Alberta Line Sold to Canadian Pacific Railway
Premier Brownlee announced the Lacombe and Northwestern Railway sale to the Canadian Pacific Railway after negotiations. CPR will indemnify the province on $273,700 of five percent bonds and pay $1,500,000 in cash for a 20 mile extension toward Telfordville to Edmonton area, with completion in three years. The deal estimates annual provincial revenue around $175,000 and values the line at about $2,100,000. Premier notes continued talks on the A and G W Railway terms.
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Eamonton
Atta
Lacombe and Northwestern Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway
Brownlee
Beatty
CPR
Telfordville
Edmonton
C.P.R
Breton
C_P_R
John Callaghan
Sir Henry Thornton
A. and
G. W. Railway
Plans to Inaugurate Atlantic Air Service
Washington-Commander C D Burney tells President Coolidge that six gigantic lighter-than-air ships will cross the Atlantic from London to New York with speeds up to 38 hours eastbound and 48 hours return. Fares are said to be 400 dollars with departures from London every other day and landings slated for Montreal or New York. The fleet would carry 100 passengers and ten tons of freight or mail per trip.
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Washington
C.D. Burney
Parliament of
Great Britain
Coolidge
London
New York
Atlantic Ocean
Burney
England
Montreal
Indian trapper wins race with wolf in Ontario woods
Angus Kopiciak a 19 year old Indian trapper known as 4 runner chased a wolf four miles through heavy brush in Wag one Ontario. He pursued the animal along a trap line using snowshoes to offset dense terrain. Kopiciak finally cornered the wolf and killed it with an axe after a long chase through swamps and hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Angus Kopiciak
Kopiciak
Alberta dairy decline linked to farmer prosperity says Hoadley
Hon George Hoadley told the Alberta Dairy men's Association manufacturers section at the 23rd annual convention that the strong farm profits in Alberta during the year helped depress dairy production.
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Calgary
Alberta
George Hoadley
Hoadley
Alberta Dairymen’s Association
Lawmaker Calls to Outlaw Submarines in Naval War
In the House on Tuesday Representative Frothingham of Massachusetts urged abolishing the submarine as a weapon of naval warfare and banning its construction. He urged that motions of the works unite to prohibit submarines.
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Washington
House
Frothingham
Massachusetts
Discredited Tales Of Semi Tropical Land In Northern BC
A Dominion land surveyors meeting heard aerial maps by photo are the best, and reports of semi tropical warmth from hot springs in northern British Columbia are largely fiction. McCusker described real northern terrain with luxurious meadows, abundant game, and tall grasses, noting little snow in winter.
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B.C
Otawa
Canada
A. Hi. Warraway
Dominion Land Surveyors
Narraway
British Columbia
K. P. McCusker
Pacific Coast Province
New Governor James McNeill Installed in Ireland
James McNeill was sworn in as governor of the Irish Free State at Leinster House by the chief justice. He and his wife rode in a motor car to the vice regal lodge as Free State Cavalry escorted them through a rain filled route. He placed a wreath at the cenotaph honoring Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins, after Timothy Healy vacated the lodge with his daughter for Chapelizod.
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Dublin
Free State
James McNeill
Irish Free State
Leinster House
Timothy Healy
Chapelizoz
the Liffey
Flin Flon Bank Branch Sparks Local Development
Royal Bank of Canada opens a branch in Flin Flon Manitoba as the first business after the option takeover. A drug store contract is let, a new hockey team seeks a match with the Northland Association, and a first class rink at the mine hosts miners practicing for a March game during dog derby week.
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Flin Flon
Man
Royal Bank of Canada
Northland Hockey Association
Form New Federation Winnipeg
With 200 Hungarians present the Federation of Canadians of Magyar Descent was formed at a convention. Dr John Alvary Regina was elected president and Nicholas Istovaffy Hamilton Ont secretary. The federation aims to build citizenship groups for Magyar descendants to become full Canadians and to assist in land development and charitable work.
