Saskatchewan committee chosen to form wheat pool
A large Regina audience at Metropolitan Methodist Church approved a 22 member committee to organize a long term contract wheat marketing pool for Saskatchewan. The group includes five representatives from SGGA, five from the Farmers' Union of Canada, five unorganized farmers, plus government, banking, journalism, elevator and merchant reps. The plan follows Aaron Sapiro's cooperative marketing concepts and aims to initiate pool formation.
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Wheat Pool For
Saskatchewan
Regina
Saskatchewan Grain Growers Association
Farmers’ Union of Canada
Dunning
Saskatchewan Cooperative Elevator Company
Chas A. Dunning
A. Brown
J. J. Lamb
Ogema
English Labor Leader Hodges to Visit Vancouver
Montreal reports arrives August 26 en route to Vancouver as fraternal delegate to the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada. Organized labor in Montreal plans to present Hodges with their version of the immigration issue.
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Convention of Trades and Labor Congress
Montreal
Frank Jodges
Great Britain
Miners’ Federation of Great Britain
Vancouver
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
Organized Labor of Montreal
Hodges
Earthquake near Japan Victoria recorded at Gonzales
An earthquake of moderate intensity near Japan was recorded on the seismograph at Gonzales Observatory. The event began at 4 11 45 a.m. and lasted two hours with a maximum wave at 5 02. The epicenter was about 4600 miles away.
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Victoria
Japan
Gonzales Observatory
Africans Should Not Be Taken Into Army
Geneva The permanent mandates commission at a public session closed its three weeks hearing on reports by mandatory powers. The commission found the powers protected native rights and approved measures against alcohol abuse while urging a council act on alcohol imports into British mandate Africa. It said natives should be used only for defense and keeping order in Togo and French Kamerun, not recruited for the army.
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Geneva —Te Deral
League of Nations
Permanent Mandates Commission
Council of the League
Togo
Kamerun
President Harding Transported Home After Nation's Farewell
The funeral train bearing President Harding's body departed Washington as distant guns sounded and armed guards saluted. Canadians sent Hon Arthur B. Copp, Canadian Secretary of State, to attend and pay respects to Secretary of State Hughes, signaling official recognition amid the nation’s mourning.
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Washington
Harding
Canada
Arthur B. Copp
Hughes
United States
Sir George Foster Opens League of Nations Tour
The Rt. Hon. Sir George Foster will tour Western Canada to organize public support for the League of Nations. This lecture tour marks the first public appeal in Canada on behalf of the League.
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Toronto
Western Canada
League of Nations
George Foster
League
Canada
Bacteriologist Dr Gordon Bell Dies in Winnipeg
Manitoba bacteriologist and pathology professor Dr Gordon Bell died at General Hospital in Winnipeg. Born May 22 1863 in Pembroke Ontario he studied at Pembroke Collegiate Institute Toronto University and Manitoba Medical College.
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Winnipeg
Gordon Bell
Medical College
General Hospital
Pembroke, Ont
Pembroke Collegiate Institute
Toronto University
Manitoba Medical College
Immigrants Enter Canada in July About Sixteen Thousand
Ottawa reports July immigration to Canada reached about sixteen thousand with the United States contributing a near normal share. Remaining entries came from other countries as the month closed.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
United States
Cuno Calls for Continued German Resistance in Reichstag
Chancellor Cuno urged the German people to persevere with passive resistance, vow to support unoccupied areas, and avoid violence. He condemned civil war, warned of forceful measures against disorder, and offered to resign if public confidence waned. He noted France’s reduced coal deliveries amid upheaval and urged open discussion to save the nation.
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France
Government Weighs Dept Yes Buying System Reforms
Ottawa considers a new purchasing framework for the Government to replace the wartime commission. Departments would buy their own needs with cabinet review guided by Lieut Colonel LaFleche as secretary. Sale and salvage duties shift to Lieut. Colonel Beer’s staff.
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LaFleche
Beer
Commission
Withdraw Trans-Canada After September 30
G D Brophy CPR district passenger agent announced seasonal withdrawals for the Trans-Canada Limited and Mountaineer trains. The Trans-Canada Limited will last run September 30 with final northbound and southbound passes at Regina on October 2. Mountaineer service west of Moose Jaw ends September 15 westbound and September 19 eastbound, with connections and through equipment consolidated at Moose Jaw.
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Regina
Trans-Canada Limited
Mountaineer
G. D. Brophy
CPR
Montreal
Toronto
Vancouver
Chicago
Moose Jaw
German Mark Not Used In German Transactions Says Hoboken Travelers
German travelers arriving in Hoboken aboard the Munchen report the mark has ceased to be used in German commerce and foreign dealings. They note merchants prefer the dollar or British pound, and investments paying in marks yield near zero returns as prices for goods surge up to three hundred percent overnight.
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New York
Ruhr
Germany
Hoboken
Munchen
Resources Conference Deferred in Winnipeg
The conference with the federal government on the natural resources dispute is postponed indefinitely. Premier Bracken announced the delay due to western premiers being unable to attend while wheat pool negotiations proceed.
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Winnipeg
Bracken
Port Charges Unchanged in Canada Says Marine Dept
The Department of Marine and Fisheries states Ottawa port charges remain near prewar levels and unchanged since earlier statements from the Chamber of Shipping of the UK. Canadian dues rose less than Australia and South Africa and compare well with the United Kingdom's prewar advances.
