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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 05, 1927
Page
3
President Coolidge affirmed faith in a strong but nonmilitarized United States at the Washington crossing centennial, urging restraint on armaments and support for treaties. He warned against returning to competitive armaments and stressed moral disarmament with adequate forces.
The postmaster general announced that the new Trans Atlantic telephone service will cost £1 5s for the first three minutes and £5 for each additional minute. Wrong numbers are free, and if the London operator cannot reach the New York caller the charge is £2 for the attempt. Calls will be limited to 12 minutes when others await oversea connections.
The Indian National Congress ended its sessions with a resolution mandating wearing native cloth to boost the boycott of foreign textiles. The move marks a partial reinstatement of Gandhi’s non cooperation principles after followers had drifted from his teaching.
Despatch from The Pas to Saskatoon Star notes a survey party of three engineers 34 men six teams and 24 tons of supplies leaving to trace terrain between the Limestone River and the Hudson Bay Railway projected route and Fort Churchill. Reported aim is to study a possible short line linking the Hudson Bay route to Port Nelson with Fort Churchill.
Premier John Bracken announced the fifth and final session of Manitoba’s Legislature will open February 3. The agenda includes amendments to liquor laws and changes to immigration policy.
An epidemic of black plague has caused total mortality on the Mongolian steppes near Irkutsk. The government has dispatched a medical expedition to the affected area.
Hugo Eckner aims to launch a non-stop world flight using a new airship under construction in Friedrichshafen. The craft, 30 percent larger than the Los Angeles design, will feature advanced radio gear, duraluminum ribs, and a light gas fuel enabling a 64 000 mile cruising radius. If tests go well, the first trial flight is slated for mid June with a route Seville Buenos Aires and possibly no landings.
A rainmaking machinery factory rises in Leningrad as the Meliorative Institute reports a successful expedition to Ganji in Trans Caucasus for rain production experiments. Additional tents go up in the Mugang steppe and Central Asia. The rainmaking method and machinery remain unexplained.
Ottawa has advised that January 10 has been set for the Privy Council of Canada to hear the appeal from Alberta British Columbia and Saskatchewan over grain rates discrimination. The decision follows a board of railway commissioners finding unable to settle and proposing the case be held until the general freight rates inquiry finishes. The three provinces appealed for a ruling directing the board to decide.
General Bramwell Booth returning from a world tour urged friendship between the east and west. About ten thousand Salvationists gathered at Albert Hall to welcome him home as he described his travels and urged the nation to value friendship with Japan over armament.
Premier Brownlee of Alberta Hon Charles Stewart and likely Calgary Mayor Webster set a Ottawa meeting window January 5 to discuss settling the Southern Alberta power problem. The talks will cover hydroelectric development from Spray Lakes in Banff Park.
Americans die less from tuberculosis pneumonia and cerebral hemorrhages than before but succumb more to heart diseases cancer and kidney disorders, signaling a change in mortality patterns.
Mrs. Frank A. Wheeler of North Conway Massachusetts has asked officials for details and an entry form for the Quebec dog derby where she will race with ten Labrador dogs. She aims for prize money as Canada’s best and hardiest, with Sepalla possibly joining from Nome in Alaska for a future New England derby.
New York. Premier S. M. Bruce arrived from Europe and said Australia is well served by Britain’s diplomatic corps. He doubted ripe timing for an ambassador, preferring diplomacy, trade links, and extending stays for Australian businessmen without triggering restrictive visas.
Washington officials stated no mutual tightening of border rules has been ordered. Immigration Commissioner Hull urged aliens to carry proof of residence and be ready to show entry points to facilitate reentry. A Vancouver despatch noted Britons with U S ties found barred from returning during a sudden tightening.
R A Blatchford MP says air mail service for Canada is probable with Edmonton as a leading western testing site. The Postmaster General is considering the plan after a letter from Canada’s postal authorities. High River Field officers will visit Edmonton early next year to conduct winter flying experiments.
Millerande declares against ratification of the Washington war debt funding agreement in an interview with L Avenir on the eve of launching his Senate reelection bid. He argues the pact unfairly burdens his country and signals a broader critique of postwar financial arrangements.
Yorkion reports twenty barrels of crude oil from the Ross well in Grandview Manitoba were shipped to Winnipeg for exhibition and advertising. The supplier claims it is the first crude oil ever shipped from either Manitoba or Saskatchewan.
The Canadian Pacific liner Melita arrived in Antwerp in mid November as the 10000th ship this year, prompting King Albert to send congratulations to the Burgomaster. Crowds celebrated Captain A H Notley and the crew at a grand Hotel de Ville luncheon. W D Grosset of Canadian Pacific Belgium was knighted, joining a ceremony with the Burgomaster and officials.
Dr Hugh Campbell Ross of London director of the McFadden Research Foundation and head of the Lister Institute of Preventative Medicine died at sea aboard the liner Narkunda while en route to England. He was 58 and had served in the South African War.
Ottawa reports RCMP Constable Frederick Rhodes died after lighting a fire with gasoline at Fort Rae in the far north. Constable F L Armstrong was injured as a four gallon can exploded enveloping Rhodes in flames. Fire consumed the barracks and belongings.
Captain George H Wilkins plans to resume Arctic exploration from Seattle on February 5 heading to Fairbanks then to Point Barrow. Two planes, the Alaskan and the Detroiter, will be combined to fly toward the North Pole after loading 3,500 gallons of gasoline at Point Barrow. Previous start was delayed by weather and mishaps last spring.
Vancouver liquor exporters fear a $350000 seizure of the auxiliary schooner Chris Moeller signals possible Canadian enforcement alignment with U S prohibition. They warn heavy litigation costs and border pressures could ruin the trade, drive exporters from business, and erode profits amid cross border tension.
Frederick Palmer of the British Institute of Civil Engineers told the Ottawa Engineering Institute of Canada luncheon that irrigation and railway networks have dispelled the famine threat in India. He noted low transport costs and growing freight by rail, with cheap ton mile charges aiding vast development.
An expedition led by Professor S A Mitchell from the University of Virginia McCormick Observatory will travel to Norway to observe a total solar eclipse on June 29. The path of totality passes the North of England, then Norway, Atlantic, and Northern Siberia, with totality lasting about 30 seconds. The team favors Norway for weather conditions.
There are 131 applications for divorce awaiting the reopening of Parliament in February. Of these, 21 are residents of Ontario and ten from Quebec. Most of the other provinces have divorce courts of their own and do not come to Ottawa to have marriages annulled.
The Mexican Senate ratified the British Mexican claims convention for revolutionary damages suffered by British subjects from 1910 to 1922. It also amended the treaty of commerce between Mexico and France.
Prime Minister Mackenzie King sent a formal letter from Canada to the Japanese general consulate in Ottawa expressing sympathy with the people of Japan on the death of Emperor Hirohito. The gesture follows wartime Allied alliances and diplomatic condolences.
A telegram via Berlin reports the U S steamer Astoria foundered in the Black Sea near Bavaria Romania with loss of lives.
A report notes that the current price of a horseshoe in Germany equals the value of a horse ten years earlier, reflecting unusual price parity between gear and livestock.
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