Readjust Capitalization of the National Railways
In Ottawa the government pledged to recapitalize the National Railways, noting its great importance. Minister Dunning and Sir Henry Thornton urged action this session, while Conservative R. B. Hanson warned of rate cuts as a consequence. Shareholders of the old Grand Trunk threaten court action, possibly to the Privy Council.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Charles A. Dunning
National Railways
R. B. Hanson
York-Sunbury
Mr. Dunning
Sir Henry Thornton
Parliament
Dunning
Grand Trunk Railway
Privy Council
Increase In Manufacturing Winnipeg
Manufactured products of the prairies during the past year exceeded 327 million dollars in value says J W Ackland retiring chairman of the prairie division of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association at the association's annual meeting. He notes potential for large output gains from northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan mineral wealth and Alberta oil resources.
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Winnipeg
Prairies
J. W. Ackland
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Confedera tion Train to Start Service May 19 and 21
The Confederation, CN Railways high speed passenger service from Toronto to Vancouver via Winnipeg Regina Saskatoon and Edmonton, will begin operations May 19 from the east and May 21 from the west. It replaces the National which runs between Toronto and Winnipeg in winter.
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Winnipeg
Man
Confederation
Canadian National Railways
Toronto
Vancouver
Regina
Saskatoon
Edmonton
National
Torcento
Saskatoon Professor Receives Fellowship Abroad
Dr William Allien of the University of Saskatchewan gains a fellowship covering conference expenses for agricultural economists to be held in August in Devonshire England.
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Saskatoon
Sask
William Allien
University of Saskatchewan
Agricultural Economists
Devonshire
England
Spain Guards Against Plague Defends With Import Ban
A royal decree bans import of all fresh fruits plants and trees from Canada the United States Japan and New Zealand to guard against insect plague. The measure targets potential pests and aims to protect Madrid and broader Spain.
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Madrid
Canada
United States
Japan
New Zealand
Cable Restored Links Halifax to Bermuda and Canada
The Halifax and Bermudas cable, down for some time, has been restored re establishing direct communication between Canada and the British West Indies via Bermuda.
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Halifax
N.S
Bermudas
Canada
British West Indies
Bermuda
Canadian Cadets Shine In Empire Rifle Match Glory
South Africa won the King’s trophy in the 1928 life match with 33 000 competitors. Canada, after 1927 victory and 1928 second place, earned 8 silver medals for 99 100, and 152 bronze medals for 97 98, while the Empire collected 124 medals overall.
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Ottawa
Ont
South Africa
Empire
National Rifle Association
Canada
Dominion
King to move royal duties from Bognor to Windsor before Whit Sunday
Reports say the King plans to transfer the court from Bognor to Windsor Castle by May 10 to perform usual royal functions tied to the general election. He will stay at Windsor until the political situation allows travel to Sandringham. A July thanksgiving service for the King's recovery is suggested at Westminster Abbey and in other large cities.
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Bognor
Sussex
England
Windsor Castle
Sandringham
Norfolk
Convict Train Carries 170 Prisoners West to Penitentiaries
A Kingston Ontario convoy on a four coach steel train carried 170 prisoners toward western penitentiaries. Seventy were sent to Stony Mountain near Winnipeg and the rest to Prince Albert. Guards with rifles and four provincial policemen with carbines stood guard during a stop. The voyage from Kingston was uneventful.
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Winnipeg
Kingston
Ont
Western Penitentiaries
Stony Mountain Penitentiary
Prince Albert Penitentiary
Northern Ontario Farmer Strikes Gold While Digging Post Holes
Beatty township farmer Lucky Gold Strike Matheson Rhoades used dynamite to blast post holes on his property near Ontario. The first blast uncovered gold and he sold his find for $60,000 cash plus a large stake in the land.
Cunard Plans Two New Giants To Enter Transatlantic Route
London reports Cunard line weighing two colossal liners likely the largest afloat with 75,000 ton displacement and over 1,000 foot length. Each ship would feature more than 105 foot breadth and engines totaling 150,000 horsepower as announced on reliable authority.
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London
England
Cunard Line
Rabin Tagore Sails for India Amid West Indignities
Indian poet Rabin dranath Tagore travels aboard the liner Tayio Maru to India via Hong Kong. His final message to Americans urged his people to rise above insults and impart beauty to the ugliness of Western industrialization.
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San Francisco
Calif
Rabindranath Tagore
India
Hong Kong
Airmen Killed In Toronto Plane Crash Near Leaside Field
Noel Marshal and William MacKenzie of Toronto died when their Gypsy Moth aircraft left control and crashed near the Leaside flying field. MacKenzie, newly certified, piloted the plane while Marshal was a passenger. The crash occurred about 150 feet above the ground, with the engine burying itself in the wreckage.
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Toronto
Noel Marshal
Willam MacKenzie
Leaside
MacKenzie
Marshal
Calendar reform advocate visits Ottawa with 13 month plan
M. B. Cotsworth of Rochester New York proposes a national calendar reform for Canada. He met with Dr. O D Skelton under secretary of state for external affairs and H H Coats Dominion statistician to discuss his 13 month calendar idea.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
M. B. Cotsworth
Rochester
N.Y
Italy Presses for Naval Parity with France
Geneva reports Mussolini insists on equal naval strength with France as talks on disarmament face friction. France seeks advantage from its colonial reach, while delegates weigh a U S Britain preliminary accord and a possible draft treaty for a 1930 League of Nations plenary.
