Britain rejects Young plan in reparations stand at The Hague
Great Britain maintains firm opposition to the Young plan amid a stalemate at The Hague conference. Philip Snowden says Britain will not accept divisibility or continued deliveries in kind, cites Britain’s heavy war debt and sacrifices, and asserts unanimous government and Commons support for refusal to ratify the plan.
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the Hague
Great Britain
Paris
France
Italy
Belgium
Philip Snowden
Snowden
Committee of Experts
United Staes
Spa
Germany
House of Commons
Railroad May Be Sold Victoria B C
Hon. R P Pooley at the Esquimalt Conservative picnic said the Pacific Great Eastern railway may be removed from provincial ownership soon. The line is government owned and a joint survey by British Columbia, Canadian National and Canadian Pacific is underway.
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Victoria
B.C
R. P. Pooley
Esquimalt
Saxe Point
Pacific Great Eastern
Government of
British Columbia
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific Railways
Talks Between Russia China Over Manchur Crisis Break Down
Tokyo dispatches report that representatives of Russia and China failed to reach agreement amid tensions from China seizing the Chinese Eastern Railway. Negotiations have collapsed, amplifying fears over the Manchur crisis and regional stability.
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Tokyo
Manchur
Manchuria
Russia
China
British Airship May Be Zeppelin's Rival
London reports speculative talk that a British airship could challenge Graf Zeppelin on trans Atlantic routes. Sir Dennis Burney says a successful line would need 60 hours outbound and 48 returning, implying a cruising speed near 96 miles an hour to beat fast steamers.
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London
Eng
Lakehuret
America
Dennis Burney
The
Daily News
Graf
Resignation of Grain Board in Canada Takes Effect Aug 15
All members of the Board of Grain Commissioners for Canada resign, effective August 15. Hon James Malcolm announces new commissioners will be named and will select assistant posts. Outgoing Chief Commissioner L H Boyd KC and Commissioners Matthew Snow and James Robinson resign. The new board will have three commissioners and four assistant commissioners.
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Ottawa
Board of Grain Commissioners For
Canada
Grain Commission
James Malcolm
Trade and Commerce
Malcolm
L. H. Boyd
K.C
Matthew Snow
James Robinson
New Administration Takes Office in Canada
Victoria report says Francis Alexander Anglin became administrator of the Dominion after taking oath at the premier's office in British Columbia. A second proclamation named Justice P B Mignault of Montreal as deputy administrator with authority to sign urgent documents.
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Victoria
Francis Alexander Anglin
P.C
Canada
Dominion of Canada
S. F. Tolmie
British Columbia
Dominion
P. B. Mignault
Montreal
Eight Killed In Riots Near Calcutta Jute Mills
Calcutta dispatch to The Daily Mail reports eight dead and twenty hurt in clashes between jute mill strikers, watchmen, and police at Naihati, 240 miles north of Calcutta. The strike, in force for weeks, protests a sixty hour work week. About 12,000 workers idle. 40 percent of Calcutta area looms stopped.
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London
Eng
Calcutta
Daily Mail
Naihati
Boothic Reaches Northern Apex on Northland Patrol
The Canadian patrol ship Boothic reached Bache Peninsula Ellesmere Island on August 3 and is now heading south with Inspector A H Joy of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police returning from a northland patrol of 1800 miles under the Interior Department expansion.
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Ottawa
Boothic
Department of Interior
Bache Peninsula
Ellesmere Island
A. H. Joy
Canadian Mounted Police
Hoover drops freedom of the seas issue in disarmament plan
A Washington dispatch reports President Hoover has removed the freedom of the seas from his disarmament program. He argues the Kellogg treaty conflicts with it and that naval parity with Britain is the true safeguard of freedom of the sea.
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Toronto
Mail and
Empire
Washington
Hoover
Great Britain
British Atlantic Fleet Becomes World’s Greatest War Force
The Admiralty recalls five Queen Elizabeth class battleships from the Mediterranean to reinforce the Atlantic fleet. The move shifts naval power from Malta and Gibraltar to the Atlantic, forming a 14 capital ship force including Rodney Nelson Hood and other vessels for peacetime duties.
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London
Eng
Atlantic
Admiralty
Mediterranean
Malta
Gibraltar
Rodney
Nelson
H.M.S. Hood
Hood
Per Capita Liquor Sales Exceed Ten Dollars Across Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports 1928 liquor sales in eight provinces totalled 107,494,384 dollars, over 10 dollars per person. Ontario and Quebec lead provincial revenues, with Ontario at 8,130,390 dollars and Quebec at 7,000,000 dollars, while British Columbia and Saskatchewan also surpass 10 million in gross sales.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
Dominion
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Ontario
Quebec
Alberta
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Canada and U S name arbitrators in I'm Alone case
Eu gene Lafleur of Montreal is Canadian arbitrator and Willis Van Devanter of the U S Supreme Court is the U S member. John E Reed of Nova Scotia is Canadian agent. Dominion counsel are W N Tilley of Toronto and Aime Geoffrion of Montreal. Sittings likely delayed while pleadings are exchanged with possible sessions in Washington and Ottawa.
