Elected Speaker of the House Controversy Surrounds Lemieux
Hon Hodelphe Lemieux was elected speaker of the House amid debate over the long standing French English alternation. Conservative Jon Hugh Cuthrie opposed the shift arguing for the traditional bilingual succession. supporters praised Lemieux and his qualifications.
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Nntewa
Hodelphe Lemieux
Clete Byraker
Mouve of Commons
Usnacian Rieiwry
King
John A. MacDonald
Wirld
Laurier
Robert Orlen
Laembeax
Senate
Commons
Guthrie
Lemieux
Hiv Aeeerh
Canada
Five Day Week Favored by Labor Leader
William Green of the American Federation of Labor argues for a five day work week as practical for economic and humanitarian reasons. He told the New York Building Congress that shorter hours would spread rest and increase efficiency across all industries.
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New York
William Green
American Federation of Labeor
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool elects J McPhail again president
J McPhail Ladstock was reelected president of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool at the organization meeting of the newly elected board of electors. L Broaillee Bandler was reelected vice president. other executive members named include Tintry Marsh, Ihersebel, J Weas, Maldatane, Brooks Catron, Hane, and Tey Want Catton Price Stabilized. London calls for cotton price stabilization as U S and others weigh response. Geneva convocation urged by League of Nations council to discuss May 4 1957 economic conference with U S delegates to be invited. Rumors denied of a Canada treaty negotiation with sovawa.
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J. McPhail
Regina
A. J. McPhall
Ladstock
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Ellectors
L. ©. Broaillee
Bandler
Ens Wheat Pool
Wens
Tintry Marsh
Ilersebel
J. 1 Weaswou
Maldatane
Brooks Catron
Hane
Tey
Council
British Labor Leader Calls for General Elections
In the House of Commons Labour leader J Macdonald moved a vote of censure on the Baldwin government over miners dispute policy. He urged a general election, while Baldwin defended patience and pledged to act at the appropriate time despite opposition chants.
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Javray MacDonald
Baldwin
London
Ramsay Mackonaid
House of Commons
Macdonald
Hatchetn
May Lift Titles Ban South Africa Changes Attitude
South Africa may lift the ban on honors for Utes after new imperial status. Messages from Cape Town report resolutions against honors last year but now favor direct royal recommendations for honorees rather than via the government. The Imperial Conference mood shifts as Nationalists reportedly sing God Save the King.
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South Africa
London
Cape Town
Honora
God Save the King
Easy To Smuggle Goods Customs Probe At Coat Hears Strange Statements
Vancouver hears of a customs probe revealing coded telegrams and witness evasions. The inquiry discusses gun shipments, cross border smuggling, and large foreign funds linked to alleged returns and cross border cargoes. It suggests smuggling is easy across the boundary between British Columbia and the United States.
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Coat
Vancouver
Melodra Ina
Studings
Hynox
Automo i Bliv
Ching
United Stites
Canada
United States
Hritlhh Columbis
American Republic
Monks killed in avalanche rescue patrol near Berne
Three monks from the St Bernard monastery were killed in an avalanche that struck a party of ten clergy during ski rescue rounds in the Alpine pass near Berne. Five escaped, five were carried away. after digging out the survivors, three were found dead.
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Berne
Switzerland
St. Bernard
Skiis
Decrease in Ontario Wagering and Milk Bill Debates
A report from the Ontario province shows a drop in total wagering on race racks from 1925 to 1926 totaling 22 million dollars now at 47 million. The accompanying tax fell to 1.67 million. Concurrently, support grows for the Lemont-Caber milk bill to curb Canadian milk imports, while in Moscow 16 bandits are sentenced to death for violence tied to a large gang in the Tartars.
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Toronto
Ontario
Teaagurer
Washington
New York
Wiconsin
Department of Agriculture
Canada
Moscow
Tartar Republic
British Army Reduced London Debates on War Office Staff
Lord Middleton told the House of Lords the British Army is two thirds of its prewar strength with a drop of 224 XM men since 1514, while war office administrative staff has doubled. He warned that reductions risk national security as nations threaten. Government replies defend policy noting empire services and slower recruiting.
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London
War Office
Lord Middleton
House of Borda
Empire ties strengthen as empire unity affirmed
Lord Paalmoor argues the empire should remain a single, cohesive entity through shared royalties and mutual devotion to peace and freedom. He says equality among self governing states is preserved but unity must prevail to meet future challenges.
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Dover
Lord Paalmoor
Jewish Immigrant Aid Society Seeks 6000 Jews for Canada
Toronto reports The Jewish Immigrant Aid Society will request the Dominion Government to admit 6000 Jews from European countries during 1927. The society acts as the official channel for bringing Jewish people to Canada. The 1927 quota was 3000.
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Toronto
Jewish” Immigrant Aid Society
Dominion
Udndt
Canada
European powers seek calm amid Balkan tensions over Albania pact
Western European governments urge restraint as Yugoslavia and Albania dispute a bilateral pact seen as a step toward influence over Albania. Yugoslav officials deny quit-threats to the League of Nations and demand noninterference while warning of possible regional upheaval. The League’s session aims to prevent disruption in Southern Europe.
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Geneva
Western Europe
Jugo-Shisia
Jugo-Slavia
Maly
Telgrada
Albania
JugoSlavia
Jugo Slavia
League of Nations
League
Italy
Japan
Council of the
Belgerode
Europe
Westminster Gazette Sees U S Imitating British Cotton Plan
The Westminster Gazette views President Coolidge’s Congress proposal as copying Britain’s cotton storage and financing scheme. It notes pledges for funds to store and carry about a million bales and recalls Secretary Hoover’s anger over price restrictions. London would welcome and mock the idea.
