British Coal Reject Strike Proposal
English miners’ delegates rejected a strike proposal by 230000 to 209000 and ruled out a national ballot. Attention shifts to Scotland and South Wales where districts negotiate over enforcing a seven hour day and a five eight hour shift plan. Premier Ramsay MacDonald is credited for helping avert a nationwide walkout.
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Lyeton
England
Great Britain
Scotland
South Wales
Ramsay MacDonald
MacDonald as Viceroy of India Hint Sparks Discussion
The Daily Mail suggests Premier Ramsay MacDonald could become viceroy of India succeeding Lord Irwin who plans to retire in April. The idea, born from MacDonald’s conduct at the Indian round table conference, may seem fantastical yet is seen as more than rumor and could appease Indian sentiment, with Lord Gorrell often named as Irwin’s possible successor.
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London
England
Daily Mail
Ramsay MacDonald
India
Lord Irwin
the Mail
MacDonald
Lord Gorrell
Aviators Leave Message From White Horse Yukon
A carved note on a tree near Capt. E K A Burke and two companions reports a plane missing since October 11 in the Yukon. Pilot E L Wasson and Joe Walsh, a prospector, located the wreckage after inspecting it from the air and approaching the area on snowshoes.
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White Horse
Yukon Territory
Wolfe Lake
E. K. A. Burke
E. L. Wasson
Joe Walsh
Wasson
Walsh
Relief For Indians A Ottawa Ont Prompt Government Action
Hon. T. G. Murphy minister of interior and Indian affairs says government will act to relieve distress among Indians this winter. He reports upon his western tour that conditions in southern reservations appear normal and no widespread distress is seen.
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Ottawa
T. G. Murphy
Interior and Indian Affairs
Canada Doing Her Part in Suppressing Narcotics
In Ottawa the health committee of the League of Nations Society in Canada reported that drugs were neither manufactured in nor exported from Canada. Senator Dr H S Beland noted the Dominion Government, via the RCMP and Narcotics Branch, kept a close tab on imports as part of its effort to aid world suppression of narcotics.
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Ottawa
Canada
League of Nations Society
H. 8. Beland
RCMP
Dominion
Labor Holds Whitechapel in By-Election Victory
James Hall of the Labour party won the Whitechapel by election with 8544 votes from a 21 520 turnout. Liberal candidate Barnett Janner received 7445, Conservative TLEB Guinness 3735, Communist Pollitt 2106. The Labour majority fell from 9180 in 1929 to a slimmer margin this time.
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Ender
Pigland
James Hall
Labor Party
Whitechapel
Barnett Janner
Tleb Guinness
Pollitt
Labor
London
Harry Gosling
Kingdom
Gosling
Sedgewick
TL. E. B. Guinness
Canada Wheat Crop In Good Condition Says Official
EB Ramsay chief grain commissioner arrived in Port Arthur and reported a high quality crop and rising shipments to Europe, with 5 to 7 million bushels weekly. The heavy carry over of 100 million bushels has been disposed of and next year should return to normal barring Argentine market factors. Russian wheat dumping is believed to have exhausted its surplus and future impact appears limited. Ramsay stressed his department does not handle marketing but expects gradual improvement.
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Port Arthur
Ram- Say
Europe
Ramsay
Assembly Completes Work in Geneva Drafts Disarmament Plan
The preparatory commission completed a general disarmament scheme and urged the League of Nations council to set a date for a world conference. It rejected Germany’s attempt to fix November 5, 1931 as the convening date. Canada pressed to delete military planes and personnel used in civil relief, a move backed by the United States, with a likely compromise at the conference.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Preparatory Commission
Council of the
League of Nations
Assembly of States
Germany
Canada
United States
Britain protests radio speech from Moscow in Commons
Britain will file a formal protest to Moscow over a Soviet radio broadcast. Foreign Secretary Arthur Henderson said the speech incited British workers to revolt and violated the anti-propaganda pact. Separately, a fire near Gillam on the Hudson Bay Railway damaged a restaurant pool room and general store, causing about $4,000 in losses.
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London
England
Moscow
Arthur Henderson
House of Commons
Pas
Man
Gillam
Hudson Bay
Trans-Canada Drivers Make Slow Progress Across North
Hearst Ontario based explorers Heary Needham and Gus McManus pressed toward a Canada crossing by motor car despite 10 below weather. After three weeks of reverses they reached Pagwa River trading post on December 1, covering 70 miles of trackless swamp in the past week. The roadster and both men are reported in good condition.
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Hearst
Ont
Ontario
Heary Needham
Gus McManus
Canada
Gauthier
Pagwa River
Here
Ramsay Opposes Plan to Reduce Wheat Areas
Port Arthur Ontario F B Ramsay chief commissioner of the Board of Grain Commissioners of Canada spoke at the Port Arthur Chamber of Commerce annual meeting. He opposed reducing wheat areas, preferring higher yield capacity better transport and market access to win world markets. He warned resolutions lack backing and urged direct study of conditions to administer the Canada Grain Act in the public interest. He noted grain movement was free with no embargos and saw no lasting harm from Hudson Bay route competition. Ramsay added he would not have chosen Winnipeg if he could decide location for head offices.
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Port Arthur
Ont
F. B. Ramsay
Board of Grain Commissioners of Canada
Fort William
Hudson Bay
Gibbon
Board of Grain Commissioners
Ramsay
Winnipee
Federal constitution for India shaping at Round Table Conference
In London the Round Table Conference outlines a rough skeleton of a federal Indian constitution. No decisions yet. discussions center on common concern subjects like shipping, currency, trade, opium, petroleum, immigration, government property, and public services. Four major subjects such as defence, external affairs, relations with states, and political matters remain deferred.
