Guthrie Warns Armament Rise Exceeds 1914 Levels
Hon. Hugh Guthrie, Canadian justice minister, told a Ottawa meeting that world armaments exceed 1914 levels with about twenty percent of global revenues spent on weapons. He urged that security precede disarmament and described a draft accord for the Geneva conference coming in February.
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Hugh Guthrie
Assembly
League of Nations
Guthrie
League of Nations Society
Women’s Canadian Club
Ottawa
Mr. Guthrie
Geneva
Railway Board Imposes 60 Percent Surcharge on Rates
The Board of Railway Commissioners orders a 60 percent surcharge on exchange rates between Canadian and United States currency. Effective immediately the surcharge aligns express rates with U S freight charges after US express firms refused payment in non U S funds.
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United States
Board of Railway Commissioners
England’s Favorite Names Revealed by Collected Statistics
A English statistician’s study shows John as the leading Christian name, followed by Thomas William Richard and Robert in order. For women, Mary tops the list with sixty-eight Marys per thousand births in a century. Eliza Sarah Anne Jane and Ellen rounded out the rest before the Great War.
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England
John
Thomas
William
Richard
Robert
Mary
Eliza
Sarah
Anne
Jane
Ellen
Woman Reptile Expert Miss Proctor Dies at 34
Miss Joan B Proctor curator of reptiles at the London zoo and England s distinguished zoologist has died at age 34. She was famed for fearless handling of deadly snakes and for performing delicate head operations on cobras and rattlesnakes without showing fear, astonishing veteran animal menagerie workers.
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Joan B. Proctor
London Zoo
England
Proctor
No, his gifts match a timeless tale
The exchange centers on a humorous boast of a husband’s “rare gifts.” The bride quips that her husband has given only one present since they met, prompting the teacher to recall a legendary grandfather who lived in a distant royal era, showing confusion over dates.
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Henry the Seventh
Edward the Seventh
Moustique
Weather Records Defy Norms at White River Ontario
White River Ontario, famed for cold winters, posted unusual October weather with an average high near 65 degrees versus 40 last year. October low stayed above 40 with 10 degrees noted, while plant life thrived with strawber ies and dandelions blooming and a fourth clover crop in fields. Insects like black flies and mosquitoes abounded as hunters reported woods full of pests.
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White River
Ontario
Canada
Mary
Automobile Revenues Rise in 1930 Canada Highway Report
The Canadian Government Bureau of Statistics reports total revenues from automobiles including registration and gasoline tax reached 41,076,405 in 1930, up 4.3 percent from 1929. Registration fees fell 97 percent due to Ontario fee cuts, while gasoline tax receipts climbed 20.9 percent on higher consumption.
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Bureau of Statistics
Ontario
There Are Wee Knickers To Match This Cunning Bloomer Dress
Practical little playtime outfit for tiny maids featuring a Peter Pan collar and gathered yoke dress with elastic bloomers. Size 4 requires 2 1/2 yards of fabric plus 1/4 yard contrast. patterns priced 25 cents in stamp or coin.
International Peace Garden site chosen in Turtle Mountain
The International Peace Garden will be located on the Turtle Mountain site on the Manitoba North Dakota boundary. Manitoba and North Dakota will donate land sections to create a garden symbolizing peace between Canada and the United States with a funded maintenance plan and possible school child donations. Premier J E Brownlee urged broader agricultural policy reform and lower interest rates to support farming costs and productivity.
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International Peace Gardens
Turtle Mountain
Manitoba
International Committee
North Dakota
National Association of Gardeners
Asbury Park
International Peace Garden Commission
Canadian Association of Florists and Gardeners
Canada
United States
J. E. Brownlee
Calgary
Young Men’s
Board of Trade
A Quiet Reflection on Immortality and Preparation
The essay argues that few attain a stance like Edison's on life after death. It urges living rightly now, avoiding speculation, and preparing for any possible future existence to ensure comfort and happiness beyond death. If no resurrection exists, the effort still holds value as a life well lived.
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Thomas A. Edison
Cast Out Fear to End World Shipwrecks
The piece argues fear fuels catastrophe, war, and persecution. It asserts fear disrupts trade, unsettles markets, and spurs violence. It urges readers to reject fear and choose a life free from its grip to prevent further harm.
