Provinces fight CPR bid to appeal rate ruling
Seven provinces petitioned the Board of Transport to block CPR and CN proposals to take the eight per cent rate increase to Canada’s Supreme Court. They argued the board fulfilled its duties and warned against delaying transportation study processes and royal commission work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TAWA
Canadian Pacific Railway
supreme court of Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Newfoundland
board of transport commissioners
C.P.R
hignest
royal commission on transportation
Canadian National Railways
CPR
supreme court
Left Hand Corner observes 450th sugar mill anniversary
The Dominican Republic marks the 450th anniversary of the first western hemisphere sugar mill founded after Columbus planted sugar cane in 1493. The industry drives the island’s economy with about 500 000 tons produced and exports under a British Food Ministry contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher Columbus
Canary Islands
Spain
Portugal
Dominican Republic
British Food Ministry
Ask Closer Look Govt. Expenses
The opposition urges a closer look at government expenditures. George Drew proposes a special committee to examine department estimates item by item to shorten sessions. Finance Minister Abbott says the government will study the suggestion and report at the next session. A vote of 114 560 000 for next month’s expenditures was approved. A plan for a grant in lieu of taxation for federal properties is promised. A private members bill seeks to move divorce proceedings to the exchequer court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
George Drew
commons
Drew
PROMISE
Abbott
Quebec
Newfoundland
exchequer court
Stan
Five men get seven years each in narco ring case
Five men were sentenced to seven years in a Dominion wide narcotics conspiracy case in Vancouver. Carmen Chiavitti of Toronto received seven years plus a 10000 dollar fine or three more years. Dan Gasberini of Hamilton seven years no fine. Mike Kushman of Vancouver seven years plus 5000 fine or two extra years. John Smokier of Vancouver seven years concurrent with a prior three year term plus 5000 fine or two more years. Steve Bohach of Vancouver seven years plus fine. Five others were acquitted after a 13 day trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VANCOUVER
assize
Carmen Chiavitti
Toronto
Dan Gasberini
Hamilton
Mike Kushman
John Smokier
Steve Bohach
A. D. Macfarlane
R.CMP
Calgary Stockyards Congested as Fall Cattle Flood Hits
Calgary stockyards were packed as farmers and ranchers released a fall flood of cattle after bad weather and harvesting delays. Officials said the yards would post their busiest week ever, with over 7 000 cattle in the yards on Wednesday and more arriving by truck and rail. Prices held steady though some signs of weakening appeared in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CALGARY
livestock commission
Toronto
Winnipeg
Dominion
Edmonton
Cattle Prices Near Record In Chicago
Beef on the hoof sells near record prices at Union Stock Yards Chicago October 27 1919. Prime steer top price yesterday reached 41.50 per hundred pounds, sold to named restaurants clubs and hotels, not butcher shops. Prices for prime cattle have risen sharply over two weeks while the all time peak from September last year is within 10 cents. The widest price spread between top and bottom steer grades is reported as more cattle grade average than prime, tied to a scarcity of prime steers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Independent Liberals Trigger Ottawa Showdown
In Ottawa the government faces a heady clash over a by election surge by independents who back the government. New independents Paul Dube and Arthur Masse join Quebec’s Kamouraska seat holder and Montreal’s Edgar Leduc, prompting cabinet deliberations and fear of a Quebec independent Liberal movement ahead of Monday’s house entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
Cat
commons
St. Laurent
Paul Dube
New Brunswick
Restigouche-Madawaska
Arthur Masse
Quebec
R. Bruneau
Ontario
Prescott
British grant asylum to Hungarian embassy clerk in London
London on October 27 Reuters reports that the British government granted asylum to Minaly Gerencser a 55 year old passport clerk at the Hungarian embassy. He resigned four days earlier after the foreign office demanded his recall as reprisal for an alleged kidnapping by Hungarian police of a former engineer at the British legation in Budapest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
Reuters
Minaly Gerencser
Gerencser
foreign office
Budapest
Woman Found Dead in Princeton Cottage Bedroom
The victim identified as Mrs. George Mathewson, 24, was found in her Princeton British Columbia cottage bedroom. The former Mona Ganderton of Wainwright Alberta is noted, with a four months since the death described. A copyright photo shows her as a nurse graduate from Edmonton General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nain
Princeton
George Mathewson
Mona Ganderton
Wainwright
Alita
Gaertz
Edmonton
Edmonton General hospital
MP proposes royal pay cut to aid Britain crisis
Labour MP Emrys Hughes urged a house of commons motion to reduce royal family funds. The King currently receives 410000 pounds annually, Princess Elizabeth 40000, and Prince Philip 10000, with ongoing payments to Queen Mother Mary and other royals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
Britain
house of commons
Emrys Hughes
Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Mary
Archbishop Blasts U S Ignorance of British Affairs
London, Oct 27 Reuters Dr Cyril Garbett archbishop of York after a two month tour of the United States and Canada condemned ordinary Americans ignorance and unfair criticism of British affairs He accused the press aside from New York and Washington of giving scanty European news and alleged Jews and Roman Catholics use it to carry vendettas.
