Proposal to establish air mail system in Canada discussed
Post Office Department observers consider an air mail plan with tentative approval possible. Postmaster General Vennot said a definite policy is not set but a trial to carry mail by aeroplane may begin on a small scale, expanding if results merit. Parliament may be asked for funding in February session.
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Canada
Post Ofice
P. J. Vennot
Hathurst
Cigtanes
House of Commons
Ken
Venioi
Canada Clay and Allied Products Output in 1925
The Mining Metellurgical and Chemical Branch of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics at Ottawa reports Canada 1925 clay and clay products valued at 9 529 691 dollars, up 3.4 percent from 1924. Ontario led with 5 194 081 dollars, Quebec second with 2 426 887, followed by Alberta, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island in that order.
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Regine
Canada
Uie Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Ottawa
Ontario
Quebec
Alberta
British Columbia
Nova Scotia
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
London Women Bank Clerks Pay Gap Sparks Outcry
Disturbed London women clerks protest a Westminster Bank salary scale that pays women £20 a year less than male shorthand typists in the same office. Officials say women handle routine work and lack opportunity for higher roles with supervision of men.
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London
Westminister Bank
Kingdom
Offic Bank
Plan for National Defence Stockholm
A special committee recommends a coast guarding fleet as part of the naval construction program under the national defence reorganization. It proposes expenditure of 105,400,000 Swedish Crowns between 1928 and 1938, about 26,350,000 dollars.
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Stockholm
Balloon lands Navy Lt after eight mile chase with lasso
Lakehurst reports Lt. Frank J. Ulhig attempted to recover a runaway kite balloon when a 1.9 foot cable parted. He drifted eight miles toward Iceland before using a parachute and lassoing a tree with the broken cable as blimp aeroplane and auto pursued.
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Lakehurst
Frank J. Ulhig
Iceland
Socialist Party to honor Debs with radio station WDEBS
The Socialist Party national executive rejected a monument and announced the opening of radio station WDEBS to honor Eugene V Debs. The decision was disclosed recently.
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New York
Eugene
Debs
Socialist Party
WDEBS
U S House Amends Food Act on Imported Produce Labels
The U S House adds a provision to the Food and Drugs Act requiring labeling of raw fruits and vegetables grown outside the United States and its territories when sold domestically. Rice is included in the labeling requirement.
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Washington
United States House
United States
Premier Hertzog’s London Return Sparks South Africa Debate
Premier Hertzog’s post imperial conference stance prompts national discussion as he signs cooperation with the British Empire and reshapes native policy. The Times notes his push toward national responsibility could shift government attitudes on race, natives, and Indian residents while Cape race relations loom large.
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Hertzzog
Town
South Africa
Hertzog
London
Pretorie
Cape Thues
Klerizes
Sou “Africa
Times
Immigration Minister Signals May Help for Settlers on Crown Lands
Ottawa expects possible legislation this session to aid settlers on crown lands with loans similar to last year’s plan. Hon. Robert Forke would not confirm funding figures but denied reports of multi million yearly expenditures. The 10 year loans of 1000 dollars for Canadians and 500 for aliens faced opposition in the prior bill which targeted prairie settlement near rail lines within 15 miles of a railway.
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Robert Forke
House of Commons
Canada
Charles Stewart
Prairie Provinces
Alberta Awaits Federal Action on Rural Credit Plan
Provincial treasurer R. G. Reid says Alberta will follow Ottawa if a nationwide farm loan bill passes. If the federal plan goes through this winter, Alberta will promptly enact a new rural credit act, already prepared to conform to the Dominion scheme.
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Edmonton
Alberta
R. G. Reid
Ottawa
Lloyd George Turns Profit In Business Move
David Lloyd George, riding political and business sense, earned about 5 million dollars in campaign profits and 500 thousand for himself from a judicious investment. He managed a campaign fund nearing 15 million while buying and selling the Daily Chronicle to a syndicate for the stated gain.
