Commission to Act on Freight Rates in Canada
The railway commission moves to revise and equalize freight rates and asks individuals organizations provincial municipal civil authorities boards of trade chambers of commerce industrial groups firms and shippers and carriers to submit facts showing unfair discrimination or treatment. It requests ground for restoring pre-1919 rate bases and views on trade encouragement through Canadian sea ports as part of its inquiry. The order directs prompt but orderly investigations minimizing business disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Provincelal
Boards of Trade
Chambers of Commerce
Felway
Death of General Strange Highlighted Soldier in Northwest Rebellion
Major-General Thor Bland Strange, a long prominent figure in Canadian military history, died at Camberley Surrey. He served as Inspector of Canadian Artillery in 1871 and commanded the Fortress of Quebec briefly. He led the Alberta field force in the 1885 Northwest Rebellion against Big Bear, earning the Dominion Government's thanks.
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London
Thor. Bland Strange
Canada
Camberley
Surrey
Strange
Quebec
Alberta
Big Bear
Better Livestock Train Disbanded After Southern Tour
The Better Livestock Train, touring southern Saskatchewan since June 10, has completed its itinerary and disbanded. Organized by the Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture with Canadian Pacific Railway cooperation, the train featured stock exhibitions, agricultural demonstrations via moving pictures and lantern slides, and lectures. A large portion of the stock was sold to farmers along the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
Department of Agriculture
Saskatchewan
Canadian Pacific Railway
Largest motorship launched at Belfast named Asturias
A 22,000-ton motorship, the world’s largest of its type, was launched at Queen Island Belfast and christened Asturias by the Duchess of Abercorn. The liner will trade with Argentina and Brazil and accommodate 1,700 passengers.
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Belfast
Queen Island
Asturias
Duchess of Abercorn
Brazil
Union Jack Background Requirement for New Canadian Flag
Native Sons of British Columbia adopt resolution demanding Union Jack as background for all new Canadian flags to gain support. The measure was approved at a local association meeting.
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Vancouvver
Native Sons of
British Columbia
Canton Exodus Reflects Anti Foreign Agitation
Canton reports a continued anti foreign campaign driving merchants to Mong Kong, 95 miles away, with forecasts of six months of hostilities. Tokyo plans a Braille daily newspaper, believed to be the first for blind readers worldwide.
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Canton
Mong Kong
Tokyo
Nwa
Nine men convicted of crime per woman in Canada study
Toronto Judge Dysart told the annual convention of Canadian chief constables that nine men are convicted of crime for every woman. He added that single men are three times as prominent as married men in the crime rate and warned parental neglect leads youths to seek harmful freedoms, including easy access to films that pollute minds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Dysart
Chief Constables of
Canada
Tornado Hits Minneapolis Killing Three and Injuring Dozens
A wind and rain storm in Minneapolis tore a pavilion roof at Lake Harriet, buried several beneath debris, and caused restaurant floor collapse. Three people died and at least 25 injured as caved storefronts, uprooted trees, and flooded streets disrupted the city.
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Minneapolis
Lake Harriet
Britain Moves to Cut Dole as New Bill Debates Rise
The government plans a six and a half million pound unemployment dole reduction aimed at curbing abuse such as married women drawing benefits without work. The bill grants the labor minister discretion to approve or deny extended benefits, hoping to reduce dole numbers and encourage emigration, a key issue amid current protests by labor groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Labor
Commander Maude Reaches Santa Barbara
Commander Eustace B. Maude, 74, British navy retired, left Victoria on May 5 to sail alone to England in a 25 foot yawl. Storms pushed him toward the California coast where he dropped anchor in Santa Barbara harbor for provisions, expecting to reach Panama first. He had planned to continue to England after refueling.
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Santa Barbara
Eustace B. Maude
Victoria
B.C
England
Panama
Alaska Expansion of Nonresident Hunting Guide Rule
The Alaska game commission announces a new rule effective August 15 requiring nonresident hunters to be accompanied by registered and licensed guides. Nonlicensed individuals are barred from guiding nonresident hunters. The rule widens prior requirements from the Kenai Peninsula area to all of Alaska.
