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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 28, 1929
Page
3
The route advances from Neotel to Walsh near the Saskatchewan border, finishing a trans-provincial highway across the province. It continues from Calgary to Banff, connecting main gravelled roads with the provincial network.
Arrangements for a second imperial air trunk service connect London and Capetown with regular world leading distance and speed. Air Minister Samuel Hoare announced negotiations with African governments culminating in a weekly London Capetown service agreement.
A two day blizzard blankets the Rocky Mountain region with three foot drifts. The storm cuts roads from Montana through Colorado to Wyoming with towns marooned. High school boys rescue 74 year old Frank Nelson near Mount Almagree close to Cripple Creek.
H. Punch Dickens of Edmonton Alberta received the McKee trophy for meritorious aviation service in Canada. During the year he logged 1035 hours in the air, a notable achievement. Announcement came from Colonel J L Ralston, minister of national defence.
The Exchange Telegraph Company stated it had been.
The article notes extensive helium gas production in Canada from Bow River wells near Medicine Hat and credits Prof. J. C. McLennan of Toronto with wartime work enabling commercial helium. It mentions two airships to be ready by spring or early summer and potential flights to Egypt India and then to North America. Helium is non inflammable and safer than hydrogen despite lower buoyancy.
A radiogram relayed by the New York Times arrives in Saskatoon from Frank Davies of Little America Antarctica wishing the Saskatoon Welsh Society a joyous 1929 reunion. Davies, once an instructor at the local university and now a scientist with Commander Richard E Byrd, sent the message February 28 and New York received it March 2, after the local March 1 celebration.
H Coddington of the Manitoba Telephone system announced completion of another one hundred line extension in The Pas Manitoba. Subscriptions rose from 237 when taking over the plant last July to 395 now with expectations to exceed 400 soon. Plans include extending long distance to Flin Flon this season with $19 000 allocated. Long distance business originating in The Pas has surpassed expectations.
A massive blaze on the south bank of the Thames in London engulfed a cluster of paper and tin factories. Flames rose 100 feet as a large number of fire engines and hundreds of firemen fought to prevent spread while workers fled their homes. The fire destroyed 430 tons of newsprint.
Kampala dispatch to London Daily News reports thousands dying of famine in Belgian Uganda as motorists are seen near the border dying while trying to cross into British Uganda.
Berlin professors Arthur and Mrs Einstein flee publicity on the scientist’s birthday. The age listed is unclear, with March 14 referenced. They traveled to an unnamed location for a brief visit, keeping a low profile away from media attention.
Laborite MP Joseph M. Kenworthy attacked the 1929 air force estimates saying no policy change since the Kellogg pact. He blasted the Singapore air station cost of 2.5 million dollars with one fifth to be spent this year and questioned cadet training. Sir Samuel Hoare defended the spending as essential to base operations and communications.
Ottawa reports the Canadian Pacific Railway bill for branch line extensions cleared third reading in the House of Commons. The Saskatchewan Sutherland to Melfort line was dropped in committee. Bills for Canadian National branch line developments await third reading. Barclays Bank Canada incorporation bill also passed with minimal discussion.
Sir Arthur Balfour, chairman of the British Industry and Trade Commission, says Anglo American relations dominate politics and that unless Britain and the United States unite on disarmament the cause may fail, risking loss of continental respect and another war. The commission meets with steel interests in Buffalo.
Workers lay steel toward Fort Churchill terminus of the Hudson Bay Railway. Telegraph links to Churchill established March 12 and steel now within 12 miles of the port. H A Dixon CN chief engineer says completion expected in April barring unforeseen delays. Construction material for port work already en route north.
Lee Bible, 42, Daytona Beach garage mechanic, was killed in a 36 cylinder car crash while attempting to break Major Seagrave's 281 mph record. Cameraman Charles Traub also died as the machine plowed into sand dunes after crossing the measured mile at 202 mph before about 20 000 spectators. Bible left a wife and two children.
The Manitoba command of the Canadian Legion urges prosecution of those spreading communism and bans on Communist meetings in public schools. Delegates describe Communist literature and songs as blasphemous and seditious and warn they would corrupt youth and immigrant minds.
London reports that in the thirteen months to January 31 1929 a total of 65388 individuals and families applied for assisted passage to Canada. Of these 2772 families and 18718 individuals were approved while 2140 families and 15381 individuals had sailed. The figures exclude the harvesters scheme for British miners.
London papers publish the first pictures of King George from Craigwell House showing him in a bath chair with Queen Mary beside him. The images bolster reports of the monarch’s improving condition and recovery.
Flying Cadet R. G. Hamilton of the R F C sustaining a freak crash near Cana California when a hawk attack shattered the propeller of his pursuit plane forcing a forced landing in a ploughed field. He was en route from San Diego to Vancouver aboard HMS Hermes.
William Kellaher a former Toronto cabman died at 83 leaving an estate around 200000 dollars He arrived penniless over 40 years ago and willed 150000 dollars to local orphanages for immediate charitable bequests
Officials from the Department of Colonization and Development and the Canadian Pacific Railway say the new ten pound fare may attract settlers but its impact is uncertain. They note initial interest may fade, with many arrivals not seeking agricultural opportunities and not easily placed through colonization programs. Movement could be disappointing overall.
Ottawa reports a new scheme to bring British workers to Canada as agricultural laborers. The plan funds their passage, with selection based on fitness and settlement willingness, avoiding return fares and aiming to fill provincial demand for workers.
A resolution at the Aberdeen Angus annual meeting proposes a Canadian Beef Cattle Men's Association to promote the beef grading system. The plan calls for cooperation among Dominion Shorthorn, Hereford, and Saskatchewan Alberta stock breeders. Lieut Gov J D McGregor and James Bowman were elected. F H Reed and W J F Warren named officers.
The Dominion of Canada Rifle Association schedules its annual Dominion meet for the week starting August 12 at Connaught Rifle Ranges near Ottawa. Brigadier General J Duff Stuart of Vancouver becomes president, and J G Ross of Montreal becomes life governor.
A complimentary dinner was given at the Parliament Buildings for H. O. Campney longtime private secretary to Hon. James Malcolm minister of trade and commerce. Campney leaves government service to practice law in Vancouver with attendance by parliamentary press gallery and the department of trade and commerce. E. W. Grange presided.
A federal constabulary similar to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is suggested to President Hoover to stop liquor smuggling across the Canadian and Mexican borders. The force would also tackle immigration smuggling and merchandise smuggling overseen by customs.
Senator Wesley Jones of Seattle pressed President Hoover and Secretary Kellogg to sign the treaty authorizing the United States and Canada to regulate sockeye salmon fishing on the Pacific coast. Jones aims to have the treaty signed before Kellogg leaves office and to place it on the calendar of the April 15 special Senate session.
Twenty seven miners were killed when a crowded cage plunged in a shaft of the Dom etz coal basin near Gorlovka.
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