Peace Pact Copy Planned for All Schools in Dominion
The plan seeks to place copies of the Briand Kellogg peace pact in every school across the Dominion with federal supply and provincial distribution. Manitoba and British Columbia education ministers expressed support, noting school boards must decide, while Rt Hon W L Mackenzie King urged broader church and school display.
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Dominion
Rt Hoo
W. L Mackensie King
Canada
Sen
Ro A Hoey
Manitoba
British Columbia
Coast
Ocean Falls
United Church
King
Thorhild Fire Ravages Alberta Town Causing 150000 Loss
A sudden wind burst swept through Thorhild, destroying the town and its business district. The flames left about 2000 residents homeless, with several burn injuries, but no fatalities. Thorhild lies 53 miles north of Edmonton on the A and G W line.
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Bdmonton
Fanneavy
Thorhild
Edmonton
G. W
Ottawa firm wins Calgary post office contract
Smith Brothers and Wilson of Re- Sask win the contract to build Calgary Alberta’s new post office at an estimated cost around 2 million dollars. A Regina firm secured a tender for 1 205 000 dollars. The eight storey building will be dedicated to Canada Postal services.
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Ottawa
Smith Brothers and Wilson
Re- Sask
Calgary
Alta
Regina
Canada Postal Services
Universal suffrage proposed in Angora Turkey bill
Kemal Pasha advocates universal direct suffrage for Turkey after teaching Latin script and Western manners. The government bill passed by the National Assembly will enable all citizens to vote in the next legislative elections.
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Angora
Turkey
Frement
Auovdpha Kemal Pasha
National Assembly
Scottish nets lost in gale hit 600 vessels
London reports a gale off the east coast destroyed six hundred Scottish fishing vessels and thirty one thousand nets. Secretary of State William Adamson says replacement costs could reach seven hundred fifty thousand dollars and most nets were uninsured. A fish shortage is expected for a period.
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Morm
London
Eng
Windsor hosts Victoria Cross guests at royal estate
Canadian wearers of the Victoria Cross and other overseas guests toured Windsor Castle, being hosted by the British Empire Service League. The event opened much of the castle and its splendor for their inspection, highlighting a day of official hospitality.
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London
Windsor
British Empire Service League
Windsor Castle
Robbers Seize Navy Base Safe With 56000 Dollars
Armed men seized command of the officer of the day and naval police at the Brooklyn navy base. After a failed attempt to open a safe, the $56,000 cash remained securely out of reach.
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New York
Navy
Brooklyn
Grain Receipts Decline at Vancouver Montreal and Quebec Ports
Decline in Canadian grain receipts noted at Vancouver, Montreal, and Quebec ports. Current figures show 102.556 677 bushels, total receipts 185-266.257 bushels for the year, down from 267.997410 bushels in 1928. Deliveries recorded at 158.608540 bushels versus 261.556.467.
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Vancouver
Montreal
Quebec
Sioctreal
Fire Damages Seminary in Three Rivers
A fire swept the oldest wing of St. Joseph's seminary in Three Rivers Quebec, built in 187 and among the province s best known classical institutions. No deaths. several people rescued with difficulty. Damage estimated at half a million dollars as the most destructive in 20 years. Valuable documents and books destroyed.
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Fe Quebec
St. Joseph's Seminary
Aif
Diplomat William Philips Resigns From Service
William Philips has resigned as minister to Canada and plans to quit the diplomatic service likely late next month to raise his family in New England. President Hoover accepted the resignation reluctantly and urged him to remain in public service.
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Washington
William Phillips
C. Phillips
United States
New England
Hoover
Philips
Canada
King George Sends Sympathy to Mrs Robb on Death of Finance Minister
King George expresses sorrow on the death of the Dominion Government finance minister Hon. J. A. Robb. The message, delivered to Mrs. Robb via Lord Willingdon, Governor-General of Canada, conveys His Majesty's sympathy.
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Valley
King George
J. A. Robb
Lord Willingdon
Canada
Robb
Dominion
James A. Robb
Toronto
Mr. Robb
New Air Record Bid Publicized by Henry Mears
Henry Mears of New York announced plans for a new Earth circumnavigation attempt to beat the Graf Zeppelin, with the Pacific hop to follow the route of Soviet fliers. The effort would begin next June, continuing the line of the late Charles Collyer and the Graf. Winnipeg student Joseph Racine is among six Manitoba Agricultural College reps chosen for stock judging at the Toronto Royal and Chicago International Winter Fairs opening November 19 and 30. teammates include J. M. Bowman Alexander, Morgan Brooks Winnipeg, John Connor Deloraine, Walter Frazier Beulah, and Earl Rasmusson Wayne.
