Wheat Pool History Told to U S Senators
A. J. McPhail, president of the Central Selling Agency for Western Canada, outlines the Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta pools and the central selling agency before the Senate agriculture committee. He notes the pools financing, market influence, and cooperative growth boosting farmer independence.
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Washington
Canada
A. J. McPhail
Senate
McPhail
McNary
Canadas
Brookhart
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Wheat Board
Liberal Election Drive Starts Across England and Wales
The Liberal Party begins a countrywide campaign with 4 000 speakers promoting David Lloyd George's unemployment removal plan. Leaders plan a rapid, multi point tour across England and Wales before Parliament dissolves, with Lloyd George opening in Wales.
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London
England
David Lloyd George
Wales
Scotland
Cambridge Man Wins Norton Greek Studies Fellowship
Vernon Elgin Way of Edmonton Alberta has won the Charles Elliot Norton fellowship for 1929 30 at Harvard University. Way a Harvard graduate school student will study for a year at the United States School of Classical Studies in Athens Greece.
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Cambridge
Mass
Vernon Elgin Way
Edmonton
Alberta
Charles Elliot Norton
Harvard University
Way
Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
United States School of Classical Studies
Athens
Plane crash kills two in Khedive Saskatchewan
The Velie Monocoupe crash near Khedive Saskatchewan killed Flying Instruct Roland Ford of Regina and John Sydorchuk CPR foreman. The right wing fouled a telephone wire plunging the craft. occupants died from concussion or flames. A Regina pilot questions if impact alone caused death and notes a possible post crash attempt to escape.
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Khedive
Sask
Roland Ford
Regina
John Sydorchuk
C.P.R
Ford
Scholarships For Research Workers In Ottawa
Sixty post graduate scholarships, fellowships, studentships, or bursaries for 1929 are awarded by the National Research Council Scholarships Committee. Out of 100 applications, those of outstanding merit were chosen across Canada, with about $50,000 allotted for research at universities. The aim is to build a corps of trained researchers to tackle Canadian industrial and natural resource challenges.
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Ottawa
National Research Council of Canada
Council
Dominion
National Research Council
Canada
League of Nations deputy chief tours Canada for peace drive
M. Joseph Avenol, Deputy Secretary General of the League of Nations, arrives in Vancouver from the Orient and plans a coast to coast tour speaking for world peace. He reports strengthened Chinese cooperation and leads a Canada wide campaign to boost League membership from 21,000 toward over 50,000 by April 16.
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Ottawa
Ont
League of Nations
Canada
M. Joseph Avenel
League
Vancouver
Orient
Pacific
Atlantic
M. Avenol
China
Russia
Geneva
League of Nations Society
Diamonds Owned In United States Worth Billions
New York reports United States held diamonds valued at 4 billion dollars. Continental Insurance Company notes per capita value surpasses other nations. Only a small share of the world’s large diamonds are owned domestically.
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New York
N.Y
United States
Continental Insurance Company
Canadian Pacific to Operate Hotel in Guelph
E. W. Beatty, president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, says the railway will operate the hotel to be built in Guelph by Arthur W. Cutten, a Chicago grain operator, during his visit to Toronto.
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Toronto
Canadian Pacific Railway
Guelph
Arthur W. Cutten
Chicago
E. W. Beatty
Canadians in the United States Face Deportation Risk
Washington reports the absolute deportation law will affect thousands of Canadians. It divides illegals into three groups based on entry dates and head tax payments, with only the third group facing immediate risk and potential permanent banishment if deported.
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Washington
Congress
Walter W. Husband
Labor
Canada
United States
Libel Action Costs Heavy Toronto
Taxation of the bill of costs submitted by W N Tilley K C for Sir Arthur Currie in his libel action has been made. Net costs allowed total $5377. Amount charged before taxation was $11087. Defendants will also have to pay a judgment of $500.
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Toronto
W. N. Tilley
K.C
Arthur Currie
France
Prince George Reports for Duty at Foreign Office
London Prince George youngest son of the King reported for duty at the foreign office on April 3 and spent the morning meeting future colleagues. He has abandoned his royal navy career and is attached to the western department. The prince returned to Buckingham Palace for luncheon.
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London
England
Prince George
Foreign Office
Royal Navy
Buckingham Palace
Express Confidence In Bracken Government Winnipeg
The Manitoba legislature expressed confidence in the Bracken government by a 31 to 19 vote after defeating a Labor resolution calling for a committee investigation of the Seven Sisters Falls power agreement. The premier saw the issue as a vote of confidence, with Labor sponsor John Queen and broad cross‑party support.
