Roosevelt Threatens Cuban Intervention to Restore Order
President Roosevelt placed a protective squadron around Cuba and prepared marines at Quantico as warships gathered off Key West and Cuban ports. He urged a swift establishment of a self governing government in Cuba to maintain order and avoid direct intervention.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cuba
Indianapolis
Annapolia
Quantico
Mississippi
Atlantic
Key West
Guantanamo
Santiago
Havana
United States
South
Central America
White House
Milk train collision kills and maims in Elmira era
A milk train near Binghamton plowed into an Erie Railroad flyer heading to New York, killing fourteen people and injuring twenty five with several in critical condition. Engineer M H King said he did not see the signal light in time to stop as the train rounded a curve. Erie Vice-President R E Woodruff stated the milk train engineer knew the track was not clear.
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Binghampton
N.Y
New York
Erie Railroad
M. H. King
Elmira
Hornell
Hoboken
R. E. Woodruff
Premier Macdonald unveils first cabinet move cuts to expenses
Halifax announces adherence to the Nova Scotia Old Age Pensions Act and outlines economy pledges. The new cabinet abolishes two deputy minister posts in agriculture and health and reduces liquor commissioners from two to one, saving about 25000 dollars annually. A three member committee will seek further thrift measures.
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Halifax
N.S
Nova Scotia
Angus L. Macdonald
Doctor Arthur Elected Canadian Medical Council President
Dr. R H Arthur of Sudbury Ontario was elected president of the Medical Council of Canada at the Ottawa annual meeting succeeding Dr W A Thomson of Regina. The council governs medical standards and has final authority on examinations required to practice medicine in Canada.
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Ottawa
Ont
R. H. Arthur
Sudbury
Medical Council of Canada
W. A. Thomson
Regina
Dominion
Canada
Western Farmers Backed For Higher Reward Says Bryant
Hon. James F. Bryant, Saskatchewan Public Works minister, told Canadian National Exhibition directors that western farmers are not Reds and seek better rural life. He argued the main issue is distribution over production, noting falling prices and rising supply and urging higher rewards for agricultural services.
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Toronto
Bryant
Forest Fires Sweep Manitoba Region Near Rennie Whitemouth
Manitoba fire crews fought spread across eastern and central districts. A five mile front between Rennie and Whitemouth saw dense smoke and peril for motorists. Over 100 men patrolled the area as rains aided rangers. timber stands, station, and section house were destroyed and families evacuated.
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Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba
Rennie
Whitemouth
Saskatoon Mathematician Dines Named Carnegie Tech Department Head
Dr Lloyd L Dines longtime University of Saskatchewan mathematics professor and former head of the junior college accepts the post as head of the Mathematics Department at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh. The move follows a renowned career in Canada and recognition as a Royal Society of Canada fellow. Dr Dines trained at the University of Chicago. Professor D B Delury will continue Dines' mathematics classes next year.
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Saskatoon
Sask
Lloyd L. Dines
University of Saskatchewan
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Pittsburgh
W. C. Murray
Dines
Canada
Royal Society of Canada
University of Chicago
D. B. Delury
Murray
Want Game Guardians Calgary Alberta Convention Urges
The Alberta Fish and Game Association proposed appointing game guardians in Alberta to protect game now enforced by the RCMP. The resolution also urged steps to prohibit shooting migratory birds with rifles and high power pneumatic guns.
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Calgary
Alta
Alberta
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Alberta Fish and Game Association
Crowds attend Carfin Grotto festival in Scotland
Nearly 40 000 people joined a religious festival at Carfin Grotto to mark the anniversary of the grotto’s opening. The event drew visitors from across Scotland and highlighted ongoing devotion at the historic site.
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Carfin Grotto
Scotland
Quebec Health Bureau Expands Tuberculosis Village Plan
The Quebec Bureau of Health reports success of the Grandier system placing TB-affected city children with farming families. Children prefer country life and some farmers adopt the children. Hon. Athanase David promotes this as a positive colonization effort, modeled after Professor Grandier’s 30 year old French program.
