Britain to push talks with Moscow on resuming relations
Britain plans to forward communications to the Soviet Union to enable a high level visit to discuss resumption of normal relations. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald indicated a debate on the issue in the Commons is likely, with publication of correspondence as a possibility but not yet deemed desirable.
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Lendon
Bay
Rylan
Leomion
Arthur Henderson
Flamiay MacDonald
House of Commons
Russia
Austen Chamberlain
MacDonald
Winston Churchill
Wes
Australian wheat pool plan endorsed by cabinet
After a wheat growers conference, the cabinet approved a ballot among growers on forming an Australian wheat pool. The conference backed a minimum price of three shillings sixpence per bushel for the initial advance from the pool, with banks reportedly ready to guarantee part of the amount and government liability to be discussed later.
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Sydney
Australia
Imperial conference inquiry delays Dominion response
Ottawa says it has not yet received a communication from Britain asking if an Imperial economic conference can be held. In London the War Office says no army maneuvers on the Rhine this year and the government will avoid inconveniencing civilians, per Secretary Tom Shaw.
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Imperial Economic Conference
Ottawa
Ont
Government of
Great Britain
Department of External
As!atte
Philip Stowden
Londdn
England
Rhine
Tom Shaw
House At Commons
Admiralty Court Confiscates Vessel in Canadian Waters
In Victoria the American tug 357 G A and the vessel Jeannette are condemned in Admiralty Court. Orders for sale issue to Herbert Goggin as marshal. The 357 G A was seized May 18 near Packen’s Point by Canada Fisheries Protection cruiser Givenchy. Captain Olaf Hansen claimed engine trouble forced anchorage at Goose Harbor after May 4.
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British Columbian
Hoa
Maclean
E.C
Crown
Jeannette
Olaf Hansen
Malaspina
Goose Harbor
Alert Bay
Officials Find Drugs in Envoy's Boxes
French customs officers uncovered four packing cases addressed to the Afghan minister in Paris later named ambassador for Moscow. A powder leaked from a crack and testing revealed heroin and cocaine worth 33230 dollars.
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Envoy
France
Sirday al Ghulam Nasi Khan
Paris
Moscow
Gate Crasher At Mansion House Banquet Introduced To Prince
A woman about 28, using a fictitious title, entered a Mansion House banquet honoring Sir Abe and Lady Bailey. She was announced and introduced to the Prince of Wales and other guests before being asked to leave after four listed women were officially invited. The woman’s identity remains unknown.
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Mansion House
London
England
Prince of Wales
Sir Abe
Lady Bailey
Japanese Aviator Masashi Goto Killed In World Trip
Masashi Goto a 22 year old Japanese aviator from Los Angeles started July 3 on a projected race around the world. His plane and body were found in a canyon southeast of Salt Lake City Utah after he left Salt Lake City airport and was not seen alive again.
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Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Utah
Masashi Goto
Here
Pacific Coast
Goto
Unemployment Register Shows Britain July Figures
Official tally places the unemployed at 1 142 400 in Britain on July 1. The number is up 24 593 from the previous week but 75 780 lower than the same date last year.
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London
England
Panama Canal Record Topped With 20360 Long Tons
The May shipment through the Panama Canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific set a new all time record of 20360 long tons. The prior heaviest Pacific bound monthly tonnage was 7364 in October 1928.
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Panama Canal
Washington, D.C
Atlantic
Pacific
Western grain co operative under fire as Winnipeg firm contemplates withdrawal
At the congress of the Co operative Union of Canada delegates from Saskatchewan urged resignation of the United Grain Growers Limited. Hon. T. A. Crerar denied abandoning the co operative spirit amid claims of large shareholder profits and reserves. He announced the firm would withdraw from the union, drawing mixed views on whether UGG remains a co operative in the western farming community.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Co-operative Union of Canada
T. A. Crerar
United Grain Growers, Limited
United Grain Growers
Saskatchewan
H. W. Ketcheson
Davidson
Mr. Crerar
Edenwold, Sask
Congress
Ketchieson
West
U.G.G
Conductors Win Right to Separate Wage Talks in Canada
The Order of Railway Conductors may contract separately with the Canadian Pacific Railway Western lines for higher wages, a finding upheld by a Board of Conciliation report. The board was empanelled by Minister of Labor Hon. Peter Heenan to resolve the dispute involving the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.
