Plans Ready for Public Hearing of Dominion Commission
Ottawa announces plans for a royal commission on Dominion provincial relations to hold public hearings in Ottawa and all provincial capitals once submissions are ready. Chief Justice N W Rowell says opening date cannot be forecast. provinces must submit first. The inquiry will hear from governments and public groups, with municipalities represented by provincial governments. The commission, focusing on changes to the British North America Act to improve economic relations, may produce a report after a Dominion provincial conference and before a parliamentary session.
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Ottawa
Royal Commission On
N. W. Rowell
Ontaro
Rowell
Canada
Weather Bureaus Expand Across Canada
Clarence Boughner, matologist at Toronto’s meteorological bureau, tours the Canadian northwest to help establish weather bureaus for a trans-Canada airways project. He will fly Edmonton to St Nelson, northern British Columbia, then set up stations in Peace River district and northern Alberta, some reachable only by long horse journeys.
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Simcoe
Clarence Boughner
Meteorological Reau
Toronto
Canadian Northwest
ans-Canada Airways
Edmonton
St Nelson
British Colabia
British Columbia
Iorthern Alberta
Peace River
Horseck
Cattle shipments to Lambton County expected to peak
Sarnia forecasts record western feeder cattle shipments into Lambton county as drovers from the west increase purchases. Ample feed in the county and active markets in the United States and Ontario suggest winter feeding will be profitable.
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Sarnia
Ont
Lambton
Lambton County
United States
Ontario
Notable Birthday for Canada’s Elder Senator Turgeon
Hon. Onesiphore Turgeon celebrated his 88th birthday quietly in Bathurst New Brunswick on September 6. He told visitors he hopes to surpass the age of any prior Canadian senator. His sons include Mr. Justice Alphonse Turgeon of the Saskatchewan appeal division and Grey Turgeon MSP in Vancouver.
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Bathurst
N.B
Onesiphore Turgeon
Canada
Alphonse Turgeon
Saskatchewan Supreme Court
Grey Turgeon
Vancouver
Frightful Carnage Reported in Shanghai-Area Bombardment
Chinese spokesmen denounced a Japanese aerial attack on a train at Sungkiang station as useless warfare that killed 1550 civilians fleeing the front. They argued the wreck carried no soldiers and the station saw no military use. Vice Admiral Hasegawa demanded Chinese troop withdrawals beyond the three power note. The Chinese rejected surrender terms unless foreign ships guarantee no landings in Pootung.
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Shanghai
Sungkiang
Hangchow
Kiyoshi Hasegawa
Hasegawa
Pootung Road
International Settlement
Pootung
China
Canada Watches Events Ottawa Cabinet Keeps Quiet
The Dominion government, briefed on British and world events, held a second cabinet council with no public announcements. Reports from London on piracy in the Mediterranean and Britain's attitude drew cabinet attention. Possible expansion of Canadian offices abroad and new high commissioners were discussed, but no official statements were issued.
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Ottawa
Europe
China
Mackenzie King
London
Mediterranean
Dominions
Belgium
Canada
Strengthening Defences Canberra
Measures to strengthen Australia’s defences were placed before the House of Representatives. Proposals include a powerful wireless station at Canberra for communications with North Australia waters, converting the cruiser Adelaide to oil burning engines, arming the 9,870 tonne cruiser Australia with heavier armor, recommissioning the seaplane carrier Albatross, and establishing a general purpose air squadron at Darwin’s new air station to boost naval and air force cooperation.
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Canberra
North Australia
Adelaide
Australia
Albatross
Darwin
Japan Buys Record Scrap Iron Exports in Seven Months
The Commerce Department reports Japan purchased more than half of U S scrap iron and steel exports in the first seven months of the year. Total shipments reached 2,600,707 gross tons worth 51,957,619 dollars, the highest level on record, with Japan taking 1,529,511 tons.
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Washington
Japan
United States
Commerce Department
Winnipeg Hangar Plan At Stevenson Airport
Trans-Canada Airways plans a hangar at Stevenson airport in Winnipeg with an estimated cost between $100 000 and $150 000. Reeve R H Hooper of St James council announced the project.
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Winnipeg
Trans-Canada Airways
Stevenson
R. H. Hooper
St. James Municipal
Dalhousie Professor Resigns for Manitoba Post
Professor James Macdonald head of commerce at Dalhousie University Halifax resigns to accept a position at the University of Manitoba.
