Wheat Pool estimates three-province crop at 265 million bushels
The Inter-Provincial Wheat Pool Selling Agency says Saskatchewan will yield about 150 million bushels with Alberta 70 to 75 million and Manitoba 37 to 40 million. The total 265 million bushels is based on reports from about 6,000 farmers and contrasts with a Winnipeg paper estimate.
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Inter-Provincial ‘Wheat Pool
Winanipe
A. J. McPhail
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Alberta
Manitoba
Plot to free death-row bandits uncovered at Bordeaux Jail
Investigation reveals a plan to liberate four of six bandits from the Hochelaga Bank robbery case. Guiseppe Serafini was caught attempting to escape as the plot unraveled. If successful, Louis Morel Frank Gambino and Leo Davis would have joined Serafini on death row escapes planned for October 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Bordeaux
Hochelaga Bank
Henri Cleroux
Guiseppe Serafini
Louis Morel
Frank Gambino
Leo Davis
Serafini
Tony Frank
Mike Valentino
France Ratifies Lausanne Treaty to Restore Near East Peace
The French Senate approved the Treaty of Lausanne by twenty negative votes, following Monday's ratification. France becomes the fourth power to ratify the pact which took effect August 6 upon its third ratification, after Britain Italy and Japan had already adhered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Lausanne
Near East
France
Great Britain
Italy
Japan
Premier Oliver to Attend Ottawa Board Hearing Alone
Victoria premier Oliver will appear before the Board of Railway Commissioners in Ottawa on September 17 without government counsel. He says no legal help is needed as the board considers complaints about restoring the Crow's Nest Pass freight rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B.C
Oliver
Board of Railway Commissioners
Ottawa
Unemployment Rises in Great Britain
Unemployment in Great Britain has grown worse over six weeks with last week’s increase of thirty thousand. The current total of unemployed is estimated at 1,123,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
London
Trade With Germany Grows for Ottawa Canada
Canada imported goods from Germany to the value of 6041.00 during the year ended July, nearly double the prior year. Exports to Germany reached 17,041,000, up seven million from the year before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada
Germany
Government to probe Windsor liquor exports at Essex border
A government inquiry will soon examine the liquor export business along the Essex border Windsor Ontario. Officials expect tighter regulations may reduce profitability of the export trade from the region.
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Windsor
Ont
Essex
British troop totals by home and abroad figures
The count shows 157,490 British troops, with 109,273 stationed at home. Excluded from the total are 16,961 troops in India.
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India
Fate of Leopold and Loeb Decided September 10
Judge Caverny set September 10 at 9 30 a m for the verdict in the Leopold and Loeb case after dismissing the state attorney's criticism as a cowardly attack on the court. The remark prompted an amisement of the penalty decision agenda as the two confessed kidnappers and murderers await sentence.
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Chicago
Robert E Crowe
John K. Caverny
MacLaren Open To Another Round The World Flight Try
Major A. Stewart MacLaren British flying ace says if Americans fail to complete the round-the-world flight he will make another attempt next year. He notes obstacles remain but sees good cooperation from the United States Navy and favorable odds for success.
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Edmonton
A. Stewart MacLaren
MacLaren
Vancouver
Winnipeg
United States Navy
Saskatchewan Wheat Producers seek tariff changes
The Board of Grain Commissioners met in private session to review proposed tariff changes from the Saskatchewan Co operative Wheat Producers Limited. It is expected action will be deferred until the Royal Grain Inquiry Commission reports to the Government. Commission members have left for the east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Board of Grain Commissioners
Saskatchewan Co-operative Wheat Producers’ Limited
Royal Grain Inquiry Commission
East
Fewer Drug Addicts in Canada Report
Ottawa reports to the Health Department that drug addicts nationwide are on the decline with notable improvement in British Columbia. The claim of widespread addiction in BC schools is doubted. isolated cases may occur but are not widely observed by parents or teachers.
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Ottawa
Health Department
British Columbia
Copper wire bars rolled in Canada first time
Ottawa reports that Consolidated Smelters in British Columbia has produced copper wire bars domestically for the first time. Seventy eight tons were shipped recently, marking the initial result of the copper bounty provided in the last session's legislation.
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Ottawa
Canada
Consolidated Smelters
British Columbia
Death of E. J. Chamberlin in Pasadena
Edson Joseph Chamberlin aged 73 well known as a leading railroad man and operating expert in the Dominion died recently at Pasadena California. Interment will take place at St Albans Vermont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Edson Joseph Chamberlin
Dominion
Pasadena
Calif
St Albans
Vermont
Victoria Government proposes wheat pool and agricultural bank
Premier G. M. Prendergast announced in the Victoria legislative assembly plans for a compulsory wheat pool and the creation of an agricultural bank. The proposals aim to regulate grain supply and support farming finance.
