Ramsay Heads New Canadian Grain Board
Ottawa announces the Canadian Board of Grain Commissioners will be E B Ramsay as chairman and Prof Duncan A MacGibbon and Hon C M Hazmilton as members. They replace three long-serving officials who resigned amid sustained interest from the grain trade. Ramsay leads the Canadian Wheat Pool in Winnipeg and is described as highly regarded in the west for financial acumen. MacGibbon is a University of Alberta economist who helped draft Turgeon report factors. Hamilton, Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister, is a practical agriculturist. All three are prominent prairie businessmen representing Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta.
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Ottawa
Canadian Board of Grain Commissioners
E. B. Ramsay
Duncan A. MacGibbon
C. M. Hazmilton
James Malcolm
Lesle H. Boyd
K-C
James Robinson
Matthew Snow
Z. B. Ramasaay
Canadian Wheat Pool
Winnipeg
University of Alberta
Canada
Charles Magill Hamilton
Saskatchewan
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Alberta
Naval Disarmament Talks Advance to Five Power Meeting
London reports progress in naval disarmament negotiations between Britain and the United States. Premier MacDonald may visit the United States in October after Geneva for the League of Nations assembly. He is expected to discuss tentative five power conference plans with Ambassador Dawes at Elgin-on-Auger.
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London
England
Washington
MacDonald
United States
Geneva
Assembly of
League of Nations
Dawes
Elgin-on-Auger
Wants Alberta Coal But Price Prohibitive
Winnipeg Hydro manager J. G. Glassco said Canadian dealers quote Alberta coal at 7.90 a ton, vs 7.20 for American coal. He warned Winnipeg may need to import coal from across the border as the desired Alberta supply remains in the province.
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Winnipeg
Man
Alberta
City
J. G. Glassco
Winnipeg Hydro
Glassco
Missing Pilot C. R. Troup Found After Nine Days
Pilot C. R. Troup of Inter-provincial Airways was rescued nine days after disappearance. A rescue plane located him 2,600 miles north of Seven Islands, Quebec, after engine trouble forced a forced landing. He suffered no injuries and was returned to Seven Islands.
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C. BR. Troup
Inter-Provincial Airways
Montreal
C. R. Troup
Seven Islands
Que
Troup
Poincare Returns Home After Clinic Stay
Former Premier Rayond Poincare leaves the clinic two weeks after surgery and goes home to recover. Physicians call his condition highly satisfactory and note a further operation may be needed around mid September.
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Paris
Pacific Ports Lead In Grain Exports
Vancouver and other Pacific coast ports shipped 97 million bushels of Canadian wheat in 1928-29, 26 percent of the total, while Atlantic ports exported 92 million. The figures imply Vancouver shifts wheat trade from U S Atlantic ports, with U S shipments via Canadian ports omitted and other grains not counted.
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Vancouver
B.C
Canada
Vancouver Merchants’ Exchange
Board of Grain Commissioners
New Westminster
Prince Rupert
Victoria
Montreal
Quebec
Halifax
Atlantic
United States
Merchants’ Exchange
Canadian
Chinese Leave Under Bond From San Francisco
Mr and Mrs Ying Kao and Sun Foon formerly at taches of the Chinese consulate in San Francisco sailed for China on the Shinyo Maru under bond with U S government permission. Secretary Stimson said the Chinese government desired their return and that the prisoners waived U S trial on opium smuggling or conspiracy charges. The U S has assurances they will be prosecuted by China.
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San Francisco
Ying Kao
Sun Foon
United States
China
Washington
Stimson
Return To Bognor Better For King George
Doctors advise King George to recuperate in Bognor rather than Sandringham after his second operation. The court aims to keep him from overexertion amid fears of grouse shooting temptations. He would stay at Craigwell House in London before a extended time in Bognor.
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King George
Sandringham
London
England
The
Daily News
George
Bognor
the Daily News
Craigwell House
Quebec to study legal status of women through commission
The provincial cabinet formed a special commission at Quebec to examine the legal status of women. Members include Judge C N Dorion, Chief Magistrate F Roy, notary Joseph Sirios of Quebec City, and notary Victor Morin of Montreal.
