Public loses interest in agitators says judge
Victoria reports praise for steady provincial police and plain speaking from the bench in a Fernie judgment by Judge G. H. Trouble. The ruling condemns agitation and warns that Canada has no room for men like the accused, stressing workers and national destiny over violence.
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Victoria
Corbin Rigta
Fernie
G. H
Sqiatoes
Canada
Attorney-General’s Department
Follorwin
Corbin Viots
Prince of Wales Addresses Agriculture Conference in London
The Prince of Wales formally closed the conference on scientific organization of agriculture and industry. He expressed personal interest in farming in Britain and Canada and urged ambitious youths to follow the proceedings, noting that organized discussion and cross‑country congresses yield inspiration and efficiency.
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Prince of Walesa
London
Prince of Wales
Scientific Organization of Agriculture and Industry
Canada
Medals For Veterans At Edmonton Exhibition
About 4200 attendees witnessed 27 veterans of the 1885 campaign against Louis Riel receive peace medals at the Edmonton exhibition. The men marched in single file onto the stand in uniform, heads high, as Lt. Gov. W. L. Walsh and Major General W. A. Gries offered honors for their service.
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Edmonton
Louis Riel
Northern Alberta Pioneers and Old-Timers’ Association
W. L. Walsh
Geutenant
Alberta
W. A. Gries
Alberta election date set for August 22 7 with Aug 12 nomination
Edmonton reports official announcement of Alberta provincial elections to be held Thursday August 22 7 with nomination day August 12 The campaign shapes as among the keenest in years with all parties preparing including the Aberhart Social Credit Party and United Farmers of Alberta The floods in northern Alberta delayed date setting but the early Dominion election prospect influenced scheduling more than 200 candidates are expected for 63 seats.
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Edmonton
Alta
Alberta
George Hoadley
R. G. Reid
United Farmers of Alberta Forces
Hoadley
Dominion
Aberhart Social Credit Party
Severe Hail Wrecks Hit Southern Alberta Districts
A severe hailstorm lashed southern Alberta last week causing heavy crop damage in Stavely Carseland and Strathmore with De Winton reporting 75 to 100 percent losses. Hailstones large as marbles fell and rain and a strong electric storm affected nearby districts including Airdrie and Brooks.
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Sonme Alberta
Calgary
Alberta
Stavely
Carseland
Strathmore
de Winton
Granum
Macleod
Air Mail Cadets Include Cole on Kenora Route
Commemorative air mail cadets announced for the Kenora Cole and Cole McKenzie Island routes on August 15 mark new calls at Moose Jaw with mails to be carried in inaugural flights. Covers must reach the district director of postal services in Winnipeg by August 10.
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Moose Jaw
Cole
Kenora-McKenzie Island
Red Lake
Informa
Kenora-Cole
Cole-McKenzie Island
Winnipeg
Experimental Station Post L B Thomson Takes Over Duties
L B Thomson, officer in charge of the Dominion range experimental station at Manyberries Alberta, named superintendent of the Swift Current Saskatchewan station. He succeeds J G Taggart, current Saskatchewan agriculture minister. Born in New Zealand thirty five years ago, Thomson is a University of Alberta graduate.
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L. B. Thompson
Swift Current
Ottawa
L. B. Thomson
Dominion Range
Manyberries
Alta
Sask
Agriculture Department
Thomson
J. G. Taggart
Saskatchewan
Mr. Thomson
New Zealand
University of Alberta
Lethbridge Severe Rainfall Breaks Dry Spell
Heavy showers broke a six week drought in Lethbridge with cloudbursts across the area. At Barons, No. 1 Pool elevator was struck by lightning and burned, causing a loss of just over 13 000 bushels of wheat.
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Lethbridge
Barons
Ontario Seeks Farm Labor as Shortage Hits Nine Districts
Ontario reports an acute shortage of experienced farm labor on nine agricultural fronts with a anticipated scarcity in a tenth district. The Department of Labor received the Dominion wide survey noting Ontario alone faces this gap while other provinces expect local supply to meet demands.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Department of Labor
Jabor
Strikers at Vancouver camps refuse orders near Hope
About 150 relief camp workers from four camps near Hope traveled to Vancouver by freight train after being ordered to work or leave. Police maintained order as authorities refused their request for relief, and all men left by truck and freight with 60 cents each. Most belonged to a group recently arriving from Regina.
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Vancouver
Hope
British Columbia
Groupe
Regina
SEEK SOME WAY TO AVERT AN ETHIOPIAN WAR
London reports Anthony Eder to lead Britain's League of Nations delegation for a session aimed at averting the Italo Ethiopan conflict. Malcolm MacDonald says Kenya garrison partial redistribution for frontier contingencies while Sir Samuel Hoare questions reinforcing Sudan peace time forces. Britain may authorize arms to Ethiopia after Haile Selassie requests two halted shipments for legitimate use.
