Arctic Expeditions Gain Ground In Polar voyage progress
Ottawa reports steady progress as the Montcalm and the Boothic push through ice and pack toward Dundas Harbor and Pounds Inlet. The RCM Police post at Bache Peninsula nears the pole while the Boothic clears the western coast and pounds Inlet on schedule.
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Ottawa
Wakeham Bay
Montcalm
Pounds Inlet
Beotah
Dundas Harbor
R.C.M.P
Bache Peninsula
Boothic
Baffins Bay
McClintock
Sir John Franklin
Davis Strait
Greenland
All-Canadian Phone Service Opens Linking Ontario and Quebec
The new all Canadian telephone line connects Ontario and Quebec with the Twin Cities at the head of the lake and Manitoba. It ends the need to route calls through the United States. CPA, Bell, Manitoba Government Telephone, and Fort William Port Arthur systems jointly built the route via CPR rights of way. The remaining sparsely populated Sudbury Fort William gap is pledged to be closed next.
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Toronto
Ontario
Quebec
Twin Cities
Lake
Manitoba
U.S
Canadian Pacific Railway
Bell Telephone Co
Fort Willam
Port Arthur
Sudbury
Fort William
C.P.R
Message From England Arrives In Canada For Westminster Links
Jack Turbie of the British Boy Scouts arrived in Canada aboard the Montcalm en route to New Westminster British Columbia. He carries messages from the mayor of Westminster England to the New Westminster mayor and from the Westminster troop to the Pacific Westminster unit. In San Francisco William Edward Hickman, killer of Marion Parker, saw the state supreme court deny a rehearing, moving him closer to re sentencing to the gallows within 60 to 90 days.
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Quebec
New Westminster
B.C
San Francisco
Cal
William Edward Hickman
Marion Parker
Los Angeles
State Supreme Court
Hickman
Prince George to Visit Quebec City and Travel to Vancouver
Prince George of the British royal family will arrive in Quebec City on August 16 aboard the Empress of Australia. He proceeds to the Far East to join the China flagship and will travel by train from Quebec to Vancouver.
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Montreal
Prince George
Quebec City
Far East
China
Quebec
Vancouver
Fund Is Graving Stockholm
The cancer fund, started as a birthday tribute, faces financial shortfalls as organizers seek donations from residents and local groups to support treatment and research efforts in Stockholm.
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Stockholm
Cancer Fund
Crowds Celebrate Nobile Party Return to Italy
Italy greets Polar explorer S Sel Nobile and five survivors aboard the dirigible Italia crew as crowds at Brenner pass Milan Verona Bologna and Florence cheer Viva Nobile and Viva Viglieri. Premier Mussolini dispatches Bolzano prefect to greet at the Brenner pass amid jubilant demonstrations.
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Rome
Italy
Italia
Mussolini
Bolzano
Nobile
Brenner Pass
Rento
Verona
Bologna
Florence
Alfredo Viglieri
Borghetto Santo Spirito
Milan
Civil Service Council Representatives to Meet Government
Hon. Peter Heenan minister of labor invites civil service organizations to choose representatives to draft a national civil service council constitution. The move follows the select standing committee on industrial and international relations report. Heenan left Ottawa for Winnipeg.
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Ottawa
Ont
Peter Heenan
Labor
National Civil Service Council
Standing Committee On Industrial and International Relations
Winnipeg
Initial Pool Payment Set for Wheat Crop in Saskatoon
B Catton of the Central Selling Agency says the Wheat Pool will set the first payments on this year's No 1 Northern wheat at one dollar per bushel No 2 at 97 cents and No 3 at 92 cents Fort William delivery. He remains confident the pool can market the crop advantageously despite recent price declines and opposes a strict cut off date except in exceptional market downturns with late joiners.
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Saskatoon
B. Catton
Central Selling Agency
Saskatchewan Pool
Fort William
Arthur Hale to Compete in Dominion Rifle Meet Ottawa
Arthur C. Hale winner of the King's Prize at Bisley arrives with Canada's eight man Bisley rifle team from England. Hale, 23, a Birmingham gunsmith, plans to participate in the Dominion Rifle meet at Ottawa. His father and brother are noted shooters. Six Australian team members may also attend.