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Quebec
Que
Province of
C. N. Dorion
F. Roy
Joseph Sirios
Quebec City
Victor Morin
Montreal
Tragic Picnic Drowning Claims Three Alberta Girls
News from Edmonton reports a triple drowning at Hannan Beach on Buffalo Lake near Botha Alberta. Victims are Mary Horton 15, Francis Horton 14, and Edna Payne 14. The Horton sisters were among the drownings after stepping into a deep water hole while bathing.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Hannan Beach
Buffalo Lake
Botha
Mary Horton
Francis Horton
Edna Payne
Horton
Sir Eric Geddes Sails From Quebec On Empire of Australia
Sir Eric Geddes former British minister of transport and current chairman of Imperial Airways sails from Quebec aboard the Empire of Australia after a brief Canadian business visit.
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Quebec
Que
Eric Geddes
Imperial Airways, Limited
British Columbia Faces Widespread Forest Fire Crisis
Southern interior of British Columbia endures 150 fires with the situation described as very critical. Nelson mobilizes unemployed men to fight outbreaks as visibility hampers seaplane operations. Fires rage at Tun nel and West bridge in the boundary district while Sheep Creek is under control. Lower mainland and Vancouver Island remain hazardous, with Campbell River timber at risk.
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Vancouver
B.C
British Columbia
Fie
Nelson
Tunnel
Grand Forks
Boundary District
Westbridge
Sheep Creek
Lower Mainland
Vancouver Island
Campbell River
Thomas seeks openings here for unemployed workers
London announces that Rt. Hon. J. H. Thomas plans to urge Canada to expand British capital and enterprise to create jobs. He may push for British manufacturing in Canada and insist on employing British labor in public works with a view to long term absorption as Canadian industries grow.
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London
Eng
J. H. Thomas
Ottawa
Dominion
Manchester Guardian
Thomas
Board of Trade
Canada
The
Guardian
Excellent Wheat Yields Reported In Alberta
European immigrants arriving in Canada with hopes of wealth are promised success as reports from Alberta show strong yields. At Fedorah north of Edmonton farmers reap 35 to 50 bushels per acre on new broken land. Roycroft in Peace River reports 40 bushels on a 400 acre farm. Leduc district expects 40 to 50 bushels per acre.
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Winnipeg
Canada
N. M. Ostryznik
Dominion Colonization Company
Edmonton
Alberta
Fedorah
Roycroft
Peace River
Leduc
Minister Of Railways Steadily Recovering
Ottawa reports Hon. C A Dunning minister of railways and canals rests at his Saskatchewan farm west of Yorkton and is not expected back in the capital until month end He is steadily recovering from surgery and enjoying complete cessation from work as he seeks to regain health and vigor in the west
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Ottawa
C.A. Dunning
Saskatchewan
Yorkton
Bank of England Arranges $250 Million Credit Facility
The Bank of England, whose gold reserves were drained by French purchases to their yearly low, has arranged a credit facility enabling about 250 million dollars to be established here within a few hours.
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New York
Bank of England
Indian Sign Language Demonstration Aboard Duchess of York
Wm Tomkins member of the California Executive of the Boy Scouts Association demonstrates the Indian sign for good to a boy scout aboard the Canadian Pacific steamer Duchess of York. He is en route to the World Scout Jamboree at Birkenhead England with Baden-Powell's commission. About 350 U S scouts sail aboard the Duchess of York and total attendance nears fifty thousand from forty countries for the jamboree marking the movement's 21st anniversary.
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Wm. Tomkins
California
Boy Scouts’ Association
Duchess of York
Mr. Tomkins
Baden-Powell
Birkenhead
England
United States
No Change in Saskatchewan Normal School Course Length
The Saskatchewan department of education reports no lengthening of the Normal School course. Inquiries show a belief the program is now two years. this is incorrect. The session from September 4 to June 6, 1930 will run as before and graduates will receive interim, second, or first class certificates based on academic standing.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Department of Education
Oceanic Keel Demolished as Shipbuilders Plan Faster Bremen
A Belfast dispatch reports the keel of the 60 000 ton Oceanic steamship doomed after demolition plans move forward for a new liner to surpass the North German Lloyd Bremen. Keel laid last October nearly finished when halted on July 23. A longer vessel than the original thousand foot proposal is expected to rise.
