Canadian Pacific announces new colonizing policy
E W Beatty reveals a policy shift by the CPR to take over farmers contracts and rewrite debt over 34 years. Farmers will gain title after the 34th payment, with no annual interest plus principal exceeding 7 percent of farm cost. About 30,000 farmers affected. aim to attract settlers to western Canada and boost immigration.
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Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway
E. W. Beatty
Parcit Ralieau
Canada
Sheatty
Western
Canadian Pacific
Great Britain
United States
Bandits Loot Bank of Nochelaga Branch at Dollard
Bandits robbed the Bank of Nochelaga branch at Dollard eight miles west of Shaunavon Sask looting about 6500 cash and 1000 in securities. Five or six men participated with two masked looters and three on guard. The safe was blown open with three nitro explosions and the front wall of the bank was hurled into a nearby store. Police hunted across trails to the boundary and checked suspicious vehicles.
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Shaunavon
Sask
Bank of Nochelaga
Dollard
Here
Bank
Sentenced To Hang Moosomin Murder Trio Victim Trio
Victor Mas son was found guilty of murdering Jean Chauvelon Marie Chauvelon and Leonie Chauvelon at their farm near Tumas Sask on February 16. Pleas of insanity and manslaughter failed. He faces execution at Regina Jail on August 15 after a 32 minute absence from the courtroom.
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Moosomin
Sask
Victor Masson
Regina
Jean
Marie
Leonie Chauvelon
Tumas
War on bootleggers ordered in British Columbia
Victoria Ontario A war to the death on whiskey runners and other boot leggers was ordered by Attorney General Manson after a conference with police heads from the four districts of the province. New measures to empower the force for law enforcement are under discussion.
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Victoria
B.C
Manson
Rewriting Bible Aims At Modern Science And Ethics
The Tyson Lectureship Foundation announces plans to rewrite the Bible using present day scientific ethical and philosophical theory. The project, proposed at a clergy scholar and laity meeting in J P Morgans library, argues the Bible as a single volume is medieval inheritance and that the old theological order has passed away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tyson Lectureship Foundation, Inc
J. P. Morgan
Europe
Curlew to Visit Pacific Coast Ports in July
H M S Curlew of the North American and West Indies squadron will visit British Columbia ports in July. The light cruiser will sail from Bermuda, the squadron base, May 24 as part of its tentative itinerary.
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Victoria
H.M.S. Curlew
British Columbia
North American and West Indies
Curlew
Bermuda
British to Boost Air Force Size, Says Colonial Secretary
The Duke of Devonshire told the House of Lords that the cabinet supports a substantial increase in the British Air Forces. He outlined the need for expanded air power as a strategic priority for the Empire.
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London
Duke of Devonshire
House of Lords
Western outlet urged for grain shipments from Edmonton
John M Irmie head of the Edmonton Board of Trade delegation testified before a House agriculture committee urging a western outlet for grain. He argued a year round route via the Panama Canal would save seven cents a bushel east of Alberta and six more with freight differentials removed. He warned current channels could not handle a heavy western crop and pressed for interior terminal elevators in Edmonton to ship wheat to Vancouver and Liverpool.
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Ottawa
John M. Irmie
Edmonton Board of Trade
Special
Canada
Alberta
Panama Canal
Atlantic Seaboard
Saskatchewan
Pacific
Imrie
Edmonton
Pacific Coast
Canadian National
CNR
Vancouver
Seaboard
Winnipeg
Moose Jaw
Saskatoon
Calgary
Royal visit to the Pope at Vatican in solemn audience
Rome reports a royal couple paying a formal visit to Pope Pius in the Apostolic Palace. They were received in a solemn audience and were accompanied by Theophilus Puswelly, British minister to the Holy See, and their suite. Military guards and papal guards saluted as they entered the court of Saint Peter.
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Isearge
Queen Wars
Apostolic Palace
The
Vatican
Lion Theop'tus Puswelly
Holy
Canada Britain bond urged after fisheries treaty signing
Sir Edward Kenp warned of American absorption sentiment in Canada after the dispute over who should sign the United States fisheries treaty. He told Britons there is no fear, stressing that the two dominant races in Canada want Empire relations to stay the same and bonds to Britain remain strong.
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Toronto
Edward Kenp
Great Britain
Canada
United States
Sir Auckland Geddes
Washington
Sir Auckland
Ernest Lapointe
Edward
Empire
Britain
Cattle Sale In Saskatoon Regina
Cattle sale set for Saskatoon June 5 and 6 under the Saskatchewan Cattle Breeders Association with buyers from outside. Seventy bulls on day one including 45 Shorthorns 1 Hereford 10 Angus and five dairy bulls. day two features Shorthorns Herefords and Angus cows. Federal Cattle Division chief R S Hamer expected to attend as a buyer.
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Regina
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan Cattle Breeders’ Association
R. S. Hamer
Federal Department of Agriculture
Trider Charged With Murder in Drumheller Death
Trider is committed for trial on murder charges after fatally injuring Constable Paris of Drumheller during an attempted arrest on a liquor charge. Trider rammed a car into a fence while resisting arrest, leading to Paris's death.
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Calgary
E. Trider
Paris
Drumheller
Trider
League Will Assemble on September Securing Armaments Cuts
Geneva reports the League of Nations will convene on Monday September 30. Key agenda items include armament reductions and the proposal of Canadian representatives to amend article ten of the covenant.
