Expect Trouble at Cape Breton May End Soon
Sydney Nova Scotia reports optimistic notes from Hon James Murdock minister of labor after talks with district 26 United Mine Workers executives and J E McLurg of British Empire Steel. He hopes a settlement can be reached within 16 days amid a three and a half month mine shutdown. The district board seeks time to study the company proposals and prepare issues for a referendum while noting two or three aspects that seem unacceptable. The miners offer to restore maintenance men during settlement but the company cites mine conditions hindering such hires.
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Sydney
N.S
James Murdock
District 26
United Mine Workers’ Executive
J. E McLurg
British Empire Steel Corporation
Murdock
The
Otmers
Closer Ties Sought Between Canada West Indies Delegates
Jamaican delegates in Ottawa express desire for stronger Canada Empire links to counter rising U S trade influence. They note tourism and commerce mainly go through the United States and warn West Indies could drift politically and commercially toward the United States without closer Empire relations.
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Ottawa
West Indies
Canada
Indies
Jamaica
United States
Great Britain
Crops Ruined by Floods Hit Manitoba Districts
In Manitoba's Whitemouth and Hirch River districts, 75 percent of crops are ruined by floods. Over 200 acres flooded. substantial damage and stock loss. Relief chief C S Prodan warns the floods, though annual, are the worst in settlement history. Twenty seven families now receive provisional relief.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg
Whitemouth
Hirch River
C. S. Prodan
Provisional
Relef Bureau
Abolish Solovetsky Prison Camp Proposed by Soviet Police
The Solovetsky monastery on Solovetsky Island in the White Sea, long a prison camp for political offenders under the Soviet regime, is slated to be abolished following a recommendation by the state political police and the council of people's commissioners.
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Moscow
Solovetsky Monastery
Solovetsky Island
White Sea
Poliical
Council of People's Con Nissairs
Priven
Samuel Leaves Palestine Farewell At Hebrew University
Sir Herbert Samuel 61st British high commissioner for Jewish affairs in Palestine retires after a farewell at the Hebrew University. He is to be succeeded by Field Marshal Lord President.
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Jerusaleem
Sir Herbert Samuel
Palestine
Hebrew University
Bere
Herbert
Lord Phamer
Question of Sea Rates Deliberations Delayed
In the House of Commons Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen asks if the session will act on the Petersen committee report on ocean transportation. Premier Mackenzie King cites Sir William Petersen's death and says the government will consider recommendations carefully but does not plan immediate legislation.
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Osiawa
Petersen
House of Commons
Arthur Meighen
Meighen
Mackenzie King
Ead
William Petersen
King Will Open Canada Building in Trafalgar Square
Arrangements are complete for the formal opening of the Canada building in Trafalgar Square by King George V on June 29. The King and Queen will be greeted by Hon. P. C. Larkin at the doors, the Queen will receive a bouquet from Miss Larkin, and the ceremony will include the Grenadier Guards band, an address, and official presentations before a royal inspection.
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London
Canada Building
Trafalgar Square
George V
P. C. Larkin
Miss Larkin
Grenadier Guards
Mr. Larkin
Canada
France Pushes Bilateral Arbitration Pact Route
France vetoes a general European security pact and proposes Germany sign arbitration treaties with all contiguous nations. The plan limits negotiations to Germany and its neighbors Belgium Poland and Czecho Slovakia with other Versailles signatories only as adjacent partners.
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Berlin
France
Europe
Germany
Britain
Italy
Belgium
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Belgium forms new cabinet under Viscount Pontié
After ten weeks without a cabinet Belgium now has a constituted ministry headed by Viscount Pontié. The Socialist party council approved the new regime by 40 to 26, with cabinet personnel drawn from Socialists Liberals and Catholics.
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Brussels
Belgium
Viscount Pontié
Socialist Party
Navy League council thanks Daughters of the Empire at Halifax meeting
At the annual Navy League of Canada council session in Halifax Major W H Langley moved a special vote of thanks to the Daughters of the Empire. President Sam Harris of Toronto called them the big sister of the Navy League. Provincial branch reports were received. A Danish discovery named hafnium may soon be used in radio tubes.
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Halifax
N.S
Council of the
Navy League of Canada
W. H. Langley
Vancouver
Daughters of the Empire
Sam Harris
Toronto
Navy League
Premier King Declines Flag Action Without Parliament
Premier King states no action will be taken on a Canadian flag without full parliamentary sanction. He would be proud to see the Union Jack represent Canada as a national flag and opposes any flag that emphasizes union most strongly.
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Ottawa
King
Tce
Canada
Boundary Line Settled at Last Between U S and Canada
The United States agrees to transfer two and a half acres of water in Lake of the Woods to Canada, without land transfer. Maps engraving the boundary from the northwest angle to Lake Superior will be issued next year, making the water officially Canadian and clarifying Minnesota's northern limit.
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Minneapolis
Canada
United States
Lake of the Woods
Lake Superior
Minnesota
Senate
Canadian
Western Canada Criticizes Rail Rate Settlement
Ottawa debate on the freight rates bill sees Hon. E. J. McMurray condemn the cancellation of the Crow agreement. He argues the railway commission acted with indecent taste, urges more Western representation on the railway board, and calls for a western judge on the supreme court bench. He says the bill is a poor compromise and unfair to British Columbia and the prairie west.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
E. J. McMurray
Winnipeg North
Board of Railway Commissioners
Western Canada
Railway Commission
McMurray
Western Province
Supreme Court
Canadian National Railway
Canada
British Columbia
Prairie
Unanimous consent required for constitutional change
Ottawa reports the senate adopted a motion by Senator Turgeon stating that no change to Canada's constitution as set by the British North America Act may occur without the unanimous consent of all affected provinces, to be expressed by each provincial legislature.
