Giant Dirigible R-100 Reaches St Hubert Port
The R-100 arrived at St Hubert airport near Montreal after leaving Cardington England, marking the end of its trans Atlantic flight. Fabric damage caused a delay, repairs were made near Orleans, and crowd scenes built as the ship hovered above the St Lawrence glow.
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Montreal
Watt
Britain
St. Hubert
Cardington
England
Gulf of St. Lawrence
St Frobert
Sky Wanderer
Orleans
Quebec
Henry St. Martin
Imperial Conference faces constitutional challenges says MacDonald
Premier Ramsay MacDonald told the United Kingdom Branch Empire Parliamentary Association in Westminster Hall that the Imperial Economic Conference will confront unprecedented constitutional difficulties. He said the year will be historic and success requires blending past lessons with future outlook and placing Imperial questions above party interests. The Commonwealth and its nations are greater than any single party.
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London
Eng
Imperial Economic Conference
J. Ramsay MacDonald
United Kingdom
Empire Parliamentary Association
Westminster Hall
Commonwealth
London deputation declined by Canadian minister
A parliamentary committee handling Indian grievances in Canada told Six Nations delegates from Brantford Ontario that Minister of Dominion Affairs J H Thomas declined to meet the deputation. The minister said the grievances should be considered by the Canadian government.
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London
England
Canada
Six Nations
Brantford
Ont
J. H. Thomas
Dominion Affairs
Body Of British Flyer Found In Burma Jungle
The Evening News despatch from Rangoon reports the body of British flyer Eric Hook found in Burmese jungle is a skeleton, mauled by a leopard or tiger after his plane forced down en route to Australia. His partner survived the crash.
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London
England
Evening News
Rangoon
Eric Hook
Burma
Hook
Australia
Improved Crop Conditions Report From Dominion Bureau
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics notes better crop conditions in central Saskatchewan and Alberta, with continued stem rust concerns in Manitoba and light rust in parts of Saskatchewan. Frosts and variable rainfall affected harvest prospects, while barley shows rust increases and durum wheat remains mostly free of rust.
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Ottawa
Ont
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Manitoba
Victora
Beaver Lodge
Grande Prairie
Dominion Rust Research Laboratory
Winnipeg
U.S. County Judge Sent To Prison
W Bernard Vause once Brooklyn county judge famed for severe sentences and a calling for the whipping post was sentenced to six years in federal prison after being found guilty of using the mails to defraud in the Columbia Finance Corporation case.
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New York
W. Bernard Vause
Brooklyn
Vause
Columbia Finance Corporation
Massey Resigns Canadian High Commissioner Post
The Mail and Empire reports that Hon. Vincent Massey has forwarded his resignation as Canadian High Commissioner to Great Britain to Rt. Hon. W L Mackenzie King and asked that Hon. R B Bennett be advised.
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Toronto
Ont
the Mail and Empire
Vincent Massey
W. L. Mackenzie King
Great Britain
R. B. Bennett
Protest Against liquor use at British Embassy
A protest against liquor use at the British embassy was sent to Sir Ronald Lindsay by Samuel B. Wooda, former mayor of Charlottesville, Virginia.
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Washington
Ronald Lindsay
Samuel B. ‘Wooda
Charlottesville
Bennett to form government in Ottawa by September 11
Report outlines Premier elect R. B. Bennett plans to immediately address unemployment after July 28. By election writs probable as Bennett takes office, with August 18 nomination if a minister represents a constituency. Possible cabinet picks include Hugh Guthrie or George Black as speaker, Manion as minister, with Quebec and Atlantic figures named as potential ministers.
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Ottawa
R. B. Bennett
Bennett
House of Commons
Senate
Hugh Guthrie
South Wellington
Commons
George Black
Yukon
J. D. Chaplin
J. B. Ryckman
Quebec
George Perley
Argenteuil
London
Maurice Dupre
Gerard Lacroix
Quebec West
Arthur Duranteau
Chambly Vercheres
Arthur Sauve
E.S. Rhodes
Nova Scotia
W. G. Ernst
Queens-Lunenburg
Prince Edward Island
J.A. MacDonald
J H. Meyers
C. P. Beaubien
Montreal
Winnipeg
Has Nothing To Say On Return By-Election Plans
Winnipeg Manitoba Hon T A Cre rar Minister of Railways defeated in Brandon constituency said he had nothing to say about possible plans for returning to the House by election in any constituency before leaving for Ottawa.
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Winnipeg
Man
T. A. Crerar
Brandon
Ottawa
Deliverance Mentioned By Premier Baxter After Dominion Vote
Hon J B M Baxter premier of New Brunswick remarks that Canada has sustained a great deliverance following the Dominion election result. The quote appears in coverage from St John New Brunswick noting the political reaction and sentiment after the vote.
