Naval Conference Adjourns Amid Hope For Accord
The tri partite naval conference ends with a joint declaration and hopes that direct negotiations between Britain the United States and Japan will yield a reconciliation of divergent aims. Leaders Bridgeman Gibson and Admiral Salo express optimism while noting failure to agree on cruiser tonnage and eight inch gun cruisers.
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Pera
Great Britain
United States
Japan
Hugh Gibson
United Eistes
W. Bridgeman
Bridgeman
Hotel Des Bergues
Gibson
Salo
Meber
Official visit to Canada ends in Calgary
The Prince of Wales will spend five days at a ranch in the Rockies foothills and visit Vancouver and Victoria before sailing from Quebec on Sept. 7. After Calgary the Royal train parts from Premier Baldwin and the official visit concludes, with remaining stay mainly for holiday and a few engagements.
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Ottawa
Prince of Wales
Rockies
Vancouver
Victoria
England
Quebec
Calgary
Baldwin
Canada
Beothic Reaches Bache Peninsula Post on Ellesmere Island
A wireless message from Ottawa reports the Steamship Beothic has successfully reprovisioned Canada's northernmost police post customs house and post office at Bache Peninsula on Ellesmere Island. The station lies about 656 nautical miles south of the North Pole and serves the west coast area.
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Ottawa
Canada
Customs House
Bache Peninsula
Ellesmere Island
Beothic
North West Territories
Yukon
Department of the Interior
North Pole
Levine Accepts Pact for Prouhin to Pilot Columbia Return
Paris businessman Paris Charles A Levine confirms provisional terms with Maurice Prouhin to fly the transatlantic Columbia back to New York. The agreement outlines Prouhin as pilot while Levine remains owner and organizer of the venture.
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Paris
Charles A. Levine
Columbia
Maurice Prouhin
New York
Kipling Skips Toronto Science Faculty Centenary
Rumor notes that Rudyard Kipling, famed English poet, will not attend the Toronto semi centennial celebration of the faculty of applied science and engineering set for October 6 and 7.
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Rudyard Kipling
Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
Toronto
Royal Funds Increase For Queen Marie Over King Michael
A Bucharest Havas dispatch reports the Chamber of Deputies approved a civil list granting the Dowager Queen Marie more money from the state treasury than the young King Michael. The move marks a larger stipend for the queen than for the monarch.
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Paris
Havas
Bucharest
Chamber of Deputies
Marie
Michael
Poultry Congress Ends With Honor For Retiring President
The third World Poultry Congress closes after retiring president Edward Brown of England receives an honorary degree from McGill University. Viscount and Lady Willingdon plan a flock build, Ottawa Centenary Choir may tour England in 1930, and U S poultrymen mull chartering four ocean liners for the London congress. Messages from European monarchs and dignitaries are read in tribute.
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McGill University
Ottawa
Edward Brown
England
FLAS
London
World Poultry Congress
Metill University
Montreal
Viscount
Willingdon
United States
Tourist traffic rising to Winnipeg this season
C. F B. Ussher general passenger traffic manager of the Canadian Pacific Railway says tourist travel to Canada was higher than in prior years. After touring Banff Lake Louise resorts he reports more visitors to the Canadian Rockies and an outlook of steadily increasing traffic year by year. He is optimistic about conditions across the country and says Pacific coast and prairie business are satisfactory.
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Winnipeg
Canada
C. F B. Ussher
Canadian Pacific Railway
Ussher
Banff
Lake Louise
Canadian Rockies
Pacific Coast
Prairies
Baldwin Marks Sixtieth Birthday With Royal Honors
Ottawa August 3 marked the 66th birthday of right Hon. Stanley Baldwin as hundreds of congratulatory messages filled Rideau Hall. Messages from the King and Queen praised the British premier, who received gifts including a silver salver, a gold-mounted cherry wood pipe, and esteem from Royal Highnesses, Lord and Lady Willingdon. Vancouver reports also note political figures discussing health reform and plans to visit Edmonton and Peace River.
