Gardiner Named Saskatchewan Premier at Liberal Convention
A 1300 strong Liberal meeting in City Mat nominated Gardiner to succeed Premier Dunning as Saskatchewan’s new premier. Hon. C. M. Hamilton announced other ministers in the background but Gardiner led the convention amid strong applause and Dunning pledged Ottawa support. Dunning recalled loyal provincial backing and linked his name with Walter Scott and William Metvyiffe Martin.
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J. Latta
Gatfiiner
Hamilton
Latta
McNab
Gardiner
Dunning
Saskatchewan
Ottawa
Mr. Dunning
Walter Scott
William Metvyiffe Martin
Minnesota members forecast tariff rise on butter
Minnesota members of the house predicted a proclamation by President Coolidge under the flexible tariff law to raise the butter tariff by fifty percent. The move would threaten Canadian butter imports if enacted, following news that the tariff commission finished its butter investigation and sent its report to the White House. Details of the report were not disclosed.
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Washington
Coolidge
Minnesota
House
Tariff Commission
White House
Trans-Canada Train Inauguration Set For May 16
The Trans-Canada Limited from Montreal to Vancouver will be inaugurated on Sunday May 16 starting from Vancouver Toronto and Montreal. Trains this year run on a schedule similar to last year.
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Trans-Canada
Moose Jaw
Trans-Canada Limited
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Montreal
Vancouver
Toronto
Snowbound Mails and Losses Hit Scottish Borders
Cappercleuch Scotland reports mails moved by horse drawn sleigh over fields due to blocked roads. In other areas on the Scottish borders snow has cut off regions and caused serious losses for sheep farmers as goods are carried by men on horseback.
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Cappercleuch
Scotland
Scottish
Manitoba Debate Closes in Quiet Legislature Session
The Manitoba Legislature ended after 23 days of discussion on the address to reply to the speech from the throne. The house passed a customary motion by a quiet, ceremonial vote to engross and present the speech to the lieutenant governor.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg
House
Churchill Says Doumer Aims to Resume Debt Talks in London
In the House of Commons Winston Churchill, chancellor of the exchequer, said French finance minister M. Doumer hopes to travel to London soon to restart debt negotiations between Britain and France.
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London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
M. Doumer
Progress on Alberta highways and finance reforms
Edmonton reports major highway progress as 600 miles rebuilt to secure a 40 percent Dominion grant and 240 miles gravelled. Plans include Athabasca to the US border, Edmonton to Peace River, and a Edmonton to Jasper Park motor road. Banff tourism rose with 22,000 visitors. municipal finances show low bank debt and reduced salaries and travel costs.
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Edmonton
Alex. Ross
Dominion
Athabasca
Peace River
Jasper National Park
Jasper
Banff National Park
R. C.reid
Reid
Dominion House
Greenfield
Brownlee
U.F.A
Suspension of Proposed Rate Increase for Western Stocks
The Board of Railway Commissioners ordered suspension of a proposed fifty percent rate rise on stockers and feeders from Winnipeg Moose Jaw Calgary and Edmonton to Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta stations. The hearing on general rates in inquiry may occur within two months with no date set. Saskatchewan counsel W H McEwen filed the suspension application.
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Ottawa
Board of Railway Commissioners
Winnipeg
Moose Jaw
Calgary
Edmonton
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Reginon
W. H. McEwen
Vatican to take stand on crime news like immodesty
The Asseratore Romane, the Vatican's official organ, indicates Rome will oppose crime news in daily papers similar to its stance against immodesty in dress.
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Rome
Vatican
Asseratore Romane
The
Aviator Killed in Eiffel Tower Attempt
Paris fatal attempt to fly through the opening of the Eiffel Tower ends in flames. Lieut Callot perished during a wager with a friend as onlookers and firemen rushed to the scene. His brother witnessed the crash and described the doomed effort.
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Eiffel Tower
Paris
Bothe
Lieut. Callot
Peace meeting in Honolulu to discuss Pacific future
The Australian Labor party calls a November Honolulu gathering for all Pacific nations including Canada and the United States to seek understanding on future Pacific peace. J L McNamara, party secretary, told A H Ford of the Pan Pacific Union that delegates from the Soviet and other delegations are expected. McNamara said the aim is to unite Labor and other Pacific-bordering nations.
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Honolulu
Australian Labor Party
Pacific
Canada
United States
J. L. McNamara
Labor Party
A. H. Ford
Pan-Pacific Union
McNamara
Manitoba Cabinet Changes In Prospect
Winnipeg reports indicate a full cabinet reorganization by Premier John Bracken after the current session. F. M. Black’s resignation leaves Bracken handling treasury duties. W. R. Clubb may take treasury, with other ministers reassigned. Possible new appointee J. B. Griffiths and R. M. Matheson named successor to Craig if he does not run. Bracken plans electors’ appeal this summer or in 1927.
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Winnipeg
John Bracken
Manitoba
F. M. Black
Bracken
Executive Council
W. R. Clubb
K.C
Brandon
Craig
Oil monopoly in Turkey claimed for Standard Oil
Constantinople newspapers report Standard Oil controls Turkish oil with the government ready to buy all oil seized from Standard depots in Constantinople Smyrna and Samsoun.