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Halifax
James Macdonald
Commerce Department
Dalhousie University
University of Manitoba
State Dept Denies Abandoning Rights in China
Officials said warnings to U.S. citizens to leave danger areas in China should not be read as surrendering any American rights there. The comment followed a telegram from the American Chamber of Commerce at Shanghai protesting any statement implying such abandonment.
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Washington
State Department
United States
China
Hull
American Chamber of Commerce
Shanghai
Britain pledges focus on end of piracy at Nyon talks
London reports Britain will press for a limited Nyon conference to secure Mediterranean shipping against piracy. Britain and France aim to avoid blame games, seek submarine restrictions on certain routes, and pledge mutual protection if needed. Russia and Italy spark a diplomatic dispute over two Soviet ship attacks.
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London
Great Britain
Mediterranean Sea
Germany
Italy
Foreign Office
Britain
France
Russia
Soviet Firing Squad Taints Ukraine District Officials
Eight regional officials in Ukraine and Azov districts were executed after being convicted as wreckers in the Soviet agricultural program. They were found guilty of spreading foot and mouth disease by letting diseased cattle mix with healthy stock.
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Moscow
Ukraine
Azov
CBC to Ban Market Price Commentary and Late-Night Recordings
Gladstone Murray of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation announced forthcoming radio bans on market price commentaries and most recorded programs between 7 30 p m and 11 p m to foster live talent. The move also targets radio liquor advertising and broadcasts on birth control citing investor losses and public complaints.
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Toronto
Gladstone Murray
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
C.3.c
Murray
Canada
C.B.C
Giant Sauropod Unearthed in Utah Hints at Mega Dinosaur
Dr Charles W Gilmore paleontologist reports discovery in western Utah of sauropod bones from the dinosaur era spanning 806000000 to 150000000 years ago. The recovered bones suggest a creature about 80 feet long and 15 feet high, an enormous monster of its time.
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Washington
Smithsonian Instituten
Charles W. Gilmore
Utah
Earth
Gilmore
National plan urged to combat relief hardship in Canada
Vancouver. Arthur B. Purvis, chairman of the national employment commission, told the Canadian Chamber of Commerce that a full program is vital to restore the physique and morale of relief recipients. He urged local plans, collaborative action, and proof of need for aid. The commission seeks recognition of government obligations for social security.
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Vancouver
Arthur B. Purvis
National Employment Commission
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Purvis
Dreath
Drouth
Canada
Canadian Missionary Describes Shanghai War Horrors
Miss Margaret Brown, a Canadian missionary evacuated from Shanghai, writes of shelling in a boardinghouse and her relief at help from British authorities, the navy, and the Empress of Asia crew aboard the Empress of Asia in Hong Kong. She notes about a half dozen Canadians aboard and asks fellow countrymen to know of the aid received.
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Vancouver
Shanghai
Margaret Brown
Miss Brown
Hong Kong
Faith in West Expressed by Sir Edward Beatty
Sir Edward Beatty, president of Canadian Pacific Railways, told the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Vancouver that western Canada remains well suited for permanent settlement despite drought and falling production. He rejected views that prairie lands should be left natural and praised CP’s historical route choices and future agricultural potential.
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Vancouver
Edward Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railways
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Praire
Dominion
Chamber
Sir Edward
Canada
Prairie Provinces
Palliser Triangle
Winnipeg
Calgary
Kicking Horse Pass
Edmonton
Yellow Head Pass
Republic
Canadian Pacific
North America
Western
Abolish Duty on X Ray Machines Urged in Ottawa
The Canadian hospital council voted to memorialize the Dominion government to abolish the 10 percent customs tariff on X ray machines and discussed ethics of secrecy in medicine. Dr. A. F. Anderson of Edmonton led the resolution noting British manufacturers benefited from Ottawa trade agreements with free UK X ray supplies.
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Ottawa
Canadian Hospital Council
Dominion
A. F. Anderson
Edmonton
United Kingdom
Delegation To League Heads Ottawa Group
Ottawa delegates to the League of Nations assembly are led by Senator Raoul Dandurand who in 1925 chaired the league’s sixth assembly. Joining him are Hon. James L. Hiley the national revenue minister and Hon. Vincent Massey the Canadian high commissioner in London.
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Ottawa
Canada
League of Nations Assembly
Raoul Dandurand
Assembly of the League
James L. Hiley
Vincent Massey
London
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Weather Bureaus
Trans- Canada Airways
Sertatives
Manitoba
Si Eric Drummond
Rome
Earl of Perth
Sir Eric
Bled
Smithsonian Institute
Mr. Purvis
Britan
Hughe Knatchbull-Huggeson
Anthony Eden
Robert Vansittart
West
Sir Edward Beatty
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