Hurricane Devastation Hits Santo Domingo City
Major Cary J. Crockett reported 800 dead in Santo Domingo after a tropical hurricane, with 50 000 to 100 000 rations needed and urgent medical supplies requested. The city suffered widespread destruction including the Ozama River bridge and key buildings, while the interior remained unheard from.
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Roosevelt
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Cary J. Crockett
San Juan
Dominican
Major Crockett
Trujillo
Charles B. Curtiss
Major Crocket
Legation
Red Cross
Ozama River
Port Rico
Trans-Continental Airway Vision Voiced At Luncheon
J A Wilson Ottawa civil aviation controller spoke at the Canadian National Exhibition aviation and international day luncheon. He said Canada already has 900 miles of lighted runways for night flying with 300 more miles under construction this year.
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Toronto
Soviet Government to pay Lena Goldfields thirteen million pounds
The Russian Soviet Government will pay about thirteen million pounds sterling to The Lena Goldfields Ltd under an arbitration court ruling in London. The English firm alleged their offices under contract with the Soviet state were raided by secret police and that compliance with the agreement was blocked.
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London
England
Lena
Will Fly Back To Paris New York Air Trip Announced
The Question Mark flown from Paris to New York by Coste and Belionte will be returned to Paris by Paul Cordes once Coste and his comrade finish test flights to Dallas and Washington.
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New York
Paris
Coste
Belionte
Paul Cordes
Dallas
Texas
Washington
Dauphin Constable Charged With Murder At Full Assizes
Constable John W. Pitt of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police faces murder trial in King's Bench at Yorkton after a preliminary hearing in Dauphin. He is charged in the fatal shooting of Mrs. Sophie Light at an inter provincial picnic near Ipswich South Dakota. Witnesses testified Pitt was intoxicated during the incident.
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Pitt
Light
Aviator breaks own record crossing Canadian Rockies
Squadron Leader A T Cowley of Ottawa and J A Dickie of Fort William broke their own record crossing the Canadian Rockies by air. In a Stearman belonging to Regina inspector A D McLean they covered 500 miles eastward in four hours and 30 minutes after a Calgary to Vancouver run in five hours and 35 minutes. Cowley is superintendent of air regulations in the Dominion.
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Regina
Sask
A. T. Cowley
Ottawa
J. A. Dickie
Fort William
Association of Flying Clubs
Canadian Rockies
Stearman
A. D. McLean
Department of Civil Aviation
Calgary
Vancouver
Cowley
Dominion
Beothic Reaches Pond Inlet After Ice Battled Voyage
The S S Beothic with the Interior Arctic expedition arrived Pond Inlet in safety on September 1 after two weeks fighting heavy ice en route from Melville Island. A northeast gale prevented landing supplies until evening. G C Mackenzie reported all well at the post and noted high patrol activity along Baffin Island.
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Ottawa
Ont
Melville Island
Lancaster Sound
Barrow Strait
S.S. Beothic
Department of the Interior
Pond Inlet
Baffin Island
G. C. Mackenzie
North West Territories
Yukon
Fund Established for Widow of Constable Dollard Pelletier
Montreal fund raises 16392 for the widow and six children of Constable Dollard Pelletier. A local newspaper and broadcasting station started the collection to ensure the family’s sustenance and the children’s schooling. Money placed with a trust company, interest to be used on the family’s behalf.
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Montreal
Que
Dollard Pelletier
Canadian youth wins big prize for mother in marathon
Marvin Nelson, 19, Toronto based athlete and world 16 mile swimming champion, receives 7400 dollar exhibition cheque. He cashes the cheque and sends the full amount to his mother in Fort Dodge Iowa, showing no change in demeanor despite sudden wealth.
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Toronto
Ont
Marvin Nelson
C.N.E
Fort Dodge
Iowa
French Flyers Feted In New York After Airmanship Feat
Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte were hailed as giants of aviation in New York with a harbor flight parade and a city hall reception. Mayor Walker praised their achievement as a vindication of French aviation advances over Nungesser and Coli. Coste announced the return of the Question Mark to France with Paul Codos, who shares distance records.
