Major Powers Pause Naval Problem Talks at Geneva
Five naval powers including Britain United States Japan France and Italy agreed to adjourn discussion on naval disarmament at Geneva. Conversations on reducing fleets will resume later with possible notes exchanges and a meeting of experts to study the American plan for estimating cruiser destroyer and submarine tonnage.
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Great Britain
United States
Japan
France
Italy
Geneva
Tribute To Wheat Pool Washington
Senate debates farm relief bill reference to the Canadian Wheat Pool its workings as explained by A J McPhail of Regina head of the Pool Senator Norbeck of South Dakota praised McPhail for candor and sincerity noting the pool did not bring large price gains but fostered a better cooperative spirit among farmers
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Washington
Senate
Senate Committee On Agriculture
A. J. McPhail
Regina
McPhail
Norbeck
Canada Had Good Year Geneva Economy Review
The Review of Economic Conditions in 1928 by the League of Nations notes Canada enjoyed unprecedented prosperity. North America likely led in trade growth with the United States remaining the world’s top commercial power and widening its export surplus.
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Geneva
Canada
League of Nations
Consultive Economic Committee
North America
United States
Need Coal Agreement Geneva
The economic committee of the League of Nations reports that international agreements among coal producers on output and markets are necessary for improving the world coal crisis. Experts on the sugar situation recently reached a similar conclusion.
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Geneva
Economic Committee of
The
League of Nations
Acadian Loyalty Highlighted by Peter Vensor Speech
In a spirited House of Commons reply Hon Peter Vensor defended Acadian loyalty to the British crown. He spoke as an Acadian himself after critics accused him in newspapers.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Peter Vensor
Rioting in Berlin as Communists clash with police
In northern Berlin a May Day riot saw Communists erect barricades on Pankstrasse and side streets. Police used batons until overwhelmed and armored cars cleared obstructions, leaving eight dead and 78 wounded with hundreds injured by missiles or clubs.
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Berlin
Pankstrasse
Opening Canadian Legation In Tokio
The Department of External Affairs announces that Hon Herbert Marler will visit England before taking duties as Canadian minister to Japan and that the Canadian legation in Tokyo will open. Hugh L Keenleyside is named first secretary and Charge d Affaires until Marler arrives, with James A Langley acting as commercial secretary. Iyemasa Tokugawa is appointed by Japan as its representative at Ottawa.
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Ottawa
Ont
Department of External Affairs
Herbert Marler
Japan
England
Tokyo
Hugh L Keenleyside
Marler
James A. Langley
Legation
Keenleyside
Toronto
Vancouver
University of British Columbia
Clark University
Iyemasa Tokugawa
Canadian Press Board Elections At Toronto Meeting
The Canadian Press annual meetings in Toronto concluded with officer elections including Honorary president E Norman Smith Ottawa Journal president John Scott Toronto Mail and Empire first vice president M E Nichols Winnipeg Tribune and second vice president Henri Gagnon Le Soleil. The board of directors grew from 15 to 21 to improve French language and western province representation.
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Toronto
Cooperative News Association
Daily Newspapers of Canada
E. Norman Smith
Ottawa Journal
John Scott
Toronto Mail and Empire
M. E. Nichols
Winnipeg Tribune
Henri Gagnon
Quebec le Soleil
J. F. B. Livesay
Quebec
Italian Cobbler Arrested in Chancellor Killing Case
Alfonso Arena, Chancellor of the Italian legation in Luxembourg, was shot dead while walking. The suspect, Gino, 29, an Italian cobbler from Massa Carrara who had recently moved to Luxembourg, was arrested after his application for documents at the legation was refused.
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Brussels
Belgium
Alfonso Arena
Legation
Luxembourg
Gino
Massa Carrara
Seven Foot Yoke Dreamed For World’s Largest Cattle Team
Guy Howard in Harlowton Montana completes a seven foot yoke and begins a ten foot version. The cattle team weighs about 7000 pounds and is regarded as the world’s largest. Howard seeks a fit that matches the massive herd’s size and strength.
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Harlowton
Mont
Northwest
Guy Howard
Punished For Native Death in Pretoria Court
In Pretoria a white farmer, Jack Nafte, was flogged ten lashes after tying a native employee by the legs from a tree and beating him until his death. Nafte also received seven years of hard labor imprisonment for the crime, marking a rare punishment of a white farmer for harming a native.
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Pretoria
South Africa
Jack Nafte
Censure Motion Defeated in Canadian House of Commons
In Ottawa the House of Commons defeated a censure motion against the postmaster general by 92 to 68. Conservatives backed by UF A members and Liberals opposed the amendment which accused the post office administration of inefficiency and civil service violations. The debate cited postmaster Veniot defending his actions as head of the postal service.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
H. A. Stewart
Leeds
Post Office Department
Civil Service Act
Post Office Act
Stewart
Simcoe
Ont
U.F.A
House
Civil Service Commission
Commission
Vennot
Postal Department
Canada
Civil Service
Postal
Service of
Veniot
Naval disarmament proposal gains support at Geneva
Count N Sako, Japanese delegate to the Geneva preparatory commission on disarmament, was instructed to back a plan for a sub committee of the five leading powers to consider proposals by the United States delegate Hugh S Gibson for broad naval reduction.
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Geneva
Tokio
Count N. Sako
United States
Hugh S. Gibson
Plan Second Air Derby St. Paul to Winnipeg
The second international air derby from St. Paul to Winnipeg is set for May 24 and 25 with over 25 planes expected. The race, run with the Canadian aviation meet in Winnipeg, will depart St. Paul on May 24 and reach Winnipeg the next day via Fargo and Grand Forks.