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Round Table
London
England
India
British Aviators Await South Africa Record Flight
Miss Winifred Spooner aged 23 and Flying Officer E C T Edwards began their 10300 mile air journey from Croydon on December 3 aiming to beat the nine day record to Capetown. They will fly by day and night with alternating pilots. Spooner, with three years of experience, previously flew from South Africa to Croydon and is sister to Captain Tony Spooner, RAF pilot and Montreal Light Aeroplane Club instructor.
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Capetown
Croydon
England
Winifred Spooner
E. C. T. Edwards
South Africa
Tony Spooner
Royal Air Force
Montreal
Eckener to Testify in R 101 Crash Inquiry
In London the inquiry into the R 101 crash resumed after weeks with Dr. Hugo Eckener of the Graf Zeppelin as expert witness. Paul Sykes, Canadian trade commissioner to Hong Kong, urged focus on Hong Kong and southern China market opportunities for Canadian business.
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London
England
Ono
France
Hugo Eckener
Vancouver
B.C
Hong Kong
China
Paul Sykes
Saskatoon exhibitor tops fox show with five ribbons
Dr R H Macdonald of Saskatoon captured outstanding sire records at a $500,000 fox show, winning three firsts and two seconds across six classes entered.
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Saskatoon
R. H. Macdonald
Native born Australian to become governor general
The imperial government announces Sir Isaac Isaacs, chief justice, will succeed Lord Stonehaven as governor general of Australia at the start of the new year. Isaacs, a native-born Australian, becomes the first such citizen to represent the King in any dominion. Although first native-born among older dominions, Irish born successors have served in the Irish Free State. Timothy Healy and James McNeill are noted as Irish-born governors-general in that realm.
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Australia
Dominion
London
England
Wil
Lord Stonehaven
Isaac Isaacs
Commonwealth
Sir Isaac
Dominions
Empire
Irish Free State
Timothy Healy
Tame
Bantry
James McNeill
County Antrim
Flour Price Pro Department To Seek Milling Co Operation
Ottawa reports continued inquiry into flour prices will be conducted by the Department of Labor with full cooperation from seven large Canadian milling companies. Senator G D Robertson announced after a two hour meeting that a report on bread prices may be ready soon and that millers volunteered to supply information. The inquiry will proceed quickly as factors influencing prices are explored before deciding if a broader inquiry by a commissioner is needed in the public interest.
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Partment
Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Department of Labor
G. D. Robertson
Dominion
Labor Department
Robertson
Herman Trelle Again Wins the Wheat Title
Herman Trelle of Wembley Alberta crowned wheat king at the Chicago International Hay and Grain Exposition for the sixth Canadian victory in 12 years. George Avery of Kelso Sask won reserve, with his Durum entry beating the hard red winter samples. Trelle’s 67.5 pound per bushel wheat and Avery’s 61.11 pound sample highlighted a strong Canadian showing.
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Chicago-Canada
Herman Trelle
Wembley
Alberta
Peace River
Trelle
Canada
George Avery
Kelso, Sask
Prairie
International
C. Eason ¢ Smith
Corvallis
Montana
C. Eason Smith
Avery
Bracken Talks on Troubles of Wheat Growers
Premier John Bracken blamed post war wheat over production and high prices for prairie farmer troubles. He told Union of Manitoba municipalities delegates that 13 million extra acres and sevenfold wheat output since the war burden farmers. He urged calm study, new methods, better production efficiency, and trade deals to restore markets. He urged Dominion government to honor old age pension payments to relieve local health levies.
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Winnipeg
Man
John Bracken
Bracken
Union of Manitoba
Mr. Bracken
Russia
Dominion
Canadian exporters favor British wheat quota proposals
In Ottawa Canadian grain exporters welcomed British House of Commons remarks on a potential Imperial wheat quota. Minister H H Stevens said quotas would create a sheltered British market without fixed prices and that legislation by Britain is needed. He estimated 25 to 35 percent of Canada's exportable surplus could be covered. Storage duties would not fall on Canadian exporters.
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Van
Ottawa
Great Britain
Empire
House of Commons
J. H. Thomas
Dominions
H. H. Stevens
Trade and Commerce
Committee On Economic Co-Operation
Stevens
Britain
Canada
Zeppelin expert pins R 101 crash on gas leak and fire
London based Dr Hugo Eckener the world’s leading Zeppelin expert testified at the inquiry into the R 101 disaster. He attributed the crash to leakage in gas containers causing a dive into a French hill and cited a probable electrical circuit break that sparked the fire.
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London
England
Hugo Eekener
Court of
France
Canadian fairs listed for 193? summer season
Fair dates selected by the Showmen's League of America and the International Association of Fair and Expos include Calgary Exhibition in Calgary Alberta from July 6 to 11, Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto from August 28 to September 12, and Edmonton Exhibition in Edmonton Alberta from July 12 to 18.
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Chicago
Showmen's League of America
Internaional Association of Fair and Expos
Calgary
Alberta
Toronto
Edmonton
Big Sum For National Defense Budget Hinted by Hoover
Washington expects a national defense appropriation of 690 million dollars for the next fiscal year if Congress follows the budget estimates submitted by President Hoover. The figure highlights the administration's defense priorities and potential fiscal impact on wartime readiness.
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Washington, D.C
United States
Congress
Hoever
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