Canadian government denies dumping wheat on market
John Mc Farland, general manager of the Canadian wheat pools central selling agency, declares the agency will not sell holdings until consumers want the wheat. He says government purchases stabilize prices and that rumors of dumping are unfounded. He notes 95,000,600 bushels marketed to date and most remaining crop is low grade or feed grade due to frost and weather.
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Winnipeg
Ne Holdings
John McFarland
Central
Canada
McFarland
Goasip
Mr. McFarland
Liverpool
Buenos Aires
Chicago
Window Washer Fights Hawk Over Chicago World’s Fair
William Weber, a window washer on the skyride tower at the Chicago World’s Fair, battled a large hawk in midair. The hawk attacked with beak and talons but Weber, clinging to his safety belt, repelled the bird using his tools and fists, sending the hawk away.
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Chicago
William Weber
Weber
Remembrance Day Observance Rules For Ottawa
Remembrance Day falls on Sunday November 11 and will be celebrated that day under federal rules. If a statutory holiday lands on Sunday the following Monday is usually observed for business, but Remembrance Day is not included in that provision. Local authorities may decide on any Monday business closure.
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Ottawa
Department of Secretary of State
Cattle Marketed Through Winnipeg Abattoirs
About 2,000 head of underfed cattle from drought areas of Manitoba and Saskatchewan have been marketed through Winnipeg abattoirs since the first loads arrived September 21, according to a checkup at local packing plants.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Salary cut restored for New Westminster teachers
An arbitration board has ordered the nine percent salary cut for New Westminster public and high school teachers to be restored retroactively to January 1, 1933. The decision affects teachers in New Westminster, British Columbia and reinstates earned wages.
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New Westminster
B.C
Labor party to hold especial convention on war policy
In Southport England the Labour party after rejecting a general strike proposal set plans for a special convention to decide Labour's stance in wartime. Arthur Henderson asserted Labour would block Britain from entering war and would oppose any government dragging Britain into conflict. The conference also welcomed Russia joining the League of Nations. Montreal notes McGill professor F Clarke will join University of London as adviser to overseas students, leaving January end. H D Southam appointed assistant professor of education at McGill.
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Southport
England
Britain
Labor Party
Arthur Henderson
World Disarmament Conference
Labor
Russia
League of Nations
Henderson
Montreal
F. Clarke
McGill University
Institute of Education
University of London
H. D. Southam
British Columbia Normal School
Vancouver
McGill
Experimental farm planned for Melfort Saskatchewan
The government will establish a 640 acre experimental farm at New Farm Station in Melfort Sask to study clay bush country farming. It will serve farmers in the prairies north of the Carrot River valley with livestock and forage crop focus and start operations next year.
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Ottawa
Melfort
Sask
Department of Agriculture
Claybush
Prairies
Saskatchewan
Carrot River
Bruce urges definite British farm policy for inter imperial trade
Stanley Bruce in Bradford urged the British government to clearly state agricultural objectives and the role of Dominion imports. He called for guiding principles to shape a concrete inter imperial trade policy, noting standstill pacts on meat and cattle exports and eggs under discussion.
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Bradford
England
Dominions
Stanley Bruce
Australia
London
Bruce
Bradford Textile Society
May Lower Interest for Canadian Farm Loan Board Borrowers
An order in council, obtained by Finance Minister E N Rhodes, allows the Canadian farm loan board to borrow from the federal treasury at four percent and offer borrowers loans at five percent. The minister may also buy four percent bonds of the board up to ten million dollars, in hundred thousand dollar installments.
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Ottawa
Canadian Farm Loan Board
E. N. Rhodes
Federal Treasury
Minister of Finance
Trade in Britain improves says Chamberlain to London bankers
Chancellor of the Exchequer Neville Chamberlain told a London bankers’ dinner that evidence shows Britain's trade has improved and pledged to maintain sterling independence. He cited the exchange equalization account to curb currency fluctuations and noted exports rose about 100 million dollars in the first eight months while international trade challenges grow. Montagu Norman praised central banks and the Bank for International Settlements as pivotal to a cooperative imperial monetary policy.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Great Britain
Montagu Norman
Bank of England
Bank For International Settlements
Chamberlain
Plane Crash Kills Seven In English Channel
A Hillmans Airways plane carrying seven people crashed into the misty English Channel three miles from Folkestone while en route from Romford to Paris. The wreck resulted in seven fatalities including two women. witnesses said a loud engine roar preceded the plunge. The Leander captain heard the crash, and the Biarritz rescued five bodies. An SOS had been sent to Croydon airdrome before the loss. Heavy rain marked the incident.
