Alberta Motor Association pushes for federal highway aid
Northern directors of the Alberta Motor Association met in Edmonton to launch a campaign for federal aid for highways. B Mackay and Fred R Brason attended as provincial and Calgary branch heads. They seek 50 009 000 over five years, arguing the current population based grant is unfair to distant prairie regions and should be mileage based. President Mackay urges immediate action to show nationwide support for highway funding.
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Edmonton
Alberta Motor Association
B. Mackay
Fred R. Brason
Calgary
Dominion
Canada
A. B. Mackay
Receives Appointment Quebec From Humble Beginnings
Brigadier General Charlies Henry Gough will accept an appointment aligned with his former status after earning expenses and studying French while washing dishes at a hotel. Publicity from a local paper about his lowly work led to a job offer from a steamship company on the St Lawrence River in the Gulf.
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Quebec
Charlies Henry Gough
HM A.S. Australia
May Remodel Liquor Act in Victoria Cabinet Says Action Pending
Hon. R. P. Pooley the attorney-general in the new Conservative cabinet says they are stock taking and cannot reveal specifics until the process finishes. He notes that the liquor act will receive early attention and that remodel may follow Quebec Act lines. Conservative leaders discuss possible changes to British Columbia law.
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Victoria
B.C
R. P. Pooley
British Columbia
Quebec
Ottawa urged to fingerprint immigrants and expand naturalization rules
The Chief Constables' Association of Canada meeting in Toronto appointed a committee to press Ottawa to require fingerprinting for all immigrants, extend naturalization residency from three to ten years, deport naturalized citizens for criminal misconduct, and widen the identification act to include vagrants.
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Toronto
Chief Constables’ Association of Canada
Ottawa
Searches continue for missing Amundsen and Italia crews
In the Queen Victoria Sea and off Northeast Land islands extensive vessel searches near Franz Josef Land yield no sign of the missing Amundsen and Italia groups. The base ship Citta Di Milano at King's Bay reports ongoing efforts with ice-breaker Braganza also involved in the hunt.
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Rome
Queen Victoria Sea
Franz Josef Land
Amundsen
Italia
Citta di Milano
King‘s Bay
Braganza
Officials Charged Under Dominion Sales Tax Act
Police acting under federal orders arrested eight men and two women suspected of violating the Dominion Sales Tax Act. The accused, all officials and employees of manufacturing firms, were held on bail set at 5000 dollars each.
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Toronto
Floods bring damage across British counties
Floods sweep Cumberland and Westmorland causing property and road damage while Cheshire floods ruin crops. Harvesting stalls across affected regions as roads become unusable and infrastructures strain under rising water.
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London
Cumberland
Westmoreland
Cheshire
British Warship Blocked From L-55 Crew Bodies Transfer
Tass reports Soviet refusal to allow a British warship to enter Soviet waters to transfer bodies from the submarine L-55 raised near Leningrad. The USSR would permit a friendly ship such as Norway’s or a British merchantman. The L-55 sank in 1919 aiding White Russians. skeletons of British sailors were found. Edmonton notes Alberta experiments in grains grasses range feeds and tobacco with Dr. J. H. Grisdale planning a permanent station in the Peace River area.
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Moscow
U.S S.R
Tass
Great Britain
Leningrad
England
Norway
Edmonton
Alberta
West
J. H. Grisdale
Ottawa
University Women Meet Vancouver Conference Highlights
The fourth triennial conference of the Canadian Federation of University Women discussed women's place in world affairs and limits as women. Mrs. Bertha Landes urged balancing marriage and home, while Miss Marjorie Gregg presented the federation membership report. The federation has 1,802 members across 27 affiliations.
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Vancouver
Canadian Federation of Univesity Women
Bertha Landes
Seattle
Landes
Federation
Marjorie Gregg
Ottawa
Vessels Depart For Hudson Bay From Montreal Harbour
Ship movements from Montreal to Hudson Bay are frequent this season with dredges hopper barges and other craft sailing for Fort Churchill. Three more vessels left Canadian Vickers including Churchill No 1 a self propelled hopper barge and a dredge. Chesterfield built by Collingwood Shipbuilding and the tug Dainty purchased by the Canadian Government.
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Montreal
Hudson Bay
Fort Churchill
Hudson Bay Railway
Canadian Vickers Shipbuilding Plant
Churchill No. 1
Chesterfield
Collingwood Shipbuilding Company
Dainty
Banff to pave motor highway with bituminous surface
J A Harkin, commissioner of parks, says experiments under way may pave the eastern and western gates of Banff National Park. If successful, ten miles around Banff will receive bituminous surfaced roads with five miles on each side.
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Banff
Alberta
Banff National Fark
J. A. Harkin
Dominion
Harkin
Niagara Falls Proposed for Motion Picture Projection
Mayor H. P. Stephens suggested projecting motion pictures on the American Falls as a new attraction. A special committee will investigate the proposal at the illumination committee meeting in Niagara Falls, Ontario.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
H. P. Stephens
Albania to Become Monarchy as Zougu to be Proclaimed King
Reports from Tirana and frontier towns say Ahmed Zougu, president of the republic, will be proclaimed king within a few days marking a rapid transition from republic to monarchy in Albania.
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Belgrade
Jugo-Slavia
Albania
Tirana
Ahmed Zougu
Vancouver to patrol nights for safe cracking epidemic
Acting Chief Dan Leatherdale announced a night patrol plan in Vancouver to curb the safe cracking surge. A powder squad of special automobiles armed with sawed-off shotguns will patrol the city each night to deter criminals.
