Malcolm Talks to Britain by trans Atlantic Phone
Ottawa minister James Malcolm addressed ten thousand at the Cardiff Empire Exhibition and spoke from Ottawa via telephone. He praised empire trade, the Empire Marketing Board, and welcomed British emigrants to Canada while noting inter imperial migration. He lauded the Prince of Wales as a unifying empire ambassador and wished the Cardiff fair immense success.
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Ottawa
Ont
Wales
James Malcolm
Trade and Commerce
Cardiff
Malcolm
Parliament Buildings
Empire Marketing Board
Empire
Canada
Mackenzie King
Great Britain
London
British North America
British Isles
Prince of Wales
Provincial crow control campaign reported in 1928 Public Service monthly
The crow and magpie population in the province dropped by over a million due to 4 230 contestants for 1 500 prizes offered by the Provincial Department of Fail Ways, Labor and Industries. The report notes 465 953 legs and 681 716 eggs collected, with total enemy losses of 914 692 by September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
Department of Ffailways, Labor and Industries
Public Service Monthly
Air Ministry Aerodrome Plan Backed by Cities
The air ministry proposes an aerodrome program across Britain. Realization hinges on city councils securing funds, so progress will be gradual. Manchester and Nottingham have bought land. Leeds Hull and Liverpool are expected to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Eng
Britain
Air Ministry
Manchester
Nottingham
Leeds
Hull
Liverpool
Viscount Allenby Receives NYU Doctor of Laws Honor
Field Marshal Viscount Allenby of Great Britain was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by New York University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Viscoun Allenby
Great Britain
New York University
Famine In China Sparks International Relief Appeals
Reports from Shanghai describe a severe famine across Shansi and surrounding districts with babies starving and children sold due to lack of food. The crisis extends to Kwangsi Suluan Ifupeh Hunan Honan with 200000 famine sufferers amid drought banditry and uprisings.
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Shanghai
China
China International Famine Relief
Kwangsi
Suluan
Ifupeh
Hunan
Honan
Yang Hsien
Red Spears
Shansi
Serious Famine in Russia Sparks Moscow Food Riots
Reports from Helsingfors and Riga describe a severe famine in Soviet Russia with mounted police breaking up mobs in Moscow. Foreign legations fear the unrest while residents in Leningrad report bread line protests where women and children threw apples at food stores, with many arrested and released.
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London
Russia
Helsingfors
Riga
Exchange Telegraph Company
Moscow
Leningrad
Brilliant Meteoric Display Predicted in Montreal
Meteoric displays are forecast from November 10 to 17, seen in the northern sky south of the Great Bear. Observers should look after midnight until 4 a.m. for bright flashes described as shooting stars, per Harvard College University’s note relayed to McGill by Prof. A Vibert Douglas.
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Montreal
Harvard College University
McGill
A. Vibert Douglas
Montreal Centre
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Ottawa study shows 5000 British harvesters likely to settle in Canada
Officials report harvesting in the west mostly finished and about 5000 British harvesters remaining in Canada may settle permanently. About 3500 have returned to the British Isles, while few have applied for government work, suggesting many stayed on western farms.
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Ottawa
Canada
Department of Immigration
Department
British Isles
Governent Employment Bureau
Labor Department
Alberta Sheep Breeders Elect Officers in Calgary
At the Alberta Sheep Breeders Association annual meeting in Calgary officers were elected led by President John Wilson and Vice President William Hudson. Second vice-president was Alex S McDougall with a slate of directors including W L Carlyle Calgary M McK Andrews Dewinton and others. concurrent meetings of Alberta Horse Breeders and Alberta Cattle Breeders associations were held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Alberta Sheep Breeders’ Association
John Wilson
William Hudson
Kathryn
Alex. S McDougall
W. L. Carlyle
M. McK. Andrews
Dewinton
John Ramsay
Simon's Valley
Richard Knights
John Wilson, Jr
Innisfall
E. J. Reid
Cremona
A. M. Olson
Air
Graf Zeppelin Lands Safely in Home Port
The Graf Zeppelin completed the first round trip commercial trans Atlantic flight landing at Friedrichshafen Germany with passengers and mail from America. The airship covered 4003 miles for the fastest Atlantic crossing by a lighter than air craft and had logged about 19000 miles since leaving October 11.
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Graf Zeppelin
Friedrichshafen
Germany
America
Lakehurst
Sv.j
Atlantic
Important TB Announcement Forecast by Dr Henry Tory
Dr Henry Marshall Tory of the National Research Council of Canada predicts an upcoming significant statement at a gathering of bacteriologists in Ottawa during early winter. The message concerns mankind's long battle against tuberculosis in animals, a major source of human tuberculosis.
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Henry Marshall Tory
National Research Council of Canada
Ottawa
Newfoundland Elections in St Johns Returns Favor Opposition
In the Newfoundland vote count from twenty nine of thirty seven districts the opposition led by Sir Richard Squires captured St Johns City West and Burin West seats while government gains went to St Johns City East Burin East. The opposition held twenty three of forty seats with nine government supporters elected. Sir Richard Squires and Hon F C Alderdice were both elected. Squires in Humber and Alderdice in St Johns City East.
