Churchill Addresses Canadian Club Luncheon in Victoria
Winston Churchill, former chancellor of the exchequer, spoke at a Victoria luncheon in his honor. Nearly 1,000 attendees heard him defend Britain's European policy focused on peace, reconciliation between France and Germany, and the Locarno framework, while praising Anglo Japanese ties and the expanded Washington pact.
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Victoria
Britain
France
Europe
Winston Churchill
Baldwin
Canadian Club
National Council of Education
Churchil
Japan
Washington
United States
Pacific Ocean
China
Running Time Reduction for CN Trains Stressed
Sir Henry Thornton president of Canadian National rails indicates possible cut in Montreal to Vancouver running time to align with a 10 hour reduction for trans continental trains by Canadian Pacific. He spoke during his western tour noting Western optimism despite crop hardships and affirmed continued expansion and new plans.
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Winnipeg
Man
Canadian National
Montreal
Vancouver
Canadian Pacific
Beatty
Sir Henry Thornton
K.B.E
Canadian National Railways
Lady Thornton
East
Sir Henry
Valuation Sought For Beech Property At Fort Churchill
Heirs of Captain William Beech with solicitors arrived from Hudson Bay to obtain expert valuation of about 2000 acres in Churchill. Exchequer court proceedings hinge on the valuation. Hearing scheduled in Winnipeg near month end.
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William Beech
Fort Churchill
Hudson Bay
Beech
Churchill
Winnipeg
Whale strike near Yarmouth frees after backing away
In a rare maritime incident the steamer Yar mouth struck a 50 foot whale several miles southwest of Yarmouth Cape. The ship freed itself an hour later by stopping and backing away. Separately a historical tally notes 4,268 lynchings occurred in the United States from 1885 to 1927.
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Yarmouth, N.S
Yarmouth Cape
Yarmouth
United States
Imperial Air Derby aims to crown Canada’s aviation elite
Canada plans a major international air race with a $50,000 prize fund. The event, proposed by C O Stillman of Imperial Oil, would start in the United States and finish at a Canadian airfield next year. It seeks to rival Europe’s Schneider Trophy and attract top pilots and aircraft from Canada, the United States, and abroad.
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Toronto
Canada
Europe
C. O. Stillinan
Imperial Oil Company
United States
Inauguration of 1250 Miles of Western Air Mail Service
Western Air Mail Ottawa plans 1250 miles of daily all mail service to link Winnipeg with Canmore Alberta and save a day between the points. G Herring chief superintendent travels west while P J Vennot prepares to officiate formal opening in Winnipeg. Two routes Winnipeg via Regina Moose Jaw Calgary Canmore and Regina via Saskatoon North Battleford Edmonton. Next year a Rockies crossing to the Pacific Coast is anticipated expanding Dominion wide air mail from Rimouski to Europe arrivals.
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Ottawa
Prairies
Winnipeg
Canmore
Alta
G. Herring
Dominion Air Mail Service
West
Western Canada Airways Company
P. J. Vennot
Postmaster-General’s Department
Regina
Moose Jaw
Calgary
Saskatoon
North Battleford
Edmonton
Rockies
Pacific Coast
Rimouski
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Europe
Canadian Rockies Park Impresses Boston Mayor
Lynn Massachusetts Mayor Ralph Bauer toured Canada’s National Parks and praised British Columbia parks for better management and maintenance. He wrote to Senator David I Walsh, prompting a national park service inquiry. He noted better roads, free admission, and a user friendly approach versus American parks.
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Washington
Rocky Mountain National Park
Ralph Bauer
Lynn
Mass
British Columbia Park
David I. Walsh
National Park Service
Bauer
Ontario milk shortage feared amid dry spell
Toronto dairy officials warn of a possible Ontario milk shortage as dry weather continues. Toronto milk dealers raise prices by one cent a quart while John Carroll of the Department of Agriculture notes extreme crop losses could follow the driest spell in years.
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Toronto
Saskatoon Apple Grower Produces 400 Brushed Caville Apples
Saskatoon, Sask. apples compare well with British Columbia varieties. George Pow of Saskatoon raised over 400 good looking Brushed Caville apples from a two year old tree. He also grows cherries and plums in his backyard.
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Saskatoon
Sask
British Columbia
George Pow
Java Sugar Arrives in Montreal After 20-Year Gap
The SS Clain Skene arrived in Montreal with 73 000 bags of Java sugar from Tiflatjap on the south Java coast. The steamer completed the voyage in 48 days, sailing July 13.
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Montreal
Java
Canada
Clain Skene
Tiflatjap
Empire Development Corporation plan for British settlers
Dr C T Galbraith in London newspapers says a 400 million dollar Empire Development Corporation will acquire 20 million acres in British Columbia and settle 20,000 British families. Premier Tolmie seeks a BC representative. scheme awaits approval from MacDonald, Lord Passfield, Mr Thomas, and Tolmie with advisory boards including unions.
