Border Patrols In Costly Cross Border Liquor War
Representative Clancy credits Canadian border patrol with nearly ending illicit liquor traffic while denouncing U S patrols for reckless boat practices. He praises Canadian cooperation and cites former customs chief Camp calling U S patrols largely crooked or inefficient. He blames harsher liquor laws for the gap.
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Washington
Clancy
Republican
Michigan
United States
Treasury Department
Briand delays France naval program to December
Foreign Minister Aristide Briand announced suspending France shipbuilding until December to pursue naval talks with Italy. He told the Chamber of Deputies no more ships would be started before December and urged calm in Franco Italian relations.
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Paris
France
Aristide Briand
Italy
Fie
Foreign Relations Committee
Chamber of Deputies
Europe
Briand
Mussolini
Wheat Shortage Hits Lisbon Asbolstering Stocks Secure Bread
In Asbon Portugal the National Association of Millers suspended work due to wheat scarcity. Army stocks suffice for daily bread while government plans to adjust import laws. Public urged not to waste bread and merchants ordered to declare stocks to set import quotas. Interior regions report serious corn shortages.
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T Asbon
Portugal
National Association of Millers
Minister of Agriculture
Lisbon
New Woman Member For British House
London England With the election of Lady Noel Buxton to the House of Commons in the North Norfolk by election there are 14 women in parliament the greatest number in history. Of the 14 nine are Labour members three Conservatives one Liberal and one Independent. One of the 14 Right Hon Margaret Bondfield Minister of Labor is the first woman in the cabinet while Susan Lawrence is parliamentary secretary to the Ministry of Health.
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London
England
Noel Buxton
House of Commons
North Norfolk
Labor
Margaret Bondfield
Susan Lawrence
Ministry of Health
Population claim for Prince Albert city voters
Local civic officials and civic boast organizations claim Prince Albert has a population of 12 000, based on voters lists showing 4 755 within city boundaries. They argue that those entitled to vote are generally about one third of the population.
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Prince Albert
Sask
Labor Government Escapes Defeat in Narrow Commons Victory
In London the Labour government avoided a defeat by a slim three vote majority on the finance bill. The outcome, the smallest in the government's tenure, followed Liberal opposition to a David Lloyd George amendment exempting profits spent on modernization from income tax. Four Liberals joined Labor. several others abstained.
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London
Fairland
MacDonald
House of Commons
David Lloyd George
D. Simon
Withington
Manchester
William Edge
Leicester
Robert Hutchison
Percy A. Harris
Bethnal Green
Godfrey Collins
Donald McLean
Prince Albert hosts Canada’s first Boy Scout jamboree
The first boy scout jamboree in Canada opened at Prince Albert National Park with 476 scouts tallying the roll call. The camp lies at Lake Waskesiu with Big Beach a half mile long and guarded bathing facilities. Waskesiu Beach serves as park HQ and King government camp site with kitchens, life-saving gear, and warden quarters.
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Prince Albert
Canada
Prince Albert National Park
Lake Waskesia
Prospect Point
Waskesia
Mackenzie King
Ban On U.S. Apples Reaches British Trade
A British order bans raw apples from the United States into the United Kingdom from July 7 to November 15. Exemptions apply to specific grades in barrels and boxes, requiring certificates from a U S Department of Agriculture inspector. Embargo possibly linked to a fruit fly called the railroad borer not believed present in England.
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Toronto
England
Northern Saskatchewan Forest Fires Wipe Out 138,929
A Dominion forestry report covering April through June records 195 of 225 fires in northern Saskatchewan. Major blazes including Birch Bark Lake burned 171,627 acres, with 17,723,000 board feet salvable timber destroyed and 3,033,000 board feet lost. Salvable fuel and pulpwood totaled 65,000 cords. Causes ranged from settlers to campers and travelers, with small numbers from incendiaries, railways, smokers, and lightning.
