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Newspaper

Rivers Gazette

Location

Rivers, Manitoba, Canada

Date

May 31, 1928

Page

2

World Happenings Briefly Told

Rameau MacDonald plans a Canada holiday trip with his three daughters at end of July. Moritz Aufenberg Von Komarow, a leading Austrian general of the Great War, dies at 76. Paris hints Kellogg may win the Nobel Peace Prize for promoting world peace. Ontario mineral output climbs by over 1.25 million dollars in Q1. British films to be shown in Canada under exhibitors quota. twelve titles bought for 100000 pounds.

Rameau MacDonald Labor Jeader Canada Berlin Jensys Paris F. B. Kellogg Ernest Lapointe House of Commons Dominion Supreme Court of Canada Anglin Ontario Charles McCrea United Motion Picture Products of America

Hall Caine Celebrates 75th Birthday in Isle of Afan

Hall Caine novelist and dramatist of Greta Castle Isle of Afan celebrated his 75th birthday. He was knighted for wartime propaganda work and is said to be writing a personal life of Christ. The text quotes moral maxims urging judgment of faults and virtues.

Hall Caine Greta Castle Isle of Afan Hall Cavis Christ Milburn T. Milburs Co. Limited Feronte Ont

Heart Ailment Keeps Woman In Bed For Weeks

Mrs. FP Wilson of Lethbridge Alberta writes about a heart condition that weakened her and kept her bedridden for five weeks as her husband advised her to rest.

FP. Wilson Lethbridge, Alta

Champion Boy Orator Crowned at Canadian Contest

William Fox of De LaSalle School London won the Canadian oratorical championship in Toronto before about eleven thousand attendees. Miss Swanild Matthison and Miss Muse were runners up, with a prize trip to Europe promised to Fox. Judges praised Fox for subject knowledge and delivery despite stiff competition from Miss Kinney and others.

Canada Willam Fox de Laxalle School London Ontario Russ Swarnhild Matthison Vancouver Elizabeth Bure Reba Manitoba J. Garnett Charlottetown Europe Canaola Washington Mexico Argentina England Japan Cuba Holland United States Germany Frederick Hotson Tavistock Ont Fox Toronto Winnipeg Women's ‘Canadian Club United Farns Women of Teachers’ Federation of Alberta Margaret Tinney Victoria High School Edmonton Alice Elizabeth Muse Roblin Consolidated School Dauphin British Columbia Swanhild Matthison Duke of Connaught High School New Westminster Prince Edward Island Edison Smith Pownal School Pownal William Fox de LaSalle School William Mulock Supreme Court Main Johnstone Toronto Daily Star D. M. Kennedy Peace River Atta Donald Lamonte Matthison Iman W. J. Baysley Winnipeg J.T. Thorson James L. Hughes W. OL. Mackensie Hing PR. B. Bennett

The Practical Farmer Rises Over Theoretical Grower

A short aphorism notes that practical farming yields better crops than theoretical approaches, emphasizing hands on experience and empirical results in agriculture.

Tourists View Liverpool Cathedral and Markets on Farm Tour

The group tours Liverpool Cathedral praised as a Gothic red sandstone awe with a 116 foot nave, the world’s largest organ, and a 46 000 name war memorial. They then visit Liverpool Produce Exchange and Liverpool Fruit Exchange, noting auction methods, samples, and private trading. A stop at Walton Hall Piggeries and Manchester sights follows, highlighting Lancashire’s industrial hub and Ship Canal trade access.

Liverpool Great Britain St. Peter's Rome Seville St. John's Cathedral New York Rounes Liverpool Produce Exchange Liverpool Provision Traders’ Association Europe Liverpool Fruit Exchange Manchester Globe Travel Company Walton Hall Lord Daresbury South America Italy France Hugary Yoland Holland Switzerland Lancashire Manchester Ship Canal Candla Magland Wates Smith United Kingdom Ship Canal gTopa Co-operative Wholesale Society

Probe Inside a Large Syndicate's Distribution Hall

Report describes a tour through a cigarette and cigar trade room at the C.W S. headquarters. Directors Bradshaw and Council Jer Sutton address the assembly, recounting a rise from 48 affiliated societies to over 1.2? groups and assets near $227,000,000. To Be Continued.