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Australia
Melbourne
Government of
Victoria
G. M. Prendergast
Victoria Legislative Assembly
United States Invited to Disarmament Conference
Geneva officials invite the United States Government to send an official representative to the disarmament committee as part of the league of nations effort. The invitation follows U S participation in the league's preliminary study toward an international arms control convention.
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Geneva
League of Natoms
United States
Disarmament Committee
League Assembly
League
Alberta Dairy Pool Campaign Aims For Harvest Drive
Alberta's Co operative Dairy Pool moves forward with information campaigns during harvest season. Attorney-General Brownlee has the formation papers and met the provisional board in Banff. A contract signing push is planned around November 1 to promote the pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Alberta Co-operative Dairy Pool
Brownlee
Banff
Minister says Hudson Bay Railway should be completed
Federal Agriculture Minister W R Motherwell told The Pas Board of Trade the Hudson Bay Railway is a national project not a political issue. He urged trying the route to assess feasibility and potential tributary industry, arguing postwar Canada can fund the build and that risks should be weighed against benefits.
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Hudson's Bay Railway
Wilfrid Laurier
Canada
W. R. Motherwell
Pas Board of Trade
Hudson’s Bay Railway
Panama Canal
Hudson's Bay
C.P.R
C.N.R
Seaplanes to Guard British Coast Patrol
Great Britain will patrol its coast with seaplanes under construction for the navy. Each craft will carry a pilot navigator two machine gunners and a torpedo to launch at surface craft. Larger planes are being built for longer sea flights carrying five men each.
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London
Great
Britain
Egyptian Prisoners Sentenced in Atbara Disturbances
A court martial of Egyptian and Sudanese officers sentenced three ring leaders in Atbara disturbances to two years imprisonment. Ten other prisoners received one year each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khartum
Egypt
Atbara
Kindersley Crew Safe Aboard Hudsons Bay Schooner
Wireless message confirms all aboard the Lady Kindersley are safe and comfortable. The schooner remains trapped on ice about 30 miles from Tangent Point, east of Point Barrow.
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Kindersley
Vancouver
Lady Kindersley
Tangent Point
Point Barrow
Appoints New Ambassadors to Japan and Mexico
President Coolidge announces Ed gar A Bancroft of Chicago named ambassador to Japan and James Rockwell Sheffield of New York named ambassador to Mexico.
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Plymouth
Edgar A. Bancroft
Chicago
Japan
James Rockwell Sheffield
New York
Mexico
Coolidge
Distinguished Visitor at Meadow Brook Polo Games
A distinguished British actress and daughter of the Duke of Rutland attended the Meadow Brook international polo games in Long Island. The visit highlighted cultural ties as prominent Britons joined the event abroad.
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Duke of Rutland
America
Meadow Brook
Long Island
Greater Co operation Urged by Hatch at Toronto Exhibition
Col A F Hatch president of the Canadian Manufacturers Association urged greater co operation among farmers lumbermen and industry to build Canada. He said the nation should utilize raw materials to maximize Canadian employment by manufacturing to the fullest export based resources. He called for policy of cooperation across classes for development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Canada
Col
A. F. Hatch
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Colonel Hatch
Crop Prospects Improve Montreal
Sir Henry Thornton, president of the National Railways, returned from a five week inspection tour to the Pacific coast and stated that the west's wheat crop will reach at least 300 million bushels this year. He noted earlier estimates of 275 million and said harvest should be 300 million unless a late setback occurs.
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Montreal
Sir Henry Thornton
The
National Railways
Pacific Coast
Sir Henry
Favorable Trade Balance for Canada with U S
Canada runs a more favorable balance with the United States as exports rise to 422.81 million dollars while imports reach 565.90 million in the year ended July, an increase of about 20 million in exports and a 30 million drop in imports from the prior year. The deficit narrowed from 193.27 million to 143.09 million.
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U.S
Canada
Ottawa
United States
Dominion
Ruhr evacuation plan to affect civilian workers
The Danes plan adoption and Franco-Belgian economic evacuation of the Ruhr will impact 109 876 civilian workers. Of these, 88 293 are German railwaymen, 18 395 are French civilians, 2 903 are Belgians, and 281 are auxiliary railway workers of various nationalities.