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Ottawa
Stanley Baldwin
Rideau Hall
Great Britain
Prince of Wales
Prince George
Lord
Lady Willingdon
Mackenzie King
Vancouver
Peace River
J. H. King
Edmonton
Dail Votes All Night For Public Safety Bill
Dublin Dail Eireann votes 54 to 24 to sit through the night to push the government public safety bill through. President William Cosgrave introduced the measure after the assassination of Vice President Kevin O Higgins. The draft includes the death penalty for possession of arms.
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Dublin
Dail Eireann
William Cosgrave
Kevin O'Higgins
Baldwin denies motor car gift during Canadian visit
A report claiming Prime Minister Baldwin accepted a motor car gift for his Canadian visit was emphatically denied by his staff. There was said to be absolutely no foundation for the report.
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Ottawa
Stanley Baldwin
Promotions Approved Regina
The Civil Service Commission approves several promotions and transfers. Arthur Paterson moves from grade 3 clerk to grade 4 in Prince Albert. George Garrett advances to forest assistant grade 2 in Grand Coulee. Walter Pottie becomes radio inspector of radio electrician in Regina.
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Regina
Civil Service Commission
Arthur Paterson
Prince Albert
George Garrett
Grand Coulee
Walter Pottie
Radio Electrician
Rockefeller Asked To Cancel Soviet Deals
The New York Herald Tribune reports an appeal to John D. Rockefeller Jr. to withdraw from financial deals with the Soviet Government. Sir Henri Deterding urges Rockefeller, citing Soviet destruction of churches and nationalization of industry, to divest from Soviet contracts tied to Standard Oil affiliates.
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New Y York
New York Herald Tribune
John Ty, Rockefeller, Jr
Standard of Empire
Henri Deterding
Manesting
Royal Dutch Shell
O41 Group
Great Britain
Royal Dutch Group
United States
Henri
Mr. Rockefeller
Calgary climber Malcolm Geddes dies on Lefroy Glacier
Malcolm D. Geddes of Calgary, a veteran Alpine Club of Canada member and editor of Farm and Ranch Review, was killed while glissading down the Lefroy glacier near Lake Louise. He led a private party without a guide and was swept over an ice ledge after losing his ice pick. Geddes was also president of United Oils, Limited, and a prominent Calgary business figure.
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Calgary
Malcolm D. Geddes
Alpine Club of Canada
Lefroy
Lake Louise
Geddes
The
Farm and Ranch Review
United Oils, Limited
Crop conditions favorable in all districts
Dominion Bureau of Statistics report based on telegrams at end of July shows all provinces with favorable crops. Manitoba reports abundant moisture and lush pastures with signs of an average grain yield. Saskatchewan notes strong growth and about 70 percent of wheat headed with minor rusts. Alberta reports encouraging wheat barley and oats progress with good yields. British Columbia sees fast ripening rye harvest and above average cereal yields. apples hold at 50 percent with potential rise after harvest.
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Otowa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Verwood
Weyburn
Wibank
Swift Current
Vanguard
Kincaid
la Fleche
Alberta
British Columbia
Non Stop RAF Flight to India Crashes in Austria
The British air ministry reports a Royal Air Force attempt to fly nonstop to India ended when the plane crashed into the Danube at Somerberg near Linz, Austria. Flight Lieutenant R. Carr and Flying Officer E. G. Dearth survived with minor injuries and were taken to Ashach near Linz.
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London
British Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
India
Danube River
R. Carr
E. G. Dearth
Ashach
Linz
Universities Harvesters Tour Arrives in Canada Onboard Montrose
British university students in the first Universities Harvesters Tour arrive in Quebec and Montreal aboard the Montrose. They will take Ontario farms for harvest work before returning to colleges in England and Wales by late October. The group includes students from Cambridge King’s College London LSE University College London Manchester Technical Oxford Reading Southampton Swansea and more. Half come from agricultural faculties as the list shows.
