Interim Pool Payments On The 1928 Crop Announced
An interim pool payment totaling over 26 million dollars is distributed to Wheat Pool members in Western Canada for the 1928 crop. Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta pools report large wheat and flax rye deliveries and a frost damage that lowered grain grades. Saskatchewan pool president A J McPhail notes higher current prices cannot offset poor returns from the frost struck year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Canada
Rameay
Canadian Wheat Pool
Manitoba Pool
Saskatchewan
Alberta
A. J. McPhail
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Jacobs Appointed to Tariff Advisory Board in Ottawa
Hon. James Robb the minister of finance announced Frank S. Jacobs of Dewinton Alberta to the vacancy on the tariff advisory board. Jacobs, a farmer, succeeds D G McKenzie who resigned to join Manitoba's provincial government.
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Ottawa
James Robb
Frank S. Jacobs
D.S.A
Dewinton
Alta
Tariff Advisory Board
Mr. Jacobs
D. G. McKenzie
Manitoba
Manitoba School Trustees back resource set aside for education
A unanimous resolution from the Manitoba School Trustees Association urges the government to set aside one eighteenth of all natural resources under provincial control for educational purposes. The move aims to fund schools and related programs nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandon
Man
Manitoba
Manitoba School Trustees Association
Danville Abolishes Police and Lockup in Honor System
Danville, a 6000 population town, abolishes the chief of police office and the lock-up as a fire-trap and relies on an honor system. Arrested individuals face lodging at the village hotel at the city's expense.
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Danville, Sr
Ottawa Opium Act amendments curb alien trafficking
Provisions to deport aliens convicted of trafficking appear to have reduced convictions from 1549 in 1922 to 343 in the most recent year, showing a noticeable decline in trafficking cases and enforcement impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Grant Hall Receives Audience at Rome
Pope Pius granted an audience to Grant Hall, vice president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, during his visit in Rome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Pius
Grant Hall
Canadian Pacificc Railway
Britain Will Adhere to Locarno Pact
London officials stated that Britain would enter into no military agreement contrary to its Locarno security obligations. Undersecretary Godfrey Locker-Lampson told the House of Commons the government rejects reports of a Franco Belgian military pact and denies any military commitments beyond Locarno with Belgium or any other country.
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London
Godfrey Locker- Lampson
Foreign Affairs
House of Commons
Great Britain
Germany
Holland
France
Begium
Belgium
Godfrey Locker-Lampson
Locarno
Purchase New Plane Regina For Universal Airways Plan
Universal Airways officials announce immediate delivery of a four passenger or 550 pound freight cabin plane for Saskatchewan transport service. The craft will cruise 550 miles at 135 mph loaded, reach 150 mph top speed, with a second unit planned in six to eight weeks, third of its kind the proposed order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
Universal Airways, Ltd
Saskatchewan
No Divorce Court For Ontario Ottawa Defeated in Commons
The bill to create divorce courts in Ontario was defeated 99 to 68 in the House of Commons with party lines blurred. J. S. Woodsworth introduced the private member measure from Winnipeg North Centre. Premier Mackenzie King and Guthrie were absent for the division.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Ontario
J. S. Woodsworth
Labor
Winnipeg North Centre
Mackenzie King
Hon. Guthrie
New York Editor in Chief Frederick M Harris Dies in Geneva
Frederick M Harris editor in chief of Young Men's Christian Association publications died in Geneva after going there last October for medical treatment. The notice comes to his associates in New York with word of his death.
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New York
Frederick M. Harris
The
Young Men‘s Christian Association
Geneva
Westminster Glee Singers Tour Western Canada
The Westminster Glee Singers, seven boy contraltos, tour Western Canada with madrigals, plantation and folk songs, sailor chants and sacred pieces. Dates span Prince Albert to Vancouver including Edmonton Calgary Lethbridge and Vancouver during March to April.
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Westminster Glee Singers
Canada
Empire
Prince Albert
Saskatoon
North Battleford
Vermilion
Vegreville
Olds
Ponoka
Red Deer
Edmonton
Calgary
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Macleod
Coleman
Canadian Northeastern drops Peace River line plan in BC
Victoria BC The Canadian Northeastern railway abandons its request to build into the Peace River country and agrees to proceed only with a 285 mile line from Stewart BC to Fort Graham and a 100 mile Finlay river branch, pending government line decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peace River Country
Victoria
Canadian Northeastern Railway
Pacific Great Eastern
Stewart
British Columbia
Fort Graham
Northeastern
Finlay River
Premier King on the Question of Resources
In a House of Commons address Premier Mackenzie King outlined the natural resources dispute. Alberta nears a transfer with a subsidy of 562000 dollars yearly. Saskatchewan rejects terms. British Columbia gains Peace River lands. Manitoba awaits allocation. a Manitoba commission studies resource handover. Opposition critiques haste, King notes motive to avoid delay.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Mackenzie King
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Peace River
Manitoba
Lindbergh’s Narrow Escape After Plane Capsize
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and his fiancée Miss Anne Morrow escaped unharmed as their four passenger monoplane the City of Wichita crashed on landing at Valleta Field in Mexico City. Lindbergh suffered a slightly dislocated shoulder blade and was confined to bed at the American embassy residence. The couple, returning from a several hour flight, were nearly lost when a wheel failed and the plane tumbled.