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St. John's
Sir Richard Squires
F. C. Alderdice
St. John's City West
Burin West
St. John's City East
Burin East
Hon
Sir Richard
Humber
Alderdice
St. John’s City East
Toronto Contractors Supply Stilts For Workmen
A Toronto firm provided six foot stilts to workers to replace scaffolding. Two men refused to wear the stilts and were dismissed. William Varley of the Building Trades Council investigates possible contravention of city or provincial statutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
William Varley
Building Trades Council
Banting Receives Cameron Prize for Diabetes Research
In London England F C Banting explains he discovered insulin after reading a London Ontario article that inspired him to crystallize ideas at two a m the next morning leading to his successful experiments at Edinburgh University.
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London
Eng
F. C. Banting
Edinburgh University
Ont
Spanish Royalty Arrives in London for Royal Visit
Queen Victoria of Spain and her daughters the Infantas Beatrix and Maria Christina reached London and were received at Victoria station by the King and Queen. They will be guests of Queen Victoria's mother Princess Beatrice, widow of Prince Henry of Battenberg.
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London
Eng
Queen Victoria
Spain
Infantas Beatrix
Maria Christina
Victoria Station
Beatrice
Prince Henry of Battenberg
Mary
Lord Lascelles
Portumna Castle
Ireland
Saskatchewan Leads In Grain Shipments
Saskatchewan tops the grain shipment figures with 86,376,165 bushels moved into elevating bins on Canadian Pacific lines, including 79,073,723 bushels of wheat. Manitoba reports 35,144,225 bushels of all grains, Alberta 56,958,306 bushels, with 53,192,560 wheat. J G Sutherland notes about 65 percent of the crop marketed and says the first quarter suggests movement peak has passed.
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Winnipeg
J. G. Sutherland
Canadian Pacific
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
Sutherland
Disease of cattle infects man in Ontario case
A Dover Township man contracted bovine brucellosis, a cattle disease unknown to humans, after seeking treatment from Dr James Moriarity in Chatham. The 23 year old patient showed typhoid like symptoms with fever spikes from 99 to 103, weight loss, headaches, joint pains, and nosebleeds before a blood test confirmed the diagnosis.
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Chatham, Ont
Dover Township
Kent County Medical Association
James Moriarity
Immigrant Aid Steps Up For British Settlers
Ottawa reports rise in British assisted immigration with Hon. Robert Forke touring western provinces. Premiers promise careful consideration of policies while sharing settlement duties and funding to help families move from Britain. A proposed plan would fund training farms for boys with combined provincial and federal backing to start farming.
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Ottawa
Robert Forke
Forke
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Federal Department
Britain
British Labor Gains in Civic Elections Across England
London reports show Labor net gains of 101 seats in municipal councils outside London while Conservatives lose 71 and independents 31. Twickenham adds three seats to Labour, 450 women ran vs 343 in 1925, Poplar elects seven women, and Deptford’s communists fare poorly.
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London
Eng
England
Twickenham
William Joynson- Hicks
Borough of
Poplar
Fulham
Armistice Day Letters Sent From La Havre to America
Two million letters the largest mailing from France begin their voyage to the United States aboard the French steamer Rochambeau. Aimed at American women for Armistice Day they carry propaganda, are addressed by French war widows, and sealed for impact.
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la Havre
France
America
Rochambeau
Bank clerk wins big prize in Cambridgeshire pool
Fred G. Moore, 18, Imperial Bank clerk in Quebec, drew Palais Royal II to win the first prize of the Army and Navy Veterans pool on the Cambridgeshire Handicap. He will receive about 35000 dollars. Fellow winners include Fred Graham of Pontypool Ontario who drew Baytown for about 11800 dollars and E A McLatchey of New Glasgow Nova Scotia who held Insight II and earns about 5900 for third.
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Quebec
Fred G. Moore
Imperial Bank
Army and Navy Veterans
Palais Royal II
Fred Graham
Pontypool
Ont
Baytown
E. A. McLatchey
New Glasgow
N.S
Death sentence for Megill in Eastend murder case
William Hugh Megill was condemned to be hanged on February 1 in Shaunavon Saskatchewan after a King's Bench jury found him guilty of murdering 10 year old Anna Goff in June in the Eastend District where he worked as a farm hand. No mercy was offered by Justice H V Bigelow.
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Shaunavon
Sask
William Hugh Megill
Anna Goff
King’s Bench Court
Megill
Eastend
H. V. Bigelow
Militia Officers Committed for Trial in Police Assault Case
Three officers of the Third Canadian Machine Gun Battalion and a companion were committed for trial by Magistrate Jelis on charges of assaulting two police officers who arrested them at the Thistle Club. One officer is alleged to have drawn a sword on a police officer during the incident.
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Hamilton
Canadian Machine Gun Battalion
Jelis
Thistle Club
Graf Zeppelin Mail Flight Totals Revealed
The Graf Zeppelin carried 101,683 pieces of mail back to Germany and weighed about a ton. The U S postal service will credit the German postal administration $75,713 for this cleared mail, consisting of 49,745 letters and 51,938 postcards.
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Washington
Graf Zeppelin
Germany
German Postal Administration
United States Postal Service
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Viscount Allenby
Utes
Dr. Eckener
Paris
Zeppelin
Lake Constance
Newfoundland Elections
Southwark
Shoreditch
Deptford
Bermondsey
Anna
Goff
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