale, stranded near Baker Lake since last October, reached Churchill with guide help from Rob Hicks of Northern Aerial Exploration. They traveled via Chesterfield Inlet and Mile 327, facing blizzards but reported good health and ample provisions. Vance is from Toronto and Blasdale, 21, is from Winnipeg with flight and engineering experience.
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Nurchiill
Man
Vance
Northern Aerial Mineral Femerations Limited
Churchill
Baker Lake
Chesterfield Inlet
Rob” Hicks
Northern Aerial Exploration Company
Bay Port
Mile 327
Pas
C. J. Ho MacAlpine
Dormimion Explorers. Limited
Canada
Arctic
Slaker Lake
English rifle corps to visit Canada for DCRA matches
A fifty man team of English riflemen will travel to Ottawa in August to compete in the Dominion of Canada Rifle Association events at Connaught ranges. Competitors from the Bisley meet may go at their own expense. Last year cadets from English public schools and Officers' Training Corps contended in the DCRA matches.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Dominion of Canada Rifle Association
Connaught Ranges
Bisley
D.R.A
Officers’ Training Corps
O.T.C
D.c.rla
Ten Years At College Minneapolis
After spending ten years at the University of Minnesota and earning three degrees, Thomas Tiger of the Philippine Islands has returned home to devote his life to improving his country. The doctorate was conferred on Riger on March 20, and he already holds a bachelor of arts and a master of science.
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Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
Thomas Tiger
Philippine Islands
Riger
Agitators Grievance Rises Over Indian Medical Degrees
New Delhi reports that Indian agitations rise as Britain refuses to recognize Indian medical degrees. The government backed a plan for a medical commissioner to standardize training, but the Legislative Assembly rejected it and the Medical Council did not recognize Indian qualifications.
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British Medical Council
New Delhi
India
Britain
Great Britain
Government of
Legislative Assembly
Medial Council
Canadian Nurses Considered for Detroit Hospitals
Windsor Ontario nurses trained in Canada may be kept in Detroit hospital service. Dr. Buck reported the city cannot replace 105 nurses discharged under council policy despite nationwide advertisements. The past men’s prenatal service resumes in Churchill after winter. Bayport travel will proceed this year without permits.
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Windsor
Ont
United States
Cty
Detroit
Detroit Common Council
Carl E Buck
Board of Health
Churchill
Bayport
Restrictions Raised On Reindeer Meat Entering Canada
Ottawa announces an order in council lifting meat imports from reindeer under Department of Agriculture guidance. Reindeer herds in Alaska’s remote areas made inspections impracticable so now no restraining requirements apply. Limited reindeer meat will arrive in Canada via cold storage terminals in New Westminster B C.
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Canada
Department of Agriculture
Alaska
New, Westiminster
B.C
Ottawa outlines plan to shift immigration control to provinces
Dominion Government explains inviting provinces to absorb more immigration responsibilities. Charles Stewart says agreements with transportation firms end May 31, and provinces will decide intake levels and who can be admitted. Officials remain at ports. no province will be closed to immigration without its consent.
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Stewart
I. E
Deaneily
Willow Bunch
D. F. Kellner
U.F.A
Athabasca
Speaker Lemieux
Dominion
Dutch protest delays Italian steamer with Russian grain
The Italian steamer Confidenza carrying Russian grain bound for Rotterdam was docked at Amsterdam after Dutch protest over the import. Netherland agricultural board members say the grain had been seized from Russian farmers by the Soviet government.
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London
England
Confidenza
Rotterdam
Amsterdam
Netherland Agricultural Board
Call for Higher Eggs Duty Sparks Canadian Tariff Hearing
Ottawa faces a tariff debate as the Canadian Poultry Pool seeks a cent per dozen duty on non compliant foreign shell eggs. Critics warn higher duties could boost Canadian production and lower quality, while frozen egg values remain at ad valorem rates. A second hearing is expected amid imports from Chicago selling as low as 27 cents a dozen.
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Ottawa
United States
Advisory Board On
Canadian Poultry Pool, Limited
Canada
Canadas
Canadian Council of Agriculture
Chicago
Toronto
Montreal
Passing Of Great Statesman Balfour in Surrey England
Lord Balfour the former British prime minister died peacefully at his brother's residence in Woking Surrey at 82. He will be succeeded by his brother Gerald. The funeral is set for Whittinghame in Scotland. Premier MacDonald called it the end of a Tony useful life and the nation will express its regret.
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Woking
Surrey
England
Lord Balfour
Great Britain
James Coltman
James
Traptain
Gerald
Whittinghame
MacDonald
Earl
Want Smarter Uniforms for the Army in Parliament Debate
A House of Commons member urged smarter uniforms amid concerns over last year’s recruitment decline. Another MP proposed dressing the entire army in kilts to appeal to youth.
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London
England
House of Commons
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Germany
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League Society
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Blasdale
Winnipeg
Gordon Campbell, VC
Metagama
Kitty Ritson
Earl of Airlie
Canadian Pacific
Charles Stewart
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British Isles
Europe
Mr. Stewart
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