New Cabinet Named by Premier Bennett in Ottawa
Premier RB Bennett announces the new cabinet lineup in Ottawa naming Hon Gideon Robertson as Minister of Labor at his request. Others listed include Col. Murray MacLaren Pensions and National Health, Hon Hugh Guthrie Justice, Hon Alfred Duranleau Marine, and Hon Thomas Murphy Interior. The prime minister will oversee finance until a successor is arranged after the short session to be called at the earliest legally possible date.
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RB Bennett
The
Privy Council
George Ho Perley
KOMG
EN. Rhodes
Gideon Roberton
HH. Stevens
Hugh Guthrie
RJ. Manion
FB Ryckman
J. A. MacDonald
Arthur Sauve
Col
Murray MacLaren
Hoa. Stewart
CH. Cahan
D. M. Sutherland
Alfred Duranleau
Marine
Thomas G. Murphy
Maurice Dupre
W. A. Gordon
Immigration and Colonization
Mines
Robert Weir
Agriculture
RH. Bennett
Department of Finance
Gideon Robertson
Labor
Robertson
Lost Prospectors Found After Twenty One Days In Northland
Two prospectors Harry of Paker's Natt Jdson and George were found safe after spending 21 days in muskeg near copper claims camp eight miles from it. They endured five days of storms and hunger, built shelter, signaled without fire, and were rescued by E R Patton and Wilf Caldwell near a strange lake.
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Man
Harry
Paker
Natt Jdson
Sergt. Tourgis
RCAF
Father
George
Bar Conference Attendees Sail for Canada From London
A party of 128 lawyers and judges heading British representation to the Canadian and American Bar Associations conference sailed aboard the Duchess of Atholl. Viscount Dunedin leads the judicial group, with Attorney General Sir William Jowitt and Sir John Simon among the notable members.
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Southampton
Mag
Toronto
Chicago
Canada
Duchess of Atholl
Dunedin
William Jowitt
John Simon
Indian Statutory Reform Commission
Plans For Prince Of Wales Visit To Argentina Next Year
London reports say the Prince of Wales will visit Argentina and Brazil next year to open a British trade exposition. Ambassador Ronald MacLeay informed President Brambone of the planned trip and possible extensions to other Latin American states were under consideration.
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Prince of Wales
South America
London
England
Argentina
Brazil
Aires
Buenos Aires
Ronald MacLeay
Brigoyen
United
Famous Bands May Join Western Class A Exhibitions
A Regina meeting concluded that at least two famous bands could be engaged for Western Canada Class A exhibitions in 1931. Mentioned groups include the Royal Scots Guards and the Barn Band, with the Coldstream Guards and Royal Air Force having appeared in Western Canada in the past five years.
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Prandon
Regina
Royal Scots Guards
Esses
Coldstream Guards
Royal Air Force
Canada
Soviets Back Chinese Reds Call for Global Chinese Revolution
Pravda urged workers and Communist parties worldwide to support the Chinese revolution. It called for committees in every factory and enterprise to enforce a hands off Chinese revolution policy.
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Moscow
Pravda
Communist Party
Freud Awarded Goethe Prize in Vienna
Prof. Sigmund Freud world famous psychiatrist and scientist was informed he had been awarded the Goethe Prize, the greatest scientific and literary distinction in Germany.
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Vienna
Sigmund Freud
Germany
Vancouver Wheat Carry Over and Exports
The 1030-31 crop year begins in Vancouver with 5 bushels of wheat stored as carryover from last season. From August 1 to date exports total 701,185 bushels, while railways report 387,000 bushels of off crop wheat moving toward Vancouver.
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Vancouver
Vancouver Board of Harbor Commissioners
Bureau Aids Stabilizing Trade Through Canadian Bureau
Montreal report quotes Joseph Crowder of the Retail Merchants' Association of Canada urging a government backed bureau with representatives from government, universities, and business. The body would monitor Canadian business, forecast depressions, and coordinate preventive measures to sustain employment and demand amid excess wheat reserves, a stock market crash, overproduction, and rising unemployment. Crowder notes farmers and factories both produce more than they can sell, yet money in the country remains steady, complicating depressions.
