Bank of Commerce notes limited wheat sales impact on supply
The Canadian Bank of Commerce in its monthly commercial letter warns that only a strong recovery will ensure a normal wheat supply from the southern hemisphere. It notes Canada’s recent reluctance to sell freely and recalls EB Ramsay of the Canadian Wheat Pool urging higher prices for hard wheat.
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Toronto
Ont
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Canada
EB Ramsay
Canadian Wheat Pool
Winnipeg
Lake Head
Bay
Pank
Japanese Envoy Sails For Canada
Iyemia Tokugawa Japan's first minister to Canada sails from Tokyo to Ottawa to take up duties. He stresses close cooperation between Canada and Japan for peace and mutual interests and welcomes Hon. H M Marler's presence in Japan. He aims to learn Canada's needs and share Japan's ideas.
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Mays
Tokyo
Japan
Canada
Iyemia Tokugawa
Ottawa
H M. Marler
Tokugawa
Ottawa expected to push liquor export ban legislation
The Ottawa Evening Journal reports Premier MacKenzie King’s claim that the government cannot bar liquor exports to the United States. Political circles anticipate a 1952 session move to prohibit cross border liqueur shipments by denying clearance. Saskatoon grain from this year’s crop qualifies for Regina’s World Grain Exhibition in 1952. Rooney, exhibit manager, urged Saskatoon seed growers to start selection work.
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Ottawa
Ont
Ottawa Evening Journal
MacKenzie King
United States
Saskatoon
Regina
A. Rooney
McCumber Explains Tariff Changes at Ottawa Meeting
P. J. McCumber former North Dakota senator and current member of the International Joint Commission spoke at Ottawa about adjustments to the Pordsey-McCumber tariff regime. He outlined aims to ease alarm regaining changes and urged cooperation among nations.
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Ottawa
Canada
P. J. McCumber
North Dakota
Labor Government Outlines Foreign Policy At Conference
Rt Hon Arthur Henderson outlines policy on Palestine and immigration matters and asserts Britain will evacuate the Rhineland by December 14. He says Russia exchange of ambassadors, a Egypt treaty after Egyptian support, and a move toward compulsory arbitration signal a push for disarmament and closer Britain United States ties. He hopes Japan Italy and France join in talks as Britain signs the optional clause at The Hague.
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Brighton
Fugi
Palestine
Rhineland
Russia
Egypt
Arthur Henderson
Labor Party
Brooklyn Taxi Hero Saves Tenants From Fire
A cab driver in Brooklyn risked his life when a four story block caught fire with 30 residents inside. He used toothpicks to sound doorbells, triggering a chain that woke occupants and allowed all to escape before flames gutted the building.
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Brooklyn
Dames
Grain Ships Tied Up as Kingston Becomes Winter Quarters
Eleven Canadian Pacific Lines freighters are placed in winter quarters at Kingston due to weak grain markets. Ships have spent most of the season idle with cargo prospects poor for the next two months. Officials expect heavy movement next year when navigation to Montreal reopens, amid total Canadian grain stocks of 149,674,643 bushels in elevators and 22,616,698 bushels in U S elevators.
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Montreal
Lower Lakes
Canada Teamships
Kingston
Indians Demand Rights From Northern Ontario Chiefs
Sudbury delegates from all reservations meet in a general council to seek restoration of ancient forest rights and privileges. They argue their livelihood relies on streams and forests and trapping remains their primary revenue source, citing the Treaty of Utrecht and George II proclamation.
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Ontario
Sudbury
Ahe
George II
Canadian National Steamships acquires three California service ships
Three CNR vessels, the Canadian Rover, Canadian Observer, and Canadian Coaster, were purchased by Three CNR ships sold y Navigation Company Limited and will be merged into the Vancouver to California route. The ships will stay under Canadian management. Purchase price not announced.
Ottawa Plans Junior Police Force Inauguration
Monelled on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police system a Junior police force is to be inaugurated in Ottawa. It will have no immediate practical work but aims to be recognized by the police department. Officials from the juvenile court and local service clubs join the effort to curb juvenile delinquency.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Police Department
Progress on N R Branch Line Work Across Prairies
Canadian National Railway reports rapid progress on prairie branch lines in Saskatchewan and Alberta. Of 568 miles authorized, 418 miles are graded and bared steel is laid on 25 miles of the Aberdeen Melfort route. Plans aim to finish within three years. Through freight and passenger service between The Pas and Churchill expected by July.
