Forward agricultural policy urged by Baldwin government
An official announcement foreshadows a policy to boost production by convening a conference of landowners farmers and farm laborers with government representatives. It aims to add at least 1,000,000 acres of arable land and ensure that wheat is not prioritized over livestock dairying and other farming. It notes land could be diverted to wheat in emergencies but growth beyond economic profitability is not required.
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Baldwin
London
Record price for steer grand champion weighs 1260 pounds
The grand champion steer Merry Monarch from the Royal Winter Fair sold for 3.60 dollars a pound, totaling 4536 dollars. Purchaser was the T Baton Company, marking what is believed to be a Canadian high price for two steers.
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Toronto
Canada
J. M. Gardhouse
Ita
T. Baton Company
Suspect Soviet Agents Stole Cipher Code From Riga Consulate
A Riga dispatch reports the U S consulate in Riga Estonia was robbed for a second time this year. The cipher code and diplomatic papers were stolen and Soviet agents are suspected. The note also mentions a plan for arbitration over Zinovief letter authenticity and Britain’s rejection of the Anglo Russian treaty.
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United States
Riga
London
Esthenia
Daily Mail
Moscow
Great Britain
Russia
Lipton to Challenge Toronto for Ameri can Cup
Sir Thomas Lipton announced to a local paper he will champion the 1926 Ameri can Cup. The Irish yachtsman declared a definite decision to enter the challenger race.
Wellington farewell as Viscount Jeliicoe retires
Viscount Jeliicoe leaves New Zealand after retiring as Governor General of New Zealand. He is succeeded by Sir Charles Ferguson, while Christen Giant Dirigibis Washingten notes the renaming of the giant German Zeppelin to the United States ship Los Angeles.
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Deitiiog
Wellington
N.Z
Viscount Jeliicoe
New Zealand
Sir Charles Ferguson
United States
Rural Credit Conference Announced by Heritage Association
Representatives from heritage associations in Wisconsin and nearby prairie provinces will meet in conference on December 18 and 19 to discuss rural credits. The goal, per Jen Ward secretary, is to foster a mutual understanding between borrower and lender and improve the mortgage business for both sides.
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Winniper
Teorlewe
Chiree Praire
Casadias Coos of Agriculture
Jen Ward
Border Patrol Reports Smuggling Ring at Canada Border
Immigration officers say six to seven days saw one alleged smuggler and nearly fifty aliens rounded up in the Grand Forks district with a score more jailed for unlawful entry. Since harvest, movement from the Dominion increased as patrols tightened to curb the border crossing, with aliens said to gather in Winnipeg before being driven to the border.
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U.S
Canada
Grant Forks
Canadian
Grand Forks
Dominion
Winni‘pee
Prairie Provinces Strong Delegation to Ottawa
A large influential Western Canada delegation, led by Manitoba Premier John Bracken and Alberta Premier Herbert Greenfield, travels to Ottawa to press the cabinet on the Crow's Nest Pass agreement with railway boards. Legal figure H. J. Symington, K.C., tours the negotiating group as advisor for the prairie provinces.
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Winniper
Western Canada
Board of Railway Commissioners
Crow's Nest Pass
Prairie Provinces
John Bracken
Manitoba
Herbert Greenfield
Alberta
H. J. Symington
K.C
Coungel
More Cattle Shipped From Canada To Britain Reach 72 938 Head
Canada sent 2 287 cattle from Montreal Halifax and Boston in the week ended November 20 and the year total reaches 72 938 head. The 1924 year thus shows a gain of over 26 000 head versus 1923. Shipping firms earned 45 740 in that week and revenue to date nears 1 500 000.
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Canada
Ottawa
United Kingdom
Montreal
Halifax
Boston
Pension Board Seen At Enmity With Veterans
Victoria meeting reports unanimous BC legislature approval of a resolution by Captain Ian Mackenzie and Col. Cyrus Peck V C calling for improved conditions for returned soldiers and their dependents. Col Peck declared the pension board opposed to the veteran cause in Canada.
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Colonel Peck
V.C
Victoria
B.C
British Columbia
Ian Mackenzie
Vancouver
Cyrus Peck
Col.Peck
Pension Board
Canada
Tightening Alien Restrictions in London Debate
Home Secretary Sir William Joynson-Hicks promised a general tightening of alien regulations to a National Citizens' Union deputation. Britain lists 22,862 registered aliens with nearly 170,600 in Britain. Geneva opium conference delegates include Dr. A. S. Beland and Canadian minister of soldiers' civil re-establishment Kas elected chair of the narcotics manufacturing and sale committee.
