Return of Resources to Provinces Weighs Dominion Plans
Ottawa expects a new year of significant developments in federal provincial financial relations affecting subsidies. Negotiations with western provinces over resource returns and delimitation of powers are on the agenda, with highway funding ending and technical education aid lapsing. Saskatchewan may seek full subsidy of 1,125,000 annually as its population nears 800,000.
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Ottawa
Minion
Dominion
Saskatchewan
Vancouver Grain Trade Aims to Aid Port and Railways
Leslie H. Boyd chair of the Dominion Board of Grain Commissioners pledges effort to support Vancouver grain handling as US ports eye Canada grain. Banquet marks 80 millionth bushel with over a hundred grain and shipping men including James Robinson Matthew Snow and Rathbone present. Vancouver harbor board chairman predicts 120 millionth bushel in 1928 29 season.
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Vancouver
Board of Grain Commissioners of Canada
United States
Canada
Leslie H. Boyd
Dominion Board of Grain Commissioners
Vancouver Merchants’ Exchange
Mr. Boyd
James Robinson
Matthew Snow
Rathbone
Board of Grain Commissioners
Col
R. D. Williams
F. R. McD. Russell
Chetwode Named General Staff Chief in India
General Sir Philip Chetwode, a member of the army council, is appointed chief of the general staff in India succeeding Lieut General A Skeen. At 59 he has served throughout the war and previously led the Aldershot command. He authored the plan that guided the Palestine offensive.
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London
Philip Chetwode
Army Council
India
A. Skeen
W. R. Birdwood
Chetwode
Edmund Altenby
Palestine
Aldershot
Pupils In Port Arthur Schools To Begin Piano Lessons
Port Arthur public school students will be offered piano lessons at the fall term start. The Board of Education approved the program with the Canadian Bureau for the Advancement of Music authorized to arrange the details.
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Port Arthur
Ont
Board of Education
Canadian Bureau For the Advancement of Music
Memorial cairn planned for Nick Sheran in Lethbridge
Plans move forward for a July 18 unveiling of a memorial cairn in Lethbridge honoring Nick Sheran Alberta's first coal producer who opened the first Belly River mine in 1872.
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Lethbridge
Alta
Nick Sheran
Alberta
Belly River
Tragedy in Belgrade as Deputy Fires on Parliament
In Belgrade two Serbian MPs die after Radical deputy Punica Ratchitch fires six shots during a session. Paul Raditch, Stefan Raditch’s nephew, is killed. Stefan Raditch wounded. Dr Bazaritchek dies en route to hospital. Dr Pernar and Grandja Jelasitch injured. The attack follows intense clashes over government policy and the Nettune accord with Italy. The incident echoes a royal-era assassination and sparks nationwide fury.
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Belgrade
Jugo-Slavia
Punica Ratchitch
National Assembly
Paul Raditch
Stefan Raditch
Bazaritchek
Italy
Privy Council Rules Habeas Corpus Jurisdiction for Dominions
A Privy Council ruling holds that judges of unified high courts retain authority to entertain habeas corpus writs in term or vacation. The decision, on appeal from Nigeria, centers on Eshugbayi Eleko and Nigerian Supreme Court limits on Mr Justice Tew. The judgment underscores ongoing habeas corpus powers across Britain and overseas dominions.
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London
Britain
Dominions
Judicial Committee of the
Privy Council
Nigeria
Supreme Court of Nigeria
Eshugbayi Eleko
Nigerian Supreme Court
Justice Tew
Eshugbayi
Earhart deflects hero worship for London flight
Amelia Earhart tells London newspaper men she did not seek hero worship during her brief England stay. She credits Lt. Stultz with guiding the flight and praises his skill, saying the credit belongs to him rather than to herself.
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London
Poland deploys three light cruisers to Vistula mouth
Warsaw reports the government ordered three light cruisers to anchor at the Vistula mouth as a signal to Danzig that Poland resists interference with its merchant marine. Danzig authorities earlier blocked several Polish freighters from docking at Danzig piers, drawing protests from Danzigers who call the ships a safety threat.