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Prince Albert
Sask
Saskatchewan
Dominion Forestry Office
Birch Bark Lake
Marksman at Bisley Camp Scotland 78 Years Old
Sergeant MacKay of Scotland, aged 78, won the King’s prize at Bisley Camp. Though the event was the Queen’s prize in 1883, his skill remains undiminished as shown by six consecutive bull’s eyes at 200 yards on the scores card from the Bisley meet.
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Bisley Camp
England
Sergt. MacKay
Scotland
Bisley
Westbound ocean glider flight seeks Gibraltar crossing
On the liner Saturna a wireless report notes Claibourne Foster remaining aloft for eight hours in a towed glider named after a Broadway actress funding the venture. The craft heads to Gibraltar for an east–west ocean crossing behind a ship. Eastward practice flights are by Hugh Kenyoney and Robert Lewis.
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New York
Glder
Claibourne Foster
Gibraltar
Hugh Kenyoney
Robert Lewis
Narrow Escape at Markinch Grain Elevator
J E Burke, local agent for North Star Grain Elevator Company, narrowly escaped burial when a grain bin burst open just after he climbed out. Tons of wheat poured into the space he had just vacated, and a few moments sooner could have left him trapped with little chance of escape.
Viceroy Irwin vows firm action against civil disobedience in India
Simla, India. Lord Irwin, viceroy of India, pledges to fight civil disobedience with strength while urging Britain and India to join in solving India’s riddle. He denounces Gandhi's method as unconstitutional mass action and likens it to a general strike. He calls for government in India to consider the Simon Commission report with liberty of judgment and addresses the round table conference in London.
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Simla
India
Lord Irwin
Britain
Mahatma Gandhi
Simon Commission
London
Government of India
Government of
Commission
Butter price plot eyed under Combines Act probe
Ottawa reports suggest a conspiracy among produce firms to depress butter prices paid to farmers. Jean Francois Poulot, ex Liberal MP for Temiskaming, Que., asserts dealers stock butter in cold storage to keep prices low and sell high to consumers. He asks Minister Heenan to act under the Combines Investigation Act.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Jean Francois Pouloit
Temiskaming
Que
Peter Heenan
Paulist
Crooks Displace Decent Men in Chicago Elections
A petition before County Judge Edmund V. Maguire names 211 election judges and clerks with alleged police or criminal records, following a prior filing listing 275 such judges and clerks. The document claims political bosses displaced others to clear space for those with criminal backgrounds in public roles.
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Chicago
Ill
State Senate
Edmund V. Maguire
Heavy Wheat Crop Expected At Hague Saskatchewan Farm
Third generation Marcus wheat stands four feet high on Henry W. Fishers Hague Sask farm. Heads four inches long. If no disaster occurs, the 50 acre patch may yield over 40 bushels per acre.
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Saskatoon
Henry W. Fisher
Hague
Sask
Here
Fisher
Garnet Wheat Millers Hear Overseas Tests Result
Ottawa report on Garnet wheat shows strong interest from British and continental millers. The Dominion official suggests shipping Garnet as a separate variety to aid milling, with UK and European tests underway after 6,700 bushels were sent overseas for expert opinions and questions asked.
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Ottawa
Federal Department of Agriculture
United Kingdom
Newman
Halt immigration to Canada urged by CP chief Beatty
E W Beatty K C president of the Canadian Pacific Railway urged halting immigration from the United States and Europe for the time being noting British immigrants with capital may continue. He blamed unemployment in building trades on projectors delaying big developments and predicted improvement if wheat yields normalize and Europe does not resist.
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Toronto
United States
Europe
E. W. Beatty
K.C
Canadian Pacific Railway
Beatty
Canada
Mr. Beatty
Proposed Power Line Plan To Produce Power For Sas katchewan
A $4,500,000 plan to harness the Saskatchewan River at Horseshoe Bend, 35 miles east of Prince Albert, would supply power across the province. Backers include Fraser Brace Engineering of Montreal and Rollins and Sons of Boston. northern Saskatchewan pulpwood could follow.