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Chicago
Henry Mears
New York
Graf Zeppelin
Mears
Charles Collyer
Graf
Pacific
Winnipeg
Joseph Racine
Radisson
Manitoba Agricultural College
Toronto Royals
J. M. Bowman
Alexander
Morgan Brooks
John Conner
Deloraine
Walter Fraizer
Beulah
Earl Rasmusson
Wayne
Alta
Soviet budget for coming year tops 12.39 billion roubles
Moscow outlines a state budget totaling 12.39 billion roubles, up 45 percent from last year and a record for the Soviet state. A large portion of revenue is slated from direct and indirect taxation, with 345 million roubles allotted to education, more than 60 percent above the prior year.
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Moscow
Iraqi leader slain in Bagdad shooting mystery grows
Irak officials report the death of Prime Minister Irak Sir Abdul Munsin from pallet wounds in Bagdad. No motive or shooter explanation has been provided as investigations continue.
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Prenice
Irak
Bagdad
Sir Abdul Munsin
Yemier
International panel eyed for Alaska highway probe
A conference with Premier Mackenzie King Premier Tolmie and US delegates proposed forming a mixed committee of two BC and two US representatives to scrutinize the BC to Yukon route to Alaska project. The plan envisions BC upgrading the Vancouver to Hazelton road, Dominion builds to the Alaskan boundary, US continues to Fairbanks and Valdez. Premier King indicated a need for more data before committing.
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Victoria
B.C
Int
Biritory
Alaska
Mackenzie King
SF. Tolmie
United States
Malcolm Eliott
Alaska Roads Commission
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
British Columbia
Vancouver
Hazelton
Yukon Territory
Dominion
Alaskan
Fairbanks
Valdez
Kng
A Short Line From Winnipeg To Hudson Bay
Ottawa officials weigh an engineers report on extending a central railway from Winnipeg to Hudson Bay. The study, awaited for weeks, favors shortening the Winnipeg to Churchill distance and suggests an air line to Manitoba mining fields. Cost estimated at 8 million dollars with no government commitment.
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Ottawa
Winnipeg
Churchill
Northern Railway
Manitoba
Lake Winnipegosis
Cedar Lake
Hudson Bay Railway
Flin Flon
Sherritt
Mr. Dunning
British Ambassador to Russia Appointed
Parliament approved resumption of diplomatic relations with Russia and the government moves to restore the breach. Sir Esmond Hovey is named British ambassador to Russia after four years as ambassador to Mexico. He has held posts in Stockholm Tangier Paris Florida Cuba Jamaica and Persia. John Edmund St John De Bonnaire Monson becomes ambassador to Mexico.
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London
Eng
Rusia
Sir Esmond Hovey
Russia
Sir Esmond
Mexico
Stockholm
Tangier
Paris
Florida
Cuba
Jamaica
Persia
Mexico City
John Edmund St. John de Bonnaire Monson
Turkey
Japan
France
Colombia
Apple Shortage Shrinks U S Apple Crop This Year
The apple crop in the United States is short this year with a 23 percent drop from last year and 45 million bushels below the average. East scale damage and west worm injury have reduced quality. Prices have risen and may be about 25 percent higher than a year ago.
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Washington, Dc
United States
East
Vancouver Man Ends 23 Year Search After Earthquake
A Vancouver man declared he had remarried after a 23 year search for his wife and two daughters and baby son separated in the San Francisco quake. He refused relief for his losses, saying his wife and children were dead, ending a long quest chronicled as a modern Enoch Arden tale.
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Seattle
San Francisco
Vancouver
Enoch Arden
Pacific Coast
First To Respond Accepts League Tariff Truce Conference
Geneva Great Britain leads by accepting an invitation from the League of Nations to attend a conference on establishing an international tariff truce. The United States and other non members are invited to participate in the talks.
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Geneva
Great Britain
League of Nations
United States
Drums Presented to 48th Highlanders Regiment Toronto
A handsome set of drums was presented to the 48th Highlanders Regiment of Toronto by Lieutenant F. M. Ross. The drums bear inscriptions of battles such as Ypres, Festubert, Somme 1916, Vimy Ridge, Hill 70, Amiens, Canal du Nord, and honor the regiment allied with the Gay Gordons. The regiment, organized in 1891, received the drums, War Opus Wire made in London, shipped by Canadian Pacific Express on 8. Duchess of York.