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Warsaw
Vistula
Danzig
Poland
Rotary appoints James W. Davidson to world tour
Calgary resident James W. Davidson author explorer and diplomat has accepted appointment as special representative of International Rotary. He will tour world clubs already organized and survey countries not yet in Rotary.
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Minneapolis
James W- Davidson
Calgary
Alta
International Rotary
Rotary
Toronto Authors to Attend Calgary Convention Opening July Fourth
A Toronto Authors' Association contingent will attend the annual Calgary convention starting July 4. Participants include Dr. Charles G. D. Roberts national president E. M. Hardy national secretary and J. M. Kison treasurer.
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Toronto
Authors’ Association
Calgary
Charles G. D. Roberts
E. M. Hardy
J. M. Kison
Narrow escape of window cleaner at Grain Exchange building
Steve Habuza, a window cleaner, clung to a thirdStory window sill of the Grain Exchange building in Winnipeg after a heavy sash fell and crushed his fingers. He survived by holding on until rescue arrived, ending a dire fall.
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Winnipeg
Grain Exchange
Steve Habuza
Twenty Five Tourists Rescued From Pike’s Peak Snowstorm
Colorado Springs reports twenty five tourists stranded on Pike’s Peak summit for 24 hours during a severe spring snowstorm. A snow plow reached the group after telegraph lines were restored, bringing aid to the isolated travelers including several children.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Pike's Peak
Hudson Bay Railway push continues toward Fort Churchill
The Hudson Bay Railway project advances with extensive grading near Mileage 356 from The Pas and a northward route to Fort Churchill. About 156 miles of track remain. dredge loss may delay harbor works at Churchill. an aeroplane base is planned once ice allows flight from Cormorant Lake to the port.
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Pas
Kettle Rapids
Fort Churchill
Fort Nelson
Churchill
Department of Railways
Dunning
Exchequer
Beach
Canada
Labrador
Port Nelson
Department of National Defence
Cormorant Lake
Scottish Youths For Canada Train 390 Lads For Farms
James M. Maltman of Glasgow parish council visits Canada to study migration as a solution to old country relief, noting 8000 parish residents on relief. He aims to train boys for settlement, excluding reformatories, after careful selection. He brings 390 youths already placed on Dominion farms.
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Toronto
James M. Maltman
Glasgow
Scotland
Canada
Dominion
Storm Toll Rises as Storms Hit Southwest States
Storms in the Southwest bring three more deaths in Kansas City and widespread damage. Tornadoes strike Oklahoma communities while Kansas and Missouri endure high winds floods and hail. The death toll reaches 12 with numerous injuries and the Red Cross reports about 2200 homeless.
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Kansas City
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Red Cross
New land settlement scheme for military families announced
London reports a new plan will settle 30 soldiers and their families in Canada next spring. Heads of families must be 40 or younger, with a 45 year limit in special cases where the family is considered highly desirable.
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London
Canada
Trade Treaty Signed Between United States and Austria
A treaty of amity and trade was signed in Vienna by Chancellor Seipel and United States Ambassador Albert Henry Washburn. The pact establishes formal economic ties and diplomatic cooperation between the two nations.
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Vienna
Austria
United States
Seipel
Albert Henry Washburn
Will Give Canada Helping Hand
A photograph shows a cheerful group of young women who recently arrived in Canada for domestic work. They came to Montreal after a pleasant voyage on the Canadian Pacific Steamship Melita, guided by the ship's conductress who advised pursuing paid work over house keeping to gain independence.
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Montreal
Canadian Pacific
Melita
Must Make Restitution Chicago Mayor and Three Others Owe $1 732 279 To City Treasury
Chicago officials William Hale Thompson Michael J Flaherty George F Harding and Percival B Coffin were found in circuit court to have conspired in hiring real estate experts for work under the Thompson administration at a cost of 1 732 279 to the city. Judge Fugo Friend ordered restitution to the city treasury, ending the two year suit which cited dual aims to undermine Thompson era politics and benefit the conspirators personally.