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LONDON
Reuters
Cyril Garbett
York
United States
Canada
New York
Washington
England
Europe
Hail Claims Paid to Alberta Farmers Reach 450000
Alberta farmers received about 450000 in hail claims this year from the Alberta hail insurance board. Only 10 percent of the province’s 90000 farmers were insured, with 1235 claims filed. The losses represent a portion of total crop value and the 2023 season saw severe storms in August hitting Lacombe Ponoka Clandonald Marwayne and districts from Pigeon Lake to Elk Point Heinsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CALGARY
Alberta
Alberta hail insurance board
Lacombe
Ponoka
Save Americans From ley Waters
Three Winnipeg residents Henry and Walter Peterson and Steve Juba rescued two Americans Wes Nissalke and Herb Kiaglea from Whiteshell lake after a boat capsized. Albert Boyd Sr. drowned when his boat overturned in Netley marshes while he attempted to retrieve a decoy.
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WINNIPEG
St. James
Netley marshes
here
Trade union council withholds vote on Britain's economy plan
The Trades Union Congress delays its endorsement of the government's economic program, setting November 9 as a deadline for final policy, while observers expect only qualified backing and critics press for sterner measures. Sir John Anderson blasts sterling policy as too generous, opening Conservative opposition debates on 280 million economy cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ONDON
Trades Union Congress
Britain
T.U.C
general council
John Anderson
Labor
pariament
John
New Bishop Enthroned in Saskatoon Diocese
Rt. Rev. W. E. Fuller, a Peterborough born First World War writer and former CBC governor, has been enthroned as bishop of the Diocese of Saskatoon in the Church of England in Canada. He has served in Maritime parishes before his appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Fuller
Saskatoon
Canada
Bishop Fuller
Maritimes
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Warn G B Worker Face Change In Jobs
London reports that British workers may be required to change jobs by government direction as Sir Stafford Cripps warned in Parliament the country could force transfers to maintain full employment. The Engage ments Order grants power for compulsory work assignments, with 29 people already directed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warn G.B
LONDON
Stafford Cripps
house of commons
Air Vice Marshal C R Dunlap Named North West Air Command Chief
Air Vice-Marshal C R Dunlap of Sydney Mines Newfoundland head of the air planning division at Ottawa for the past year is appointed head of the Royal Canadian Air Force North West Air Command with headquarters in Edmonton. He will assume the post November 1 replacing Air Vice Marshal H L Campbell whose transfer to Washington was announced recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.C.AF
Herald Eng
C. R. Dunlap
Sydney Mines
air force headquarters
Ottawa
R.C.A.F
North West Air Command
Edmonton
H. L. Campbell
CB.E
Washington
Nehru Critiques Soviet System During US Tour stop
Prime Minister Nehru told a Chicago banquet that individual freedom ceases under the Soviet system yet he supports peace and warned against entanglement in the cold war. He suggested war is not a solution and noted Western societies tend to centralize, contrasting with India’s stance on liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CHICAGO
Nehru
India
United States
Canada
Favor New Schools But Not City Hall
Winnipeg voters backed a 1.5 million bylaw to fund three new schools and extensions, while rejecting a 700 thousand bylaw to buy the downtown United College site for a new city hall. The vote favored schools by about two to one and opposed the city hall project by a similar margin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WINNIPEG
United College
Refuse Housing Probe Declined by Minister Winters
Reconstruction Minister Winters told A R Mosher the federal govt does not plan a royal commission to probe housing costs at this time. In a public letter he said policy aims toward mass housing for ownership, with rental housing needed, and that full discussion will come in the House of Commons in years ahead.
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C.P.R
C.F. H. Carson
royal commission
Carson
H. B. Chase
UAWA
Winters
MOSHER
A. R. Mosher
Canadian Congress of Labor
congress
royal commissions
wav
house of commons
HALIFAX
No Confidence Motion Defeated in Commons
London reports the Conservative no confidence motion against the Labour government failed 353 to 222 in the House of Commons. Moments later Labour secured a confidence vote 337 to 5, after Labour leaders demanded the challenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
Labor
house of commons
TRUMAN
DENFELD
WASHINGTON
Louis E. Denfeld
naval operations
Navy
Francis Matthews
C.P.R
OTTAYYA
Board of Transport Commissioners
Canadian Pacific Railway
supreme court of Canada
tse supreme court
OTTAWA
CANADA
EDMONTON
Fremier E. C. Manning
Alberta
Canada Land and Irrigation Co
STOCKHOLM
Reuters
Walter Rudolf Hess
Zurich University Institute of Physiology
Antonio Exas Moniz
Lisbon University
SAN FRANCISCO
Formosa
Globe Wreiess
GANDHI
NEW DELHI
Indian home ministry
N. V. Godse
Narayan Apte
Mohandas Gandhi
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U.S
G.B
TUC WITHHOLDS
anad
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