British Made Goods urged in Canadian imports speech
Ottawa minister of trade and commerce James Malcolm told the Bread and Cake Bakers Association of Canada annual banquet that Britain should supply more Canadian imports. He cited rubber and other items arriving via the United States as British goods and urged direct West Indian fruit shipments through Canadian ports. He also urged selective immigration from Britain and northern Europe and praised Canadian bakers for keeping bread affordable during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada
United States
James Malcolem
U.S
West Indies
Cams
Malcolm
Europe
League May Meet In Ottawa Geneva Plan
Canada newly elected to the League of Nations non permanent seat plans to invite the council to Ottawa. A full League assembly meeting there is proposed to educate American papers and sympathizers. A Berlin council meeting is also anticipated soon. The Maharajah of Kapurthala hopes a council session could be held in Delhi to engage India’s governing class with the League.
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Geneva
Canada
Council of the
League of Nations
Ottawa
League Assembly
League
Berlin
Fkapurthala
India
League Council
Delhi
Tunney Defeats Dempsey In Historic Heavyweight Bout
Gene Tunney defeated Jack Dempsey in the second title bout to claim the heavyweight crown. The match drew a record crowd and receipts of 2.5 million with Tunney earning 1 million and Dempsey 450 thousand. Dempsey.
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Chicago
Gene Tunney
Jack Dempsey
Scientists install lab to study Einstein theory in Alps
Geneva two Belgian scientists Professor Piccard and Dr Stahel establish a physics lab on the summit of Right Kulm at 5905 feet above Lucerne to study relativity. American and English scientists are invited to visit the new laboratory.
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Geneva
Piccard
Stahel
Suumt
Right-Kulm
Lucerne
Gaid
Freight Rates Case Reasons For Freight Cut Are Given By Board
The Board of Railway Commissioners released the reasons for judgment in the general freight rates case after a long probe of Canadian railway charges. The August 25 decision cuts grain and export commodity rates and outlines hearings across Canada with conclusions from Chief Commissioner McKeown Assistant Chief McLean and Commissioners Vien Boce and Lawrence. Oliver alone disagrees on several points. A 40‑item schedule of individual applications is forthcoming within a week.
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Ottawa
Board of Railway Commissioners
Dominion
Canada
W W. A. McKeown
McLean
Vien
Boce
Lawrence
British Columbia
Oliver
Canadian visit by Count von Bismarck to Ottawa
Count Gottfried Von Bismarck grandson of the Iron Chancellor arrived in Ottawa after traveling from Chicago. He toured the Dominion Experimental Farm and Winnipeg Grain Exchange and showed interest in Canadian wheat pools and western farm machinery. He noted German farms are smaller with higher labor costs.
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Dominion
Ottawa
Count Gottfried von Bismarck
Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck
Chicago
Count Bismarck
Dominion Experimental Farm
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Tie
Canadian Wheat Pools
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Germany
Silk train wrecked near Yale on Fraser River
A Canadian Pacific Railway silk train traveling east derailed along the Fraser River near Yale. Eighteen cars were involved, destroying telegraphic lines and causing five cars to plunge into the Fraser waters while five others were stopped by rocks and trees. Raw silk valued at 2,500,000 was scattered along the riverbank.
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Vancouver
Fraser River
Yale
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canada Auto Production Rises in August Totals 12 526
Canada produced 12 526 cars in August, a 15 percent rise from July's 10 987 units. July was the year's low month, and August output fell 18 percent from last August's 15 261. August breakdown shows 2 485 open passenger cars 7 003 closed passenger cars 2 522 trucks and 716 chassis. Of the chassis 651 were for passenger cars 12 for trucks and 53 for either passenger or freight service.
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Ottawa
Canada
Suspension of firearm possession clause for Northwest Territories
The Gazette reports the suspension of the criminal code sub section forbidding possession of a shotgun rifle or ammunition in the Northwest Territories. The RCMP representations claim prohibition would deprive trappers of livelihood, among other considerations.
Higher Wages Proposed for Bachelors in Germany
At a foreign office conference Germany debated a nationwide wage rise. A minority report urged higher pay for bachelors who, lacking wives to cook, spend more on amusements, arguing living costs are greater for single men than for married workers.
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Berlin
Germany
Foreign Office
Protest Tariff Change in Ottawa and Ambassador Pick
Canadian manufacturers of buggies and cutters protested a tariff reduction while seeking to retain the existing jury and remove sales tax, claiming saved costs would lower prices for buyers. In Washington, Dwight W. Morrow was chosen by President Coolidge as ambassador to Mexico, with Mexican approval after Sheffield’s resignation last July.
