New Settlement Drive Promises Immigrant Movement to Canada
Edmonton officials hear E W Beatty of Canadian Pacific Railway outline a pact with Canadian railways and the government to select transport and distribute settlers capable of assimilation. The agreement grants colonization departments power to secure permits while meeting statutory and physical fitness requirements. The aim is to ease western harvest time needs and renew migrant flow.
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Edmonton
Board of Trade
E W. Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canada
Beatty
Russian Prisoner For Eleven Years Bonn, Germany
Raul Cons the sculptor, after eleven years in Russian captivity, was wounded and captured in the 1914 campaign. He endured hard labor in a Russian working squad and several escape attempts before finally crossing the border to reach Bonn with three companions.
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Bonn
Germany
Russia
Raul Cons
Cons
Chinese Towns Surrounded By Water After Yellow River Break
Nine hundred villages across Shantung are cut off as the Yellow River dike breaks near Yunchenghsien fifty miles west of Vencehowlu. Boats are the sole means of movement in a flood area thirteen miles wide and seventy miles long with ongoing relief work. Tokio reports gold reserves shipping to the United States, four million yen on September 26, signaling easing of the gold embargo.
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Peking
Yellow River
Yunchenghsien
Vencehowlu
Shantung
Tokio
United States
Man Fasts Five Weeks On Water Then Returns To Work
New York reports Edmund Wneneth a mill weaver fasted on water for five weeks to improve health. He did not miss a day of work and lost 44 pounds but says he feels much better now.
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New York
Edmund Wwneneth
Wnenech
Canadian Arctic Expedition Returns Under Captain Bernier
The Ottawa expedition failed to reach Radio Peninsula and the steam ship Arctic is returning under Captain Bernier. It is expected to reach Quebec around October 1 with the mission unfinished.
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Ottawa
Arctic
Radio Peninsula
Bernier
Quebec
Liberal convention nominates Massey for federal seat
The Toronto Durham Liberals at their convention tendered the federal nomination in that constituency to Hon. Vincent Massey who was sworn in as a king cabinet member. Massey said he would take a few days to consider the matter.
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Toronto
Durham
Vincent Massey
King
Massey
Manitoba Proclaims Closed Season for Prairie Birds
Wisnipes A closed season for prairie chicken partridge and xrous has been proclaimed in Manitoba by orders in council. The scarcity of this variety of wild fowl is cited as the reason for the order.
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Manitoba
Test Speeder Plane Sets Speed Record Range
Test Speeder Plane Mitchelsfield Li-An is being tested here. It claims a speed of 000 miles per hour while the world record stands at 278 miles an hour.
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Mitchelsfield
Remarkable Arctic Expedition Begins After Aklavik Landing
Major J. T. Burwash leads a one man Northwest Passage trek from Aklavik to Coronation Gulf. Officials note the voyage started after the Arctic coast journey and foretell a year long trek by foot for the remainder.
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Department of the Interior
Burwash
Coronation Gulf
Dominion
Akiavik
Gulf
Northland
Deportations of Christians in Mosul Territory Reported
Turkish forces reportedly deported two to three hundred Christians from the northern Mosul region. They encircled Baijo village and Zeronak monastery, sending the population over the frontier with nothing to eat. Authorities anticipate eight thousand Christians may be moved from the Goya region, causing panic. The British see the action as a warning rather than a military move.
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London
Mosul
Baijo
Zeronak
Goya
Airmen Watch Turkish Forces Near Mosul Frontier
Forty thousand Turkish troops are reported ready to advance if the League Council rules against the Morul boundary settlement. British airmen monitor the Turkish buildup near the Mosul area. In Bulgaria Romania debt talks a settlement will pay 1 800 000 to Romania for seized properties over four years. Polish government bans alcohol sales from Saturday afternoon to Monday morning with beer under 2 1 2 percent exempt. In Windermere two millionaires are fined 100 with 30 days jail option for violating game rules.
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London
Sofia
Bulgaria
Roumania
Vulgaria
Byulgaria
Windermere
B.C
Cornellaus V. Whitney
Harry Paine Whitney
New York
Harry P. Davidson
Locust Valley
Long Island
Ottawa Trade Rises in August by 60 Million
Canadian trade for August climbed by nearly 60,060,000 compared with August 1924. The department of customs summary reports total exports and imports including foreign merchandise exported at 194,288,288 last month, versus 126,791,203 in August 1924.
