Wall Street Stampede Sees Worst Panic Since 1914
New York faced a terrifying stock market stampede with trading volumes and prices plunging. Banks met at J P Morgan to issue a stabilizing statement by Thomas W. Lamont, helping to halt the drop as major stocks fell to new lows before recovering some.
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New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
J.P. Morgan and Company
Thomas W. Lamont
Morgan Partners
Bankers
General Motors
Aimerican Telephone and Telegraph Company
Radio Corporatinn of America
Steel
Standard
New Jersey
General Electric
Attempt on Crown Prince Humbert in Brussels
In Brussels Crown Prince Humbert of Italy was shot at while laying a wreath on the tomb of Belgium’s unknown soldier. The assailant Enrico Dirosa, born 1904 in Italy, was arrested after a bystander protest. A mob demanded lynching as the crowd surged the police station.
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Brussels
Belgium
Humbert
Maly
Enrico Dirosa
France
Rome
Pola
Vladimir Gortan
Doukhobors to be released on ticket of leave
In Saskatchewan, about thirty Doukhobors in jail will be released on ticket of leave. Announcement came from Hon. Lucien Cannon, solicitor-general, after a request by Hon. M A MacPherson, Saskatchewan attorney-general. Meanwhile the Chinese Free Masons pledged 200000 for a peace temple in Shanghai at their San Francisco convention.
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Saskatchewan
Lucien Cannon
M.A. MacPherson
Free Masons of the World
San Francisco
Shanghai
Toronto MP Mc Phail Urges Free Speech For Communists
Canaia's only woman member of parliament urges letting Communists have free speech. She compares Queens Park to a safety valve for exuberant Communists and criticizes police for laughing stock behavior, calling the matter the silliest business in some time.
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Vo Mee Mens McPhail
Canaia
Hyde Park
England
Queens Park
Toronto
Lord Willingdon renews arts competition prizes
Governor General Lord Willingdon informs Sir Arthur Currie of McGill University by letter that the Willingdon arts competition is renewed with eight prizes. Four prizes of 100 dollars each in music, two in literature, one in painting, and one in sculpture of 200 dollars aim to foster art and literature.
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Montreal
Lord Willingdon
Canada
Arthur Currie
McG University
Willingdon
Vancouver men receive severe sentences at fall assizes
Severe sentences were handed down at the fall assizes by Mr Justice DA MacDonald. Henry Chow was sentenced to seven years in prison, fined $1,000, and given 10 lashes after being found in possession of cocaine and morphine. Nip Gar alias Jang Shee, a 55 year old Chinese woman, was sentenced to seven years and fined $1,000 for selling opium.
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Vancouver
DA. MacDonald
Henry Chowese
Chow
Nip Gar
Jang Shee
Tariff Inquiry Opens On November 7 In Ottawa
The minister of finance will appoint a board chaired by W H Moore to probe the 50 per cent British content provision in the preferential tariff on cotton goods imported from Britain to Canada. The inquiry follows a long conference among board members and British high commission officials. League Receives Notes Geneva: Canada registers and publishes notes exchanged with the United States on August 2 and September 19, 1928, concerning tax exemptions for shipping companies.
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Minister of Finance
Britain
Canada
W. H. Moore
League
Geneva
The
League of Nations
United States
Loss Unemployment In Britain Montreal Report
Unemployment in Great Britain is still a serious issue, but not as evident as expected, says A. T. Weldon vice-president of Canadian National Railways after a recent overseas trip. The country as a whole seems to be growing more prosperous.
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Britain
Montreal
Great Britain
A. T. Weldon
Canadian National Railways
Board of Trade Rally Names Guest of Honor
MS Anderson will be guest of honor at the annual rally to be held here Tuesday November 12 sponsored by the Board of Trade. Last year more than 2000 people attended as farmers from across the district enjoyed the day’s entertainment.
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Penn Serenere Erate
MS Anderson
The
Board of Trade
Relief Fund For Miners Reopened For Winter Aid
London andiana-one fund for relief of distress among unemployed coal miners families has been reopened for the coming winter. Various grants have already been allocated and altogether about $2,500,000 will be spent. The distribution of relief will take the form entirely of clothing.
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London
Andiana
Japanese Delegation to Sail for Seattle Then Washington
The Japanese delegation to the London naval conference will depart for Seattle on November 30, sailing from here and then proceeding to Washington for a visit with President Hoover and the secretary.
CN Rail to Take Over Cranberry to Sherritt-Gordon Branch
The Canadian National Railways will assume control of the Cranberry to Sherritt Gordon mine branch line to Cold Lake at October end. Eleven weekly passenger runs to The Pas and a daily freight service are planned. HH MacLean of Dominion Construction says work finished ahead of schedule. Local miners say CN ownership will boost Northern Manitoba mining, though winter-trail transport costs hindered machinery access.
