Railways show earnings rise aiding national budget outlook
Ottawa notes improvement in railway earnings and national revenues as CN and CPR expect about 30 million dollars higher gross earnings this year and CN net gains near 9 million. Deficit for railways could fall to around 47 million while overall revenues rise by roughly 50 million by year end, with a likely ordinary surplus despite higher debt and pension costs.
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Ottawa
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific
Canada Still Leads Recovery Says Babson Experts
Officials of the Babson statistical organization at a clients conference declared Canada had made the greatest recovery from the low mood of any country. They noted slight business unsettledness due to election talk. Creighton J. Hill predicted no sweeping recovery program, as Canada would let the United States pursue large scale economic experiments.
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Toronto
Babson Statistical Organization
Canada
Creighton J. Hill
Babson Canadian Department
Dominion
United States
Churchill Elevator Praised by S.S. Alma Dawson Captain
Captain Arnold Taylor praised Churchill's elevator as among the world’s best for efficiency and equipment. He commanded the S.S. Alma Dawson which carried grain from a northern Manitoba port last summer. He credited George Kill, the Churchill resident engineer, for the facility’s quality.
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Montreal
Churchill
Arnold Taylor
Taylor
S.S
Oil Discovery Prompt Saskatchewan Research Leave
Dr. Donald F. MacDonald of St. Francis Xavier University has been granted leave to report on a new oil discovery in central Saskatchewan. The associate professor will depart for the west and plans to return within a month.
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Antigonish
N.S
Donald F. MacDonald
St. Francis Xavier University
United States
Saskatchewan
Printing Voters Lists To Start Next Month
The government printing bureau will begin printing voters lists next month, a task of over 6 million names. An additional 3 million names could be added if re arranging by consecutive street numbers is pursued.
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Ottawa
Government Printing Bureau
Breadner retires after long service in Canadian civil sector
R. W. Breadner C M G retires on superannuation after a long career in Canada’s civil service. He served for many years as commissioner of customs and in the past year as tariff adviser to the department of finance. Born in Athelstan Quebec sixty nine years ago.
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Ottawa
Civil Service of Canada
R. W. Breadner
C.M.G
Customs
Department of Finance
Mr. Breadner
Athelstan
Que
Canadian girl joins British Honduras board of education
Miss Ethel L. Alexander of Amherstburg Ontario son of J. H. Alexander, prominent Amherstburg resident, set a precedent by becoming a member of a board of education in British Honduras.
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Amherstburg
Ont
Ethel L. Alexander
J. H. Alexander
Ontario
Board of Education
British Honduras
Winnipeg Bread War sparks plea for urgent action
The Retail Merchants' Association urged Premier Bracken to enforce labor and health rules to aid independent bakers facing a price war with chain stores. They cited Alberta's deputy minister code proposal and undercut prices causing 14 to 16 hour shifts for as little as $19 monthly, with bread quality deteriorating.
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Winnipeg
Retail Merchants’ Association
John Bracken
Alberta
Trades and Industries Act
MacDonald presses international licensing to curb arms
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald argued in Southampton that armament control requires an international licensing system for weapons. He stressed the government pursues peace but faces hard realities as foreign partners may not share aims, saying progress depends on others agreeing to disarm.
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Southampton
Eng
Ramsay MacDonald
John Simon
Meisner Identified in Kidnapping Case in Ontario
David Meisner was named by John S. Labatt as one of three men who abducted him on a western Ontario road last August and held him for nearly 60 hours before release near Toronto. Labatt testified as the first witness at Meisner's preliminary hearing, with Meisner committed for trial at the next assizes.
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London
Ont
John S. Labatt
David Meisner
Ontario
Toronto
Meisner
Ottawa cabinet council addresses routine public works contracts
In two brief sessions the cabinet council focused on routine matters with no announcements. The public works program dominated the agenda as tenders for various contracts were reviewed for award decisions.
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Cabinet
Ottawa
Cabinet Council
Fog Cost Three Lives Across Britain in Dense Smog
A thick fog across the United Kingdom cost three lives and disrupted transport from London to Glasgow. A Derby-bound train killed two railway guards unloading horses, a motorcyclist died at Kettering, six fishing vessels collided off Lowestoft, and ships waited at Liverpool and Greenock with many sailings delayed or halted.
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London
United Kingdom
Bristol
Glasgow
Derby
Kettering
Lowestoft
Liverpool
New York
Greenock
Mersey
Clycle
Dublin
Belfast
Ontario Labor Legislation Aims to Raise Worker Standards
Premier Hepburn announced cabinet approval of Hon. A. W. Roebuck's proposed labor legislation. He said it will be submitted to the Ontario Liberals and is designed to improve social standards and curb cut-throat competition, without compulsion and not a price-fixing code.
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Toronto
A. W. Roebuck
Ontario
Liberals
Mitchell F. Hepburn
United States
Hepburn
Saar plebiscite plans dominate League meeting
Geneva reports the League of Nations council will meet November 21 to arrange the Saar plebiscite amid fears of a Nazi seizure and French troop moves. German leaders deny plans for a putsch while France warns against aggression as residents vote January 13 to choose League trusteeship, return to Germany, or join France.
