Pool Demands Right to Grade Own Wheat in Saskatchewan
The United Farmers of Canada Saskatchewan section calls for the Dominion government to stay out and grant farmers the right to grade both pool and non pool wheat. The resolution was presented to the Saskatchewan grain inquiry commission in Carrot River Valley and Dr F J Birchard of Canada’s grain laboratory is set to testify in Winnipeg in February. Farmers complain of grading and sampling issues and private elevator practices, but no severe grain shortages are reported this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melfort
Sask
Dominion
United Farmers of Canada
Saskatchewan
Serge
Ottawa
Saskatchewan Grair Inquiry Commission
Carrot River Valley
F. J. Birchard
Board of Grain Commissioners of Canada
Winnipeg
Moock Found Guilty of First Degree Murder
Moock was found guilty of first degree murder in Spokane Washington with death as the punishment after a two and a half hour deliberation. He showed emotion as the verdict was announced and was immediately jailed. His wife cried and needed assistance leaving the courtroom. Advisory counsel J A M Patrick of Yorkton said a new trial motion would be filed and a potential appeal to higher courts is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Moock
Patrick
Yorkton
Saskatchewan
J. A. M. Patrick
K.C
Supreme Courts
Lindbergh Receives Harmon Trophy For 1927 Feat
Charles A Lindbergh of the United States is awarded the Harmon trophy at the International Civil Aeronautics Conference in Washington for the year 1927. Pierre Flandin presents the prize, a gift of Flitter Harmon. Previous winner was Shirley Short in 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Charles A Lindbergh
Harmon
Pierre Flandin
Chamber of Deputies
Flitter Harmon
Paris
International League of Aviators
Shirley Short
Airmail
Fier
Premiers Brownlee Tolmie Visit Ottawa Discuss Transfers
Premier J. E. Brownlee of Alberta and Premier S. F. Tolmie of British Columbia visit Ottawa to confer with the Dominion government on methods to transfer unalienated natural resources. The meeting aims to outline approaches and secure federal input in the process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Dominion
J. E. Brownlee
Alberta
S. F. Tolmie
British Columbia
C.ty
Land Tract Cedarville to Be Sold as Bank Assets
A tract in Toronto Ontario known as Cedarville valued at 1,600,000 is slated for sale as part of the assets of the defunct Home Bank. The sale aims to liquidate outstanding holdings and settle creditors.
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Toronto
Ont
Cedarville
Home Bank
Time Limit for Pension Appeals in Canada
Ottawa officials clarified the two year limit for appealing decisions of the board of pension commissioners. Appeals must be filed on or before December 31, 1928, or within two years from the decision, with earlier decisions having a final cut off of December 31, 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Federal Appeal Board
K. G. MacDonald
Department of Pensions and National Health
MacDonald
Board of Pension Commissioners
Time Has Been Extended Ottawa Grain Trials
Alberta coal shipments to Ontario under a 6.75 per ton rate are extended for six months in 1929 due to grain movement needs. No six month test for Alberta in 1930. Railways have not filed 1928 cost sheets with the Board. Hearing last month noted cost sheets won’t be ready before March 31 1929. Government funds to reimburse losses remain uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Alberta
Ontario
Board of Railway Commissioners
Alberta Will Aid Immigrants To Canada Program Announced
Alberta and Britain's overseas settlement department reach a pact to boost migration. Alberta offers one month free agricultural training for British men aged 17 to 25 and one month free domestic training for British women aged 23 to 33. Trainees will be placed on farms or in domestic work in Alberta after training. Applicants travel in two spring parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Eng
Canada
Britain
Alberta
Overseas Settlement Department
Queen Mary Unveils Memorial Tablet on Tower Hill
Queen Mary presided at the unveiling of a memorial tablet on Tower Hill to honor Mercantile Marine sailors lost in the war. She departed Buckingham Palace at 2 30 p.m. to cheering crowds and addressed the nation via radio, marking her first broadcast voice. Montreal delegates plan to seek a dominion fisheries minister and discuss Canada’s fishing industry with Prime Minister Mackenzie King in Ottawa in January.
