Nova Scotia Seeks Secession From Dominion
Halifax member HM W Corning urged a referendum on Nova Scotia becoming an independent self governing British Dominion. He argued Confederation harmed intercolonial railway policies freight rates and Nova Scotia markets. He said independence would protect fishermen and workers and foster trade and investment.
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Halifax
N.A
Dominion of Canada
Nova Scotia
House of Assembly
HM. W. Corning
Yarmouth
Corning
Intercolonial
Canadian National System
Quebec
Ontario
Ite
Atlantic
Catarrhozone Promoted For Nasal Cure
An advertisement urges relief from cold and catarrh by inhaling Catarrh ozone. It touts easy recovery, nasal treatment, and air passage cleansing. The Catarrhozone Co offers two months’ supply for $2.00 or 60 cents for small size, by mail from Montreal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catarrhozone Co
Montreal
Australian Premier vows to stop controversial delegation arrival
Premier Bruce says the Federal Government will prevent eight Moscow linked delegates led by Radek from entering Australia to attend the Sydney Communist Congress. He asserts action to preserve the existing social system and government.
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Melbourne
Rus
Moscow
Radek
Sydney
Bruce
Australi
Farmers urged to seek Aaron Sapiro on wheat pools
A W Wood president of the United Farmers of Alberta urged Western Canadian farmers to consult Aaron Sapiro before launching wheat pools. He noted Alberta has 106m dollars set aside this summer to study wheat marketing in all its aspects and called Sapiro the foremost authority on cooperative marketing of farm products in North America.
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Calgary
A. W. Wood
United Farmers’ of Alberta
Canada
Aaron Sapiro
California
Alberta
Wood
Sapiro
Lake Freight Advance Hits Grain Trade on Canadian Waters
Steamship agents seek six cents from Canadian lake terminals to Buffalo, a rise of 14 cents in two weeks. Shippers report limited oat tonnage at navigation opening, but ample space remains for wheat shipments.
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Winnipeg
Buffalo
Demand for Farm Labor In March Shows Improvement Across Canada
Canada’s Department of Labor reports better employment conditions in March with resumed demand for farm labor in the prairie provinces and gains in manufacturing. Logging slowed in many districts awaiting spring. British Columbia shows gradual improvement. Union unemployment stood at 6.4 percent in March, below February’s 7.8 percent, while industrial disputes rose to 15 involving 1,431 workers and 31,924 lost days, compared with 19 disputes and 61,675 lost days in February among 5,687 workers.
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Ottawa
Canada
Department of Labor
Prairie Provinces
British Columbia
Ask League for Help on Reparations Settlement
A World Alliance for Promoting International Friendship through the Churches presented to Sir Eric Drummond, Secretary General of the League of Nations, a resolution urging action to settle reparations on a sound economic basis. It calls for a body to hear all parties, financial measures to enforce decisions, and mutual protection for general peace.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Eric Drummond
League
World Alliance
Chile Proposes Five Year Armaments Limitation Treaty
Chilean delegate urged a five year pact to curb capital ship purchases by Latin American nations with automatic renewal for five years and a May 1 1928 expiry unless denounced. Chile also signaled readiness to limit land armaments.
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Santiago
Chile
Armaments Commission
Acquitted in Moose Jaw Murder Trial
Proceedings in the trial of Andrew Lemko charged with the murder of Constable Anthony J. Tierney in PLA yards on April 8 1822 ended when Justice Embury refused to send the case to the jury after arguments by Crown Attorney J W Corman and W M Rose.
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Moose Jaw
Andrew Lemko
Anthony J. Tierney
Pla. Yards
Justice Embury
J. W. Corman
W. M. Rose
Deportation Order for Irish Agitator James Larkin
The Labor Department orders the deportation of James Larkin, the Irish agitator who was pardoned months earlier by New York Governor Smith after serving two years of a fre e year prison sentence for criminal anarchy.
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Washington
James Larkin
Smith
New York
Labor Department
Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills Praised by Sufferer
Mrs. John Case of St. Catharines Ontario reports two years of heart and nerve distress. After trying two doctors she found relief after five boxes of Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills. She can now work, sleep, and eat freely. Price: a box at dealers or by mail from The T Milburn Co Limited Toronto Ontario.
