Airway plans from Hudson Bay to Britain outlined
Major General J H Mac Brien urged Canada to control imperial air routes as plans for a 1931 trial flight along a northern Hudson Bay to Europe airway emerged. He noted gasoline ready along the route via Hudson Bay Company and linked this corridor to broader imperial ambitions including a feeder Cairo to Africa line and R-100 test flight. He emphasized Canadian-operated services to safeguard traffic between the United States, Europe, and the empire.
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Vancover
B.C
Imperial Airwayn
Atlantic Ocean
British Empire
J. H. MacBrien
Aviation League of Canada
Hudson Bay
Europe
Hudson Bay Company
Drac- Brien
Cairo
Africa
South Africa
Canada
London naval treaty second reading passes without division
In London England a bill backing the London naval treaty passed the second reading in the House of Commons without a division. Parliamentary Secretary G G Ammon explains that a treaty binding on the government may not be enforceable in courts without supporting legislation. The bill aims to give effect to changes to the Washington treaty and related obligations.
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London
England
House of Commons
G. G. Ammon
Britain
Commons
Prince of Wales cancels engagement due to weather
Weather conditions in Wales made flying impossible and forced the Prince of Wales to cancel an official engagement. He had planned a London to Carnarvon air trip to the Royal Welsh Agricultural Show but could not reach Carnarvon by train in time for the opening, so the entire engagement was abandoned.
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London
England
Prince of Wales
Wales
Carnarvon
Royal Welsh Agricultural Show
Border Patrol Bill Compared To Barbed Wire Fence
Congressman William Pittenger of Duluth spoke at the Border Press Association annual meeting in International Falls Minnesota calling the proposed border patrol bill a parallel to barbed wire fences between Canada and the United States.
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International Falls
Minn
Canada
United States
William Pittenger
Duluth
Border Press Association
Ottawa rail accidents claim 41 lives in May report
May saw 41 deaths and 183 injuries in Canadian railway incidents per the Board of Railway Commissions report. None of the fatalities involved train passengers. railway crossing accidents caused 15 deaths and 38 injuries.
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Ottawa
Canada
Board of Railway Commissions
Aviation Pioneer Dead Glenn H Curtiss Dies in Buffalo Hospital
Glenn H Curtiss, aviation pioneer, died at General Hospital Buffalo after an appendicitis operation. He had been recovering from the surgery, with wife Mrs. Curtiss by his side. Death was caused by a pulmonary embolus. Curtiss helped build early aviation, from a homemade motor bicycle in 1902 to the V type engine and early powered aircraft. He partnered with Major Baldwin on balloon flights and contributed to the development of power aircraft after meeting Bell in Hammondsport.
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Glenn H. Curtiss
Buffalo
N.Y
General Hospital
Ormond Beach
Fla
Thomas Scot Baldwin
Hammondsport
Baldwin
Oakland
Cal
Alexander Graham Bell
Curtiss
Floods Hit Whitby England After Esk River Cloudburst
Two lives known lost with many feared dead after a cloudburst in the Esk valley floods Whitby area. Telephone links to Sleights broken as authorities warn water supply may fail in 48 hours. Coastguards rescue a woman and four children from a roof, five people from another house, and twelve from a mill upper storey.
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Whitby
Yorkshire
England
Esk
Coastguard
Hoover Signs Naval Treaty at White House East Room
President Hoover signed the London Naval Treaty in the White House East Room. Ratification by Great Britain and Japan and the depositing of all three signatures in London remain to bring the covenant into full effect, limiting all categories of fighting vessels for the three great powers.
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Washington, D.C
White House
Hoover
Great Britain
Japan
London
Ottawa railways board says Welland workers keep pay level
The Department of Railways and Canals announced that the eight hour day and 44 hour week do not cut wages for Welland Canal workers. All men will receive the same weekly wage as before Parliament enacted the new hours.
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Ottawa
Ont
Department of Railways and Canals
Welland Canal
Fire at St Joseph's Orphanage in Winnipeg
A small fire at St Joseph's Orphanage Winnipeg forced the young inmates to evacuate in orderly fashion. Beginning in a cupboard, flames spread to the dormitory roof but were checked by promptly arriving firefighters, preventing major damage.
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Winnipeg
St. Joseph's Orphanage
Scores Drowned In Collapse Of Coblenz Pontoon Bridge
Scores of people drowned when a pontoon bridge near Coblenz Germany collapsed during a Rhine land evacuation celebration honoring President von Hindenburg. About 100 people were on the bridge as thousands watched fireworks at Deutsches Eck and the Fhrenbreitstein fortress. Rescuers searched the dark river for victims.
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Coblenz
Germany
Rhineland
von Hindenburg
Rhine
Administration of Peace River Block Taken by BC Government
Victoria announces that British Columbia will assume administration of the Peace River block and the railway belt on August 1 under tentative plans. Federal officials will operate temporarily during the transition while the reorganization, aimed at removing duplication, is completed.
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Victoria
B.C
British Columbia
Peace River
Forestry Department
Generous Gift From Ed ward Harkness to Britain
The Daily Herald reports Edward Harkness of New York has offered £2,000,000 for a British endowment of social and educational work. A board of public figures will administer the funds, with invitations sent to Stanley Baldwin, Sir Josiah Stamp, and John Buchan among others.