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Mexico City
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
Valleta Field
Miss Morrow
Lindberg
Wichita
Employment Improvement Marks Canada February 1 Stats
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports from 6 391 firms show 33 943 employees on February 1, better than on any prior February 1. Prairie provinces saw smaller contraction than 1928, with gains in manufacturing and logging while trade, construction, transportation and communications fell. British Columbia improved vs last year though mining rose while logging and transportation lagged.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Prairie Provinces
British Columbia
Pioneer Lake Captain John Cousens Dies at 82
Marine Captain John Cousens of Port Arthur Ontario died at Sault Ste. Marie at age 82. He witnessed the Rescue the first steamship on Lake Superior and sailed on the Chicora. He carried mail over the ice route between Duluth and Port Arthur in 1871. He served in the Fenian Raid, guarded the 1867 Confederation proclamation in Toronto, and later served with Wolseley in the Northwest.
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Port Arthur
Ont
John Cousens
Sault Ste. Marie
Lake Superior
Canadian Pacific Railway
Duluth
Queen's Own
Toronto
Wolseley
Northwest
Dynamite Plot Reported In Quebec Premier’s Office
Premier Taschereau said a possible murder attempt occurred when he found a stick of dynamite with a half-burned fuse on the floor of his parliamentary office at 10 45 p m The fuse had been extinguished after burning a few inches Police removed the explosive described as of the most powerful type after he had attended a committee meeting.
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Quebec
Taschereau
Parliament
Premier Taschereau
Forced To Swallow Knife In Toronto Robbery
Angelo Augusta, 35, of Toronto, was coerced by two assailants to swallow a four inch jack knife after they found a small sum on him. He remains in hospital with doctors hoping to save his life as one thief urged swallowing with the blade open before the other intervened and closed it.
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Toronto
Angelo Augusta
Angelo
Testimony on Manitoba power deal before Royal Commission
Edward Anderson, K.C., president of the Winnipeg Electric Company, testified that negotiations with the Bracken government over the Seven Sisters Power site were genuine and would have differed if the Hogg report had been known. The commission reviewed Dr. Hogg’s report, with his telegram defending his integrity amid insinuations.
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Winnipeg
Winnipeg Electric Company
Bracken
Seven Sisters
Hogg
Edward Anderson
K.C
Royal Commission
F. G. Taylor
Anderson
HK. Hogg
MacDonald
Radio Operator Sets World Travel Record on Canadian National
Radio operators on Canada National Railways traveled 6,134,726 miles in 1928. R. K. Anderson logged 153,050 miles on duty, possibly a world record, aboard the International Limited between Montreal and Chicago. The system had radio-equipped cars on eight routes, a pioneer service for passengers.
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Canadian National Railways
R. K. Anderson
Anderson
International Limited
Montreal
Chicago
Priority Rights Clash Over Saskatoon Melfort Rail Link
Ottawa reports a parliamentary committee hearing b over the branch line program with two major firms, Canadian National and Canadian Pacific, denying exclusive claims but contesting priority on the Melfort Aberdeen stretch in Saskatchewan. CN argues previous surveys and partial construction justify CN jurisdiction while CPR urges charter grant to honor public commitments and prevent broken faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canadian National Railways
Canadian Pacific Railway
Parliamentary
Committee On Railways and Canals
Melfort
Aberdeen
Saskatchewan
Henry Thornton
National Systems
Canadian Northern
Senate
A. F. Totzke
Humboldt
Henry
C.N.R
Canada
E. P. Flintoft
K.C
Death of Sir James Atkins Winnipeg
Sir James Atkins K C former lieutenant governor of Manitoba and noted Canadian bar member died early Friday at his son Major H Harold Atkins’s residence shortly after midnight after a week long illness and a heart attack. He was 78. He helped found the Canadian Bar Association and served as its president for many years.
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Winnipeg
James Atkins
K.C
Manitoba
James
H. Harold Atkins
Canadian Bar Association
French Aviators Lebrix Paillard To Arrive March 5
French aviators Joseph Lebrix and Sergt Major Antoine Paillard will complete their trip from France aboard the steamer Port-Hos arriving March 5. Their plane reportedly wrecked in a crash about 122 miles from Rangoon but the occupants are unhurt.
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Saigon
Indo-China
Joseph Lebrix
Sergt
Antoine Paillard
France
Port-Hos
Rangoon
Italians Seek Arctic Rescue for Italia Crew
Italians who think remnants of the Nobile dirigible Italia crew may still be found are raising funds for a new Arctic expedition next summer. They plan to lease an ice breaker and borrow a sea plane from the Italian Government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tome
Italia
Quebec Suffrage Bill Defeated in Assembly
By a 90 to 16 vote the Quebec legislative assembly rejected the bill by Willia Treim blay Conservative MLA to grant women provincial voting rights. The result marks a five vote gain for suffrage supporters from the previous year.
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Quebec
Quebec Legislative Assembly
Willia Treimblay
M.L.A
Maisonneuve
Toronto pilot eyes first nonstop Toronto to Mexico City flight
Captain Errol Boyd of Toronto announced plans for a nonstop flight to Mexico City in about a month. He said the aircraft would carry mail and passengers on the route.
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Toronto
Errol Boyd
Mexico City
Helmsman Walter Scherz Dies from Balloon Gas Poisoning
Walter Scherz, veteran Zeppelin pilot who steered two airships across the Atlantic to the United States, dies here from balloon gas poisoning. He was renowned for his long career at the helm of Zeppelins.
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Berlin
Walter Scherz
United States
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Britain
Universal Airways, Limited
Famous Organization
Western
Dominion Government
Seven Sisters Falls
Bennett
King
J. M. McKay
Western Lines
Col. Lindberg
Pioneer Lake
Premier
Manitoba Power
Gers
Mr. Anderson
Sir James Atkins
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