Plan for Doukhobor Colony on Darcy Island Stirs Federal Talk
Western Canada Doukhobors suspected of lawbreaking could be moved to a remote colony on Darcy Island in the Gulf of Georgia if federal approval is given. The proposal, supported by British Columbia officials, envisions isolation from the sect and limited liberty with farm work to win acceptance of Canadian customs. Federal Health Minister J. H. King will discuss the plan in Ottawa.
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Wietort
Canada
Browbhelp
British Columbia
Darcy Island
Gulf of Georgia
Land of British Columbia
Vancouver
J. H. King
Ottawa
Msctves
Uber
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Darcy Feland
Lost aviator found after 16 days in Manitoba bush
A pilot for the Northern Aerial Mineral Flotation Company survived 16 days wandering in northern Manitoba after landing near Knee Lake on August 24. He walked over a hundred miles toward Oxford House through dense bush and lakes, aided by Indian trackers. he was found 12 miles ahead of pursuing searchers, exhausted but alive.
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Manitoba
Osford “House
Oxford House
Partridge
Taatery
Filer
Northern Aerial Mineral Floration Company
Knee Lake
Mews
Une
Grain Exchange elects Murphy president at Winnipeg
William A. Murphy of the Reliance Grain Limited was elected president of the Winnipeg Grain Exchange by acclamation, succeeding James A. Crowe who retired. A. P. White and Ernest Parker were elected vice presidents. The event marks leadership changes amid the wheat trade.
Greatest scientific discovery of 1929 described at session
Dr Hugh Taylor of Princeton called the discovery the greatest of 1929, a turning point in physical chemistry. Dr KR Bothhoeffer, a 17 year old German infantryman, presented the proof in a Minnesota lecture room, showing a new molecule type predicted by wave mechanics. The finding, though not yet commercially used, promises a revolution in chemical theory and text revisions.
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Chemical Society
Hugh & Taylor
Princeton University
KR. F. Bothhoeffer
University of Minnesota
Taylor
Dominion election forecast by Robert Forke in Winnipeg
Hon. Robert Forke, Minister of Immigration, told the Winnipeg Liberal Association that a Dominion election would come within 15 months and likely within a year. He said the Liberals would gain in the Maritimes with Manitoba as the keystone province and urged Canada to reduce assisted immigration while welcoming self‑supporting arrivals.
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Winnipeg
Robert Forke
Winnipeg Liberal Association
Liberal Party
Maritimes
Manitoba
Keystone
Jury Recommends Fire Safety Probe for Multi Storey Buildings
Winnipeg coroner's jury unable to determine origin of Medway Court fire on September 1. Nine injured and ten others affected. Jury urges proper authorities to investigate all three storey residential buildings with fire chief and two experts to ensure adequate escape measures and protection.
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Winnipeg
Medway Court
Yukon Parcel Post Suspended During Yukon River Navigation
Parcel post to the Yukon will be suspended during the navigation season from October 1 to May 2. Mail to the Yukon will be refused unless addressed to Champagne Calgary and White Horse. Air route from Prince George to Ingenika River area in Northern British Columbia granted to Western Canada Airways of Winnipeg with special stickers for carriage fees.
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Calgery
Yukon
Yukon River
Prince George
Esq
Ingenika’ River
British Columbia
Western
Canada Airways
Winnipeg
Kuru Steamship Disaster Counts Missing at Helsingfors
The Kuru steamship disaster near Helsingfors Finland leaves 120 officially missing with 145 unofficially cited. Only 45 bodies have been recovered, according to latest reports.
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Helsingfora
Finland
Kuru
Deukhobors Sentenced and Deported to Prince Albert
Ninety six Deukhobors including women and children were sent to Prince Albert. Of them 59 receive six months in fall, 37 juveniles plus 2 boys and 17 girls go to the children's welfare bureau. Thirty four women pleaded guilty to indecent exposure two miles east of Mikado. Two women and 23 men were convicted of vagrancy. juveniles faced no charges.
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Regina
Sons of Freedom
Prince Albert
Children’s Welfare Bureau
Mikado
Soviets Will Not Join Plans For A United Europe
A Riga despatch reports Soviet foreign commissar says the Soviet Union will not participate in Geneva plans for an Economic United States of Europe. The Soviet opposes moves that would estrange Europe from America and wants neutrality in the looming economic contest between the continents.
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Europe
London
Eng
Riga
Soviet Union
Geneva
United States of Europe
America
State broadcast control urged for Canada
Royal commission recommends government owned radio company to operate broadcasts in Canada with 12 members representing Dominion and provincial governments. Proposes seven 50000 watt stations and funding through license fees time rental and a subsidy. Ottawa plans cabinet review and necessary legislation.
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Ottawa
Canada
Royal Commission
P. J. Cardin
Marine and Fisheries
Dominion
Canadian National Railways
Ing
Sir John Aird
Toronto
Charles A. Bowman
Augustine Frigon
Montreal
Cardin
Saskatchewan by-elections set after cabinet elevations in legislature
Premier J T M Anderson announced dates for eight by-elections in Regina Moose Jaw Saskatoon and Lumsden with nominations September 30 and elections October 7 Save Tisdale Moose Jaw Yorkton nominate October 7 and vote October 14 Liberal convention planned for late winter or early spring and regular session after new year in Saskatchewan.
