Privy Council May Investigate Grain Quality Dispute
Canadian grain shipments to foreign buyers face scrutiny as a London mediated arbitration tests the validity of the London Corn Exchange contract and the Canadian government final certificate. German traders argue the barley defect was observable, prompting potential Privy Council review. Canada’s grain trade and wheat pools await the findings with concern.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Privy Council of England
Germany
London Corn Exchange
England
Corn Exchange
Privy Council
German Grain Exchange
British Board of Arbitration
U.S.A
Board of Arbitration
Organized Grain Trade of
Wheat Pools of
Fire claims 114 lives in Igolkino theatre tragedy
A wooden moving picture theatre in Igolkino Vladimir province suffered a fatal fire with one exit. One hundred fourteen people, including many parents, perished while 11 were severely injured and six slightly hurt. The education department to aid orphans. state relief totaling 15 million rubles with more to follow.
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Moscow
Igolkino
Vladimir
Education Department
Rancher Earl Arrives With Son At Avon Castle Hampshire
Amid cheers from estate workers and fog signals, the Alberta born rancher earl and his son Viscount Percival arrived at Avon Castle in Hampshire, marking a notable visit to the family seat.
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Southampton
England
Earl
Alberta
Tenth Earl of
Land Sale in Springwater North West Territory
Springwater Saskatchewan reports a major land deal in which R H Bourk sells 15 sections of farm land to a group identified as Mennonites for about 90000 dollars. Bourk, a pioneer-era farmer, is noted as a prominent local figure.
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Springwater, Sask
R. H. Bourk
Mr. Bourk
Berlin Warsaw Dr Hugo Beckener Eyes Rio Flight
Berlin commander Dr Hugo Beckener of the German dirigible Graf Zeppelin says a Friedrichshafen to Rio de Janeiro flight is being considered this year.
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Berlin
Hugo Beckener
Craf Zeppelin
Friedrichshafen
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Reparations Talks Focus On Annuity Amounts And Timelines
An experts committee debates how much and how long annuities will cover Germanys debt. France seeks ten billion marks for immediate payment, Belgium wants six billion for counterfeit currency, Britain about four billion, and the United States may seek further reimbursement from prior war debts. A plenary session may follow as conciliation grows.
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Paris
Germany
France
Belgium
Great Britain
United States
Plans Another Trip Over Niagara Falls
Jean Lussier a French Canadian who rode the falls last summer in a rubber ball plans a second daylight trip on July 4 with a six foot parlor ball electric lighting and full padding to stay upright and escape injury.
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Niagara Falls
N.Y
Jean Lussier
Lussier
William “Red” Hill
No Disarmament Conference This Year
Geneva reports there will be no general disarmament conference this year. The earliest convocation would be spring 1930, but likely fall before it can be held due to slow progress. The League of Nations notes the Preparatory Disarmament Commission needs at least two more sessions to agree on a draft convention.
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Geneva
League of Nations
League
Prize afloat in China coast salvage contest
A three corner contest among wind and waves, Japanese salvagers and hundreds of Chinese pirates for a prize over 1 million dollars unfolds off the China coast eighty miles from Shanghai in the Yangtze estuary. The reward is the North German Lloyd steamer Geissen wrecked on Button Rock.
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Shanghai
China
Yangtse Estuary
Alberta Legislature Prorogued After Passage of Bills
Edmonton Alberta March 20 session ends as Lieutenant Governor William Egbert consents in the name of the King to the passage of numerous bills and approves supply for the government in the sixth Legislature.
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Edmonton
Alta
William Egbert
Bequests for English Charities in Horne Payne Will
R M Horne Payne, once with the British Columbia Electric Railways, left a will here naming several bequests to English charities. The estate totals about 700000 dollars.
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London
England
R. M. Hornepayne
British Columbia Electric Railways
Long Search Rewarded Years Ago in Kidnapping Case
Kansas City Kansas reports A A Wilhite, age 60, reunited with his son F H Bixler after forty years of searching. The son now 41 is a Kent Ohio farmer. His mother died at birth and grandmother Mrs Sarah Lewis ran away with the child from Emporia Kansas. Alfred Bixler also disappeared from Emporia. The boy grew up as Bixler.
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Kansas City
Kansas
A. A. Wilhite
F. H. Bixler
Kent
Ohio
Sarah Lewis
Emporia
Alfred Bixler
Bixler
Danube Flood Wreaks Havoc Across Bratislava
Thousands of families along the Danube’s right bank lose homes cattle and belongings in the worst flood since 1872. The great river swollen by thawing ice rises steadily and bells toll as residents flee for their lives along its 1800 mile length.
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Bratislava
Czecho - Slovakia
Danube
Marshal Foch Succumbs After Long Illness
Paris. Marshal Ferdinand Foch legendary generalissimo of the Allied armies in the great war died at his home after a lengthy illness at age 77. He had fought a last campaign of grit against heart trouble kidney disease and lung infection until a sudden heart collapse ended his endurance. The national funeral will be the sixth in France's history, joining honors once given to Carnot Faure Pasteur Gambetta and Victor Hugo.