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London
David Lloyd George
Daily Chronicle
Prince George Celebrates 24th Birthday at Buckingham Palace
London's Buckingham Palace hosts a family party for Prince George on December 24 to mark his 24th birthday. The prince recently returned from naval service in Oriental waters, with the royal household noting his reintegration.
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London
Prince George
King George
Queen Mary
Buckingham Palace
Oriental
Universal Disarmament Goal Emphasized by Germany
Berlin reports Dr. Stresemann's assertion that Germany will push universal disarmament and seek broader League of Nations support. He noted Germany had disarmed and urged that other powers reduce armaments too. He spoke at a Hamburg banquet about Germany's foreign policy surviving cabinet changes.
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Germany
Hamburg
Tiermianys
League of Nations Council
Geneva
Tiermiany
Sr Tittstav
Siresemanna
Ferelen
League of Nations
Dr. Stresegiann
Marx
Britain Stands By War Debt Pact Claim
A British foreign office official said Britain will uphold its debt funding agreement and the Balfour note in response to Columbia University scholars proposing a conference to revise war debt settlements. He called the idea academic and unofficial, noting debtors often seek to pay less than owed.
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London
Great Britain
Foreign Office
Faculty of Political Science
Columnbia University
New York
Educational Vale
British Empire as Agency for World Peace
Hon. N. W. Rowell addresses the Canadian Club on imperial unity and the Empire as the world’s greatest peace agency. He says the Imperial Conference aims to harmonize administrative forms with established dominion status, not redefine sovereignty. Rowell supports full equal status for Canada within the Empire and unity among dominions.
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Canada
Trans Atlantic radio phone nears completion in trials
Experiments connect London and New York via ordinary telephone booths to a wireless trans Atlantic link. London engineers use store booths to call the New York office and then reach the wireless station for cross ocean transmission. Talks are one way at a time. Estimated cost for a three minute call ranges from 15 to 25 dollars, with opening service expected next month. London preparing directory coverage for Manhattan and Brooklyn.
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New York
London
Telephone Central
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Typewriter on Air Line Marseilles Sets Record
Reuters reports Mrs. Locker, League of Nations Union lecturer and former Montreal resident, on the airliner London to Karachi, typed replies to questions mid flight between Dijon and Tournon, proving a record as a rapid woman air typist. Premier S. M. Bruce of Australia plans a Canada visit after leaving London, with stops in Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, and Vancouver before returning to Australia.
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Marseilles
Reuters
London
Karachi
India
Cairo
Locker
League of Nations Union
Montreal
Rsit
Dijon
Tournon
France
Australia
Canada
S. M. Bruce
England
New York
Ottawa
Toronto
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Jersey cow Pretoria Oxford Janet sets butterfat record
Pretoria Oxford Janet Jersey cow number 17413 toured Canadian Pacific Railway on February 27 1926. A 305 day test showed 14935 pounds milk and 572 pounds butterfat equaling 1025 pounds of butter, claimed as a world record for Jerseys of all ages. Belongs to Rosedale Ranch Armstrong British Columbia.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Pretoria
Oxford
Janet
Jersey
Jerseys
Rosedale Ranch
Armstrong
B.C
U S Shipping Protests Treaty Limiting Liquor Rules
Neptune Association of Masters and Mates petitions the United States circuit court of appeals claiming the British United States liquor treaty is unconstitutional. The group says it harms American mariners and shipping by allowing alcohol on British ships beyond the three mile limit, drawing passengers away from U S vessels and reducing ship traffic and domestic shipbuilding. If the court rules for the association, all similar treaties with other nations could be challenged.
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New York
United States
Great Britain
Neptune Association
Circuit Court of Appeals
Dumping Aliens In West Calgary
William Carnill of the Calgary employment service says the province will not aid penniless aliens brought to Canada by railroads or agencies. Three Finns led 146 arrivals who docked at St John on December 11 and came to Calgary seeking work. They were forced to apply for relief. Carnill calls it a federal responsibility and condemns winter dumping.
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Calgary
Canada
William Carnill
The
Employment Service
St. John
Franco German Pact Sets Seven Year World Market Split
Lugano reports France and Germany, controlling global potash, have signed a seven year pact fixing production ratios of 71 for Germany and 30 for France in all markets except the United States where special terms are to be arranged. The accord covers world markets for seven years.
