West wins two grand championships at international livestock show
James A. Johnstone of Yellow Grass led Western Canada to sweeping triumphs at the International Livestock Exposition winning Prime trophy for stallion and grand championship with Bonny Boy. He also captured three-year-old mare class with Lady Trojan Mahomet and topped senior champion awards, plus special prizes on Sonny Boy and Lady Trojan Mahomet. Thomas Davis placed third in the two year old class. Russell Fleming of Whitby seized grand championship for ram and reserve, finishing first in five of nine events as Western Canada ends its show participation.
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Chicago
Souther Sassatchewan
James A. Johnstone
Yellow
Western Canada
Trojan Mahomet
Johnstone
Scotland
Sonny Boy
Baron Trojan
Miss Manners
Winter work halts as Churchill port shuts for season
Hundreds of men stay at Churchill while plans and building at Canada's newest ocean port pause for winter. George Kidd, titled King of Churchill, and the Hudson Bay Railway staff depart, leaving only a few to endure isolation until spring. The Muskeg Special terminates at Churchill for the year, with service expected to resume next season.
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Churchill
Winnipeg
Canada
George Kidd
Department of Railways
Church
Hudson Bay Railway
Churchil
Hudson Bay
Anxiety Felt For Islanders Warning From St Paul Since October 17
The Paris government fears disaster may have struck St Paul Island in the Indian Ocean after no wireless message has arrived since October 17. The steamer Burpedes from Capetown to India has been asked to alter its course to visit the island and assess the situation.
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St. Paul
Indian Ocean
Paris
Burpedes
Capetown
India
Tragic Farm Fire Takes Sauve Family in Alfred
Alfred Ont. Paul Baptiste Sauve and five children aged 2 to 10 perished when a fire destroyed their frame farmhouse. Mrs Sauve and two others escaped by leaping from a second story window. she later suffered severe injuries while saving a one month old baby tossed to safety as the blaze engulfed the home. Neighbors found her near collapse after reaching a barn on sow-covered ground.
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Tether
Alfred
Paul Baptiste Sauve
Paul
Note Surprises U.S. Over Russian Peace Memoran
Washington officials awaited receipt of a Russian memorandum replying to U S efforts to prevent war between the Soviet Union and China. The tone was severe and critical of the Briand Kellogg renunciation of war. Hoover and Stimson were informed but did not comment. Senate department subordinates voiced strong opinions on the Sino Russian turn.
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Washington DC
United States
Soviet Union
China
Pres
Hoover
Stimson
Senate Department
Saskatchewanian Holstein Cow Sets Canadian Milk Record
Canary Kornhyde Alcartra, a Saskatchewan owned Holstein cow, set a 365 day record producing 30,801 pounds of milk and 1,336.25 pounds of butter with 3.47 percent fat. Bred by Ford W. Heeney of Ingersoll Ontario, sold to 8 G. Sims of Winnipeg, then to B. H. Thomson of Moose Jaw, where the records were achieved before her sale to the Saskatchewan Government for 520,000 after setting the world record.
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Toronto
Canada
Holster-Friesian Association of ‘Canada
Ford W. Heeney
Ingersoll
Ont
G. Sims
Winnipeg
B. H. Thomson
Moose Jaw
Saskatchewan
Civil Service Group Seeks Flat Pay Boost for Civilians
Ottawa Civil Service Association plans to press government for a flat salary increase of 150 dollars for all civil servants in the annual message by President Vernon L. Lawson. The move follows a prior attempt in 1927 to raise drivers to a total 300 dollar increase, with 120 dollars already granted.
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Civil Sevants
Ottawa
Dominion
Vernon L. Lawson
Ottawa Civil Service
The
Civil Service News
Prince of Wales hosts German general at London dinner
General Von Lettow Vorbeck, commander of German forces in East Africa, visited London to dine with General Smuts, honoring East African veterans on December 2. The meeting highlighted wartime ties and commemorations lingering after the Great War.