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Tional Railways
Prairies
H. A. Dixon
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Grantet
Finshed
Aberdeen-Melfortine
Cudworth
Wakaw
Dixon
Sherritt-Gordon
Fort Churchill
Pas
Churchill
Professor Taylor to Probe Canadian Motion Picture Combine
Prof. Kenneth W. Taylor of McMaster University economics department has been appointed by the Federal Minister of Labour to conduct a preliminary investigation under the Combines Investigation Act into an alleged motion picture industry combine in Canada. The inquiry will decide if a royal commission should be appointed, with a report due to the government in a couple of weeks.
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Kenneth W. Taylor
Economics
McMaster University
Minister of Labor
Canada
Taylor
Death of German Foreign Minister Gustave Stresemann
Foreign Minister Gustave Stresemann died suddenly on October 3 after months of ill health. He had recently recovered enough to attend the Hague reparations conference and was a leading figure in postwar Europe peace efforts with Aristide Briand. He held multiple top posts and was a key member of the Mueller cabinet.
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Gustave Stresemann
Gustaven
Stresemann
Hague
Assembly of the League of Nations
Geneva
Aristide Briand
Germs People’s Party
Reichstag
Mueller
Tragic Death as Truck Crashes Woman in Toronto
Mrs. Rose Gugins aged 21 of 120 Margueretta Street was crushed beneath a motor truck wheels after stopping with her husband at a street car in Toronto. The driver was arrested on a manslaughter charge.
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Toronto
Ont
Rose Gugins
Margueretta Street
Yorkton
Sask
Union of Free Church and Church of Scotland in Edinburgh
In Edinburgh on October 2 the United Free Church and the Church of Scotland united in the Assembly Hall An ndale Street. The crowd of about 15 000 included all aspects of Scottish life and European churches as floodlights lit the hall. Dr John White of Glasgow was named first moderator of the merged Church of Scotland.
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Bdinburgh
Scotland
United Free Church
Church of Scotland
Annandale Street
Dominions
John White
Glasgow
Ousted by Britain Preferred for Nova Scotia Coal Trade
Hon. G.8 Harrington states Nova Scotia coal miners face no improvement from the idea of organizing wheat shipments to England and returning English coal in the Alps. He argues for a national policy to secure the Canadian market for coal producers in Nova Scotia and Alberta.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
Canada
G. 8
Harrington
Scotia
J. H. Thomas
England
Alps
Alberta
Not Worried Over Deficit in London Revenue
London reports a $260000 deficit in the first half of the financial year. Experts view the shortfall as $20000 above last year’s comparable period. Former chancellor Winston Churchill had forecast a $60 million year decline. Regina notes post office business rising in September versus 1929.
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London
England
Winston Churchill
Regina
Dominion
Trade relations with Russia will benefit Canada
Vancouver hears Sir John Aird of the Bank of Commerce advocate resuming ties with Russia as a major boost to Canada’s trade. He predicts Britain and Canada could gain much of the Germany and U S trade. Russia may participate in future congresses, with transport and radio seen as key factors shaping Pacific relations and business.
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Vancouver
Russia
Canada
Sir John Aird
Bank of Commerce
Japan
Institut
Sir John
Rll
Britain
Canad
Germany
United States
Pacific
John
Paci
Women cause disturbance at Labour meeting in Brighton
At a Brighton Labour conference two women Communists were carried out after they chained themselves to a gallery railing. A man was ejected for showering leaflets as stewards struggled to gag and restrain the women. The chairman blamed the Communists for the disruption.
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Brighton
Eng
Labor Party
Herbert Morrison
Bornate
David Lloyd George
Winston Churchill
Arthur Henderson
Foreign Affairs
Retiring Postal Officers Honored by Winnipeg Office
Winnipeg officials honored two long serving postal officers on retirement. Superintendent H. H. Phinney and Inspector W. H. Wood, with nearly a century of combined service, received gifts including a traveling bag, camel hair rug, and a clock. The civil service commission will fill the vacancies after examinations.
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Winnipeg
H. H. Phinney
W. HH. Wood
Phinney
Wood
Civil Service Commission
Boy Arrested Over Jewelry Theft Linked to Family Dog
In Toronto Ontario a seven year old boy was charged with stealing jewelry worth 3000 dollars from Samuel Langdon. The dog’s silence during the act led police to suspect someone known to the dog. The boy confessed after questioning.
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Toronto
Samuel Langdon
Langdon
British Youth Hurt In Rail Ride Near Port Arthur
Sixteen year old Sydney Chapman from Whitley England, new to Canada, was found near the Canadian Pacific Railway yards near a track with a severed leg and in serious condition. He was riding freight rails toward the Golden West when he apparently jumped from the train and fell. Attendants hope for recovery despite the loss of a limb.
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Port Arthur
Sydney Chapman
Whitley
Northumberland
England
Golden West
Chapman
Canadian Pacific Railway
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