Britain Watches Soviet Aid Shipments Amid General Strike
In Parliament Sir William Joynson Hicks outlined Britain’s stance on Soviet relief money to workers during a general strike. He said recognition of Soviet Russia would not be rescinded for now and Britain would monitor Soviet actions for any shift in policy. Lords speaker Earl of Balfour echoed the government’s position amid anti Russia protests.
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London
Reasia
Wiliam Joynson- Hicks
Home Secretary
House of Commons
Russia
England
Earl of Balfour
House of Lords
British Gunboats Sent to Nab Napning Bandits
British gunboats have been dispatched to Napning in Kwangsi province to stop banditry following the kidnapping and murder of J. M. Phillips, British manager of the Asiatic Petroleum Company. Phillips' body was found in the West River at Nanning on June 8 after bandits seized him for ransom. soldiers were sent to rescue him, and the bandits are believed to have killed him and dumped the body.
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Canton
Napning
Kwangsi
J. M. Phillips
Asiatic Petroleum Company
Phillips
West River
Nanning
Smuggling Sugar Into Constantinople
Sugar bootleggers operate in Constantinople as government duties on sugar push contraband sugar into the market. Greeks Turks Armenians and Jews are involved and one bootlegger reportedly earned about half a million dollars in the past year from illicit sugar.
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Constantinople
Essex County Council warns on corn borer impact
Judge Miller, provincial agricultural agent, told Essex County Council that European corn borer reduced land prices in parts of Essex County by at least 60 percent. He warned the corn belt may end and urged finding crops with similar remuneration.
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Windsor
Ont
Essex County
Series of Burglaries Stolen Goods Value 1500
Vancouver reports a string of burglaries across the lower mainland of British Columbia. Goods valued around 1500 dollars were stolen, with most crimes attributed to experienced gangs of thieves operating in various towns.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Greece Seeks Refugee Loan From League of Nations
The Greek government will request a supplementary refugee loan of 8 million pounds from the League of Nations secretariat. The loan is planned for September after the current loan is exhausted.
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Greece
Athens
League of Nations
Sub Office Opens in Ottawa for US British War Veterans
A sub office has been opened in Ottawa to process pension ratings and authorize medical treatment for United States citizens who served in the British army during the war.
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Washington
Ottawa
United States
Rhodes Memorial Lectureship announced at Oxford dinner
Sir Otto Beil announced the creation of a new Rhodes Memorial Lectureship in Oxford England. The post will pay about 2566 dollars annually and was unveiled at the Rhodes Trust dinner.
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Oxford
Eng
Otto Beil
Rhodes Trust
Wembley Buildings Sold Abandoned at Public Auction
The Wembley grounds and stadium complex, once a famed white elephant, were offered at public sale on June 15. Bidding halted after minutes when the top bid reached £315,000, then a private offer was accepted though the buyer’s name and price were not disclosed.
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London
Wembley Grounds
Jazz Composer Coviello Dies After Bowery Jazz Paroxysm
Professor Nicole Coviello 79, famed European composer and head of the Barhan School of Music in London, collapsed in the Bowery at Coney Island after a nervous paroxysm triggered by a sudden jazz band blare. Born in Italy, long resident in England, he arrived in New York two weeks ago to visit his son Howard Coviello, a Saskatchewan rancher, and was to depart for Canada this week.
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New York
Nicole Coviello
Europe
Barhan School of Music
London
Bowery
Coney Island
Coviello
Italy
England
Howard Coviello
Saskatchewan
Canada
Denial From Washington Over Brazil League Controversy
Diplomatic officials deny involvement in the league dispute that led to Brazil's withdrawal. E. V. Morgan, the U S ambassador in Rio de Janeiro, cables a categorical denial of congratulating President Bernardes on Brazil's resignation from the league.
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Washington
Brazil
E. V. Morgan
United States
Rio de Janeiro
Bernardes
Senate Rejects Ottawa Immigration Act Amendment
The senate threw out a government bill to amend the Immigration Act. The proposal aimed to remove post Winnipeg strike provisions allowing summary searches of premises of suspected seditious associates and deportation without trial for non Canadians found guilty under those clauses.
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Ottawa
Senate
Winnipeg
Rochester junior high system drew Canadian interest
W Gibson of the British Columbia department of education visited Rochester to study its pioneering junior high school program. He aimed to gather information for possible adoption of a similar system in Vancouver.
