Airway plans from Hudson Bay to Britain outlined by General
Major-General 0 Eircom described imperial air routes linking Canada to Europe via Hudson Bay as part of an expansive British Empire scheme. He noted 1920s conferences forged feeder lines from Cairo, with South Africa’s gold flowing to Europe, and urged Canada to host and control these northern Atlantic links and air services.
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Versuyet
Imperial Airway
Atlantic
Canada
Eircom
Hudson Bay
Europe
New
Cem
Perny
Afac Prien
Uie
Cairo
Africa
South Africa
British Empire
Second Reading Given Naval Treaty Bill in London
The London naval treaty bill passed its second reading in the House of Commons without division. Parliamentary Secretary G G Ammon explained that a treaty, though binding on government, cannot be enforced in courts against individuals without supporting legislation. The bill aims to give effect to alterations to three Washington treaty agreements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
House of Commons
G. G. Ammon
Britain
Commons
Prince Cancels Official Engagement Due to Weather
The Prince of Wales canceled an official engagement for the first time because of weather. Reports from Wales showed flying conditions were impossible, forcing him to abandon an aeroplane trip from London to Carnarvon to open the Royal Welsh Agricultural Show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince
London
England
Prince of Wales
Wales
Carnarvon
Congressman Pittenger Speaks at Border Press Meeting
Congressman William Pittenger of Duluth decries proposed border patrol bill as akin to barbed wire fences between Canada and the United States during the Border Press Association’s annual gathering in International Falls Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Falls
Minn
Canada
United States
William Pittenger
Duluth
Border Press Association
Ottawa Gat Railway Accidents In May Among Canada Toll
A Board of Railway Commissions report shows May railway accidents in Canada killed 1 five and injured 183 people. No fatalities on passenger trains. Crossing accidents caused 15 deaths and 38 injuries. Peddlers of Cuba offer cheap wares on installment plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa, Gat
Canada
Board of Railway Commissions
Cuba
Curtiss Aviation Pioneer Glenn H. Curtiss Dies
Glenn H. Curtiss, aviation pioneer who built the first motor bicycle and helped develop the V type engine, died at a hospital from a pulmonary embolus. His early experiments led to powered aircraft and he and Major Baldwin advanced balloon flight before turning to airplanes.
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Eutlain
Glenn Ho Curtiss
Pirnear
Curlize
Sport
Noy
Fougdergs
Curtiss
Manthy
Meath
Embelus
Glenn H. Curtiss
Ormond Beach
Fla
Thomas Scot Baldwin
Hammondsport
Baldwin
Oakland
Cal
Alexander Graham Fell
Collapse of Pontoon Bridge Kills Dozens at Coblenz
During Rhine evacuation celebrations for President Von Hindenburg, a pontoon bridge at Ehrentrevichein collapsed with about 190 people on it. An estimated 100 were on or near the bridge when it gave way, plunging guests into the Rhine and Moselle confluence as fireworks faded. Rescue efforts found many bodies and ongoing search continued.
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Rhine
von Hindens
Dettisches Eck
Moselle
Ehrentrevichein
von Hindenburg
Floods Hit Whitby England After Esk River Cloudburst
Severe floods in the Esk valley isolate Sleights and surrounding areas in England. Two lives are known lost with fears of more fatalities as telephone lines fail and train services suspend. Coastguard lifebuoys rescue a woman and four children from a roof, five others from a home, and twelve from a mill upper storey. Whitby officials warn water supply may last 48 hours as reservoir pipes rupture.
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Whitby
Yorkshire
England
Esk
Coastguard
Erler
Hoover Signs Naval Treaty in White House East Room
President Hoover signed the London Naval Treaty in the White House East Room. Ratification by Great Britain and Japan and the deposit of all three signatures in London remain to be accomplished to bring the covenant into full effect, limiting all categories of fighting vessels for the three powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
White House
Hoover
Great Britain
Japan
London
Ottawa Railways and Canals Deny Wage Reduction
The Department of Railways and Canals said workers on the Welland Canal did not have their pay cut after the eight hour day and forty four hour week were instituted. All men reportedly kept their previous wage rates despite new legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Department of Railways and Canals
Welland Canal
Fire at St Joseph's Orphanage in Winnipeg
A small fire at St Joseph's Orphanage in Winnipeg forced the young inmates to march out in an orderly fashion. The blaze started in a cupboard and spread to the dormitory roof but was checked by rapid fire department arrival with no injuries or extensive damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
St. Joseph's Orphanage
Peace River Block Administration Shifts Under BC Plan
British Columbia will take over the administration of the Peace River block and the railway belt on August 1 under tentative government plans. Federal officials continue temporarily while the system is overhauled to remove duplication, with provincial staff gradually assuming control in many offices and forestry patrols possibly transferred.
