Wheat price outlook hinted by world crop data
Calgary reports G H Walker of Sydney says global grain weakness should lift Western Canada wheat to about 1.56 a bushel. He doubts Sir James Wilson’s export estimates, lowering Australia and India figures, and says Canada could export 21.6 million quarters if prices rise.
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Calgary
Europe
Canada
G. H. Walker
Sidney
Nsw
Lindley and Walker
Australia
Sweden
Balkan States
Walker
Russia
Warner
James Wilson
London Times
London
Argentina
India
World Wheat Crop Shortages Reported Abroad
A large drop in world wheat supply is estimated at 371,000,600 bushels from last year according to a report from the International Institute of Agriculture in Rome. Great Britain Scandinavia Germany France and Italy are expected to be major importers as drought and rain devastate European crops.
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Ottawa
International Institute of “Agriculture
Rome
Italy
Great Britain
Scandinavia
Germany
France
Europe
Wholesale Arrests Shroud Moscow in Fear
Reports say the Cheka has jailed about 3000 people in Moscow amid uprisings in Georgia and Azerbaijan. Detentions extend from Leningrad where M. Zino vieff was arrested, with the Cheka in many cities targeting Mensheviks and social revolutionaries.
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Berlin
Moscow
Checka
Georgia
Azerbaijan
M. Zinovieff
Leningrad
Lost Lady Kindersley Crew Quarantined
Officers aboard the schooner Ray Chimo report failure to locate the Lady Kindersley. The crew and party are en route to quarantine at Victoria British Columbia due to one case of smallpox.
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Victoria
B.C
Cattle Exports Rise as Arrivals Hit Ontario Port
Figures show over 160000 head of Canadian cattle shipped to England since the embargo ended. About 40000 have arrived this year and shipments will continue through the winter to the English market.
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Montreal
Canada
England
Premier Herriot Attacked by Communists in Marseilles
Premier Herriot narrowly escaped injury as about 260 communists surged toward him in Marseilles shouting amnesty. Rushed street escort dispersed the mob after police arrived late, sparing the premier from harm.
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Terriot
France
Marseilles
Mde
Herriot
Parliament Approves Wireless Station Construction
The Federal Parliament approved building a beam wireless network in Australia. The Amalgamated Wireless Company, in which the Commonwealth Government holds a 50 percent stake, will erect three stations, one to Canada and two to England, at a total cost not exceeding £126,000. The system will offer about 50 percent more capacity than the previously proposed high power station, with operation expected in six to eight months.
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Sydney
Australia
Amalgamated Wireless Company
Canada
England
Industrial Army Proposed by Veterans in Winnipeg
In Winnipeg the Army and Navy Veterans Association proposed an industrial army of unemployed ex service men with compulsory enlistment for single men and optional for married men to perform roadwork and land clearing. It would be run by officers and those refusing work could be liable under the Vagabond Act. The group also opposed promiscuous immigration and urged bringing in only needed settlers from Great Britain.
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Veterans Advocate Army
Winnipeg
Army and Navy Veterans’ Association
Great Britain
Russia Seizes Wrangel Island on August 20
The Krasnyoktiabr Red October hoisted the Soviet flag on Wrangel Island off Northern Siberia on August 20. An American and 11 Eskimos were found on the island. The ship, dispatched from Petropavlovsk Kamchatka, plans to sail home September 23 after taking inhabitants prisoner and seizing shipping to establish Soviet ownership.
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Moscow
Wrangel Island
Siberia
Aosta
Petropavlovsk
Kamchatka Peninsula
Edmonton discusses Alberta resources in fall talks
Premier Greenfield indicates Alberta natural resources will be discussed in the fall. He wired Prime Minister Mackenzie King and awaits dates after King completes his tour of the west.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Greenfield
W. L. Mackenzie King
Mr. King
West
Calgary Officers Brace for Major Crime Wave
Calgary police have arranged measures to fight a surge of burglaries, attempted burglaries, and auto thefts. The spike is amplified by many harvesters and unemployed workers in the city, elevating public risk and prompting stricter patrols and coordinated efforts.
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Calgary
U S Polo Team Wins International Challenge Cup Test
United States retained the trophy by defeating Britain 14 to 5 in the second match of a three game series after a 16 to 5 victory in the opener.
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Westbury
United States
Subsidy Agreed For Maritime Coal Shipments
Ottawa to provide government aid to shipments of maritime coal to Central Canada. The subsidy equals one fifth of one percent per ton per mile, intended to reduce coal freight rates.
