Purvis outlines urgent national social security program
Vancouver. Arthur B. Purvis, chairman of the National Employment Commission, urges full government action to restore the physique of all who can benefit. He calls for local plans, proof of needs, and a coordinated employment service to tackle unemployment. He cites the 1936 act as marking Canada’s most urgent national problem.
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Vancouver
Arthur B. Purvis
National Employment Commission
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Purvis
Drouth
Grouth
Canada
Mr. Purvis
Delegation To League Ottawa Heads To Assembly
Canada's delegation to the League of Nations assembly is led by Senator Raoul Dandurand who in 1925 presided over the league's sixth assembly. Joined by Hon. James L. Isley revenue minister and Hon. Vincent Maney high commissioner to London.
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Ottawa
Canada
League of Nations Assembly
Raoul Dandurand
Assembly of the League
James L. Isley
Vincent Maney
London
Canada Eyes Expanded Roles as Europe China Events Reported
Ottawa reports that Prime Minister Mackenzie King presided over a cabinet council but offered no comment on British actions in Europe and China. London reports query Canada’s stance on Mediterranean piracy and potential new offices and high commissioners to strengthen relations with other dominions.
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Wos
Europe
China
Ottawa
Avalane
Macy Kenzie King
Busineas
London
Mediterranean
Belgium
Canada
Dominions
Oial
CBC plans ban on market price talks and ads on radio
CBC chairman Gladstone Murray says certain radio topics will be banned in future. Recorded programs will be restricted to evening hours to encourage live talent, with exceptions by permission. He cites investor losses from market commentary and mentions potential bans on liquor ads and birth control broadcasts.
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Toronto
Gladstone Murray
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
CBC
Murray
Canada
Canadian Missionary Describes Shanghai War Horrors
Miss Margaret Brown a Canadian missionary evacuee from Shanghai writes of shelling in a boarding house and the peril during the early Shanghai fighting. She praises British authorities navy and the Empress of Asia crew for their aid to Canadian refugees aboard the liner.
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Shanghai
Vancouver
Margaret Brown
Miss Brown
Hong Kong
State Department clarifies rights in China after travel warnings
Officials in Washington said warnings to U S citizens to leave Sanger spots in China do not abandon American rights in the country. They respond to a protest from the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai about any statement implying such surrender.
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United States
China
Washington
State Department
Ram
Hull
American Chamber of Commerce
Shanghai
Firing Squad in Moscow-Region Convicts Disease Spread Plot
In a Soviet agriculture case, regional authorities report the conviction of individuals linked to spreading foot and mouth disease. They allegedly grew diseased cattle to mingle with healthy stock in a bid to sabotage livestock operations. The court sentenced them amid wartime pressures on the Ukraine and Azov districts.
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Moscow
Ukraine
Azov
Abolish Day Want Cancellation Of 10 Per Cent Tariff On X Ray Machines
The Canadian hospital council voted to memorialize the Dominion government asking the 10 percent customs tariff on X ray machines be abolished. Dr A F Anderson of Edmonton moved the resolution. He claimed British manufacturers had not used favorable treatment under Ottawa trade agreements, enabling free entry of X ray supplies from the United Kingdom.
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Ottawa
Canadian Hospital Council
Dominion
A. F. Anderson
Edmonton
United Kingdom
Birthday Celebrations for Canada's Oldest Senator Turgeon
Hon. Joseph Turgeon marked his 88th birthday in Bathurst on September 6. He told visitors he hopes to extend the record as Canada’s oldest senator. Sons Alphonse Turgeon of the Saskatchewan appeal division and Grey Turgeon, MP in Vancouver, accompany him.
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Bathurst
Uessphore Turgeon
Canada
Alphonse Turgeon
Saskatchewan, Supreme Court
Grey Turgeon
Vancouver
Japanese air raid at Sungkiang station widens Shanghai crisis
Japanese aerial bombardment of a train at Sungkiang station caused heavy damage to the Shanghai to Hangzhou line and killed many Chinese civilians. The wreck, said to carry soldiers, prompted foreign powers to seek safety guarantees while China resisted, leaving room for further talks.
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Shanghai
Sungkiang
Hangchow
Kiyoshi Hasega
Hasegawa
Pootung Road
International Settlement
Pootung
China
Weather bureaus tour to set up Canadian Northwest stations
Climatologist Clarence Boughner of the Toronto meteorological bureau tours the Canadian northwest to establish weather bureaus for the trans-Canada airways. He will fly from Edmonton to Fort Nelson in northern British Columbia and set up stations there before moving to lower post and potentially northern Alberta in the Peace River District.
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Simcoe
Unt
Clarence Boughner
Meteorological Bureau
Toronto
Canadian Northwest
trans-Canada Airways
Edmonton
Fort Nelson
British Coluumbia
Lower Post
British Columbia
Alberta
Peace River
Couple marries in Dionne quintuplets hometown ceremony
Mr and Mrs Nor val Kenouse traveled from Findlay Ohio to Callandle Catlanaer Ontario for a wedding in the Dionne quintuplets hometown. They then began a 600 mile honeymoon trip home via Niagara Falls.
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Catlanaer
Norval Kenouse
Findlay
Ohio
Dionne
Niagara Falls
Britain press ahead with Nyon conference to curb piracy
Britain plans to press forward with the Nyon conference to address piracy in the Mediterranean. The cabinet approved proposals from the foreign office to limit the gathering to Mediterranean shipping security and avoid assigning blame. Talks may call for submarines restrictions and mutual protection of ships in face of possible attacks. Russia and Italy are noted in diplomatic disputes touching the incidents.
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Jon
Great Britain
Mediterranean Sea
Germany
Italy
Foreign Office Zonal
Britain
France
Mediterranean
London
Russia
Australia Manages Strengthening Defences Plans
Measures to bolster defense were placed before the House of Representatives. Proposals included a powerful wireless station at Canberra for North Australia waters communications, converting the cruiser Adelaide to oil engines, armor upgrades for the cruiser Australia, recommissioning of the seaplane carrier Albatross, and establishing cooperative naval and air forces with a new air station at Darwin.
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Australia
Canberra
House of Representatives
North Australia
Adelaide
Albatross
Tween
Darwin
Smithsonian to Reassemble Monster Sauropod Bones
Dr Charles W Gilmore a paleontologist at the Smithsonian reports the discovery of sauropod dinosaur bones in western Utah. The giant creature, about feet long and high, prehistoric in age, is being rebuilt at the institute.
Japan Buys Scrap Iron Exports Hit Record High
Washington reports that Japan accounted for more than half of U S scrap iron and steel exports in the first seven months of the year. Total shipments reached 2,600,707 gross tons valued at 51 million dollars with Japan taking 1,529,511 tons.
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United States
Washington-Japan
Commerce Department
Japan
Hangar Plan At Stevenson Airport Unveiled
Reeve R. H. Hooper of St. James municipal council announced plans to build a hangar at the remodelled Stevenson airport in Winnipes Winnipeg Trans-Canaga aurwa with an estimated cost between 100000 and 150000 dollars.
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Winnipeg
Trans-Canaga Aurwa
Stevenson
R. H. Hooper
St. James
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