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Victoria
B.C
British Columbia
Peace River
Forestry Department
Generous Gift from Edward Harkness for UK social work
The Daily Herald reports Edward Harkness of New York offers 2.9 million pounds for Britain social and educational endowment, to be run by a board of public men. Invitations issued to Stanley Baldwin Sir Josiah Stamp and John Buchan. John McCormack presented to the King and Queen at Buckingham Palace garden party on July 23 with Prof. Smiddy introducing him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
The
Daily Herald
Edward Harkness
New York
Great Britain
Stanley Baldwin
Josiah Stamp
John Buchan
John McCormack
Buckingham Palace
Smiddy
Air Tragedy in Lake Nisku Amid Northern Sask Storm
Dramatic report details Western Canada Airways pilot Dale Atkinson braving a typhoon like gale on Lake Nisku to rescue passenger Woodrow Eagle of The Pas Manitoba. Despite heroic dives, Eagle died. Atkinson survived, delivering the body by plane with W E Gilbert. The fatality occurred July 15 and the body was recovered July 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alberta
Dale Atkinson
Western Canada Airways
Lake Nisku
Saskatchewan
Woodrow “Chuck” Eagle
Atkinson
W. E Gilbert
Eagle
Phantom Rider Haunts Wyoming Ranchers With Death Threats
A November scare grips Fletcher Park ranchers in Wheatlands as letters signed The Phantom Rider warn of danger. A masked horseman on a snow white steed recently rode into Charles Adams’s yard and wounded him in the shoulder. Posses scour the Laramite peaks but fail to catch the rider linked to cattle rustling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheatlands
Wyo
Fletcher Park
Laramite
Charles Adams
Children Faint at Communion Service in Madrid
More than two thousand six hundred children fainted at a Communion service in Madrid as the sun rose. The crowd of about 30,000 had fasted and many collapsed. a staff of 60 nurses could not cope with the number of sick children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Spain
Rail and air ventures eyed in Canada by joint talks
Deeds chairman says amendments to the charter enable Canada Pacific service contracts for express carriers with Canadian air firms. Discussions between Canadian National Railways and the company advance toward equity in eastern and western Canada air ventures with an agreement in principle reported and a detailed announcement expected.
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Montres
Osher
Row. Deeds
Ravian Py Company
Meade
Express
eNpress
Canadian National Railways
Comppany
Canada
New Zealand Plans Trade Talks With Canada
Dr Craig comptroller of customs will sail August 12 for Ottawa to begin negotiations on a new trade treaty between New Zealand and Canada. He aims to push talks as far as possible before the Imperial Conference in London and then will travel to London to assist in tariff and related economic discussions.
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Wellington
N.Z
New Zealand
Canada
Craig
Ottawa
London
England
Trail of death follows quake in south Italy
Naples and the vine clad Appennine hills reel from a devastating earthquake that killed 679 people and left ten times more homeless. Melfi and other towns suffered massive ruins as relief work moves through inaccessible areas aided by trains and relief crews.
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South
Italy
Naples
Appennines
Melfi
Vulture
Messina
Tyrrhenian Sea
Adriatic
Countess de Rossi Vargas
Britain urged to adopt better trade methods in Canadian markets
The Financial Times endorses criticism that Britain fails to cultivate the Canadian market with modern sales methods. It argues American competition gains and suggests Canada’s preference toward British goods could shift £40,000,000 in trade from American importers.
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Sida
Owihoh
Othe
Fie
Tong
Financial Times
Dominion
Britain
Manitoba appoints seven to lead new Natural Resources unit
Winnipeg Manitoba government names seven ex federal officials to head the new Department of Natural Resources. Col H J Stevenson oversees forestry, L P O Noel directs lands, John Tod handles timber sales, W B McLellan is mining recorder at The Pas, A J McLaren inspects mining claims, E R Patterson leads water powers at Seven Sisters Falls, B B Hogarth covers Slave Falls. Department to total about 135 staff. fisheries appointments under review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natural Resources
Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba
Department of Natural Resources
Dominion
Col. H. J. Stevenson
L. P. O. Noel
John Tod
W. B. McLellan
Pas
A. J. McLaren
E. 2. Patterson
Seven Sisters Falls
B. B. Hogarth
Slave Falls
Population of the United States Near 123 Million for 1930
Preliminary estimates released by Director W. M. Steuart place the 1930 U S population at about 122 957 000 to 123 000 060 with 1929 figure at 105 710 620. If confirmed the ten year growth would be roughly 17 246 000 based on AP calculations from 40 states and DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D.C
United States
W. M. Steuart
Associated Press
States
District of Columbia
Dominion honorary life memberships offered by Canadian Legion
The Canadian Legion in Ottawa announces Dominion honorary life memberships for Rt. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King and Hon. R. B. Bennett, Sir William Clarke, and Hon. Jean Knight for outstanding service to the returned soldier body. Lt. Col. L K Lafleche, Legion president, says this is the first such award since the Legion’s inception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Legion
Ottawa
Ont
Dominion
Canadian Legions
W. L. Mackenzie King
R. B. Bennett
William Clarke
Great Britain
Jean Knight
France
Canada
Legion
L. KK. Lafleche
Potato Day Planned in Winnipeg On August 6 or 7
Winnipeg plans a Potato Day with a motorcade to potato plantations and speeches. Housekeepers are invited to cooperate in boosting potato production under the Agricultural Bureau of the Board of Trade.
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Winnipeg
Man
Agricultural Bureau of the Board of Trade
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Wyoming
Rudyard Kipling
T. B. Macaulay
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
Duchess of Bedford
Beatty Iscnes
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