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Ottawa
Canadian Pacifica Railway
Western Lines
Board of Conciliation
Peter Heenan
Talking Pictures on Majestic Trans Atlantic Liner
London reports that apparatus for talking pictures is being installed on the liner Majestic and that the Levia than will follow soon. Other principal liners are expected to be similarly equipped.
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London
England
Majestic
Ottawa Memorandum Eases Car Use For Tourists
A new memorandum from Robert Breadner, customs commissioner, broadens conditions for American visitors bringing cars to Canada. Tourists may freely use their vehicles while in the country, but cannot engage in commercial activities or carry passengers for hire, avoiding competition with Canadians.
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Ottawa
National Revenue
Canada
Robert Breadner
Customs
United States
Bank Guard at Bank of England Could Be Abolished
In the House of Commons a proposal to end the Bank of England guard service was raised. Tom Shaw noted the bank provides no pay as it acts as government banker with custody of gold reserves. Ernest Thurtle urged abolition with Shaw to consider the idea.
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London
Eng
House of Commons
Thames Embankment
Bank
Bank of England
Oliver Baldwin
Laborite
Tom Shaw
Ernest Thurtle
Shaw
Chinese Arrest Soviets Tokyo Coup Over Rail Line
Harbin dispatch reports 174 Soviet officials and workers of the Chinese Eastern Railway arrested by Chinese authorities in a coup to oust Ruggla from joint control of the line.
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Tokyo
Harbin
Chinese Eastern Railway
Ruggla
Request for Chinese law punishment in opium case in San Francisco
The Kuomintang of America urged that Mrs Ying Kao, wife of the Chinese vice consul in San Francisco, be tried in China under Chinese law and executed if found guilty of trafficking opium. It noted that China imposes death for opium offenses by government-linked individuals. Kao reportedly resigned from the consulate. neither he nor Mrs Kao has been arrested.
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San Francisco
Ying Kao
China
Kuomintang of America
Kao
Canada Kid Loses Eye in Stampede Ride
Lee Farria of De Winton Alberta known as the Canada Kid rode a Brahma steer at the Calgary Stampede. His right eye was gored out but he finished his ride and won prize money. He was hospitalized with serious injuries but expected to recover. last year he was champion all round cowboy.
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Calgary
Lee Farria
de Winton
Alts
Farris
Canada Kid
High Grade Wheat Boast Still Valid Says Canadian Official
Dean Rutherford of the Saskatchewan Royal Grain Commission defended Canadian wheat quality at a Fort William session. He noted Britain buys American wheat only when cheaper, but prefers Canadian wheat. contrasted with Argentina and U S prices. He blamed poor rainfall for current harvests and warned western seed and field conditions threaten No 1 hard and No 3 wheat, as commissioners planned to continue inquiries by lake steamer.
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Fort William
Canada
Dean Rutherford
Saskatchewan Royal Grain Commission
Britain
United States
Manitoba
Lake
Atlantic Seaboard
Dominion mulls liquor boat clearances policy shift
Growing chatter across Canada suggests the Dominion government may restrict or refuse liquor clearances to the United States amid protests from temperance groups and religious bodies. Ministers weigh risks of angering liquor interests and public opinion as Crown ministers travel.
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Okawe
United States
Detroit River
Canada
National Revenue
Pension Rules For Russia And Zinc Production Cut
Pensions in Russia provide half wages to those over 60 with 25 years of work and 50 for dangerous jobs, with women 55 having 20 years. Zinc producers from the UK Germany Silesia France Belgium Canada and Mexico plan a 10 percent production cut at Ostend to year end, with 1930 rate to be set later.
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Moscow
Brussels
Belgium
United Kingdom
Germany
Silesia
France
Canada
Mexico
Ostend
Recovery From Operation Ottawa
Hoa C A Dunning minister of Railways and Canals was moved from Civic Hospital to Range Road residence after an appendicitis operation six weeks ago. Recovery will be slow though progress is satisfactory. London spends 23 million on water supply 39 million on police and 61 million on education. Great Britain exports more leather footwear than any other country.
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Ottawa
Hoa. C
A. Dunning
Civic Hospital
Range Road
Dunning
London
Great Britain
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