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Quebec
Quebec Bureau of Health
Athanase David
Mr. David
Bureau of Health
Grancher
Professor Grancher
France
Grandier
David
Three Children Burned by Explosion at Ottawa Home
Three children Kath leen Olive and Felix Jean Marie were burned when a match ignited a tin can of gun powder hidden in a cupboard 25 years ago. They suffered serious burns and were rushed to hospital in Ottawa.
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Quyen
Que
Kathleen
Olive
Felix Jean-Marie
Ottawa
British Farmers Back National Milk Pool Plan
British farmers vote overwhelmingly for a national dairy pool with 96.42 percent in favor and 3.58 percent opposed. The plan, covering England and Wales, creates national and regional pools to market milk, share profits, and manage surplus for cheese and dry milk. The national board takes control October 1 for a trial, with full operation next year.
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London
England
United Kingdom
Wales
Indian Chief Kinyewakaw Dies at 74
Chief George Kinyewakaw of Griswold Manitoba a long time Sioux leader in Canada died at Round Plain reserve. He fell ill August 20 after haying and had suffered an internal ailment for years. He helped celebrate Winnipeg Board of Trade festivities in 1920 and was a respected farmer at Griswold.
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Prince Albert
George Kinyewakaw
Griswold
Man
Canada
Round Plain Indian Reserve
Kinyewakaw
Penalty Affects Thousands Behind on Relief Work Cards
In Calgary 2310 married workers face penalties as of September 1 for being 100 hours or more behind on relief work cards. Relief officials review cases where workers refuse to work in return for aid, with many appeals underway amid a close scrutiny of such refusals.
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Calgary
Alta
Kelowna Fruit Growers Demand Minimum 1 Cent Apple Price
At a Kelowna meeting fruit growers threatened to smash trees if negotiators would not guarantee a cent per pound minimum for all apples picked and shipped. The group pressed for a binding price floor from shippers during talks in British Columbia.
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Kelowna
B.C
Machine Age Not to Blame for Economic Ills
Leicester report on Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins asserting science should not be blamed for poverty amid plenty and labor replacement by machines. He cautioned over money versus man, urged planning for leisure distribution, and stressed use of real versus brief leisure in civilization’s future.
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Leicester
England
Frederick Gowland Hopkins
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Frederick
Alfred Ewing
High Quality Of Wheat In Western Canada
Winnipeg reports that protein content of the first 100 samples of new crop western Canada wheat matches last year on average. Manitoba shows 17.2 percent max with 13.9 percent average for No 1 hard. Saskatchewan 17.2 percent max and 14.7 percent average. Alberta absent due to insufficient quantity. Northern No 1 from Manitoba averaged 13.6 percent. Saskatchewan 14.9 percent.
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Winnipeg
Man
Western
Canada
Monioba
Saskatchewan
T. A. Aiken
Grain Research Laboratory
The
Board of Grain Commissioners
Alberta
Manitoba
Gardenia Arrives to Load Manitoba Grain Shipment
At Churchill Manitoba the S S Gardenia arrives to haul potentially the last grain cargo of the season. Preparations begin to load 230000 bushels while the 2000000 bushel government elevator will be nearly empty after the Gardenia sails. This marks the ninth overseas grain shipment from the Hudson Bay port this season.
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Churchill
Man
Machiinery
S.S. Gardenia
Manitoba
Gardenia
Hudson Bay
Apprentices For Farmers Plan In Winnipeg
Winnipeg boards consider an agricultural apprenticeship scheme to supply permanent help to farmers and offer employment for young men facing job difficulty. The joint committees of the agricultural and seasonal unemployment bureau of the Winnipeg Board of Trade study the proposal.
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Winnipeg
Man
Jo Nt
Agricultural and Seasonal Unemployment Bureau
Winnipeg Board of Trade
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J. F. Bryant
Saskatchewan University
Carnegie Institute At
Sidney T. Smith
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Canada House
Stanley Bruce
Australia
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