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London
Eng
Empire Development Corporation
C. T. Galbraith
Galbraith
Old Country
Britsh Columbia
British Columbia
Tolmie
Thomas
MacDonald
Lord Passfield
Britain
Canada Takes Important Step at World Court
Geneva World Court move marks Canada first among British Dominions to adhesion to its optional clause for compulsory settlement of disputes. Senator Raoul Dandurand announced the vote to the League of Nations assembly amid congratulatory gestures from Premier Ramsay MacDonald and leaders of Britain and France. Canadian policy follows Premier King’s March 10 1925 statement while reservations loom among Dominions including Australia and New Zealand.
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Geneva
Canada
World Court
Raoul Dandurand
League of Nations
Great Britain
France
Dandurand
Dominions
Ramsay MacDonald
Britain
Mackenie King
League
Court of International Justice
Australia
New Zealand
Irish Free State
South Africa
International Court
British Commonwealth
Trans-Canada to complete coast to coast telephone line
At the ninth annual Telephone Association of Canada meeting in Jasper delegates heard a coast to coast Canadian wire will connect Halifax to Vancouver within two years at a cost of 10 million dollars. James Hamilton of Vancouver was elected president with John F. E. Lowery and A. M. Mitchell named officers. St Johns NB chosen for 1930 convention.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Halifax
Vancouver
The
Telephone Association of Canada
Jasper
United States
Canada
Vernon W. Smith
James Hamilton
B. C. Telephone Company
Association
John FE. Lowery
Manitoba Telephone System
Winnipeg
A. M M. Mitchell
St. Johns
New Brunswick
Bennett Returns from British Columbia Tour with Warnings
Honorable R. B. Bennett returned to Ottawa after a five week tour of British Columbia where he delivered over 60 addresses. He praised Pacific coast achievements but warned that government inaction endangers fruit growers by forcing shipments to the United States for any price due to lack of home markets.
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Ottawa
R. B. Bennett
House of Commons
British Columbia
Pacific Coast
United States
Byrd Portrait Unveiled at National Radio Expo
Commander Richard E. Byrd unveiled a portrait at the Seventh National Radio exposition in Los Angeles. A radio pulse from Byrd at his Antarctic camp Little America accompanied the ceremony as curtains were drawn to reveal the enlarged image.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Richard E. Byrd
Little America
Byrd
Gardiner Government Falls in Saskatchewan Legislature
The Liberal government after 24 years in power loses a confidence vote in the Saskatchewan Legislature. Opposition totals 34 to 27 with D A Hall missing. Speakers include Gardiner Whatley Stewart and party lines revealed as Conservatives Progressives and Independents unite on the motion.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
D. A. Hall
Cumberland
Gardiner
Stewart
Postpone East Quebec Schools Over Infantile Paralysis
The Protestant Board of School Commissioners delayed the opening of schools in East Quebec to September 16 due to an outbreak of infantile paralysis. Dr. Alphonse Lessard said the hygiene department cannot supply convalescent serum but would try to secure a supply if urgent need arises.
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Quebec
Protestant Board of School Commissioners
Alphonse Lessard
Good progress shown in garnering crop
Prairie crop reports from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta describe excellent wheat harvesting with Manitoba southern completion and 50 percent threshing in the north Alberta shows 90 percent wheat cut and favorable weather. Saskatchewan notes 75 percent coarse grains and near completion of wheat harvest.
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Ottawa
Prairie Provinces
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Agriculture Departments
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Dominion Experimental Station
Swift Current
Winnipeg
Western Canada
Canada
Great Railways
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian National Railway
Vancouver
Head of the Lakes
Tense Palestine Situation Escalates Across Regions
Across Palestine and neighboring areas Arab and Jewish communities face rising violence as British forces clash with Bedouins and insurgents. Proclamations call for holy war, while curfew and troop patrols persist in Jerusalem Haifa Nablus and Tiberias with reports of casualties among Christians and combatants.
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Jerusalem
Holy Land
Palestine
Jaffa
Haifa
Egypt
Damascus
Beirut
Aleppo
Beersheba
John Chancellor
London
Exchange
Cairo
Nablus
Anglo-Palestine Bank
Rutenberg Electricity Company
Jewish Bank
Safed
Samkh
Tiberias
Premier Ramsay MacDonald urged assurances before Washington trip
London comments on Geneva remarks suggest Liberal Star editors want MacDonald to secure firm guarantees that domestic emergencies will not block his Washington visit. They argue he should go as national spokesman, not party leader, amid a fragile parliamentary situation.
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London
Eng
Ramsay MacDonald
Geneva
Washington
the Star
Beothic Returns From Arctic Expedition
North Sydney N S The sealee Beothic returns after eight thousand miles and six weeks studying Canada's Arctic archipelago. Department of the Interior supply boat arrives with scientists welfare workers Eskimos and Mounted Police crew. J D Soper Canadian government naturalist brings back the first blue goose ever seen by man.
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North Sydney
N.S
Beothic
Canada
Arctic
Canadian Mounted Police
Department of the Interior
J. D. Soper
Ottawa
Labor Federation invites MacDonald to Toronto convention
The American Federation of Labor will invite Premier Ramsay MacDonald to attend its 49th annual convention in Toronto, beginning October 7, if he finds it convenient.
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Ramsay MacDonald
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Toronto
Mr. MacDonald
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