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John Case
St. Catharines, Ont
Milburn
T. Milburn Co., Limited
Toronto
Constantinople Armenian Exodus Amid Turkish Strains
Christians flee from Alexandretta as France Turkey tensions rise. Armenian families, about five hundred, have already left the city, per the Anatolian News Agency report.
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Constantinople
Alexandretta
France
Turkey
Colonel Young Dies in Fort William at 43
Colonel John Douglas Young DS O M C died at Fort William Ontario aged 43. He was commanding officer of the 52nd Lake Superior Battalion and went overseas in 1915 as lieutenant.
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Fort William
Florida House votes to end corporal punishment for county prisoners
The Florida House approved a measure by 63 to 15 to abolish corporal punishment in the state’s handling of county prisoners. The vote signals a major reform in how inmates are disciplined within county jails.
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Iollahassee
Fla
Fighting Prairie Pests Winnipeg
Entomologists from the United States and western provinces met in Winnipeg to share research on grasshoppers stem saw fly Hessian fly and related pests. Officials expect localized outbreaks this year and advise deep spring plowing in affected wheat districts.
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Winnipeg
United States
Canada
Maple Creek to Host First Provincial Corn Show
The premium list for Saskatchewan's first provincial corn show at Maple Creek on November 14 and 15 offers over 500 in prizes across nine classes. North Dakota White Flint Gehu Yellow Flint and Northwestern Dent lead principal classes with 20 prizes each.
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Regina
Maple Creek
North Dakota
Ogilvie
Montreal
Department of Agriculture
Saskatchewan
Maple Creek Agricultural Society
Chinaman Jumps 139 Feet From Vancouver Viaduct
Tong Ching leaped from the Georgia Viaduct into a railway yard and struck water and mud, sustaining only minor injuries. Police deem the dive likely deliberate and note the act occurred in Vancouver.
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Vancouver
Tong Ching
Georgia Viaduct
May Agenda For Imperial Conference To Be Announced
In Ottawa, Conservative leader Arthur Meighen pressed in the House for the agenda of the forthcoming Imperial conference and the London economic conference. Premier Mackenzie King said he had cabled Britain for permission to publish the documents but had not yet received a reply and would send another message.
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Ottawa
London
Arthur Meighen
MacKenzie King
Labor Party Delegation Reports on Ruhr Crisis
A Labour delegation led by Thomas Shaw, Charles R. Burton, and William Adamson found a state of war exists in the Ruhr and warned that Versailles machinery cannot resolve the crisis. They urged Britain to push for an international instrument with German participation and to press France and Germany to present reparations and security proposals to an international tribunal.
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London
France
Labor Party
Ruhr
Germany
Thamas Shaw
Charlies R. Burton
William Adamson
House of Commons
Belgium
Spring Rain Delays Thaw in Dawson Yukon
Spring began in Dawson Yukon on April 17 as the first rain since autumn fell over the town and kicked off the thaw.
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Dawson
Y.T
Yukon
Community Buy Local Message Encourages Home Purchases
By making your purchase from your home merchant you are contributing direct to the prosperity of the community in which you live.
Fears Japanese Menace Warns Canadians at Empire Club
John Nelson former Vancouver World publisher warned Empire Club that Japanese immigration threatens Canada. He said boundary with Asia could become the Rocky Mountains if action is delayed noting about 35,900 Japanese as the principal problem in British Columbia and that treaties eased their entry and settlement.
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Toronto
Canada
Asia
Rocky Mountain
John Nelson
The
Vancouver World
Empire Club
Nelson
British Columbia
Radio tests connect Prince Rupert and Halifax in hours
Radio communication tests between Prince Rupert and Halifax were successful. Jack Iarnsley of Prince Rupert conducted the tests and established communication in a few hours.
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Prince Rupert
B.C
Halifax
Jack Iarnsley
Flood Conditions In Manitoba Winnipes
Flood conditions persist in parts of Manitoba as mountains of snow melt rapidly. Melt waters surge atop still solid ice, with creeks and rivers not yet breached.
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Winnipes
Manitoba
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Cuthura
Sapiro Cn
Advance Lake
Tribunal
Suggsts
Larkin
Turkish City
Young
Cate
Canada Starch CO. Limited
A. S. McDowell
the Star, Lemberg, Sask
Great Britain
Chinaman
Bers
Pacific
Scott
Sun-Maid Raisin Growers
Fresno
Nate
Srager
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