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Winnipeg
Federation of
John Alvary
Regina
Nicholas Istovaffy
Hamilton
Ont
Dominion
Haig Supposedly Completes Secret War History
The Daily Sketch reports Earl Douglas Haig finished a history of the great war. It is believed the book contains more secret history than is public and Haig chose not to publish it in his lifetime. He is said to have left instructions for its fate.
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London
The
Daily Sketch
Earl Douglas Haig
Earl Haig
Government orders Turkish American School at Broussa closed
The government of Turkey orders the American School at Broussa closed for allegedly converting students in violation of Turkish law forbidding religious propaganda in schools. The action follows reports that four Muslim girls were converted to Christianity.
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Constantinople
Broussa
Turkey
Canadian Envoy Admission Hint Stirs Pan American Union
A Havana dispatch reports that while Canada will not push for Pan American Union membership, sources say unofficially that Canada could gain rapid admittance if it extends diplomatic ties to Chile Argentina Brazil and Mexico as it has with Washington. Curiously, the surface developments suggest behind the scenes chatter guiding this idea.
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New York
Pan-American Union
The
Herald Tribune
Havana
Canada
Chile
Argentina
Brazil
Mexico
Washington
Union
Youthful Burglars Captured by Winnipeg Police
Eleven youths aged 14 to 19 were rounded up by Winnipeg police in two gangs. One gang targeted stores and residences in the west end, while the other ranged across Manitoba and Saskatchewan, with arrests following a raid on a local drug store.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Manitoba Adopts New Liquor Bill Regulating Beer and Spirits
Manitoba's legislature passed a liquor bill allowing beer by the glass in hotels and clubs and cash and carry hard liquor from Government commission stores. The act, likely proclaimed February 15, gives the Liquor Commission broad powers, imposes penalties, and shifts liquor profits to the Government. It provides for local option votes in 23 dry constituencies and permits government purchase or construction of a brewery if warranted.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
W. J. Major
Manitoba Liquor Commission
Portrait presented to Senator Dessaulles on centennial birthday
Parliament honors Senator Georges Casimir Dessaulles with a portrait in the Senate chamber to mark his 100th birthday on September 29 1927. Prime Minister Mackenzie King and Opposition Leader Bennett voiced pride in his long service to Canada. His early life included detention during the 1837 rebellion and familial ties to Louis Joseph Papineau.
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Ottawa
Canada
Georges Casimir Dessaulles
Dessaulles
Louis Joseph Papineau
R. B. Bennett
House of Coinmons
Confession Reveals Diamond Gang Smuggling Ring
Florent Lamotte, a New York sailor, admits leading a diamond gang smuggling hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of gems from Europe over the past year. He said he brought 55 packages into New York last year and hid $100,000 in diamonds in his shoe heels and toes after being arrested in November. The piece notes the three largest hotels: the Pennsylvania and the Commodore in New York City and the Stevens in Chicago.
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New York
Florent Lamotte
Diamond Gang
Europe
Lamotte
Pennsylvania
Commodore
New York City
Stevens
Chicago
Mountie the VC Husky Delights Quebec Winter Sports
Assistant War official F F Trubee Davison visits the Chateau Frontenac during the Quebec Winter sports season. Mountie, the famed huskie with the Chateau Frontenac dog team, draws attention when leading the team. Mountie once led the Royal Canadian Mounted Police patrol in the Far North and earned the Victoria Cross.
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F. Trubee Davison
United States Secretary of War
Aviation
Mountie
Huskie
Chateau Frontenac
Arthur Beauvais
Mr. Davison
Quebec
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Land Surveyors Convene in Ottawa For Convention Notes
Ottawa hosts the Dominion Land Surveyors convention with about 100 surveyors and engineers attending. R W Cautley of Edmonton chairs and warns that vast areas of Canada remain unmapped and unvisited, stressing the need for extensive summer surveys to map the country.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Land Surveyors
R. W. Cautley
Edmonton
Association of Dominion Land Surveyors
Cautley
MacPhail urges peace department in Ontario debate
Mrs Agnes MacPhail MP at a Border Cities club banquet calls Toronto the most reactionary city in Ontario and places a Ottawa resolution for a government department to promote international peace and goodwill. She says current efforts promote military spirit and the proposed department would foster amity and friendship.