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Geneva
France
Italy
Mussolini
A Charming Princess Ingrid’s Engagement Reported
A charming Princess Ingrid daughter of Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden is reported engaged to Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark in Stockholm. The announcement highlights a union linking Swedish and Danish royal lines.
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Ingrid
Gustaf Adolf
Sweden
Frederick
Denmark
Stockholm
King's Message From Ottawa on Happy Return of King George
Canada expresses joy over King George VI recovery in a message from Viscount Willingdon governor general. The note thanks the king for his illness news and hopes for a long reign by all Imperial subjects.
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Ottawa
Viscount Willingdon
Canada
King George
Empire
English banker named head of British reparations delegation
Sir Charles Addis, director of the Bank of England and noted financial expert, succeeds Lord Revelstoke as head of Britain's delegation at the reparations conference. Revelstoke died suddenly on April 19, worn out by the commission's failed efforts to settle German payments.
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Paris
Charles Addis
Bank of England
Lord Revelstoke
Gibson Plans Memorandum on US Disarmament Proposals
Ambassador Hugh S. Gibson, American spokesman at the preparatory disarmament conference, would prepare a memorandum outlining United States disarmament proposals and present it to delegations of the major powers.
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Geneva
Hughs. Gibson
United States
Bald wins as Parliament prorogation set for May 10
In London the Premier Bald secured victory in the House of Commons amid plans to prorogue parliament on May 10 and dissolve it for elections. Nominations open May 20 with polling scheduled for May 30.
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London
England
Baldwin
House of Commons
Germany presses to abolish aerial bombs in disarmament drive
At the League preparatory commission on disarmament Germany proposed banning aerial bombardment. Five nations supported the move: Germany Sweden Holland China and Russia. Canada the United States and Great Britain opposed, noting a negative vote should not imply approval of bombing civilians.
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Geneva
League
Germany
Sweden
Holland
China
Russia
Canada
U.S
Great Britain
Chamberlain backs Gibson Geneva disarmament plea
London Britain’s foreign secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain told the House of Commons the government fully shares the United States disarmament aims as outlined by Ambassador Gibson in Geneva. He praised the American delegation’s conciliatory spirit and said Britain will consider American suggestions in a bid for complete understanding. The remarks followed a Labor MP’s question about Gibson’s speech.
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London
England
Austen Chamberlain
House of Commons
United States
Gibson
Geneva
Austen
Sir Austen
Joseph Kenworthy
Labor
Ambassador Gibson
Anti-Smuggling Treaty May Go to Arbitration
Washington reports the United States seeks arbitration over the sinking of the Canadian schooner I'm Alone and protest against coast guard gunfire. Canada Defers to Ottawa on who represents Britain in the 1924 treaty arbitration with potential broader ties to 12 mile limit rights and territorial waters.
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Washington
Canada
United States
Hion
Vincent Massey
Henry L. Stimson
Lyme
Great Britain
London
Arbitration Board
Frank Bb. Kellogg
Hudson Strait navigation season set at four months in 1927 28
The Hudson Strait expedition report to Parliament estimates a 120 day sailing window from July 19 to November 16 for safe navigation without ice breakers. It notes high and low temperature extremes, 39 fog days, many icebergs, and recommends two ice breakers, more stations, better charts and a fuel base.
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Ottawa
Hudson Strait
House of Commons
N. B. McLean
Nottingham
Wakeham Bay
Davis Strait
Atlantic
Cape Hope
Advance
Nottingham Island
Fort Churchill
Anzac Day Observed Across Australia and New Zealand
Anzac Day marking the Gallipoli landing was commemorated in Australia and New Zealand. In New South Wales a 20,000-strong ex-service march led Sydney events while Canberra held a memorial service attended by Premier Stanley Bruce and cabinet. Lord Stonehaven unveiled the commemoration stone for Australia’s war memorial, costing 1,250,000 pounds.
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Sydney
N.S.W
New Zealand
Gallipoli
Australia
New South Wales
Canberra
Stanley Bruce
Lord Stonehaven
Typhoid Fever Strikes The Pas Hudson Bay Town
A typhoid fever outbreak in The Pas at Mile 327 has killed three and infected over twenty. Four doctors work in the town as residents are inoculated and the water supply is chlorinated. Twelve patients are in The Pas hospital and eight more at the Mile 327 hospital.
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The
Pas
Man
Little Northern
Mile 327
Hudson Bay Railway
Little Hospital
Middle West Market Association Forms Wheat Pool
Wheat pool organized by 200 Lincoln and Wyoming wheat raisers named the Middle West Market Association, a non stock cooperative. The pool represents about 13,000 grain raisers across Nebraska and Wyoming and is described as the largest in the middle west.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Wyoming
Middle West Market Association
Middle West
Air Survey Completed The Long Journey to the North
Captain Charles Sutton and his party finished an 8,000 mile aerial voyage tracing northern wilds beyond Fort Churchill. A motion picture captured northern scenes and Eskimo inhabitants as the main objective of the journey.
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Charles Sutton
Wilds
Fort Churchill
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George
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League of Nations
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Count von Bernstoff
Berlin
F. Sokal
Poland
M. Litvinoff
Gibeon
H.B. Straits
Strait
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