Farmers Decide Export Meat Business Not Profitable
Saskatchewan Grain Growers Association secretary J B Musselman told United Farmers of Alberta delegates that a cooperative chilled beef export plan would not yield enough money for farmers. After a lengthy discussion 1 042 delegates tabled a report urging immediate start of Alberta beef marketing via a cooperative, while Hor George Hoadley noted government doubts on profitability. The article also notes John Galt’s retirement as president of the Union Bank of Canada with his move to Victoria B C.
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Calgary
J. B. Musselman
Saskatchewan Grain Growers Association
United Farmers of Alberts
United Farmers of Alberta
F. M. Black
United Grain Growers, Limited
Alberta
Mr. Black
George Hoadley
Union Bank of Canada
John Galt
Winnipeg
Victoria
B.C
Galt
Earth Shocks Rumor Shakes Los Angeles Neighborhoods
Seismic shocks were felt across Los Angeles on January 17 with nine distinct tremors between 7 10 and 8 30 pm. Windows shattered and buildings rattled while residents debated whether the quakes were natural earthquakes or artillery from four dreadnoughts of the U S Pacific fleet.
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Los Angeles
United States Pacific Fleet
Bulgarian ruler seeks sale of elephants and buffalos
Sofia reports King Boris of Bulgaria plans to sell two elephants and several fine buffalos kept on the grounds of the summer palace near Sofia. The move reflects his intent to dispose of parts of the private menagerie.
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Sofia
Boris of
Bulgaria
Summer Palace
Dr Pierce Remedies Publicized for Rheumatism and Cough
In Coblinwood Ontario Mrs Kerwood Cook praises Dr. Pierce Anuric Tablets and Golden Medical Discovery for curing years of rheumatism. A Woodstock Ontario tale reports her husband’s chronic bronchial trouble improving after taking Golden Medical Discovery, with a claim of near-total recovery.
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Collinwood
Dr. Pierce
Woodstock
Opt
Greer
Sydenham St
Lev
Union Bank of Canada Aids Agriculture in 1921 Report
The 1921 Union Bank of Canada annual report shows substantial support for farmers with current loans and discounts in Canada totaling over 62 million dollars and grain secured demand loans of about 7.3 million. Total assets exceed 152 million, deposits reach 79.4 million, and the bank carries forward a record 541,686 into 1922 while maintaining a strong 53.79 percent quick assets ratio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Bank of Canada
Canada
Dominion
Union Bank
Tribute to Italian Unknown Soldier Ceremony in Rome
The United States honored the Italian unknown soldier buried at Rome's shrine with a Congressional Medal of Honor ceremony. General Richerd W.hik, U.S. ambassador to Italy, delivered the oration at the tomb as American troops formed a composite battalion for the event.
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Rome
United States
Richerd W.hik
Italy
Dairy School Destroyed by Fire in Ontario
Fire destroyed the Eastern Ontario Dairy School in Kingston causing about 40000 dollars in losses. The school produced roughly 156000 pounds of butter annually and about 150 farmers will be affected by the fire.
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Ontario Dairy School
Kingston, Ont
Eastern Ontario Dairy School
Ontario
It pays to patronize home industry
It pays to patronize home industry. Buy from the merchants in your own town.
Influenza Widespread Disrupts Dover Schools and Naval Exercise
The influenza outbreak remains severe in England. Submarine crews cannot sail for their annual Atlantic Fleet exercise. Dover bans children from theaters and public schools close. Northampton reports one tenth of teachers ill. Cold weather may slow the disease.
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London
Atlantic Fleet
Moving Picture Theatres
Northampton
France and Britain pledge to renew wartime alliance
France and Britain signal renewed双方 commitment to cordial examination of outstanding questions. Raymond Poincare sends assurances to Lloyd George that France desires to resume close talks, aiming to preserve peace in Europe and honor treaties and reparation damages. Lloyd George replies that he and his colleagues welcome renewed entente and seek to address issues to strengthen postwar cooperation.
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Lloyd George
London
Raymond Poincare
France
Europe
Foreign Office
Menkins Company to Erect South African Grain Elevators
London officials say the Menkins Company will send the staff of experts to South Africa on January 20. The team includes 26 Canadians along with English Australians and Americans. Mr Menkins notes the firm is Canadian and the materials will be mainly British or South African. He states out of a 1,250,000 pound outlay only about 30,000 pounds will go abroad for items Britain cannot profitably supply.
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London
Menkins Company
South Africa
Menkins
Great Britain
Division of Profits on Grain Resolution Pushed in Manitoba
J. Bernier of St Boniface introduces a resolution to divide grain profits between producers and companies via participation certificates. It urges making mixing inferior grain with Canadian standard wheat illegal. The plan includes annual government disclosure of grain handed, costs, profits, dockages and screening, and basing grain standards on milling quality and weight.
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Winnipeg
J. Bernier
Warning to Farmers on Red Durum Wheat Seed
Deputy minister F Hedley Auld and Saskatchewan Co operative Elevators official D MacRae warn farmers not to plant Red Durum as seed. Wheat is unsuitable for bread or macaroni flour and practically unsaleable currently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
Saskatchewan
F. Hedley Auld
D. MacRae
Saskatchewan Co-operative Elevators
Minimum Wage Rules Move Toward Provincial Orders
The minimum wage board prepares to issue provincial orders for retail workers. Previously rates varied by city with Toronto at about 12.50 per week and smaller towns under that level.
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Toronto
Police Wound Man Who Resisted Arrest
George Darrison a Belgian is in hospital with bullet wounds to the thigh after resisting arrest by South Vancouver police. He faced a charge of obtaining money under false pretences for a proposed paper mill at Coquitlam BC and collecting deposits for board and lodging from prospective workers.
