Parliament May Consider Halting Atlantic Flights
Premier King said a bill could be introduced next session to stop trans Atlantic flying to and from the Dominion. He claimed Ottawa cannot legally block Atlantic air travel and noted public opinion favors discontinuing hazardous flights. He referenced the Royal Windsor as now outside Canada.
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Trans Atlantic
Dominion
King
Canada
Atlantic
Royal Windsor
Canaan
England
Mr. King
Inter-Provincial Conference Opens November Third
Premier W. N. Mackenzie King announced at cabinet that November 3 was set for the opening of the inter provincial conference in Ottawa. The session is expected to run a week or ten days with provinces submitting recommendations and the Prime Minister reviewing the agenda before copies are sent to all provinces.
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Ottawa
W. N. Mackenzie King
King
Pioneer West settler Bruce Griggs dies in Seattle at 73
Captain Bruce Griggs a noted Ned River pioneer connected with early steamship routes between the Northwestern States and Canada has died in Seattle at age 73. He helped bring settlers into the Dominion before the first transcontinental railway was completed. Calgary. Train collisions near Dalemead left two trainmen dead and a passenger injured while others suffered bruises and shock. Guelph hosts the Dominion Postal Clerk convention presenting steps to unite postal service workers into one association.
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Winniper
Bruce Griggs
Seattle
Wash
Capt
Bruce
Northwestern States
Canada
Dominion
Calgary
Beore
C.P.R
Imperial Limiteds
Dalemead
Jamaica Becomes Major User of Canada Lumber
Montreal Werd reports that Jamaican government returns show Kingston importing large amounts of Canadian Douglas fir. Imports rose by about one hundred percent in the year with most lumber sourced from Canada.
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Montreal
Werd
Kingston
Jamaica
Canada
Early Geese Signal Tough Winter Ahead
Two flocks of wild geese spotted flying south early in the season. The early migration suggests a harsh winter and an earlier hunting season impact for sportsmen who fear geese may be scarce by opening day.
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Janeland
Col
Attempt on life of Dr. Mel Spaso in Belgrade
An unidentified assailant fired four shots at Dr. Mel Spaso Yugoslav minister of commerce near Belgrade. The minister escaped unharmed but his secretary was seriously wounded according to a Havas despatch.
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Paris
Mel Spaso
Havas
Belgrade
Spaso
Vancouver Port Set to Soar as Grain Traffic Grows
G G McGeer announced that a reduced export grain rate from Calgary to the Pacific coast, now 29 cents, will boost Vancouver grain movement to about 75 000 bushels this year. He said Vancouver could become a top global grain port, ranking third or fourth, while noting Quebec City’s 18 cent rate and Vancouver’s 20 cent rate for the longer haul. He argued Vancouver faces competition with New York and Quebec for Quebec business, not just New York.
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Vancouver
Deaminion Railway Board
Calgary
Pacific Coast
G. G. McGeer
British Columbia
Quebec City
Quebec
McGeer
New York
Vanccouver
Immigration rule changes eyed by Labor Dept experts
Washington reports a planned program of amendments to immigration and naturalization laws by the Labor Department. Secretary Davis returns from border inspections and says future immigration would be on a stricter basis with quota revisions to ease Canada related issues and allow Canadian aliens to work in U S border cities like Detroit and Buffalo.
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Toronto
Toronto Mail and Empire
Washington
Labor Department
Davis
Canada
Detroit
Buffalo
Fire Prevention Week Begins October Ninth
Ottawa announces Fire Prevention Week from October 9 with a proclamation urging citizens to inspect premises. Fire drills in schools and institutions. Boy Scout leaders, teachers, and officials to provide training. Emphasis on reducing insurable losses over 40 million and 500 deaths annually.
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Ottawa
Canada Gazette
Dominion
Tug Ocean Eagle Deployed To Hudson Bay Duty
Montreal reports the sea going tug Ocean Eagle, formerly St. Alvans, has been sent to Hudson Bay to assist the Canadian Raider cargo voyage from Sydney Nova Scotia. Its stay at Fort Churchill is currently unknown.
