World faces looming financial crisis says British economist
Sir George Parish, a famed British financier, warns that high New York call money rates signal a coming crisis. He cites worldwide overborrowing, tariff barriers, and restricted American credit as the core risks threatening global prices and business stability.
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Lowinn
Sir George Parish
New York Stock Exchange
United Press
Manchester
South America
Sir George
America
United States
Alberta selects counsel for Privy Council appeal
Alberta government retains S B Woods KC to represent Alberta in the British Columbia appeal to the Canada Privy Council over the railway grain rates decision. Saskatchewan supports the coast province in this action. Woods will appear in Ottawa when the case is heard. No hearing date is announced.
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Edmonton
University professors to breed fur animals in Bavaria farm
Eight university professors of Tankenrain Bavaria operate a high brow fox breeding project. They established a farm with eight pairs of foxes as a nucleus and plan to expand to other fur bearing animals using scientific methods.
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Munich
Bavaria
Tankenrain
Gisa
Brow Receives Life Sentence in Michigan Murder Case
Sylvester Brow, known as a rum runner, was sentenced to life imprisonment in solitary confinement after pleading guilty to first degree murder. The victim, Earl A. Roberts, a United States immigration officer, was fatally shot at Algonne.
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Port Turon
Mich
Sylvester Brow
Earl A Roberta
United States Immigration Dliver
Roberts
Algonne
There
Long Flight Ends In Rio De Janeiro Landing
Spanish aviators Jimines and Iglesias landed their plane the Jews de Gran Fodet in Bahia after completing a fight across the South Atlantic.
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Rio de Janeiro
Jimines and
Iglesias
Bahia
Atantic
Making Western Trip Ottawas
The royal commission on radio broadcasting led by Sir John Aird of Toronto will depart April 6 for Western Canada to begin hearings on domestic radio conditions. They will visit Vancouver Edmonton Calgary Saskatoon Regina Moose Jaw Port Arthur Fort William and later tour Ontario Quebec Maritime provinces and parts of the United States with a final report due before Parliament recess.
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Ottaws
Royal Compesion
John Aird
Toronto
Western Canada
Vancouver
National Council of Education
Victoria
Edmonton
Calgary
Saskatoon
Regina
Moose Jaw
Brandon
Winnipeg
Port Arthur
Fort William
Ontario
Quebec
Maritime Provinces
United States
Prairie Fire Devastates Sask Farms and Forces Evacuations
A prairie fire northwest of Nedeauville Sask destroyed thousands of acres of pasture and three farms. One man was hospitalized in Medicine Hat with serious injuries. George Campbell lost his barn and outbuildings but saved stock. losses near $1,000. John Fisher and family were driven from their home, which burned, with total losses around $2,500. Pred Robinson saved buildings but lost feed worth $300.
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Regina
Nedeauville
Medicine Hat
C.P.R
Tompkins
George Campbell
John Fisher
Santa Rosa Soldier Declares He Is Alive
Thomas F R Smith of Santa Rosa claims he was not killed in action in World War I and has appealed to the American Legion to correct his status. For a decade government officials told his sister Nellie Johnson to take $10,000 war risk insurance as his death benefit, but both siblings deny his death and seek official correction in Washington.
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Santa Rosa
Cal
Thomas FR. Smith
American Legion
Smith
Nellie Johnson
Johnson
Washington
Canada Colonization Association plans 600 families to Canada
Agents of the Canada Colonization Association announced they would bring 600 families to Canada by the end of August. Between 250 and 200 of these families will be settled in Saskatchewan.
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Saskatoon
Canada Colonization Association
Canada
Saskatchewan
Re-Elected London Bank of England Governors Named
The Right Hon Montague Norman was re-elected governor of the Bank of England. Sir Ernest Harvey was named deputy governor.
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London
England
Montague Norman
Bank of England
Ernest Harvey
Depots G Sovernor
Train Crew Held Responsible for Drocourt Wreck Verdict
Special Coroner J. B. Broughton finds the northbound Train No 3 crew negligent in the Drocourt collision that killed Horace Smith and others. Engineer J W Alexander Fireman E Riley Rear End Brakeman C Gorrie face manslaughter charges as criminal proceedings begin. The spring assizes opening May 14 are expected to hear the case.
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Drrorvart
Ont
Drocoust
J. B. Broughton
J. W. Alexander
E. Riley
Marshal Foch Laid In State With Grand Funeral Rites
Marshal Foch was buried in Paris after a national funeral attended by leaders from ten nations. The procession moved from Notre Dame to the Invalides as millions lined streets in tribute to the Allied commander who led 10,000,000 troops under ten flags. Premier Poincare called Foch’s sole aim was service and duty.
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Paris
Marshal Foch
Napoleon
Notre Dame Cathedral
the Invalides
France
Republic of France
Church of Rome
Notre Dame
Golden Dome of the Invalides
Foch
Poincare
Coinese Courts See Surge in Divorces as Nationalists Rise
Shanghai divorce actions rise under National Government control. 1928 records show Shanghai courts processed over 1,400 divorces, up more than 800 from 1927, with spring and summer the peak. In 1926 divorces were under 100. Data based on United Press figures.
