Alberta Coal Freight Rates Sought by Ontario and Alberta
Premier Ferguson and Premier Brownlee discuss obtaining an order in council to route Alberta coal to Ontario via the Dominion Railway Board. Ontario coal commission members urge action to lower transport costs, pointing to potential public and industrial demand if prices beat U.S. coal. Transportation costs seen as the main hurdle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Alberta
Nnitario
Howard Ferguson
J. Brownlee
Dominion
Dominion Railway Board
Ontario
Brownlee
The
Coal Commission For Ontario
Farmers of Ontario
Toronto Hoard of Trade
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
United States
Advocates Censorship on Wheat Reports
A. K E MacKenzie, noted Prandon agricul turist, urged government censorship of wheat reports from unreliable sources. He argued early, unofficial reports disrupt prices and that Ottawa and Washington cooperation could stabilize world wheat prices by reflecting crop conditions.
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Winnipex
A. K E. MacKenzie
Prandon
MacKenzie
Ottawa
Washington
Henderson Becomes 76th Toronto Auction Licence Holder
Charles M. Henderson, dean of auctioneers, secured the seventy sixth Toronto auctioneer licence for the Henderson firm at the police department. His father Andrew took the first license in Toronto 76 years earlier, and the 1926 license marks the forty sixth year he has personally held the license.
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Toronto
Charles M. Henderson
Police Department
Henderson
Mr. Henderson
Andrew
Kenderson
Co operative Extension Proposed for Agricultural Credits
Prof C R Fay of the University of Toronto urged extending cooperative ideals into agricultural credits at the Manitoba Rural Credits Society conference. He said such an extension would provide adequate and cheaper short term borrowing facilities for farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winisper
C. R. Fay
Economics Department
University of Toronto
Manitoba Rural Credits Society
Gaelic Language Dying, De Valera Speaks in Rathmines
Dublin's Rathmines suburb heard Eamon de Valera claim the Gaelic language was rapidly dying despite preservation efforts. He denounced attacks against its survival as attempts to destroy Irish nationality.
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Dublin
Eameon de Valera
Rathmines
Direct Halifax grain shipment sails to United Kingdom
The first direct rail shipment of grain through the new Halifax elevator was loaded aboard the Canadian Government Marine steamer Canadian Prospector. The ship carried 266000 bushels and departed for the United Kingdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Canadian Prospector
United Kingdom
Geecomes Professional Singer Debuts in New York
Anna Turkey, formerly a candy seller at the Metropolitan Opera House, sang several operatic numbers and songs by U.S. composers marking her debut as a professional singer in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Anna Turkey
Metropolitan Opera House
TU. S
Jap Found Dead In Boat At Halford Harbor
Japanese man K Iemote was found dead in a drifting boat in Halford Harbor on New Vancouver Island. A stomach wound suggested accidental gunfire. no gun was located.
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Victoria
K. Iemote
Halford Harbor
Vancouver Island
Telegraphers Vote To Secede From American Union
Canadian National Commercial Telegraphers at Saskatoon Calgary Edmonton Vancouver Victoria and west of Winnipeg vote to secede from the Commercial Telegraphers Union of America and join the Electrical Workers of Canada. Pacific district chairman M Mark cites communistic influence and financial imbalance as reasons for the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Canadian National Commercial Telegraphers
Saskatoon
Calgary
Edmonton
Vancouver
Victoria
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
Electrical Workers of Canada
M. Mark
Pacific District
Mark
Tom Moore
Trades and Labor Congress
United States
Western University researchers win grant for liver extract blood pressure work
London Ontario Dr. A. A. James of Western University receives a $1,000 grant from the advisory council for scientific and industrial research for work on a liver extract remedy to lower blood pressure. Dr. Laughton of Western and Dr. W MacDonald of St Catharines are among credited researchers amid competing claims and attention from medical bodies.
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London
A. A. James
Western University
Advisory Council For Scientific and Industrial Research
James
Laughton
W. MacDonald
St. Catherines
Ont
Blue Sky Legislation Motion Adopted in Saskatchewan Legislature
A resolution urging Ottawa to enact blue sky legislation to regulate sales of Dominion company shares in provinces was adopted in Regina. The motion, a reluctant annual ritual, faced opposition from W. E. Knowles who argued representations to the federal government were improper.
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Regina
Sask
Saskatchewan
W. EF. Knowles
K.C
Moose Jaw
Gasoline tax earmarked for Manitoba roads
Premier Bracken asks Manitoba Motor League to allocate provincial gasoline and auto license revenue exclusively to road construction and maintenance. The move would yield about $500,000 for provincial road building and place trunk highway financing and control under the provincial government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
John Bracken
Manitoba Motor League
Regina Notice of Appeal in Wheat Pool Case
Notice filed in Saskatchewan Court of Appeal by R H Milliken for Regina regarding judgment by Mr Justice Embury that dismissed the action of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool against Leon R Zurowski for breach of contract. Appeal to be heard at March sittings.
