Lloyd George condemns pact with Russians in Wales speech
In Peomarumawr Wales former Premier Lloyd George denounces the Anglo Russian treaty as fake and folly saying it was hastily perched up after Parliament prorogation. He warns Liberals to oppose the government on this issue or lose national confidence. He also endorses Lord Birkenhead’s letter on the Irish boundary interpretation.
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Peomarumawr
Wales
iIn
Wade
Lloyd George
MacDonald
Lioyd George
Lord Birkenhead
Earl of Balfour
Ulster
Irish Free State
Promises Naval Assistance Geneva
Great Britain pledges naval support to maintain world peace and extend economic penalties to aggressor states. The assurance reassures Little Entente states and fuels talk that England and France near a security settlement linked to compulsory arbitration.
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Geneva
Little Entente
Great Britain
England
France
Radio Broadcasts Allowed in Soviet Union under Rules
The Soviet government permits radio reception for the public with supervision. Manufacturing and use of home receivers are allowed to access government broadcasts only. Intercepts or private use of official press material are forbidden and foreign stations are restricted.
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Moscow
Council of People’s Commissars
Commissarie
Germany to receive 40 million gold marks loan under Dawes plan
The Mafin says it stands with Secretary Mellon in supporting France subscribing 40 million gold marks to the German loan under the Dawes plan after talks with premier Herriot finance minister Clemenceau and Bank of France governor Rebineau.
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Paris
Mafin
Andrew W. Mellon
Treasury
Herriot
Clemmnnel
M. Rebineau
Bank of France
France
Germany
Premier King's Western Tour Dates Outline
Premier King's western tour begins in Ottawa on Sept 38 with a departure for Fort William. The first speech is planned for the head of the lakes around Oct 1, then proceeding to Winnipeg for a talk on the following Saturday.
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Ottawa
Ont
King
Fort William
Head of the Lakes
Winnipeg
Largest track-laying pioneer boosts CPR Tisdale Nipawin line work
In Saskatoon the CPR Tisdale Nipawin branch project will be accelerated by a vast track-laying machine described as the continent’s largest and most efficient. The unit, noted to lay three miles of track per day, arrived in Tisdale recently to speed construction.
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Saskatoon
Sask
C.P.R
Ban On Sale Of Extracts To Indians in Edmonton
The liquor control board reports Indian and half breed sales of extracts high in ethyl alcohol have risen in the province. An order in council now bans future sales except through government vendors. Indian Agents and police have long complained of losses to the north as these extracts were shipped for sale.
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Edmonton
Orderim-Council
Regina Economic Conference Debates Provincial Debt Aid
Premier Dunning announced expansion of the Provincial Debt Adjustment Bureau with agents stationed in the sheriff offices across 23 districts. The plan calls for creditors to consider funding schemes to reach permanent mutual settlements for farmers facing hardship.
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Regina
Sask
Saskatchewan
Dunning
Princess Kathleen to Be First of New Vancouver Steamships
Captain J W Troup, manager of the Canadian Pacific Railway coast service, sails to Glasgow for the launching of the Princess Kathleen the first in a pair of sister steamers for the Vancouver Victoria Seattle run. The ships will be the largest and fastest in Puget Sound at 21 knots and about 5500 tons gross. Kathleen to be delivered December 27 with the Marguerite arriving 60 days later.
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Montreal
J. W. Troup
British Columbia Coast Steamship Service
Canadian Pacific Railway
Glasgow
Vancouver
Victoria
Seattle
Puget Sound
Princess Marguerite
Canada Still Seeks Trade Deal With Australia
Ottawa Acting Finance Minister J A Robb said Canada has not changed its position on a trade agreement with Australia. He could not state Australia’s attitude, noting the Australian Parliament is in session. He added Canada wants to extend advantages to Australia in the Canadian market.
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Ottawa
Australia
Canada
British ministry sends official to study Canadian fruit marketing
The British Ministry of Agriculture will have H. Taylor, Deputy Controller of Horticulture, travel through Canada to study methods of marketing fruit. The ministry also reports the recent establishment of an apple packing station in Cambridgeshire.
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London
British Ministry of Agriculture
H. Taylor
Canada
Cambridgeshire
Red Cross Sends 25000 for Virgin Islands Hurriane Relief
The American Red Cross cables $25,000 to Captain Philip Williams governor of the Virgin Islands after a devastating hurricane. Williams reports 300 to 400 families have lost their homes and relief efforts proceed.