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Cranberry
Sherritt- Gordon
Winnipeg
Sherritt-Gordon
Cold Lake
Canadian National Railways
Pas
MacLean
Dominion Construction Company
Cn.r
Manitoba
Manitoba Cabinet Discusses Resource Return Agreement
A tentative draft agreement for the transfer of natural resources is seen as satisfactory by Manitoba, with the Dominion minister and cabinet members meeting for informal talks. All cabinet members attended except Premier Bracken, who was in the Old Country. A conference on extended pulpwood limits for Manitoba Power Company will be held after Mr. Stewart returns from the west.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg
Charles Stewart
Dominion
John Bracken
Manitoba Power Company
Stewart
Italian minister to Canada may be appointed
Cable dispatches forecast Agostino Ferrante Di Ruffano to move to Philadelphia and Count Delfino Rogers Villanova to Ottawa as new Italian minister. Canada may follow the United States France and Japan by appointing a minister to Ottawa and extending its diplomatic service abroad. Marquis Ferrante says he knows nothing of London reports but admits it is possible.
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Uwawa
Canada
Agostino Ferrante di Ruffano
Philadelphia
Ottawa
Delfino Rogers Villanova
London
England
Mary
United States
France
Japan
Germany
Department of External Affairs
Italy
Marquis Ferrante
Spirit of the West on Western Agriculture and Wheat Prospects
Western ranch and farm leader Miller comments on a hopeful harvest scene in the west. He notes 2,000 acres under three Saskatchewan holdings, a 250,000 000 bushel high quality wheat crop, and savings from farmers harvesting themselves. Weather, rains near Regina, and optimism about future markets shape 1930 hopes.
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Aniler
Moose Jaw Times
Canadian Press
Miller
Western Associated Press
Winnipeg
Saskatchewan
Zinc Surplus Boosts Canada as Exports Surge
Zinc emerges as a major Canadian export as domestic use lags. American Bureau of Metal Statistics reports output about four times domestic consumption. British Columbia leads with Quebec a close contributor. Production growth has transformed zinc into a key mineral, valued last year at over ten million dollars.
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Canada
American Bureau of Metal Statistics
British Columbia
Quebec
Plans For Dominion Breeders Convention At Regina
Preliminary arrangements for the Dominion Breeders Association convention set for March 24 to 28 in Regina were discussed by the Saskatchewan Livestock Board. A planning committee was appointed, led by C. M. Learmouth J. G. Robertson D. T. Fiderkin and R. A. Wright. The Canadian Breeders Association meets irregularly in the west, with a Calgary gathering in years past, and this time Regina hosts on invitation from the Saskatchewan Livestock Breeders and the Regina Board of Trade.
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Regina
Dominion Breeders’ Association
Saskatchewan Livestock Board
C.M. Learmouth
J. G. Robertson
DT Fiderkin
RA Wright
Toronto
West
Calgary
Saskatchewan Livestock Breeders
Regina Pound of Trade
New Claimant for Earldom disturbs English title race
In London, Indiana, a dispute over the earldom of Egmont widens with a third claimant, A Power, a retired optician from Haydock, Lancashire. He asserts descent from Hon. Philip Tufton Perceval, brother of the fifth earl, joining James William Perceval, a 66 year old baker of North London, in contesting the vast estates near Kingswood in Hampshire. Alberta’s Frede Perceval was once thought heir presumptive and travelled to England after the late earl’s death to stake a claim.
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Indiana
Egmont
Kings ‘Wood
Hampshire
Haydock
Lancashire
Philip Tufton Perceval
Frederick Perceval
Priddis
Alberta
James William Perceval
North
England
Freight Rates Hearings Before Railway Board Planned
The Board of Railway Commissioners will hold hearings this fall on maritime grain rate reductions and Alberta coal rate issues. No fixed dates or formal applications yet, but decisions are expected within days.
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Board OF Railway Cosmne
Ottawa
Board of
Mexican court rules women cannot vote in presidential election
A Mexican court ruling declared that women have no political rights and therefore cannot vote in the presidential election scheduled for November 17. The decision responded to a query from women's clubs in Coahuila state.
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Veparament
Mexico
Coahuila
Grain storage crisis believed to be now over
Winnipeg observers report the grain storage crisis easing as bins at country points hold ample space for the unmarketed 1920 crop. Deliveries are slowing while grain moves to lake head. boats push eastward to keep lake head bins level. Railways once rationed cars in October to prevent overflow at Port Arthur and Fort William.
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Winnipeg
Lake Head
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific Railways
Port Arthur
Fort William
Manitoba may soon control own resources
Ottawa progress on the natural resources agreement with Manitoba shows rapid drafting with Hudson and Biggar to represent the province. Cabinet talks hint at a final form, though a few points still need decision by both governments. The issue centers on water powers and timber management, with Manitoba seeking provincial control while Ottawa may retain influence.
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Ottawa
Manitoba
Domnion Hat
OM. Biggar
A.B Hudson
Manttoa
Dominion
Manitoba Ht
Educator named to provincial educational council
Premier Anderson announced the appointment. Dr RA Wilson head of the English Department at the University of Saskatchewan will serve on the province wide educational council effective immediately succeeding Dean GH Ling of the same university.
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Dean Lin
Saskatoon
RA. Wilson
University of
Regina singer to perform before sailing to new fields
Regina audiences hear that the famed diva Madame Gallboard will sing at The Arnwuries on a Wednesday in November before sailing to new fields. Her touring schedule includes Japan and China with Manila concerts starting February and ending early. Managers Evans and Salter pledge a long Orient tour, following a prior British Isles and Australasia run.
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Arnwuries
Regina
Japan
China
Manila
Philippines
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