Big Opportunity for Canada to Secure Trade
Vancouver officials hear Sir Henry Thornton of the CNR describe China as a waking giant with hundreds of millions of potential customers for modern machinery and railways. He urges Canada to seize the trade opening, especially in wheat, and positions Vancouver as the key port for future business with China.
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Vancouver
Canada
Sir Henry Thornton
CNR
CNL
Sir Henry
China
Dominion
New Anaesthetic Gas Promises Safer Use
A new anaesthetic gas prepared by Dr G H W Lucas of Philadelphia and Prof W E Henderson of Toronto was described at the International Physiological Congress. It claims to mimic nitrous oxide with better after effects and rapid, smooth anaesthesia. In tests, animals were anaesthetized for two hours on three consecutive days with no apparent toxicity.
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Toronto
The
Mail and Empire
Boston
G. H. W. Lucas
Philadelphia
W. E. Henderson
University of Toronto
International Physiological Congress
Harvard Medical School
Cars and Motorcycles Imports by Country to Australia
In the year ending June 30 Australia imported 100000 motor cars with 66 percent from the United States 23 percent from Canada and 11 percent from England. Motorcycles showed a different pattern with more than 80 percent imported from Great Britain.
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Canberra
Australia
United States
Great Britain
Deportation of Britishimmi grants from Winnipeg
Sixty British imm grants who arrived under the assisted passage scheme have left Winnipeg for the Atlantic seaboard under deportation arrangements. The men arrived about four months ago. at the immigration hall it was noted they refused farm work and virtually all other work, insisting on return home.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Atlantic Seaboard
Seaplane Delivers Mail From Bremen To Brooklyn Pier
The seaplane New York arrived at Aner's Brooklyn pier at 7 50 p.m., having been catapulted from the Bremen at 6 p.m. about 200 miles offshore. It delivered 2000 letters and post cards in about six hours faster than usual, speeding mail delivery.
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New York
N.Y
Bremen
Aner
Brooklyn
Lindbergh Chosen To Pilot Pan American New Route
Col Charlies A Lindbergh will pilot the first aircraft on a 1240 mile extension of the Pan American Airways line to South America. J T Trippe, president of the company, announced the selection.
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New York
Col
Charlies A. Lindbergh
Pan- American Airways
South America
J. T. Trippe
Facing Grain Shortage in Soviet Russia Prompts Imports
Kalinin indicated a wheat shortage in Russia and warned that the USSR must import 50 million roubles worth of grain or push peasants to work harder. The situation was noted as curious due to extended shortages in Ukraine, the Volga region, and the Caucasus.
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London
England
Russia
Kalinin
Soviet Central Executive Committee
Ukraine
Volga
Caucasus
Ottawa to buy Winnipeg serum for infantile paralysis cases
Ottawa Mayor Arthur Ellis authorized a $500 purchase of serum from Winnipeg after a recommendation by Dr. W. T. Shirreff the acting medical officer. Ottawa has 19 reported infantile paralysis cases, an abnormal situation for the city.
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Ottawa
Arthur Ellis
Winnipeg
Ellis
W. T. Shirreff
Few Harvesters From Coast Vancouver
With a lighter crop and new labor-saving machinery in use on the prairies, only 432 harvest laborers have left Vancouver on the harvest excursions so far this season, announced by J. P. McVety, superintendent of employment. In addition 125 have gone from New Westminster and some from other centres. So far only those with jobs guaranteed have been granted the $10 rate, but as the extent of the harvesting operation grows a few others will be allowed to take their chance of employment.
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Vancouver
Prairies
J. P. McVety
New Westminster
Escape of Albert Buschke From Hamburg to Lakehurst
Albert Buschke tried to dodge penalty by stowing aboard the Graf Zeppelin’s final flight to Lakehurst. He jumped from the Thuringia at Hamburg, was rescued by a lighter, and locked up again on the liner as authorities decide his fate. His stepfather, waiting in port, cannot claim him until court handling concludes.
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Hamburg
Germany
Albert Buschke
Lakehurst
Thuringia
Buschko
Resignation at Saskatchewan Agriculture Ministry
Hon. C. M. Hamilton resigns as minister of agriculture effective immediately. He leaves for the Head of the Lakes to pursue a position on the Canadian Grain Commission Board. Hon. George Spence is appointed to succeed him as minister of agriculture per the premier's morning announcement.
