Britain U S Debt Funding Aims To Improve Ties
London Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin spoke in the House of Commons on the Geneva bill, stressing Britain’s debt funding with the United States would deepen mutual understanding and pave the way for future Anglo American accord. He praised Congress for its bipartisan support and noted inflation affected debt figures while leaving Allied debt issues to be decided.
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London
Stanley Baldwin
House of Commons
Great Britain
United States
United States Congress
Council condemns Senate action on CN Railway branch lines
The Executive Board of the Canadian Council of Agriculture condemns the Senate for refusing to pass railway construction legislation. A resolution laments halted branch lines vital to Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia and the impaired Canadian National Railways. It urges provision of supplementary estimates and speedy continuation of urgent work.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Council of Agriculture
Senate
Canadian National Railway
Nova Scotia
New Grupswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Canadian National Railways
Allies Accept Pasha Challenge to Discuss Near East Issues
Lausanne reports that responding to Ismet Pasha, the Allies agree to one sitting at the Near East conference to debate all outstanding questions as soon as final instructions arrive from each government.
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Lausanne
Ismet Pasha
Count Karolyi Arrives in Britain En Route to Canada
London reports Count Karolyi former six month Hungarian Premier arrives in Great Britain on way to Canada. He plans to settle in Montreal or Toronto and educate his three children in English.
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London
Count Karolyi
Hungary
Great Britain
Canada
Montreal
Toronto
Crow's Nest Pass Rates Extended by Yearly Order
Ottawa gazettes an order in council continuing Crow's Nest Pass railway rates for another year starting July 6.
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Crow's Nest
Ottawa
Order-In-Council
Memorial Tablet Unveiled for Walter Page at Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey unveiled a memorial tablet on July 4 honoring Walter Hines Page the former United States ambassador. The ceremony marked a public tribute to his service and friendship between nations.
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London
Westminster Abbey
United States
Walter Hines Page
Voluntary Wheat Pool Effort Moves Toward Conference
Farmers union seeks a conference of business men and farmers to form a voluntary contract pool for marketing Western Canada grain. Saskatoon Board of Trade will help call the meeting if multiple provincial farmer groups approve. Resolution calls for a Saskatchewan conference by July 12 and asks Premier Dunning to trigger provincial action.
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Farmers’ Union
J. A. Maharg
Saskatchewan
Dunning
Ottawa Branch Lines Plan Upset by Senate Action
Officials from the Department of Railways and Canals say British Columbia branch lines contracted before the Canadian National bill are not affected by the Senate six months hoist and will proceed. The Senate’s killing of the bill blocks branch line construction in British Columbia and other provinces.
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British Columbia
Canadian National
Senate
Department of Railways and Canals
Canadian National Railways
US Bars British Cattle Imports Over Foot and Mouth Spread
The Department of Agriculture says the ban on livestock imports from Great Britain remains in effect due to the continued foot and mouth disease. A new June 21 outbreak halted plans to ease the embargo.
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Washington
Great Britain
Department of Agriculture
Sessions Of Grain Inquiry Move Across Prairie Provinces
The Royal Grain Inquiry Commission schedule lists sittings across Saskatchewan and Manitoba. It begins July 16 at Prince Albert, moving to Melfort North Battleford Saskatoon Yorkton Assiniboia Weyburn July 27-31 Moose Jaw and concludes August 13 at Dauphin with a Winnipeg finale.
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Royal Grain Inquiry Commission
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Prince Albert
Dauphin
Winnipeg
Melfort
North Battleford
Saskatoon
Yorkton
Assiniboia
Weyburn
Regina
Brandon
Deloraine
Mor- Gen
Dauptin
Famous French Ace Duellin Killed In Test Flight
Captain Duellin, noted French ace with twenty one German planes shot down, died when his Villa Coublay test aircraft dived uncontrollably after reaching 500 feet. The craft had been pushed to speed limits and may have suffocated from rushing air. He reportedly warned that even great fliers face a neck breaking end.
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Paris
Duellin
Villa Coublay
Vancouver Bar Association backs Criminal Code revision
A committee of lawyers recommends a complete revision of the Criminal Code. The report on criminal justice was sent to the British Columbia Law Society benchers, with H. S. Wood to attend the Canadian Bar Association meeting in Montreal to advocate the plan.
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Vancouver
Vancouver Bar Association
British Columbia Law Society
H. S. Wood
Canadian Bar Association
Montreal
Baldwin ready to reveal US smuggling seizure terms
London reports Prime Minister Baldwin said he would lay on the table in the House of Commons the terms of the United States proposal for powers to seize ships outside the three mile limit suspected of smuggling intoxicants, if U S consent can be obtained. Steps will be taken to obtain this consent.
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London
Baldwin
House of Commons
United States
League council probes Saar Valley events at Geneva
The League of Nations Council votes unanimously to investigate recent happenings and the general situation in the Saar Valley during the current session. France and Great Britain concur in the decision.
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Geneva
Council of the League of Nations
Saar Valley
France
Great Britain
Plan to Wreck War Memorial in Montreal Suburb
An attempt to blow up the Colonel Gault monument in St. Hilaire aimed to desecrate a tribute to local war heroes. A suspicious man loitered nearby before the blast, suspected to be a tool of a gang that damaged the monument a year earlier.