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Regina
Justice Embury
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Leon R. Zurowski
Southey
Saskatchewan Court of Appeal
R. H. Milliken
Saskatoon
Canadian economist invited to Geneva wartime conference prep
Dr Adam Shortt, a Canadian economist, has been invited by the League of Nations council to join preparatory committee meetings in March in Geneva to study Ottawa industry and commerce as they affect the war and to help decide the conference agenda.
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Ottawa
Geneva
Adam Shortt
Council of the
League of Nations
Bootleggers Cut Manitoba Liquor Profits
Bootleggers have profited at the Manitoba liquor control commission’s expense with authorities offering a reward for information to seize illicit stills. The commission’s profits dropped by an estimated $100,000 in 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Manitoba Liquor Control Commission
Farmers Face Surplus Challenge Warns AFBF Leader
Sam S. Thompson president of the American Farm Bureau Federation urges national focus on the farmers sexportable surplus problem in a statement issued from his office. Authorities call for balanced handling of agricultural overproduction to aid producers across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sam S. Thompson
American Farm Bureau Federation
United States
Nova Scotia Government Vows Relief and Law Order
Sydney statement viewed by Hon J C Donuglas says the Nova Scotia government will ensure relief from hunger through municipal sources and will uphold the law. It pledges full support to municipal action and warns that those guilty of lawlessness will be arrested and brought to justice.
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Sydney
J.C. Donuglas
Nova Scotia
Glace Bay
Government of
Wheat Pools Across Continents May Meet Soon
Washington broadcast plans for a February conference uniting wheat pools from the United States Canada and Australia. Canadian officials report U S pools will be represented at a St Paul Minnesota meeting February 16 to coordinate activities with Australian pools. Premier J E Brownlee of Alberta is staged to speak on Canadian wheat pools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Council of Co-operatives
United States
Canada
Australia
National Council of Farmers’ Co-operative Marketing Associations
H. J. Farmer
Canadian Co-operative Wheat Producers Limited
St. Paul, Minn
J. E. Brownlee
Alberta
Fanatics Flay French Priest in Bordeaux Sacristy
Abbe Desnoyers, a parish priest and alleged member of the Order of Our Lady of Teara, was scourged in his church sacristy by about a dozen Bordeaux residents including elderly women. He lies stripped and gagged and is not expected to resume duties for a month due to severe injuries.
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Bombon
France
Floods Devastate Belgian Regions Spark Wide Rebuilding
Brussels faces massive flood damage across Belgium with restoration to begin soon. Authorities estimate destruction rivals wartime losses, with damages running into hundreds of millions of francs as rivers overflow and communities recover.
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Brussels
Belgium
Fire and Sword
Saskatchewan pioneer farmer patents grain stocker for Winnipeg factory
Joshua K. Lambert of the Tregarva district Saskatchewan receives patents for a grain stocker. The device has proven successful under exacting tests and a Winnipeg factory is proposed for its manufacture.
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Winnipeg
Joshua K. Lambert
Tregarva
Saskatchewan
First Of Season Winnipeg Auto Tourist Arrives
Winnipeg welcomes its first automobile tourist of 1926 as John Rusby of Fargo North Dakota arrives on January 5. A warm spell over the past week has left roads in the province in excellent condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
John Rusby
Fargo
N.D
France Floods Cause Heavy Losses Across Regions
Persistent rains swell rivers and delay declines after a week of December rainfall six times normal. Paris suburbs flood as Seine tributaries rise. provinces mostly steadier. Belgium mobilizes relief with 5,000,000 francs raised and plans for 126,000,000 francs in rehabilitation over several years.
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Paris
France
Seine
Belgium
Colonize Wrangel Island By Soviet Venture
The Soviet Government plans to colonize Wrangel Island off the northeastern Siberian coast. A revolutionary committee and stock company will move ten Eskimo families from the Ghoukotski district to form a nucleus population. Settlers receive three years of food, four years of rifles and ammunition, dogs and hunting gear, and a wireless station will be built for contact with Canada, the United States, and Russia.
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Divestock
Wrangel Island
Siberian
United States
Canada
Britain
Russia
Far Eastern Revolutionary Committee
Ghoukotski
New Winnipeg Fort Alexander Branch Line Opens
The first train ran on the new Canadian National branch from Winnipeg to Fort Alexander amid mill site developments. Regular passenger service starts January 20 with a planned town of about four thousand at the mill, and further traffic expected as land drainage opens agricultural potential.
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Winnipeg
Canadian National
Fort Alexander
Earthquake Shocks Western Germany and Hamburg
An earthquake on January 6 woke many along the Rhine, prompting residents to rush outside. The tremor was felt across Western Germany and even Hamburg, but no damage was reported.
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London
Rhine
Cologne
Germany
Hamburg
Cupid Drives Winnipeg Unemployed Singles to Marriage
In Winnipeg the unemployed and bachelor men have grown active after officials announced no relief for single men. With new wife duties added, many jobless men faced a rude shock when told childless families would receive no aid.