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Regina
C. M. Hamilton
Saskatchewan
Gardiner
Hamilton
Head of the Lakes
Board of Grain Commissioners of Canada
George Spence
Dirigibles R-100 and R-101 to undergo shed trials this week
London reports that the British airships R-100 and R-101 will have shed trials during the week. R-100 is expected to be launched and sent to Bedford within a month, while R-101 likely launches late September. One will fly to Canada and the other to India.
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London
England
Bedford
Canada
India
Dominion fruit inspector Metcalf retires in Saskatoon
Saskatoon reports Frank Metcalf, Dominion fruit inspector in Saskatchewan for 18 years, is compelled by ill health to return to his home in Blyth Ontario. He is succeeded by J. G. de Jong of Winnipeg. Metcalf received an address and purse of gold from local fruit men.
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Saskatoon
Sask
Blyth
Ont
Frank Metcalf
Dominion
Saskatchewan
J. G. de Jong
Winnipeg
Minister's Daughter Fined in London For Obstruction
Miss Dorothy Thomas youngest daughter of Rt Hon J G Thomas was fined ten shillings in London for causing obstruction by leaving her automobile in St Pauls Churchyard.
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London
England
Dorothy Thomas
J. G. Thomas
St. Paul's Churchyard
French Ace Aims to Overtake Graf Zeppelin in Global Chase
French airman seeks to beat the Graf Zeppelin in a world circle race across oceans. He already completed a solo world flight after crossing the South Atlantic in 1927 and plans to break the non stop distance record on the first stage toward Lakehurst and New York.
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Lakehurst
New York
Atlantic Ocean
Russo Chinese War Situation Becomes Grave
Harbin dateline reports no major frontline changes yet both sides prep for war. martial law on the Chinese Eastern Railway amid train derailments and sabotage. Kirin orders two artillery brigades to border to counter raids. Tachung News Agency cites looming shifts as Soviet demands fail. Mukden bulletin notes Japanese officers in Soviet troops and possible Sino Russian accord with fishing rights in Saghalien.
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Shanghai
Tachung News Agency
Harbin
Manchurian
China
Russia
Kirin
Tachung
Japan
United States
Mauretania Breaks Record Pace On Eastward Crossing
Cunard liner Mauretania arrives from New York after overhaul to challenge Bremen’s speed, cutting her own eastward record by four hours to 4 days 17 hours 49 minutes and averaging 27.22 knots but still two hours shy of Bremen’s first eastward mark.
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Plymouth
Eng
Cunard
Mauretania
Bremen
New York
Four Drownings At Buffalo Lake Stettler Alberta
A storm whipped Buffalo Lake near Stettler Alberta drowning two men and two boys. W J Burrell of Hanna and his sons Ernest 10 and John 12 died along with Sidney Steele of Hanna. Harold Burrell 16 survived after clinging to a boat blown ashore.
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Stettler
Alberta
Buffalo Lake
W. J. Burrell
Hanna
Ernest
John
Sidney Steele
Harold Burrell
Americans Show Real Friendship
A prairie fire near North Portal Saskatchewan threatened crops and buildings as straw and grass burned. About 300 residents from both sides of the boundary along with RCMP members battled for five hours using backfires and fire guards. only an old barn burned. A Portal North Dakota engine helped at John Waddington farm. Citizens’ cross border cooperation was praised.
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North Portal
Sask
Portal
Nld
Sergt. Bradley
R.C.M.P
Almond
N.D
John Waddington
Britain and France to Cooperate on Reparations
Hon. Jean Knight, France's first minister to Canada, told a Canadian Club luncheon in Vancouver that Britain and France will settle reparations disputes with understanding and cooperation. He said equity and justice grounded in clear understanding will guide any settlement despite difficulties.
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Vancouver
Germany
Britain
France
Jean Knight
Canada
Canadian Club
Clemenceau Stricken With Fatigue at Les Sables delonne
Paris reports Georges Clemenceau aged former premier of France fell ill at his cottage in Les Sables delonne on the Bay of Biscay. A Paris doctor said the Tiger is fatigued from writing a war book and needs complete rest. Clemenceau is 8.
