Government Majority in House Divison for Railway Estimates
Ottawa reports the government won a 107 to 92 division on a motion to form a special committee to study Canadian National Railway estimates. The panel will have six Liberals, six Conservatives, two Progressives and one Labor, with Conservatives opposing the current three‑faction balance.
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Ottawa
Labor
R. S. Ware
Mount Royal
W. F. McLean
South York
King
Right Hom
Arthur Meighen
Meighen
C. A. Dunning
Railways
Canadian National Railway
W. A. Boys
Nova Scotia
Amalgamation Planned for Western Canadian Farmers
Saskatchewan Grain Growers' Association and Farmers' Union of Canada plan a joint convention in Saskatoon July 15 to decide on merging into United Farmers of Western Canada Saskatchewan section. About two thousand delegates expected as GGA and FUC meet separately then unite.
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Saskatoon
Saskatchewan Grain Growers’ Association
Farmers’ Union of Canada
United Farmers of Western Canada
Saskatchewan
Violet McNaughton
Harris
3.G
G.A
F.U. of C
Vancouver Plant Incorporation Papers Issued for British Firm
Canadian Vickers Limited, the British engineering and construction firm’s Canadian arm, is incorporating to do business with headquarters in Vancouver. The Montreal based company is capitalized at 5 million dollars.
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Victoria
Canadian Vickers Limited
Canada
Vancouver
Montreal
Three Englishmen Jailed in Paris Espionage Case
In Paris Criminal Court three Englishmen formerly in British intelligence were found guilty of seeking secret documents on French maritime and aviation stations. They were arrested last December on espionage charges and the British foreign office denied knowledge of their activities.
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Paris
Great Britain
British Foreign Office
Jaspar to Form New Ministry After Poullet Resignation
Brussels. Former foreign minister Brussels Henri Jaspar agreed to form a new cabinet to replace the Poullet government which resigned last week.
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Brussels
Henri Jaspar
Poullet
Calcutta Toll Rises in Kharagpur Religious Disturbances
Five people died and two were seriously injured as religious faction clashes erupted in Kharagpur Bengal. Police struggled to contain the mob and restored order after the violence that followed a dispute between communities.
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Calcutta
Kharagpur
Bengal
India's Only Woman Ruler Abdicates Throne
Begum of Bhopal abdicates in favor of her son Nawab Zada Hamidulla after 86 years of female rule in Central India. She, 68, notes her son’s training under her, his wartime service, and a fine reputation as he becomes ruler.
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Lennon
India
Begum of
Bhopal
Nawab Zada Hamidulla
Nawab Nacrulia Khan
Begum
Newab Zada Hamidulia
Prince of Wales
Ottawa Premier says influence won’t aid Home Bank claim
Premier W. L. M. King told the House of Commons influence has no bearing on repaying Home Bank depositors. He noted a deputation from disappointed depositors would be received in Ottawa and treated like any other delegation.
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Ottawa
W. L. M. King
House of Commons
Pete McGibbon
Muskoka
Mr. King
British Miner Aid Accepted From Soviets
The Soviet news agency says A. J. Cook secretary of the British Miners Federation accepted funds from Soviet miners for strikers in the British Isles. It notes the money should be sent to England immediately and mentions about $1,000,000 had been collected in Soviet Russia. The offer to the Trades Union Congress was declined.
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Moscow
A. J.cook
British Miners' “Federation
British Isles
Russia
Soviet
British Trades Union Congress
Storms ruin French fruit crops and threaten cereals
French fruit crops have been ruined by snow rain hail and gales with cereals also threatened if weather does not improve soon. Many valleys previously hit by floods face rising waters in the Upper Marne the Rhone and the Duranco.
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Paris
France
Marne
Rhone
Duranco
Minnedosa Carriers 30 Boys to Vimy Ridge Farm
The steamer Minnedosa sailed on May 21 carrying 30 boys to the Vimy Ridge training farm at Guelph Ontario. They will take an agriculture course under the Ontario Government youth settlement program.
