Christmas Seals Fundraising and Tuberculosis Progress
The article highlights Saskatchewan’s TB treatment gains since 1917, the Anti-Tuberculosis League’s evolving role, and reliance on public contributions for prevention work. It notes hospital beds, expenditures for treatment and prevention, and a push to broaden preventive efforts to reduce treatment costs. It also references Westminster statutory changes and Empire unity remarks by Ernest Lapointe.
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Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
Saskatchewan
Prince Albert
Saskatoon
Fort San
Anti-Tuberculosis League
League
Westminster Statute Clarifies Dominion Autonomy and Equality
The Statute of Westminster, passed after readings in the Lords, enshrines the 1926 Imperial Conference principle that Britain and the dominions are autonomous equal communities within the empire. It allows dominion assent for royal succession and titles changes, ends colonial designation, and enables dominion parliaments to repeal UK acts affecting them.
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Privy Council
England
Canada
Ernest Lapointe
Westminster
Great Britain
Dominions
British Commonwealth of Nations
United Kingdom
Britain
Canada launches emergency relief appeal December 10
Under Prime Ministerial direction Canada begins a one week private subscription drive to aid emergent relief where government aid is unavailable. The plan pools 50 percent locally and 50 percent to a national Red Cross fund to rapidly allocate resources to drought struck Saskatchewan and Alberta areas.
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Canada
Globe backs King demand for Royal Commission in Beauharnois inquiry
The Toronto Globe praises W F Cockshutt ex MP Brantford for pressing to complete the interrupted parliamentary inquiry. It argues only a Royal Commission can reveal the full truth of the Beauharnois deal to restore public confidence and end half baked reporting and whispers.
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King
Beauharnois
Toronto Globe
W. F. Cockshutt
M.P
Brantford
The
Globe
Cockshutt
Ontario Conservative Party
Stern
Mr. King
Liberal Party
London
Rikawne
Canada Fisheries 1930 Investment Employment and Output
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics releases final 1930 Canada fisheries figures. Investment reached 64.03 million dollars, employment 79,558, and product value 47.80 million. The report covers catch by district, vessel counts, gear details, canning and curing operations, exports, and bounty payments.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Department of Fisheries
National Emergency Relief Appeal Launched by Canada
The Red Cross Society of Canada will distribute relief nationwide using its network to reach distressed districts quickly. Grain donations are accepted alongside cash while church, theatre, media, and local groups join the effort. Prime Minister endorses the campaign as a national emergency appeal to banish distress.
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Red Cross Society of Canada
Red Cross Society
U.F.A
Hawley Smoot Tariff Seen as Blunder by Leaders
Critics nationwide argue the Hawley Smoot tariff failed to aid farmers as intended. They say every 3 cents of farmer gains were offset by $1.12 in extra costs through the tariff, with prominent bankers and economists decrying the policy.
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United States
Critics warn Hawley Smoot tariff harms trade in Washington debates
The piece argues Congress may delay repeal while business interests push policy, noting politicians are out of touch with actual business life. It cites opposition to Hawley Smoot and related tariffs, asserting high walls provoke reciprocal barriers and that without imports exports cannot survive.
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Washington
United States
Congress
New York American
Sam
Manion Tariffs Tried to Save Iron and Steel
A 1927 House of Commons speech by Dr. Manion arguing for high tariffs on iron and steel is criticized as flawed economic reasoning. The article tracks employment indices from 1927 to 1931, showing higher tariffs did not prevent unemployment and calling the Manion plan folly.
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House of Commons
Manion
England
Germany
France
United States
Canadian National Railways
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Iron and
Bennett
Murray MacLaren
Crows Tagged Rowan Study Sees Four Shot Near Hanna
Edmonton reports four tagged crows released by Professor William Rowan of the University of Alberta were shot near Hanna after a long flight northward. The experiment split public attention as investigators await more data on light exposure affecting migration.
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Edmonton
Medicine Hat
Hanna
William Rowan
University of Alberta
Constantice Hann
Alberta Bicvincial Police
Rowan
Mdmentor
C. BE
C. EE. Blowers
Alberta ‘Dairy
Nouth
Trio Of Hangings in Manitoba Early In February
Winnipeg reports three executions slated for early February. Andrew Bodz and John Verhoski were each convicted of murder with death sentences set for February. Bodz argued intoxication affected responsibility. Verhoski killed Peter Dembhe near Winnipegosis in October 1930. James McGrath to be hanged February 1 for stabbing his wife last summer.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Andrew Bedz
Bis
Jacvtss Adamson
Assize Court
Phin
Bodz
Fitth
John Verhoski
Peter Dembheson
Winnipegosis
Brandon
Ss 1
James McGrath
Lord Ashfield Welcomed by Canadian Officials at Ottawa
Lord Ashfield arrived as the English member of the Royal Commission on Railways. Sir George Perley, Sir John Childs, and six commission members greeted him at Ottawa station as the inquiry opens its sittings this afternoon.
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Ottawa
George Perley
John Childs
Royal Commission On Railways
Lord Ashfield
Fire devastates Elan block in Sydney causing $250000 damage
Sydney N S fire officials report the Elan block, a leading Sydney business building, destroyed today with about 250000 in damages. The fire likely started in a restaurant kitchen. Nearby homes were evacuated as the blaze spread. A child escaping was found on the sidewalk clutching a dime savings bank with Christmas funds.
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Sydney
N. SC
Elan
Blize
Former Minister of Labor McNamara Dies at 70 in London
Rt Hon T J M McNamara aged 70 and a former Minister of Labor in the 1920 22 coalition government died at his London home after weeks of illness. He previously served as Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty during the Great War and underwent kidney surgery two weeks prior.
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London
T. J. M. McNamara
Britain May Consider Dominion Wheat Quota Plan
London reports the government weighs a Dominion wheat quota to be proposed at the Imperial Conference in Ottawa next summer. The plan aims to raise the Dominion quota gradually to about seventy percent.
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Great Britain
London
The
Evening News Today
Ottawa
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Gary
Ed Calther
Lethbridge
Drumheller
Fisheries Statistics
Iron and Steel
DR. Manion
R. J. Deachman
Sydney N.S
Labor
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