Britain Would Act as Mediator at Conference
A long private meeting between German Foreign Minister Stresemann and British Foreign Secretary Austen Chamberlain signaled Britain’s aim to mediate at the Locarno security conference. They discussed looming conference issues and European questions essential for political reconstruction. Chamberlain seeks a formula between France and Germany on a French guarantee for Poland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Locarno
Btresemann
Germany
Austen Chamberlain
Luther
Priand
France
Stretemann
Chamberlain
Poland
Organizing Another Antarctic Expedition by Captain Wilkins
London veteran explorer Captain George Wilkins plans a new Antarctic voyage likely in months. He toured Arctic and Antarctic fields with Stefansson and Shackleton, bought Amundsen’s aircraft, and expects Norwegian whalers to assist delivery to Bay of Whales for a flight starting end of 1926. The mission aims to reach Graham's Land and chart 3500 miles of coastline.
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London
George Wilkins
Avetrana
Wilkins
Arctic
Stefansson
Antarctic
Shackleton
Amundsen
Bay of Whales
Graham's Land
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Holds Regina Meeting
On November 21 the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool delegates met at Regina HQ to set plans for the first annual meeting. Sixteen districts will send ten delegates to Chay Hall Regina for the 1926 pool delegate election. Nominations are to close November 23 with ballots sent to 68 000 shareholders.
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Regina
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Chay Hall
Freight Rate Equality Urged by McGeer in Vancouver
G. G. McGeer K C government freight rates counsel returned from Ia wa stating that the day of freight rates equality in Canada is near and cannot be forestalled much longer. He added it will be good news to Vancouver that the Alberta wheat crop will reach about 130,000,000 bushels and that snow has not had a serious effect.
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Vancouver
Canada
G. G. McGeer
K.C
Iawa
MccGeer
Alberta
Prince William Completes Play For Royal Dramatic Theatre
Stockholm report that Prince William, King Gustav’s younger son and Sweden’s royal poet playwright, has completed a new play titled On Board. The drama about life at sea reflects the prince’s naval training and will be produced by the Royal Dramatic Theatre.
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Stockholm
Prince William
Gustav
Sweden
Royal Dramatic Theatre
Unintentional Distress Signal From Umatilla Crew
Distress signals from an unidentified vessel in the Pacific were sent unintentionally by a crew member of the flightship Umatilla while tinkering with the apparatus in the operator’s absence, according to Seattle Harbor Ridin Staign.
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Seattle
Wash
Pacific Ocean
Umatilla
Seattle Harbor
Coventry described as busiest place in the United Kingdom
The Daily Mail credits Coventry with record factory activity boosted by the McKenna duties. Leicester also reports strong woollen and hosiery trades and improved export activity. Shoemaking remains prosperous with factories operating overtime amid tariff effects.
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London
Daily Mail
Coventry
Mail
United Kingdom
Leicester
Christy Mathewson Dies After World Series Opener
Baseball idol Christy Mathewson, famed for his 1915 World Series role with the New York Giants, dies in Saranac Lake N Y after a long tuberculosis battle. He had served in France in World War I and coached with the Giants before illness forced retirement in 1920.
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Saranac Lake
N.Y
Christy Mathewson
Pittsburg
France
Mathewson
Giants
Urges Commercial Air Development by Royal Canadian Air Force
Commander Captain J. Stanley Scott told the Ottawa Engineering Institute that the Royal Canadian Air Force should grow Canada’s air power through civil aviation and commercial aviation. He cited support to the Pacific salmon fishery, noting air patrols curb illegal fishing, with officers sworn as fishery inspectors and wireless links from aircraft to stations.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Air Forces
Engineering Institute of Canada
J. Stanley Scott
M.C
A.F.C
D.C
Canada
Pacific
German delegation pushes treaty talks with France
German negotiators submit a note outlining proposals to resume commerce talks with France. French officials express pessimism over German demands for most favored nation status without adequate reciprocity.
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Paris
France
Germany
Charles Chaumet
Cavalry Quells Namah Uprising in Syria
A Syrian cavalry squadron crushed a local uprising at Namah killing or wounding about 30 demonstrators. The crowd, inclining Bedouins, menaced public buildings, disarmed police and reportedly set fire to the palace before the cavalry arrived.
