League Powers Clash Over Arms Control Efforts
Soviet official Maxim Litvinoff denounces League attempts to supervise armament production as ineffective and urges real disarmament. Canada and the United States push for broader publicity on armament manufacture while Britain and France deny secret clauses in a provisional naval pact. The League Council may call an international conference as it awaits responses from the United States Italy and Japan.
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Geneva
Russia
League of Nations
Maxim Litvinoff
Eric Drummond
League
Canada
United States
Hugh Wilson
A Riddell
Messrs. Riddell
Wilson
Riddell
League of Nations Council
League Assembly
France
Great Britain
Italy
Japan
League Preparatory To
Berlin Demonstrators Clash Over Battleship Plan
A communist protest against plans for a new German battleship in Berlin turned violent. Police guards were fired on, three demonstrators were seriously hurt, and about twenty people were arrested as crowds were dispersed.
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Berlin
Ottawa Officials Hit Over Winnipeg Immigration Comment
Lord Loyat's remarks on Canada's immigration policy provoke strong reactions from officials at the Department of Immigration and Colonization who have faced criticism of their stance on British immigration.
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Ottawa
Lord Loyat
Winnipeg
Canada
Department of Immigration and Colonization
Russian ice breaker Krassin sails to Franz Josef Land
The Krassin and Russian aviator Chukhnovsky proceed to King's Bay in Norway to locate explorers and rescuers lost in the Italia expedition. The vessel will establish a base at Franz Josef Land during the mission.
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Bergen
Norway
Krassin
King’s Bay
Chukhnovsky
Franz Josef Land
Gold Lake Town Site Survey Completed in Pas
Surveying at the Gold Lake town site near Pas is finished. The new town has not been officially named but is expected to be known as Gold Lake. The area is described as surrounding prospects for development.
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Gold Lake
Farmer Near Moose Jaw Buys Moth Aircraft
A farmer living a few miles north of Moose Jaw has purchased a Moth aeroplane and it is understood that several others are about to follow his example.
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Moose Jaw
Starvation Threat Looms in Chinese Famine Districts
Earl Baker of the New York China famine fund reports famine across a district 20 by 100 miles on the Shanghai border and in Northwest Shantung. He says 150000 people are severely malnourished and 36000 are starving while drought and grasshoppers devastate crops. Grasshoppers have become a dietary staple for thousands, with one village reportedly frying them for sale.
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Shanghai
China
South Chinai
Shantung
Esid Earl Baker
New York-China Famine Fund Committee
United States
Barker
Navy Pact Letter Declared Forgery by Foreign Office
The British foreign office denounced a letter attributed to Sir Austen Chamberlain as a forgery describing an Anglo French naval agreement. The document had caused a global sensation after summaries appeared in the United States and Canada. London stated Briand was not sent such a communication and instructed its Washington embassy to deny authenticity.
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London
Austen Chamberlain
Aristide Briand
Sir Austen
M. Briand
Foreign Office
United States
Canada
Briish
Washington
Rust Threat Failure Reported in Saskatchewan
M P Tullis Saskatchewan Field Crops Commissioner says July conditions suggested rust would be heavy but the rust menace was practically negligible after a 1000 mile provincial tour. He notes heavy crop stands and moist atmosphere aided, yet infection did not materialize.
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Saskatchewan
Moose Jaw
M. P. Tullis
Tullis
Canada May Be Honored Regina Bench Seat
Canada may gain representation on the permanent Court of International Justice with either Right Hon. Mr. Justice Duff or Eugene Lafleur K C of Montreal. An announcement to the Saskatchewan Bar Association by N W Rowell K C of Toronto says a vacancy arose from John Bassett Moore's resignation and the two Canadians were submitted for election, with a vote in about a month.
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Regina
Canada
Permanent Court of International Justice
Justice Duff
Eugene Lafleur
K.C
Montreal
Saskatchewan Bar Association
N. W. Rowell
Toronto
John Bassett Moore
United States
League of Nations backs vaccination against smallpox
The smallpox vaccination commission of the League of Nations notes occasional sleeping sickness from vaccination but finds no reason to stop the practice, calling it the most powerful weapon against smallpox known to medical science.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Commissioner Eadie Dead Winnipeg
Commissioner William Eadie of the Salvation Army has died at Balmoral Scotland. He had led the Western Canada work for the past two years.
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Winnipeg
William Eadie
Salvation Army
Balmoral
Scotland
Canada
Rapid Air Mail Forecast Between Britain and Canada
W G Williams parliamentary secretary to the British Board of Trade predicts rapid mail service by airship linking England and Canada. Two airships are under construction in Great Britain one government built and the other by Commander Burney. Trials of Burney’s craft may occur toward year end during the Empire Parliamentary Association conference in Montreal with the Montreal Board of Trade.
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Montreal
Great Britain
Canada
W. G. Williams
British Board of Trade
Burney
Williams
England
Mr. Williams
Empire Parliamentary Association
Montreal Board of Trade
Empire Transportation
Moral value of the peace pact stressed by Cushendun
Paris report quotes Lord Cushendun saying the Kellogg Briand pact carries moral value but does not force U S involvement in European affairs. He credits Briand and Kellogg with peace efforts and notes Churchill Chamberlain era work. Death reported of Hannah Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin's mother, linked to WW I air raid exposure effects.
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Paris
Lord Cushendun
Great Britain
Northern Ireland
India
Kellogg
United States
Napoleon
Briand
Austen Chamberlain
Charlie
Chaplin
Hollywood
Cali
Hannah Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
Glendale
London
Tragedy in British Columbia plane search yields debris on Seattle beach
Fragments of aircraft upholstery and tourist postcards from the missing British Columbia Airways plane were found on a beach southwest of Seattle. Lt Commander L L Bennett said the upholstery matches the giant plane and ordered search efforts to resume in Port Discovery. George A Smith and Dr E E Gleason collected the pieces along with engine insulation felt fragments.