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Montreal
Arthur C. Hale
Bisley
Canada
England
Hale
Birmingham
Ottawa
British Miners To Aid Canadian Harvest Effort
London reports 10000 British miners are to travel to Canada to assist this year’s harvest. Rt Hon L C M S Amery notes recruitment should target mining areas and Canada will not fund movement. Both governments will aid placement for those who stay, while many may remain in Canada to avoid winter unemployment.
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London
Britain
Canada
Ottawa
Immigration Department
Department
Fewer Canadians Move to United States in 1928
Emigration from Canada to the United States along the eastern boundary declined significantly in the year ending June 30, 1928. United States Immigration Commissioner H. R. Landis, reporting from Montreal, said District No. 1 recorded 34,282 permanent residents admitted in the 12 months ending June 30, 1928, down from 45,831 the previous year.
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Montreal
Canada
United States
H. R. Landis
Halifax
Kingston
Death of Mrs W S Fielding in Ottawa
Mrs Hester Fielding wife of Right Hon W S Fielding former Canadian minister of finance died at the family residence in Ottawa after nearly four years of declining health. She had been almost confined to home and was approaching her fiftieth birthday in social and philanthropic circles.
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Ottawa
Hester Fielding
Fielding
Lawsuits Filed Against Yugoslav Government at The Hague
The Hague hosts suits totaling 300 million dollars brought by the former Archduke Frederick of Austria and 25 others. They allege property confiscations as the basis, with Frederick himself claiming 17 million dollars in losses.
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Budapest
Hungary
International Tribunal At
the Hague
Frederick
Austria
No Car Shortage For Crops In Western Canada
The railway association of Canada says there is no car shortage for handling this year's grain. With harvest expected to be the heaviest in years, all 80,000 cars now in Western Canada may be needed to move the crop.
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Winnipeg
Railway Association of Canada
Canada
Toronto merchant elected head of Canadian Retailers
J. T. Crowder of Toronto was re elected president of the Retail Merchants' Association of Canada at Regina. He defeated J. E. Sansregret of Montreal, who had served as vice president last year.
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J. T. Crowder
Toronto
Retail Merchants’ Association of Canada
Regina
J. E. Sansregret
Montreal
Government grants keep Class B fairs level with 1927
Ottawa reports the government will provide Class B fairs the same grant in 1928 as in 1927, restoring prior support after no appropriation in the last Parliament session. Dr. J. H. Grisdale, deputy minister of agriculture, noted the decision amid criticism from both sides of the House. Moscow notes the Russian relief committee declined to hand over Italia crash film taken by aviator Chukhnovsky, citing orders to retain all material.
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Ottawa
J. H. Grisdale
House of Commons
Moscow
Chukhnovsky
Krassin
Umberto Nobile
Nobile
Irish farm hand burned in gasoline flash fire
London Ontario report says Alex Johnstone, a young Irish farm hand, attempted to ignite a mouthful of gasoline to entertain companions. The liquid burst into flame, burning him about the head chest and arms while he blew gasoline toward a match.
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London
Ont
Alex Johnstone
Walking the Bears to Italy for Plane Meet
Master Kawin and Miss Nica in from Windsor Station Montreal travel with Mrs E Roncarelli to be presented to Marquis de Pinedo. The pair meaning No and Good in Indian dialect are sent by the Canadian Pacific Railway to Italy to join de Pinedo in his world flight.
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Kawin
Nicain
Windsor
Montreal
E. Roncarelli
Italy
Marquis de Pinedo
General Tourist Department
Canadian Pacific Railway
Fred. Arnott
Lake Temiskaming
de Pinedo
Mine Workmen Killed In Ontario Accident
In Thorold at the Welland Canal a 500 ton steel gate collapsed after a crane boom slipped. The incident at the lock killed at least nine workers and injured about 36 others, with around 40 men in the area unable to escape the disaster. The gate smashed into the east gate fabric and fell to the bottom, crushing workers nearby.
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St. Catharines
Ont
Jock
Welland Canal
Thorold
Ottawa Welcomes Lieut Desmond Burke After Bisley Feat
Large Ottawa crowds greet Lieut Desmond Burke of the Governor General's Foot Guards at the central station. Premier Mackenzie King Mayor Arthur Ellis and city officials join his welcome as relatives and friends gather along blocks nearby.
