Trade push: Canada urged to seize Chinese market via Vancouver
Sir Henry Thornton of the CNR urged Canada to target China as a sleeping giant awakening to modern goods and wheat. He spoke at Vancouver city hall about Vancouver as the main port for future trade with Orient markets and urged a systematic push to secure ground floor opportunities.
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Vancouver
Canada
Sir Henry Thornton
CNR
Sir Henry
China
Dominion
New Anaesthetic Gas Poised at Physiological Congress
A Boston dispatch reports Dr. G H W Lucas of Philadelphia and Prof. W E Henderson of Toronto have developed a new anaesthetic gas. At Harvard Medical School the gas is described as carbonic with nitrous oxide like effects and rapid recovery. Tests on animals over three days showed normal respiration and stable blood pressure with minimal after effects.
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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
Imports of Cars and Motorcycles to Australia by Source
For the year ending June 36 Australia imported 100000 complete motor cars with 66 percent from the United States, 23 percent from Canada, and 11 percent from Great Britain. Motorcycles showed a shift with over 80 percent imported from Great Britain.
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Canberra
Australia
United States
Great Britain
British Immigrants Deported From Winnipeg
Sixty British immigrants who arrived under the assisted passage scheme were sent to the Atlantic seaboard for deportation. The men, who came about four months ago, largely refused farm work and any other employment at the Winnipeg immigration hall, insisting on returning home.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Atlantic Seaboard
Seaplane Delivery Boosts Mail From Bremen Departure
New York seaplane New York landed at Aner's Brooklyn pier after being catapulted from the Bremen at 6 p.m. and arriving at 7 50, delivering about 2 000 letters and post cards six hours faster 200 miles from shore.
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New York
N.Y
Bremen
Aner
Brooklyn
Lindbergh Chosen To Pilot Pan American South America Flight
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh selected to pilot the first leg of a 1240 mile extension of the Pan American Airways route to South America. J T Trippe, president of the line, announced the plan.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Pan- American Airways
South America
J. T. Trippe
Shortage in Grain Hits Russia and Britain
An Exchange Telegraph despatch from Moscow via Riga reports Michael Kalinin saying Russia must import 50,000,000 roubles worth of grain or compel peasants to work harder. The harvest outlook remains precarious due to drought in south Ukraine Volga and Caucasus regions affecting Soviet grain supplies.
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London
England
Russia
Moscow
Riga
Michael Kalinin
Soviet Central Executive Committee
Ukraine
Volga
Caucasus
Ottawa to Buy Serum for Infantile Paralysis
Ottawa will purchase serum from Winnipeg for 500 dollars to treat infantile paralysis. Mayor Arthur Ellis authorized the purchase after a health official recommended action due to local supply difficulties. Ottawa has 19 reported cases, an abnormal figure.
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Ottawa
Arthur Ellis
Winnipeg
Ellis
W. T. Shirreff
Harvest Labor Exodus Shrinks Vancouver Harvest Crew
With a lighter crop and new machinery on the prairies, only 432 harvest laborers have left Vancouver this season, superintendent J. P. McVety reports. An additional 125 left New Westminster and some from other centres, with $10 pay reserved for those with guaranteed jobs as the harvest expands.
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Vancouver
Prairies
J. P. McVety
New Westminster
Escape attempt ends with shipboard arrest in Hamburg
Albert Buschke, seeking to evade penalty, fled onto the Graf Zeppelin’s final flight to Lakehurst but jumped overboard from the steamship Thuringia in Hamburg. He was rescued by a passing lighter and jailed aboard the liner, while his stepfather waited but could not fetch him until court action concludes.
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Hamburg
Germany
Albert Buschke
Lakehurst
Thuringia
Buschko
Resignation of Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister C M Hamilton
Premier Gardiner received the resignation of Hon. C M Hamilton minister of agriculture effective immediately. Hamilton departs for duties related to a potential appointment to Canada s Board of Grain Commissioners. Hon George Spence assumes the agriculture portfolio per the morning announcement.
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Regina
C. M. Hamilton
Saskatchewan
Gardiner
Hamilton
Lakes
Board of Grain Commissioners of Canada
George Spence
British dirigibles set for shed trials this week
London reports R-100 and R-101 will undergo shed trials this week. R-100 is expected to be launched and flown to Bedford within a month, while R-101 likely launches in September. One airship may head to Canada and the other to India.
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London
England
Bedford
Canada
India
Saskatchewan fruit inspector retires chosen successor named
Saskatoon reports Frank Metcalf Domin ion fruit inspector in Saskatchewan for 18 years is returning to Blyth Ontario due to ill health. He is succeeded by J G de Jong of Winnipeg. Metcalf receives an address and a 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 obstruction by leaving her automobile in St Paul's Churchyard.
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London
England
Dorothy Thomas
J. G. Thomas
St. Paul's Churchyard
French Ace Aims To Overtake Zeppelin Air Run
Dieudonne Coste, famed French air ace, begins a chase around the world to catch Graf Zeppelin before Lakehurst New Jersey and New York. Having looped the Atlantic in 1927, Coste plans to break the non stop distance record on the first stage of his race around the world with the German dirigible.
Russo-Chinese War Situation Growing Grave
Harbin dateline reports no major frontline moves but warns both nations are quietly preparing for war. Martial law along the Chinese Eastern Railway is Promised by Chinese authorities amid rail sabotage and disturbances. Kirin province sends two artillery brigades to the border as tensions rise with Soviet forces. Tachung and Nationalist agencies warn of shifting Sino Soviet relations and possible Japanese involvement.