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Regina
Sask
Saskatchewan
J. T. M. Anderson
George Spence
Saskatchewan Liberal Association
Moose Jaw
Saskatoon
Lumsden
Tisdale
Moosemin
Yorkton
Dress Reform Movement Suggests Universal Trousers and Skirt
The dress reform movement spoke at the World League for sex reform congress with a proposal for a universal combination of trousers and skirt. Dr J C Luger of England told delegates from 11 countries that men may wear skirts and women trousers in the future, or a single unisex outfit. He urged a new dress mode combining advantages of both styles.
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London
Congress
The
World League For Sex Reform
J. C. Luger
England
Premier Ram say Macdonald to sail for United States
A London Daily Express quotation reported by the New York Times states Premier Ram say Macdonald has definitely decided to sail to the United States on September 28. The note highlights a possible international visit by the Canadian-British political figure.
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New York
London
New York Times
London Daily Express
Ram
Macdonald
United States
Federal Farm Board screens grain price disparity study
The Federal Farm Board has initiated an investigation into the gap between Canadian wheat prices and Northwestern U S wheat prices. The inquiry also covers the overall subject of grain storage facilities and related market factors.
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Washington
Federal Farm Board
Message to His Majesty from Canadian chamber leaders
A greeting from 300 business men from all provinces and five leading British chambers, with Mother of Parliaments members, was sent to King George I at Canada's fourth annual chamber convention. Signed by president William Birks, the message praised King George I's health and conveyed well wishes from officials including Ramsay MacDonald and W L Mackenzie King.
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Edmonton
Great Britain
W. L. Mackenzie ‘King
Canada
Som Pasefield
Ithe
Dominions
Lord Iveagh
Federation of Chambers of Commerce
British Empire
Canadian
International Balloon Race Heads From St Louis in September
Ten balloons representing the United States France Germany Belgium Denmark and Argentina will launch from St Louis on September 28 in pursuit of the Gordon Bennett trophy. It marks the eighteenth international balloon race and the third starting from St Louis. The United States leads with multiple wins and Belgium holds the original trophy with three straight victories in 1924.
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St. Louis
United States
France
Germany
Belgium
Denmark
U.S
Labor Party Wins Approval Of The People
London reports the Labour party claims to have shed communist entanglements and aims to reform its constitution to modernize. The conference in Brighton next month will focus on overdue reforms as the party asserts it has seized the people’s imagination and rebuffs Liberal electoral reform demands. Affiliated members declined from 3,284,000 in 1927 to 2,077,000 that year due to Trade Union Act effects on civil service affiliation and slow party machinery reforms.
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London
Labor Party
Brighton
Premier Kings Western Trip Hinges on MacDonald Plans
Premier Mackenzie King says his fall western trip depends on British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald visiting Washington first. If that visit occurs, King would greet MacDonald in Ottawa and discuss matters of Canada Britain interest. He does not plan to travel to Washington himself.
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Ottawa
Mackenie King
Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
King
MacDonald
Washington
Canada
Mr. King
Mr. MacDonald
Naval accord expected soon signals disarmament progress
Premier Ramsay MacDonald would sail to the United States on September 28 to visit President Hoover amid signs that Britain and the United States have nearly reached agreement on naval disarmament. A remaining dispute centers on three eightinch cruisers as the final hurdle.
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Lenton
Eng
Ramsay MacDonald
United States
Hoover
MacDonald
Charles G. Dawes
London
Losslemouth
Washington
Palestine Mandate stance voiced by British secretary in London
Lord Pagssfield told Jewish delegates that Britain would not surrender the Palestine mandate or depart from the Balfour Declaration. A Palestine Arab executive note denied rumors of mosque damage by Jews in northern Palestine. Police urged Arabs to maintain peace.
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London
Eng
Lord Pagssfield
Jewish Agency
Palestine
Omar
Forty Two Bushels Per Acre in Saskatchewan Wheat
Henry Wicket of Rosetown threshes 42 bushels per acre on a 260 acre Marquis field and reports 35 to 40 bushels across 1,000 acres. The Rosetown district has shipped 15 carloads of No 1 grade wheat to date.
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Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Henry Wicket
Rosetown
Wicket
Port of Vancouver Tops Pacific Coast Trade in 1928
Figures from Canadian Pacific Steamships show Vancouver Port leading the Pacific coast in inward and outward traffic and total tonnage of exports and imports for 1928. Vancouver moved 9,899,787 tons of food imports and exports, surpassing Seattle and other rivals.
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Vancouver
Canadian Pacific Steamships
Ldmited
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Seattle
Doukhobors Sentenced in Nude Parade Case
In British Columbia 104 Doukhobor members and seven children were sent to Okalla jail for six month terms after a nude parade in Nelson and an August 29 arrest at South Slocan. They were detrained at Essendale and moved by bus to prison.
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Vancouver
B.C
Essendale
New Westminster
Okalla
Nelson
South Slocan
Irish Free State Proposes General Disarmament Conference
Patrick McMilligan foreign minister calls on the League of Nations to convene a general disarmament conference in Geneva. He regrets that years after the great war little has been done to remove weapons of war.
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Geneva
League of Nations
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