Canadian Wheat Market Seen Key at Imperial Conference
Dr. W W Swanson, Bennett economic adviser, urged Britain to renew Canadian wheat preference to boost demand as temporary low prices reflect a global downturn. He linked British purchases to Canada’s export success and warned against letting the preference lapse, noting Russian grain competition and wartime conditions. Swanson stressed farmers’ distress and called for nonpartisan action to sustain market access.
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Great Britain
W. W. Swanson
RB Bennett
Toronto
Canada
Swanson
Department of Economics
University of Saskatchewan
British Isles
England
Bennett
Britain
Soviet Republic
London
British Columbia
Outstanding Man At Toronto Declared By Swanson
Dr. E W Swanson, Sas katchewan economics head and Bennett adviser, hailed Premier Brenet as outstanding at the Imperial Conference in Toronto and said the gathering laid the foundation for future Empire progress. He noted wheat market factors and Russia’s 60 million bushels impact and predicted Ottawa talks next year would be pivotal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ont
Dominior
Canada
E. W. ‘Swainson
Department of Economics
University of Saskatchewan
Richard B. Bennett
Saskatchewan
Dr. Swanson
Russia
Prospector Dies On North Manitoba Trail
Ingruard Curley a 2B year old Danish prospector died on the northland trail after being left behind by three companions mushing from Central Manitoba Mines toward Great Falls. The man was found alive but severely frozen and died shortly after first aid and a large fire were used.
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Winnipeg
Man
Ingruard Curley
Curley
Manitoba
Great Falls
Employees Share Profits At Sidney Lumber Mills
The Sidney Lumber Company reports three months of profit sharing with employees in the Northwest Pacific timber trade. Wages determined each worker’s share of lumber sale proceeds, a first of its kind for the region, highlighting a potential broader impact on local mills and labor practices.
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Victoria
Northwestern Pacific
Sidney Lumber Company
Sidney
Northwest Pacific Coast
Intted
Saskatchewan to load dressed poultry on 91 cars
D. Graham secretary of the Saskatchewan Co operative Egg and Poultry Pool announced that 91 cars will be placed across Saskatchewan for loading dressed poultry. Producers were urged to deliver to central assembly points before December 10 as the last cars for eastern markets depart by that date.
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Sask
Saskatchewan
D. Graham
Saskatchewan Co-Operative Egg and Poultry Pool
Tive Egg and Poultry Pool
Central Assembly
Movable partitions urged to reduce cattle car injuries
Requet New Type Cars seeks Railway Commission hearing on December 5 proposing two or more movable partitions in cattle cars to cut bruising broken limbs and suffocation during shipments. Applicants argue partitions would lessen injuries and allow mixed car lots.
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Railway Commission
Eskimo Uses Ice Raft and Stock to Reach Safety
An Eskimo hunter named Joe endured a 42 hour marooning on a small ice floe near Point Barrow Alaska. He fashioned a raft from ice and used a life stock as a paddle to reach shore ice while temperatures fell 20 to 30 degrees below zero. He was exhausted hungry and frostbitten.
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Rce
Point Barrow
Alaska
Joe
Safety Clause Adopted at Geneva Meeting
The preparatory disarmament commission adopted a safety clause allowing a threatened country to suspend treaty restrictions to arm itself. Proposed by US representative Hugh S. Gibson, the clause faced Soviet opposition and aimed to calm neighbor fears. A permanent disarmament body would administer the treaty from Geneva, but its exact composition remained disputed among major powers and others.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Preparatory
Russia
Permanent Commission
General Conference
Great Britain
United States
France
Italy
Japan
China
Turkey
Finland
Diversified Farming Urges Canada to Spread Crops
G I Christie president of Ontario Agricultural College urged Western Canadian farmers to diversify beyond wheat at a Canadian Independent Telephone Association convention in Toronto. He said low grain prices won t ruin farmers and Canada could enter bacon markets now dominated by Denmark through livestock and varied farming.
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Toronto
Western Canada
G. I. Christie
Ontario Agricultural College
Guelph
Canadian Independent ‘Telephone Association
Dr. Christie
Canada
Saunders Named One Of Ten Canadian Photographers
Dr L G Saunders of the University of Saskatchewan has been selected as one of ten Canadian pictorial photographers to contribute to a Royal Photographic Society of England collection. He has contributed to federal work in Prince Albert National Park and conducted an intricate survey of the park’s fishing waters.
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Royal Photographic Society
Saskatoon
Sask
L. G. Saunders
Royal Photographic Society of England
Saunders
Prince Albert National Park
Dornier DO-X Plan Steams Toward Paris Opening
The Dornier DO-X crew disembarked at Corunna Spain and headed to Madrid en route to Paris for the International Air Show opening. Corunna reports the trans Atlantic flight not abandoned, with Portugal’s Admiral Coutinho noting a possible route via Cape Verde and Brazilian coast to New York.