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Ottawa
Canada
Eugene Lafleur
D.C.L. Ll.d. E.C
Montreal
United States
Willis van Devanter
Supreme Court of the United States
Washington
Department of External Affairs
John E. Reed
K.C
Nova Scotia Bar
Department
Dominion of Canada
W. N. Tilley
Toronto
Aime Geoffrion
Plan to link Chicago with Pacific Northwest by air route
Col. L. H. Britten, general manager of Northwest Airways, announced a new all air passenger route reducing Chicago to 22 or 23 hours from Puget Sound cities. An agreement with Western Canada Airways Ltd. will extend Northwest Airways to Winnipeg and connect with the Canadian carrier from Winnipeg to Lanff and Victoria.
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Chicago
Puget Sound
Northwest
Col
L. H. Britten
Northwest Airways
Britten
Western Canada Airways, Ltd
Winnipeg
Lanff
Victoria
Noted aviator visits West Winnipeg on coast tour
Captain J. H. Parkinson the Canadian pilot from Montreal left July 12 on a trans continental air tour. He has made 13 stops at eastern cities and towns and will visit prairie cities en route to the Pacific coast.
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Winnpeg
Man
Pacific
J. H. Parkinson
Montreal
Que
Pacific Coast
Canadian Authoress Dead Chicago
Mary MacLane a once famous Canadian author died August 6 in a quiet Chicago room on the fringe of the black and tan belt. Born in Winnipeg in 1581 she wrote I Mary MacLane Men Who Have Made Love To Me and other works. Her death followed years of disappearance retirement illness and financial reverses with no one at her bedside when she died. The body was found by the hotel proprietor and a doctor certified natural causes. She had retreated about six years earlier after falling book sales and health problems.
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Chicago
Mary MacLane
Winnipeg
Miss MacLane
Ottawa Moves To Halt Liquor Smuggling
The Dominion Government studies closer Canada United States cooperation to curb liquor smuggling. Premier Mackenzie King said U S action warrants further cross border measures and hinted at new regulations to be announced soon.
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Ottawa
Dominion
United States
W. L. Mackenzie King
Anglo Egypt draft treaty well received in London
Britain sketches a sweeping settlement to end occupation in Egypt except for the Suez Canal zone. The plan envisions British garrisons withdrawn to the canal, Egyptian independence expanded, and Egypt joining the League of Nations with the protection of foreigners and minorities handled by Cairo. Approval by the new Egyptian Parliament is required before submission to Britain.
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London
Eng
Egypt
Suez Canal
Downing Street
Foreign Office
Zaghoul Pasha
Arthur Henderson
Mohammed Pasha Mahmoud
League of
Great Britain
Canal Zone
Sarwat Pasha
Austen Chamberlain
Mr. Henderson
Mahoud
Women in Senate Question to Be Decided Soon
Ottawa brief reports Hon Lucien Cannon remarking on the Privy Council reference about women sitting in the Canadian senate. He notes he did not appear on the reference while abroad. Eugenes Lafleur and N W Rowell argued the case. The issue concerns Section 24 of the B N A act and whether women may be appointed, not their eligibility per se. judgment reserved.
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Ottawa
Privy Council
Senate of Canada
Lucien Cannon
Cannon
Dominion
Senate
Eugenes Lafleur
N. W. Rowell
K.C
Mr. Cannon
B.N.A
Empire
New York Opposes Italian For Mayor Fiorello La Guardia
New York City with over 392000 foreign born Italians and 410000 of immigrant parents faces a heated mayoral race. Tammany Hall mobilizes its forces to challenge Fiorello H La Guardia who won the Republican nomination, while La Guardia conducts a vigorous campaign across diverse urban groups.
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New York
New York City
Tammany Hall
Fiorella H. la Guardia
la Guardia
Manitoba explosives plant planned near East Selkirk
Rapid north Manitoba mine growth prompts Canadian Explosives division to buy about 1000 acres near East Selkirk 18 miles north of Winnipeg for an explosives plant. Investment about 750090 dollars. Construction to begin early next spring with production expected before the end of 1930.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba Free Press
Manitoba
Canadian Industries, Limited
East Selkirk
Knight sails to Pacific coast on three week tour
Hon. Jean Knight the French minister to Canada has begun a three weeks journey to the Pacific coast. It is his first visit to Vancouver since his appointment last October with planned stops at Winnipeg Regina Calgary Edmonton and Victoria to address Canadian clubs and chambers of commerce in the west.
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Ottawa
Jean Knight
Canada
Pacific
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Regina
Calgary
Edmonton
Victoria
Knight
Chambers of Commerce
Britain Accepts Any Rhineland Evacuation Pact
The Exchange Telegraph reports good authority that British delegates at The Hague told France and Germany Britain would accept any agreed evacuation of the Rhineland unconditionally.
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London
England
Exchange Telegraph Company
France
Germany
Rhineland
Great Britain
Likeli Increase in Welsh Coal Exports to Canada Noted
The Manchester Guardian reports a possible rise in Welsh anthracite exports to Canada by about 2,000 tons annually tied to a forthcoming visit by Right Hon. J. H. Thomas, Minister of Employment. The article also notes Spain will require a national label on all exports.
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London
Eng
Canada
Dominion
J. H. Thomas
Manchester Guardian
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G. M. Emslie
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Spain
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