Massive Credits Arranged for Britain via New York Paris Banks
Paris reports a Franco British plan to extend credits to Britain to stabilize the pound. In New York bankers and Paris interests discuss a large one year loan, possibly 100 to 590 million dollars, with British treasury bills issued to participating banks.
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Britain
New York
Paris
Associated Press
Great Britain
Treasuries
J. P. Morgan and Company
United States
Treasury
Pnublic
Manitoba road plan to The Pas to be announced soon
Premier John Bracken arriving with a Churchill-bound C C C party is expected to reveal plans for an all Man itoba road from Winnipeg to The Pas. North opinion anticipates the route being included in the winter relief program.
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The
Pas
Man
Manitoba
Winnipeg
John Bracken
Canadian Chambers of Commerce
Women’s Marathon Swim Championship Opens In Toronto
The ten mile world championship race for women’s marathon swimming starts at 1 20 this afternoon off the Canadian National Exhibition grounds. Thirty six entrants swim as conditions are rough with lake water about 68 degrees and prize money totaling $10 000.
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Lake Ontario
Lake Front
Lake Shore Exhibition Grounds
Toronto
Canadian National Exhibition Grounds
Labor manifesto denounces new government in Britain
London August 28 A labor manifesto by the General Council of the Trades Union Congress and allied Labor groups denounces Ramsay MacDonald’s government as unauthorized and vows determined opposition. It argues the policy harms workers’ living standards to appease private banking interests and reverse social protections for the needy.
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London
Labor
Ramsay MacDonald
General Council
Trades Union Congress
Labor Party
Consultative Committee
Parliamentary
Banff Highland Gathering Opens with Royal Visit
The Banff Highland Gathering enters its fifth year with clear skies and larger crowds. Edmonton and Vancouver pipers win multiple prizes in piping, Highland dancing yields several podiums, and King and Queen of Siam officially open the event with a parade and concert.
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Banff
Agnes Mcliver
Edmonton
Maisie Burns
Calvary
Gladys Forrester
Winnipeg
Edmonton Pipers
Vancouver Pipers
Montreal
Hamilton
Ontario
Seattle
Washington
Revelstoke
B.C
MacKinnon
Billy Armstrong
Vancouver
Robert Stoker
Norman MacPherson
Ont
Douglas MacFarlane
Transcona
Calgary
Walsh
Alberta
Prajadhipok
Siam
St. Andrew
Ontario Hydro to Review 50 000 Payment to Aird Jr
The Ontario Hydro Electric Commission received a Hamilton Commission resolution calling for a clear public statement on a 50 000 payment to John Aird Jr. The Hamilton measure, passed August 25, asks the Ontario panel to explain the advisory payment linked to power purchase advice.
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Toronto
Ontario Hydro Electric Commission
Hamilton Hydro Commission
John Aird Jr
J. R. Cooke
Ontario Commission
Hamilton Commission
Mr. Aird
West Has Made Its Proposals to Government
Ottawa reports that interprovincial talks on unemployment relief works are paused as G D Robertson travels to Toronto for possible talks with Premier George S Henry. New Brunswick and Manitoba reach tentative agreements. results to be sent to the Governor in Council after all provinces present requests. BC Alberta Saskatchewan have filed proposals for relief works with Western officials Bennett Stevens Weir. Ontario Quebec Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island have yet to respond.
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Ottawa
Dominion
G. D. Robertson
Toronto
George S. Henry
New Brunswick
Manitoba
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
B. Bennett
H. H. Stevens
Trade and Commerce
Robert Weir
Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Henderson Leads Labor Group in House and Britain Crisis
London reports Arthur Henderson elected leader of the Labour Party succeeding Ramsay MacDonald who was ousted. Six of 280 MPs supported MacDonald. Snowden vows to oppose nonpartisan ministry. MacDonald pledges to push a new national government amid economic crisis. Sea Ham Harbor voters to decide MacDonald’s political future.
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London
Associated Press
Great Britain
Stanley Baldwin
House of Commons
House
Frank H. iSing
Ramsay MacDonald
Labor Party
Arthur Henderson
Arthur
Labor
MacHyonald
Philip Snowden
MacDonald
Seaham Harbor
Durham
Bandits Try Robbery at Imperial Bank in Redcliff
About 12 30 a m two men gained entry by picking the front door lock at Redcliff branch of the Imperial Bank. They brandished a gun at bank clerk A Phillips and forced him toward the vault but failed to open it. The pair searched the office a short time then fled in a car eastward after Phillips escaped. Police and the A P P investigated but found no trace.
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Phillips
Imperial Bank
Redcliff
Kitchen
Medicine Hat
A.P.P
Pan-American plane crashes off Gloucester. one missing
A Pan-American Airways twin motor amphibian crashed into the sea near Gloucester as it traveled from Halifax to Boston. Twelve passengers were rescued by the fishing schooner Nova Julia and brought to port, with six sent to Addison Gilbert Hospital. One elderly passenger remains missing. Coast Guard boats continue search efforts.
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Gloucester
Mass
Pan-American Airways
Halifax
Raatan
Eke
Calais
Baker's Island
Half Way Rock
Marblehead
Coastguard
Leo Salvatore
Savaloro
Addison Gilbert
Wade Randall
Newton
Maine
Pan-American Airways, Inc
Boston
Maritime Provinces
W. W. Bilsmore
City seeks details on deportation basis for charges
Regina council again asks the federal government for criteria used to deport public charges. Twenty six applicants for free passage out of the Dominion were listed by the City Commissioner after a prior information request failed to elicit a reply. More than 100 names were sent to immigration, with only three deported so far.
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Regina
Dominion
J. Westgate
Federal Department of Immigration
Ottefin
Dominion to bear half cost of Manitoba unemployment relief
Winnipeg Aug 28 Fifty per cent of unemployment relief costs in Manitoba outside Winnipeg and 35 per cent in Winnipeg will be paid by the Dominion Government Premier John Bracken announced after talks with federal officials He said the Dominion will also cover 35 per cent of most direct relief and noted a proposal to move 2000 Winnipeg workers to Ontario for highway work Manitoba will confer with Premier Bennett on further points and will treat drought-affected areas similarly with no fixed provincial allocations yet set
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Dominion
John Bracken
W. R. Clubb
Public Works
Ottawa
Bracken
Ontario
R. B. Bennett
West
Saskatchewan
Pia Agate
Employment in the West Ottawa Area Report on August
Unemployment in Canada shows an upward move in early August with 7 887 firms reporting payrolls for 956 238 workers up from July 1. The Prairie Provinces show the largest gains driven by relief work in Saskatchewan while logging and manufacturing lag.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Saskatchewan
Prairie Provinces
Quebec
Ontario
Maritime Provinces
British Columbia
Premera Aug Prese-ey tan 2) wheat by seas
Fragmentary OCR note mentions wheat and seas with unclear action. No identifiable people or organizations appear in readable text.
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Jornee Nora
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Frederick Leith-Ross
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World Bank
Avenol
League of Nations
le Pas
Labor Issues Manifesto
Lord Beaverbrook
Beaverbrook
University of New Brunswick
Lady Beaverbrook
W. D. Ross
Co. G. Jones
Justice O. S. Crocket
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William C. Smith
Drumheller
Smith
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Pia
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