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Ottawa
Tariff Board
Consumers’ League
Canada
R. J. Beachman
United States
Washington
Dwight W. Morrow
New York
Coolidge
Mexico
Sheffield
Cosgrave May Carry On For Another Year
Dublin report says President Cosgrave's Free State government will continue for at least a year despite a poor election showing. Ernest Blythe says a new loan will be floated in December and the new Dail in October 11 may approve Cosgrave's mandate. Observers note business groups favor stability, while Farmers and Independents waver in loyalty. Baxter says Cosgrave has no mandate and hints at possible reshaping with Farmers' Party involvement.
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Dublin
Cosgrave
Free State
Ernest Blythe
Dail
P. F. Baxter
Farmers’ Party
Cavan
Eamon de Valera
Coates Details New Zealand Naval Defence Proposals
In Wellington Premier Coates outlined government naval defence proposals in the House of Representatives. The plan includes New Zealand’s contribution to the Singapore naval base and raises per capita expenditure to ten shillings. The policy, approved 51 to 10, emphasizes imperial budgeting amid Japan’s WWI actions.
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Wellington
N.Z
Coates
House of Representatives
New Zealand
Singapore
Japan
Great Britain
Wheat Pool and Prices in Ottawa Convention Speech
Hon. W N Motherwell federal Minister of Agriculture addressed the Bread and Cake Bakers Association in session, arguing the wheat pool is the best measure for farmers prosperity and national welfare. He said farmers cannot hold wheat long due to strong outside competition from exporters.
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Ottawa
W. N. Motherwell
Bread and Cake Bakers’ Association
Ion
Moetherwell
Premier Baldwin Observes Whaler Demonstration at Sea
Baldwin watched a seventy five year old whaler cross the bows of the Empress of Scotland as the liner left North Sydney. The old whaler is shown with a fisherman on the mast and a harpooner on the sail spar, illustrating whaling operations aboard the vessel. The Empress of Scotland, the largest ocean liner to reach North Sydney harbor, carried the Ukritigh state helmsman returning to England from Canada.
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Baldwin
Scotland
North Sydney
England
North
Sydney
Three-Motor Junkers Plane Ready For Transatlantic Flight
Berlin reports a three motor O34 prepared at Malmo Sweden for a trans Atlantic attempt piloted by Friedrich Loose and Herr Starke. Route may run via Lisben the Azores to Bermuda or Newfoundland with possible arrival at Norderney. Junkers officials deny corporate involvement.
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North Sea Island
Berlin
Junkers Aeroplane Works
Malhno
Sweden
Norderney
Friedrich Loose
Bremen
Junkers
Herr Starke
Lufthansa
Kiel
Lisben
Azores
Bermuda
Newfoundland
Dessau
Germany
United States
Junkers Corporation
Mission School Tragedy at Beauval Claims 20 Lives
At Beauval a midnight blaze in a three story building houses the Mission school and dormitory. Nineteen children age six to twelve perish along with Sister Lea and a wounded priest. Forty six children are saved. Fire likely started near the furnace center and quickly engulfed the structure.
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Beauval
Here
Sister Lea
France Demands Rakovsky Recall Before Talks With Soviets
France formally informs Moscow that Rakovsky must be recalled as a condition for negotiating a non aggression pact. Paris also demands Soviet proof of respecting internal affairs and debt settlements before any treaty discussions. France accuses Rakovsky of urging mutiny and overthrow of governments, prompting the diplomatic stand.
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Paris
Christian Rakovsky
France
le Matin
Moscow
Rakovsky
M. Llerbette
Russia
Herbette
Communist Party
Tchitcherin
M. Rakovsky
Plan to Concentrate Doukhobors in a Western Colony
Peter Veregin, head of the Community of Universal Brotherhood, outlined a plan to locate all Doukhobors in a single Western Canadian colony. He spoke in Ottawa with ministers, emphasized education aligned with religious beliefs, and noted a peaceful Communist principle.Regarding numbers, about 15,000 Doukhobors remain in the Dominion.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Peter Veregin
Community of Universal Brotherhood
Veregin
Paul J. Dinkett
Poland
Dirukoff
Doukhober
West
Dominion
Russia
Amazing Development In Banking Business Week Day
A London banking boom reports new banks opening each weekday under the influence of the Big Five. The piece notes England’s joint stock banks expanding rapidly with deposits rising from £547,590,000 to £1,848,174,000 over twenty years, equating to over £45 per head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Isles
Plane To Carry Sixty Passengers Across Atlantic
Charles A. Levine plans to return to the United States on October 11 with three French engineers to build a large airplane capable of carrying sixty passengers on regular Atlantic flights. No further details were available.
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Paris
Charles A. Levine
United States
Atlantic
Montreal Rescue Heads Home After Near Atlantic Drift
C Meredith Jackson and G Sinclair were rescued after drifting nearly to Newfoundland in a 204 foot sloop. They survived a long sea ordeal and reached safety near shore. The British Board of Education announces language study courses this year at 60 continental centers for students seeking abroad study.
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Montreal
C. Meredith Jackson
G. Sinclair
Newfoundland
Priitish Board of Education
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