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London
National Citizens’ Union
William _Joynson-Hicks
Home Secretary
Great Britain
Boudon
Geneva
Hoo
Beland
Dominion
Kas
Argentina posts first surplus in years
For the first time in many years Argentina reports that annual revenue receipts exceed expenditures marking a rare fiscal surplus in the national budget.
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Bueno Aires
Argentina
Saskatchewan to Form Livestock Pool With Alberta Link
The Farmers' Union of Canada begins organizing a Saskatchewan livestock pool anchored to a long term contract. Secretary W M Thrasher says the plan mirrors Alberta’s stock pool and aims to export cattle, starting with local shipping facilities and trading on Canadian and US markets.
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Peel
Saskatchewert
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Farmers’ Union of Canada
W. M. Thrasher
Alberta
Farmers’ Union
Aston Sapiro
J. E. Brownlee
Canada
United States
Life of Lord Allenby Threatened in Cairo Plot
Cairo reports say Egyptian nationalists plan a desperate attack on Viscount Allenby. The Daily Mail cites multiple trustworthy sources as officials double guards at the Residency and require armed escorts for British officers and revolvers on desks for civilians. Ziwar Yasha signals willingness to back Britain’s protection demands despite opposition.
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London
Lfe
Viscount Allenby
Cairo
Daily Mail
Ward Allenby
Offcers
Ziwar Yasha
Lord Allenby
Mail
Great Britain
Daring Patrolman Prevents Holdup
John T. Burk, on patrol duty at a West Side restaurant, thwarted an attempted holdup by three men. He wounded two assailants in a close range pistol duel and, with another patrolman, arrested them. A third gunman escaped.
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New York
West Side
John T. Burk
French Admiral Recalled From North Africa Command
Paris says Admiral Exelmans commander in chief of French naval forces in North Africa declined to meet Russian Soviet Government delegates who arrived to take over remnants of Baron Wrangel's fleet. The recall follows his refusal to receive the delegation.
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Paris
Exelmans
Bizerta
North Africa
Baron Wrangel
Echo de Paris
Double Drowning At Coast Murder and Death By Own Action
Police say a coast drowning may be murder and self harm in a family tragedy at Port Haney British Columbia. Arthur Johnson 48 and his five year old son Charles were found drowned in a four foot barrel bath outside their Webster's Corners home. Henry Johnson discovered the bodies. The report notes multiple party candidates in the Berlin Reichstag election.
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Port Haney
B.C
Arthur Johnson
Firlander
Webster's Corners
Charles
Henry Johnson
Probe Links Mail Train Attacks to Bengal Politics
Authorities in Calcutta investigate two attempted wreckings of mail trains in Bengal presidency. They believe the incidents were politically motivated amid rising tensions and security concerns.
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Calcutta
India
Presidency of Bengal
Franco German Treaty Talks Continue From Paris
Negotiations between France and Germany on a commercial treaty are proceeding in Paris and are expected to last about five more weeks. Both sides aim for a satisfactory understanding and plan further meetings after the period.
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Paris
Radio compass guide aids aviators through fog and haze
The United States Air Service and Signal Corps tested a radio compass on the Dayton Ohio to Moundville West Virginia airway. A pilot in fog followed a signal stream from radio towers to stay on a precise route without landmark navigation.
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Washington
United States Air Service and Signal Corps
Dayton
Olio
Moundaville
W.va
Sir Gilbert Parker Injured in Automobile Accident
Sir Gilbert Parker, the London novelist aged 62, was struck by a car in New York and knocked down. He arrived in the United States with President Harding’s entourage on November 2 en route to South Carolina to recover and revise a novel about the era of Louis XLV of France.
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Sir Gilbert Parker
London
Gilbert
New York
United States
Harding
Santh Carolina
Louis XLV
France
Planning Zeppelin Expedition To Pole With Nansen
London reports say Commander Burns plans a Zeppelin expedition to the north pole with Dr Fridtjof Nansen as a potential companion. The date is to be announced and the mission described as a great scientific venture. A miners struggle is forecast in Britain over eight hour day and wage guarantees. In Montreal, guard Jean Carpentier is jailed two years for aiding an asylum inmate’s escape prior to execution. In Geneva England and Japan reach talks on opium trade under government supported certificates.
