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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 28, 1928
Page
8
The Dominion government aims to delimit its spheres with the provinces to avoid overlapping and adjust subsidies. Talks will resume in summer with western provinces on returning natural resources and highway grants. Saskatchewan seeks renewed subsidy totals amid extensive land alienation and urgent education and infrastructure funding concerns.
Lester Boyd chair of the Dominion Board of Grain Commissioners pledges full effort to aid Vancouver port and keep grain moving by rail and sea. He notes U S interests eye Canada’s grain as Vancouver showcases capacity amid a banquet for the 89,000 600th bushel milestone.
General Sir Philip Chetwode appointed chief of the general staff in India succeeding Lieut Gen A Skven who served under Field Marshal Sir W R Birdwood since 1924. Chetwode authored the Palestine war plan. former commander Aldershot. aged 59 and veteran of the war.
In Belgrade two Serbian MPs are dead and several others wounded after radical deputy Punica Ratchitch opened fire during a session. Stefan Raditch is wounded. Croat deputy Basaritechek dies on the way to hospital amid clashes over government measures and a treaty with Italy.
The Privy Council asserts that a judge of the unified high court may hear habeas corpus applications in term time or vacation and must determine on merits, a principle extending to the Supreme Court of Nigeria. It affects the Eleko case and Nigeria’s jurisdiction in habeas corpus matters.
Miss Earhart told London reporters she sought no hero worship during her England visit. She credited Stultz with the flight’s success, stating he controlled the plane throughout and was splendid.
Warsaw says three light cruisers will anchor in the Vistula mouth as a gesture to Danzig signaling Poland will not tolerate interference with its merchant marine. Danzig authorities blocked Polish freighters from docking and anchoring at Danzig piers, while residents warn of safety risks.
James W. Davidson of Calgary Alberta, author explorer and diplomat, accepts appointment as special representative of International Rotary. He will tour the world visiting already organized clubs and survey nations not yet in Rotary for potential expansion.
A Toronto Authors' Association contingent will attend the annual Calgary convention opening July 4. Included are Dr. Charles G. D. Roberts National president F. E. M. Hardy National secretary J. M. Eason treasurer.
Winnipeg report of Steve Habuza clinging to a third story window sill in the Grain Exchange building after a heavy steel sash fell. He released grip only when rescued, suffering crush injuries to his fingers while miraculously surviving the plunge.
Twenty five tourists were rescued from the summit of Pike's Peak in Colorado Springs after a 24 hour marooning by the worst spring snowstorm in years. The group, including several children, was isolated by heavy snowdrifts on the 14,000 foot peak until telegraph lines were restored and a snow plow breached the drifts to reach the stranded visitors.
Work continues on the Hudson Bay Railway with extensive grading underway. Officials expect to complete parts possible this season, though final finishing by 1929 remains uncertain. The path north from The Pass to Fort Churchill covers 156 miles of track, with an aeroplane base to be set up near the harbor once ice cleared.
James M. Maltman, relief inspector of Glasgow parish council, is in Canada to study conditions affecting youths emigrating under the land settlement act. He notes 8,000 parish relief cases and that Scotch lads trained in farm work may become good settlers, while excluding reformists. He arrived with 30 youths already placed on farms in the Dominion.
Kansas City reports three more storm deaths bringing total to 12 as tornadoes, winds, floods and hail devastate Oklahoma Kansas and Missouri. Red Cross says 2 260 people homeless amid widespread destruction and property loss across the affected states. London announces Canada spring settlement plan for soldiers families with age limits for heads of households.
In Vienna Austria Chancellor Seipel and US Ambassador Albert Henry Washburn signed a treaty of amity and trade elevating diplomatic and commercial ties between the United States and Austria. The pact follows negotiations aimed at expanding commerce and mutual cooperation between the two nations.
A photograph shows cheerful young women recently arrived in Canada for domestic work. They came to Montreal aboard the Melita with the ship’s conductress, who advised them to seek independent salary work rather than solely house duties.
Chicago Mayor William Hale Thompson, Michael J. Flaherty, George F. Harding, Percival B. Coffin and public administrator were found in circuit court to conspire in hiring real estate experts for city work. Judge Frieng ordered restitution of 1 332 979 to the city treasury as the suit ends after two years.
President Sam Harris of Toronto told the Navy League annual meeting that treaties cannot replace naval defense and Canada must pay a fair share to protect overseas trade. The session reviewed the organization’s finances showing endowment securities at $455,000 and year end general fund surplus of $19,721.53 as of December 31, 1927.
The city, county, and state officials order a high profile probe after eight masked men abducted 24 year old Robert Powell from a hospital bed and hanged him from a bridge. A $10 000 city appropriation funds a six member committee investigation, with two members to be Negro.
General Umberto Nobile and five Italia crew were found on an ice floe by Major Maddalena who dropped them guns food and cigarettes. The 555 seaplane searched from Italy but could not land and rescue remains stalled by packed ice near Spitzbergen with Braganza unable to approach.
Sir Donall MacLean told delegates at the International Rotary Convention in Minneapolis that England will grow stronger with the United States and Canada. He defended the dole and said unemployment pay comes from a workmen's insurance system funded by state, employer, and employee, not charity.
Report from Edmonton notes Walter Reamer a trapper from the far north overdue after a search party departs from Fort Fitzgerald. In Athabasca River country, 70 year old trapper John Wikstrom was found dead in his bed likely from natural causes.
Harry W. Lyon the American navigator of the Southern Cross announced that upon return to the United States he and radio operator James W. Warner will prepare for a flight from Ireland to America. He said they would invite Captains Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm to join. Lyons argued the westward Atlantic crossing had not yet been properly accomplished.
Winnipeg will host an official visit by Lord and Lady Willingdon on Saturday July 7 to formally open the Norse celebration in River Park. The information comes via J 5. McDiarmid M P who has been in communication with Rideau Hall.
A radio greeting from Hon. James O Grady Governor of Tasmania to the Prime Minister was received here. The message was sent to mark the inauguration of beam wireless between Canada and the Australasian Dominions.
Sir Robert Philips of Edinburgh, president of the British Medical Society, received the Trudeau medal at the National Tuberculosis Association convention in Portland. The award is the most coveted prize for scientists fighting tuberculosis.
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