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Alert
Husky
Canada
Saskatchewan
Ontario
England
Wales
Plane flight saves life of Mrs. Laughton in Manitoba
A 150 mile airlift by a fire patrol plane from Norway House to The Pas carried Mrs. Laughton to hospital after a serious illness. Pilot Mawhoesley and crew including Nurse Oliver, with doctor Pr. Orok performing the operation, ensured the patient reached care within 12 hours. The woman is recovering.
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Aeroplame
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Laughton
Norway House
Man
Theut
Mawhoesley
Winnpes
Mane
Oliver
The
Pas
British Women Tour Toronto Headed for Western Canada
A party of 200 women from the Old Country led by Mrs Fiera Prummond arrived in Toronto on a Canada tour. They plan to proceed through Western Canada to the coast. Mrs Drummond, famed suffragette leader, promotes the guild of empire to educate women at home on economic and industrial Empire needs. Edmonton authorities discuss routing British regiments from China home via Canada per a cable from ex-Premier WH Greenfield, Alberta immigration commissioner at London.
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Toronto
Fiera Prummond
Jonndon
England
Canada
Drummond
Guild of Empire
Edmonton
China
British War Office
Bury
WH. Greenfield
Alberta
London
Promotion for Sir Water Cowan to Admiral
London reports Vice-Admiral Sir Water Henry Cowan promoted to Admiral at 56. He has served as commander-in-chief of the North America and West India Station since 1926, directing naval forces across the Atlantic.
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London
Sir Water Henry Cowan
North America and
West India Station
Prince of Wales dedicates altar for Book of Remembrance in Peace Tower
In Ottawa the Prince of Wales dedicates the altar in the Peace Tower memorial chamber to hold the Book of Remembrance for 60,000 Canadian war dead. Governors General, British PM Baldwin party, Premier King and church leaders attend as the Last Post sounds.
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Ottawa
Peace Tower
Prince of Wales
France
Flanders
Canada
Willingdon
Prince George
Great Britain
Baldwin
Presbyterian Church
Baptist Convention
King
Bonjor
Harvest Labor Arrangements for Western Canada
Conferences in Winnipeg arrange 25 000 harvest workers from eastern Canada for western provinces Manitoba 9 000 Saskatchewan 40 000 Alberta 15 000 with 36 000 locally and 6 000 in British Columbia available. Harvest excursions will run from maritime provinces August 2 and August 23 from Montreal and Quebec. Ontario August 30. Southwestern Ontario September 7. Arriving workers will be directed to needs across the prairies.
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Maritime Provinces
Montreal
Quebec
Ontario
Toronto
Points East
Harvesters
Winnipeg
Employment Services
Federal Department of Immigration
Agricultural and Employment Services
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Prairie Provinces
British Columbia
Eastern
Canada
Scandinavian States Outlaw War Through Treaties
Prime Minister Carl G. Ekman says Sweden and neighbors have pledged to settle disputes by peaceful means via treaties of conciliation and arbitration. If unresolved, disputes go to the Hague International Court. Denmark, Finland, Norway, Belgium, Poland, Austria and Czechoslovakia are included. France negotiations are pending, with a conference deferred to January due to France's parliament.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Carl G. Ekman
International Court of Justice
Hague
Denmark
Finland
Norway
Belgium
Poland
Austria
War Veterans Secure Land at Moose Jaw Ranch
The W-Par Ranch southwest of Coderre is reduced to an eighty acre park owned by Shamrock Rural Municipality. Homesteaders filed on most pasture, with only a quarter section of poor land remaining. About half the acreage was taken by war veterans, all of British birth, farming within nine miles of their parcels.
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Moose Jaw
Coderre
Shamrock
Water Was Electric. Ranger Ernest Norwood Incident
Fireman and janitor Ernest Norwood of the factory district woke in a hospital after attempting to wash his hands in a basin of water on the floor. The basin was energized by an electric refrigeration plant, delivering an electric shock.
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Ernest Norwood
Ile
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