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Folkestone
Eng
English Channel
le Bourget
France
Leander
Biarritz
S.O.S
Croydon
Hillman's Airways
Romford
Essex
London
Paris
Nobel Peace Prize Likely Bestowed on Sir Norman Angell
Oslo cable to the New York Times quotes President M Olden of the Norwegian Peace Society predicting the 1934 Nobel peace prize will go to Sir Norman Angell. Angell, economist author and former British MP, has written extensively on peace and war topics.
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New York
Oslo
New York Times
M. Olden
Norwegian Peace Society
Norman Angell
Hearing Opens On Alberta Claim For Dominion Resource Control
The hearing into Alberta's claim for compensation for the province's natural resources during Dominion administration has opened. The royal commission to adjudicate the claim includes Justice A. K. Dysart Judge T. M. Tweedie of Calgary and G. C. MacDonald of Montreal.
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Ottawa
Alberta
Royal Commission
A. K. Dysart
T. M. Tweedie
Calgary
G. C. MacDonald
Montreal
Ontario Schools Plan To Teach Agriculture
Ontario minister of agriculture Duncan Marshall announced plans with the departments of agriculture and education to add agriculture to the public school curriculum. He said he reached an understanding with education minister L J Simpson to teach scientific agriculture in all public schools, aiming to make it a priority within two to three years.
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Toronto
Duncan Marshall
Ontario
Departments of Agriculture and Education
Young Men's Canadian Club
L. J Simpson
Three Army Flyers Die In Mammoth Mountain Crash
World War II era pilots Captain Robert E. Selff, Second Lieutenant Clifford L. Huffman, and Private Leroy Hitchcock were killed when an Army bombing plane crashed and burned eight miles north of Mammoth Ranger Station in Inyo National Forest. Cadet Fay W. Olmsted bailed out, landing near a cliff edge and escaping.
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Bishop
Calif
Mammoth Ranger Station
Inyo National Forest
Robert E. Selff
11Th
Worcester
Mass
Clifford L. Huffman
Fort Collins
Colo
Leroy Hitchcock
Bakersfield
Fay W. Olmsted
Santa Barbara
Lower Taxation and Interest Rates Expected
Ottawa reports forecasts of tax cuts and lower borrowing costs as Canada issues a 250 million refunding loan. Prime Minister Bennett in London and Finance Minister Rhodes in Ottawa say recovery and higher revenues support tax reductions and downwards trend in rates. They note bond yields, bank rates, and CN Rail improvements signaling a improving economy.
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Ottawa
Canada
R. B. Bennett
London
E. N. Rhodes
Mr. Bennett
Bennett
Rhodes
Canadian National Railways
Munitions racket branded by Nye fuels push for reform
Washington Senator Gerald Nye called the manufacture and sale of munitions the world’s greatest racket as he urged nationalization and wartime taxes. He said the industry operates with governments and officials in a partnership, often swearing allegiance under different flags. The investigation’s full scope awaits further appropriations.
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Washington
Gerald Nye
North Dakota
US Senate Munitions Investigation Committee
Senate
Lower Interest Rates Vancouver
Frank A. Rolph president of the Imperial Bank of Canada arrived in Vancouver and said public debt interest rates are falling and will stay down for years. He noted provincial and municipal financing would feel the effect though not as low as the Dominion and that the trend is driven by government action.
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Vancouver
Canada
Frank A. Rolph
Imperial Bank of Canada
Dominion
Relief Lists Lower Victoria in British Columbia Drop
Relief registrations in British Columbia fell to 29 000, the lowest in two years, as consolidation of old and new lists neared completion. Provincial areas had 10 000 labeled, municipalities 19 000, excluding dependents, with unemployment relief down from March’s 51 000 to 31 600 in July and now 29 000.
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Victoria
British Columbia
E. W. Griffiths
Reception For Prince Fremantle Australia Visit
Australia welcomed the Duke of Gloucester as he arrived aboard H M S Sussex. An aeroplane circled the sky and pleasure craft lined the waterway while huge crowds cheered as he drove 13 miles to Perth for his first public function. He laid a wreath at the war memorial.
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Fremantle
Australia
Duke of Gloucester
H.M.S. Sussex
Perth
War Memorial
Winnipeg author urges national government for Canada
Rev Charles W Gordon known as Ralph Connor urged a national government for Canada during a service club address in Winnipeg. He argued one group could not solve the country's problems, outlining a plan to unite diverse factions.
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Chatham
Ont
Canada
Charles W. Gordon
Winnipeg
Ralph Connor
Berlin Bans Balloon Tires to Save Rubber
An official restriction on bidding the manufacture of balloon type tires has been put into operation to conserve scarce rubber supplies. Balloon tires require twice as much rubber as ordinary tires.
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Berlin
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Jack Terry
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Torchy Peden
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Selff
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