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London
England
Prince of Wales
von Lettow Vorbeck
East Africa
von Vorbeck
Smuts
Australian delegate to naval conference sails for London
Hon. J. Fenton minister of trade and customs will represent the Australian Commonwealth at the naval conference in London in January. He will sail shortly for England.
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London
England
C. P. Larkin
Imperial
Hudson's Bay
Fort Ghorehill
Manitoba
Canberra
Australia
J. £. Fenton
Trade and Customs
U S Plans Ottawa Legation Building and Housing Reform
The United States eyes purchasing or constructing an American Legation building in Ottawa under a program to house diplomats in government owned properties. Chairman Stephen G Porter visited Ottawa to review the plan and a potential home estate likely not to be sold for years. William Phillips, recently resigning as American minister to Canada, reportedly complained about housing conditions for his family, with critics citing inadequate housing as a factor in his resignation.
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Americas
Legation
Ottawa
Washington
Congress
Tas
Stephen G. Porter
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Willam Phillips
Cantata
Friends
Phillips
Hs Friends
Unemployment Action Sought by Canadian Leaders
A. R. Mosher, president of the All-Canadian Congress of Labour, urges Premier King to convene a conference of financial industrial and labor leaders nationwide to tackle unemployment. He cites wheat crop loss railway cuts and early seasonal job losses as warning signs and calls for a public survey of conditions and coordinated employment plans led by the federal government.
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Ottawa
MacKensie King
Canada
A. R. Mosher
All-Canadian Congress of Laor
Canadian Brotherhood of Ralway
Mosher
Winnipeg
King
United States
Mr. Mosher
Higher Price For Wheat Bull Market Predicted in Canada
A Winnipeg dispatch cited George Melvor of the Canadian Wheat Pool stating a 62,000,000 bushel gap between world export surplus and import needs. Surplus for export is 708,000,000 bushels with imports at 770,000,000, implying draw from carry-over. Canada faces 224,000,000 exportable bushels versus 246,000,000 potential export, signaling a likely wheat price rise before year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Winnipeg
Mail
Empre
George Melvor
Canadian Wheat Pool
Dispatch
Canada
Fight to keep Sault Ste Marie channel open for grain ships
Four tugs from Thompson Towing and Wrecking Co of the Michigan Sault battle to keep the channel open for 43 freighters bound for grain ports before winter. A severe storm and record low temperatures froze ice ten inches thick, narrowing the safety gap as downbound traffic resumes with grain storage vessels.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Thorugh
Religious leaders to meet in 1931 Ottawa conference
Sir George Foster foresees a 1931 world peace conference of religious leaders from all faiths to draft a plan for peace. Philanthropic groups worldwide gather around this aim. He spoke at Ottawa Women’s Canadian Indian Club but gave no further reasons. Montreal notes a fur trade record shipment of 10,000 muskrats from Canada to Russia valued at 250,000, shipped by Ingoldsby Fur Farms Ltd.
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George Foster
Ottawa
Ont
Sir George Foster
George
Montreal
Canada
Russia
Canadian Pacific Express
Ingoldsby Fur Farms, Ltd
Linden
Danzig
Seven stewardesses earn Lifeboat Certification aboard Duchess of York
The Canadian Pacific liner Duchess of York has seven stewardesses who passed the British Board of Trade Lifeboat Certificate. They answered questions on sails and boat knowledge and underwent an exacting practical exam covering boat and fire drill, fire prevention, rocket apparatus, breeches buoy, and artificial respiration.
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Duchess of York
British Board of Trade
G. Riley
J. Johnson
A. Caldwell
C. Pendleton
A. Sill
A. Rowan
G. Lavender
Board of Trade
Hunter Found By Indians Near Meadow Lake Sask
C L Galbraith a 32 year old Edam Sask druggist was lost in the woods for five days while hunting with Arthur Rister and George Paradi. He left camp alone to search for a mouse and had only a small noon meal. IndIan trappers aided searchers and located him exhausted and starving.