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Shanghai
Tachung
Harbin
Manchurian
China
Russia
Japan
Saghalien
United States
Ramsay MacDonald to Sail for United States in Six Weeks
Reliable reports indicate British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald will depart for the United States within six weeks to conduct diplomatic talks and represent Britain on a new travel visit.
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Washington
Ramsay MacDonald
U.S
Mauretania Clippings Four Hours Off Record
The Cunard liner Mauretania arrived from New York on her first eastward crossing since overhaul. She completed the voyage in 4 days 17 hours 49 minutes, beating her own record by four hours but two hours slower than the Bremen's first eastward run. Average speed reached 27.22 knots.
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Plymouth
Eng
Cunard
Mauretania
Bremen
New York
Tragic Drowning at Buffalo Lake Near Stettler Alberta
Four drowned when a small boat capsized during a storm on Buffalo Lake near Stettler Alberta. Victims include W. J. Burrell of Hanna and his sons Ernest 10 and John 12, plus Sidney Steele of Hanna. Harold Burrell 16 was rescued after clinging to the boat.
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Stettler
Alberta
Buffalo Lake
W. J. Burrell
Hanna
Ernest
John
Sidney Steele
Harold Burrell
Clemenceau Suffering Fatigue At Les Sables Cottage
Georges Clemenceau aged 88 former wartime premier of France was taken ill at his cottage in Les Sables d'Olonne on the Bay of Biscay. A Paris doctor said the Tiger is fatigued from writing a book on the war and advised complete rest.
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Paris
Georges Clemenceau
France
Les Sables d'Olonne
Bay of Biscay
Vendee
Clemenceau
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 as a sign of Belgium’s conciliatory stance toward Germany.
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Brussels
Rhineland
Belgium
Germany
Americans Show Real Friendship in Prairie Fire Outbreak
A straw stack spark near North Portal Sask spread to prairie grass threatening crops and buildings. Firefighters and a cross border group of 300 from both sides fought for five hours using backfires and fire guards, preventing major losses except for an old barn on the Almond farm.
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North Portal
Sask
Portal
Nld
Sergt. Bradley
R.C.M.P
Almond
N.D
John Waddington
Britain and France Agree on Cooperation Over Reparations
Hon. Jean Knight, first minister of France to Canada, told the Canadian Club luncheon that Britain and France will settle reparations issues with understanding and co operation. He said reparations create difficulties but friendly ties and equity will guide the settlement.
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Vancouver
Germany
Britain
France
Jean Knight
Canada
Canadian Club
Grain Tie Up In Montreal Stalls Canadian Trade
The grain hold up in Montreal and eastern ports draws multiple causes including European demand, home consumption, and market conditions. Inland ships and sailors idle, elevators near full, and marketing suffers as U S and Argentine undercut Canada while European buyers seek lower bids. Canadian seamen seek U S work as grain movement stalls. Prices and market conditions are blamed rather than Canadian wheat quality.
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Montreal
Lakes
Atlantic
United States
Canada
J. H. Pare
Canadian Seamens Association
Frederick Heywood
James Richardson and Sons, Limited
Naval parley plans near completion in Washington talks
Washington reports say talks between the United States and Great Britain on naval reductions are nearing a conference. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald is expected in Washington in October for talks with President Hoover, with a December conference likely if premeeting work proceeds. France, Italy, and Japan are being kept informed as Britain may issue invitations with London as the meeting place.
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Washington
D.C
United States
Great Britain
Ramsay Mex Donald
Hoover
Italian Planes Wrecked in Sensano Flight Test
Italy shifts to protect its Schneider Cup hopes after two Fiat planes wreck in Sensano and insufficient time to complete trials for a third. Nine of twelve aircraft remain, despite Fiats being prized as lightweight speed machines designed by Masatelli with Zerbe engines.
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Sensano
Italy
Great Britain
Fiat
Masatelli
Zerbe
Fiat Company
Buffalo seaplane plans to service Great Lakes from Philadelphia yard
A seaplane capable of carrying 50 persons is being assembled at the Philadelphia navy yard for operation on the Great Lakes by a Buffalo concern. The craft will carry 30 passengers plus a 20 person crew, features a 94 foot wingspan four 450 horsepower air cooled motors and a 10,000 gallon gasoline capacity.
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Philadelphia
America
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Great Lakes
Buffalo
Persian flood devastates towns reports near Tabriz
A flood in Teheran, Persia, reported from Tabriz, drowns 1000 and destroys 5000 houses. A customs house with 3200 bales of merchandise is damaged and streets wash out to nine feet. The government authorizes immediate expenditure of 1000 dollars for levees.
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Teheran
Persia
Tabriz
Murder arrest in Sask batch as husband confesses
Annie Pasowesty of Sheho is under arrest in connection with the murder of her husband Nick Pasowesty found shot dead on August 1. Job Pasowesty, who confessed to killing his father, is in custody at Prince Albert.
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Sheho, Sask
Annie Pasowesty
Nick Pasowesty
Job Pasowesty
Prince Albert
Lord Hanworth Cancels Calgary Bar Address
The Right Hon. Lord Hanworth master of the rolls of London was stricken with illness on arrival in Calgary and asked that his engagement to address the Calgary Bar Association luncheon be canceled.
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Calgary
Lord Hanworth
P.C
K.B.E
Daylight Flight Demonstration Reaches New York
Captain Po coe Turner and three passengers flew from Glendale California to Kroosevelt Field New York in nineteen hours fifty three minutes to show daylight transcontinental air service feasibility.
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Kroosevelt Field
N.Y
Pocoe Turner
Glendale
Cal
Britain Uses 13 Million Tons Granite in 1927 Road Works
Britain consumed 13,040,000 tons of granite and lime stone for road making in 1927, sourced from national quarries.
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Britain
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