Plan to Boost Western Crop Output With Electric Fertilizer
Professor J Watson Bain of the University of Toronto describes a plan to produce ammonium nitrate fertilizer from water and air using electricity. He envisions large western plants powered by Hudson Bay river electricity to supply rock phosphate and coke for phosphorus production, boosting wheat yields in Canada.
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Toronto
Manitoba
J. Watson Bain
Faculty of Applied Science
University of Toronto
Bain
Germany
Canada
Ontario
Hudson Bay
Baip
Berlin plebiscite attempt on warship ban fails
Communists failed to secure a nationwide plebiscite on a law banning battle cruisers. About two million Germans signed the petition, but the constitution requires roughly four million signatures, preventing a referendum.
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Berlin
CP Railway Leader Montreal E W Beatty Turns 51
Canadian Pacific Railway president Montreal E W Beatty marks his 51st birthday born October 16 1877 in Thorold Ontario. He began with the company in 1901 as assistant to the general counsel and rose to vice president in 1914 and president in 1918 succeeding Lord Shaughnessy.
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Montreal
E. W. Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway
Mr. Beatty
Thorold
Ont
Lord Shaughnessy
Jost Found Guilty in Attempted Murder Trial
Anton Jost, a young Hungarian resident of Pangman, Weyburn district, was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary after a jury found him guilty of attempting to murder Mrs. Kauffman and Martin Kauffman. The jury acquitted him of wounding Annie Kauffman with intent to murder or harm.
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Weyburn
Sask
Anton Jost
Pangman
Kauffman
Martin Kauffman
Jost
Annie Kauffman
Navy papers on the Thames not of great importance recovered
Admiralty confirms that loss between Marion on the Thames and Chat ham Royal naval barracks was exaggerated as the papers were of no importance and have been recovered.
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London
Eng
Marion-on-the-Thames
Chatham
Royal Naval Barracks
Admiralty
Appeal Not Withdrawn in Cobourg Libel Case
W. T. R. Preston and Mr. Wilson deny sanctioning any withdrawal of their appeal from the Cobourg trial jury verdict in the libel action brought by Sir Arthur Currie. The appeal remains on the bearing list.
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Toronto
Ont
Mr. Wilson
W. T. R. Preston
Wilson
Cobourg
Arthur Currie
Heroism At Sea on the Trojan Star Fire
The Blue Star Line steamship Trojan Star, captained by G A Griffiths, arrived off Vancouver after a fierce October 12 fire off the California coast. Seven crew were burned or scalded, fireman Tennison died at sea, while Second Engineer Houston and crew member James aided others amid flames and heat for hours before a ruptured steam pipe suffocated the blaze and allowed rescue.
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Vancouver
Blue Star Line
Trojan Star
G. A. Griffiths
California
Wiliam P. Tennison
Hull
Eng
Sydney P. Houston
Jaynes
Houston
James
Tennison
Manitoba Radio Station Opens Largest in Canada
Winnipeg marks the official opening of the Manitoba Telephone System broadcasting station on Sherbrooke street. Minister W. R. Clubb pressed the start button for a 5 000-20 000 watt transmitter at the Agricultural College eight miles away, far exceeding the former plant. Premier John Bracken spoke and the Salvation Army Citadel Band performed under H G Merritt. The station uses a 384.4 metre wavelength and 200 kilo cycles.
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Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba Telephone System
Canada
Sherbrooke Street
W. R. Clubb
H. G. Merritt
Malkin Wins Mayoralty in Greater Vancouver Race
W H Malkin pioneer wholesale merchant won the Greater Vancouver amalgamated city mayoralty by 1 666 votes over Louis D Taylor in civic elections. Malkin 18 733 Taylor 17 067 Rabinowitz 207. Malkin’s term to be two years.