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Chicago
City Treasury
Tils
William Hale Thompson
Michael J. Flaherty
George F. Harding
Percival B. Coffin
Thompson
Fugo Friend
Navy chief defends naval shield over treaties in Saint John
President Sam Harris of Toronto told the Navy League annual meeting that defence by sea remains the Empire’s sure shield and Canada must pay a fair share for protecting overseas trade. The session reviewed the organization’s finances with endowment securities at $455,000 and a general fund surplus of $19,721.53 as of December 31, 1927.
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Saint John
N.B
Navy
Sam Harris
Toronto
Navy League
Canada
League
General Fund
Lynching Condemned as Officials Probe Powell Hanging
Houston officials from city, county, and state mobilized after eight masked men abducted Robert Powell from a hospital and hanged him from a bridge. The incident, occurring amid national attention, prompted a $10,000 city council appropriation for a six member investigative committee including two African Americans.
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Houston
Texas
Robert Powell
Nobile Party Receives Relief After Long Wait
In Spitzbergen the Italia explorers led by General Umberto Nobile were found on an ice floe by Major Maddalena who dropped them guns ammo and food. The first relief arrived twenty six days after the dirigible crashed and search planes flew overhead as Amundsen guided hopes for further rescue.
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King's Bay
Spitzbergen
Umberto Nobile
Italia
Maddalena
North Pole
Nobile
Italy
Lieut. Cagna
Atelli
Rampini
Europe
Amundsen
H. Riiser-Larsen
Larsen
North Cape
British prestige among nations is maintained
Sir Donald MacLean told delegates at the International Rotary Convention that England will become mightier and can cooperate with the United States and Canada to shape a world worthy of Christian civilization. He defended the dole system as unemployment pay earned through national insurance and not charity.
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Minneapolis
England
Donald MacLean
House of Commons
British Empire
International Rotary
Sir Donald
United States
Canada
Dole
Trapper Missing in North Alberta Snowed Trail
Edmonton reports fear for Walter Reamer a trapper from Fort Fitzgerald overdue on northern Alberta patrols. A search party led by Constable Baynes hunts the missing man as cold northern posts warn of hazards in the furs chase. Nearby, 70 year old trapper John Wickstrom was found dead in his Athabasca River shack likely in his sleep.
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Edmonton
Alta
Northland
Alberta
Baynes
Fort Fitzgerald
Walter Reamer
Athabasca River
Athabasca
John Wickstrom
American navigator hints at westward Atlantic flight goal
Harry W. Lyon, navigator of the trans Pacific plane Southern Cross, said he and radio operator James W. Warner plan to prepare for a Ireland to America flight upon return to the United States. He would invite Captains Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm to join. Lyon argued the westward Atlantic crossing had not yet been properly accomplished.
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Sydney
N.S.W
Harry W. Lyon
Southern Cross
James W. Warner
United States
Ireland
America
Charles Kingsford- Smith
Charles Ulm
Lyon
Atlantic
Visit by Lord and Lady Willingdon to Open Norse Celebration
Winnipeg residents will welcome Lord and Lady Willingdon on Saturday July 7 as His Excellency agrees to formally open the Norse celebration in River Park. The information comes via J. S. McDiarmid M.P. who has been in contact with Rideau Hall.
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Winnipeg
Lord and Lady Willingdon
River Park
J. S. McDiarmid
M.P
Rideau Hall
Governor James O Grady Sends Beam Wireless Greeting
The island of Tasmania Governor James O Grady greets the Canadian Prime Minister to mark the inauguration of beam wireless between Canada and the Australasian Dominions. The message was received in Ottawa on the new route.
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Ottawa
James O'Grady
Tasmania
Beam Wireless
Canada
Australasian Dominions
Edinburgh doctor wins Trudeau medal for tuberculosis work
Sir Robert Philips of Edinburgh, president of the British Medical Society, received the Trudeau medal at the National Tuberculosis Association convention in Portland Oregon. The prize is the most coveted honor for scientists battling tuberculosis.
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Portland
Ore
Robert Philips
Edinburgh
British Medical Society
Trudeau
National Tuberculosis Association
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Stultz
Authors’ Convention
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H. B. Road
Hudson Bay Railway
B.C
John D. MacLean
British Columbia
Liberal Party
MacLean
Prince Edward Island
John Oliver
Treasury
Texas City
North
Harry Lyon
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