C.W S Bradshaw Jer Sutton

Radio Sleep Cost to World Exposed in Sleep Loss

General Manager Sarnoff of RCA asserts radio saved the world 60,000,000 dollars but asks what sleep it costs humanity. He cites couples who stay up until midnight or later, then must rise by 7:30 AM, noting wasted rest, lower energy, and potential health breakdown from the entertainment.

Sarnoff Radio Corporation of America

Canadian Business Conditions See Broad Improvement

The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports good start to the year with nine of ten indicators higher than last year. Coal output stable while employment refined iron steel bank clearings car loadings building permits imports exports and coke all show gains.

Dominion Bureau of Statistics

Betrayal Debate in Jesus Last Supper Lesson

A Sunday school devotional on Mark 14 verses 17 to 21 reflects on Jesus identifying Judas as the betrayer during the Passover meal. The article cites John 13 26 and Dante while urging self examination among Jesus followers.

Jesus Thomas Fuller Judas Andrew Christ John Whi. A. Grist

New Blackburn Ripon Torpedo Plane Demonstrated Over Humber

A Blackburn Ripon with Napier Lion engine tested heavily and flew over the Humber, dropping a near ton torpedo at a marked point in front of air ministry officials and foreign attaches. The aircraft carries an observer, a rear gun, and can carry 144 tons at over two miles per minute, climbing high and stalling when needed. A Lycoming powered single seater fighter also demonstrated, showing efficient performance with far less engine power.

Mintett Humber Air Ministry

Canadian Exhibits Abroad and Air Mail Route Survey

Major J G varmalee of trade and commerce sails for England to launch a broad exhib it programme across Great Britain to boost Dominion trade. Exhibitions will be held in Aberdeen Birmingham Belfast Bradford Bristol Hull Bolton Leeds Leicester Manchester Newcastle Plymouth. A Canadian air rail route survey will map Montreal to Winnipeg with landing fields, supported by new Eastern Canada air mail contracts.

J. G. Varmalee Leeds Leicester Manchester Newcastle Portymouth Plymouth Montreal Winnipeg Canada

Rockets Will Propel New Plane Across the Atmosphere

The Opel Works in Germany plans a rocket powered aeroplane piloted by Anton Kakh to test atmospheric flight only. The craft, weighing 550 pounds, uses Watters-Sanders propulsion and will reach 93 000 feet before parachute landing after weather observations.

Marsa Atlantic Opel Kessel Armany Anton Kakh Warker Watters-Sanders

Prairie wheat sowing leads in western provinces in 1923

A Winnipeg report notes the western provinces have the largest wheat-seeded area by May 10 since 1927. By May 18 over 90 percent of the crop was in the ground, up from 90 percent by May 28 last year, with acres up 9 to 12 percent and more registered wheat seeded than ever before.

Winnipeg Prairie

Saskatchewan to Create Mines Ministry Says Regina Leader

W M Van Valkenburg president of the Regina Board of Trade returns from the east declaring Saskatchewan will create a ministry of mines. The Regina Guard of Trade plans a mining bureau and armillar action is planned in major cities. He notes forty percent of northern Saskatchewan is pre-Cambrian.

Ministry of Mines Saskatchewan W. M. van Valkenburg Regina Board of Truce Regina Guard of Trade Armillar van Valkenburg

Bienfait Plant Upgrades Require Thirty Carloads From England

Alterations at the Bienfait Belgnetifoy plant in Sagk are underway with foundations laid for extra machinery imported from England. An estimated thirty carloads are expected to arrive for the expansion.

Bienfait Belgnetifoy Liiquetie Bienfait Sagk England

Wheat Pool Elevator Rises in Vancouver Project

In Vancouver over 600 workers are building the Alberta Wheat Pool elevator at the nosy terminal site. The massive structure is slated for completion by September.

Vancouver Alberta Wheat Pol

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