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Winnipeg
Bracken
Manitoba
Seven Sisters Falls
House
John Queen
H. A. Robson
Pracken
Hugh John MacDonald
Regina to Open Immigrant Department Office
The permanent headquarters of the Department of Immigration for Southern Saskatchewan will open in Regina on May 1. Geo. Todd, in charge, says the office will be in the Darke Block with temporary space in the Veteran Block during the past month. The Regina branch mirrors setups in Saskatoon Calgary and Edmonton.
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Regina
Department of Immigration
Saskatchewan
Geo. Todd
Immigration Department
Todd
Department
Darke
Saskatoon
Calgary
Edmonton
Laurentian District Shown as lure for anglers by railway
A reproduced amateur photograph highlights the Laurentian district north of Montreal as a scenic lure used by the Tourist Department of the Canadian Pacific Railway. It showcases natural beauty to attract fishermen, even if the image itself does not prove fishing opportunities.
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Laurentian
Montreal
Canadian
Pacfic Railway
Epidemic Meningitis Rages in Shanghai Area
Officials report a serious meningitis outbreak around Shanghai with about one thousand cases treated and many deaths within a hundred mile radius. Steamship firms refuse steerage travel from Shanghai to Canada and the United States to curb spread.
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Shanghai
China
Canada
United States
Michigan Repeals Liquor Felony Life Penalty Law
Governor Fred W. Green signs the Watson House bill removing 120 minor felonies from the list that carried the life penalty on fourth offences. Life sentences for liquor felonies are to be commuted for several prisoners including Mrs. Ella Mac Miller Channie Tripp Tony Papich and others currently serving life terms.
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Lawsing
Mich
Michigan
Fred W. Green
Watson House
Green
Ella Mac Miller
Channie Tripp
Tony Papich
Subsidy System for Provinces Condemned in Manitoba Hearing
Ottawa. Dominion counsel A R McMaster told the Manitoba natural resources commission that the subsidy system is vicious and should be curtailed. He argued Manitoba cannot be discriminated against, and that the Dominion has already compensated for alienated lands through administration since 1871. He preferred a lump sum instead of increased subsidies if compensation were needed.
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Ottawa
Manitoba
A. R. McMaster
K.C
Dominion
Manitoba Natural Resources Commission
Canada
McMaster
Chary
Justice Turgeon
Mr. McMaster
Canada presses formal protest over I'm Alone sinking
In Ottawa Prime Minister W L Mackenzie King told the House of Commons Canada has made formal representations to the United States over the sinking of the Canadian schooner I'm Alone by US coast guard vessels. The case involves treaty principles on anti smuggling and is expected to be brought before Washington in due course.
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Ottawa
United States Coast Guard
Canada
United States
House of Commons
W. L. Mackenzie King
R. B. Bennett
King
Washington
Pacific Yields Clue To Aviation Tragedy
Fragments of an aeroplane, water soaked and twisted, were brought to San Francisco to help solve a long ocean mystery. Officials at Mills Field said the pieces likely came from a U S government craft that vanished off the Pacific coast in 1922 or 1923. The debris may also relate to the 1927 deaths of Captain William P. Erwin and Alvin E. Schwaldt during a flight toward Honolulu.
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San Francisco
Cal
Honolulu
Army and Navy
Pacific Coast
Mills Field
William P. Erwin
Alvin E. Schwaldt
Here
New Counts Added In Auto Offences
British Columbia attorney general adds grievous bodily harm and furious driving as lesser counts to manslaughter indictments in auto cases. Justice F B Gregory explains to the grand jury after a Supreme Court of Canada decision. Juries previously avoided manslaughter due to perceived moral turpitude.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
F. B. Gregory
Supreme Court of Canada
Gregory
Uruguayan Fliers Found Safe in Colombia After Ordeal
Two Uruguayan aviators, missing for days after being forced down in Northern Ecuador, reappear in Tumaco Colombia. They survived a two day voyage in a small boat along Ecuadorian and Colombian coasts and report their plane was destroyed.
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Bogota
Colombia
Tumaco
Ecuador
Aviation Course By MailBoston
Massachusetts State Department of Education offers a correspondence aeronautics course. Since the announcement, over 490 inquiries have come in from 23 states plus Canada and Haiti.
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Boston
Massachusetts State Department of Education
Union
Canada
Haiti
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