KING DEFENDS CONSTITUTION AGAINST ANNEXATION
Victoria BC Rt Hon Mackenzie King declares he stands for the British constitution and opposes annexation. He says the country aims to be two nations on the North American continent and warns against misinterpretation of secession talk. Dr. J H King criticizes Conservatives over old age pension bill comments and notes reintroduction after September 14.
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Victoria
B.C
Mackenzie King
J. H. King
Tolmis
British Columbia
Dr. King
Borah Predicts Economic War in Coming Years
Senator William Borah, chairman of the senate foreign affairs committee, warned in Nampa Idaho that the next 16 years will bring the most severe economic war in history. He urged continued war debt collection and criticized U S adherence to the world court as an instrument of the League of Nations controlled by four great powers.
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Nampa
Idaho
William §. Borah
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Senate
World Court
League of Nations
Further Tax Reductions Promised By Liberal Rally
Former finance minister J A Robb told a Massey Hall Liberal rally that if the Liberals win in September further tax cuts would come with the first budget. He noted last budget released about 30 million for general investment and asked if more could be released.
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Toronto
J. A. Robb
Massey Hall
Liberal Party
Robb
Spain Italy Lign Treaty Sets Arbitration Panel
Madrid reports that the Spain Italy arbitration treaty creates a five member commission to settle disputes. Each nation will appoint one representative, and three others will be named with mutual consent of both countries.
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Madrid
Yanguas
Spain
Italy
Ialy
Defeats Two More Swimmers At Cape Gris Nez
The English Channel thwarted another attempt as Mme Jean Lion of France and Omer Perrault of Canada failed to reach Dover. They started from Cape Gris Nez at 10:15 PM and swam until 4:00 AM when heavy seas and rain squalls forced them to abandon the cross-channel swim.
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Cape Gris Nez
English
Mme
Jean Lion
Omer Perrault
Cape Griz Nez
Dover
Mitchell gathering endorses Sanderson amid budget talk
A large Mitchell audience heard Charles A. Dunning speak for Fred G. Sanderson with Michael Hagarty presiding. Dunning praised the Reb b budget as the best since Confederation, highlighted benefits to modest means, and argued the tariff board would supply information for tariff changes.
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Marty
West
Ontario
Mr. Danning
Jengih
Customs Department
George H. Bolvin
Rebb
Tariff Board
No Interference Claims By Meighen Telegrams
Premier Meighen read telegrams between himself and Sir Henry Thornton president of the Canadian National Railways at a Brandon meeting. Thornton stated the National Railways had no complaint with the government or its predecessors regarding interference in railway management.
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Sir Henry Thornton
Brandon
Man
Meighen
Canadian National Railways
Canadian National
Mr. Meighen
Sir Henry
National Railways
Swedish Austrian Treaty Hilega War Illicit Pact
Stockholm reports Sweden and Austria signed an unlimited arbitration treaty banning war under all circumstances. It follows similar pacts Sweden has made with Norway Finland Denmark Poland Belgium Czecho Slovakia and Germany. In Ontario A Parks mailed a long-undelivered letter dated 1898 from Williamsford. Fiona Plunkett daughter of Count Plunkett a Dublin Republican was arrested with others for theft of money-lender papers and possession of arms.
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Hilega
Stockholm
Sweden
Austria
Norway
Finland
Denmark
Poland
Belgium
Czecho-Slovakia
Germany
Count Plunkett
Dublin
Fiona Plunkett
The
Dail
Diplomatic note on Bulgarian irregulars presented in Sofia
In Sofia Bulgaria the diplomatic representatives of Jugoslavia Romania and Greece delivered a collective note to the Bulgarian foreign minister regarding Bulgarian irregulars. The substance was withheld but the note is not an ultimatum.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Juge-Slavia
Rumania
Greece
Ottawa Immunity Eases US Motorists’ Canada Visits
A one month period allows US resident motorists to bring a car into Canada without posting bond or paying duty to Canadian customs. The rule applies to temporary entries and relaxes formal duties for that interval.
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Ottawa
United States
Canada
Canada Receives Second Gold Shipment Under Premium
Bank of Montreal announces a further $1,000,000 gold shipment to Canada as part of a two week continuation to meet the premium on Canadian exchange. The dollar carries a five thirty seconds premium, with total shipments totaling $6,500,000 since the move began. Strong Canadian financing for industries drives the exchange strength.
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York
New York
Canada
Bank of Montreal
New Air Service Detroit to Winnipeg via Fargo Des Moines
Officials at a Ford reliability aeroplane tour conference extended the Detroit to St Paul route to Fargo North Dakota and Winnipeg Manitoba. The group plans to begin the new air service next spring. Pilots prepared their planes this morning for today’s hop to Des Moines Iowa.
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Detroit
Winnipeg
St. Paul
Mann
Fargo
N.D
Man
Ford
Des Moines
Catholic clergy, citizens slain in Mexican uprising
Archbishop Ruiz y Flores reports that two Catholic priests and 27 to 37 Catholic citizens were executed by military authorities on August 1 and 2 amid uprisings in Michoacan and Guanajuato. Disturbances occurred in Zahuayo, Acambaro, and Irapuato with a daylong battle in Zahuayo and federal reinforcements finally quelling the revolt.