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Paris
Ferdinand Foch
Associated Press
France
Carnot
Faure
Pasteur
Gambetta
Victor Hugo
Canadian Bank of Commerce California Receives State Charter
The Canadian Bank for California in San Francisco is approved to organize the Canadian Bank of Commerce California as a separate entity under a California state charter. The San Francisco branch will operate distinctly from the main organization.
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San Francisco
Calif
Canadian Bank of Commerce
California
Canadian Bank of Commece
Prince Decorated By Master Mariners
The Prince of Wales at the Master Mariners banquet wore a temporary insignia of office while a gold and jewel insignia is crafted. It was his first official meeting with the body since being named master by the King. Cabinet ministers ambassadors and prominent leaders attended. He proposed expanding the company to Imperial status by adding one hundred new master mariners from the Dominions, calling it a vital imperial link.
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London
England
Prince of Wales
Dominions
Doukhobors Say They Are Not Communists in Interview
Winnipeg report quotes Peter Veregin, leader of the Doukhobor Christian community, saying communism as commonly understood is only a shifting of seats. He argues Doukhobors see the world as one Christ-led community and blame Russian border residents for issues with British Columbia education authorities.
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Winnipeg
Peter Veregin
British Columbia
Navy to equip subs with Lung device after tests
The submarine Lung device that proved successful off Florida will be issued to all Navy submarine crews. Seven hundred lungs have been ordered for the four V type submarines, and bids for six thousand three hundred more will be sought soon.
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Washington D C
Florida
Navy
My Angeline: Nova Scotia Inspired Ballad by Gilbert and Wayne
The article notes Canada as a source of popular songs with My Angeline based on the Evangeline story. Wolfe Gilbert and Mable Wayne, co-authors of Ramona and Chiquitta, composed My Angeline drawing on Nova Scotia’s Valley of apple blossoms, likely to inspire further Evangeline themed tunes.
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Wolfe Gilbert
Mable Wayne
Nova Scotia
Trains Collide Head-On Near Dro Court Ont
A head-on collision between two Canadian National transcontinental expresses at Drocourt Ontario killed at least six crew and 19 total, with many passengers burned in a wooden colonist car. Fire trapped travelers as emergency trains rushed survivors to hospital.
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Drocourt
Here
Dominion
Seaboard
Prairie Provinces
Indian Ruler States to Represent Empire at Vancouver
Lawrence Rushbrook Williams foreign secretary of Patiala travels from India to Vancouver for the April National Conference on Education. He is the official representative of native ruling princes and will attend as a separate unit within the British Empire.
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New Delhi
India
Vancouver
Lawrence Rushbrook-Williams
Patiala
Alberta Fights Plan for Return of Resources
Edmonton premier J E Brownlee opposed Dominion terms to return natural resources to Alberta on the same basis as Saskatchewan and Manitoba. He argued Alberta would keep a fixed subsidy of 562000 yearly while Saskatchewan would gain 750000, reflecting population-based adjustments since 1905.
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Edmonton
Alta
Alberta
Dominion
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
J. E. Brownlee
Brownlee
Wheat grading sparks Ottawa debate over grain board
In Ottawa the 1928 wheat marketing dispute moves to parliament with three resolutions on protein content grading mixing grain and the board of grain commissioners hybrid ticket. Minister James Malcolm defends the board while urging committee scope to include witness testimony and full defense.
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Ottawa
Canada
Board of Grain Commissioners
House of Commons
Committee On Agriculture
James Malcolm
Speed Boat Title Captured By Seagrave
Major H O D Seagrave wins the two heat International Speed Boat title on Biscayne Bay with Miss England, five minutes behind Gar Wood’s Miss America VII. Seagrave earns three points to Wood’s two as the English boat finishes ahead on points after Wood suffers a first heat retirement.
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H. O. D. Seagrave
Biscayne Bay
Gar Wood
United States
Wood
Early seeding start marks record in Peace River country
Spirit River report notes Blueberry settlement twenty five miles west of Spirit River seeded ten acres to Marquis wheat on March 19, believed earliest seeding on record in the North. Edmonton district also began work on March 19 with a large disc at the provincial government farm in Oliver, one of ten year’s earliest starts.
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Edmonton
Alta
Spirit River
Peace River
Jack Burrows
Oliver
Horses Win Tug Of War On Gulf Turtle
Fisherman A Wiltz hitched four horses to a seine and dragged a 1350 pound turtle from the Gulf of Mexico. The turtle with a possibly propeller-cut shell fought hard before the horses prevailed. It was estimated to be over 300 years old. Jasper Park Lodge opens May 21, Minaki Lodge opens a month later.
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Port Arthur
Tex
A. Wiltz
Gulf of Mexico
Jasper Park
Minaki Lodge
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Angeline
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Grand Pre
Ontario
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Miami Beach
Fla
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