Proposal to Discuss German Position in London Talks
The Exchange Telegraph Agency reports Britain weighing a London conference to discuss Germany's withdrawal from the disarmament talks. France, Germany and Italy are being consulted as London signals readiness to host if guarantees on arms equality are met, otherwise Germany may abstain. Berlin notes Britain invited a conference to pave the way for Germany's return, but Germany demands guarantees before participation.
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London
England
Exchange Telegraph Agency
Germany
France
Italy
Berlin
Foreign Office
Gene
Charge D'Affaires
Alberta Oil Fields Belief of New Discoveries in Alberta
Calgary reports consulting geologist Arthur I Davis of Wilt spire Oil Company and oil operator Roney forecast abundant crude between Keho Lake and the boundary to supply the British Empire. Roney plans a Twin River drill, 25 miles west of Milk River, on Nordon Corporation property, with potential output 1,000 to 10,000 barrels daily and a $100,000,000 valuation.
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Calgary
Alberta
Keho Lake
International Boundary
British Empire
Arthur I Davis
Land Petroleum Engineer
Wiltspire Oil Company
Alberta Oil District
Davis
Alber
Ta Roney
Los Angeles
Mr. Davis
Mr. Roney
Twin River
Milk River
Nordon Corporation
Death Toll Soars From Tehachapi Cloudburst Damage
In Tehachapi California a cloudburst caused floods and wreckage. Fifteen bodies recovered and five more dead unconfirmed. reports say twenty one more bodies found in a wrecked freight car. Damage estimates range from 1.5 to 2 million dollars. Unverified reports to the Southern Pacific Company state a boxcar washed from a bridge held twenty one men and boys.
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Bakersfield
Centenarian Wedding Anniversary in Nish Slavia
Mr and Mrs Filipovitch marked their 100th wedding anniversary in Nish, Yugoslavia as descendants including sons daughters grandchildren and great grandchildren gathered. He is 117 and his wife is in her 100s according to reports.
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Nish, Jugo-Slavia
Filipovitch
Liberal for Century Wolverhampton Centenary Marked
On October 4 the Midland centre of Wolverhampton celebrated a unique centenary as East Wolverhampton marks exactly 100 years of sending a Liberal to the House of Commons. A new recreation park for blind persons has opened in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Wolverhampton
England
House of Commons
Edinargh
Scotland
Liberal delegates oppose coalition at BC meeting
Vancouver delegates at the British Columbia Liberal Association annual session demanded a general election at the earliest moment and refused to join a coalition government. The convention backed TD Pattullo’s leadership and gave him a free mandate to select capable associates, with Mrs. Mary Ellen Smith presiding as madame chairman.
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Liberal Association
Vancouver
SF. Tolmie
British Columbia Liberal Association
Pattullo
Ian Mackenzie
Vancouver Centre
Mary Ellen Smith
J R McLean Named National Secretary in Ottawa
The executive committee of the Association of Canadian Clubs appoints J R McLean of Winnipeg as national secretary succeeding Graham Spry who resigned May 1. McLean, 27, holds a BA and MA from the University of Manitoba and a BLitt from Oxford, Rhodes scholar, son of Mr and Mrs John McLean Yorkton. Mrs PA Wheeler remains assistant secretary.
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Ottawa
Association of Canadian Clubs
J. R. McLean
Winnipeg
McLean
Graham Spry
University of Manitoba
Manitoba
Oxford
John McLean
Yorkton, Sark
PA. Wheeler
Spry
First Woman Passenger Sails Hudson Bay Route to Churchill
Miss E Cora Hind veteran agricultural editor and Canada’s greatest woman journalist sails from Winnipeg to Churchill as the first woman passenger on the Hudson Bay route to Bristol. She has long championed a direct outlet to world markets via Hudson Bay and northern sea passage. Her departure was delayed by chance and avoids the ill fate of the Bright Fan which struck an iceberg and sank.
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Cora Hind
Churchill Winnipeg
Man
E Cora Hind
Canada
Churchill
Hudson Bay
Miss Hind
Winnipeg
Grain Shipped To Churchill Through The Pas Manitoba
Grain movement from the western Canadian prairies to Churchill for winter storage and spring shipment is well underway. About 950 to 1,000 cars have moved north of The Pas along the Hudson Bay Railway, at roughly 100 cars daily. The Churchill elevator, with a 2 500 000 bushel capacity, is expected to fill before winter.
