London Delegates Welcome Five Power Conference
London hosts delegates at the five power metal conference in the Guildhall. Lord Mayor Sir William Waterlow and premiers from Britain and France led welcoming speeches praising international cooperation and peace through trade and law. Premier MacDonald urged commerce and peace as foundations of prosperity.
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London
Eng
Wiliam Waterlow
Great Britain
France
Tardieu
M. Briand
Prme
MacDonald
London City
Corporation of London
Mountie Wins Promotion to Inspector
Sergeant-Major W. W. Watson is promoted to inspector by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. After 20 years with the force he has served in Western Canada and Ottawa including the Bureau of Criminal Investigation and will be posted to Lethbridge, headquarters for the southern Alberta District.
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Ottawa
Ont
W. W. Watson
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Watson
Canada
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Lethbridge
Alberta
Air Mail Service Deferred Ottawa
Western Canada air mail opening is delayed due to incomplete route lighting and severe weather. Officials decline to estimate the length of the delay, but the start is unlikely before mid February.
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Ottawa
Western Canada Air Mail
Snowshoer Journeys 435 Miles to Ottawa in 13 Days
Jean Baptiste Chouinard, barber of Notre Dame du Nord, Quebec, covered 435 miles by snowshoe to Ottawa in under 13 days. He plans to join the Quebec City to Montreal race on February 1 and will return to Ottawa for the winter carnival.
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Barber
Notre Dame du Nord
Que
Timiskaming
Ottawa
Chounard
Quebec City
Quebec
Montreal
Habeas Corpus Writ Granted by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Canada granted a habeas corpus writ on the application of Harry Bronfman a Montreal liquor magnate under Saskatchewan indictment for alleged export transactions. Returnable February 1 Bronfman will be brought before the court. Saskatchewan must show cause for detention. First such writ in 25 years. The motion was before Justice Duff and involved Eugene Lafleur Gregory Barclay and A G MacGillivray. The case questions the charge under the Criminal Code versus the Customs Act with a three year limitation.
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Ottawa
Supreme Court of Canada
Harry Bronfman
Montreal
Saskatchewan
Bronfman
Supreme Court
Chambers
Justice Duff
Eugene Lafleur
K.C
Gregory Barclay
A. G. MacGillivray
Calgary
Moose Jaw Votes to Sell Power Plant for 3.5 Million
Moose Jaw approved by law the sale of its electric light and power plant to Iowa Southern Utilities of Delaware Davenport Ia for about 3.5 million dollars. The measure passed 2 250 to 744, meeting a two thirds requirement, and now awaits Saskatchewan legislature ratification. The sale ends a year long battle with the Board of Trade backing the deal and local press opposing it.
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Moose Jaw
Iowa Southern Utilities of Delaware
Davenport
Saskatchewan
Board of Trade
Canadian Boat Rammed Vancouver
The Vancouver deep sea motor boat Taiheiyo Maru was rammed by the US coastguard vessel Bonham on January 17 and beached on a Guadaloupe Island off the Mexican coast. A protest was sent to Ottawa. Captain J Butler says the Taiheiyo Maru was in ballast bound for home and pursued and run down. the ship carried no liquor.
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Vancouver
United States Coastguard
Sealed Letter Destroyed in London Salvation Army Affair
The Daily News reports a sealed envelope with the late General Bramwell Booth’s nominee was burned unopened by the Army’s solicitor in the presence of commissioners. The envelope had featured in recent Army affairs and succession discussions following Booth’s removal a year ago.
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London
England
The
Daily News
Bramwell Booth
Salvation Army
Army
Booth
Left Small Estate in Liverpool of Fay Pay O Connor
The late Fay Pay O Connor dean of the House of Commons and noted writer leaves an estate valued at about 1500 dollars. A gold snuff box given by House members goes to the House of Commons. Beacon portrait donated to Walker Art Gallery. Wife receives no provision but is otherwise cared for.
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Liverpool
England
Saskatchewan rejects commission plan for natural resources
Saskatchewan will not accept Premier King’s proposed three member commission to hear claims on alienations after 1905. The province favors court recourse and referrals to the Imperial government for constitution amendments, with accounting from 1870 to 1905 to be decided by the chosen panel.
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King
Regina
Sask
Saskatchewan
Supreme Court of Canada
Privy Council
Chosen Commission
Federal aid in dealing with unemployment in Canada
Ottawa reports Premier Mackenzie King telling a Trades and Labour Congress delegation that provinces must admit they cannot cope with unemployment before Canada will discuss remedial measures. He notes municipal and provincial roles, with national action only if provinces concede the problem is beyond them. Heenan and King discuss a national unemployment conference and policy to keep workers on government contracts.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
Mackenzie King
Trades and Labor Congress
King
Peter Heenan
Mr. Heenan
Mr. King
Letter Carriers Seek Higher Salaries in Ottawa
Civil service commissioners give serious consideration to requests from a letter carriers delegation for higher salary schedules. The group provided data on comparable pay and debated the issue with commissioners. Parliament had discussed postal salary increases in a previous session, with Postmaster General P. J. Vennot expressing sympathy but saying the decision rests with the civil service commission.