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Paris
Ruhr
Rhineland
Saskatoon Joins Edmonton in Rail Freight Rate Protest
Saskatoon and Edmonton plan to apply to the board of railway commissioners to end discriminatory freight rates on CPR main line districts where the Crow's Nest Pass agreement applies. The joint action aims to remove northern Saskatchewan and Alberta rate disparities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatoon
Edmonton
Board of Railway Commissioners
Saskatchewan
Alberta
C.P.R
Ottawa urged to hold off grain cargo rate rise
Alberta Government asks Ottawa to delay Vancouver Harbor Board cargo rate increases on grain until a full investigation and hearing can be held. Premier Greenfield has wired Prime Minister Mackenzie King and the Minister of Marine and Fisheries seeking action per prior understandings.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Ottawa
Vancouver Harbor Board
Greenfield
Mackenzie King
Drastic Beer Regulations in Manitoba Propose Glass Bottles
Manitoba beer sales move to glass bottles only as regulations curb draft beer. Permit holders face weekly limits of 24 quarts or 48 pints, or monthly limits of 72 quarts or 120 pints. Kegs and non glass containers are banned. Authority cited is the Liquor Commission and cabinet order in council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Government of Manitoba Nquor Commission
Epidemic Strikes Western Japan With High Mortality
Eminent physicians rush to western provinces as a new epidemic resembling spinal meningitis spreads in Japan. Nearly 900 deaths in weeks, with victims showing meningitis symptoms then falling into a coma before death. Mortality around 65 percent. cause remains unknown.
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Tokio
Advantages All With Canada In Growing Wheat
Washington reports that a Republican campaign text book argues the tariff protects US farmers from Canadian competition. It contends Canadian wheat costs less to produce and ship, giving Canada an advantage, while US farmers rely on tariffs to stay viable.
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Canada
Washington
United States
Wheat yields jump at Ontario Agricultural College plots
In Guelph Ontario experimental plots at the Ontario Agricultural College winter wheat yields set a record, averaging 63.4 bushels per acre in 1924 versus a 29 year average of 44.5 bushels. The increase stands at 18 bushels per acre.
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Guelph, Ont
Ontario Agricultural College
First Alberta Wheat Sample Graded No 1 Northern
George Hill Dominion grain inspector received the season's first wheat sample on August 6 from Barons. The grain graded No 1 Northern with good color and plump kernels. Hill said the sample matched Alberta's top wheat quality from last year.
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Calgary
George Hill
Dominion Grain Inspector
Hill
Alberta
Anatole France Confined to Bed at Tourain Country House
The Petit Parisien reports writer Anatole France residing at his Touraine country house is again bedridden and confined, with no travel planned.
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Paris
Anatole France
Tourain
Men Who Guide Destiny of the British Empire
Ramsay MacDonald, the British Prime Minister, spoke on the empire’s duties and the burden of governing its vast federation. He praised the fleet review at Spithead, noted the Washington treaty, and urged mutual disarmament with other nations, pledging to push further steps from London then Geneva.
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British Empire
Scotland
Ramsay MacDonald
MacDonald
Mr. MacDonald
Spithead
Great Britain
Washington
Geneva
London
Germany Discharges State Employees
Four hundred thousand of the 1,600,000 state employees have been discharged in Germany during the past few months under a law providing for a general reduction of officials to aid in balancing the budget. It is estimated that 430,000,000 gold marks will be saved for the Government. General conditions on the labor market are bad, owing to the economic low mood in most branches, and it is held improbable that many of these discharged employees can find work elsewhere.
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Berlin
Germany
France to Cut Government Spending and Balance Budget
The French cabinet agreed to a radical overhaul of expenses to balance the budget. Premier Herriot and Finance Minister Clementel are to begin in September trimming unnecessary ministry costs, with a budget bill to Parliament at the spring session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Herriot
Clemente
Trade probe for West Indies may see Canadian official visit
Although no announcement has been made, it is reported that Thomas A. Low, Canada’s Minister of Trade and Commerce, will travel south to conduct preliminary work on examining trade conditions in the West Indies and negotiating a possible new agreement with the colony.
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Ottawa
West Indies
Canada
Thomas A. Low
Leadership names floated for Alberta Liberals in Calgary
After J. R. Boyle’s elevation to the Alberta bench, two figures dominate Liberal leadership talk in Alberta. C. R. Mitchell, former provincial treasurer and Bow Valley representative, and W. M. Davidson, editor of the Calgary Albertan and Calgary member.
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Alberta Liberals
Calgary
J. R. Boyle
Alberta
Liberal Party
C. R. Mitchell
Bow Valley
W. M. Davidson
Calgary Albertan
No Labor Troubles in Regina Saskatchewan This Year
Saskatchewan has reported no strikes or lockouts in the current year. The only near trouble was the dispute between Moose Jaw city and its power house employees, which was settled by arbitration.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Moose Jaw
Stefansson Sails for San Francisco After Australia Trip
Arctic explorer Stefansson returns from an interior Australia journey and sails from Wellington New Zealand to San Francisco aboard the steamer Tahiti. The voyage follows his Antarctic and Arctic expeditions and renews interest in his blonde Eskimo discovery.
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Wellington
N.Z
Valhjalmur Stefansson
Australia
San Francisco
Tahiti
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BUS
E. J. Chamberlin
H.B
Lady Diana Cooper
Manufacturers’ Association
Henry Thornton
First
Alberta Wheat
Stefansson
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