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Geneva
Europe
Saar
League of Nations Council
League
Germany
France
Ture
Council
Henry named house leader for Conservatives in Ontario
Hon. George S. Henry, former premier, was endorsed as house leader for the Conservative opposition at the next legislature session by caucus members. They urged an immediate provincial convention after the session to review leadership and policy. Karl K. Homuth, a former Conservative member, had pressed Henry to resign and call a new leadership convention but said he was satisfied with the outcome. The caucus also proposed summoning all Conservative candidates in the June 19 election to confer with Henry before the session on party questions and guidance. Henry agreed to the plan.
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Toronto
George S. Henry
Karl K. Homuth
South Waterloo
Henry
Homuth
London Talks Fail to Move U S on Naval Compromise
Reliable reports say Britain failed to persuade United States delegates at the two power naval conversations to abandon opposition to compromise ideas. A surprise conference let the British explain a plan that would grant Japan naval equality in name but not in fact, while the Americans maintained the Washington and London treaty principles. The Brits pressed for substitutes, but the Americans evaded all proposals.
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London
Great Britain
United States
Japan
Washington
Miss Harriet Carman Canadian Nurse Dies After Illness
Miss Harriet Edith Carman a distinguished Canadian overseas nurse died in hospital after a brief illness. She served nearly five years in military hospitals with the McGill hospital unit and was decorated for her services. Born in Winnipeg, she gained high regard for her wartime work in Montreal.
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Montreal
Harriet Edith Carman
Miss Carman
McGill
Winnipeg
Loyalists in London urge Irish republic declaration
John Morgan of London University told a meeting of Irish loyalists that within months Ireland could declare a de jure and de facto republic. He called the Anglo Irish treaty legally dead as Dublin abolished key safeguards and demanded Britain state its intentions over unpaid land annuities amid tariff tensions.
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London
Famon de Valera
John Morgan
London University
Britain
Irish Free State
Morgan
Dublin
Ireland
Farm Club Movement Teams Enter Royal Winter Fair in Toronto
Thirty two club teams of two members compete in livestock and field crop projects at the Royal Winter fair. The event links to the national club contests of the boys and girls farm club movement. Only two girls join the teams this year, Bernice Hornbrook of Sussex Poultry Club and Louise McDermot of Hazelridge Poultry Club.
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Toronto
Bernice Hornbrook
Sussex Poultry Club
Sussex
N.B
Louise McDermot
Hazelridge Poultry Club
Hazelridge
Man
Plan to Extend and Reform World Wheat Quotas
The international wheat advisory committee, with all 21 signatories to the 1933 London pact, plans to discuss extending quotas to 1937, creating reserves, and shifting to quarterly quotas. Argentina’s overquota shipments prompt contingency measures as world demand for the coming crop year is set at about 600 million bushels.
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London
International Wheat Advisory Committee
Budapest
Hungary
Surplus grain sold to U S in Winnipeg export deal
Winnipeg grain exporters confirmed a sale of 600000 bushels of低grade Canadian wheat for animal feed to U S buyers. The shipment, worth about 390000 on Fort William basis, will leave farmers with around 250000 after freight and commissions. Frost damaged wheat from western Canada dominates the load, with Saskatchewan and Peace River areas supplying most. Alberta feed shipments to U S drought areas are anticipated once rail rates are arranged. Minister George Hoadley said sale details are settled and rail freight talks continue.
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Winnipeg
United States
Western Canada
Fort William
Prairies
Saskatchewan
Peace River
Alberta
George Hoadley
Trade and Industry
South
War on Insect Pests Ottawa Conference Plans
Canadian entomologists and field officers from the Dominion government will meet in Ottawa on November 26 to review past insect control work and plan future policy. Grasshopper control on prairie provinces will be a key topic as officials anticipate a renewed western infestation next year.
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Ottawa
Atlantic
Pacific
Canada
Department of Agriculture
Prairie Provinces
Appoint Debt Boards for Prairie Provinces
Provincial boards under the Farmers Creditors Arrangement Act were appointed by cabinet for Alberta and Saskatchewan awaiting governor-general orders. The boards will arrange debt compositions when official receivers cannot reach debtor and creditor agreement. Formation is near completion for the three prairie provinces where activity is heaviest.
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Ottawa
Farmers Creditors Arrangement Act
Cabinet Council
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Prairie
Air Mail Plane Crash Near Long Reach Australia
Four people died when an Imperial Airways air mail plane crashed 29 miles from Long Reach Queensland. Three crew members and one passenger perished. Long Reach lies about 300 miles northwest of Brisbane. Cause of the crash is not yet known.
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Sydney
Australia
Imperial Airways
Long Reach
Queensland
Brisbane
Government Lottery Bill Passed in Commons Vote
The governments betting and lotteries bill received third reading in the House of Commons by a 206 to 38 vote. It restricts gate sales and publication of lottery news and now proceeds to the House of Lords.
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London
House of Commons
House of Lords
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