Disarmament Highlight At League Assembly
Geneve reporting the 14th League of Nations meeting recalls Englebert Dollfuss urging Austrian independence and public support amid applause. Canada urged disarmament leadership with Kellogg pact talk, Sir John Simon pressed for a binding disarmament accord as essential for world recovery.
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Geneve
Switzerland
League of Nations Assembly
Englebert Dollfuss
Austria
Canada
R. J Manion
John Simon
Dollfuss
Dellfuss
Manion
League Council
Sir John Simon
Mary Agnes Snively and nursing pioneers in Canada
Mary Agnes Snively, first woman superintendent of Toronto General Hospital and its Nurses' Training School, helped found the Canadian National Association of Trained Nurses. The report notes her early training in New York's Bellevue Hospital and her influential role in Canadian nursing history, alongside a dispatch of supplies to western Arctic posts via Hudson's Bay Company.
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Mother of Nursing
Canada
Toronto Hospital
Toronto
Ont
Mary Agnes Snively
Toronto General Hospital
New York
Bellevue Hospital Training School
Pioneer School
Canadian National Association of Trained Nurses
Canadian Nurses’ Association
North Edmonton
Alberta
HG. Apia
Hudson's Bay Company Transport Department
Winniles
Akiawik
Arctic
Statecraft School Advocated by Justice Macdonald
Mr Justice Malcolm A Macdonald of the British Columbia Court of Appeal urged a statecraft school in a recent address to a Sudbury service club in Ontario. The proposal highlighted civic development and leadership training opportunities for youth in the region.
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Sudbury
Premier Tolmie Appeals Across Party Lines in BC Campaign
Premier Tolmie urged voters to unite beyond party politics in Saanichton, proposing an union government to address employment through labor collaboration, and to seek federal aid for orderly marketing of primary products. He asked for a royal commission to secure better terms for British Columbia in Confederation.
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Tolmie
Victoria
Premere F Tolemie
British Columbia
Saanichten
Unon
Canadians Appointed To Five Main Committees At League Assembly
At Geneva the League of Nations assembly opened and completed its organization. Dr W A Riddell, Canadian representative, joined the technical committee and became vice president of the social committee. Philip Roy, Canadian minister in Paris, served on the budgetary and agenda committees. Hon Dr RJ Manoa, minister of Railways and Canal and head of the Canadian delegation, joined the legal and political committee.
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Wim
League Assembly
Geneva
Switzerland
Canaers
League of Nations Assembly
W. A. Riddell
Techncal
Phlippe Roy
Paris
RJ. Manoa
Assembly
Brandon Returns to UK From Churchill With Cargo
The SS Brandon docked at the government pier at 6:30 PM on Sept 26 after a storm forced her to turn back near Churchill. It delivered 360000 bushels of wheat, 200 head of cattle, lumber, a carload of Manitoba honey for overseas buyers, and the first Churchill livestock shipment before sailing back to the United Kingdom.
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Churchill
Man
SS. Brandon
Government Pier
Brandon
United Kingdom
Catte
Manitoba
Werseas
Antelope Increase Worries Southern Alberta Ranchers
Ranchers in southeastern Alberta report a sharp rise in antelope numbers within the Coutts area to Cypress Hill, with up to 200 animals on single ranches. The Nemiscam antelope park was established years ago to protect the species after fears of disappearance. Protest over a radio license ruling for US tourists with car radios was voiced by Victoria groups.
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Alberta
Lethbridge
Coutts
Canadian Pacifc Railway
Cypress Hill
Dominion
Nemiscam
Victoria
Ottawa
United States
Victoria Chamber of Commerce
Vancouver Island
Manitoba Legislature Set for January Session
The Manitoba legislature will hold its next session toward the end of January following a government caucus. A new decree in Germany cancels a provision allowing employers who hire more workers to pay lower wages and salaries.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg
Man
Germany
Hudson Bay Route Praised by Saskatchewan Leader
Col. F J James of Regina, vice-president for Saskatchewan of the On-to-the-Bay Association, arrives in Marseilles aboard the grain carrier Pennyworth. He calls the route via Hudson Bay and Strait the safe way to Europe, noting a 19 day voyage from Churchill with prairie wheat. The Pennyworth, loaded with wheat, sailed to Genoa, Italy, then headed back to Newcastle, England.