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Beirut
Syria
Namah
Western Canada Live Stock Union Convention Heads to Saskatoon
W Jones of the Saskatoon exhibition announced the 13th annual convention will be held in Saskatoon in January for the first time. He cited significant gains in the local livestock industry as the reason for choosing the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatoon
Western Canada Livestock Union
W. Jones
Arrest Warrant Issued for Chi Li Politicians
A mandate orders the arrest of several politicians in Chi Li province accused of urging General Wo Pei Fu to return to Henan and restart civil war. Officials expect the arrests to secure peace for several months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Chi-Li
Wo Pei Fu
Henan
Move For Peace In Postwar Demilitarization Plan
Washington editors report a push for universal peace as the Interparliamentary Union, with 41 nations, discusses a demilitarization plan. Delegates from Japan, Great Britain and others urge U S leadership, with Britain endorsing joint talks to limit naval and land armaments.
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Washington
United States
Union
Japan
Great Britain
France
Germany
R. S. Madson
Germany and France seek enduring peace at Locarno talks
Germany’s chancellor Dr. Luther told French foreign minister Briand in Locarno that Germany desires peace for all time. The leaders met privately on Lake Maggiore to discuss European problems and ways to banish the Franco German war spectre. No agreement on guaranteeing Poland and Czechoslovakia’s territorial integrity emerged. Cabinet consultations in Paris and Berlin will be needed to move beyond diverging positions.
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Locarno
Switzerland
Germany
Dr. Luther
M. Briand
Lake Maggiore
Europe
France
Poland
Czecho- Slovakia
Paris
Berlin
Saskatchewan Dairy Pool Launches Member Sign-Up Drive
Canvassers on commission will start a sign-up campaign for contracts with the Saskatchewan Dairy Pool Limited headquartered in Regina. The area covers about fifty miles north and south of Regina between the capital and Moose Jaw and east to the Manitoba boundary. The pool activates only after 75 percent of dairy shipments to Regina are signed up, with November 1 as the closing date though directors may extend up to 60 days.
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Regina
Sask
Saskatchewan Dairy Pool Limited
Capital
Moose Jaw
Manitoba
Engineers Die After Steaming Locomotive Rescue
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania engineers Gus Geiser and Robert Matthews were fatally scalded as steam flooded their locomotive They stayed at their posts to stop the train and save passengers.
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Wilkesbarre
Gus Geiser
Robert Matthews
Heavy Sentence For Letter Theft in Montreal
Alice Gervais, a local mail bag opener, was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary for stealing 12 letters containing more than 80 cents in total. The case highlights the mail theft scheme and the court’s severe response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Alice Gervais
Canadian naval contribution criticized by Truth weekly
Truth argues Canada's share in Imperial naval defence is insufficient and urges reflection on Premier Coates and New Zealand Navy League discussions. It notes New Zealand per head contributions rising to ten and nine shillings for next year, while Canada faces a larger seaborne trade and Pacific outlook.
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London
Canada
Coates
New Zealand Navy League
New Zealand
Wellington
Navy League
Truth
Imperial Navy
The
Pacific
Savings plan to buy securities over a year in Canada
Burnett Sainte Clair & Co. of Montreal publishes a plan for Canadians to purchase securities by paying 25 percent upfront and the balance in eleven equal monthly installments. The booklet explains benefits of saving and leveraging market variations, with application through the Montreal office at Canada Cement Building Philips Square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnett Sainte Clair & Co
Montreal
Canada
Canada Cement
Philips
Procope Resolution Advances European Trade Probe
The Interparliamentary Union ends its final session by adopting a Finnish delegate Wi J Procope resolution urging a study of European economic barriers with aim to extinction. It calls for a customs understand ing among nations and assigns a sub committee to report at the next conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interparliamentary Union Conference
Wi. J. Procope
Finland
Adolf Braun
Germany
Procope
Conference Committee
Halibut Season Closed by International Commission
At the closing session of the international halibut commission, it was decided to enforce the closed season on halibut for the next two years. The dates are from November 15 to February 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
International
Rumors Denied by Saskatchewan Cooperative Elevator
The Saskatchewan Cooperative Elevator Company refutes reports of heavy losses from last year. A dividend of eight percent for 1924-25, totaling about $199,000, was declared and paid in August, signaling successful operations. Financial statements will be distributed to shareholders ahead of the December 16 meeting in Regina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
Winnipeg
Saskatchewan Co-operative Elevator Company
Saskatchewan Cooperative Elevator Company
Ready To Reduce Armaments
Washington reports that the Inter-Parliamentary Union backed world disarmament efforts. British, Japanese spokesmen said their governments would join in concerted action to curb armaments. Dr P Munch of Denmark presented a resolution calling for security, scrutiny by a subcommittee, and a technical scheme to reduce armaments, adopted without dissent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Inter-Pariamentary Union
P. Munch
Denmark
Cattle Exports to Great Britain Expanded
Saskatoon the federal agriculture department won verbal consent from Britain to admit cattle in lots of 1100 for export to Great Britain. The move follows conferences with Britain’s agriculture ministry and marine officials to meet rising export volumes. Minister W R Motherwell announced the agreement citing prior embargo limits and the hope for an increased export stimulus.