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Winnipeg
Cupid
Work Well Together Eastbourne Couple Lose Arms
Mr and Mrs James Sturvesant of Eastbourne England survived a railroad wreck five years ago losing an arm each. They now function as one person with she using her left and he his right arm. They cut food together using both hands.
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Eastbourne
Eng
James Sturvesant
London Institute of the Horse Founded to Boost Horsemanship
The Institute of the Horse has been established in London to revive interest in horsemanship and riding. Founders acknowledge the automobile dominates roads but aim to restore the horse to prominence on bridle paths.
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London
Institute of the Horse
Prince to Remain in Britain in 1926 Rumors of Swedish Alliance
Reports say the heir to the throne will not tour abroad in 1926 and may marry Princess Astrid of Sweden this year. Earlier plans for an Ireland visit and other overseas travel have been dropped, renewing long standing speculation about a royal engagement.
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Wales
British Isles
Astrid
Sweden
Empire
South America
Ireland
All Countries Enter Contest Hymn Seeks Official Hymn
More than 3 000 poems from across the United States Canada Ireland and continental Europe flood the eucharistic congress music committee in Chicago for the official hymn at the June 2024 world gathering. A book of 100 top poems will be published and sent to subscribing countries with requests for music to accompany the chosen hymns.
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Chicago
Union
Canada
Ireland
Europe
Eucharistic Congress
League Official Injured in France Car Crash
Geneva report says Salvador Madariago Spain director of the League of Nations disarmament section was seriously injured in an Annecy collision. His head was crushed though believed out of danger and capable of resuming work soon. Mme Madariago suffered two broken ribs and the automobile was sideswiped by a motor cannon.
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Geneva
Salvador Madariago
Spain
League of Nations
Annecy
France
Mme. Madamage
Afghan Demands Soviet Troop Retreat After Border Clash
Afghan government demands immediate Soviet troop withdrawal from occupied Afghan territory after an attack on border guards. One junior officer was killed and five Afghan soldiers were poisoned. Kabul notes call for prisoner release and damages payment.
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Teheran
Afghanistan
Kabul
PLAN NATIONAL CONVENTION OF PROGRESSIVES
Saskatchewan Progressive members agree to hold a national convention to decide policies. The provincial executive will cooperate with others and meet in Saskatoon at end of January during the Grain Growers' Association convention. An organizer and Progressive service clubs are proposed to promote policies and keep Progressive ideals active year round.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan Grain Growers’ Association
Kiwanis and
Rotary
Progressive Party
Pariament
Rubber Probe Debates Foreign Control And Domestic Monopolies
The House Commerce Committee heard rubber industry reps as it probes British control of crude rubber and foreign monopolies while Democrats pressed attention to U.S. trusts. Secretary Hoover’s stance drew charges of propaganda plus by critics who say tire firms pressuring prices back the British aim. F A Sieberling warned Britain could crush U S rubber supply overnight.
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Washington
House Commerce Committee
United States
House
Black
New York
Connelly
Texas
Congress
Hoover
Umet
Representative Celler
F. A. Sieberling
Sieberling Rubber Co
Akron
Ohio
Britain
Old Country Colony to Form in Northern Alberta
The Canadian Pacific Railway and Imperial Government overseas settlement committee sign a contract to create the Old Country colony "Clan Donald" in Northern Alberta. The Scottish Immigrant Aid Society will recruit, move, and settle 100 immigrant families starting in spring on prepared farms, with 40 already in Canada and 60 more to join later.
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Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway
Overseas Settlement Committee
Imperial Government
Alberta
Scottish Immigrant Aid Society
Lloyd George Denies Plans for New Political Bloc
The Land and Nations League led by David Lloyd George rejects reports he will form a centre party. The group says his focus is on securing a new land policy via a Liberal convention set for mid February to rally nationwide Liberal support.
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London
Land and Nations League
David Lloyd George
House of Commons
Liberal
Saskatchewan Dairy Conventions Bring Gatherings to Regina
Saskatchewan Co operative Creameries to hold annual meeting in Regina on February 5 following Saskatchewan Dairy Association convention. Country plant managers to meet February 2 and attend provincial dairy convention in Regina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
Mee
Saskatchewan Co-operative Creameries, Limited
Saskatchewan Dairy Association
Direc
Country Planta
Port Arthur Man Injures Leg In Woods Falls
Port Arthur Ontario man Earl Kirline fell on a snag while working alone in the woods and severely injured his leg. He dressed the wound himself and put in two stitches but infection developed, and he was transferred to a hospital.
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Port Arthur
Painting Declared Genuine Rubens Studio Work
A painting once believed a fake sold at public auction two months ago for 114 dollars. Dr. G Frank Muller now declares it a Rubens studio piece with partial Rubens execution, affirming its authenticity.
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New York
G. Frank Muller
Rubens
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Ontario Medical Man
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U.S
Prince
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National Convention OF Progressives
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C.P.R
Lloyd George
Saskatchewan Creameries
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