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Mexico City
Department of the Interior
Ruiz
Leopoldo Ruiz Y Flores
Michoacan
Guanajuato
Zahuayo
Acambaro
Irapuato
Ruiz Y Flores
Empire Parley Topics Hint At Dominion Debates
London clerks flag possible agenda items for the October imperial conference. The Manchester Guardian suggests Canada or South Africa may raise the Dominions status, with the Irish Free State likely to push it. The paper notes disputes over governor-general dispatch authority and appeals to the Privy Council, stressing constitutional clarity within the Commonwealth.
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London
Bere
Dominions
Manchester Guardian
Canada
South Africa
Irish Free State
Guardian
The
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Studying Conditions For British Women in Western Canada
The Hon. Lady Cecil C B I vice chair travels across Canada for the overseas settlement society. She studies opportunities for British women as domestics nurses and nursery governesses in Calgary and inspects the Okanagan hostel at Kelowna. She visits Chateau Lake Louise on a Western Canada tour, with Dorset and London homes.
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Winnipeg
Lady Cecil
C.B.I
Canada
Society For the ‘Overseas Settlement of
Calgary
Chateau Lake Louise
Kelowna
Denial of Saskatchewan Wheat Pool withdrawal claim
D. L. Smith, selling agent, rejected reports that the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool had withdrawn from the central selling agency of the three western pools. He said there is no truth to the report and stated the pool remains with the central agency.
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Winnipeg
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
D. L. Smith
Cabinet grants five hundred for Spring Lake tornado relief
Victoria by order in council the cabinet approves a five hundred dollar relief grant for settlers in the Spring Lake district of Cariboo near Prince George who suffered tornado losses.
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Victoria
Spring Lake District
Cariboo Country
Prince George
Canadian artist Belmore Brown Paints Lake Louise Scene
Banff artist Belmore Brown works on a Lake Louise painting from the Canadian Pacific hotel balcony. He plans an England exhibition and expects to finish in about two weeks for the show.
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Lake Louise
Rockies
Belmore Brown
Banff
Canadian Pacific
Lake
Brown
England
Siberian Slayers Sentenced To Death
Ten desperadoes were sentenced to death in Tyumen for murdering more than 160 people. Ekaterina Pishianova, wife of the gang leader known as the Jack the Ripper of the Ural Mountains, led killings with an arc. The gang terrorized peasants, attacked warehouses, strangled guards, and sold stolen vodka and textiles, prompting a Soviet commission to restore order in Tyumen, an ancient Russian town near Tobolsk.
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Byumen
Siberia
Ekaterina Pishianova
Jack the Ripper
Ural Mountains
Tyumen
Tobolsk
Bennett Calls King A Coward At Conservative Convention
At Woodstock Ontario a North Oxford Conservatives gathering heard Finance Minister R. B. Bennett call Mackenzie King the greatest coward to have ever held Canada’s prime ministerial office. He accused King of seeking dissolution to avoid a House verdict and said Liberals would be condoning King’s conduct with a Liberal ballot.
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Woodstock
Ont
Mr. Bennett
Liberal Party
Mackenzie King
Prairie electoral districts show population rise in census
Preliminary census figures for 26 prairie districts indicate an average population increase of about five percent since 1921, totaling 803,526 compared with 735,308. Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta districts mostly rose, with Swift Current and Medicine Hat showing declines.
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Ottawa
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Prairie Provinces
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Brandon
Lisgar
Marquette
Selkirk
Springfield
St. Boniface
Winnipeg North
Winnipeg North Centre
Winnipeg South
Winnipeg South Centre
Last Mountain
Long Lake
Regina
South Battleford
Swift Current
Calgary
Calgary West
Camrose
Vegreville
Medicine Hat
Hope Holds Out For Termination Of Mine Strike
London reports hints from A. J. Cook of the Miners Federation that peace talks may resume as miners face starvation pressure. Cook insists on unresolved hours and wages while delegates weigh methods, including an embargo on coal to curb imports driving the strike.
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Hope
London
A. J. Cook
Miners’ Federation
Cook
Ontario May Hold Election In November
The Toronto Telegram reports Ontario voters may go to the polls for a provincial election on October 28 or November 4 with the latter date favored. Premier Ferguson intends to proceed once Ottawa politics clear, and a Conservative victory in Ontario could trigger a general Ontario election. Seven seats are vacant now, with two more likely due to members resigning to seek federal seats.
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Toronto
Ontario
Toronto Telegram
House of Commons
Dominion
Ferguson
Ottawa
Dominion House
Boy Kept Prisoner in Newark Chains Eight-Year-Old Freed
Neighbors reported eight-year-old Salvadore Rossetti to police after learning he had been chained daily to an old-bootblack stand in the rear of his home for months. Parents say the boy was ungovernable and he fled after release, triggering a citywide search.
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Newark
N.J
Chefly
Salvadore Rossetti
Luigi Rossetti
Funeral for Hon George Boivin Held in Granby Que
The funeral for Hon George Boivin ex-minister of customs attracted rowing relatives and officials from the governor-general’s circle and the Quebec bar. His remains were moved to his birthplace after mass and interred beside his parents. Gertrude Ederle to visit Württemberg grandmother in Stuttgart area grand excitement.
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Granby
Que
Quebec
Ton
George Hi. Boivin
Mr. Boivin
Bissiden
Germany
Hitle Wurtemberg
Stittgart
Gertrude Ederle
New York
George Ederle
Lamb’s Inn
Belgium to place telecom under state control bill
Brussels Belgium government to introduce a bill placing telephone and telegraph services under an organization similar to the railway authority. The plan envisions centralized management of Belgiums communications network by a public body.
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Brussels
Belgium
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