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Vancouver
W. H. Malkin
Pioneer
Greater Vancouver
Vanccouver City
Point Grey
South Vancouver
Malkin
Louis D. Taylor
Taylor
Louis Rabinowitz
Pass Radio Exams Ottawa
The radio branch of the Department of Marine and Fisheries reports 18 candidates were examined in September. Vancouver’s M. E. D. Jakobson and J. H. Stow earned Commercial first class certificates in radio telegraphy. Vancouver’s Co. Blacklock and A. R. Bock from Regina and W. J. Pickering had existing certificates endorsed for additional equipment.
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Ottawa
Department of Marine and Fisheries
M. E. D. Jackobson
J. H. Stow
Vancouver
Co. Blacklock
A. R. Bock
W. J. Pickering
Regina
Sask
Liquor Revenue Fuels Ontario Budget Balance
The Evening Telegram reports that $5,000,000 in liquor sales sustains the Ontario government’s yearly operations, preventing a deficit. A substantial share of liquor revenue is slated to offset an anticipated $2,000,000 drop in succession duties taxes.
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Toronto
Evening Telegram
Ontario
Workmen Buried in Concrete at Union Depot Site
In Cleveland two laborers Patrick Toolis 23 and Patrick Cleary 27 were buried alive in a 105 foot hole at the Union Depot site when a fifty ton batch of concrete flooded the pit. They were found after a 12 hour struggle and removed from the hardened mix.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Union
Patrick Toolis
Patrick Cleary
Toolis
Cleary
Big gold rush expected at Crowe River Ontario
Winnipeg reports valuable gold discoveries at Crowe River near the Patricia mining field in Northern Ontario by Northern Aerial Mineral Exploration Company. Capt. H. A. Oakes says 200 prospectors await the freeze up, with many traveling by air, canoe, or dog team. The firm plans winter operations with planes adapted to skis, housing four additional aircraft in Winnipeg.
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Winnipeg
Man
Crowe River
Northern Aerial Mineral Exploration Company
Red Lake
H. A. Oakes
Patricia
Ontario
Crowe Lake
Coaks
Oakes
al Chesman
Chesterfield Inlet
Hudson Bay
Churchill
Settlement drive backed by Colonization Finance Corp
Assistant Commissioner of Colonization and Development of Canada praises the newly formed Colonization Finance Corporation of Canada Limited as the most important step jointly taken by private landowners to promote agricultural settlement on a sound basis. The plan covers millions of acres and is developed with the Canada Colonization Association, where Mr. Macalister serves as a director.
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Department of Colonization and Development
Canadian Pacific Railway
Colonization Finance Corporation of Canada Limited
Canada Colnization Association
Macalister
Tunneys Take Lease For Mayfair Literary Salon
Mr and Mrs James Joseph Tunney reportedly leased a Mayfair house for a year after their honeymoon and plan to host a literary salon. Harry Preston says Gene Tunney still intends a ring return, noting a past record for him to break linked to a 1920s boxing match where Dempsey defeated four English heavyweights.
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London
James Joseph Tunney
Mayfair
Harry Preston
Gene
Tunney
Jack Dempsey
New Daily for The Pas Calgary Ready to Launch
The Northern Star, a Canadian Press franchise, is planned as a new daily for The Pas with publication slated to begin early in December. A building is under construction for editorial, business, and printing operations. G. M. Bell leads the Calgary Albertan Company as president of the new venture, with S. L. Cross of Regina as vice president. P. C. Galbraith of the Winnipeg Tribune will be business manager and Fred Johnson, Winnipeg Tribune mining editor, will serve as managing editor.
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Calgary
Northern Star
Pas
G. M. Bell
Calgary Albertan Company
S. L. Cross
Regina
P. C. Galbraith
The
Winnipeg Tribune
Fred Johnson
B C Settlement Plan Has Been Exaggerated
Letters to government offices reveal public interest in Tolmie land settlement offer but reports of 40 acres of cleared land a log cabin and $2000 cash are denied by the Premier.
