Canada Emerging From Low Mood Says Sir Arthur Currie
Winnipeg report quotes General Sir Arthur Currie, president of McGill, noting Canada is moving from depression and luxury toward seriousness. He tells Winnipeg Young Men’s Board of Trade that wartime vigor returns, cites Peace River country potential, and warns against doom while praising national resolve.
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Sir Arthur
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Kingdom of the Peace
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Blind Ottawa radio licenses rise in current fiscal year
Official figures show 624 radi owners receiving the blind Ottawa subsidy for 1930 31 year to date, compared with 5s for 1929 30. The total number of radio licenses issued in the early months of the current fiscal year is 34 percent higher, signaling a steady increase in radio ownership across the Dominion.
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Radio Licen
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White Seals Reported Near San Diego Coast
Members of the San Diego Ellogical Society expedition report sighting white seals near the Mexican coast on an inaccessible islet offshore. The creatures, long regarded mythical, were observed during the party's return from Guadalupe Island. No specimen could be obtained.
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Ran Diego
Caline
San Diego
Vancouver Wheat Exports Hit Record Pace To Date
Vancouver wheat exporter reports shipments to date total 283.37 bushels, double the pace of the record crop years 1928 29 when shipments reached 100 million bushels. Last year at this time only 21 had been shipped.
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Vancouver
British empire census hints at population scale
Preliminary estimates in the empire's decennial census suggest total population around 800 million. No cattle were sent to Britain last year as trade shifts with Tokyo influence manpower stock noted. A dirigible K-101, the largest airship, recently lengthened and made a short trial trip before voyage to India.
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Tokyo
Daza
Inia
Empire Congress Honored as Bennett Sees Unity in London
In London delegates at the Imperial Conference gathered at the Guildhall where Canadian Prime Minister Bennett praised the Empire's diversity, talents, and resources. He declared the empire can achieve economic solidarity under guidance and leadership, noting the imperial nations are not bankrupt and still control vast lands and populations. HRM Prince Arthur of Connaught presided at the hand meeting as former governor-general of South Africa.
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Royal Empire Society
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RR. Bennett
Canada
Bennett
Prince Arthur of
Canada Faces Heavy Fire Losses in Ottawa Report
A Canadian fire caused about 47 million dollars in damage, far above the Dominion government's relief allotment. Premier Johnny Bracken of Manitoba urged delegates at the Dominion Fire Prevention Association to push for stronger fire prevention. Prime Minister RB Bennett was named an honorary member. Wow Shapley of Toronto was elected president as resolutions urged better funding and fire safety measures across municipalities and institutions.
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Canin
Dominionment
Johny Bracken
Manitoba
Dominion Fire Prevention Association
RB. Bennett
Wow Shapley
Toronto
Hope Is Fulfilled at Battleford Depot
The first Canadian Pacific train pulled into the depot at 12 30 on September 30 amid cheering crowds. Residents recall a long dream dating to 1875 when a line was proposed to move steel from Winnipeg to New Westminster via Yellowhead Pass, with plans later shifted to serve southern province.
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Battletown
Sack
Battlefad
Winnipeg
Fort Livingtone
Hattieford
Yellow Head Pass
New Westminster
Extensive Comstrne Improvement Work To Start Ottawa
Official announcement by Senator Robertson indicates CN and CPR will commence a 21 million construction program immediately. About 10 000 men will gain year long employment and 2000 horse teams will be kept busy mainly grading. The plan also aims to aid farmers in various districts and boost regional activity.
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Ottawa
Robertson
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific Railways
Government relief program enlarged to aid unemployment
Ottawa details of the federal campaign to relieve unemployment in Canada were outlined by Senator Gideon, minister of labor. The plan would put to work between 8,000 and 9,090 Canadians, with a broad mix of direct relief and construction projects worth millions. Railways would undertake major works, provinces would share costs on a 50 50 basis, and a trans Canada highway funded in part by the federal government. The program aims to spur industry and create jobs across laborer, clerk, and artisan categories, with rail orders and supplies to begin immediately.
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Canada
Gideon
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific Railways
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Board Railway Commissioners
Sydney
Vancouver
Higchway
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Beneft
Robert Yiined
Staff Reduced When Resources Handed Over
Famonton Aneta reports a formal transfer of Alberta natural resources with no ceremony. Twenty eight Dominion Lands office staff in Regina face reductions to save costs as Premier J M Anderson announces provincial government oversight of grazing leases mining claims timber permits contracts and school land dealings transferring about 20000 accounts.
