Various World News Snippets From June Coverage
A rapid collection of brief items noting a 116th Halifax birthday celebration on June 22, Japan subsidies for a Boy Scout leader training school, Victoria Canada applicants to the U.S. for the new fiscal year, Canadian penitentiary staffing, a 102 year old teacher's death in Germany, Mexican Locust control spending, Vancouver annexation vote shifts, seeds planted from Australia 25 years earlier, Copper Eakimo's return from RCMP custody, labor restraint on a Franco-German security pact, and German sympathy appeals from Peking University students via a plane-delivered bundle.
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Victoria
B.C
United States
Canada
House of Commons
Germany
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Caraca
Chippspas
Vancouver
Sydney
Australia
Thalukpiak
Coronation Gulf
Chitty
RCMP
Stony Mountain Pyal
House of Comuiona
France
Tubercular Veterans Consider Colony Scheme In England
Major N F Parkinson deputy minister of soldiers civil re establishment spoke at Ottawa’s Tubercular Veterans Association convention about a colony scheme for tubercular patients already used in England. He described colony life with shelter and healthy work and urged assurance veterans would stay with the colonies.
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England
N. F. Parkinson
Golf In Far North by Mounted Police North of Edmonton
In Fort Smith, Royal Canadian Mounted Police inspectors Fraser and Fletcher establish a four hole golf course 800 miles north of Edmonton. Fletcher brings new clubs and funds from Edmon ton, as officers adopt the sport, play amid trees, while others at the post follow suit.
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Mounted Police
Edmonton
North West Territories
Fraser and Fletcher
Royal Canadian Mounted Folce
Fort Smith
Mmspector Fletcher
Edmeonton
Talking pictures debut at Wembley show in Britain
A British display promotes Phonofilm by de Forest in Clapham with FR Sallabury and Messrs de Forest Phenefims presenting an all British rights motion picture system. The film and sound are synchronized as a new entertainment form offering music voice and acoustic effects. The future holds wide uses from comedy to education and news items.
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Britain
Wembley
FR. B. Sallabury
Messrs
de Forest Phenefims
de Forest Company
Clapham
Phonofilm
Proposed Canadian Flag Likely To Be Deferred This Year
A government committee on national flag designs was canceled by order in council after critics urged parliamentary debate first. Pre tler King told the house the committee is discharged and it is unlikely the issue will be raised in the Commons this session.
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Tler King
House of Commons
Port Of Vancouver Gains In International Trade 1923 Distribution
Vancouver Merchants' Exchange reports 1923 export distribution by market. United Kingdom 20.6 million, Japan 20.8 million, United States 23.122 million, China 13.645 million, Australia and New Zealand 9.65 million, Mexico 3.535 million, France 2.1 million, Belgium 1.325 million, and to British Columbia points 42.2 million. Figures cover major markets only.
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Vancouver
Belgium
British Columbia
London Scientists Demonstrate Shakespeare Katharometer
A large blue bottle fly drew attention at a Royal Society gathering in London as scientists showcased the Shakespeare katharometer. The device purportedly measures respiration and water vapor, detects gas leaks in balloons, and may aid medical research with further tests planned.
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London
Royal Society
Prairie wheat crop seen as record start in Western Canada
Andrew Kelly of the Western Canada Flour Mills proclaims an exceptionally early and large prairie wheat crop. He predicts the greatest crop in Western Canada’s history if no accidents occur, citing many years of observation.
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Andrew Kelly
Western Canada Flour Mills
Western Canada
Amend Dairy Industry Act 4 strengthens penalties and fixes weaknesses
A special Senate agriculture and forestry committee approved the amended Dairy Industry Act 4 with no changes. Edmonton plans a modern cold storage and crematory plant by the P Burns Company at an estimated cost around 100000 dollars, enabling nine refrigerator car loads of butter daily once finished.
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Senate On Agriculture and Forestry
Edmonton
P. Burns Company
Little Girls Party Frock No 1092 in French Voile
Fashion notes describe season styles for children with growing charm. No 1092 presents a light airy two piece frock in fine French voile with short kimono sleeves and circular flounces. Sizes to 14 years require 33 yards of 86 inch material and 2 1/2 yards of 5 inch ribbon for sash.
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Advertisement lists pattern orders from the Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 475 McDermot Ave. Readers must include a 20 cent coin or stamps and provide watcher name town size and province for delivery.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Extend Time For Pensions Application
A Senate special committee approved an amendment to extend the filing period for pensions to seven years after discharge. The change affects the Pensions Act while the pensions and canteen fund bills are examined and an inquiry into funds advanced to the Great War Veterans Association continues. Under current rules, applications expired August 31, 1924.
