Plans For Better Co-ordination Of Employment Machinery
Ottawa discusses closer Dominion provincial cooperation and centralized employment work. King urges council recommendations for legislation while Labor Minister notes handicapped workers seeking placement and two committees study unemployment. London reports British unemployed at 1,411,600 on May 29, first under 1.5 million in a year.
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James Murdock
Employment Service of
Canada
London
Great Britain
Night Paris London air route tested with ten passengers
A night round trip flight between Paris and London demonstrated feasibility for night passenger service. The plane left Le Bourget at 6 00 pm reached Croydon at 1 00 am and returned to Le Bourget arriving 6 05 am. Strong route lights aided pilots though fog on the return slowed the trip.
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Paris
London
Beauvais
Amiens Boulogne
Dover
le Bourget
Croydon
Fort at Belleek seized by British troops
Belfast reports Belleek and its famed fort in Free State territory are now under British occupation. The British flag has replaced the republican tri-color that had flown from the fort walls since it was taken by Irish irregular forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Belleek
Free State
Forest fires in British Columbia soar past two hundred
Hot weather has driven the total number of forest fires in British Columbia to 261 this season, according to the chief forester. The figure marks an increase of more than 100 fires since last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B.C
Eight U.S. sailors missing after Siberia ship mishap
From Valdivostok comes word that eight enlisted men aboard the gunboat New Orleans are believed drowned in a sailing accident at Amugiay Siberia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valdivostok
U.S
New Orleans
Amugiay
Siberia
Full Authority Granted For German Loan Plan
The Allied reparations commission voted three to one to authorize bankers to propose an international loan for Germany with conditions to be set by the bankers. France’s government and leaders pressed for alignment with French interests, while Paris signaled readiness to act alone if Germany defaults. The debate highlighted French insistence that any loan not reduce reparations due France and the bankers’ priority to French policy.
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Paris
Allied Reparations Commission
France
Bankers’ Committee
Germany
Millerand
Poincare
M. Dubois
Reparations Commission
Foreign Affairs Commission
M. Poincare
Chamber of Deputies
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Ad
Lindsay Ontario woman Evrzanetta Campseer reports back and side pains eased after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound advertised in the Toronto Globe. The ad promotes the medicine as a remedy for female troubles and restoring health, urging prevention and regular use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evrzanetta Campseer
St. Paul St
Lindsay
Ontario
Lydia FE. Frinkham
Passing of Mounted Police Post
Lethbridge closes the MacLeod post established in 1874 as part of a force cut. Recruits trained at Regina will now be stationed in Lethbridge, with 50 to 60 mounted police at the barracks. Inspector Junger takes over from Supt. Pennefather.
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Lethbridge
Harvest Labor Problems Highlighted at Ottawa Council Meet
The fourth annual Employment Service Council of Canada opened in Ottawa with J. D. McNiven presiding. Discussion focused on mobilizing and moving harvest labor from the east and British Columbia to prairie provinces and coordinating with railroads for transportation and staffing. Representatives from Canadian Pacific Railway Canadian National and Grand Trunk Railways attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Employment Service Council of Canada
J. D. McNiven
British Columbia
Prairie Provinces
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian National
Grand Trunk
Seized Ammunition Bound for Ireland on Seattle Spirit
The American steamer Seattle Spirit, held four miles west of Fenit Pier, was searched by a British torpedo boat destroyer. Fifty two barrels said to contain lard were found to hold 10 600 rounds of rifle and machine gun ammunition each. The barrels were shipped to the Manhattan Lard Company at Cork. The torpedo boat destroyer seized the barrels and waited three days outside the bay before taking them aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tralee
Ireland
Seattle Spirit
Fenil
County Kerry
Manhattan
Cork
Bay
New York
Egg Marketing Topic Dominates Regina Retail Meet
Regina Sask. retailers held a convention with eggs occupying much attention. A resolution to shift marketing responsibility for sound fresh eggs from retailers to producers passed the grocers section and adopted by the general body. Officials reported optimistic business prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
Sask
Retail Merchants’ Association of
Freighter Irishman Docks in Montreal Carries Cattle
The Irishman, largest freighter to enter Montreal harbor, docks after diverting from New York. She will depart with one thousand head, the largest cattle consignment ever moved down the St. Lawrence on a single ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
New York
St. Lawrence
Rates under review for Alberta fish shipments
Express rates on fish shipped from Lesser Slave Lake points and other parts of Alberta will be reviewed by the Board of Railway Commissioners. A sitting is planned in Edmonton early in July or possibly in Ottawa toward the end of this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Lesser Slave Lake
Alberta
Board of Railway Commissioners
Ottawa
Oriental Congress of Eastern Nations Held in Moscow Postponed
The Oriental Congress of Eastern Nations, scheduled for Moscow this month, has been postponed at the request of Russian Bolsheviks Foreign Minister M. Tchitcherin. The event venue remains Moscow awaiting new dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Oriental Congress of Eastern Nations
M. Tchitcherin
Moscow
Bolshevik Vandalism Defaces Russian Czars Tombs
Reports from Le Journal describe Bolshevik forces looting and desecrating tombs in St Peter and St Paul cathedrals in Petrograd. The silver tomb of Empress Anna Ivanovna was removed, Catherine the Great’s coffin opened, and Peter the Great’s coffin lid pried before retreating. The act provokes strong public outrage.