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Prince Albert
Canada
United States
Horseshoe Bend
Saskatchewan River
Saskatchewan
Fraser Brace Engineering Company
Montreal
Rollins and Sons
Boston
Senator warns Smoot Hawley tariff kills Canada trade
Senator George of Georgia accuses the Smoot Hawley Grundy tariff of strangling Canadian trade and calls the loss of a $948 million export market and $502 million imports a potential economic calamity. He condemns administration policy and urges liberal trade to restore relations with Canada.
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Washington
George
Georgia
Democratic National Committee
Canada
Dominion
Ofanada
Department of Commerce
Royal assent seals Canada resources deal with provinces
The British North America Act amendments received royal assent in a record 15 days. The bill implements Canadian federal plans with Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta for resource returns, and shifts Crown lands to British Columbia. Manitoba marks its 60th anniversary as a Dominion member on July 15.
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London
England
North America
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberts
British Columbia
Dominion of Canada
Westminster
Claim Of Rancher Earl Is Confirmed
London court in the Chancery Division upheld Frederick Trevelyan Perceval former Alberta rancher s claim to the Earldom of Egmont estates. The judge confirmed the Master of the Chancery s prior ruling dismissing Robert Poinall retired optician and James William Perceval baker. A declaration awards the rancher earl the funds held by trustees subject to settlements with a vesting charge to Perceval.
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London
England
Eve
Chancery Division
Supreme Court
Frederick Trevelyan
Perceval
Alberta
Earldom of
Egmont
the Chancery
P. W. Wandler
Robert Poinall
James William Perceval
Baker
Poultry Congress Brandon Exhibit Heads to London
An exhibit of Brandon district poultry sails to the World Poultry Congress in London England this month. Thirteen of Manitoba’s 50 birds are from Brandon exhibitors including Mrs Jos Woods three Black Orpingtons Jas Clarke three Black Wyandottes John Windover White Chinese geese the provincial exhibition park two Canada wild geese Roger Morrison a Barred Rock cock Mrs John Mumby a white turkey tom and Mrs A M MacPherson a white turkey hen. Approximately 1 000 birds from across Canada will attend the show.
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Brandon
London
England
Manitoba
Jos. Woods
Jas. Clarke
John Windover
Provincial Exhibition Park
Roger Morrison
John Mumby
A. M. MacPherson
Canada
Two Canadian planes undertake three month Arctic cruise
Two Canadian government airplanes set for a three month voyage to Aklavik at Mackenzie River delta with Flight Lieutenant F J Mandesley in command. They will travel north via Stony Rapids Sass and the Mackenzie. return route includes Great Bear Lake Coppermine River Baker Lake Chesterfield Inlet and Churchill at Hudson Bay Railway terminus.
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Lac du Bonnet
Man
Aklavik
Mackenzie River
Canada
F. J. Mandesley
Stony Rapids
Sass
Mackenzie
Great Bear Lake
Coppermine River
Baker Lake
Chesterfield Inlet
Churchill
Hudson Bay
Vancouver Grain Exports Fall Short of 50 Million Goal
Vancouver, B C. The current year 1929 30 grain export total from Vancouver will not reach 50 000 000 bushels. The Vancouver Harbor Board reports 46 837 287 bushels exported to date while the same period last year saw 93 834 934 bushels discharged.
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Vancouver
B.C
Vancouver Harbor Board
Poultry Show in Ottawa Prepares for World Congress
Ottawa hosts 800 birds gathered as a representative showcase of Canada’s aristocracy of poultry. Birds from every province are shipped to London England for the World Poultry Congress at month’s end.
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Ottawa
New Waldorf-Astoria Orders 100000 Silverware Pieces
The initial silverware order for the new Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York calls for 100000 pieces, reflecting the lavish preparations for the landmark property and its upcoming opening.
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New Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
New York
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