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Seattle
Alaska
Alaska Game Commission
Kenai Peninsula
Cook Inlet
Prince William Sound
Anchorage
Hindenburgs Son Takes Post in Defense Ministry
Berlin major Oscar Hindenburg son of the president has been transferred from the Hanover Cavalry School to the defense ministry and posted as the president’s personal adjutant.
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Hindenburg
Berlin
Oscar Hindenburg
German Republic
Hanover
Defence Ministry
Soviet Grants Suspension Of Death Sentence For Germans
A Moscow dispatch to Havas reports the Soviet Government grants a German request to suspend the death sentence of two German students charged with plotting to kill Leon Trotsky and other Soviet leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Havas
Leon Troteky
Germans sign arms control convention at Geneva
A German representative signed the convention to limit arms traffic formulated at the recent arms conference in Geneva. Germany had previously signed the protocol banning the use of poison gas in warfare.
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Geneva
Germany
Britain seeks Indian partnership in cooperative era
In a Lords debate Lord Birkenhead, secretary of state for India, urged India to join Britain in a fruitful, harmonious partnership. He argued the 1919 act had not failed but lacked Indian cooperation and opened a path to accelerated reform if responsible Indian leaders showed genuine willingness to cooperate. He appealed for goodwill and sincere co operation from the Indian people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
London
Great Britain
East
Fee
India
Elste
Earl of Birkenhead
House of Lords
Lord Birkenhead
Secretary of
Trade pact with West Indies outlines tariff preferences
Canada and the British West Indies Bermuda British Guiana and British Honduras finalize a 12 year trade agreement. It provides improved steamship services and tariff preferences on numerous goods with caps at 50 percent for most items and ratification required by Ottawa and colonial authorities. Canada grants Jamaica Bahamas Honduras Barbados Trinidad and British Guiana key imports preferences.
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Ottawa
Canada
Jamaica
Bahamas
British Honduras
Barbados
Trinidad
British Guiana
Western candidate eyed for railway board vacancy judge Turgeon named
In view of impending freight rate equalization by the railway commission, influence seeks a western appointee to the railway board. Mr Justice W. F. A. Turgeon of Regina Saskatchewan is being considered for the position, the Ottawa Citizen says.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railway Commission
W. F. A. Turgeon
Regina
Saskatchewan
Ottawa Citizen
Alberta Wheat Crop Outlook Sours Amid Dry Weather
The Alberta Crop Edmonton report lowers provincial wheat yield projections due to dry weather, weeds, and pests. Minister George Hoadley estimates 5,500,000 acres seeded with an expected average of 17 bushels per acre, totaling about 3.5 million bushels if conditions stay favorable.
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Edmonton
George Hoadley
Italy would punish speculators as traitors
Deputy Schroni of the Italian chamber urged the Finance Minister Stefani to act against speculators who caused the financial crisis by buying foreign money. He proposed traitor treatment for those purchases that devalued the lire.
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Rome
Italy
Schroni
Stefani
Noted Canadian Naturalist Jack Miner Spends Vacations Abroad
In Canada the famed naturalist Jack Miner and baseball legend Ty Cobb share a private Ontario camp every fall. Miner travels by rail, camps along the tracks from Mattawa to Port Arthur, and has found thirteen lost men over decades. Cobb joins for the last five years as they retreat with Dr. R D Sloane, Eddie Bailey, and Miner’s son Jasper Wilson Miner aboard a portable canvas camp near two railway stations.
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Canada
Jack Miner
United States
Tyrus R. Cobb
Ty. Cobb
Jack Minner
Canadian Pacific Railway
Northern
Ontario
Mattawa
Quebec
Port Arthur
San Francisco
California
Jeck Miner
R. D. Sloane
Leamington
Eddie Bailey
Jasper Wilson Miner
Douglas Gordon
Safeguards Against Bank Failures Questioned
Ottawa notes that charges under the Bank Act of 1913 against Home Bank of Canada directors, recently acquitted by the Ontario Court of Appeal, could not arise under the 1923 safeguards without early detection, amid comments in the finance department reacting to Attorney General Nickle of Ontario.
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Otawa
Bank
Home Bank of Canada
Ontario Court of Appeal
Department of Finance
Nickle
Ontario
Self-Supporting Empire Trade League Launched in London
An inaugural luncheon led by Viscount Jellicoe celebrated the six to eight month stock effort for the Self-Supporting Empire League. The group aims to boost empire trade and industry, urge consumer demand for empire products, and help producers meet needs at fair prices through regional branches. Sir George Perley praised the move, urging Canada to follow Britain’s lead.