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City Hall
Dieudonne Coste
Maurice Bellonte
Walker
Nungesser
Coli
North Atlantic
Texas
Coste
France
Paul Codos
Great Future For Canada Seen By Sir G Foster
Sir George E. Foster, 83, returning from a BC holiday, cites Canada’s vast advance since Confederation and the unappreciated future ahead. He notes Western Canada shifting from nomadic farms to settled cities, with tree planting along farm homes and Brandon’s tree lined avenues as a model of progress.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Dominion
Sir George Eulns Foster
Sir George
British Columbia
Brandon
Aviators Face Delay From Bad Weather at Bernard Harbor
Major L. T. Burwash and W. E. Gilbert are grounded at Bernard Harbor in Dolphin Strait awaiting weather clearance for their King William Land flight from Hearne. They planned a photographic survey for the Dominion Government, with September 10 expected departure or radio update from Coppermine. Western Canada Airways pilot W. A. Buchanan remains on standby.
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Winnipeg
Man
L. T. Burwash
W. E. Gilbert
Bernard Harbor
Dolphin Strait
King William Land
Fort Hearne
Burwash
Hearne
Coronation Gulf
Sir John Franklin
Major Burwash
Dominion
Western Canada Airways
Arctic
W. A. Buchanan
Hunter Bay
Buchanan
Trade With India Draws German Manufacturers Anxious
Leipzig reports German manufacturers see openings in India as Britain is shut out by the Gandhi boycott. Officials say Germany’s lack of colonies reduces racial friction and grants an edge. Spokesmen note many trade inquiries indicate India will buy German goods in lines traditionally led by Britain.
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Leipzig
Germany
Mahatma Gandhi
Orient
India
Well Known Pilot Killed in Toronto Crash
Toronto's Charles Sutton a famed pilot and Canadian war veteran died when his Fokker seaplane crashed into Lake Ontario during the Efficiency Challenge Trophy race at the Canadian National Exhibition. Mechanic Claude Mills survived, clinging to a wing fragment as rescuers recovered the aircraft bottom up. Sutton, long renowned in Canada’s north, had flown nearly 100,000 miles and once led Dominion Explorers. He helped place gas caches along Col McAlpin’s route, later marooned.
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Toronto
Charles Sutton
Lake Ontario
Claude Mills
Sutton
Geese Return Home After Long Exchange Trip
Two Canadian wild geese from Exhibition Park pond in Brandon Manitoba completed the longest captive flight for their species. They were sent to London England as part of a poultry congress exhibit, with hints a swan exchange might follow. The pair returned to their Brandon pond and are glad to be home.
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Brandon
Man
Exhibition Park
London
England
Canada
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool backs 100 percent pooling plan
Regina voters overwhelmingly support a 100 percent pooling measure as 32,853 ballots for and 12,991 opposed out of 48,545 cast with unsigned ballots counted to reach 34,621 in favor and 13,845 opposed. The plan would create a grower controlled provincial pool, with implementation via referendum and government action after a June meeting.
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Regina
Sask
Saskatchewan
Wheat Pool Sueniines
Wheat Pool
George Beach
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Waterway plan to be launched by Canadian clubs
Ottawa announces a comprehensive itinerary on the St Lawrence Great Lakes waterways and Canadian economic development by the Canadian Club movement. About 120 itineraries across provinces, with 20 speakers per session, 600 meetings plus regional programs on mechanization of Western agriculture and export trade.
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Ottawa
Ont
St. Lawrence- Great Lakes
Association ‘of ‘Canada Clubs
Canada
Wales
League of Nations
St. ‘Lawrence
Lakes
United States
Association
Graham Spry
Pated
Dominion
Sa . H. G. Nolan
Calgary
Alan Harvey
Edmonton
Dean R. W. Brook
W. A. Carrothers
University of British Columbia
Far North
Bay Grand Prairie
Peace River
Addiion
Feeder Policy Extended to British Columbia
The Government extends the Feeder Policy 4 to include British Columbia. Authorized by Hon. Robert Weir, Dominion Minister of Agriculture, this policy covers one way travel costs for farmers or their agents from any BC point to Kamloops or nearest ranch stocking point, to Moose Jaw feeder sale, Oct 16 to 18, or other western stockyard with minimum shipment, paid by the Dominion Government through its livestock branch.
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Atty
Ottawa
Moose Jaw
Dominion
Canada wine production rises in 1929 report
Ottawa reports 1929 Canadian wine production up by 1,876,839 gallons from 1928. Nine more wineries operated and capital investment climbed by 2,209,800 dollars, per Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
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Ontario
Britain
Dave Arnott
Banff Springs Hotel
W. J
Bill” Thompson
Arnott
Thompson
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