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London
Canada
Vimy Ridge
Guelph
Ontario
Meighen to speak at Manitoba Conservative convention
Right Honorable Arthur Meighen will be guest of honor at the Manitoba Conservative Association convention in Winnipeg on June 8. He will be one of the chief speakers at the event.
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Ottawa
Arthur Meighen
Manitoba Conservative Association
Winnipeg
Meighen
Greek Premier Seeks Neighborliness in Balkans
Generali Paraskevo poulos, newly named Greek prime minister, told the French press he favors neighborliness in the Balkans. He cited improved ties with Juge Slavia as a priority.
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Paris
Generali
Awaiting Boat To South Nome
Four Arctic explorers led by Raold Amundsen rest in a Nome cabin awaiting a steamer with return to life. The Norge dirigible is being packed for shipment as ice clears. Captains Amundsen and Wisting plus Lincoln Ellsworth and Lieut. Omdahl stay in the Explorers' Club cabin awaiting sight of a vessel.
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Nome
Raold Amundsen
South Pole
North Pole
Nomé
Arctic
Spitzbergen
Teller
Alaska
Amundsen
Lincoln Ellsworth
New York
Oscar Wisting
Oskar Omdahl
Explorers’ Club
Boy-ed Banned From Entering United States
State Department records show Captain Karl Boy-ed of Germany was refused entry to the United States due to insufficient time since wartime activities. The Berlin recall followed a 1915 request by Washington, citing his military and naval roles.
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State Department
Germany
Berlin
Karl Boy-ed
United States
Passport Bureau
The
Washington
Majority of 13 for government on budget vote
Ottawa report on the budget vote shows the Conservative amendment defeated by a 168 to 121 margin after an all night sitting. Premier King and opposition leader Meighen were absent and paired. Liberals opposed the amendment. Conservatives supported it. Progressives independents and labor backed the government.
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Ottawa
House
King
Arthur Meighen
Meighen
Reduction of Armaments Proves a Difficult Task
Geneva reports the opening of the preparatory commission on disarmament. nations fear a strategic disadvantage if others retain or gain strength. France Belgium and Premier Mussolini's spokesman warn reductions must consider every form of potential military power. Viscount Cecil notes Britain could trim land forces and naval strength by agreement, but British public opinion demands armament reductions to curb high taxation and unemployment.
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Geneva
Preparatory Commission
France
Belgium
Mussolini
Viscount Cecil
Britain
Ban on Fortune Telling Bans Tea Cup Readings in Vancouver
Vancouver moves to ban tea cup readings and ecards amid license rules. Palmistry phrenology and astrology are legal with civic licenses, but tea cup future readings in tea shops and beauty parlors face license cancellations and criminal code action.
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Vancouver
Chas. Jones
Jones
Ottawa Committee Rejects Red Lake Railway Bill
The railway committee of the house voted 24 to 13 against a bill to build a Canadian National line from Quibell Ontario about 100 miles north to the Red Lake gold mining district, defeating the bill on the preamble.
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Ottawa
House
Quibell
Ont
Canadian National
Red Lake
Indians Enter Washington For Strawberry Harvest
Indian harvest workers from Seattle and British Columbia may enter Washington state to assist with a strawberry crop valued at $1,500,000 under a U S labor ruling. They must register on entry and depart within a reasonable time. The berries ripen two to three weeks ahead of last year.
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Seattle
British Columbia
Washington State
Puget
United States Department of Labor
Immigrant families framed as ideal settlers bound for Canada
The article profiles British families chosen by the Canadian Pacific Railway as prime settlers for Canada. It highlights the Nicoll family from Wichart Scotland settling in Edmonton, the Shrives family from Birmingham bound for Saskatoon, and Annie Jeffre and Mary Heald from Fleetwood Lancashire heading to Saskatchewan.