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Montreal
Hudson Bay
Sydney
Department of Railways and Canals
Ocean Eagle
Hudson Way
St. Alvans
Saint John Drydock Company
Fort Churchill
Oliver will probate granted in supreme court
Probate was granted in the supreme court by Justice Morrison on the will of the late Premier John Oliver. The four page document dated July 15 named Hon. John Oliver as testator, listing a gross estate of 75918 with liabilities of 510, leaving net 75408. Oliver died August 17 in Victoria. widow five sons and three daughters are the sole beneficiaries.
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Vancouver
Supreme Court
Justice Morrison
John Oliver
Oliver
Victoria
Montreal makes first aerial mail attempt from September
Canada's initial aerial mail endeavor begins September 7 as Major Tud hope departs from Canadian Vickers yards in Montreal aboard a Vannes biplane bound for Father Point to collect mails from the Empress of France in the St Lawrence waterway.
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Montreal
Canada
Major Tudhope
Canadian Aerial Service
Canadian Vickers
Maissonneuve
Vannes
Father Point
St Lawrence
Reduction in Armaments Dominates League Debate
At the League of Nations assembly strong calls urged cutting armaments. Japanese delegate Adachi urged a stop to ruinous competition and cooperation with the disarmament commission. Sweden’s Lofgren criticized the council’s attitude on political problems and warned against prewar methods. Latvia’s Clelens cited Europe’s $1.5 billion military budget in 1926 and three million soldiers, warning of armed peace and looming war.
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League of Nations Assembly
Mineichiro Adachi
Japan
League
Erich Lofgren
Sweden
M. Lofgren
Council of the League
Italy
Jugo-Slavia
Felix Clelens
Latvia
Europe
Carrier pigeon found near Mission City bearing SOS
A distressed plane or ship may have released two carrier pigeons. One bird, frail and exhausted with a metal band bearing SOS and the number 40022, landed at the Silver Hill ranch of farmer 1 Erickson seven miles from Mission City. the second pigeon flew away.
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Mission City
B.C
Erickson
Silver Hill
Will of J Ogden Armour Filed for Probate
The will of J Ogden Armour once valued at about 200 million dollars was filed for probate revealing an estate roughly 1 million. It leaves 100 thousand dollars outright to daughter Lolita, now Mrs John J Mitchell Jr, and a 12 thousand dollar annual annuity to her husband. The remainder, aside from small servant bequests, is placed in trust for the widow and daughter.
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Chicago
J. Ogden Armour
Lolita
John J. Mitchell, Jr
Stripped Of Aviation Honors Paris
Jean Callizo, once famed as an altitude flier, is stripped of all honors by the French Aero Club after a hearing found barograph falsifications proven. He is disqualified for life and his records struck from the list. the French altitude record passes to Sadi Lecointe and the world record to Lt. J. A. Macready of the U S Army Air Force. The charges allege a barograph sheet plotted in invisible ink showing a 153000 metre flight, later made legible by releasing steam to reveal the ink.
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Paris
Jean Callizo
French Aero Club
Sadi Lecointe
J. A. Macready
United States Army Air Force
Callizo
Poland Tariff Hike Affects Germany In Trade Row
Germany faces a 100 percent customs tariff increase in four months on non treaty nations as Poland and Berlin struggle to seal a commercial accord. Key sticking points include Poland’s demand for deportation of German nationals and other non trade issues delaying the agreement.
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Warsaw
Poland
Germany
Pan German League adopts anti communist resolutions in Halbertstad
The Pan German League holds a convention in Halbertstad and adopts resolutions calling for the dissolution of the communist party and suppression of its organs. The league represents nationalist extremists.
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Halbertstad
Germany
Pan- German League
Communist Party
League
Nationalit
Alberta Premier J E Brownlee Returns From England
Hon J E Brownlee premier of Alberta and Mrs Brownlee recently returned from England aboard the White Star liner Regina. The photo shows the couple on the right with A J McPhail president of the Canadian Cooperative Wheat Producers Association, Mrs McPhail, and Mrs D L Smith among the returning group.