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Rochester
N.Y
W. Gibson
British Columbia
Edmonton Woman Elected Ottawa
Mrs J J Duggan of Edmonton was elected first vice president at the Catholic Women’s League of Canada closing session. Mrs B C McCann of London Ontario was reelected president.
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Ottawa
J. J. Duggan
Edmonton
Catholic Women’s League of Canada
B. C. McCann
London
Ont
Urge Equal Cattle Duty for Canada and U S
A sub-committee of the House of Commons agricultural committee recommends aligning Canada's cattle tariff with the United States. If the U S removes or cuts its tariff, Canada should mirror the reduction. The group also urges appointing a minister to Washington and beginning negotiations for freer Canadian cattle access to the U S market.
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United States
House of Commons Agricultural Committee
Canada
Washington
Canada Should Develop Own Fuel Resources
Ottawa reports recommendations for a national fuel policy to produce within Canada the coal it consumes. Hon. G. S. Harrington urges government aid for Canadian coking plants, a subsidy for shipping coal to Montreal, protection against American competition, and ending the bonding privilege for American bunker coal.
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Canada
Ottawa
G. S. Harrington
Nova Scotia
House
Montreal
Mon
Dominion
Harrington
Enormous Grey Wolf Shot Near Norway House
George Kemp brought to Winnipeg the skin of what is believed to be the largest grey wolf shot on the American continent. The animal, killed by trapper C. Herman, measured seven feet six inches from tip to tail and was shot about 200 miles northeast of Norway House during the winter.
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Winnipeg
George Kemp
Norway House
C. Herman
Baldwin Plan Opposed by Labour Party in Commons
London reports the parliamentary Labour party resisting Premier Baldwin's coal industry reform plan in the Commons. A miners meeting chaired by Ramsay MacDonald unanimously denounces the government policy as inadequate and surrendering to mine owners, warning it will prolong industrial strife. MacDonald cautions that partial suspension of the seven hour day could harden miners' resolve.
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London
Parliamentary
Labor Party
Baldwin
House of Commons
Ramsay MacDonald
Royal Commission
MacDonald
English Enjoy U S Apples as Britons Eat Most
Imperial Economic Committee reports Englishmen in 1925 averaged 100 apples per person with 38 from the United States, 25 from Britain, 19 from Canada, and eight from Australia and New Zealand. Only one of 70 oranges came from the United States. The debt payment to the United States for American fruit neared one third of £11,000,000 in 1924.
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London
United States
Imperial Economic Committee
United Kingdom
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Burgenland Flood Repeats Destructive Storm Effects
Fourteen communes in Burgenland were inundated by cloudbursts with bridges washed away and houses burned after lightning strikes. Additional communes in Upper Austria suffered devastation as heavy rain caused the Danube to rise nine feet in Vienna.
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Vienna
Austrian
Burgenland
Upper Austria
Danube
China Won't Quit League Says Chu After Seat Assurances
Geneva reports Mr. Chu, China's representative to the League of Nations, stated China has no plan to resign from the league. He cited assurances that China would be elected to a non permanent council seat in September.
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Geneva
Chu
China
League of Nations
League
China Leaving League Reported by Geneva Paper
The Genevois says China may resign from the League of Nations this autumn, following Brazil’s lead, over what it calls insufficient protection of Chinese interests. No confirmation of the report.
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China
League
Geneva
Genevois
Brazil
League of Nations
Bulgarian Peasant Shot by Greek Border Guards
Two Greek border guards are reported to have shot a Bulgarian peasant at the frontier. Bulgarian officers demand a meeting with Greek officers for the purpose of an investigation.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Russian vault search for Kalmyrov art collection in San Francisco
The Bank of Italy in San Francisco has started a search for a $500,000 collection of paintings bronzes and precious stones allegedly stored in a bank vault three years ago. The items were gathered in the Far East by the late Ivan Kalmyrov court artist to the czar. Mrs Katuska L Meyer of Shanghai the sister and several claimants seek the collection which Kalmyrov showed here three years ago and which his will supposed to return to Russia upon U S recognition of that government.