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Montreal
Canada
Joseph T. Crowder
Retail Merchants’ Association
Mr. Crowder
Crowder
Tragedy at Royal Regatta Yacht Sinks in Collision
At Cowes Isle of Wight the racing yacht Lucilla owned by J Lauriston Lewis sank after a collision with Lulworth at the start of Royal Regatta. Steward W H Saunders died. The Britannia led by the King witnessed the incident and won the race for her 200th victory.
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Collison
Cowes
Isle of Wight
Lucilla
J. Lauriston Lewis
King
Paton
Lulworth
Luleworth
WH. Ham Saunders
Will Recover Plane To Bring Mack Plane Abandoned
A Fokker aircraft abandoned at Cambridge Bay last September by the Mack Alpine party is to be recovered and flown to Edmonton. Pilot W J Puchanan, with T Gilmour, expects a roughly three week journey contingent on machine condition. If damaged, temporary repairs will be made and the plane ferried to Winnipeg. if sound, it will head to Edmonton. Gold imports from New York have risen to 14.5 million dollars, with 2 million more sent to the Canadian Bank of Commerce and Imperial Bank of Canada.
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Edmonton
Cambridge Bay
Arctic
W. J Puchanan
Western Canada Airways, Limited
T. Gilmour
Puchanan
North
Wicniper
Montreal
Que
New York
Sinc
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Imperial Bank of Canada
Destitute British Stowaways Return to London Ports
British police warn that hundreds of destitute Britons in New York hide to stow away on homebound liners. Southampton court, port authorities, and trans-Atlantic ships will intensify searches. Unemployment in the United States drives a wave of returnees aboard cargo steamers and passenger vessels. Ten stowaways have been arrested on liners anchoring at Glasgow and aboard Mauretania Plymouth and Minnehaha voyages.
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London
England
New York
London Daily Herald
Southampton
United States
Britain
Glasgow
Banks finance balance of the 1929 wheat crop
Premier Bracken of Manitoba spoke after a conference with eight bank managers and three premiers. He said western guarantees for the 1929 crop are not anticipated, banks and pools will carry the balance as before, and initial Pool payments have averaged 70 cents for No 1 Northern. Weather and drought signals affect market prospects and potential losses.
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Toronto
Prairie
Bracken
Middle Western
France
West
Writs Issued For Federal By-Elections In Canada
Writs for by elections were issued after appointments to the Conservative cabinet. Nomination day in most cases is August 25 with polling on September 2 in ten ridings and September 9 in five, under the Dominion Elections Act two weeks must pass between nomination and polling. Premier Bennett announced the list of writs after cabinet talks and aims to convene Parliament at the earliest legal date, possibly September 2, with no opposition expected to contest the ministers' seats. Rhodes of Nova Scotia is to sit in the Commons and will resign the provincial seat prompting a by election in his riding.
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Ottawa
Rhodes
Nova Scotia
RB Bennett
HH. Stevens
Vancouver Centre
Kootenay
Ste William
R. Janson
Msn
TG. Murphy
South Temiskaming
W. A Gordon
Melfort
Sask
Robert West
George Perley
John A. Macdonald
Robertson
Senate
Ottawa lumbermen doubt US tariff move helps trade
Ottawa and British Columbia lumber merchants say Washington's free entry for rough sawn timber and planed products will have little impact on Canadian trade. They view the ruling as a tariff clarification with no clear benefit to the Canadian lumber industry.
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Ottawa
Ont Laumoer
British Columbia
Ottawa Valley
Washington
United States
Census Figures Put US Population At 122,228,973
Preliminary census numbers show Continental United States at 122,228,973 with a grand 13,501,561 total including one township, and a 17,018,253 rise across the 48 states and District of Columbia. Ottawa and Rideau Hall host a Japanese goodwill gesture as a sword is presented to Viscount Willingdon. A new technical college at Saskatoon will educate 3,000 students.
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Continental
United States
Pennsylvania
States
District of Jumbia
Ottawa
Willingdon
Senji Suzuki
Canale
Rideau Hall
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
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Dominion Rust Research Laboratory
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Arthur Greenwood
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