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J. E. Brownlee
Alberta
Brownlee
England
Regina
Mrs. Brownlee
A. J. McPhail
Canadian Co-operative Wheat Producers Association
McPhail
D. L. Smith
Golden Book Presented to Chamberlain and Clemenceau
France expresses gratitude to Britain for sympathy and aid. Foreign Minister Briand and officials present a gold book to Sir Austen Chamberlain and M. Clemenceau, featuring views of France and colonies autographed by notable statesmen and soldiers. It underscores Anglo French cooperation for world peace and mutual affection.
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Chamberlain
Paris
Briand
Austen Chamberlain
Clemenceau
France
Britain
M. Clemenceau
Colonies
Demands Repeal Of Trades Union Act In Edmonton
The Trades Union Congress in session here urged immediate repeal of the Trade Unions Act and, if not repealed, a general election. The resolution urged industrial peace but blamed government policy for hindering it, including wage cuts, longer miner hours, and bias in trade disputes and legislation.
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Edmonton
Trades Union Congress
Baldwin
Abandon Search For Fliers Off San Diego
The Omaha led group of ships returned from a wide search area covering about 460000 square miles without finding any trace of the seven missing Hawaiian fliers. Rear Admiral Luke McNamee announced that no evidence of their fate was uncovered during the operation.
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San Diego
Cal
Omaha
Luke McNamee
Honolulu
McNamee
Dole Filers
Dominion claims unique Canadian identity highlighted in Toronto speech
Sir Robert Falconer, president of the University of Toronto, told the Canadian Club in Vancouver that Canada possesses a marked identity and unity across the nation. He credited the Maritimes and United Empire Loyalists for foundational roles and noted evolving tolerance between French and English speakers amid early settler hardships.
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Vancouver
Canada
Robert Falconer
University of Toronto
Canadian Club
United States
Sir Robert
Maritime Provinces
Maritimes
British Canada
Malifax
Great Britain
United Empire
Mowever
Faith in Prosperity Motives Dominion Outlook in Vancouver
Eastern Canadian financiers led by Sir John Aird Sir Joseph Flavelle Sir Thomas White and S H Logan arrived in Vancouver signaling faith in Canada’s prosperity They forecast a 40 000 000 bushel wheat crop and urged immigration from the United Kingdom and United States to support growth Flavelle cited cross country business links as vital to national progress and noted Canada’s improving conditions with cautious optimism.
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Vancouver
Prairie Provinces
Canada
John Aird
Joseph Flavelle
Thomas White
S. H. Logan
Logan
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
United Kingdom
United States
Sir John
Eskimos Lured From Hunters By White Man Trade
Dr Banting warns Eskimos lose traditional hunter economy as trading companies outfit them for trapping foxes. Woollen clothes and tobacco replace caribou hide costumes, weakening native resilience. Contact with whites spreads diseases. TB and 1918 influenza plague the Arctic community.
Proposed Internal Airways Network for England
London reports a plan to create an internal air network across England to feed continental routes. Imperial Airways sketches a scheme where provincial passengers travel by air from start to end, and internal lines are seen as useful for freight transport.
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London
England
Imperial Airways
England and Wales birth and death rates hit record lows
Sir George Newman reports 1926 births at 694000 and deaths at 453600, both the lowest on record aside from wartime. The 1925 figures show 714582 births and a record low overall death count.
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London
England and
Wales
George Newman
Ministry of Health
Senator Raoul Dandurand Named League of Nations Committee Chairman
Canadian Senator Raoul Dandurand has been appointed chairman of one of six League of Nations committees. He presides over the committee handling alcoholism, economic conference, and the work of League organizations.
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Raoul Dandurand
Assembly of the League of Nations
Dandurand
League of Nations
Prohibition Ends as Liquor Law Changes Take Effect
Saint John reports the Liquor Act of 1927 now in force abolishing the older prohibitory act from 1916. Nineteen government tenill liquor stores open and liquor becomes void without permits. Practice to be adopted in Quebec.
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Saint John
N.B
Qubec
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Orran
Sion
J. E. H. MacDonald
Ontario
Confederation
Congress
Canadian Meads Committee
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