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Seattle
British Columbia Airways
Here
L. L. Bennett
Port Discovery
George A. Smith
E. E. Gleason
Seed Cleaning Station Planned for Saskatoon
Dr. J. H. Grisdale deputy minister of agriculture announced a government seed cleaning station will be set up in Saskatoon similar to Moose Jaw with several smaller stations across the province. He noted prosperity in the Dominion and progress in the Peace River country and praised phosphate treatment results at the Scott experimental farm.
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Saskatoon
Moose Jaw
J. H. Grisdale
Grisdale
Dominion
Peace River
Scott Experimental Farm
Epidemic Strikes Athens and Piraeus 80 Percent Affected
An estimated eighty percent of residents in Athens and Piraeus have dengue. The fever is spreading from the capital to surrounding provinces.
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Athens
Piraeus
Initial Wheat Pool Payment Set At 85 Cents
The Central Board of the Canadian Wheat Pool, via secretary E. B. Ramsay, announces the first payment for the 1928 29 crop will be 85 cents a bushel basis No 1 Northern at Fort William.
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Winnipeg
Man
Central Board of the
Canadian Wheat Pool
E. B. Ramsay
Fort William
Air Mail Service Established West of Winnipeg
The Pas to Cold Lake will host the first west of Winnipeg air mail service with weekly runs starting Friday. W Rippingale will represent the Saskatoon district at the inauguration as the Kississing post office opens, delivering mail to Cold Lake every Friday and returning the same day. Peter C Deurie is named postmaster at Cold Lake.
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Saskatoon
Winnipeg
Pas
Cold Lake
W. Rippingale
J. H. Hunter
W. A. Rae
Kississing
Peter C. Deurie
Arctic Patrol Completes Canadian Expedition Route
The Boethic completed its annual patrol of Canada’s Arctic archipelago and sails toward Sydney Nova Scotia near early September. Wireless reports from the expedition note a deadly winter epidemic among natives near Frobisher Bay with 25 deaths, mostly children, while health on Baffin Island remains excellent.
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Ottawa
Canada
Arctic
Sydney
N.S
Northwest Territories and
Yukon
Department of the Interior
George P. Mackenzie
Frobisher Bay
Baffin Island
Great Britain’s Postwar Gains Highlighted At Canadian Club
Montreal—Herbert G. Williams M.P. challenged the view that Britain had passed its peak. He cited export gains in electrical machinery, employment up by a quarter million since before the war, and unemployment insurance as essential. Trade with Canada urged, noting Britain buys two and a half dollars of Canadian goods for every dollar sold to Canada. Britain’s naval predominance underlined despite U.S. efforts.
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Great Britain
United States
Germany
Canada
Mr. Williams
Williams
Bank leaders clash on mergers in Winnipeg interview
Royal Bank of Canada president Sir Herbert Holt argues mergers serve the public interest and strengthen banks for large funds. Bank of Montreal president Sir Charles Gordon signals opposition to further mergers, declining to be quoted on the matter. Both spoke while accompanying E. W. Beatty of Canadian Pacific Railway.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Herbert Holt
Royal Bank of Canada
Charles Gordon
Bank of Montreal
Herbert
England
United States
Sir Charles
Sir Herbert
E. W. Beatty
K.C
Canadian Pacific Railways Company
Canadian Bar Association Elects New Officers In Regina
The Canadian Bar Association held its second annual conference in Regina with over 50 benchers. Sir James Atkins was unanimously reappointed president, G. F. Montgomery and A. L. Smith named vice presidents, H. J. Sims secretary. The meeting paused for a tribute to ten members who died in the past year.
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Regina
Sask
Canada
James Atkins
K.C
Winnipeg
G. F. Montgomery
Montreal
A. L. Smith
Calgary
H. J. Sims
Kitchener
Ont
Albert F. Bailey
Limerick
W. Exton Lloyd
Kelvington
Gordon S. Haig
Moose Jaw
Alexander N. Grant
Esterhazy
Peter N. McLaren
Dodsland
James Joseph McNeice
Foam Lake
John Leslie Bryant
G. F. Rowland
Earl Grey
W. D. Morse
Rosthern
To Aid Prisoners Toronto Movement Proposed
General D C Draper chief of police urged a dominion wide network of church and welfare committees to help ex convicts reenter society. He said he personally met twenty ex convicts who faced hindrances to starting anew and finding work after leaving penitentiaries.
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Toronto
D. C. Draper
General Draper
Well Known Finn Injured In Saskatoon Car Crash
Ivar Autunen a famed Finnish newspaper figure known across the Dominion was struck by a car in Saskatoon and is hospitalized with a fractured skull and a broken collar bone.
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Saskatoon
Ivar Autunen
Christendom
Dominion
Doctor Doolittle Receives $5,000 Award from CAI in Toronto
Doctor P. E. Doolittle, a veteran motorist, was presented with a $5,000 check by the Canadian Automotive Industries in appreciation of his efforts to improve motor travel accessibility in Canada.
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Toronto
P. E. Doolittle
Canadian Automotive Industries
Canada
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Court of International Justice
Eadie
Sir Campbell Stuart
Eng
Eastern Cable Co
Marconi Wireless Co
Western
B.C
Prince George Crosses
H. Prince George
K.G
Quebec
Prince
Air Mail Service
First Air Mail
Herbert G. Williams
M.P
Canadian Bar Association
Ing
Doctor Doolittle
Ww. N. U
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