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48Th Highlanders Regiment
Toronto
F. M. Ross
Ypres
Festtport
Somme
Vimy Ridge
Hill 70
Amiens
Canal du Nord
London
England
Pacffc Express Company
Duchess of York
Advocates Free Trade With Great Britain
A proposed resolution by W. R. Fansher, Progressive Last Mountain, urges free trade with Great Britain within seven years. The motion, to be debated in the coming session of Parliament, supports removing handicaps on the British preference and expanding trade to the Mother Country to benefit Canada’s agricultural exports.
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Ottawa
Great Britain
House of Commons
W. R. Fansher
Canada
Chinese consul general urges Canada to admit Chinese immigrants
Li Tebuin, Chinese consul-general at Ottawa, told the Rotary Club that Canada should amend the 1923 act to permit a small annual Chinese immigration quota or seek a China Japan style agreement. He said current exclusion humiliates Chinese honor and urged removal of discrimination to boost Canada China trade.
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Brockville
Om —N
Canada
China
Japan
Rotary Club
Li Tebuin
Ottawa
Dominion
Banks Move To Ease Credit Crisis In Canadian Markets
Montreal banks announce they will accept 15 percent on call loans to brokers for stocks above twenty dollars and 10 per share on lower priced issues. The action aims to reduce broker margins, ease credit strain, and restore confidence, with Toronto brokers and exchange officials predicting a stabilizing effect despite limited impact on overall margin reductions.
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Montreal
Banks of
Canada
Toronto
Stock Exchange
Seling
Mennonites 5000 from Russia unclear to Ottawa
Ottawa debates the planned movement of 5000 Mennonites from Russia to Canada. Government officials say Canada will not fund passage or maintenance unless Mennonites pledge to avoid becoming public charges. Canadian Mennonites may fund travel. otherwise entry is blocked. A Red Flag publication cites a German envoy letter noting Soviet policy on peasants leaving for Canada.
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Ottawa
Ont
Russia
Canada
Saskatchewan
Dominion
Robert Forke
Berlin
The
Red Flag
von Dirksen
Foreign Office
Russa
Germany
Manitoba to unveil Johnson portrait in Iceland ceremony
A pronee portrait of the late Hon. Thomas H. Johnson former Manitoba attorney general will be unveiled during Iceland's 1000th anniversary celebrations for the Althingi next June. The Manitoba government presents the portrait in recognition of his role in aiding Icelandic settlers in the province. Toronto police cancel holidays, shorten beats, add officers after a week of hold ups, crime wave remains unresolved.
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Thos Johnson
Iceland
Winnipeg
Thomas H. Johnson
Manitoba
Johnson
Toronto
Nobel Prize In Physics Awarded To Richardson and De Broglie
The 1928 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Professor Uwen Ht Richardson of King's College London for his work on electron theory. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society. The 1929 prize is awarded to the Duc De Broglie of Paris for contributions to quantum theory.
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Stockholm
Uwen Ht Richardson
King’s College
London
England
Royal Society
Duc de Broglie
Paris
Snowplow Opens Souris Boissevain Route
Brandon Manitoba authorities deployed a new snowplow to clear the Souris to Boissevain road, marking the season’s first effort to keep highways open in the district for travel.
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Brandon
Man
Souris
Boissevain
Calgary veteran journalist W Beaver Jones dies at 58
W Beaver Jones, a longtime Calgary Herald editorial staff member for seventeen years, died at home after a lengthy illness. Born in England, he moved to Calgary early in his career and became a respected figure in Western Canadian journalism.
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Calgary
Western Canada
W. Beaver Jones
Calgary Herald
England
Naval base project in Singapore slowed pending talks
In the House of Commons Hon. A. V. Alexander first lord of the admiralty announced that work on the Singapore naval base will be slowed as much as possible until the five power naval conference concludes.
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London
A. V. Alexander
The
Admiralty
House of Commons
Singapore
Death of Father Turgeon in Vancouver
Vancouver cleric Father Joseph Turgeon aged 44 dies following a lengthy illness. He is described as son of Senator O Turgeon of New Brunswick and brother of Hon. Mr Justice W F A Turgeon of the Saskatchewan court of appeal.
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Turgeon
Vancouver
Joseph Turgeon
O. Turfeon
New Brunswick
W. F. A. Turgeon
Saskatchewan Court of Appeal
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Edmund Hovey
Highlanders
C. E. Abbs
Toronto Stock Exchange
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