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San Francisco
Bank of Italy
Far East
Ivan Leonidovich Kalmyrok
Russia
Katuska L. Meyer
Shanghai
Kalmyk
Ferguson predicts Ontario election and temperance stance
Premier G. Howard Ferguson told a monster Conservative picnic in Orillia that Ontario would go to the polls in about a year on any policy deemed best for the people. He said there would be no listening to extremist views on temperance and that his government would press to bring Alberta and maritime coal to Ontario. He argued the Dominion should not import 15 million tons of coal annually when rich domestic resources exist.
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Orillia
Ban On Conscription At Geneva Meeting
At the disarmament conference debate centers on conscription with France proposing political handling by the full commission. France submitted a memorandum and did not oppose consideration, noting that limiting trained reserves could be a theoretical option.
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Geneva
France
Conference of Experts
Grain Act bill to be dealt with by committee
Ottawa reports the Grain Act amendment, introduced by Milton Campbell, was referred to the banking and commerce committee. The bill would let farmers designate terminal elevators and set Moose Jaw as an order point for grain. senators debated committee passage and scope with calls for a banking and commerce panel.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Milton Campbell
Progressive
Mackenzie
Committee On Banking and Commerce
Senate
House
Moose Jaw
Sask
W. B. Willoughby
Willoughby
Saskatchewan
Grain Commission
W. B. Ross
Banking and Commerce Committee
Dandurand
George Foster
Ross
Rural Credits Bill Changed by Senate Committee
The senate committee on banking and commerce revised the rural credits bill after it passed the commons. Key changes remove the 1 percent admin cost cap and reduce the provincial board from six to four members, with appointments made by the Canadian Farm Loan Board.
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Onawa
Senate Committee On Banking and Commerce
Commons
Senate
Canadian Farm Loan Board
Senate Rejects Bill Repealing Sedition Clauses
The senate voted 36 to 24 against repealing 1919 sedition provisions in the criminal code. Government leader D Pandurand branded the clauses exceptional and tyrannical, while Beaubien urged against removal. Robertson cited the Winnipeg strike and warned of communism’s tide, urging continued protection for loyal workers.
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Ottawa
Senate
D Pandurand
Beaubien
Robertson
Winnipeg
Rescue Crew Saved From British Freighter City of Naples
The Japanese cruiser Kasuga and destroyer Urakaze rescued 73 crew members of the British freighter City of Naples after it ran aground about 150 miles south of Tokio. The Kasuga reported the rescue by wireless to the navy department.
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Tokio
City of Naples
Kasuga
Urakaze
Navy Department
Protests over yacht firing and coast guard inquiry
Reports say shots fired at the private yacht Alpha owned by Arthur Curtis James as it travels from New York to Newport. A probe also investigates alleged promiscuous firing by a Miami coast guard patrol boat.
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New York
Alpha
Arthur Curtis James
Newport
Washington
Coastguard
Miami
Fla
First auto highway across Great Divide opens
The Dominion Parks Department formally opens the first automobile highway from Lake Louise Alberta to Field British Columbia running parallel to the Canadian Pacific Railway. The route across the Rockies was surveyed eleven years earlier and was opened on June 16.
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Lake Louise
Alta
Dominion Parks Department
Great Divide
Field
British Columbia
Canadian Pacific Railway
Liberty Bell Guard James Montgomer y Dies in Philadelphia
James T. Montgomery longtime custodian of the Liberty Bell in Independence Hall died in Philadelphia on the eve of the bell’s 165th anniversary marking its role in declaring American independence.
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Philadelphia
James T. Montgomery
Independence Hall
United States
Winnipeg chosen for next United Church general council meet
Winnipeg Manitoba was selected for the next meeting of the United Church of Canada general council. The assembly will be held in June 1928 with the exact date to be decided, and the council will convene at Young Church.
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Winnipeg
Montreal
Man
General Council of the United Church of Canada
Young Church
GM Plant Montreal Seeks 27000 Cars for Export to England
General Motors of Canada apparently secured an order for 27,000 cars destined for shipment to England. Hutton and Souftr, architects of Hamilton, Ontario, are designing a $50,000 addition to the Oshawa plant.
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Montreal
General Motors
Canada
England
Hutton& Souftr
Hamilton
Ont
Oshawa
British Expedition Finds 7000-Year-Old Libyan Flint Age Baskets
A British expedition in Northern Fayum reports discovery of baskets dated 7000 years ago from the Libyan Flint Age. The find sheds light on early tool use and trade networks in the region.
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Fayum
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