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Meadow Lake
Sask
C. L. Galbraith
Edam
Galbraith
Arthur Rister
George Paradi
Mouse
Ark
Mac‘Ewa
Premier MacDonald film show reveals Canada trip reception
London reports a private film party for Ramsay MacDonald showing his Canada and United States tour. The premiere featured cabinet colleagues and 150 friends watching newsreel extracts with talking accompaniments. Diplomats observed the warm reception and how filmmakers instructed officials on movements and dialogue.
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Ramsay MacDonald
Canada
London
England
United States
Prime Minster
Lords Vote Against Soviet Recognition in Lords Row
Lord Birkenhead spearheaded a 43 to 21 defeat of the Laborite government on recognizing the Soviet Government. The debate touched on propaganda and South Africa amid plans to resume full relations with Russia. Government lines stressed rapid normalization with safeguards for British interests to foster world peace and expand trade.
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London
England
Lord Birkenhead
House of Lords
Birkenhead
South Africa
Lord Parmoor
United States
Russia
Moscow
Washington
Lord Thomson
Progress in War Claims Settlement Between Canada and Allies
Ottawa reports good progress toward an agreement with Germany for return of unliquidated property under state control. Canada also seeks settlement with Britain over 1.7 million dollars and with Hungary over a 1000 dam payment to Maney Harris Limited. Final adjustments hinge on Hague conference resumption in January. The total proposed Canada Germany settlement runs just over 2000 dollars, including 1.3 million in property litigated with U.S. custody of enemy assets and about 200,000 in real estate under sale contract.
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Ottawa
Thomas Mulvey
Ary
London
Berlin
Canada
Germany
Britain
Hungary
Maney-Harris, Limited
Toronto
Mulvey
Great Britain
P. C. Larkin
Mr. Mulvey
Committee of
Paris
Young Plan
United States
Return to Civilization Ends Arctic Trek by MacAlpine Party
Richard Pearce editor of the Northern Miner Toronto arrives in Winnipeg after months of wandering near the Arctic fringe. He wears northland voyaging garb and is en route to Toronto. A welcome crowd of friends and newspapermen gathers at the station. The final 1,500 mile Bathurst Inlet to Winnipeg trail included a 500 mile train leg from The Pas.
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Vemmpen
Winnipeg
Northland
Richard Pearce
Northern Miner
Toronto
Arctc
Pearce
Bathurst Inet
Pas
Canadian principal to visit Japan for two months
Strathcona public school principal J E Brown has been granted a two month leave of absence to visit Japan as the first traveling guest from Canada. He will spend April and May observing education there and aims to foster better Canada Japan understanding.
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Vancouver
J. E. Brown
Strathcona
Board of School Trustees
Japan
Canada
Brown
Re Open Empress Hotel Winnipeg
The enlarged Empress Hotel at Victoria BC, with a new wing costing about 3 000 000 dollars, will officially open on Saturday December 21. H F Mathews general manager of western Canadian Pacific hotels announces the event. The opening and related social functions will be followed by the Yuletide Festival first concert on Sunday.
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Winnipeg
Victoria
H. F. Mathews
Western Canadian Pacific Hotels
Empress
Lord Byng Recovering in London Heading to South Africa
Bulletin from Lord Byngs home reports he remains debilitated by recent illness yet shows progress. Doctors hope he can sail for South Africa on December 20 and anticipate eventual full recovery from lung congestion.
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London
England
Lord Byngs
South Africa
England's first girl traffic officer begins duties on portsmouth road
A 23 year old new traffic officer in England has started duties on the Portsmouth road becoming the nation’s first female traffic official. The move marks a historic step in gender inclusion within public road policing.
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England
Portamouth
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Fredericton
Prince Edward Island
James Duncan
Rolana J. Murray
Springeld Road
Sax
U.S
John J. Page
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McAlpine Party
Ancouver Man
Lord Byng
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