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Ottawa
Senate
Turgeon
Canada
Geneva Scholarship for Lectures at League of Nations
Professor Frank H. Underhill announces the Geneva scholarship of 550 dollars for attendance at lectures on the League of Nations and international affairs in Geneva Switzerland during July and August. The award is split into two 275 dollar grants to A C Bunce Agro and R Mainwaring Emmanuel, Canadian university students visiting England. donated by the Geneva Federation.
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Saskatoon
Sask
Geneva
League of Nations
Switzerland
Frank H. Underhill
University of Saskatchewan
A. C. Bunce
Agro
R. Mainwaring
Emmanuel
England
Geneva Federation
McMillan Heads Arctic Voyage From Charlestown
Commander Donald B MacMillan sails from Charlestown Navy Yard on June 17 in the Peary bound for Wiscasset Maine as part of his ninth Arctic expedition. Bowdoin accompanies the Peary for the voyage beyond the Arctic Circle. Navy guns, a band, and a marine sendoff mark the departure amid cheers and circling hydro planes.
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Boston
Donald B. MacMillan
Mavy
Charlestown
Peary
Wiscasset
Maine
Bowdoin
MacMillan
Bay
Arctic Circle
Navy
Navy Yard
Ontario Prospectors Claim Radium Discovery
Charles Earl and E. W. Austin claim a radium find in Haliburton County Ontario with samples deemed distinctly radioactive by provincial mining authorities. They stake 1,000 acres and plan immediate development. Ottawa exhibition train proposal prompts senate discussion with Senators Jeanbien and Dandurand weighing government action.
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Toronto
Haliburton County
Ont
Charles Earl
E. W. Austin
Ottawa
Jeanbien
Senate
Great Britain
Dandurand
Growers Predict BC Fruit Crop Matches Last Year’s Output
J Chambers, president of the Associated Growers of British Columbia, estimates the Vernon to Keremeos district fruit crop will equal last year's 2,225,000 packages, about a 3,500,000 dollar crop. Figures cover 75 percent of valley growers through the organization.
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Vernon
B.C
J. Chambers
Associated Growers of
British Columbia
Keremeos
Senate panel backs pensions hearings across Canada
Ottawa reports the special committee approving Senator Lougheed's amendment to the Pensions Bill. It allows the board of pensions commissioners, through one or more commissioners, to hold sittings anywhere in Canada to hear evidence or complaints about pensions.
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Ottawa
Senate
Lougheed
Board of Pensions Commissioners
Canada
Train wreck toll set at 44 in Rockport disaster
Officials of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad announced the death toll from the Rockport Sag wreck stands at 44. At least a score of persons remain hospitalized in Easton, Phillipsburg, and Dover with injuries.
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Hackettstown
N.J
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Rockport
Sag
Easton
Phillipsburg
Dover
Famine Threat Looms in Bessarabia After Crop Failure
Bucharest reports that the entire Bessarabia province faces famine due to last year's poor harvest. Romania's national bank has created a special $40 million credit to fund aid and provisions for the region.
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Bucharest
Bessarabia
Romania
Russia
National Bank
Rust found in Dakota wheat plots at college
Early infections of black stem rust detected in wheat plots at the State Agricultural College in Fargo North Dakota. Officials say there is no current danger of material rust damage to Red River Valley wheat.
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Fargo
N.D
State Agricultural College
Red River Valley
Amundsen Returns From Hazardous Polar Journey
Oslo reports the government and the Leidt Aeronautical Association send greetings to Roald Amundsen and his crew after a perilous voyage. The expedition reached 88 degrees 36 minutes north near the pole, with planes frozen at sea before final rescue by boat.
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Amundsen
Spitzbergen
King’s Bay
North
North Pole
North Cape
Pole
Provinces Can Enact Eight-Hour Day Law
The Supreme Court of Canada holds that provincial legislatures may enact an eight-hour day law, but not for Dominion Government servants or for areas outside provincial boundaries. The ruling clarifies limits on Dominion Parliament’s jurisdiction over such labor standards.
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Ottawa
Canada
Supreme Court of Canada
Settlement Near in Chinese Trouble Hopes
Washington officials hope the Chinese dispute will ease with no further harm to foreigners. Shanghai dispatches say envoys from Peking and Shanghai have reached a basis for discussion toward a settlement plan.
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Washington
Shanghai
Regations
Peking
Geneva Signs Arms Pact In International Conference Milestone
The Geneva arms traffic convention and the gas protocol attracted 18 and 27 signers respectively, marking a record for the city. Britain France Italy Japan and the United States led the arms pact signing while France’s signature was anticipated. Germany pledged readiness to join any gas ban. Canada Nicaragua and Uruguay joined the protocol. The arms treaty takes effect after 14 ratifications. gas protocol activates upon individual ratifications.
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Geneva
Great Britain
France
Maly
Japan
United States
M. Bonecour
Germany
Canada
Walter Riddell
Nicaragua
Uruguay
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Samuel
L. Stone
Alberta
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Redcliffe
Alta
Stone
Share
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McMillan
Arctic
Frozen North
Ontario
President Associated Growers
Dakota
Western
Quebec
S.S. Pittsburg
Red Star Line
Antwerp
Vermillion District
Oslo
Norway
Raald Amundsen
Leidt Aeronautical Association
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