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Do-X
Sun Deng
Liston
Portugal
Tee Giait Fing Teat
Dornier DO
Claude Dornier
Re Dornier
Corunna
Spain
Madrid
Pars
Beri
Paris
Ely
Cagoe Coutinho
Gee Asseetierenats
Cape Verde Islands
New York
Reduced Alberta coal freight rate eyed for extension
Ottawa reports government weighing a further extension of the $6.75 a ton reduced freight rate on Alberta coal moving to central Canadian markets. The current concession runs to spring 1932, with the government covering railways losses on west to central shipments.
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Armment
Alberta
Ottawa
Canada
Government moves toward lower flour prices in Canada
Ottawa reports the Dominion Government plans action to reduce bread and flour prices after four months of Investigations by Hon Gideon D Robertson minister of labour. A 20 percent bread price cut occurred earlier. flour remains high. Millers are being consulted to lower flour costs. a nationwide inquiry could follow if cooperation fails. The bread market affects about 3 million loaves daily, and a one cent drop would save Canadians much.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Gideon D. Robertson
Combines Investigation Branch
Canada
Department of Labor
Robertson
Cabnet
Ottawa considers five year boost to staff superannuation
May pay old star Ottawa Onto Cabinet consideration is being given the matter of adding five years' service to the superannuation of staff members of the Department of the Interior who face retirement following transfer to the prairie provinces of their natural resources. While the resources were under control of the Ottawa Government work in this connection fell to the Federal department.
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Ottawa
Department of the Interior
Prairie Provinces
Federal Department
Beausejour man dies in bush trap accident
Beausejour resident Irene Lussier, a Lac Du Bonnet woodcutter, stepped on a hidden gun trap while wading through frozen bush near here. The trap discharged instantly, fatally wounding Lussier, whose companion carried the injured man to a nearby homestead for help.
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Beausejour
Irene Lussier
Lac du Bonnet
Here
Lussier
Stabilization of Prices Sought by Farm Party
A two day interprovincial agrarian parley in Saskatoon backed a resolution urging government price stabilization on a production cost basis. It proposes pegging prices for agricultural goods and other items, plus a Dominion bureau of standards to gauge manufacturing costs. Allies include United Farmers of Alberta Manitoba and Canada Sask section.
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Saskatoon
Sask
Ontario
Prairies
Dominion
Bureau of Standards
United Farmers of Canada
Saskatchewan
United Farmers of Alberta
Ottawa
Alberta
United Farmers of Manitoba
Standards Bureau
United Farmers of
Manitoba
Canadian Sell of Agriculture
Faith In Saskatchewan At Royal Winter Fair Speech
Hon. W. C. Buckle Saskatchewan Minister of Agriculture forecast optimism for Saskatchewan's future despite hard 1930 crop conditions. He said 20,009 acres suffered total crop failure and rural farm relief spending reaches 1,000,000 dollars as relief measures proceed.
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Toronto
Saskatchewan
W. C. Buckle
Buckle
Will Drill For Gas Regina Plan If Franchise Ratified
The C C Moore interests will begin gas drilling in Saskatchewan immediately if the city council granted franchise is approved by ratepayers. Alderman Charles Gardiner chaired a banquet for about 25 local business leaders where the announcement was made.
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Regina
Sask
C. C. Moore
Saskatchewan
Darlington O'l and Gas Company
Ald
Chas. Gardiner
Silk mill proposed for Port Moody near Vancouver
Western Canadian Silks Limited reviews a $250,000 silk mill project at Port Moody, 15 miles east of Vancouver. The plant would employ 100 people with raw silk imported from Japan and China. Ottawa reports 362 mumps cases in the capital with mild illness. a 21 day quarantine is enforced for each case.
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Vancouver
B.C
Port Moody
Western Canadian Silks, Limited
Japan
China
Ottawa
R. J. Smith
Civic Health Board
Imperial School of Air Pilotage proposed in Britain
A special parliamentary sub committee submits to the British Air Ministry a plan to establish an Imperial School of Air Pilotage in London. The school would train and test future professional pilots.
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School For Pilots
London
England
Imperial School of Air Pilotage
British Air Ministry
Colonel Starnes Re Elected Ottawa Colonel Starnes Re elected RCMP head
Colonel Cortlandt Starnes, veteran RCMP commissioner, has been re elected chairman of the St John Ambulance Association in Ottawa.
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Starnes
Ottawa
Ont
Cortlandt Starnes
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
St.John Ambulance Association
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Swamnen
Brenet
North
Requet
W. A. 8. Williams
Royal Canadian Northwest Mounted Police
Vetrans’ Association
Williams
Frontier Forces
North West Territories
Canadian Pictures
Lucwy
Canadian Pacific Railway
Frank Shyako
William Strynaka
Willingdon
Hilbert de Leeuw
Kamloops
British Columbia Club
Antic
Hon. C. W. Buckle
Sik MII
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