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Nansen
Christiania
Burns
North Pole
Fridtjof Nansen
London
A. J. Cook
The
Miners’ Federation
Cook
Montreal
Guiuseppe Serafini
Bordeaux
Henri Cleroux
Jean Carpentier
Justice Demors
Dome Collapse In Palermo Cathedral After Eucharistic Congress
After the eucharistic congress at the cathedral of Saint Domine in Palermo, the dome collapsed immediately as attendees had already departed. The church, built in 1646, is known for burying many Sicilians and can hold 12 600 people.
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Rome
Plan for graveling Lord Selkirk highway in Manitoba
The provincial government will immediately call for tenders to gravel the Lord Selkirk highway from St Norbert near Winnipeg to Emerson at the U S border. Public Works Minister W K Clubb announced plans to extend the main trunk highway province wide, to be developed over several years as economic conditions allow.
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Winnipeg — Ag
Lord Selkirk
St. Norbert
Aix
Winnipeg
Emerson
W. K Clubb
Foreign Press Criticism and the Maine Incident
London Evening Standard argues that American and British press views diverge on the Maine episode and U S policy. It notes America defends its global role while Britain resists state capitalism accusations and raises concerns about national honor amid imperial tensions.
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London Evening Standard
U.S
Maine
London
Exeland
Evening Standard
France
United States
America
Globe
Egypt
League of Nations
Philippines
Tfavana Harbor
West is Well Represented at Chicago Show
International Livestock Exposition at the stockyards attracts Alberta interest with Premier Greenfield of Albena as guest. He may speak and boost Alberta entries in hay and grain, cattle, sheep, and horse divisions. Notable exhibitors include Q A Boggs and Son Daysland with twelve Herefords, Frank Collicutt Cragsfield nine Herefords, University of Alberta and Lacombe Experimental Farm entries, and Angus from James MacGregor Brandon Manitoba.
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Chicago
Canada
Greenfield
Albena
Greengeld
Alberta
Q. A
Frank Collicut
Cragsfield
University of Alberta
T the
Lacombe
James MacGregor
Brandon
Manitoba
Cattle Division
HH. Morrigan
H. A. Wright
Germany Publishes Memorandum on League of Nations Entry
Berlin reports the German Government will publish itsmemo issued to world powers on September 19 detailing its stance on joining the League of Nations and including the replies from other states.
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Berlin
League of Nations
Earthquake Near Afium Matalisents Briefs Istanbul Region
An earthquake struck near Afium Matalisents causing minor structural damage and temporary disruption. Reports indicate no casualties at this time and local officials are assessing affected areas. Residents are advised to stay clear of damaged buildings and follow emergency guidance.
Menace Against British Officers Sparks Arrests in Egypt
London reports a net work of plots aiming to menace British officials in Egypt and the Sudan from the governor-general down to civil clerks. Arrests are ordered of prominent anti British plotters with broader arrests anticipated in Cairo and Alexandria. Field Marshal Allenby hopes the new Egyptian cabinet will cooperate to break up the plots and curb political meetings.
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London
Eepot
Sudan
Cairo
Alexandria
Great Britain
Vigcount Allenby
Sloney
Feypt
First Marconi Beam Wireless Station Erected Near Montreal
The first American beam wireless station, near Drummondville, Montreal, was completed this week. Five 350 foot steel towers will carry the aerial and reflectors for commercial telegraphy. A receiving station at Yamachdehe, Quebec, with five 300 foot rivet towers, is under rapid construction.
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America
Montreal
Signor Marconi
England
Marconi Company
British Post Office Department
Marconi
Drummondville
Yamuchdehe
Quenlad
Melbourne Argus endorses policy amid Egyptian trouble
The Melbourne Argus comments on the Egyptian situation praising Britain for readiness to act as well as speak in defense of its policy. It warns sedition in other nations should not presume upon patience and stresses the civilized world’s duties.
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Melbourne
Australia
Melbourne Argus Kaya
Drhai Ia
Wolves Drive Proposed to Protect Ontario Flocks
Northern Ontario settlers in Bar River area plan a wolf drive to defend flocks from wild wolves. They warn drastic measures may end sheep farming if wolves are not exterminated.
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Ontario
Sault Ste. Marie
Farnersa
Bar River
Wolff
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Hoyee
West
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Lee Stack Sirdar
Radio Compass Guide
Gilbert Parker
Japan
Constantinople
Beam Wireless
Regina
Farmers' Organizations
Saskatchewan Economic Board
G. F B. Edwards
Bruce
Sinise
Hughes
Arleing
Lakehurst
N.J
Ion Angelea
Panama
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