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St. Paul
Minn
Winnipeg
Julius Perit
St. Paul Association
Fargo
Grand Forks
N.D
Winnipeg Flying Club
Aviators in Australia Die After Saving Attempt
The bodies of Robert Hitchcock and Lieut. Keith Auderson, crew of the plane Kookaburra, were found in Sydney New South Wales amid reports they died from thirst and exhaustion while attempting to reach the stranded Southern Cross. The diary notes on their plane reveal the fate and timeline, with initial news arriving from a land party that reached the rescue plane.
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Sydney
N.S.W
Robert Hitchcock
Keith Auderson
Kookaburra
London Miners Fund Closes After Large Relief Total
The Lord Mayor's fund for distressed miners in London closed after reaching 4 251 000 dollars. With the government pound for pound grant, the total relief sums to 8 430 000 dollars.
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London
Eng
Lord Mayor's Fund
Postponed Berlin Flight Delays New Transatlantic Run
Captain Hermann Koehl told the Associated Press that his planned flight to the United States with Col. James Fitzmaurice cannot be expected this year and perhaps not for another two years.
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Berlin
Hermann Koehl
Associated Press
United States
James Fitzmaurice
Tynside Trainees Arrive Aboard Duchess of Richmond Saint John
Immigrant trainees from Tynside arrive on the Canadian Pacific liner Duchess of Richmond in Saint John on its first voyage to Canada. Trained in Canadian farming methods under the British Minister of Labor in cooperation with the CPR, the men are destined for work across Canada.
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Great Britain
Canadian Pacific
Duchess of Richmond
Saint John
Canada
Tynside
Canadian Pacific Railway
Battle With Bandits Ends in Fatal Shootout
A robbery attempt by three bandits on a Detroit policeman and his wife ended on a highway when officer D. McLellan opened fire after Schach and Derosches demanded money. Schach died of chest wounds. Derosches was wounded and hospitalized. the third robber escaped.
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Lendes. Ont
Robert Schach
Windsor
Yorkton
Sask
D. McLellan
Detroit
Leo Derosches
Ford City
Ont
London
Schach
McLellan
Schact
Derosches
Prairies Not Represented Ottawa Bisley Team
The Dominion of Canada Rifle Association announced the Canadian Bisley team roster. Five Toronto men made the team. Ottawa has three. Victoria and Vancouver two each. Five selected riflemen could not attend, with the next five from the Bisley aggregate replacing them. The team sails from Montreal on June 12 aboard the S.S. Montrose and will be inspected the day before. Sergt. H. W. Burton of Victoria among those unable to accept.
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Ottawa
Dominion of Canada Rifle Association
Toronto
Victoria
Vancouver
Samilton
D.C.R.A
Montreal
S.S. Montrose
Sergt. H. W. Burton
Principle of unemployment insurance urged by Parliament committee
A special parliamentary committee on industrial and international relations endorses a non compulsory unemployment sickness and invalidity insurance concept. It calls for a federal provincial dialogue, a national health survey, census data on unemployment and sickness, and a federal provincial conference with employer and employee representatives.
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Ottawa
Cameron R. MacIntosh
North Battleford
House of Commons
Department of Justice
Department of Labor
Department of Pensions and National Health
Larger Vessels Needed for the Bay Route
The Canadian parliamentarian committee reviews government shipping activity and backs considering larger vessels for the Hudson Bay route. Sir Henry Thornton favors patience, while Hon. C. A. Dunning urges a thorough test with better equipped ships. A former non CGMM ship demonstrated cost advantages by routing lumber via the Panama Canal to Churchill.
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Ottawa
Merchant Marine
Committee On Railways and Shipping
Shipping Activiies
H. H. Stevens
Vancouver
Henry Thornton
C.gm.m
Henry
C. A. Dunning
Stevens
Hudson Bay
Sir Henry
Dunning
Department of Railways and Canals
C.G.M.M
Panama Canal
Churchill
Mr. Dunning
Montreal youths begin cross country canoe trip from Vancouver
Paul Paquin and Richard Lesage launched a 16 foot canoe loaded with gear at English Bay after a farewell crowd. They plan to ride the Fraser to Lytton then Thompson to Sicamous as the first leg toward Halifax, aiming to arrive in seven months.
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Vancouver
Paul Paquin
Richard Lesage
Montreal
Canada
English Bay
Fraser River
Lytton
Thompson River
Sicamous
Halifaxa
Plane Races Thousand Miles To Hospital
A medical emergency story from Seattle reports a plane delivering Mrs. Peter Kostrometinoff of Sitka Alaska to the city hospital after septic poisoning left her near death in Alaska. The flight covered about a thousand miles and a waiting ambulance rushed her into care.
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Seattle
Wash
Janeau
Peter Kostrometinoff
Sitka
Alaska
Chinese press rebrands Hoover with Buddhist name Ha-hwa
The Chinese press has given President Herbert Hoover a new honorific name Ha-hwa after his rise to the presidency. The prior transliteration Hua-wa carried no meaning, while Ha-hwa includes the character for Buddha and is deemed highly honorable.
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Peping
Herbert Hoover
Ha-hwa
Buddha
Mrs H Welden Coates Dies After Long Illness
Mrs H Welden Coates wife of Dr H Weldon Coates and sister of Hon R B Bennett Conservative leader in Canada died at her Vancouver home after a long illness.
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Vancouver
H. Welden Coates
H. Weldon Coates
R. B. Bennett
Conservative
Canada
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A. 4. McPhail
United States Senate
Dominion
Need Coal
Westers Phot
Louisa Burka
Great Western Airways, Ltd
Western Canada
Plan Second Air Derby
Miner’s Fund
Ontario
Prairies
Bisley
China
Hoover
B. Bennett
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