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Ottawa
Central
Canada
Blame Turks For War Teheren In Caucasus
A report describes Pan Turk emissaries fueling a Caucasus revolt among Ajers Georgians in Datum and Mohammedan Tartars as an extension of Turkey’s old dream of annexing the region. Telegraph interruptions signal ongoing disorder and the threat of stronger measures to curb spread toward Turkestan.
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Teheren
Caucasus
Angora
Ajers
Datum
Turkey
trans-Caucasus
Turkestan
Use of British Fleet to Preserve Peace
Geneva reports a proposed disarmament protocol already approved by French and British representatives. Article seven obliges signatories to aid attacked states and protect land and sea routes, with Britain expected to provide aerial and expeditionary support if needed. Delegates deem the draft a possible turning point toward global peace and urge US participation in drafting a later arms‑control convention.
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Geneva
Assembly of the
League of Nations
Beres
League
Great Britain
Assembly
United States
Permanent Disarmament Commission
Monument to Canadian Dead Unveiled in Bloemfontein
A grey granite 20 foot monument erected by the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire to Canadian soldiers who died in the South African War was unveiled by the Earl of Athlone in Bloemfontein with General J B Hertzog and many Canadians present. The Toronto made monument lists ninety names and engagements.
Vancouver Enlarges Elevator Space
The port of Vanover will be equipped to handle 150,000,000 bushels of wheat this season. Last year it handled 55,060 bushels with one elevator Harbor Commissioners building No 1, storage capacity 2,000,000 bushels. Since then grain handling and storage have been trebled and by January next storage capacity will rise to 6,150,000 bushels.
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Vancouver
Vanover
Harbor Commissioners
Floods In Japan After Typhoon Inundate Tokyo Areas
Heavy typhoon floods sweep across Japan with extensive damage. Death toll reaches 106 with forty thousand Tokyo area homes partially flooded. In one village three hundred missing. Landslides in Chiba prefecture kill several locals.
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Japan
Tokio
Chiba Prefecture
Coal Famine Threatens Funds to Carry on Strike Winnipeg
United Mine Workers District 18 Alberta appeals for loans to support the strike against wage reductions. A Winnipeg Trades and Labor Council meeting appoints a committee to raise funds for miners. The Board of Trade has not secured clear word from Calgary Edmonton or Lethbridge on Alberta soft coal output. Local miners fear safe return without wage protections. Meanwhile US soft coal supplies are resuming to meet western demand this winter.
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Winnipeg
United Mine Workers’ of America
Alberta
Winnipeg Trades and Labor Council
Board of Trade
Calgary
Edmonton
Lethbridge
Aerial Warfare Advances Highlight Franklin Institute Centenary
Government experts described new aerial warfare developments during a Philadelphia gathering honoring the Franklin Institute. Topics included unmanned bombing of cities, automatic air planes, camoufl age cancelling cameras, a single air bomb wiping out a battleship, and chemical discoveries potentially paralyzing nations.
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Philadelphia
Franklin Institute
Livestock For Orient Vancouver
The Canadian Government Merchant Marine steamer Canadian Spinner sails from this port for the Orient on September 27 with sixty head of high grade cattle from Alberta farms aboard. Alberta officials recently toured Japan to interest cattle men there in pure bred stock. Regular cattle shipments from Alberta to Japan are planned about every six weeks until next summer.
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Vancouver
Alberta
Japan
Paris Plan to Abolish French Guinea Convict Settlement
The Petit Parisien reports France will abolish the convict settlement in French Guinea. It says prisoners will be moved from tropical misery to a central penitentiary in France that has yet to be established, following exposés of brutalities formerly practiced there.
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Paris
France
French Guinea
Petit Parisien
War in China widens front at Chao Yang clash
Peking dispatches report renewed fighting on the Manchurian front near Chao Yang between General Chang Tso Lin's forces and General Wu Pei Fu's units, indicating spread of the civil war to the Manchurian-Chinese theater.
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Shanghai
China
Peking
Chao Yang
Chang Tso Lin
Wu Pei Fu
Education a Panacea for All National Ills in Toronto
Hon. Ernest Lapointe, Minister of Justice, told a gathering that education is a cure for national problems. He urged Canadians to bear democracy’s burdens and reject the passivity of wishing others would act. He said social problems can be solved through the school and stressed civic duty.
