Pending Parliament Session to Address Federal Provincial Powers
Much interest centers on the coming session of Parliament with plans to harmonize federal and provincial authority on company incorporation and shares. Alberta may gain intervention if a key judicial ruling is unresolved, while a St Lawrence advisory report signals a national policy on tariffs subsidies highways education and parks boundaries including possible village exclusions and coal sites.
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Atawa
Alberta
Privy Counet
Dominion
Supreme Court
St. Lawrence
Slayers Die In Electric Chair In New York
Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray were executed at Sing Sing for the murder of Snyder's husband on March 20. Snyder spoke prayers and asked forgiveness as she faced the chair. Gray died seven minutes later with lips in prayer. Ottawa reports Premier Mackenzie King offered no details on the St Lawrence waterways advisory committee's report. London notes Canada may dispose surplus rifles to aid Free State funds. Belfast denies final pricing. Washington naval officials press for 725 million wartime ship program to protect commerce and routes. Baltimore hosts a 195000 dollar gift to Johns Hopkins for coli research by the Chemical Foundation.
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Sing Sing
Ossinius
N.Y
Ruth Snyder
Henry Judd Gray
Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Otional Advisory Committee
St. Lawrence Waterways
Micrely
London
Canada
Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
Belfast
Washington
Congress
Death of Noted English Writer Ends Victorian Era Era
Thomas Hardy aged dean of English literature died at his Dorchester home after a long illness. The 87 year old novelist who shaped English life through Wessex fiction lived mostly in retirement at his Wick and Stone country house. He planned and built the enduring retreat that became his scholarly sanctuary and authored some of modern literature's greatest works. The death closes a long and storied career in letters.
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Pawes
Dorchester
Eng
Thomas Hardy
Farseuws
Hardys
Wessex
Iardy
Tmeniern
Province to test coal tax validity before Supreme Court
Edmonton reports the province will fight the coal tax in the Easter Supreme Court sitting. The case, against Caledonian Collieries Limited, tests the right to tax every ton of coal mined in Alberta. A direct tax would empower collection. an indirect tax would shed $300,000 annually from the provincial treasury.
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Edmonton
Supreme Court of Canada
Irish President Cosgrave Sails to North America for Courtesy Visit
President William T. Cosgrave of the Irish Free State sails aboard the Homeric with his party for a 10 day visit to Canada and the United States. Dublin descriptions call the trip purely courteous and aimed at strengthening Ireland America relations.
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Southampton
William T. Cosgrave
Irish Free State
Canada
United States
North America
Dublin
Cosgrave
Ireland
Americ
Shipbuilding leads world with British yards dominant
Lloyds Register shows more than half global shipbuilding in British yards with total under construction at 3,118,000 gross tons, Britain holding 1,579,713 tons. The United States drops to eighth despite 7,570 tons, as Germany Italy Holland France Sweden and Denmark surpass it. Premier Mackenzie King announces three Ontario senatorial appointments and a privy council member. The Magdalen Islands air mail flight departs Moncton January 11 with pilot E J Cooper carrying about 700 pounds of mail.
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New York
Lloyd’s Register of Ship
Great Britain
United States
Germany
Italy
Holland
France
Sweden
Denmark
Ottawa
Ontario
Mackenzie King
J. H. Spence
K.C
Toronto
S. Little
London
Ont
Gustave Lacasse
Tecumseh
Senate
T. Ahern
Privy Council
Moneton
N.B
Trancontinental Airways Company
Magdalen Islands
Moncton
E. J. Cooper
Parker murder case censors move to ban display
Victoria Attorney General announces board of censors will block showing in British Columbia motion picture theatres of British Columbia pictures relating to the Los Angeles Marian Parker murder case.
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Victoria
Manson
Board of Censors
British Columbia Pictures
Los Angeles
Marian Parker
Alberta Premier Eyes Sale Of Two Railways In Peace River
Premier John E. Brownlee discussed potential sale of the Edmonton Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway and the Alberta and Great Waterways Railway to a transcontinental system. He noted Peace River District’s fertile land with 10 000 acres cultivated and wheat harvest of 8 to 9 million bushels in 1927, predicting growth if a Pacific outlet and amalgamation occurred. The province seeks development without overstepping provincial borders.
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Montreal
Peace River
John E. Brownlee
K.C
Alberta
Brownlee
Sir Thierry Thornton
Canadian National
E. W. Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway
Hdmonton
Edmonton
Dunvegan and
British Columbia
Rocky Mountain
Pacific Coast
Canadian Government Proposals to Replace Two Destroyers
London paper discusses Ottawa backed plan to replace Patriot and Patrician with new ships. First vessel to be laid down once estimates pass. Patrician remains airable so second vessel delayed over two years. Weekly Truth notes Ottawa sought British loaned destroyers during construction. columnist asks why build when borrowing is possible.
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London
Patriot
Patrician
Truth
Ottawa
the Weekly
Department of Defence
Wheat Exports Drop at Fort William Ontario
Canadian grain export demand fell as Argentine crop exports rise. Ursell, statistician to the Board of Grain Commissioners, notes higher Canadian stocks nationwide and links the drop to shift in export markets.