Polar Year Expeditions To Study Arctic And Antarctic
Scientists from eleven nations plan a 14 month polar observing program starting next year. Five Canadian stations join the effort to map atmospheric and magnetic changes and aurora borealis while expanding the 1882 era network with new sites at Chesterfield Inlet Coppermine Meanook and Fort Rae.
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Arctic
Antarctic
Canadian
Dominion
John Patterson
Dominion Meteorological Service
Dominik
German Marine Meteorological Service
Empire Meteorologists
London
England
Copenhagen
Denmark
North Pole
Fort Rae
Fort Conger
Chesterfield Inlet
Hudson's Bay
Coppermine
Corporation Gulf
Meanook
Edmonton
Great Bear Lake
Feasible Route for Grain Shipments Through Hudson Strait
Captain W. J. Balcom of the ice-breaker N. B. McLean says Churchill to European ports shipments are feasible. Grain ships Farnworth and Warkworth totaling 7,410 and 7,172 tons sailed from Cape Chidley to Coates Island with no trouble. Conditions in Hudson Strait are the best in years with little field ice and some bergs. first snowfall was September 16.
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Hudson Strait
Canada
Churchill
W. J. Balcom
N. B. McLean
Quebec
Balcom
Farnworth
Warkworth
Cape Chidley
Coates Island
Old Country
McLean
Lindbergh declines to comment on US return
After a long journey Lindbergh faced reporters asking how it felt to be back in the United States. He replied that he “beg to be excused from saying anything at this time,” prompting noted rebuff as a bystander did his job.
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Lindbergh
United States
Lindy
Toronto inventor claims device curbs car exhaust fumes
W Gordon Marsh of Toronto claims a device eliminates deadly carbon monoxide from automobile exhaust. A E Smith of the University of Toronto analyzed a sample from a car with the device and reports the carbon monoxide was almost completely eliminated.
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W. Gordon Marsh
Toronto
A. E. Smith
University of Toronto
Smith
Plane safety reassurance dialogue
A passenger asks if the plane is absolutely safe and the pilot answers that it is the safest option available. The exchange highlights concern over air travel safety with a concise pilot reassurance.
Returns of Brussels doors End German Occupation
The bronze doors from the Palais de Justice in Brussels, seized by German authorities during the occupation, are returned after sixteen years in German possession. A second line of text about pay as you go is not relevant to the main event.
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Palais de Justice
Brussels
Belgium
Wishing Tree Damaged by Storms in Ontario
The wishing tree, an ancient maple near West Lake Belleville Ontario reputedly the world’s largest maple, has many broken limbs after recent storms. The tree’s girth exceeds 18 feet and it now stands about 60 feet tall. Stephen Lake aged 90 is cutting fallen limbs for firewood.
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West Lake
Belleville
Ontario
Stephen Lake
Prince Edward
Fiction as dessert balances study in college talk
Dr George H Locke addresses Victoria Women’s Association and undergraduates at Annesley Hall Toronto during the opening of the Cassie Walker Tackaberry Room for Reading. He urges reading a monthly fiction book and warns against treating fiction as frivolous, noting its value for expressing style beyond Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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George H. Locke
Victoria Women's Association
Annesley Hall
Toronto
Cassie Walker
King George Bags Many Grouse at Balmoral Hunt
King George enjoyed a vigorous grouse hunting outing at Balmoral Castle Scotland. He tramped through bracken and heather and rode steep slopes in the rugged countryside of Giengairn in pursuit of birds and bagged many of them.
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Balmoral Castle
Scotland
King George
Giengairn
Bright Student Dougald McDougal Faces Competition From Albert Burr
A Saskatchewan lad Albert Burr of Manor asserts he matched McDougal’s 12 years of schooling in eight years, five months and 20 days. Burr, a six footer, aims for college and seeks funding.
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Indianapolis
U.S.A
Dougald S. McDougal
Saskatchewan
Albert Burr
Manor
Young Burr
McDougall
Six
Not Soliciting Advice Telephone Exchange Quip
A humorous exchange at a pay station features a souse asking for a conversation from a friend rather than financial advice. The operator refuses, requesting a deposit and clarifies the call is not advice. The gag centers on miscommunication and social etiquette in a late 19th or early 20th century urban setting.
Voting Rules in Iceland Parliaments by Age
In Iceland women aged twenty five and older may vote for the Lower House while those aged thirty five and older vote for the Upper House, outlining two distinct eligibility thresholds in the nation’s parliamentary system.
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Iceland
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