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Ottawa
Desmond Burke
Governor-General's Foot Guards
Bisley
Central Station
Mackenzie King
Arthur Ellis
Board of Control
City Council
Vacancies in Government Ten Be Filled Soon
Ottawa notes a flood of upcoming appointments before year end as ministers plenipotentiary are chosen for Paris and Tokio. Expected vacancies include two railway board seats, CN directorate, resignation from the international joint waterways commission, two senate seats, a Supreme Court bench, and possible lieutenant governors in Quebec New Brunswick and Saskatchewan. A new radio commission and a permanent St Lawrence development commission are also anticipated.
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Ottawa
Geneva
Paris
Tokio
Philippe Roy
France
Japan
McLean
Frank Oliver
Canadian National Railway
C. A. Magrath
International Joint Waterways Commission
Cloran
Boyer
Supreme Court
Justice Mignault
J. Denis
Joliette
Quebec
New Brunswick
Saskatchewan
Radio Commission
Canada
St. Lawrence
Bottle washes ashore with note from lost aviators
A bottle found on Flint shore, North Wales, Tuesday bore a note reading Goodbye all signed by Elsie Mackay and Captain Hinchcliffe. Beneath their names were the words Down in 10g and storm suggesting they perished at sea.
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Elsie Mackay
Capt
Hinchcliffe
London
Eng
Flint
North Wales
C P R Revised Branch Line Sanctioned
The Board of Railway Commissioners approves the route map for the Canadian Pacific Swift Current Northwesterly branch aiming toward Willingdon Alberta. The Canadian National Railway challenges that the line extends the Cutknife Whitford Lake branch without proper authority and argues the plan alters a preexisting project. The chief commissioner outlines branch line history and approves the requested diversions.
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Ottawa
Board of Railway Commissioners
Canadian Pacific Railway
Swift Current
Willingdon
Alta
H. A. McKeown
Canadian National Railways
Cutknife-Whitford Lake
National Lines
Canadian Pacific
Canadian National
Chiaton
Camrose
Empress
Coronation
Lorraine
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Catknife-Whitford Lake
Edmonton
Williams wins 200 metres as Olympic sprint double
Percy Williams of Vancouver wins the 200 metres final at the Olympic games, beating top sprinters including Jackson Scholz of the United States. Williams adds the 200m title to his 100m crown, achieving a rare double sprint win in the 1928 Olympiad.
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Amsterdam
Percy Williams
Vancouver
Jackson Scholz
U.S
Williams
Woman Held Allegedly In Obregon Assassination
Sister Concepcion Acebedo de la Lata, 32, is jailed in Mexico City charged with influencing Jose Toral to kill General Alvaro Obregon. She told papers she hopes for execution and punishment, and said God must have permitted the crime.
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Mexico City
Conception Acebdo de la Lata
Jose Toral
Alvaro Obregon
Toral
Obregon
Government Officials to Attend Antwerp Alcohol Congress
For the first time the American Government will be officially represented at the International Congress Against Alcoholism convening next month in Antwerp Belgium. Commissioner Doran of the Prohibition Bureau and Harry A Anslinger of the State Department have arranged to attend.
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Washington
International Congress Against
Antwerp
Belgium
Doran
Prohibition Bureau
Harry A. Anslinger
State Department
British Aviator Courtney Rescued After Azores Flight Attempt
Captain Frank T. Courtney and three companions were saved from a drifting flying boat after an attempted Azores to Newfoundland crossing. Their radio messages aided search efforts as they drifted at sea and were rescued by passing ships.
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New York
Frank T. Courtney
Azores
Newfoundland
Visit Will Be Short Winnipeg
It is unlikely that the forthcoming prime minister will address events in Saskatchewan beyond his Prince Albert constituency. The haste is due to the Premier’s need to be in Paris at year end to sign the Kellogg outlawry of war pact.
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Winnipeg
Saskatchewan
Prince Albert
Paris
Kellogg to Travel to Paris to Sign War Renunciation Pact
Secretary of State Frank B Kellogg will sail from New York aboard the Ile de France on August 15 to Paris to sign the multilater al treaty renouncing war, signaling the United States commitment to the pact.
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Paris
Frank B. Kellogg
M. Briand
New York
Ile de France
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W. 5S. Fielding
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Vancouver Boy
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Courtney
Kellogg
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