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London
Anthony Eder
Great Britain
League of Nations Council
Malcolm MacDonald
Britain
Kenya
Ethiopia
Samuel Hoare
Sudan
Haile Selassie
Armament Plants London Urged for Nationalization by Union
The Union of Democratic Control pressed the royal commission to inspect Britain armament plants and nationalize them. Sir William Jowitt, president, urged steps like those in America to uncover the facts from witnesses including distinguished British financiers and industrialists.
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London
Britain
Royal Commission On
Union of Democratic Control
William Jowitt
America
Expected To Commerce To Function On Sept 1 Ottawa
The Canadian wheat board will likely take over operations on September 1 and will set a minimum price for farmers. Premier R. B. Bennett assured it would not dump wheat on the market. The visible wheat supply stands near 200 million bushels, with further declines expected by July 31, as the late spring delayed seeding and market activity.
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Ottawa
Canadian Wheat Board
R. B. Bennett
New Governor General Lord Tweedsmuir in Canada luncheon
Canada names Lord Tweedsmuir as next governor general and he vows to avoid politics for five years. The former Conservative MP and peer spoke at a luncheon hosted by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, recalling his earlier service as John Buchan before his peerage.
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London
Canada
Lord Tweedsmuir
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
House of Commons
John Buchan
Prize Awarded to Westerner at Means University
Westerner Montreal Sydney Buckwold of Saskatoon a third year commerce student at Means University receives the Joseph H Jacobs prize for accountancy valued at 25 dollars.
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Montreal
Sydney
Buckwold
Saskatoon
Faculty of Commerce
Means University
Joseph H. Jacobs
Plane crash at Heston kills two passengers in jubilee flight
Two passengers Major J. H. Hobbs and N. Newhouse died when an aero plane crashed at the edge of Heston aerodrome after taking off for Spithead to attend the silver jubilee fleet review. The pilot and five other passengers including Margaret Vickers were hospitalized with burns and injuries.
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London
Heston Aerodrome
Spithead
J. H. Hobbs
N. Newhouse
Margaret Vickers
Kipling Endows Last Post Ceremony For Perpetual Sounding
Rudyard Kipling, longtime donor to the memorial event for British war dead, has provided an endowment to fund nightly sounding of The Last Post in perpetuity at the Joos memorial, ensuring the ceremony continues without interruption.
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London
Joos
Rudyard Kipling
Kipling
Marketing plan for wheat crop wins approval
L C Brouillette of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool urged at Saskatoon that the wheat marketing act would lower interest rates, promote producer representation on the advisory board, and enable government access to the Central Bank. He argued the plan protects industries, shares costs with the prosperous, and shifts marketing toward reader insight while rejecting futures market stabilization.
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Saskatoon
L. C. Brouillette
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
United Farmers of Canada
Minister of Trade and Commerce
Ottawa
House of Commons
McFarland
Brouillette
Canada
Grain Trade
Wheat Board
Liverpool
Ontario Premier enforces no work no relief edict
Toronto reports Premier Mitchell Hepburn orders unemployed to work or lose relief under cash relief for work. David Croll, minister of welfare, confirms over 6 million dollars directed to municipal projects. Windsor strikers rally at the woodpile led by Alderman Ray Craft, planning a demonstration to deter workers from returning.
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Toronto
Mitchell F. Hepburn
Ontario
David Croll
Windsor
Ray Craft
Plan to Aid Jobless in Scarboro Township
Toronto paper reports a relief program near Scarboro Junction where unemployed workers are paid 50 cents an hour to dismantle old Canadian National box cars for 1,500 men over six weeks. Each relief recipient receives a free truckload of wood they select, with $1 per load paid to truckers and proceeds aiding township upkeep. 502 cars scheduled, 180 already disposed of, with 250+ workers on a single day.
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Toronto
Canadian National Railway
Scarboro Junction
Recovery in Australia Vancouver Act of sacrifice for relief
Prime Minister Joseph Lyons said Australia must take a cut to lift the economy. Bondholders, public servants, and taxpayers shared sacrifices, with lower-tier pay restored and land tax halved. Recovery is not complete but continues.
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Vancouver
Australia
Joseph Lyons
Dominion
Publc
Aerial Cruiser Largest Land Plane Ever Assembled Awaits Test
A giant aerial battle cruiser described as the largest land plane in the United States awaits tests in Seattle before army submission. The 15-ton ship features a 105-foot mid-wing span and 70-foot length, powered by four 25-horsepower motors with variable pitch constant speed propellers, and is claimed capable of speeds from 1200 to 250 miles per hour.
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Seattle
United States
Army Corps
Flood toll rising near Hankow in Hopeh province
Unofficial reports from Tienmen, 75 miles west of Hankow, place bodies recovered at 14,000 after the Han river flood. About 4,000 refugees are said to have been rescued from tree tops in the vicinity.
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Hankow
China
Tienmen
Hopeh
Han River
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R. C. Matthews
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Lyons
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