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Ottawa
Department of Customs
Quebec bootmaker Deoust named to federal tariff commission
Montreal boot and shoe manufacturer Joseph Deoust announced he would represent Quebec on the new federal tariff commission. The commission will sit in Ottawa, but the start date remained unspecified.
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Montreal
J Joseph Deoust
Quebec
Tariff Commission
King
Ottawa
Mer Deoust
Canada Will Co operate Geneva Protocol Position
Senator Hewitt Bostock of Canada addressed the League of Nations assembly explaining Canada cannot ratify the Geneva protocol on peace and disarmament due to its peculiar position. He cited Premier King and affirmed Canada’s sympathy with the league and willingness to cooperate in efforts promoting mankind’s welfare, drawing applause.
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Geneva
Sénaior Hewitt Bostock
Canadas
League of Nations Assembly
Canada
Costock
King
League
Vancouver Banquet Highlights Anglo American Relations Talk
Mr. Justice W. A. MacDonald of Vancouver delivered the keynote address on Anglo American relations at the Pacific Northwest Kiwanis district convention banquet. He urged forming a world international court of justice to peacefully settle disputes and argued the United States must join.
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Vancouver
W. A. MacDonald
Pacific Northwest
Plan to retain new freight rate opposed by provinces
Alberta and Saskatchewan agree on action if the railway commissioners rescind the equalizing rate on westbound export grain and flour. They plan immediate appeal to the Canadian Privy Council to protect farmers from losing the season's benefit. The conference included Attorney-Generals Brownlee and Cross, with Woods retained to oppose the Montreal board of trade application at the September 29 hearing.
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Edmonton
Board of Railway Commissioners
Montreal Board of Trade
Canadian Privy Council
West Miny
Brownlee
Alberta
S. B. Woods
K.C
Cross
Saskatchewan
Woods
Wheat pool hailed as a big success in Western Canada
Winnipeg Rotary Club hears KR Mr Hoey praise the wheat pool as an outstanding success. He notes last year the pool marketed 1 004 10 bushels of 245 000 000 total production, with about 110 400 members across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta on 17 000 000 acres. Hoey joins publicity staff and will not seek re election.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Wheat Pool
Hoey
M.P
Springfield
Winnipeg Rotary Club
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba Pool
Manitoba Progressives to Run Candidates in All Rural Ridings
Manitoba Progressives announce candidates in every rural riding after a provincial executive meeting. Most incumbents will run again. Crerar and Hoey retire from Marquette and Springfield. Leader Robert Forke plans a province wide tour to speak at nominations. Crerar will speak at Shoal Lake on September 25.
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Winnipeg
Progressive Party
Manitoba
Manitoba Progressives
T. A. Crerar
R. A. Hoey
Marquette
Springfield
Robert Forke
Vien
Shoal Lake
British MP Saklatvala barred from U S visit
Shapurji Saklatvala, Communist member of the British House of Commons, is refused admission to the United States for the Inter-Parliamentary Union as a British delegate. Secretary Kellogg announces revocation of his passport visa due to inflammatory and revolutionary speeches. He says the U S should not admit foreigners to preach anarchy or overthrow of government.
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Washington
Shapurji Saklatvala
House of Commons
United States
Inter-Parliamentary Union
Kelloggs
London
Saklatvala
State Department
Kellogg
Chinatown turmoil forces 134 Chinese detained at Tombs
One hundred thirty four Chinese are held at the Tombs awaiting deportation after Chinatown failed to resolve its disputes peaceably and turned to tong warfare using revolvers and knives.
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New York
Chinatown
Harding Memorial Unveiled in Stanley Park Vancouver
Joan H. Moss of Milwaukee president of Kiwanis International dedicated the Harding Memorial in Stanley Park before thousands of Vancouver residents. Senator Frank B. Willis forecast U S ratification into the world court while Canadian and U S officials sent goodwill messages. Moss praised Harding as the first sitting U S president to visit Canada.
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Vancouver
United States
Frank B. Willis
Ohio
United States Senate
J. H. King
Dominion
Coolidge
Alberta
Manitoba
Ontario
British Columbia
Canada
Harding
Mr. Moss
British Inquiry Sought on Prince Ahmed Care
The Westminster Gazette calls for an inquiry into Britain’s role in detaining Prince Ahmed Selferdine of Egypt in an English asylum for nearly 25 years. It alleges officials blocked attempts by friends to secure release and bar two independent expert assessments. Eastern bankers reportedly will honor his checks if funds from Turkish trustees are available, or the matter may go to the League of Nations.