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Pas
Man
Western Canada
Churchill
Hudson Bay Railway
Bay Line
Soviet Emphasis Shifts to Quality in 1933 Production
The central committee of the Communist Party ended a four day meeting with resolutions admitting serious shortcomings in public economy, especially in foods, and urging party members and the proletariat to put their shoulders to the wheel for quality over quantity.
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Moscow
Russia
Central Committee
Communist Party
Forest Fire Ravages Cochran Area Near Portland
A fierce Oregon forest fire roared through Cochran and Edwards in the mountain timber country about 50 miles west of Portland, destroying mills, rail lines, and timber. Two hundred residents fled as CH Wheeler Logging Company structures and rail equipment burned. One logger died from a collapsing tree amid several smaller fires across western Oregon as hot October winds worsened conditions.
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Portland
Cochran
Washington
Edwards
Enright
Southern Pacific
CH Wheeler Logging Company
Oregon
Trade Wheat For Vegetables Calgary Alberta
Calgary farmers resume barter with British Columbia by motor truck through the Crow's Nest Pass trading wheat for vegetables fruit and exes to store for winter. The movement is reported larger than last year as trucks return full of winter supplies and one farmer traded wheat at about 60 cents a bushel for enough fruit and vegetables to last the season.
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Calgary
Alberta
British Columbia
Crow's Nest Pass
Expel Papal Delegate From Mexico City
Mexico orders papal delegate Monsignor Leopoldo Ruizzy Flors expelled as a pernicious foreigner. He departed in a private plane with two interior department agents bound for the border at Laredo or Brownsville. His only remark was that it was his first flight.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Monsignor
Leopoldo Ruizzy Flors
Department of Interior
United States
Laredo
Brownsville
Loan Conversion a Success on South Wales Lists Closed In Half Hour
The New South Wales loan conversion sponsored by the Commonwealth, following the British model, cuts government interest. Cash applications were heavy and lists closed within half an hour. The five year loan carries 4 percent interest with a 2 percent Australian bonus and a seven day limit. Converted loan totals £12,360,959, previously at 5 percent. The nominal rate is 3 4 percent, with repayment premium yielding about four percent overall, saving nearly £500,000 annually.
Alberta to Aid Debt Cases Under New Scheme
Premier E Brownlee indicated Alberta will implement government assistance for debt cases after the Alberta Bar Association agreed to offer services on fair terms. The plan, to be thoroughly considered, aims to ease creditor debtor difficulties and may involve wholesale and retail firms. Opposition exists among Edmonton business interests who fear altering the current credit system.
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Peémorton
Alberta
Alberta Bar Association
E. Brownlee
Tam
Law Society
Wholesalers’ Association
Calgary
Brownlee
Edmonton
John Blue
Emonton Chamber of Commerce
Universities To Confer Eamonton Alberta
Dr RC Wallace president of the University of Alberta plans a meeting of western university heads as proposed by Premier Brownlee. Saskatchewan and Manitoba have approved responses and British Columbia will respond soon.
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Eamonton
Alberta
RC. Wallace
University of Alberta
Brownlee
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
British Columbia
Japanese Births Make Up One-Eighth Of BC Total In 1931
Figures released by provincial health officer H W Young show about 1,342 of 9,640 total births in British Columbia in 1931 were Japanese. Despite a larger Chinese population, only 177 Chinese births were recorded that year.
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Victoria
B.C
British Columbia
H.W. Young
Japanese policy on Manchuria keeps Manchukuo plan
The cabinet rejected altering Manchuria policy despite the Lytton commission report. A core aim remains separating Manchuria from China and upholding Manchukuo as the independent state backed by Japan. Proctor and Gamble announced a five day work week in all plants in Canada and the U S. It takes effect October 10.
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Manchuria
Tokyo
Japan
Lytton Commission
League of Iions
China
Manchukuo
Nanking
Cincinnati
Ohio
Canada
United States
Proctor and Gamble
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Hector Charlesworth
Saturday Night
Canadian Broadcasting Commission
R. McLean
Canadian Clube
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Ding
Ramsay MacDonald
Alaistair MacKinnon
Joan MacDonald
Chequers
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