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Victoria
Tolmie
British Columbia
Premier Mackenzie King Attends London Luncheon
Premier Mackenzie King of Canada attends a British government luncheon for Empire Parliamentary Association delegates returning from their Canada tour. He notes Canadians take great pride in British traditions and institutions as the group prepares to disband and return to distant parts of the Empire.
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London
Eng
Mackenzie King
Canada
Empire Parliamentary Association
King
Memorial Day for Celebrated Explorer in Oslo
The Norwegian government marks December 14 as a memorial day for Roald Amundsen who discovered the South Pole in 1911 and died aiding the Nobile expedition. The government urges Norwegians abroad to organize additional commemoratives.
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Oslo
Norway
South Pole
Roald Amundsen
Nobile
Alberta Plans to Aid Settlers From Britain
Edmonton announces closer co operation between the Provincial and Dominion governments on future immigration. A tripartite plan will bring in British women as domestic help, train prospective emigrants in England and Scotland, and build 20 cottages in the Lethbridge irrigation district for new settlers. Costs shared by Alberta Dominion and Britain. Forke and Premier Brownlee lead the policy roll out.
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Edmonton
Robert Forke
Immigration and Colonization
Brownlee
Canada
Lethbridge
Alberta
Dominion
Forke
Fine tribute paid to Canada by U S judge
Justice E Fabre Surveyor addressed the Canadian Society in New York praising Canada’s rapid rise toward autonomy and nationhood. He said Canadians remain loyal to the British crown as Canada expands judicial powers and gains roles on the world stage including election to the League of Nations council.
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New York
Justice E. Fabre Surveyor
Justice Surveyor
John Gloster Armstrong
Frederick Hudd
Canada
Britain
Council of the League of Nations
Geneva
British Doctors Form 350-Name Medical Inspection Roster
A roster of 350 British doctors is being formed to inspect emigrants to Canada. Canadian doctors will be retained, each in charge of a zone, with British doctors within that zone reporting to the Canadian doctor. Miss Franklin of the Women’s Overseas Settlement Society backs domestic training schools for women migrating to Canada. Sir George Magnus endorses the schools as a migration benefit.
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London
Eng
Canada
Franklin
Women's Overseas Settlement Society
George Magnum
Church of England Council For Empire Settlement
Gouin Expected To Accept Quebec Lieutenant-Governor Offer
The Citizen notes Sir Lomer Gouin is expected to respond to the offer of the lieutenant-governorship of Quebec when it becomes vacant January after Governor Perodeau’s term ends. The prime minister urged him months ago to round off his career with this post.
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Ottawa
Citizen
Lomer Gouin
Quebec
Perodeau
Typhus Outbreak Reported in Ukraine
Riga dispatch notes 10,000 typhus cases in the Ukraine with many deaths. Schools and moving picture houses closed as provisions and medicine are urgently needed.
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London
Eng
Riga
Ukraine
Riverside teen arrives from Canada in murder case
Riverside California Jessie Clark sister of Sanford Clark arrives in Riverside from Canada as she becomes part of the case against Gordon Stewart Northcott the alleged killer of boys on his Riverside chicken ranch.
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Riverside
Cal
Jessie Clark
Sanford Clark
Gordon Stewart Northcott
Canada
Calgary Faces Housing Shortage Despite 300 Homes Built
Calgary reports a serious housing shortage even after 300 new houses were erected this year. Public schools show a population increase of 600 over last year on reopening.
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Calgary
Asia
Air Phones a Success in Flight Telephony Breakthrough
London reports Cross Channel Air Company says experiments proved wireless telephone contact possible with city businesses while passengers flew up to 12 000 feet aboard air service.
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London
Eng
Cross Channel Air Company
Peking Radio Station Gains 2630 Subscribers
The Peking radio broadcasting station announces 2,630 paid subscribers after less than a year of operation. Three women announcers are on the staff. The text notes coal tar as the essence of ancient plant life that formed dyes.
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Peking
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Royal Photographic Society
U. S
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China
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