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Winnipeg
France
Germany
Lugano
Switzerland
United States
C N R Branch Lines Proposed for the West
Canadian National Railway plans a 6 million dollar program mainly in Saskatchewan to build western branch lines. Potential links include St Paul de Metis to Turtleford, a Turtleford to Shelbrook extension, a Werbun to Radville line, and a Ridgedale eastward branch with several mining-area spurs. Government opposition blocks Eastern Canada work node. parliamentary submission planned after session.
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Ottawa
Saskatchewan
Canadian National Railway
Ashmont
Alberta
Beaver River
St. Paul de Metis
Turtleford Sask
Turtleford
Shelbrook
Sask
Werburn
Radville
Ridgedale
Peace River
Western
Brule Lake
Canada
Lake St. John
Wheat Crop Estimates Put Prairie Output At 371 Million Bushels
The Northwest Grain Dealers Association’s final estimate places the aggregate wheat crop of Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta at 371 316 000 bushels. Oats 310 500 000 bushels barley 6 201 090 rye 574 000 flax 1 645 000. Figures based on June 11 acreages from 82 percent of western belt points. Manitoba 45 329 000 Saskatchewan 200 719 000 Alberta 125 238 000.
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Winnipeg
Prairie
Northwest Grain Dealers’ Association
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Labor Candidate Wins Smethwick By-Election
Oswald Mosley, Labour, won Smethwick by a large majority over Conservative J. M. Pike and Liberal W. Bayliss with 16 077 to 9495 and 2600 respectively. Mosley claimed the government has lost mandate and the electorate spurned aristocratic wealth. Pike blamed Mosley’s wealth for the result.
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Mosley
Cynthia Curzon
Pike
Labor Party
New Post Office Fort San Opens at Fort QuAppelle
Recina Fort San is the name of a new post office opened at the tuberculosis sanitorium at Fort Qu Appelle. Patients and staff now receive mail directly rather than through Fort Qu Appelle. The opening speeds mail delivery by several hours. W Hi Madden appointed postmaster. All forward mail to the sanatorium should use Fort San as the address.
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Recina
Fort San
Fort Qu’Appelle
Fort Qu Appelle
W. Hi, Madden
Fort Qu’ Appelle
Ministry offers free farm film library for districts
The Ministry of Agriculture launches an educational film service for remote districts with a library of 23 000 films. The topics cover modern farming methods stock raising food preservation public hygiene and child welfare. Films are chipped free to anyone showing how they can be used.
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Paris
Ministry of Agriculture
Hearing Set for West Provinces Appeal on Rail Rates
The Government fixes January 16 at 2 p m for the hearing of the appeal by British Columbia Alberta and Saskatchewan to the cabinet council from the Board of Railway Commissioners order. The dispute concerns rates on tour and grain rolling toward the Pacific Coast.
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Ottawa
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Cabinet Council
Board of Railway Commissioners
Pacific Coast
Belgium Diamond Cutters Win Pay Increase
Belgian diamond cutters numbering over 14 000 won a raise after a week long lockout by employers who capitulated. The dispute ended with employers agreeing to higher wages.
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Brusels
Belgium
Belgium Readies Brussels Fair For 1935 Opening
Preparations for the 1935 World's Fair in Brussels accelerate as the country votes 20 million francs to kick off the project. Officials expect a major international exposition attracting visitors and exhibitors worldwide.
Martyr to Science Doctor Koch Dies in Cancer Fight
Cambridge physician Dr. James L. Koch, a pioneer in X ray use, dies from cancer contracted through his work. His death underscores the dangers physicians face in early radiography research.
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Cambridge
Mass
Sckence
James L. Koch
Over 4000 U S Residents Celebrate Century Mark
Report notes more than 4,000 Americans are aged 100 years or older, reflecting growing longevity trends across the nation. The figure highlights the expanding population of centenarians and implications for healthcare, pensions, and aging services.
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United States
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