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London
Prince Ahmed Selferdine
Egypt
Hastings
Sea of
Marmera
Constantinople
England
France
Trieste
Westminster Gagtetico
Prince Ahmed
League of Nations
Saskatchewan Coarse Grain Pools Expanded
Directors of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool approve operating pools for oats barley flax rye at headquarters Regina. Initial payments set at oats 4 cents per cwt barley 66 cents per cwt rye 70 cents per cwt flax 1.50 per cwt. Total contracts include 31,546 active and 499 in abeyance awaiting tracing with wheat contracts.
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Regina
Saskatchewan Coarse Grains Pools
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
C.W
N.W
Canadian Pacific Grain Records Shatter in Early Month
Winnipeg dispatch reports all Canadian grain records within the first 15 days of the month, surpassing 1915 crops and 1923 road marks. Western Canada marketed and loaded 29,256,630 bushels of grain across 23,424,463 bushels of wheat and 5,602,167 of other grain while handling 15,263 cars, averaging over one car per minute.
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Winnipeg
Canadiian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific
British dole system restricts emigration to dominions
The Daily Mail argues Britain’s dole and pensions curb emigration with older workers and families seeking departure. Despite rising unemployment, total emigrants to dominions for April to June fall to 11,640 from 12,449 year earlier, signaling a tightening trend.
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London
Daily Mail
Britain
Dominions
Baldwin Faces Cabinet Crisis and Economic Strife
London reports a cabinet meeting soon after Baldwin's return to tackle industrial unemployment. Baldwin faces party intrigues aiming to reconstrue the cabinet or call early elections as Lloyd George plots a land nationalization campaign and a potential prohibition push among women.
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London
Baldwin
Winston Churchill
Lord Birkenhead
Robert Horne
Beaverbrook
Rothermere
David Lloyd George
Lloyd George
Dame Margaret
Hon. Motherwell Secures Liberal Nomination in Melville
Regina report states Hon W R Motherwell federal minister of agriculture won the Liberal nomination for Melville after a single ballot at a Melville convention. Four candidates were represented with Dr Christie Esterhazy withdrawing. Other contenders included A Lopston Bredenburg J J McKenzie Melville and T A MacNutt Saltcoats.
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Regina
W. KR. Motherwell
Melville
Mr. Motherwell
Dr. Christie
Esterhazy
A. Lopston
Bredenburg
J. J. McKenzie
T. A. MacNutt
Saltcoats
Relief Appeal Aims at Bessarabian Jewish Colonies
The Federation of Ukrainian Jews of Great Britain issues a famine relief appeal for Jewish colonies in Bessarabia. The region, transferred from Russia to Romania after the war, suffers from a poor harvest, scarlet fever in children, and rising epidemics. Urgent medical aid is requested.
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London
Bessarabia
Russia
Rumania
Federation of
Great Britain
Meighen Nominated to Contest Portage Riding
Right Hon. Arthur Meighen, Conservative leader, was nominated to contest Portage la Prairie. He had been defeated in 1921 when Harry Leader, Progressive, was elected.
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Portage la Prairie
Man
Arthur Meighen
Meighen
Harry
Progressive
Prince of Wales to Visit Canada and U S Next Summer
A Montreal dispatch to The Citizen reports the Prince of Wales is likely to return to Canada and the United States next summer. He may stay weeks at High River Alberta and visit American friends made last year.
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Prince
Ottawa
Montreal
Prince of Wales
Canada
United States
High River
Alta
Premier Bruce Attacks Communists in Parliament
In Melbourne Premier Bruce declared Communists had gained control of trades unionism in recent years and were using it to pursue social revolution and establish a nationwide dictatorship.
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Melbourne
Australia
Bruce
Borah Opposes Liberal Terms for France Compared to Britain
Senator Borah and President Coolidge discussed diplomacy as the French debt mission left Paris. Borah urged terms for France not more liberal than those imposed on Britain, signaling strict postwar financial policy.
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Washington
Paris
United States
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Coolidge
France
Britain
Premier Mackenzie King Signals Western Prairie Tour
Premier Mackenzie King indicated plans to speak in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta after his Maritime Provinces tour. He did not confirm whether the western leg would extend to British Columbia.
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St. Peter's
Mackenzie King
Manitoba
Sackatchewan
Alberta
Maritime Provinces
British Columbia
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Japan
Warsaw
Poland
Canala
Federal Tariff Commission
Dominica
World International Cour of Justice
Progressives
U. S
British House
of Commons
Stanley Park
British Foreign Office
Westminster Gazette
Motherwell
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