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Geneva
Assembly of the League of Nations
Explanation Of Abnormal Weather In Canada
Sir Frederick Stupart explains unseasonable weather across Central and Eastern Canada due to Arctic high pressure areas moving southeastward. He notes a persistent northward air flow bringing low temperatures, with a cold wave resembling past Arctic-influenced winters and springs as a low pressure system drifts east across Southern Canada.
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Toronto
Siir Frederick Stupart
Meteorological Surveys of
Canada
Sir Frederick
Arctic America
Wealth Of Canada Wealthiest Man Claim At Toronto Meeting
F A Hatch of Hamilton argues public deposits in Canadian banks and loan companies top two billion dollars, about 250 per capita, at the Ontario Branch of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association meeting where he retires as president. He says farmers and manufacturers share identical interests and that hard times have clarified views on these issues.
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Toronto
F. A. Hatch
Hamilton
Hateh
Ontario
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Seizure Reported of British Trawler Near Murmansk
The British trawler Lord Astor was seized by a Russian gunboat off the Murmansk coast. The charge is fishing within Russian territorial waters, according to Central News.
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Hull
Eng
Lord Astor
Murmansk
Central
Grain Export Freight Rates Cut and Lausanne Assassination
Railway firms cut export grain rates to Canada Atlantic seaboard effective May 15 as Canadian millers praise the move. In Lausanne a Russian delegation head and a key Soviet press official were shot by a lone assailant. the gunman Conradi, from Grisons, cited vengeance for Bolshevik terror.
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Lausarhe MooVerovehy
Lausenne
M. Aherns
Lausanne
Vorovski
Vorovsky
Aherns
Sidwilkowski
Maurice Alexander Conradi
Grisons
Anders
Russia
Zurich
Conradi
Montreal
Compants
Atlantic Seaboard
Near East conference makes progress on minor points
Lausanne reports that Ismet Pasha, chief Turkish delegate, told Turkish newspapermen the Near East conference reached agreement on many minor points but no progress was made on key issues determining the conference's fate.
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Lausanne
Ismet Pasha
Heat Drives Extra Trains To Coastbound Escape
Calexico and Imperial Valley residents faced a blistering heat wave with temperatures from 104 to 110 degrees as extra coaches were added to all coast bound trains to help travelers flee the heat.
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Calexico
Imperial Valley
Canadian land seekers eye Western Canada party in June
The Canadian Government agency at Indianapolis reports growing interest in Western Canada with plans for a large party of land seekers to depart early in June. Local farming operations are noted as later than usual.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Western
Canada
Chinese correspondence schools begin in Tientsin
In Tientsin, China, correspondence schools start for the first time in Chinese education history. They operate in connection with Liang Chichan's new school of civilization, led by the eminent Chinese scholar.
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Tientsin
China
Liang Chichan
Chin
Floods Hit Canterbury and Marlborough in New Zealand
London Mornings Post reports the worst floods since 186% across Canterbury north region and Marlborough. Heavy rainfall breached river banks, destroyed roads and rail lines, causing farm stock losses and extensive property damage. floods are receding but unsettled weather continues.
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London
London Mornims Post
Wellington
N.Z
Nordessa
Province of
Canterbury
Marlboough
Krupp Directors File Appeal After French Court Martial
Defense lawyers file an appeal against sentences given by a French court martial in Werden. Baron Krupp von Bohlen and Krupp directors were brought to the site and held in a French military prison awaiting the ruling of the upper military tribunal.
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Duesseldorf
Baron Krupp von Bohlen
Krupp
Werden
Mounties Delegate Presses Pensions for Riel Rebellion Veterans
J. J. Roberts of Vancouver and past president of the Royal North West Mounted Police Veterans Association arrives as a special delegate. He seeks scrip and pension relief for former Mounties who served in the Riel Rebellion, presenting demands to Sir Lomer Gouin, Minister of Justice.
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Ottawa
J. J. Roberts
Vancouver
Royal North West Mounted Police Veterans’ Association of Canada
Sir Lomer Gouin
Riel
Jail For Debt Fraud Rec for Montreal Debtors
The Legislation Committee of the Chambre de Commerce recommends prison without option of fine for fraudulent debtors under the Bankruptcy Act in Montreal. The proposed measure aims to deter deceitful filings and safeguard creditors.
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Montreal
Legislation Committee
The
Chambre de Commerce
Postponement of Final Revision of Bank Act Debated
Ottawa debate on a motion by A Speakman Progressive for postponing final revision of the Bank Act to the next session and extending bank charters for one year. Arguments cited widened inquiry into credit basics and data volume, with references to rural credits, War Finance Act, and forthcoming British Dominions economic conference.
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Speakman
Reid Deer
Committee On Banking and Commerce
Agriculture Committee
Progres
Sives
Dominions
Canadian Council of Agriculture
Manitoba
Alberta
Nll
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George
Queen Mary
Rome
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Hiner
St. Danisseo
Palatine
Crown
League
F. W. G. Sergant
the Times, Kamsack, Sask
Frederick Stupart
Capita
Kilied
Cornell
Canadian National Millers’ Association
Canadian National Railways
Railway Board
Accasa
Georgia
Indiana
Ese
New Zealand
W. C. Good
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