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Turkey
London
Standard Oil Company
Constantinople
Standard
Smyrna
Samsoun
Crow’s Nest rate dispute returns to board for ruling
Ottawa March board of railway commissioners again hears appeals over Crow’s Nest Pass rate changes. Provinces British Columbia Alberta and Saskatchewan seek lower eastbound grain and flour rates and a dismantling of a 124 mile differential used for Calgary to Vancouver pricing. Rulings reserved on lingering questions of mileage basis and east west rate alignment.
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Ottawa
Board of Railway Commissioners
Board
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Canadian Pacific Railway
Calgary
Canadian National
Edmonton
Vancouver
British Ask U S Inquiry Over Eastwood Bombardment
In the House of Commons Sir Austen Chamberlain said Sir Esme Howard would question the United States Government and report on the alleged bombardment of the Canadian schooner Eastwood by the US coastguard cutter Seneca off the New Jersey coast. He had no independent information beyond press reports. The press claimed the schooner was attempting rum running.
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London
Esme Howard
Washington
United States
Eastwood
Seneca
New Jersey
House of Commons
Austen Chamberlain
Austen
Teachers oppose larger consolidated school areas in Manitoba
Delegates at the Manitoba Teachers' Federation annual convention overwhelmingly oppose expanding consolidated school areas in the province. Dr Shortreed criticizes spending on liquor tobacco and luxuries as higher than education costs, noting strong public sentiment.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba Teachers’ Federation
Shortreed
Bruce Named Chief of the Stoney Indians in BC
The photograph shows Robert Randolph Bruce, associate governor of British Columbia, being appointed as a chief of the Stoney Indians. The governor receives a puff at the Pipe of Peace and appears to enjoy the moment.
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Robert Randolph Bruce
Province of
British Columbia
Cape Town climber scales Kilimanjaro in blinding snow
G Londt of Cape Town completed a second ascent within a month, climbing Kilimanjaro in four days with two natives. He reached nearly 20 000 feet, slept in a crater, and corrected the mistake of mistaking the crater top for the summit. An American exercise book from 1914 recorded German climbers Carl Von Salis and Walter Von Ruchteschell.
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South Africa
Cape Town
Kilimanjaro
Africa
G. Londt
Londt
Carl von Salis
Walter von Ruchteschell
Prince Escapes Injury at Islington Shire Show
The Prince of Wales narrowly avoided danger at a Shire horse show in Islington when a mare in the ring caused several horses to rear and plunge. He ducked to avoid a sudden swerving horse and, despite the day’s chaos, no one was hurt. Earlier he avoided another horse, and he later hunted in the afternoon, the second hounds outing since a broken collar bone in a prior accident.
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London
Prince of Wales
Islington
Federal rural credit plan urged as urgent need
Regina reports the Canadian Council of Agriculture approved a plan for a federal long term rural credit system and the eventual creation of cooperative credit societies run by farmers. The council debated Armistice Day and mortgage liens, and urged reforms to pension boards and experimental farms reporting.
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Regina
Ireland
Germany
Italy
Canadian Council of Agriculture
Board of Pension Commissioners
Dominion
Canada
Display Of Wealth At Jammu And Kashmir Coronation Banquet
The new Maharajah Sir Hari Singh hosted 150 guests at a state banquet in Jammu and Kashmir for the coronation. Princes were served on gold plates and their staffs on solid silver. The hall glowed with jewel lighting valued in the millions.
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Jammu
Kashmir
India
Jammu and
Hari Singh
Customs Probe Reviews Smuggling Cases and Officials
Ottawa ministers who led the customs department have not always tested actions in the public interest, according to R. P. Sparks of the Commercial Protective Association. Sparks notes some officers winked at smuggling in Rock Island Quebec, while ministers discuss better officer distribution without civil service consent.
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Ottawa
Customs Department
R. P. Sparks
Commercial Protective Association
Jacques Bureau
P. L A. Cardin
Sparks
G. H. Boivin
Rock Island
Quebec
Bolvin
Financial Plight Of Soviets Is Revealed
Delegates at Moscow join the communist internationale session while Soviet papers tout optimism about capitalism's downfall. Finance officials cut propaganda funds by fifty percent with promises of further cuts, and Russia faces shortages of manufactured goods affecting the population more than in early revolutionary days.
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Riga
Latvia
The
Communist Internationale
Moscow
Russia
Finance Commission
To Meet Competition Goes On Sale In Ontario Toronto
Reductions in price of American anthracite and domestic coke were made in Toronto as the city began selling its Alberta coal shipment. Coke dropped two dollars per ton and semi anthracite one dollar per ton. Property Commissioner Chisholm said the Alberta coal competition forced down fuel prices in the city.
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Toronto
Alberta
Chisholm
Cierva Helicopter Tests Loom Across Europe
Four European nations move to test the Cierva helicopter, claimed to revolutionize aeroplane construction. Five machines are under build in England under the inventor, Spain plans two at 300 horsepower, while France and Italy negotiate five each.
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London
England
France
Italy
Manitoba Plan to Rebate Grain Futures Funds
Premier John Bracken will introduce a bill to return money collected under the Manitoba Grain Futures Act. The act was ruled ultra vires by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council after Alberta and Saskatchewan joined in the challenge.
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Winnipeg
John Bracken
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Heavy Catch Sinks Norwegian Vessel
A Norwegian fishing boat from Vangsoy vanished after leaving port and was last seen at four. Reportedly sunk with all five hands aboard due to an exceptionally heavy catch, the vessel is presumed lost with the crew.
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Copenhagen
Vangsoy
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U. S
Scales
Prince
Ontario
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