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London
Eng
Mary
Tower Hill
Mercantile Marine
Buckingham Palace
Montreal
Canada
Canadian Fisheries Association
Mackenzie King
Ottawa
P. J. Cardin
Marine and Fisheries
R. W. Gould
Association
Sleeping Sickness Fight Adopted by League Council
A League of Nations report warns sleeping sickness is a veritable scourge among African natives and decimating populations. The council adopted the report and approved a campaign league to combat the disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O Lugano
Council of the
League of Nations
Africa
Campaign League
Close Of Navigation Winnipeg
Great Lakes navigation ends after a record grain season from Fort William and Port Arthur. A total of 2787 8 000 bushels shipped from the lake head, well above last year’s 193 000 000 bushels. Despite November 3 close, favorable weather and prairie grain shipments kept freighters moving until December 12 when insurance ended. Prairie movement remains heavy.
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Winnipeg
Great Lakes
Fort William
Port Arthur
Lake Head
Prairies
First Woman Given Life Sentence Under Michigan Habitual Clause
Mrs. Etta Mae Miller of Lansing becomes the first woman to receive the maximum penalty under Michigan law for a fourth felony, convicted of selling liquor. The jury deliberated 1 hour and 50 minutes before delivering the life sentence.
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Lansing
Mich
Etta Mae Miller
Michigan
Germany asserts Rhine land evacuation not yet set
Lugano reports Dr. Gustav Stresemann says Germany expects full evacuation of German soil only after reparations are settled. He notes great uncertainty about timing and mentions talks on a verification and conciliation committee for the Rhine area once troops are gone. Unconfirmed word says Allies may order evacuation of the second zone with reparations talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lugano
Switzerland
Gustav Stresemann
Germany
Rhineland
Rhine
Committee of Experts
Coast-To-Coast Air Mail Vision by Postmaster General
Postmaster General P. J. Vennot outlined a coast to coast air mail plan within a few years. With Parliament funding, an experimental service could begin next summer between Rimouski Quebec and Vancouver British Columbia as progress in aerial transport continues.
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Ottawa
P. J. Vennot
Rimouski
Que
Vancouver
B.C
Death Corner Siege Ends as Police Shoot Suspect
In Chicago's Little Italy the five hour standoff ends when Ernest Whituirst, a 16 year old Negro, is shot by Deputy Police Commissioner John Stege and Sergeant Thomas Conley after firing on two detectives and Mexican machine gun and tear gas blasts.
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Chicago
Ill
Oak
Milton Streets
Little Italy
Ernest Witurst
Daring Hold Up In Yonkers Bank Delivery Heist
Six robbers staged a rapid daylight robbery in Yonkers New York seizing 104500 in currency from a First National Bank messenger who was wounded in both arms. The truck, carrying payroll funds from the Federal Reserve Bank, was attacked near Buena Vista Avenue and Hudson Street as the band fled in about three minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers
N.Y
First National Bank
Federal Reserve Bank
New York
Buena Vista Avenue
Hudson Street
Property Changes Hands Winnipeg
The Boyd Building a nine storey Portage Avenue block built in 1914 has been sold to a syndicate of Winnipeg businessmen for a reported price near 1 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Boyd
Portage Avenue
Canton Bans Western Style Clothing Import
Canton government to abolish imported western styled clothing that has become popular in southern China. Officials say the move targets cultural trends and aims to regulate dress standards across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
China
Riches In Northland Coal and Oil Shale Find Near Hudson Bay Junction
Reports claim coal near Hudson Bay Junction Sask 16 miles SE of the village and a Toronto company survey found oil shales in the Porcupine Hills. The oil find is said to surpass Horace Halcrow Prospector efforts in Pasquia Hills a decade ago. Access includes 16 miles of drivable trail with rest by wagon road. Local details on coal type and quantity are unknown.