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St. John
N.B
J. B. M. Baxter
New Brunswick
Canada
Hertzog Declares Complete South African Independence
Prime Minister James Barry Hertzog stressed South Africa's full independence on the eve of the Imperial Conference in London. He warned that no aspect of independence would be sacrificed and that secession from the British Commonwealth remains a possible outcome if desired, while pledging continued cooperation with Britain and other Dominions.
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Pretoria
South Africa
British Commonwealth of Nations
Fuuter
James Barry Hertzog
Imperial Conference
London
England
Great Britain
Dominions
British Commonwealth
All India Congress Session Opens in Bombay
The All-India Congress working committee met behind closed doors to discuss escalating the boycott of British goods and civil disobedience. Only ten members attended while twenty one were jailed on government charges. Vallabhai Patel presided as the session began, likely lasting three to four days.
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Bombay
India
All-India Congress
Vallabhai Patel
Tej Bahadur Sapru
M. Jayakar
Party standings in Dominion elections reported
The Canadian Press summary shows Conservatives 138, Liberals 86, U F A 10, Progressives 2, Liberal-Progressives 3, Independents 2, Labor 3, doubtful 1, total 245.
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Toronto
Ont
Conservatives
Liberals
U.F.A
Progressives
Liberal-Progressives
Labor
Doubtful
Total
Chinese Pillage of Changsha Destroys Foreign Property
Communists loot and burn nearly all foreign holdings in Changsha Hunan province China as 50 districts suffer pillage. Foreign consulates residences and large offices on Shuihu Island likely to be destroyed. value already burned runs into millions with total unestimated. Four missionaries remaining in the city are unaccounted for.
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Shanghai
China
Changsha
Hunan
Liang River
Shuihu Island
Saskatchewan Egg Pool Raises Prices for 1929 Period
Saskatchewan Co-Operative Poultry Producers Ltd Egg Pool announces final 1929 period payments for the second pool of the year. Ex tras fetch 22 cents, first 19 cents, seconds 17 cents, and crax 15 cents per dozen. payments are net cash f.o.b. shipping point on freight shipments.
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Regina
Sask
Jis
Saskatchewan Co- Operative Poultry Producers Ltd
F.o.b
National Works Go On Under New Government
Ottawa report notes Great national undertakings continue under shifting parties. Welland ship canal dates back to 1910 contracts and later stages under Laurier, Borden, Unionist, and King regimes. Hudson Bay Railway last spike planned, now tied to ocean route opening. St Lawrence River deep waterways expected to be key ministry role for Railways and Canals.
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Ottawa
Ont
Welland Ship Canal
Hudson Bay
St. Lawrence River
Howard Ferguson
Hudson Bay Railway
George P. Grahan
Laurier
Sir Robert Berden
Nelson
Mr. Meighen
Mr. King
Churchill
Many Changes In Immigration Portfolio In Ottawa
Ottawa report notes a revolving door in the immigration department with ten ministers in nine years and forecasts a new minister after the current government reshuffle. The piece lists past holders including James Calder Charles Stewart Robb Gordon Forke and Ian Mackenzie, and hints at ongoing cabinet realignments.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Charles Stewart
James A. Robb
G. N. Gordon
Meighen
Manion
Henry Drayton
King
Robert Forke
Senate
Stewart
Ian Mackenzie
Immigration Department
Change Permit System New System Of Liquor Permits To Be Introduced In Ontario
Sir Henry Drayton announced at the Chief Constables Association convention in Hamilton Ontario a new liquor permit system. Purchases will be recorded in dollars and cents to curb permit holder abuse, though free beer sales remain unlikely. Chief Mort. S. Wigle of Windsor urged police fingerprinting and photographing of vagrancy suspects to bolster public safety.
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Hamilton
Ont
Sir Henry Drayton
Liquor Control Board
Chief Constables Association of Canada
Ontario
Sir Henry
Mort. S. Wigle
Windsor
Want Wider Markets British Columbia Lumbermen Look To Britain For Sale Of Products
Lumbermen of British Columbia urged greater participation in British markets and asked for a delegation to the Imperial Economic Conference in the fall. They met Premier H. F Tolmie to discuss conditions described as unfavorable with falling prices and shrinking demand, noting Britain as the only potential expansion market.
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British Columbia
Britain
Victoria
B.C
B.C. Lumber
Imperial Economic Conference
F. Tolmie
Wheat For China Wakefield Cases
Senator Henry J. Allen of Kansas said better prospects exist for exporting pure wheat to famine areas in China. President Hegve and Chairman Alexander Legge of the Federal Farm Board study distribution through cooperation with the Chinese Government to aid famine relief.
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R. B. Bennett K.C
U.S
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Jas. W. Gerard
Germany
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Europe
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Hertzog
FIRST
Lord
Willingdon
Beauceville
Igang of
Caanibatag Aea
Welland Canal
Borden
United States
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