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London
England
The
Daily Herald
Edward Harkness
New York
Great Britain
Stanley Baldwin
Josiah Stamp
John Buchan
Irish tenor presented to the King at Buckingham Palace garden party
John McCormack, Irish tenor, was introduced to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth at a Buckingham Palace garden party on July 22 by Prof. Smiddy the Irish Free State high commissioner.
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London
England
John McCormack
Buckingham Palace
Smiddy
Heroic Airman Faces Lake Nisku Tragedy Near July
Dale Atkinson of Western Canada Airways battled a typhoon like storm on Lake Nisku in Northern Saskatchewan to recover the body of Woodrow Eagle, 17, who died after the aircraft overturned during a rescue attempt. Eagle’s body arrived by air on July 19 after the fatal July 15 incident.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Dale Atkinson
Western Canada Airways
Lake Nisku
Saskatchewan
Woodrow
Chuck" Eagle
Atkinson
W. E. Gilbert
Eagle
Phantom Rider threats raise fears on Wyoming ranches
In Wheatlands and Fletcher Park, masked rider threats signed The Phantom Rider alarm ranchers. A letter was delivered to six locals before a masked horseman rode into Charles Adams’s yard and shot him in the shoulder. Posse searches failed to capture the rider, who is tied to recent cattle rustling.
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Wheatlands
Wyo
Fletcher Park
Laramite
Charles Adams
Dozens of Children Faint at Madrid Communion Service
In Madrid more than two thousand children fainted during a Communion service after rising early and fasting for the ceremony. The hot sun overwhelmed the crowd of about 30,000 present, and an 80 staff hospital nurses could not cope with the number of the sick.
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Madrid
Spain
Airways and railways eye joint Canadian operations
Montreal reports that the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, empowered to run aircraft, has held talks with Canadian National Railways about shared ownership of airway companies in eastern and western Canada. An equal, interlinked stake is anticipated, with a formal announcement to follow. London criticizes British selling methods in Canada, urging adaptation to market conditions. Fields stresses underpayment of agents and neglecting Canadian markets, while Financial Times notes Americans gain from weak British sales tactics.
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Montreal
Canada
E. W. Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Express Department
Canadian Air Service
Canadian National Railways
London
England
Department of Overseas Trade
Fields
Financial Times
Dominion
Britain
New Zealand to Seek Trade Treaty Talks With Canada
Dr. Craig comptroller of customs will sail August 12 for Ottawa to open discussions on a new trade treaty between New Zealand and Canada. He will push talks as far as possible before the Imperial Conference in London and then join to assist on tariff and allied economic questions.
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Wellington
N.Z
New Zealand
Canada
Craig
Ottawa
London
England
Trail of death follows quake in south Italy
Naples and the Appennines region endured a devastating earthquake that killed 679 in multiple towns, with over a thousand injured and ten times as homeless. Melfi faced ghastly debris and a ruined cathedral as relief efforts push through inaccessible areas and trains bring aid inland from Naples.
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South
Italy
Naples
Appennines
Melfi
Monte Vulture
Messina
Tyrrhenian Sea
Adriatic
Countess de Rossi Vargas
Melti
Manitoba Names Seven To Lead New Natural Resources Dept
Manitoba Government fills seven key posts as it takes over natural resources duties from the Dominion. Former federal staff now head forestry lands timber sales mining water powers and related roles with assignments at The Pas Seven Sisters Falls and Slave Falls. The department plans about 135 staff and fisheries appointments are under consideration.
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Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba
Department of Natural Resources
Dominion
Col
H. J. Stevenson
L. P. O. Noel
John Tod
W. B. McLellan
Pas
A. J. McLaren
E.B. Patterson
Seven Sisters Falls
B. B. Hogarth
Slave Falls
U S Population Estimate Near 123 Million for 1930
The U S population is expected to reach about 122 957 000 to 123 000 000 in 1930, with 1920 to 1930 growth of roughly 17 246 000. Census official W M Steuart cites preliminary returns from 40 states and the District of Columbia as the basis for the AP calculated total.
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Washington, D.C
United States
W. M. Steuart
Associated Press
States
District of Columbia
Legion offers anti Dominion life memberships in Canada
Leaders within the Canadian Legion Ottawa announce honorary anti Dominion life memberships for Rt. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King, Hon. R. B. Bennett, Sir William Clarke the British high commissioner, and Hon. Jean Knight for their support of returned soldiers and the legion. Lt Col L. R Lafleche, president, says this is the first such award since the legion’s inception.
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Canadian Legion Ottawa
Canadian Legion
W. L. Mackenzie King
R. B. Bennett
William Clarke
Great Britain
Jean Knight
France
Canada
Legion
Dominijon
L. R Lafleche
Potato Day Planned in Winnipeg Aug 6 or 7
Winnipeg reads of a proposed Potato Day to promote potato growth in the province. A motorcade will tour potato plantations, speeches will be given, and housekeepers are invited to cooperate. The event is organized by the Agricultural Bureau of the Board of Trade.
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Winnipeg
Man
Agricultural Bureau of the Board of Trade
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Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
Duchess of Bedford
Natural Resources Department
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