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Saskatoon
Great Britain
Federal
Department of Agriculture
British Board of Trade
Ministry of Agriculture
W. R. Motherwell
Motherwell
W.A. Wilson
Saskatchewan
Canada
Bettween
Dominion Department
Wilson
Barker
Marine Department
Free Trade in Europe Might Maintain Peace
Delegates at the Interparliamentary Union conference urged Washington to lead world armament reductions. Representative Theodore Burton said Americans should not press a Washington conference while European efforts continue. Andrew Re MeMaster proposed that free trade in Europe could ease conflicts and expand markets, noting Canada's wheat export interests.
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Europe
Washington
Interparliamentary Union
Theodore Burton
Oho
Burton
White House
Andrew Re MeMaster
Montreal
MLD
Brome
Canada
Debaters To Tour Canada From British Universities
A four-member British university debate quartet will tour Canada early next year. They will visit Saint John Winnipeg Regina Edmonton Calgary and Victoria engaging with Canadian university teams on imperial topics including Western civilization’s decline and naval bases in Singapore with Pacific squadrons. Potential Vancouver to Australia and New Zealand exchanges are planned.
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Montreal
United Kingdom
Canada
Singapore
Dominions
Pacific
Saint John
Universites
Maritime Provinces
Quebec
Ontario
Winnipeg
Regina
Edmonton
Calgary
Victoria
B.C
Vancouver
Antipodes
Australia
New Zealand
New Appointment Winnipeg
Col. J. Obed Smith, commissioner of immigration London for the Canadian Government, has been named permanent commissioner of immigration to the League of Nations. He is to depart for Ottawa and Geneva soon to begin his duties.
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Winnipeg
Col. J. Obed Smith
London
Vng
League of Nations
Ottawa
Geneva
Captain Drake Sailed Alone for England in Small Schooner
Scale Wa captain Thomas Drake left Seattle in May for England aboard a small schooner and was not heard from after sailing from San Diego on August 15. J W Lough of Seattle, an old friend, says Drake planned to sail around Cape Horn.
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Scale
Thomas Drake
Seattle
England
San Diego
J. W. Lough
Drake
S. Drake
Cape Horn
Egg shortage hits Moose Jaw market amid cold weather
Wholesale dealers report a citywide egg shortage as threshing stalls and farmer transport are halted by poor conditions. In London, the Times cites a Berlin dispatch noting the security pact draft limits Britain to commitments only, excluding the Dominions.
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Moose Jaw
London
London Times
Berlin
Deutsches Zeitung
Britain
Dominions
Massey Harris Names Joseph N. Shenstone President
The Massey Harris Company announces Joseph N. Shenstone as president succeeding Hon. Vincent Massey who resigned several days ago. The leadership change occurs at the major implement firm based in Toronto.
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Toronto
Joseph N. Shenstone
Massey Harris Company
Vincent Massey
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Prince
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Idol
Air Force
Scott
West Canada Livestock Union
Gods of War
Saskatchewan Dairy Pool
Committee of Interparliamentary Union
Saskatchewan Co-operative Elevator Co
Partridge Island
N.B.) Harbor
Permanent League Post
Obed Smith
Capt. Drake
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