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London
England
Belfast
Daily News
Oceanic
Bremen
Japanese Officers Killed in Graf Zeppelin Flight Preparations
Six high army officers including Major General Ogawa of the Imperial General staff died when a military aeroplane crashed at Kasumigaura during preparations for the Graf Zeppelin world flight. The seventh occupant, also an army officer, is dying. The plane was a large bomber.
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Tachikawa
Japan
Ogawa
Imperial General Staff
Kasumigaura
British puzzled by American stance on reparations policy
London reports quote mixed British reaction to U S criticism of Philip Snowden at the Hague reparations conference amid rumors of Bank of England talks and Young plan acceptance. The piece notes strong labor and Tory views, with hopes labor would win in a snap election and compares Snowden to Disraeli in Vienna.
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London
Eng
Philip Snowden
Hague
Britain
United States
Montagu Norman
Bank of England
Mr. Snowden
Snowden
Labor
Ramsay
MacDonald
Baldwin
Disraeli
Congress
Vienna
Preas
British Empire Mourns Death of Gen Lord Horne
Edinburgh reports the death of Gen Lord Horne 68 a famed artillery commander of the first army in 1916 He died suddenly while shooting on his Stirling estate moors The British government voted 150000 as a national tribute after the Armistice The Canadian corps under his command helped in Cambrai and other 1918 victories
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Great Britain
the Empire
Lord Horne
First Army
Somme
Stirkoke
Sir Arthur Currie
Cambrali
Bourlon Wood
Cambrai
Horne
Lord Kitchener
Gallipoli
Egypt
Suez Canal
15Th Corps
Regina arson case sends 22-year-old to trial
Regina Saskatchewan Donald Johnston aged 22 is committed to stand trial for arson of parliament building doors. A confession alleging a six man and one woman group raised 11000 dollars to launch a newspaper The Nationalist to oppose the Gardner Government is entered as evidence, with the chief fundraiser vanished. Magistrate Heffernan denies bail to assess the accused’s mental state.
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Regina
Sask
Donald Johnston
Parliament
Nationalist
Gardiner
Heffernan
Miss MacBrien Becomes Sixth Licensed Woman Pilot in Canada
Miss Julia MacBrien daughter of Major General J H MacBrien president of the Aviation League of Canada and former chief of general staff in National Defence received a private air pilot's certificate. She is 19 and the second family member to be licensed. her father tours the prairie provinces.
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Miss MacBrien
Canada
Ottawa
Julia MacBrien
J. H. MacBrien
Aviation League of Canada
Department of National Defence
Prairie Provinces
Montreal Woman Journalist Accepts Palestine Daily Bulletin Post
Miss Annet S. Lerner of Montreal accepts the assistant to the editor role at the Palestine Daily Bulletin in Jerusalem, the region’s only English newspaper. She sails at the end of August to England before proceeding to Jerusalem to assume duties.
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Montreal
Palestine Daily Bulletin
Jerusalem
Palestine
Annet S. Lerner
Hall Wins Cumberland Seat With 203 Vote Majority
Final figures from the last three polls show D. A. Hall Liberal secured Cumberland constituency with a majority of 203. Hall totals 365 votes while John Beda Independent Conservative has 62.
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Prince Albert
Cumberland
D. A. Hall
Hall
John Beda
Timber Loss Heavy in Prince Albert Saskatchewan
Forest tire losses in Saskatchewan to date this year exceed all previous Dominion Forestry Service suppressing operations in the province.
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Prince Albert
Sask
Saskatchewan
Dominion Forestry Service
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NEW Grain Board
Poincare
Pacific
Atlantic Porta
Nat Montreal
Special Commission
Pacific Coast Province
British Medical Association
Harvey Smith
C. A. Dunning
Wir Challenge Speed of
U. S
British Empire
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