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Shanghai
China
Chinese Law Courts
United Preas
Lightning Strikes Peace Tower During Ottawa Storm
A severe electric storm centered on Parliament Hill saw lightning strike the Peace Tower and the southeast corner of the centre block. The tower elevator was shut down but no major damage occurred. Alberta seeks services of Deputy Minister Callaghan for a Pacific Great Eastern Railway survey as discussions continue with Premier Tolmle and cabinet.
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Pacific
Ottawa
Peace Tower
B.C
Alberta
Victoria
J. Callaghan
S. F. Tolmle
Pacific Great Eastern Railway
Berlin Academy Adds Tourism Study To Commerce Curriculum
The Academy of Commerce of Berlin will include scientific research on tourist traffic in its program. The study covers causes and social political and economic effects. Courses on transportation hotel management exposition work and special training for hotel spa and fair directors will be offered.
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Berlin
Ita
Academy of Commerce of Berlin
Academy
Appointment of W H H McLellan as Provincial Poultry Promoter
Regina and Saskatoon names appear in the notice for a new provincial poultry promoter. W H H McLellan, Saskatoon, takes the post effective May 1 by order of Hon C M Hamilton minister of agriculture. The Saskatchewan Poultry Breeders Association recommended the appointment.
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Regina
W. HH. McLellan
Saskatoon
C.M. Hamilton
Hamilton
Saskatchewan Poultry Breeders’ Association
Many Receive Assistance Under Empire Settlement Act
In the House of Commons the secretary for the Dominions said during the year 192?, 27,523 persons went to British North America with financial aid under the Empire Settlement Act. This compared with 20,619 to Australia and 2,175 to New Zealand. No figures were available on assisted migrants who returned to the United Kingdom in the same period.
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London
House of Commons
J. €. Amery
Dominions
British North America
Australia
New Zealand
United Kingdom
Giant German liner Europa destroyed by fire at shipyard
A mysterious blaze gutted the 46 000 ton Europa at Blohm and Voss in Hamburg as it neared completion for five day service between New York and the English Channel. Experts doubt insured losses match actual damage and rebuilding questions loom. Eight hundred workers were laid off by the blaze and a fireman was overcome.
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Hamburg
Germany
Lloyd
Europa
Bremen
New York
English Channel
Cunard
White Star
Hamburg American Lines
Experta
Argon
Lloyd Company
Blohm and Voss
Test shipment of Garnet wheat to Great Britain
Ottawa reports a 4000 to 5000 bushel Garnet wheat shipment in sacks from Fort Williams destined for London for British millers and a German miller. The move, led by the Wheat Pool and Dominion Department of Agriculture, tests Garnet as a No 1 blend potential and gauges Britain and United States reception for 1929 crop prospects.
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Ottawa
Ont
Fort Williams
Great Britain
Germany
Wheat Pool
Dominion Department of Agriculture
London
Department of Agriculture
Department
Britain
United States
Yoo
Prairies
Canada
Diplomatic Talks On Sinking Of Slrams Vessel I’m Alone
The sinking of the ram runner I'm Alone in the Gulf of Mexico by a U.S. coast guard patrol becomes a diplomatic issue between Canada and the United States. Sir Esme Howard informs Washington that the ship was Canadian registered and directs replies to Vincent Massey in Ottawa.
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Washington
D.C
Gulf of Mexico
United States
Esme Howard
State Department
Vincent Massey
Saskatoon Winter Fair Building Plan Unveiled
In Saskatoon the province offers one third of a 100000 winter fair building cost at the exhibition grounds. If the city and federal government match the share, the project proceeds. Charles Agar MLA confirms strong likelihood of federal and city contributions.
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Saskatoon
Woman Freed After Custody Controversy in Canada
Mary De Merto a Bypsy was held on theft charges from North Battleford Sask and released when Provincial Constable W McRae failed to identify her as the wanted woman.
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Toronto
Mary de Merto
North Battleford
Sask
W. McRae
Saskatchewan
Armies of China Reach Over Fifteen Lakh Men
Official reports compiled by Kuo Min, the Chinese official news agency, count just over 1 500 000 men in the officially recognized Chinese armies. The figures exclude numerous bandit groups operating in the country.
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Peking
Jusr
China
Kuo Min
Regina Residents Killed in Train Collision
Two well known Regina residents Bir and Mrs Armour were instantly killed when their car was struck by an express train at a level crossing on the Southern Pacific route. Both bodies were mangled in the wreckage.
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Regina
Fregina
Sask
Bir
Armour
Los Angeles
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Friedrichshafen
Soldice
Norris
Nebraska
St. Lawrence
Coinese
German Academy of Commerce
Charles Sutton
U.S
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