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Paris
Georges Clemenceau
France
Les Sables Delonne
Bay of Biscay
Vendee
Clemenceau
Ramsay MacDonald to Sail to United States in Six Weeks
Reliable reports state British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald will sail for the United States within six weeks. Seon Washington sources corroborate the plan and note potential meetings with American leaders during the trip.
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Washington
Ramsay MacDonald
U.S
Belgium Prepares Evacuation of Rhineland Zone
Belgian troops plan evacuation of the second Rhineland zone on September 15 as a result of the Hague conference and to show Belgium's conciliatory stance toward Germany.
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Brussels
Rhineland
Belgium
Germany
Grain Tie Up At Montreal Echoes Market Struggles
European buyers slow to commit as home consumption and price dynamics, alongside market conditions, keep Canadian wheat from moving. Some 120 inland ships idle and 1,800 sailors idle as elevators fill. Local dealers note US and Argentine competition. Canadian seamen seek work in the United States. Price disputes cloud the outlook for the new crop.
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Montreal
Lakes
Atlantic
United States
Canada
J. H. Pare
Canadian Seamen's Association
Frederick Heywood
James Richardson and Sons, Limited
Naval Parley Plans Near Finished In White House Signals
Washington reports indicate a naval reduction conference between the United States and Great Britain may be held this year with Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald arriving in October for talks with President Hoover. Officials suggest a December meeting is likely if preconference groundwork succeeds. London would host invitations and the talks involve France, Italy, and Japan as observers.
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Washington
D.C
United States
Grest Britain
White House
Ramsay MacDonald
Hoover
MacDonald
France
Italy
Japan
Great Britain
London
Italian Planes Wrecked in Italy Race for Schneider Cup
Italy shifts plans to reclaim the Schneider Cup from Britain after two Fiat planes wreck and a third is not fully tested. Nine aircraft out of twelve are left. The Fiats, designed by Rosatelli with Zerbe engines, were the lightest at about 2 000 pounds overall.
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Sensano
Italy
Great Britain
Fiat
Rosatelli
Zerbe
Fiat Company
Largest seaplane assembled in Philadelphia yard
A seaplane capable of carrying 50 persons and with a 94 foot wingspan is being assembled at the Philadelphia navy yard for use on the Great Lakes by a Buffalo company. It will carry 30 passengers and a crew of 20, powered by four 450 horsepower air-cooled motors and a 10 000 gallon fuel capacity.
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Philadelphia
America
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Great Lakes
Buffalo
Persian flood devastates Tabriz with heavy losses
A flood in Tabriz, Teheran reported a thousand deaths and five thousand houses destroyed. The damag e extended to the custom house with 3 200 bales of merchandise and streets washed to nine feet. The government authorizes immediate expenditure of 1000 dollars for levee construction.
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Teheran
Persia
Tabriz
Widow Placed Under Arrest in Saskatchewan Murder Case
Widow Annie Pasowesty of Sheho is under arrest for the murder of her husband Nick Pasowesty, found shot on August 1. John Pasowesty has confessed to killing his father and is detained in Prince Albert.
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Sheho
Annie Pasowesty
Nick Pasowesty
John Pasowesty
Prince Albert
Lord Hanworth Cancels Calgary Bar Association Engagement
Stricken with illness on arrival in Calgary the Right Honourable Lord Hanworth master of the rolls London was to address the Calgary Bar Association at luncheon but was obliged to cancel the engagement.
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Calgary
Lord Hanworth
K.B.E
Daylight transcontinental flight reaches city after 19 hour run
Capt Turner and three passengers left Glendale California to prove daylight air service feasibility. The flight landed here after a 19 hours 53 minutes journey testing the daylight route concept.
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Hoosevelt _Field
Fp.o
Coe Turner
Glendale
Cal
Britain Uses 13 Million Tons Granite and Limestone in 1927 Road Work
British road construction in 1927 consumed 13 040 000 tons of granite and limestone quarried domestically. The figure reflects heavy use of local stone for paving and infrastructure projects.
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Britain
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