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Ottawa
Civil Service Commissioners
P. J. Vennot
Civil Service Commission
Sheep Breeders Of Saskatchewan Elect Officers
Moose Jaw W C Heron of Huntoon was elected president of the Saskatchewan Sheep Breeders Association at the annual meeting in Grant Hall Hotel. Other officers include Charles Buffman vice president and directors I J Rushton Rocanville W D Lyon Deveron W L Morrish Oxbow James Whitehead Nutana A Richardson Lemans William Darnborough Laura.
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Moose Jaw
W.C. Heron
Huntoon
Saskatchewan Sheep Breeders’ Association
Grant Hall Hotel
Charles Buffman
Bechard
I. J. Rushton
Rocanville
W. D. Lyon
Deveron
W. L. Morrish
Oxbow
James Whitehead
Nutana
A. Richardson
Lemans
William Darnborough
Laura
Barclays Bank chairman touts Canada link benefiting British and Canadian trade
F C Goodenough, chairman, told shareholders in London that the bank has established a direct line with a new Canadian bank in Montreal. He said the service would benefit customers conducting business between Great Britain and Canada's expanding markets.
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London
England
Canada
Montreal
Great Britain
F. C. Goodenough
Barclay’s Bank, Limited
Quebec Adopts New Provincial Minimum Wage Scale
Quebec's minimum wage commission approves a new rate structure for women workers outside Montreal. Workers with two years experience must earn at least 10 dollars per week, while apprentices start at 6 dollars weekly and rise by one dollar every six months.
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Quebec
Montreal
Minimum
Eleven Killed as Bus Struck by Train Near Berea Ohio
Eleven people died when a bus carrying 15 to 20 children was struck by a New York Central mail train at Shelton Road crossing near Berea Cleveland. Ten children and a bus driver perished. three children were seriously hurt and taken to Boca hospital. Weather was clear and the cause of the driver’s failure to see the train was not explained.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Berea
Here
New York Central
Chicago
Shelton Road
Boca
Kept Link Unbroken by Radio Engineman Harold Vivian
Harold Vivian, a young radio engineer, spliced a broken link in the transmitter line to restore broadcast of the King's naval conference speech. He held live wires for about 20 minutes as technicians rewired, preventing an outage across 59 stations.
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New York
Harold Vivian
The
Broadcasting Company
Vivian
Alberta Health Clinics Seek Wider Scope Across Province
Ontario style health policy ideas reach Alberta as Hon. George Headley says state medicine is spreading. Alberta UF A convention approves expanding travelling health clinics to provide free annual eye and medical exams for rural schoolchildren, with plans to hire a child eye specialist if finances allow.
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Calgary
Alberta
George Headley
United Farmers of Alberta
Peace River
Pacific Coast
Wheat supplies in Canada show near normal levels
Analysis notes the invisible wheat supply in Western Canada around January 15 stands at 21 million bushels, far below recent years. Visible stocks, by contrast, are about 3.6 million bushels higher than last year, projecting a carryover under 60 million bushels into the next crop season, versus 120 million a year ago.
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Winnipeg
Canada
News from the Naval Conference in London taps global press
Nearly 400 newspaper correspondents will report from St James's Palace during the five power naval negotiations. The guard room at the palace is a hub for a vast network of cable and telephone communications linking to the world. A special corps from Canadian Press, Associated Press, and other services has direct access for calls and updates.
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London
England
St. James's Palace
Charles 1
Globe
Immigration officials urge expanded border patrol and ship searches
Immigration Commissioner Harry E. Hull and assistant W. H. Wagner told the House appropriations sub committee that border enforcement requires more manpower. They argued for increased riders on horseback along the Canadian and Mexican borders and more ship investigators to find stowaways.
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Washington, D.C
House
Labor Department
Harry E. Hull
W. H. Wagner
Border Patrol
Parole Considered for Dr. Frederick A. Cook
The Leavenworth Times reports a parole recommendation for Dr. Frederick A. Cook, Arctic explorer and oil promoter, imprisoned 14 years and nine months for mail fraud. Parole board members did not confirm, but no opposition to release was known.
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Leavenworth, Kas
Leavenworth Times
Frederick A. Cook
Cook
Lloyd George Missed Speech at Naval Conference Opening
London fog kept Rt. Hon. David Lloyd George from attending the king's address at the conference opening. The wartime premier took an hour and three quarters to reach the venue and missed the plenary moment.
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London
England
David Lloyd George
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