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Montreal
Colonel Gault
St. Hilaire
Recount Likely in Ontario Provinces Votes
In North Grant Provincial Secretary Nixon was declared elected and a recount may follow. In Prince Edward Hon Nelson Parliament Speaker in the last House was declared beaten by 19 votes.
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Toronto
North Grant
Nixon
Prince Edward
Nelson Parliament
Alberta Wheat Pool delay ends in two pools planned
The United Farmers of Alberta board announced a voluntary wheat pool will be formed in two pools but not ready for this year's crop due to time constraints. The Wheat Pool Committee includes W. J. Jackman Bremner Stephen Tunn Pincher Creek and A. R. Brown Westlock. Winnipeg discussion covered cooperative wheat marketing following Toronto talks.
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Calgary
Alberta
United Farmers of Alberta
W. J. Jackman
Brenner
Bremner
Stephen Tunn
Pincher Creek
A. R. Brown
Westlock
Wheat Pool Committee
Winnipeg
Canadian Council of Agriculture
Toronto
Saskatchewan
Alberta Natural Resources Final Settlement Targeted for August Meeting
Alberta Premier Greenfield says a Ottawa conference with Prime Minister Mackenzie King and ministers will open August 6 to settle natural resources disputes including the British Columbia railway freight case. Attorney General Brownlee and R. G. Reid prepare a cooperative marketing trip to coast states, with a July coal conference also in the planning.
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Edmonton
Alta
Alberta
Ottawa
Greenfield
Privy Council
Mackenzie King
British Columbia
Brownlee
R. G. Reid
Sir Henry Thornton
Abolition of Land Sales Register Debated in Commons
The House of Commons voted 260 to 187 to abolish the registration of land sales and leases after opposition from Austen Chamberlain Lloyd George H H Asquith and Ramsay MacDonald. Lloyd George noted each Dominion already kept a full register and Premier Baldwin argued the cost was unnecessary.
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House of Commons
Austen Chamberlain
Lloyd George
H. H. Asquith
Ramsay MacDonald
Dominions
Baldwin
Arctic Cruise Begins From Sydney On Bowdoin
Captain Donald B. MacMillan sailed from Sydney on July 4 aboard the Bowdoin bound for Arctic waters. The vessel carries supplies for a prolonged northern stay and research expedition.
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Sydney
N.S
Donald B. MacMillan
Arctic
Bowdoin
U F M Urges Voluntary Wheat Pool for Prairie Provinces
The United Farmers of Manitoba urge immediate formation of a voluntary wheat pool across Western Canada. A unanimous resolution backs cooperative marketing as economically sound amid stalled wheat board talks. Council of Agriculture agrees to push conferences among Manitoba Alberta and Saskatchewan groups to work out year plan.
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Prairie Provinces
Canadian Council of Agriculture
Indpendence Day Fireworks Injuries and Fatalities Report
A rush of Independence Day incidents caused deaths and over a hundred injuries across cities. Pittsburg reported multiple child deaths from pre holiday blasts while St Louis logged sixty one injuries. Chicago reported three deaths and twenty eight injuries in a close second. Anton Beitz was fatally shot by his wife who said it was an accident.
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Chicago
Pittsburg
Anton Beitz
St. Louis
Western Troops Proceed to Sydney for Strike Duty
About 250 active militia units traveled from Camp Hughes Manitoba to Winnipeg en route to Sydney Nova Scotia to aid in maintaining law and order in the strike area. The contingent includes Strathcona's Horse and Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.
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Winnipeg
Camp Hughes
Manitoba
Sydney
N.S
Strathcona
Horse
Princess Patricia
Canadian Light Infantry
Gaelic League leader and five colleagues found guilty of sedition
Art O'Brien President of the Gaelic League in London and five colleagues released from Irish internment were tried for seditious conspiracy. O'Brien received a two year sentence and the others one year each.
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London
Art O’brien
Gaelic League
Ireland
England
O’brien
Russia Receives German Aeroplane
The first of a series of giant aeroplanes ordered by the Russian Soviet Government from the German works at Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance has been delivered in Moscow. The Dormier Comet is aluminum built and carries four passengers besides the pilot and mechanic with 200 horsepower engines and an average speed of 160 miles an hour.
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Berne
Friedrichshafen
Lake Constance
Moscow
Turks rescind interment order in Constantinople
The Turkish government has rescinded the order prohibiting all foreigners from leaving the country without permission. Only British French and Italian nationals may depart with authorization from Angora authorities. The move affects foreign residents and may ease travel restrictions amid wartime conditions.
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Constantinople
Angora
Australian Parliament enables fifty year national debt redemption
The Australian Parliament passed a bill to redeem the national debt over fifty years. The measure aims to reduce outstanding obligations by a staged repayment plan backed by governmental funding and fiscal provisions.
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Melbourne
Cape Breton Mines Close Under General Strike
Sydney N S reports a 100 percent general strike among Cape Breton coal miners and steel workers with only the New Waterford power house on site to supply essentials. Miners vote likely to strike for restoration of 1921 wage rates while Sydney steel plant fires are banked and troops guard operations amid mine closures and a 165000 ton coal pile fire at New Aberdeen.
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Sydney
Parrison
Feed Bret South
Cape Breton North
New Aberdeen
British Empire Steel Corporation
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