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Paris
St. Peter's and Paul's
Petrograd
le Journal
Peter the Great
Public Health Association Elects New Leaders In Regina
Regina men elected to top posts as W C Laidlaw of Edmonton becomes president of the Canadian Public Health Association. Hon Dr Brett, Alberta’s lieutenant governor, named honorary president. An industrial section was created and TB prevention officers elected for the Canadian Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis.
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St. John
N.B
W. C. Laidlaw
Edmonton
Canadian Public Health Association
Brett
Alberta
Canadian Association For the Prevention of Tuberculosis
A. B. Cook
Regina
M. M. Seymour
Gouin on Tariff Revenue and Dominion Honors Debate
The piece notes Sir Lomer Gouin stressing that revenue drives tariff policy while Canada resists titled honors. Ottawa shifts from budget debate to possible tax tweaks as Prime Minister King weighs modifications. Conservatives push on currency depreciation and neutrality in Germany-France economic tensions amid broader budget talks.
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Ottawa
Lomer Gouin
Finance
Sir Lomer
Liberal Party
Winnipeg faces express shipment prepaid rule change
The Americas' Railway Express Company announced cancellation of the rule that express shipments to and from the United States and Canada be prepaid. George E. Carpenter, Secretary of the prairie division of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association, was advised. The change takes effect June 15, citing the exchange situation against Canada.
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Winnipeg
United States
Canada
Americas’ Railway Express Company
George E. Carpenter
Prairie
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Convention Held in Ottawa
The Ottawa gathering drew over 400 delegates with Via. Brench of Wetaskiwin Alberta presiding. Addresses were delivered by Premier Mackenzie King, Arthur Meighen, and T A Crerar.
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Ottawa
Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association
Via. Brench
Wetaskiwin
Alberta
Mackenzie King
Arthur Meighen
T. A. Crerar
Unemployed Veterans Urge Special Parliament Probe
C G MacNeil of the Dominion Veterans Alliance asks Prime Minister Mackenzie King for an immediate special Parliamentary Committee to thoroughly investigate the unemployment problem. He notes many demobilized C E F veterans still lack decent livelihoods and urges action.
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Ottawa
C.E.F
C. G. MacNeil
Dominion Veterans’ Alliance
W. L. Mackenzie King
Canada
Indictments Quashed in British Columbia Election Conspiracy Case
Judge Cayley in county court quashed four charges against Graham Campbell and Frederick Gosby for unlawfully and fraudulently conspiring to affect the election of H. S. Clements as member for Comox Alberni in the last federal election due to badly drawn indictments.
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Vancouver
B.C
Cayley
Graham Campbell
Frederick Gosby
H. S. Clements
Comox-Alberni
Greeks protest Albania mistreatment seek League action
An Athens dispatch quotes the Greek Government saying Greece protests to the League of Nations and the Council of Ambassadors over harsh treatment of Greeks in Albania. It warns that continuing persecution could compel Greece to take military measures.
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London
Athens
Exchange
Politia
League of Nations
Council of Ambassadors
Albania
Lenine Suffered Gastritis Attack May 28
Premier Lenine of Russia endured a severe gastritis attack on May 28 per Soviet Embassy statement. Officials cite overwork triggering the episode and say doctors ordered absolute rest during convalescence to aid nerves and circulation.
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Riga
Lenine
Russia
Co-operative Union Urges Reconsideration on Canadian Cattle Imports
In Brighton the Whitsuntide congress of the Co-operative Union with 1,700 delegates from 4,500,000 members urged the Government to reexamine its stance on importing Canadian store cattle.
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London
Co-operative Union
Brighton
First Whales of Season Reported as Bright Prospects
Victoria reports the first whales of the season have been taken and forecasts for a record catch this year are very bright, based on tidings from coast whaling stations.
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Victoria
Ireland Elections Loom Over Dail Session And Coalition Pact
Dublin reports interest focuses on the De Valera Collins coalition pact and upcoming elections. Michael Collins leads the Dail in Griffiths absence as debates cover north south relations and the Pettigoe affair while a universal suffrage franchise bill and new electoral register loom for the next parliament. Independent candidates number twenty seven areas show 47 independents opposing Collins and De Valera coalitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Littie
Arthur Griffith
Dail Eireann
London
Dail
Collins
Have You a Family This Is of Importance to You
A Niagara Falls reader recounts a three year old case of yellow jaundice in her son, how Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cured him after other doctors failed, and how she now keeps both this remedy and Dr. Pierce's Anuric Tablets in her medicine cabinet. The letter highlights the product as alcohol free, safe, blood building, tissue creating, and restoring nerve tonic with no after effects.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Gerald
Dr. Pierce
Catherine Dempsey
Bridge St
Pierce
Dr Pierce Medicines Promote Home Health in Windsor
Mrs Elton Harding of Erie Street West endorses Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets for lungs headaches and smothering spells. Her daughter also praises Favorite Prescription as a tonic during expectancy. Drugstores carry these family medicines with a Bridgeburg Ontario lab and Buffalo NY address for free advice.
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Windsor
Dr. Pierce
Invalides
Buffalo
N. Y
Bridgeburg
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Lydia E. Pinkham
W. N. Ulita
Employment Service Council
Saskatchewan
Fish Express
Delay Oriental Congress
E. Garrett
the Signal, Watrous, Sask
Canadian League For Prevention of Tuberculosis
Manchester Guardian
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Veterans’ Alliance
Mr. Griffith
Michael Collins
de Valera
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