Plan to bring British settlers to Saskatchewan
Saskatoon ministers voiced support for a plan to import British settlers to develop Saskatchewan resources. Premier W. J. Patterson urged immigration as essential to progress, arguing that Britain has funds to stimulate early settlement and that limiting production harms overall growth. He stressed improved empire cooperation and fair reception for arrivals.
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Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Rat
Saskatchewan Immigration and Settlement Convention
W. J. Patterson
Board of Trade
Canada
George Spence
Great Britain
Saskatchewas
Patterson
England
Dominion
Spence
Federal House
Debts Cancelled for Drouth Area Farmers in Saskatchewan
Federal Agriculture Minister Gardiner announced sweeping debt cancellations for drought area farmers in Saskatchewan. The plan includes back taxes and interest waivers, new financing rates, and moving settlers to better land. Federal government to cover losses. drought lands to become federally owned and turned to pasture.
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Lethbridge
Alta
Drouth Area
Saskatchewan
J. G. Gardiper
Board of Rade
Regina
Gardiner
Drouth
Amputations Association of the Great War elects officers
Winnipeg reports Capt. Rev. E. Lampert re elected president for a fourth term as the Amputations Association of the Great War closes its 14th annual convention. G. E. Tomset of Regina becomes first vice president, with three Toronto men returning to the executive council and two new directors named from Montreal and Vancouver.
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Winnipeg
E. Lampert
Christie Street
Toronto
Lambert
G. E. Tomset
Regina
E. A. Baker
C. J. Brown
Richard Myers
J. 8. McCormick
Montreal
F. D. Welch
Vancouver
W. E. Browne
Ottawa
Robert Wilson
C. E Nutley
Hamilton
Frank Trainer
N. M. Callaway
Calgary
Lord Mayor Praised for Dignified Canada Tour
Sir Percy Vincent London lord mayor received warm thanks from aldermen at the Guildhall for his dignified conduct during a tour of Canada. Sir Vansittart Bowater noted Vancouver’s mayor had not worn robes for 16 years, while Vancouver’s mayor McGeer planned to wear the insignia for future jubilees.
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Cansole
London
Percy Vincent
Guildhall
Canada
Sir Vansittart Bowater
Jord
Sir Percy
Dominion
Vancouver
Vansittart
McGeer
Percy Ut
German Doctor Proposes League Fund For Invaded Lands
Dr Hans Simons of Germany urged a large fund funded by all League of Nations members to aid any member whose territory is invaded during a Montreal meeting of the League of Nations Society.
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Montreal
League of Nations
League
Hans Simons
Germany
League of Nations’ Society
Danish Landsting Deadlock Settled By Coalition Draw
After last week’s Danish elections government parties won 39 seats to 37 in the Landsting. The coalition secured a majority by a final draw, ending a week of stalemate over control of the upper house. The result solidifies Copenhagen’s government position.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Landsting
Weather Observations in Northwest Territories
Three Royal Canadian Air Force men will conduct winter meteorological observations from Fort Smith NW to 15 000 feet. Sergt R J Thomas pilot Sergt P E Sorenson co pilot and Cpl L S Thompson mechanic will be aided by a meteorological observer. The base is about 500 miles north of Edmonton. Data will be recorded on barographs and thermographs for Dominion meteorological service and the United States Weather Bureau.
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R. J. Thomas
P. E. Sorenson
Thompson
Fort Smith
Edmonton
Dominion Meteorological Services
United States Weather Bureau
Planes For Northern Work Built For High Speed
Montreal reports the second of three aircraft built for the Department of National Defence for Northwest Territories service has passed tests. These planes are designed for high speed photographic and transport work and carry enough fuel and oil for five and a half hours. The rear cabins hold three oblique cameras photographing automatically through small body apertures. The planes feature float landing gear with options for wheel undercarriages and a special ski undercarriage for winter use.
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Montreal
Department of National Defence
Northwest Territories
Ontario appoints judges and CBC leaders in sweeping vacancies
Ottawa announces a broad reshuffle filling Ontario judicial posts with Chief Justice and six county court judges plus two Supreme Court seats. New CBC leaders include W E Gladstone Murray and Augustin Frigon. Also named are Edgar Chevrier and Ainslie Greene to Supreme Court seats. by election set for Oct 26 for Chevrier’s House seat. Salary details noted for posts.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Supreme Courts
Newton Wesley Rowell
William Mulock
Ernest Lapointe
W. E. Gladstone Murray
British Broadcasting Company
Augustin Frigon
Polytechnic School
Montreal
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Radio Governing Board
L. W. Brockington
Tarie
Edgar Chevrier
K.C
Ottawa East
Ainslie W. Greene
Alberta Potatoes Export Planned to Ontario Manitoba and Saskatoon
The Dominion government says northern Alberta will ship 500 catloads of potatoes to Ontario Manitoba and Saskatchewan this fall. It is the first major export from the province in a decade and is expected to bring district farmers about 250000 in extra revenue.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Dominion
Canada
Ethiopians Admitted to League Assembly Debate
The League of Nations credentials committee recommended Ethiopian delegates remain in the assembly and rejected sending Ethiopia to the world court. Haile Selassie asserted an independent Ethiopian government despite Italy’s conquest, while Italy threatened to quit the league. Eden and Litvinoff championed Ethiopian participation amid bitter debate.
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GenevaThe
League of Nations
Assembly
Ethiopia
World Court
Haile Selassie
Italy
Eden
Ethiopaans
Litvinoff
Russia
League
Deciin
Associated Press
Ontario's Tallest Child Claim by Roy Bentley
Roy Bentley, a 15 year old from Galt Ontario, stands six feet four inches and continues to grow, sparking the claim that he is Ontario's tallest child. The report notes his ongoing growth and height.
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Galt, Ont
Dimim Wo
Ontario
Roy Bentley
Andorra Considers French Protection Amid Spanish Threats
Dispatches from Perpignan report Andorra, the mountain republic between France and Spain, weighing a petition to Paris for protection if tensions rise before winter. The general council hinted at severing six months of French protection. Andorra’s defences include seven armed policemen and a national guard of 600 mountaineers.
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Republic of
Andorra
Spain
Paris
France
Perpignan
Ontario conducts yearlong milk cost survey for farmers
A one year survey in Ontario gathers data from 1 500 farmers through the department of agriculture to determine the cost of producing milk The objective is to provide milk producers associations with complete cost information to improve marketing and reduce costs while increasing net returns to farmers.
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Ottawa
Department of Agriculture
Ontario
Edmonton farmer tops Alberta wheat yield record
Adam Marks of the Edmonton district farm near Bremner and Fort Saskatchewan reported the season’s heaviest Alberta wheat yield, harvesting 60 bushels per acre from an 11 acre field of Red Bobs.
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Edmonton
Adam Marks
Bremner
Fort Saskatchewan
Marks
Alberta
Manitoba reports eleven new infantile paralysis cases
Eleven new cases of infantile paralysis were reported in Manitoba bringing the total to 191. Physicians expressed belief that the epidemic may have peaked.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
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