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Washington
American Red Cross
Philip Williams
The
Virgin Islands
William
Roof Collapse Wrecks San Domenico Church in Palermo
In Palermo Sicily the seventeenth century Church of San Domenico suffered a major roof collapse almost destroying the central cupola and damaging the nave tribune. No injuries were reported.
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Palermo
Sicily
San Domenico
Germans Freed from Ruhr Under London Amnesty
Duesseldorf reports that fifty-one Germans held by French and Belgian authorities in the Ruhr have been released under the amnesty clause of the London agreement.
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Duesseldorf
Ruhr
Must Be Agricultural Workers Ottawa
Immigration Minister J A Robb states that Jewish refugees from Russia seeking entry to Canada must meet the existing rule that immigrants qualify as agricultural workers and show intent to stay in rural districts. The ruling follows pledges to the United States to prevent Canada from serving as a gateway for Europeans evading U S immigration limits.
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Ottawa
Russia
Canada
J. A. Robb
Near East
Immigration Department
United States
Canadian
Canada and U S to Fight Rust Menace
Winnipeg hosts a two day conference on rust control with US and Canadian experts. A joint committee on international cooperation was formed and a future meeting planned in Wisconsin or North Dakota. A $50,000 federal appropriation is sought, up from $25,000 last year, with support from Western Canadian universities and the Dominion Research Council.
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Winnipeg
United States
Wisconsin
North Dakota
Motherwell
Dominion
H. M. Tory
Dominion Research Council
F. M. Black
Central States
Canada
H. L. Bolley
University of North Dakota
Boley
South Africa to attend London Empire conference
British Colonial Secretary J H Thomas said South Africa would be represented at the Empire conference in London after a personal interview with Premier Hertzog. The invitation had not been accepted initially but Hertzog indicated acceptance.
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Bloemfontein South Africa
J. H. Thomas
London
Hertzog
South Africa
Saskatchewan Food Wheat For U S
Arrangements to move Saskatchewan poor wheat to the United States were announced after a directors meeting. Mentioned are Scobie and Whittail in Montana and Harry Marsh of Herschel Saskatchewan, an executive member now negotiating south of the line.
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Saskatchewan
U.S
Regina
United States
Scobie
Whittail
Montana
Harry Marsh
Herschel
Sask
Pool Organization
Notable British figures to visit under National Council of Education
Prominent figures—the Duchess of Athol MP Kinross and Western Perth and Mrs Philip Snowden wife of the Chancellor of the Exchequer—have accepted invitations to visit Montreal this fall under the auspices of the National Council of Education.
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Montreal
Duchess of Athol
Kinross
Perth
Philip Snowden
National Council of Education
Leopold and Loeb Sentenced to Life Terms in Chicago Murder Case
Nathan Leopold Jr and Richard Loeb were given life terms for murder and 99 years for kidnapping in Chicago. They face Joliet prison for about 33 years with no parole eligibility per the judge. Debate persists on exact total before potential parole.
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Chicago
Bobbie Franks
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Richard Loeb
Sinois
Joliet
Pardon and Parole Board
Caverly
Clarence Darrow
Spanish Nobility Plans Montreal Visit for Canadian Tour
The Duke of Alba the Duchess of Alba and accompanying nobles will travel across Canada by Canadian Pacific lines after a New York stay. They will visit Niagara Falls Toronto Banff Lake Louise Sicamous Vancouver and Victoria exploring the Canadian Rockies before heading to Seattle and an extended U.S. tour.
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Montreal
Duke of Alba
Duke of
Berwick
Duchess of Alba
Duchess de Pencaranda
Marquis of
Viana
Spain
Marquis de Coquilla
Canada
New York
United States
Niagara Falls
Toronto
Banff
Lake Louise
Sicamous
Vancouver
Victoria
Canadian Rockies
Seattle
Ruhr Restrictions Lifted Boosts Dortmund Business
After the Franco-Belgian occupation authorities removed customs barriers and economic restrictions in the Ruhr area normal railway traffic is expected to resume. Mines and smelters anticipate steady rolling stock supply, addressing prior chronic shortages caused by red tape.