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Ottawa
Canada
Department of Marine and Fisheries
Chamber of Shipping
United Kingdom
Dominions
Australia
South Africa
Million From Estate Shared by Chicago Institutions
Executors announce Mrs. Netty Fowler McCormick will leave over 6.96 million to be split among heirs and charities. Chicago schools and churches receive more than one million of the estate. Cyrus Hall McCormick Anita McCormick Blaine and Harold Fowler McCormick each inherit 2.58 million after charitable gifts.
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Chicago
Netty Fowler McCormick
Cyrus H. McCormick
Carnegie Steel to End Twelve-Hour Day in Plants
The 12 hour workday will be eliminated on August 16 at Carnegie Steel Company plants, a major United States Steel subsidiary. Elbert H. Gary, chairman, announced that workers moving to a 10 hour day will receive a 25 percent boost in hourly pay.
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New York
Carnegie Steel Company
United States Steel Corporation
Elbert H. Gary
Harvesters From England Sail to Canada by Steamship
During the first seven days of August three thousand seven hundred farm workers from England sailed by Canadian Pacific steamers to Canada to take harvest work in the western provinces. About thirteen hundred more booked by the same line were transferred to other lines due to the rush.
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London
Canadian Pacific
Canada
Belgium May Submit Reparations Plan To France And Britain
French banking circles attribute the continued decline of the franc in London and New York to a political offensive. Bank of France officials say no major treasury operation is underway and tourist inflows cover trade balances, keeping the situation as favorable as a month ago.
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Paris
London
New York
France
Bank of France
No Assistance From American Vessels
Winnipeg reports that United States vessels will not assist in moving Canada's 1923 wheat crop across the Great Lakes. The telegram, made public at a grain men and Grain Commissioners meeting, states US steamship owners oppose filing tariffs and do not wish to evade Canada's lake freights act, per Cleveland representatives.
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Winnipeg
United States
Canada
Great Lakes
Board of Grain Commissioners
United States Steamship
Cleveland
Krupp Directors Lose Appeal in Paris Court
The Court of Cessation rejected the appeal of Baron von Bohlen head of the Krupp plant at Essen and other Krupp directors from sentences given by the French court martial at Verden. The appeal challenged the claim that the alleged offence occurred in enemy territory.
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Paris
Baron von Bohlen
Krupp
Essen
Krupp Company
Verden
Italian Senator Shot Dead in Goretza
Senator Giorgio Bombich was killed by two revolver shots fired from Vit torio Colecchio of Fiume. Bombich tried to seek cover behind a trolley car but slipped and fell, then Colecchio fired twice more as onlookers watched in terror.
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Goretza
Italy
Giorgio Bombich
Vittorio Colecchio
Fiume
Colecchio
Bombich
League debate on Article 13 permits nonmembers to join pact
Paris reports the League of Nations Disarmament Committee debated Article 13 on how non member states may adhere to the guarantee pact. After three hours of discussion it was agreed that adherence requires consent from a certain proportion of member states.
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Paris
League of Nations Disarmament Committee
Trans-provincial BC Highway Nears Completion
The Public Works Department plans to finish the trans-provincial highway from Vancouver through the BC interior to the prairies by end of next year. Minister W. H. Sutherland announced the schedule.
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Victoria
Vancouver
Interior
British Columbia
Prairie Provinces
Public Works Department
W. H. Sutherland
Belgium Eyes Direct Plea to Allies on Reparations
Brussels dispatch reports Prime Minister Theunis and Foreign Minister Jaspar plan to urge Paris and London to limit German reparations to French and Belgian damages. Britain would cancel inter allied debts, with the United States repaying her net balance. It suggests Belgian mediation to restart pourparlers on guarantees under the Versailles treaty.
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Paris
Great Britain
France
Brussels
Excelsion
Theunis
Jaspar
Oin
Belgium
Germany
United States
Pourparlers
Canada’s net debt falls in July. gross debt rises
The Department of Finance reports Canada’s net debt declined by just under 6.9 million in July while gross debt rose by under 3 million. End of July net debt stood at 2.403 billion, with June at 2.409 billion. gross debt reached 2.928 billion versus 2.926 billion in June.
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Ottawa
Canada
Department of Finance
Dominion
Kansas Wheat Crop Slumps in Topeka Report
The Kansas wheat crop yields nine bushels per acre and total 79,596,000 bushels, ranking second smallest in 10 years. The corn outlook remains bright, expected to be the third largest crop in a decade per the monthly federal crop review for western Kansas.
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Topeka
Kansas
Alberta Auditor Appointment Confirmed for Thompson
Confirmation of James C. Thompson of New York City and formerly Calgary as provincial auditor for the Alberta Government, made by President Greenfield.
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Edmonton
James C. Thompson
New York City
Calgary
Alberta
Presider Greenfield
Canada Not Bound By Armament Pact To Assist Europe
Paris reports the League of Nations temporary commission on armaments adopted a draft mutual guarantees treaty. It obliges signatories to aid victims of aggression but only on their own continent. Canada and South American states would not be drawn into European conflicts. a council may call for military forces or funds and appoint a commander in chief.
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Canada
Europe
League of Nations
Assembly of the
League
Geneva
Council of the League
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