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Fort William
Ont
A. Ursell
Board of Grain Commis
Ursell
World Grain Records Set By C P R Move Peaks
The Canadian Pacific Railway reports record grain marketing during October 20 to 31 with 46,474,000 bushels moved in ten days and a November 24 peak of 5,109,000 bushels. Total grain handled August to navigation end on the Great Lakes reached 172,619,000 bushels in 102,656 cars. Projections by year end place moves at about 196,000,000 bushels over CPR lines. Vancouver export growth shows 420 cars to the port versus 7,098 in the prior year period. West Saint John port figures for 1925-26 vs 1926-27 show expected gains.
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C.P RM
Vancouver
Canadian Pacific
Dominion
West Saint John
King to receive Canadian farmers party on tour
His Majesty the King will receive the Canadian farmers party now on tour. The group from all provinces sails to Britain to survey agricultural marketing systems in Europe and meet technical advisors of the Ministry of Agriculture. The reception is slated for Buckingham Palace at four oclock on Saturday afternoon February 4.
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Sir James
Toronto
Beacheme
Law Society
Ontario
Sir James Aikin
Canadian Bar Association
Montreal
Canadian National Railways
High Seas
Department of Colonization and Agriculture
White Star Ling
Great Britain
Denmark
HLR
Prince of Wales
Ministry of Agricul
Buckingham Palace
Search May Be Renewed For Missing Dawn Aviatrix
In St. John s Newfoundland inquiries reach from New York friends of Mrs Francis Wilson Gray regarding organizing a renewed search for the missing aviatrix and three companions. The Dawn amphibian plane vanished after leaving Roosevelt Field for Harbor Grace on December 23. Friends say they would provide two planes to explore the eastern Newfoundland coast where reports of an aerial sighting have surfaced.
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St. John’s
New York
Francis Wilson Grayson
Roosevelt
Field
N.Y
Harbor Grace
Grayson
Newfoundland
Future Of Sheep Industry Edmonton
Experts and experienced producers told the Alberta Sheep Breeders Association annual meeting that Canada s sheep industry is secure and profitable for modest investment and skill. Speakers included F S Freeborn Dominion livestock commissioner J G Robertson Saskatchewan livestock commissioner and Prof J P Sackville University of Alberta.
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Edmonton
Canada
Alberta Sheep Breeders’ Association
F. S. Freeborn
Dominion Livestock
J. G. Robertson
Saskatchewan
J. P Sackville
University of Alberta
New Cosmic Ray Discovery Reported in Khokand
Unknown cosmic rays from interplanetary space are reported to be found in Khokand, middle Asia. The rays reportedly exceed radium and X rays in penetrating power and a scientific expedition has been organized on the Khokand range’s highest peak to study the phenomenon.
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Moscow
Khokand
Middle Asia
Khokand Range
British Peace Aim Cited by U S and Britain
In Washington, Sir Esme Howard quoted Senator Raoul Dan Durand of France stating that peace is the greatest British interest and that all governments must conform to peace or perish. He defended Britain against charges of hesitation and urged U S support for peaceful settlement, stressing mutual desire for peace between nations.
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Washington
Raoul Dandurand
League of Nations’ Assembly
Millie Howard
Esme
Britain
Dandurand
Howard
United States
America
Farmers Discuss Problems at Convention in Saskatoon
Delegates at the 21st annual Agriculture Societies convention in Saskatoon urged the provincial highways department and municipalities to keep main roads open for winter vehicular traffic. They endorsed short courses for inspectors, grain judging for youths, and urged support for Wheat Pool cooperative marketing to benefit farmers and raise living standards. The resolution on Wheat Pool was presented by F Wright and J E McLarty and carried amid applause.
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Saskatoon
Provincal Department of Highways and Munipal Councils
Convention of the
Agriculture Societies” Asformiation
Deterates
Department of Agriculture
J. D. McFarlane
Macy
Connacht Society
F. Wright
J. E. McLarty
North Battleford
Proposal for Farmers Union campaign in Great Britain
The Farmers Union plans a campaign to back independent agricultural candidates in the next general election. Proposed planks include ending local bases on agricultural lands and farm buildings, marking imported produce, prohibiting imported condensed skimmed milk, and duties on imported cider and fruit.
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London
Great Britain
Farmers’ Union
Farmers
Deforest Contemplates Inaction In Embassy Car Crash
Washington dispatch reports weather bureau paymaster John Deforest considers no actions against Henry A Loward driver of the embassy car that struck and severely injured Beatrice May Defores the British ambassador’s 12 year old daughter. London statement says we are entirely satisfied. Also notes Riga Latvia dispatches claim Stalin may have removed enemies by minor posts or exile.
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Washington
John
Deforest Weather Bureau
Henry A Loward
Esme Howard
Beatrice May
Deforest
London
Riga
Latvia
Joseph Stalin
Communist Party
Caucasus
Turkestan
Iberia
Museum Flooded in Thames Waters on Victoria Street
The Museum Was Flooded London. Sir Arthur Cowan boyle a psychic museum in Victoria Street was among the buildings invaded by the waters of the Thames. The museum was flooded to the depth of four feet with considerable damage to exhibits, some of which are unique on a date back to the early days of spiritualism.
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London
Arthur Cowan Boyle
Victoria Street
Thames
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