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Aneta
Alberta
Dominion Lands Office
Regina
Sask
J. 7. M. Anderson
Won Citizenship After Long Court Battle
Mrs. Carl Landis of Philadelphia won citizenship after a year and a half long court battle. She took the oath of allegiance while reserving opposition to bearing arms, stating she would serve as a nurse and shed blood if necessary in time of war. The judge granted citizenship despite her reservation. Landis origin traced to Alsace and she arrived in 1914 amid her fight for naturalization. Fireworks in San Miguel cathedral during Saints Day celebration exploded, injuring several as they were stored in the church.
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Carl Landis
Philadelphia
Gill
United States
War Common Pleas
A. M. Roxis
Landis
Alsacerae
Veleya
Guanajwate
San Miguel Cathedral
Maritime Ports Are Important To Canada
Sir Henry Thornton of the Canadian National Railway urged recognition of Maritime ports in Halifax and the Atlantic coast region. He warned that isolating the Maritimes would mean economic death and stressed the sector’s strong economic position and CN R support for port and provincial development.
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Maritime Provinces
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Canadian National Railways
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Maritimes
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Sir Henry
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Manion Plans Hudson Bay Railway Inspection Trip
Hon. RJ. Manion, Minister of Railways and Canals, leaves Ottawa for a personal survey of the Hudson Bay Railway and Churchill terminals. He is accompanied by D. J. Smart, Col A. Dubuc, chief engineer, and Charles Haddow, assistant night commissioner for Great Priv.
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Bay
Ottawa
Empire trade pledge echoes at Imperial Conference
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald opened the conference urging cooperation to boost Empire trade. Dominion leaders including Canada’s Mr. Bennett stressed unity and concerted action to advance all sections of their peoples amid a broader push for autonomy within unity.
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British Commonwealth
Emmon
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Dominion
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Bennett
Prospects for Greater Trade With Antipodes
The Imperial Conference frays constitutional questions tied to the 1926 empire framework. Patrick McGiligan asserts recognition of Ireland as a free sovereign state. Canada and Australia push mutual trade gains, with Australia offering dried fruits oranges pineapples wool while Canada supplies pineapples and wool, aiming to reduce reliance on non imperial sources. Talks also cover Zealand trade and New Zealand butter tariff shifts from four to eight cents per pound.
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Lugland
Imperial Conference of the
British Nations
Thalfour
Patrick McCulligar
McGiligan
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H.H. Stevens
James Scullin
Australia
P. L. Maloney
Canada
Hawaiian Islands
New York
Mr. Stevens
Zealand
New Zealand
Scholarships Awarded To Canadian Nurses
Ottawa Ont Following a policy on the organizing 121 during which time 1M scholarships have been granted the Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada has again awarded scholarships to enable well qualified nurses to take post graduate courses in public health nursing at Canadian universities This year's awards have been made to Hazel Latimer and Miss Raith Stevenson both of Ottawa Miss Elizabeth Filwards Kingston and Miss Mary Heingara Fau nt Miss Margaret Ferguson and Miss Jean Watt both of London Miss Annie R Smith of Calgary and Miss Jacqueline Noel Montreal
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Victorian Order of Nurses For
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Mine Hazel Latimer
Raith Stevenson
Elizabeth Filwards
Kingston
Mary Heingara Faunt
Margaret Ferguson
Jean Watt
London
Mise
Annie R Smith
Calgary
Jacqueline Noel Montreal
Northcott Hanged at San Quentin After Confession
Northcott, 28, a chicken rancher from Wineville Cal, was executed for the murders of three boys at San Quentin. He collapsed while ascending the gallows steps when the sentence was carried out at 10 03 am as evangelist Kev Newgent at Los Angeles offered verses from St John.
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Cal
Stewart Northcott
Wineville
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Jd Blind
Kev Newgent
Los Angeles
St John
Wheat Markets Projected Support From Federal Appropriation
The Dominion Government allocates funds to back practical demonstrations to develop Canadian wheat markets. Demonstrations will begin in the United Kingdom and expand to Europe. Also noted is a coroner's inquest into a fatal plane crash near Bishop's Field Flying Club, with witness Miss Marian Swaim unable to testify due to memory lapse.
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Fort Walham
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