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Windsor
Toronto
Ontario
Agnes MacPhail
Border Cities
Miss MacPhail
Ottawa
Miss Mac
Ban On Export Liquor Houses Victoria
Attorney General A M Manson states in the Legislature that the 1922 fight to close export liquor houses has borne fruit and those businesses will be shut out. He notes unanimous provincial support and expects Senate approval this session. He also hopes the Federal House will adopt a British Columbia proposal to add lash penalties for drug peddlers.
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Victoria
A. M. Manson
Senate
House of Commons
Federal House
British Columbia
Prayer Book Revision Still a Live Question
London report on the dispute over the Church of England prayer book. A London Diocesan Association resolution urged postponing revision until after the 1930 Lambeth Conference. It criticized bishops amendments as unappealing to both Anglo Catholics and Evangelicals and noted unconsulted churches.
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London
Federation of Catholic Priests
Church of England
Lord Halifax
Marines
Presbyterian Church of Scotland
Archbishop of
York
Sheffield
Customs Probe Interim Reports Tabled in House
Interim reports of the Royal Commission led by Chief Justice J T Brown on the Department of Customs and Excise were tabled in the House of Commons. The Saskatchewan port of Regina and its sub port Yorkton are cited for lax supervision and unlawful activity by firms linked to the Bronfmans and others.
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Ottawa
Royal Commission
J. T. Brown
Saskacchewan
Department of Customs and Excise
House of Commons
Saskatchewan
Regina
Yorkton
Canada Ding Company
Yorkton Distributors
Prairie Drug Company
Regina Wine and Spirits
Dominion Distributors
Regina Vinegar Company
Bronfmans
Chechiks
Natansons
Eminent Divine Dr W Leslie Clay Dies in Winnipeg
Rev W Leslie Clay D D eminent leader of the Presbyterian Church in Canada and pastor of St Andrews Church Victoria BC died in a Winnipeg hospital after two weeks illness. He was 65 and suffered a heart attack while travelling from Victoria to Ottawa for Parliament opening. He arrived January 20 and was confined to a hospital.
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Winnipeg
W. Leslie Clay
Presbyterian Church In
Canadian Confidence in Halifax Prompts Minister Interview
Rt. Hon. L. C. M. S. Amery, Secretary of State for the Dominions, praised Canadian confidence in the country’s future during an interview at Government House in Halifax. He noted Canadians’ growing knowledge of agricultural and mineral resources and their optimism for the Dominion’s prospects.
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Halifax
Dominion
L. C. M. S. Amery
Dominions
Government House
Beekeepers Urge National Co operative Selling Agency
C. B. Gooderham, Dominion apiarist, urged at the Manitoba Beekeepers Association convention the establishment of a national co operative selling agency to handle products from provincial bodies. He also pressed government standard grades for honey and curtailment of price cutting and individual selling.
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Winnipeg
C. B. Gooderham
Dominion Apiarist
Manitoba Beekeepers’ Association
Naval Men Headed to England to man Torreador destroyer
Three officers and 64 Royal Canadian Navy crew members passed through Winnipeg en route to England to join the destroyer Torreador and bring her to Canada. They will sail from Halifax aboard the Lapland. The sailors originate from Esquimalt and served on the Patrician. Enlisted U S Army personnel have saved $3 748 968 19 in interest over 56 years.
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Winnipeg
England
Toreador
Canada
Royal Canadian Navy
Canadian National Railways
Halifax
Lapland
Esquimalt
Patrician
United States Army
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Atlantic Air Service
C. D. Burney
Ww. x. Vu
Order American School
Ewan
Wm. T. Cosgrave
Senator Dessauiles
Land Surveyors In
Peace Department
Ond
Presbyterian Church
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