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Hudson Bay Junction
Sask
Toronto
Porcupine Hills
Horace Halcrow
Pasquia Hills
Newfoundland urged to sell Labrador for debt payoff
In opinion of Sir William Coaker head of the Fishermen's Protective union and ally of Premier Sir Richard Squires Newfoundland should sell Labrador to Canada or a syndicate if $100,000,000 could be obtained. The aim would be to pay the colony’s national debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John's
William Coaker
Fishermen’s Protective Union
Richard Squires
Newfoundland
Labrador
Canada
Sir William
Fisheran
Wiseman Appointed Trade Commissioner for Canada
Montreal reports that A. M. Wiseman deputy British trade commissioner at Winnipeg is named trade commissioner in Canada. He will succeed G. F. Braddock who returns to the overseas trade department in London. Wiseman, on leave in England, will assume the post in February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
A. M. Wiseman
M.C
Winnipeg
Canada
G. F. Braddock
Department of Overseas Trade
London
Eng
Wiseman
England
Province asked for site details on Flin Flon Town
The Pas Board of Trade has written to Hon. D. G. McKenzie provincial secretary and minister of mines seeking reliable information on a suitable site for the town to be erected due to the Flin Flon mine developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
D. G. McKenzie
Pas Board of Trade
Defence Minister Names New RCN Lieutenant-Commander
Hon. J. L. Ralston, minister of national defence, announced the appointment of Lieut.-Commander G. B. I. Barnes, R.C.N., for duty at the Royal Canadian Navy barracks in Esquimalt, British Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
J. L. Ralston
National Defence
G. B. I. Barnes
R.C.N
R.C.N Barracks
Esquimault
B.C
Rail Crossing Problems to be Investigated Across Canada
Ottawa announces Hon. Frank Oliver will serve as advisory officer to the Railway Commissioners under Section 21 of the Railway Act. He will study level crossings nationwide and report recommendations to prevent or protect crossings. Oliver previously served on the Railway Commissioners board from 1923 to his summer retirement and was Edmonton MP and minister of the interior under Laurier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Frank Oliver
Board of Railway Commissioners
Oliver
Canada
Railway Commissioners
House of Commons
Edmonton
Wilfrid Laurier
Rum Runners Transport Liquor Into U S Using Power Line
A provincial police constable reports discovery of a sedan by the Queenston power house filled with assorted liquor and a pulley system used to tap a 120 000 volt Niagara River transmission line to move liquor into the United States from Niagara Falls Ontario.
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U.S
Niagara Falls
Ont
Niagara River
United States
Queenston
C N R Branch Lines Projected for the West
A Ottawa despatch says a three year CN program totaling over 2 million will go to Parliament next session. The plan includes Hudson Bay Railway to Fort Churchill next summer and CN and CPR share in Alberta railways purchases. The program emphasizes western road development to move grain and link mineral areas, with harbor works progressing.
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Toronto
Ottawa
Toronto Sur
Hudson Bay Railway
Fort Churchill
Canadian National Railways
Canadian Pacific
Alberta
Edmonton, Dunvegan and British Columbia
Alberta and Great Waterways Railway
Central Canada Railway
C.N.R
Canadian National
Canada
Hudson Bay
Canadian National Engineers
Department of Railways and Canals
Urippe Epidemic Strikes Montreal Hospitals
An influenza outbreak hits Montreal with 25 nurses at Montreal General Hospital affected, along with two nurses, two doctors, and eight maids from Royal Victoria. Hospital Notre Dame reports 15 staff ill.
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Montreal
Montreal General Hospital
Royal Victoria
Hospital Notre Dame
Byrd Denies Report From Antarctic Voyage
Commander Richard E. Byrd, via wireless from the Bark City of New York, rejects a report he sent Bill Riley to the Yukon to fetch forty huskies to replace dogs that died aboard ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Richard E. Byrd
Associated Press
City
Antarctic
Bill Riley
Yukon
City opens CKX radio station with government operation
Brandon's new CKX radio station opens as the city covers building costs of 2500 dollars while Manitoba government takes charge of operation and maintenance.
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Brandon
CKX
Manitoba
Shorter Route to Bay Montreal Via Aberdeen to Melfort
Canadian National Railways announces a new Aberdeen to Melfort line will shorten the Saskatoon to Hudson Bay route, creating a faster link to Bay Montreal. The plan involves construction and alignment details released by the railway.
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Montreal
Saskatoon
Hudson Bay
Aberdeen
Melfort
Sask
Canadian National Railways
Canada an inspiration to nations in disarmament says minister
Hon. J. L. Ralston, Canada's minister of national defence, told the University Club that Canada leads in world disarmament and thus inspires other nations to pursue peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Canada
J. L. Ralston
National Defence
University Club
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Center On Resources
Winol
Queen Mary
Maude
Radio
Minister of Fisheries
America
Victoria
Spain
Europe
Yonkers, New York
Northland
Niagara
Urippe
Byrd
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