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Toronto
Ernest Lapointe
Lapointe
Canada
Mr. Lapointe
New Brunswick Judge Named Chair of Canadian Railway Board
Chief Justice H A McKeown of the Supreme Court of New Brunswick is appointed chair man of the Board of Railway Commissioners of Canada, succeeding the late Frank B Carvell. Born November 28 1863 at St Stephen he studied at Mt Allison and Victoria University and served as New Brunswick Attorney General.
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Ottawa
H. A. McKeown
Supreme Court of New Brunswick
Board of Railway Commissioners of Canada
Frank B. Carvell
McKeown
Home Bank of Canada
Dominion
Railway Commission
St. Stephen
N.B
Mt. Allison University
Victoria University
Toronto
St. John
New Brunswick
Mr. Carvell
Eastern Russia revolt spreads to Crimea and Georgia
Constantinople reports the revolutionary wave has reached the Crimea with disturbances in Odessa Sevastopol and other Crimean towns. Rioters demand rations as food shortages and grain exports fuel unrest while authorities reinforce garrisons. In Georgia at Kutais revolutionaries set up provisional government and abolish fixed price decrees. Oil wells in Baku are dynamited as Moscow braces to crush the revolt.
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Berlin
Caucasus
Russia
Crimea
Constantinople
Odessa
Sebastopol
Co-Operative Societies
Baku
International Barnshell Corporation
Angore
Kutais
Georgia
Wireless Men Not In Danger at Herschel Island
Superintendent Ritchie of the Edmonton RCMP reports no danger to Lieut Young and three wireless men at Herschel Island. Supplies for them were aboard the Lady Kindersley abandoned in ice off Point Barrow. Herschel station will have provisions to last until open water next year. four extra men pose no drain.
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Edmonton
Young
Herschel Island
Ritchie
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Hudson’s Bay Company
Lady Kindersley
Point Barrow
R.c.mlp
Herschel
Revolt Breaks Chekiang Army In Shanghai Crisis
Shanghai reports the Chekiang forces defending the city are collapsing as Lu Yong Hsiang flees Hangchow after a revolt within the Chekiang third army. Treachery and bribery are cited as causing a nearly independent declaration by the third army, with foreign defenses mobilized and refugees expected.
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Shanghai
Tuchun Chi Shioh Yuan
Lu Yong Hsiang
Hangchow
Chekiang
Ho Feng Ling
Scottish ministers praise Hebridean settlers in Alberta tour
Calgary reports that Scottish ministers visiting Alberta with Father Macdonnel praised how Hebrides countrymen are adapting to farming life. They noted few own farms yet work with experienced farmers to learn Alberta’s agricultural system through the Land Settlement Branch.
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Calgary
Alta
Hebrides
Alberta
Father Macdonnel
Land Settlement Branch
S.8
Canada
Appointment of Francis Anglin as Chief Justice of Canada
The Hon. Francis Alexander Anglin elected Chief Justice of Canada, succeeding Sir Louis Davies. Edwin L. Newcombe and Thibodeau Rinfret named as Supreme Court judges. Judge Malovin retires. Anglin born 1865 in Saint John, New Brunswick, son of T. W. Anglin, called to bar 1888, made King’s Counsel 1902, Ontario High Court judge 1904, Supreme Court appointment 1909.
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Ottawa
Francis Alexander Anglin
Supreme Court of Canada
Canada
Anglin
Louis Davies
Edwin L. Newcombe
Thibodeau
Rinfret
Superior Court of
Montreal
Malovin
Chief Justice
St. John
N.B
Hon
T. W. Anglin
House of Commons
King’s Counsel
High Court of
Ontario
Ottawa to Float 80 Million Dollar Short Term Loan
The Minister of Finance plans to float immediately a loan of 80 million dollars in New York to cover the government short term indebtedness. This precedes a long term Canadian issue of 107 million dollars to redeem Victory bonds falling due for repayment this year.
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Ottawa
New York
Canada
Victory
Province Orders Crackdown on Games of Chance
Acting on Attorney General directions the Provincial Police move to close all games of chance. The first targets are two church organizations that used automobiles with banners to advertise raffles. banners were removed by police.
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Port Arthur
Ont
Alberta Lawyers Disciplined by Law Society Benchers
Calgary five Alberta lawyers were disbarred after the Law Society benchers meeting in Edmonton. At least five additional lawyers are reported and their cases are under consideration.
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Alberta
Calgary
Law Society
Edmonton
Soviet to Import Western Canadian Horses for Ukraine
About one thousand western horses were bought by Soviet representatives and will be shipped to the Ukraine. Most purchases occurred in Alberta with involvement from Canadian sellers and provincial markets.
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Winnipeg, Man
Ukraine
Alberta
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