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Dortmund
Witth
Ruhr
Liverpool Camp training draws 2000 men in Sydney
London report says 2000 men attending the annual citizens force training at Liver pool Camp in Sydney Australia. The course focuses on field work with musketr y instruction emphasized last year during training.
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London
Citizens’ Force
Liverpool Camp
Sydney
Australia
Morning Post
British Unemployment Rises for Eighth Week in Britain
Unemployment in Great Britain increased for the eighth straight week, with 13 662 more people out of work. Over two months the total rise reaches 137 000, bringing the total unemployed to 1 162 000.
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London
Great Britain
Delegates At Geneva Strive For Peace
Thirteen countries decide that foreign ministers must be in Geneva to discuss obligatory arbitration security and disarmament rather than handle routine affairs. They work in busy committee rooms with other ministers and statesmen, aiming to lay a solid foundation for peace in Europe.
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Geneva
Europe
Insurgents Fight Soviets in Georgia Amid Martial Law
Rebels clash with Soviet forces in the Georgian Republic as martial law spreads in the Caucasus. Insurgents control the main Trans Caucasian railway from Tiflis to Baku while their president in Paris seeks League of Nations intervention to arbitrate independence.
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Constantinople
Tiflis
Baku
Caucasus
Georgia
Kerensky
Paris
League of Nations
Britain backs arbitration as path to world peace
Geneva report: Lord Parmoor, speaking for the British government, reaffirms readiness to submit all disputes to arbitration under the League covenant. He notes vagueness of vital interests and national honor terms but urges clarification and strengthening of the covenant. French delegates respond with optimism about forthcoming detailed resolutions on arbitration, security, and disarmament.
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Geneva
Great Britain
Lord Parmoor
Disarmament Commission
Lord Parmooi
Ramsay MacDonald
Commission
Rains Have Spoiled Crops In France
Paris government reports prolonged rains in the past two months reduced grain yield in both quantity and quality. The Temps warns France must buy abroad to make good shortages, likely boosting foreign cereal imports and impacting the franc. Wheat trade expects imports to double prior estimates, exceeding 16 million quintals.
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Paris
Grain Exchange Head Comments on Wheat Pool
Winnipeg. President James Richardson at the Grain Exchange annual meeting critiques the wheat pool system saying it is hard to compare with Alberta Pool results. He notes pool announcements aim to cast operations favorably but lack full facts and questions if the poor marketing method improved prices for farmers. He expects Saskatchewan and Manitoba tests this year and warns legislators to tread cautiously on extending grain trade regulation.
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Winnipeg
James Richardson
The
Grain Exchange
Alberta
Richardson
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Board of Grain Commissioners
Vancouver Harvesters Sent to Prairie Crops From BC
Vancouver supplied more harvesters for prairie crop work this fall than any other BC point. The Government bureau deployed 5 264 men and 300 women. 3 624 men came from Vancouver. Saskatchewan received 3 324 of the total 6 264 men dispatched, with 1 884 to Alberta and 56 to Manitoba.
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Vancouver
Prairies
British Columbia
Victoria
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
Movement for Berlin Unknown Soldier Monument
On the tenth anniversary of the world war a drive began to erect a national monument in Berlin to memory of soldiers who died in the conflict. Proposals to bury an unknown soldier were opposed by the Government as mimicking the allied nations where the practice originated.
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Berlin
Damages Awarded in Vancouver Case Against Comox Logging
A major damage award in British Columbia is settled with the Comox Logging and Railway Company paying 80 percent of the judgment and all costs. Plaintiffs are 50 Melville settlers who suffered property loss injuries and one fatality from a forest fire in June 1922.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Comox Logging and Railway Company
Melville
Hindoo Students Favor German Colleges Postwar
A noticeable rise in Hindu students enrolling in German universities after World War I is attributed to anti British sentiment among young Indian intellectuals, driving a preference for German educational institutions.
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Hanover
Journalist argues 100 percent luxury tax aims to oust foreigners in Japan
Stewart Fullerton, a journalist returning from the Far East, says the Japanese Government's 100 per cent luxury tax is a deliberate move to push foreigners out of Japan. He spoke in Victoria, B C, about his observations on foreigner treatment in Japan.
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Victoria
B.C
Japan
Stewart Fullerton
Far East
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