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Senate
Great War Veterans’ Association
Logan to Receive Signal Honor From Canada Branch
Canada’s first geologist Sir William Logan is to be honored posthumously fifty years after his death. Toronto resolutions ask a duplicate portrait to hang in Canada House London and in New York by the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
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William Logan
Willaim Logan
Canada
New York
London
Toronto
Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Canada House
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
High Quality Wheat Ninety-One Percent of Canada 1924 Crop
The Dominion bureau of statistics reports 91 percent of Canada's 1924 wheat crop is merchantable. Of the 262,097,060 bushels estimated, 250,096,000 bushels meet standard quality, compared with 96 percent of the 1923 crop.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Old Age Pensions Plan Delayed by Cost Concerns
A House of Commons special committee report chaired by W G Raymond NP urges provincial conference during recess to study old age pensions with a view to cooperative action. It notes potential annual cost of about 23 million dollars and current fiscal strain, while calling the reform very important.
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Special Committee of
House of Commons
W. G. Raymond
Federal Department of Justice
Dominion
Canada
Rural Credits Bill Aims Ten Million For Agriculture
Hos J. A. Robb acting minister of finance introduces a bill to provide advances up to 10 000 000 to provinces for rural credits. The plan allows governor in council to authorize provincial government loans to farmers secured by provincial bonds with total Dominion advances not to exceed 10 700 000.
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Hos
J. A. Robb
Amundsen Uncovers Secrets of North Polar Cap
Aged readers note Captain Roald Amundsen and his Arctic expedition have peeled away half the ignorance about the North Polar cap. They report extensive exploration with a key finding: the polar basin north of Norway lacks land and is a sea of ice. The search for new land may begin along the Canadian and Siberian slopes of the crown of the world.
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North Polar Cap
Roald Amundsen
Polar Basin
Norway
Northland
Cost of Admin Expenditures on Rupert's Land Since 1870
The report shows Federal Government spending on administration and development of Rupert's Land and the Northwest Territories totaling 122 758 806 since their 1870 union under imperial order in council. Receipts from land sales reached 28 780 250 and other revenues 32 251 288.
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Rupert's Land
Nsw
Territories
Rupert’s Land
Northwest Territories
Canada
House of Commons
Notable Marchionesses in Democratic Britain History
A discussion highlights two prominent marchionesses. One-member grew up in a workhouse, noted for resilience. The other, famed for queenly beauty, once worked in a shop, illustrating varied paths of nobility.
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Britain
Minto Ranch Offers Sale Through London Agents in Alberta
The Earl of Minto offers his Alberta ranch for sale through London agents. Located beside the E P ranch owned by the Prince of Wales, the property is said to provide capital shooting and fishing opportunities.
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Earl of Minto
London
Alberta
Prince of Walesa
Minto
Proof Positive
A quip notes Mary plans to keep her engagement secret. The line implies a confidant asserts knowledge of the rumor rather than an official statement.
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Mary
Crossword Puzzle Clue Grid Unclear From OCR Fragment
Fragmented crossword puzzle clues list appears garbled with many misspellings and nonsensical pairings. Readable entries hint at social room term and penal ties but many items are incomplete or corrupted.
Main Wireless Station Erected At Aklavik
The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals with the Northwest Territories and Yukon branch plans a summer establishment of the northernmost main station of the Northwest Territories and Yukon Wireless system at Aklavik in the Mackenzie River delta. A substation will also be installed at Herschel Island to serve ocean vessels during open navigation.
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Northern Territory
Northwest Territories
Yukop Wireless
Aklavik
Mackenzie River
Edmonton
Mackenzie
Yukon
Department of the Interior
Herschel Island
Alaska
Australian Governors Urgently Sought to Be Australian
Premiers of Queensland Tasmania South Australia and Western Australia agree to petition the British Government to appoint future Australian state governors from Australia. A separate note reports a spider on Sumatra Island with a body over eight inches wide and legs spanning seventeen inches.
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Queensland
Tasmania
South Australia
Western Australia
Island
Sumatra
London Times praises United Church of Canada union
The Times editorial lauds the selection of the moderator for the United Church of Canada as a move that ends feuds and channels energy to important problems. It says the 700,000 members have shown sacrificial support and hopes the new body will extend to include Presbyterians inside and the Anglican Church of Canada.
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London Times
Church Union 'N Canada
United Church of Canada
London
Imes
Anglican Church of Canada
Memorial Window Unveiled at York Minster Names 43 Canadian Women
The Five Sisters' Window at York Minster was unveiled by the Duchess of York on June 24 to honor the Women's National Memorial. A scroll bears the names of 43 Canadian women who died serving in the Great War. An oak screen beside the window will inscribe a fifth name and include the Canadian Nursing Sisters badge.
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Fort Simpson
Calgary
Simpson Landing
Mackenzie River
York Minster
Wal
Duchess of York
Short The Young Man Delivers a Dollar Dilemma
A dialogue scene shows a young man seeking one dollar from a friend who claims full confidence yet lacks the funds. The exchange hinges on trust and a small act of borrowing.
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Fidera
Chicero
Giasa
Itr
Halifax
Activie
Chani
China
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Peking University
Peter the Hermit
Peter
Huy
Peter of
Amiens
Adrance
Ox Agia
Port of Vancouver
Pacific
Amundsen
Regitar
Finluh
Laceratos
Colins
Strtely
Leonard Hill
National Institute of Medical Research
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