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Vancouver
Dan Leatherdale
Governor Alfred Smith Addresses Democratic Nomination Speech
Albany, N.Y. Governor Alfred Smith delivers a vigorous Democratic nomination speech by radio. He outlines policies on prohibition, agriculture, foreign relations, and reform, calls for amending Volstead and the eighteenth amendment, and urges a businesslike federal reorganization, waterpower public ownership, and war veterans’ protection. He backs immigration reform to remove family-separation provisions and opposes census-based population restrictions.
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Albany
N.Y
Alfred Smith
New York
Democratic Party
Prosperous Saskatoon Elates City Finances
Saskatoon reports its financial position at a peak with improved tax collections wiping out bank loans and leaving about 80 000 on deposit. It marks the first time the city has held a surplus, credited to better local business conditions. Earlier the city had wiped out loans but lacked surplus.
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Saskatoon
Eye Tests For Motorists In Saskatoon Meeting
The Saskatchewan Optometric Association discusses driver visual efficiency tests. Harry S. Hay of Saskatoon proposes a driver vision test. A committee is appointed to study current tests and report at the next meeting.
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Saskatoon
Sask
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Optometric Association
Harry S. Hay
Stresemann Reports on Foreign Situation to New German Cabinet
Foreign Minister Stresemann, meeting the new cabinet after illness, gave an extensive report on the foreign situation. He emphasized the forthcoming renunciation of war treaty ceremonies at Paris and the League of Nations meeting at Geneva, and found cabinet members in accord with him.
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Berlin
Germany
Stresemann
Paris
League of Nations
Geneva
Advice To Dairymen In Ottawa Ontario From Hamilton
Hon. C. M. Hamilton Saskatchewan agriculture minister arrives in Ottawa after attending the world dairy conference in London where 1800 delegates from many nations discussed Canadian dairying. He notes Canada does not lag in production but faces a herd standard problem and stresses the need for a steady high quality yield to win the British market. Hamilton mentions the travel of Hon. W. R. Motherwell across the British Isles and continental Europe to assess agricultural standing.
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Ottawa
Hamilton
W. R. Motherwell
British Isles
France
Belgium
Germany
Italy
Scandinavian Countries
Lord Lovat Receives Honorary Membership in Scottish Club of Canada
A distinguished Scot was added to the honorary membership of the Scottish Club of Canada as Lord Lovat, parliamentary under secretary for Dominion Affairs, was honored in Toronto. He urged members to aid boys arriving from the British Isles and foster friendly ties during his immigration talks with the Ontario government.
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Toronto
Scottish Club of Canada
Lord Lovat
Dominion Affairs
Ontario
British Isles
Plymouth Most Sober Seaport In England Convictions Decline
Official England drunkenness statistics show Plymouth as the soberest major seaport and Norwich as the most conviction laden city. Total convictions across the country reached 65,000 for the year, down 1,900 to the lowest in nine years.
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London
Eng
England
Plymouth
Norwich
Norfolk
Ontario Premier Sees Migration Plan as British Issue
Toronto Ontario Premier Ferguson says immigration plan is essentially a British problem not Ontario’s though Ontario will cooperate. He notes finance unsettled but expects British government to assist, with talks ongoing between Ottawa and London. Ferguson cites Ontario farming aid and northern settlement finance.
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Toronto
Ont
Ontario
Lord Lovat
Ferguson
Ottawa
Prince George Welcomes Young Ambassadors Before Departure
His Royal Highness Prince George greeted four Em pire ambassador party members and organizer Frank Lascot in Vancouver before boarding H M S Durban. He showed interest in the young ambassadors tour and its Empire reach and hoped for future lectures and writings upon their return.
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Vancouver
Prince George
Durban
Empire Ambassador
Canada
Frank Lascot
Prince of Wales
Empire
Missing aviators send distress from Atlantic stranded crew
Joseph E Williams, an amateur radio operator in Toledo, reports receiving a ten minute message purporting to come from the crew of the Greater Rockford. The crew says they are stranded on a small island 100 miles north of Newfoundland and request help.
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Greater Rockford
Toledo
Ohio
Greater
Rockford
Joseph E. Williams
Williams
Newfoundland
Sweden
Refused To Fly With Lindbergh Draws Attention
Marilyn Lochwood, granddaughter of Eva Pettit in Indiana, declined Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh’s personal invitation to fly as his passenger. Lindbergh replied that she would be the first person to refuse to fly with him.
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Wabash
Marilyn Lochwood
Eva Pettit
Charles A. Lindbergh
A 'Pane
Lindbergh
Davies to join Byrd Antarctic expedition as chief physicist
Montreal scientist Frank T. Davies, master of science from McGill University, will accompany Commander Byrd as chief physicist on the Antarctic expedition. Recommended by ice authority Dr Howard Barnes, Davies will study ice observations at the great barrier, aurora borealis, radiation magnetism, and atmospheric electricity.
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Montreal
Que
Frank T. Davies
McGill
Byrd
Howard Barnes
Davies
Great Barrier
Britain to finance own immigrants under possible Ontario pact
Premier Ferguson hints Britain should fund its own immigrants but says Ontario could strike a separate agreement with the British Government if the Federal Government fails to reach a satisfactory arrangement with Lord Lovat.
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Toronto
Ferguson
Britain
Lord Lovat
Ontario
Four stowaways in hospital after potassium poisoning
In Montreal four men who hid in the hold of an Italian ship in port here during discharge of cargo were disinfected and are now at Notre Dame Hospital in serious condition due to potassium poisoning.
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Montreal
Notre Dame Hospital
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