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Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway
Nicoll
Wichart
Scotland
Edmon
Ton
Shrives
Birmingham
England
Saskatoon
Annie
Jeffrre
Mary
F. Heald
Fleetwood
Lancashire
Nicol
Oval
Ungava Expedition to Reach Ungava by Aeroplanes in June
The provincial government plans its largest exploration, leaving Seven Islands in June aboard three aeroplanes. Henri Belanger leads a fifty man team split into three groups with Paul Savarda and Arjen Chalifour as co leaders. The mission aims to map McLean's Fall the largest falls in Canada at 800 feet, within a 1 mile wide span, and cover over 1000 miles in four months.
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Quebec
Ungavra
Henri Belanger
Mr. Belanger
Paul Savarda
Arjen Chalifour
McLean
Canada
Canadian Historical Association Opposes Flag Change
The management committee reports strong disapproval of replacing the Union Jack as Canada's standard. The motion supported by the British Columbia Historical Association and circulated to other provinces finds broad sympathy, but the committee sees no need for further action.
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Ottawa
The
Canadian Historical Association
British Columbia Historical Association
Gold Deposits Found Near Arctic Circle
Fourth largest gold deposits discovered near Boliden in Vasterbotten by engineers Hans Lundberg and Karl Sundberg using electrical prospecting. Thirty four ore bodies under drift swamps and lakes, one traced through lake ice. Ore contains copper silver arsenic sulphur and pyrites.
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Stockholm
Hans Lundberg
Karl Sundberg
Boliden
Vesterbotten
Arctic Circle
General strike condemned as disaster by labor leader
London reports Frank Hodges secretary of the International Miners Federation criticizes the general strike as a misguided venture driven by passion and ignores economic forces. Ramsay MacDonald, speaking for the Labor candidate in Hammersmith, argues government inaction caused the strike. Baldwin later acted to end it.
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London
Frank Hodges
International Miners’ Federation
Trades Union Congress
Ramsay MacDonald
Hammersmith
MacDonald
Baldwin
Crop prospects reported excellent across Canada
Ottawa reports crop prospects are excellent though some regions run late. Seeding varies from completed in Manitoba and Ontario to late in Maritime Provinces and Quebec. Saskatchewan shows great progress with wheat nearly done, Alberta reports early spring work, and British Columbia has seeding completed with favorable fall wheat outlook.
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Ottawa
Canada
W. R. Motherwell
Maritime Provinces
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Grande Prairie
Edmonton
British Columbia
Bis
Cost Of Publishing Government Paper In General Strike
The government paper The Gazette cost Britain about £22,000 to publish during the general strike. Winston Churchill, editor and chancellor of the exchequer, calls the sum surprisingly small and notes the paper could have become self sustaining had the strike lasted longer. Free copies were issued and mailing houses now plan to reduce union involvement in distribution.
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Britain
Gazette
London
British Gazette
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Germany Changes Loan Market Superseded by Britain and Holland
A Berlin report from Dis conto Gesellschaft states Germany shifted its lending away from the United States to Britain and Holland. Since January 1 Germany raised 2.65 billion marks in loans, with 1.98 billion abroad and 676.6 million at home.
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Berlin
United States
Germany
Great Britain
Holland
Disconto Gesellschaft
Shylock label sparks war debt debate in Toronto
Hon. James W. Gerard former US ambassador to Germany warned in Toronto that lingering European hatred risks another conflict. A columnist calls the United States the Shylock of the world for its stance on war debts, echoing the wordy label used in public discussion.
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Cali
U. S
Toronto
James W. Gerard
United States
Germany
First commercial German plane lands in Le Bourget after accord
A German airliner with seven passengers arrived at Le Bourget France marking the first commercial aircraft from Germany since the aviation accord with France was signed.
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le Bourget
France
Germany
Drought Grips Manila as Rain Fails for Months
Manila endures five months without meaningful rain as the Philippines faces acute water shortage and heat. Officials warn supply gaps grow tighter while residents ration daily use and seek relief measures.
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Philippines
Manila
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Balkans
Red Lake Railway
Ungava Territory
Management of Historical Association
Britain and Holland
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