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Vol
James
France
Europe
Winnipeg
Hudson Bay
Canada
F J. James
Regina
Saskatchewan
Marseiles
Pennyworth
R. W. Paterson
Col
Bay and
Hudson Straits
Churchill
Gioa
Italy
Newcastle
England
Lord's Day Alliance Plans Protest Against Sunday Elevator Work
Rev G G Webber western secretary of the Alberta Lord's Day Alliance says Sunday operation of grain elevators is an unnecessary form of Sunday labor to be protested. He notes emergency harvesting on Sunday is allowed by weather, with few complaints this season, and says Sunday threshing has shown no marked activity.
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Alberta
Rev
G. G. Webber
Mr. Webber
Canadian Radium Shipment to Ontario Hospitals
The second shipment of Canadian produced radium arrived for provincial hospital use. It includes 25 needles each containing two milligrams, delivered to the Ontario government.
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Toronto
Ontario
British officials sail to discuss war debts with Roosevelt
A three member British delegation led by Sir Frederick Leith Ross sails to the United States to gauge public sentiment on war debts and to discuss the position with President Roosevelt. Sir Ronald Lindsay and Treasury official The Bewley accompany him as part of the mission.
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Britain
United States
Southampton
Frederick Leithe Ross
Roosevelt
Sir Frederick
America
Rosevelt
Sir Ronald Lindsay
Th. Bewley
Treasury
Washington
Prefer Marriage Fest In Britain Would Show That Cleverest Women Are Married
London reports that among 12 women entering the civil service highest class examination none passed. The notice says candidates must be unmarried or widows and resign any appointment in marriage, a rule that apparently hindered the cleverest women from succeeding despite the exam’s difficulty being comparable to Oxford and Cambridge standards.
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Britain
London
Eng
Two RAF Aviators Die in Scotland Home Fleet Crash
Two Royal Air Force planes crashed while returning from home fleet maneuvers off Scotland. Two airmen were burned to death near Belford, Northumberland, in a bomber. A second wreck occurred at Sunderland, crew escaping. One plane missing and six others forced down due to thick weather. Fatalities in the air force for the year reach forty four.
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London
Eng
Royal Air Force
Scotland
Belford
Northumberland
Sunderland
Leaving Dried-Out Areas Ettlers In Alberta Take Advantage
Alberta settlers move from drought regions under a free movement scheme. Government relief offices report over 200 families relocated so far with expectations the season total will exceed 300 and may reach 400 by October when the program ends.
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Alberta
Edmonton
New Ruling Sets U S Hookups Policy for Montreal
Montreal hear the Canadian radio commission ban permanent ties with United States broadcasting systems. Hector Charlesworth states no permanent hookups nationwide, with French programs expanding locally but not province wide. He says national broadcasting to advertisers and newspapers should benefit, while U S programs may enter in limited numbers. New York Philharmonic broadcasts will be shared across the Dominion.
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Montreal
Quebec
United States
Hector Charlesworth
T & Canadian Radio Broadcasting Comm
Charlesworth
Dominion
National Broadcasting
Canada
Commission
New York
New York Philharmonic Orchesra
Hundreds Left Homeless After Abruzzi Earthquake Tremor
Reports from Savonna and Rome describe a powerful quake in the Abruzzi mountains causing at least 19 deaths, around 200 injuries, and hundreds displaced. Families shelter in fields beside bonfires as hospitals cope. soldiers erect tent settlements while a tidal wave strike is noted in Savonna.
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Rome
Italy
Abruzzi
Savonna
Age Limit For Architects In London Design Block
The government imposes an age limit of 55 for architects on the 10 million dollar Whitehall office block project. The rule excludes famed figures like Sir Edwin Lutyens as the project’s completion spans years and officials say elderly designers often die before work finishes.
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London
Eng
Whitehall
United Kingdom
Edwin Lutyens
Ray
United States Cannot Postpone British Naval Programme
Washington informs London that the United States cannot delay any section of the ongoing naval construction programme. Britain feared full execution would affect arms limitation efforts. The informing source at the State Department remained undisclosed.
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Britain
United States
Washington
London
Jotete
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J. E. Perrault
Canadian Good Roads Association
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Hamilton
H.B
FG. Banting
University of Toronto
Madrid
J. G. Fitegerald
Faculty of Medicine
International Health Board
U. S
Naval
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