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Vancouver
George Darrison
South Vancouver
Darrison
Coquitlam
Six Million For Salmon Packed In British Columbia In 1921
In British Columbia 603,548 cases of salmon were packed in 1921 and 6,000,000 was realized. Remaining to be sold are 120,000 cases of pinks. France absorbed a large portion of 192,906 pinks while Great Britain took more than half of the sockeye pack of 163,914, leaving about 75,000 cases for Canadian consumption.
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Victoria
British Columbia
France
Great Britain
States Accept Invitation to Study Treaty of Ancona
Chile has accepted an invitation to designate a plenipotentiary in Washington to study the execution form of the Treaty of Ancona that settled the Tacna Arica dispute with Peru. The United States reportedly extended a similar invitation to Peru.
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Santiago
Chile
United States
Washington
Reinstatement Sought for Canada Wheat Board
The United Farmers of Alberta call for reinstatement of the Canada Wheat Control Board under James Stewart. Delegates urge the federal government to restore board oversight of the 1922 crop while world markets normalize. President H W Wood discussed potential government or voluntary pool options, praising Jim Stewart as head of a wheat board.
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Calgary
Canada Wheat Control Board
James Stewart
United Farmers of Alberta
United Farmers of Manitoba
Saskatchewan Grain Growers’ Association
Unvat
Canada Wheat Board
Jas. Stewart
H. W. Wood
Mr. Wood
Jim Stewart
Judge Mabee
Programme For The Genoa Conference
The Genoa Conference programme has been officially published. It lists five topics to be discussed including implementing Cannes principles, establishing lasting peace, restoring economic confidence without altering existing treaties, financial questions such as currency and banking, and broader economic and financial issues.
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Paris
Genoa
Cannes
Experimental Shipment Of Frozen Fish To Atlantic Coast
An experimental consignment of 200 tons of frozen fish left on the steamer Neponset from British Columbia to New York via the Panama Canal. If delivered in good condition, this voyage may shift much BC fish traffic to the Atlantic route.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Atlantic Coast
New York
Panama Canal
Irish Nationalists to take seats in Northern Parliament
Belfast reports that due to changes around the Irish Free State the Irish Nationalists will soon sit in the Northern Parliament, which they have boycotted since its founding, per the Belfast Telegraph.
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Belfast
Senate approves bill to aid famine relief in Russia
The senate accepted the house substitute authorizing President Harding to transfer surplus army medical supplies valued up to 4 million dollars to relief organizations for famine district distribution in Russia. The bill moves to the president for signature.
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Washington
Senate
House
Harding
Russia
Prince of Wales Begins Central India Journey
The Prince of Wales has started from Madras for Bangalore on the first stage of a long journey through Central India toward Kashmir.
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Madras
British India
Prince of Wales
Bangalore
Central
India
Kashmir
Germany Makes First Reparations Payment to Paris
Germany has paid 31 000 000 gold marks in accordance with the reparations commission decision at Cannes. The payment is part of installments scheduled every ten days while the wider reparations issue awaits a final decision.
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Germany
Paris
Cannes
Massey Harris to Put 600 Workers on Full Time
Brantford Ontario Massey Harris announces all 600 employees on payroll will be retained on full time. The company says the longer schedule should hold for several weeks.
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Brantford
Ont
Massey-Harris Company
Milburns Heart and Nerve Pills Promise Relief for Weak Hearts
An ad cites women with weak hearts and nervous exhaustion, claiming Milburns Heart and Nerve Pills restore strength. A Loganville Nova Scotia woman says six boxes cured her sleepless nights and inability to work after doctors failed. Price listed as 50 cents a box from T Milburn Co Toronto by mail.
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Daniel Bezanson
Loganville
N.S
Milburn
T. Milburn Co., Limited
Toronto
States Must Send Delegates to Genoa Conference
Soviet war minister Leon Trotzky predicted the Genoa economic conference would fail unless the United States participates strongly. He said France’s absence would not bar Russia’s involvement if Washington attends and endorsed the disarmament plan with cautious optimism about Franco-Russian cooperation.
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Moscow
Leon Trotzky
United States
Trotzky
Russia
France
Genoa
Franco
Miss Redpath Held Up At Penny Bank In Toronto
Toronto police report Miss Margaret Redpath a Penny Bank clerk was robbed of 1500 dollars marking the first time a female bank messenger was waylaid in the city. The incident underscores rising concern over street crime affecting bank staff.
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Toronto
Margaret Redpath
Penny Bank
Cabinet splits threaten Lloyd George leadership in Britain
The London Times reports acute cabinet differences last weekend raising the chance Lloyd George would quit and Austen Chamberlain lead a Unionist majority in the Commons, Sinn Fein absent. The Times notes this prospect faded as Lloyd George presses Irish treaty work and Genoa talks. Parliament reopen delayed to February 7 for budget work and economy committee reports. Evening Standard cites Irish treaty legislation drafting as a main postponement factor.
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Lloyd George
Austen Chamberlain
United Unionist Party
House of Commons
Sinn Fein
the Times
Austin Chamberlain
Eric Geddes
Evening Standard
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U.S
Unknown
Smeg
England
Dover
Poincare
St. Boniface Presents
Manitoba
S. Dillingham
Macleod, Alta
Britain
Ancona
Wheat Control Board
U.S. Department of Agriculture
G. F. Warren
W. F. Chandler
United Kingdom
Czecho-Slovakia
Austria
Maly
Switzerland
Prince's Long
Journey
Genca
The
London Times
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