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London
Empire League
Viscount Jellicoe
League
George Perley
Canada
Britain
Dominion
Edmonton Government House sale under review for next session
The legislature will decide whether to sell or keep Government House. Premier Greenfield says the government is gauging sale chances after inviting real estate dealers to submit offers. no offers have been received yet.
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Edmonton
Government House
Greenfield
Dissolution of Parliament May Take Place Soon
Ottawa reports the decision on a general election this fall hinges on cabinet after holidays. Speculation favors dissolution 6 to 4 with a soundings of constituencies, a country survey, and possible cabinet changes. Seats will shift 235 to 245 with Nova Scotia losing two, Alberta gaining four, Manitoba two, Saskatchewan five, and British Columbia one.
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Ottawa
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Senate
Railway Commission
Washington
P. H. Roy
Paris
Dr. Beland
Roy
House of Commons
British Columbia
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Anglo Russian relations give rise to worry in Commons
London reports Austen Chamberlain, the British foreign minister, sought to calm anxious MPs over the fragile Anglo Russian ties. He said breaking relations with Russia is not proposed and that Britain will keep liberty of action while closely watching events. Communist S Saklatvala urged severance, which Chamberlain denied, pledging a full parliamentary discussion later. He also noted Bolshevist propaganda in China violates the 1921 Anglo Russian trade treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Austen Chamberlain
House of Commons
Russia
Chamberlain
Alberta Senator De Veber Dies in Alymer Summer Home
Hon. Senator Leverett George De Veber of Alberta died recently at his summer residence at Queen's Park in Alymer Quebec after 27 years in public life and 19 years in the senate. He was born February 10, 1849 at St John New Brunswick and survived by his widow Rachel Frances Ryan and a son. He resided at Lethbridge.
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Ottawa
Senate
Leverett George de Veber
Queen’s Park
Aylmer
Que
de Veber
Richard Sandys
Caroline de Veber
St. John
N.B
Rachel Frances Ryan
Alberta
Lethbridge
Canada Prefers British Business, Says McKinnon
J S McKinnon, Canadian director of industrial exhibits at the British Empire Exhibition, told a Harrow Gate convention that Canada, while in harmony with the United States, would rather trade with Britain. He estimated Britain could secure up to £102,000,000 of Canada’s trade if effort increased.
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London
J. S. McKinnon
Harrow Gate
Yorkshire
Canada
United States
Britain
McKinnon
Trouble In China British Government Eyes Powers Conference
The British government liaises with Washington and Tokyo over the Chinese situation and officials expect a conference of the powers to adjust Chinese customs. Aimed at enabling China to set her house in order, officials say cooperation with China will follow.
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London
Washington
Tokio
China
No-Sense-Humor Cited as Key by Dr. Eberts in Nurse Graduates
In Montreal Dr. E M Eberts praised nurses and doctors for tact sympathy and patience. He added cheerfulness discretion and a sense of humor are essential to endure the duty of care year after year.
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Montreal
E. M. Eberts
Rockefeller at 86 Plans Private Birthday Celebration
In Tarrytown New York John D Rockefeller 86 years old July celebrates with a private golf round on his course a family dinner featuring a large birthday cake and an organ recital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarrytown
N.Y
John ID. Rockefeller
Victoria Parliament Hints Wheat Pool For Five Years
At the opening of Victoria's Parliament Governor Earl of Stradbroke announced a plan for a five year voluntary wheat pool with a 75 percent guaranteed price. The measure aims to support farmers and stabilize markets.
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Melbourne
Australia
State of
Victoria
Earl of Stradbrooke
Madrid Paris Sign Morocco Cooperation Pact
Madrid and Paris sign an agreement to cooperate against Abd el Krim's Riffian tribesmen in Morocco who reject external authority. The pact aims to coordinate military and diplomatic efforts to enforce control and suppress the uprising.
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Madrid
France
Spain
Morocco
Abd-el-Krim
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Maude
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Jellicoe
Senator de Veber
Alymer
Wheat Pool
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