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London
United States
Westminster Gazette
Coolidge
Congress
Draover
Geove
Ees
Lendon
Great Britain
Golden Wedding Celebrated by Gerald Murray and Family
Montreal's Gerald Murray and wife mark fifty years of marriage with a gold praise presentation in the Allan Line boardroom. Murray, born in Dublin, long served Montreal’s port and later Canadian Pacific after the Allan Line’s absorption. Family members present include Miss Kathleen Murray and "Jack" Murray.
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Gerald Murray
Montreal
Allan Line
Murray
Dublin
St. Gabriels Church
Salmon
Tany
Canadien Pacific
Tuché
Canadian Pacific Steamship
St. Mary's College, Crockville
Mise
Kathleen Murray
Jack” Murray
Heing
Saskatchewan Livestock Pool Eyes Europe Market Study
The Saskatchewan Livestock Pool seeks financial aid from the Saskatchewan Agricultural Research Foundation to send a commission to Europe to study hog processing and marketing in Denmark and Ireland and to assess British market needs. They aim to tour Holland to view a new cattle handling plant in Antwerp, though cattle processing is not planned soon.
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Saskatchewan Livestock Pool
Saskatoon
Europe
Saskatchewan Agricultural Research Foundation
Denmark
Ireland
Canada
Holland
Antwerp
National Farmers' Body Organization Urged for National Voice
A Saskatoon conference at the Board of Trade brought together trustees of the United Farmers of Canada Saskatchewan section, the amalgamated Saskatchewan Grainrowers association and Farmers' Union of Canada, and a Canadian Council of Agriculture group. The statement praised free discussion and urged creation of a national body to unite farmers across provinces on pressing national issues.
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Saskatoon
Sask
Board of Trade
United Farmers of Canada
Saskatchewan
Sagkatchewan Grainrowers Association
Farmers’ Union of Canada
Canadian Council of Agriculture
Canada’s New Status Tied to Imperial Conference
Winnipeg notes Lieutenant-Governor Curraws said Canada has a new status after the London imperial conference. He stated Canada with Britain and the Dominions now shares the same status as the old country, and not to expect Britain to pull them through. He urged taking responsibilities as a self governing nation.
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Winnipeg
Uen
T. Oa. Curraws
Manitoba
Canada
London
Bonintons
Eoin
Britain
Great Arinda
Talull
Huge funds proposed to enforce Prohibition in United States
Washington reports the annual Treasury supply bill calls for over 27.4 million dollars to enforce the Prohibition Act. Of this, nearly 12 million is for the Prohibition unit and about 15.0 million for Coast Guard anticliquor smugglers. The plan includes undercover agents and forecasts a smaller force may be insufficient in a few years. President Coolidge pledges to fund enforcement as needed to carry out the Eighteenth Amendment.
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United States
Department of the Treasury
Prohibition
Coastguard
Congress
Lincoln ©. Andrews
Mit
Uiac
Tn Iis
Presient Coolidge
Weather Delays Crop Movement Across Canada and Lakes
Fort William reports severe weather for the third straight month slows the Western grain flow. Harvesting finished before heavy snows and cold snap halted open work. Deliveries to elevators lag last year as ice blockades and ship shortages in Montreal delay exports. Stocks at Fort William and Port Arthur are high. Vancouver and Prince Rupert grain movement soft due to higher ocean rates.
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Fort William
Canada
Great Lakes
E. A. Ursell
Board of Grain Commissioners
Montreal
Port Arthur
Rupert States
Ursell
Vancouver
Prince Rupert
Prince George Invited by Ottawa Mayor for Diamond Jubilee Visit
Ottawa Mayor John Balharrie extended an invitation to Prince George to visit the Dominion in 1927 for the diamond jubilee of confederation. The invitation follows earlier asks for the Prince of Wales and Premier Stanley Baldwin to attend. The report notes Prince George, a younger member of the Royal House of Windsor, has also received a similar invitation.
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Ottawa
Prince of Wales
Stanley Baldwin
Dominion
Peinée Gieorge
Windsor
John Balharrie
Prince
Not Popular In Russia Leon Trotsky Loses Government Posts
The article notes Leon Trotsky's declining influence in Soviet Russia. It reports he has been removed from the leadership of the Snieper Ostrov Hydro-electric Power Works state enterprise due to his opposition to the current ruling power.
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Jugoslavs
Italy
Jugo-Slavia
Albania
Jugo- Slavia
Mussolink
Leon ‘Trotsky
Moscow
Leon Trotsky
Soviet Russia
Hig
Ruste
Snieper
Geneva League Members Foresee Pact on German Armament Control
League council members not part of Locarno talks expect an accord in principle to end allied control of German armament with League oversight. An oral ruling by Chief Justice Harvey voided an election for St Albert, and Louis Normandeau's petition led to the URAL candidate's reinstatement.
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Geneva
League of Nations Council
Locarno
League
Holpwsuton
Harvey
Lucien Boudreau
M.I.A
St. Albert
Louis Normandeau
URAL
Ifor
Honorary Aides-de-Camp Inauguration Officials Named
The Governor General announces new honorary Aides-de-Camp including Lt-Col We. J. Macdonald of Regina LtCol F. M. Steel of Calgary Commander Percy W. Netles of Esquimalt and others in Victoria Tobin, B.C.
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Ovtawa
Gol
Tobin
Victoria
We. J. Macdonald
Regina
F. M. Steel
Calgary
Percy W.netles
Exquimalt
B.C
Planning Another Attempt At Atlantic Flight From Paris
An ambitious plan for a new attempt to fly the Atlantic from Paris to New York is planned for next year. A convoy line is under construction in France and the control department has been advised.
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Wasnimxion
Us Atlantic
Paris
New York
France
Conserve Department
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