Queen Mary launches in Glasgow amid royal praise
The Cunard-White Star liner Queen Mary slides down the ways in Clydebank Glasgow with King George and the Prince of Wales watching. The king hails the ship as a symbol of revival in international commerce and friendship between nations.
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Scotland
Britannia
George
Prince of Wales
Samuel Cunard
Atlantic
America
Cunard
Prince George
Marinarom
Munich
King George
Queen Mary
Balmoral Castle
Westminster Abbey
Trapper Found Dead On Cortes Island Cabin Door Flagged Death
Warden Roy E. Allen found 55 year old George Reanson dead at his Cortes Island cabin. A white distress flag hung on the front door failed to attract aid for the loner. Reanson had been dead over a month from natural causes.
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Vancouver
Cortes Island
George Reanson
Roy E. Allen
Powell River
B.C
Reanson
Not Selling Endeavour As New Challenge Looms
Sopwith declares Endeavour will race again in England next summer. Rumors of a Canadian group in Nova Scotia seeking to buy the yacht and challenge the United States for the America's Cup are denied by owner T. M. Sopwith. The 1934 races sparked debate on whether Endeavour was faster than Rainbow and whether Britain might renew its challenge, while Rainbow members concede they were fortunate to beat the Sopwith craft.
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Sopwith
Newport
Endeavour
Rainbow
T. M. Sopwith
Tam
Iova Scotia
United States
England
Amnesty Decree Frees Short Term Prisoners in Rome
King Victor Emmanuel signed a decree granting amnesty to prisoners sentenced to two years or less. The measure excludes political crimes and certain heinous offenses but covers many military offenses, releasing thousands and shortening longer sentences by two years. The king celebrated the birth of his granddaughter Maria Pia.
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Victor Emmanuel
Rome
Maria Pia
League protest by White Russians at Warsaw
National minority committee of White Russians lodged a protest with the League of Nations assembly against Soviet entry into the league. The government newspaper Kuryet Proanny reported the action in Warsaw.
28th Battalion Reunion Marks 20th Mobilization Anniversary
The 28th North West Battalion Association holds its annual reunion at the Kitchener hotel in Regina on November 3 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of overseas mobilization. A committee chaired by Colonel J A Cross leads arrangements with Brigadier General J F Lemoury joining the event and multiple subcommittees named for finance, dinner, program, tickets, publicity and church parade. Members are urged to respond with attendance intentions to F Cretney or J W Douglas.
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First Call
28Th North West Battalion
Kitchener Hotel
Regina
J. A. Cross
A. G. Styles
G. Fraser Stewart
James McAra
Walter McInnis
P. G. Haradence
H. C. Bill
L. G. Geernaert
P. Hood
H. Bicknell
F. Cretney
P. Tappin
8. Kramer
K. C. Webster
A. Banks
J. F. J.emoury
France
Flanders
Reunnion
C. Webster
Kramer
Walter Mclanis
E. D. Walker
V. Douglas
P. Harradence
H.C. Bull
H . Bull
Warsaw hosts 22nd Gordon Bennett balloon race
Balloon event in Warsaw featured 16 entrants with Polish crews Burzynski Zakrzewski on Barszawa landing near Ryazan and Hynek on Kosciuszko near Voronezh believed first and second. Polonia burst and sank near a lake north of Helsinki. all crews reported safe. Official results delayed awaiting landing books.
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Warsaw
Poland
Barszawa
Z. Burzynski
J. Zakrczewski
Riazan
Russia
Kosciuszko
Francisczek Hynek
Voronezh
Lake Ome
Helsingfors
Finland
World Tour Montreal Begins First Global Voyage
The freighter intercity Banaville sails from Montreal on October 6 to complete a round the world circuit. It will transit the Panama Canal toward the far east and return via the Suez Canal and the Atlantic.
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Montreal
Banaville
Panama Canal
Far East
Education department to cut student annual exams
Toronto officials announce plan to reduce the number of annual student exams to lower costs. Duncan McArthur, deputy minister of education, says the move will save time for students and reduce workload while maintaining essential assessments.
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Toronto
Naario Department of Education
Duncan McArthur
Ontario Attorney General proposes centralized command to curb kidnapping
Hon. Arthur Roebuck, Ontario attorney-general, urged U S officials to unite police forces into a mobile, rapid deployment unit to neutralize kidnapping for ransom. He argued for centralized command rather than full centralization of management, and he planned bills to widen provincial police powers and allow supervision of relatives and friends bank accounts to prevent ransom payments.
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New York
Arthur Roebuck
Ontario
United States
Mr. Roebuck
New York Herald-Tribune
Iminal Investigation Department
Ramsay MacDonald Returns To England After Long Holiday
Premier Ramsay MacDonald’s sight and health improved during a lengthy Canadian and Newfoundland holiday. He sailed from St. John’s aboard the liner Nova Scotia on September 28 with his daughter Ishbel, returning to assume leadership in Britain.
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Ramsay MacDonald
St. John’s
Newfoundland
Great Britain
New World
Canada
Nova Scotia
Ishbel
Russia Work Stir in League Addressing Disarmament
Geneva reports Russia’s bid to have the League Council obtain a report on resuming the disarmament conference. Maxim Litvinov’s request raised fears that a report by Arthur Henderson could blame Germany’s withdrawal, risking reactions over alleged German rearmament and Versailles violations. The move would push disarmament decisions to the League Council.
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Geneva
Russia
Council
The
League of Tions
Maxim Litvinof
Arthur Henderson
Disarmament Conferenc
Germany
Litvinoff
League Council
Richard Sander
League
British Columbia Reluctant to Surrender Wage Control
Hon. G. S Pearson states BC maintains higher wage standards and labor rules than other provinces and would resist Dominion control over minimum wage and labor regulations. Premier Pattullo estimates payrolls rose by $500,000 monthly this year under current minimum wage scales. Pearson supports nationwide wage reform but opposes Dominion takeover of BC scales. BC open to broader Canada wide discussions.
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Iitish Columbia
Victoria
British Columbia
Canada
Dominion Authority
Pearson
T. D. Pattullo
Britsh Columbia
Dominion
Poultry and Eggs Marketing Schemes Considered by Board
Ottawa reports the Dominion marketing board is examining schemes to regulate poultry and egg sales from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. A potential poultry scheme may be adopted to manage fall marketing. West schemes were presented by R P Roblin Regina lawyer G H Barr and W A Landreth of the Canadian Poultry Pool.
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Ottawa
Dominion Marketing Board
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
West
R. P. Roblin
Saskatchewan Livestock Producers’ Co-operative Association
G. H. Barr
Regina
W. A. Landreth
Canadian Poultry Pool
Meighen to Represent Canada at Melbourne Centennial
Ottawa leader Arthur Meighen will attend Melbourne centennial celebrations next month as representative of the Empire Parliamentary Association and the Dominion government. He plans to sail from Vancouver on October 20.
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Canada
Ottawa
Arthur Meighen
Senate
Melbourne
Australia
Empire Parliamentary Association
Dominion
Vancouver
Conference links city branches for radio tied conference
A British engineering firm linked its Sydney Johannesburg Bombay New York and London branches for a conference over the telephone network. Voices were distinct and the session was declared a success.
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London
Mursels
Sydney
Johannesburg
Bombay
New York
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