Toronto Clergyman Named Moderator of United Church
Winnipeg dispatch reports Rev. Dr. W. T. Gunn of Toronto was unanimously elected moderator of the United Church of Canada at the third biennial general council meeting. Gunn, a former Congregational official and current United Church Mission Board secretary, was the sole candidate presented to more than 400 delegates from across Canada.
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Winnipeg
W. T. Gunn
Toronto
United Church of Canada
Canada
General Council of the United Church In Canada. Co
Convcil
James Sandicott
United Church Mission Board
Congregational Church
Fanion
United Church
Gunn
James Ross
Montreal
Geo. W. Kerry
Calgary
Vancouver
C. E. Manning
Manning
General Council of the United Church of Canada
Young Church
James Endicott
Madicott
India
China
Korea
Japan
Trinidad
Africa
Churches
Women barred from the pulpit at United Church General Council
Winnipeg reports the General Council debated ordaining women as ministers and elders. A majority favored ordination in some sessions but a Barrie Act requirement delays final action, likely preventing near term ordination. Dr Gunn and Rev Dr Kerry were nominated for council roles amid tribute to late secretary Dr Manning.
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Winnipeg
Pess
United Church of Canada
General Council
Presby
Deay
Rtractive
Earnings Up Returns From Clearing House This Week
Reads show this week earnings 5801395, last week 406604, and year ago 273874. Figures appear from a clearing house based report and reflect weekly totals for the institution.
Miners' Federation Leader Collapses During Union Meeting
A. J. Cook secretary of the Miners Federation of Great Britain fainted and toppled during a Trades Union Congress address. He was carried from the hall as he denounced industrial peace proposals by Lord Melchett. Cook, once called Emperor Cook of the general strike, is a leading Radical Unionist figure.
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Edondon
A. J. Cook
Miners’ Federation of Great Britain
Unio
Modef
Lord Melchett
Sirve Mond
Cook
Emperor Cook
Russia Ready to Adhere to Kellogg Pact
Moscow reports the Soviet Union formally adheres to the Kellogg Pact as Assistant Foreign Minister Litvinov hands Russia’s reply to the French ambassador. He notes Russia’s willingness to list nations invited to renounce war and promises no further deviations.
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Russia
Moscow
Litvinoff
Russki
Herbert
Greatest Wet Gasser Comes in at Turner Valley Field
The Methed No. 4 well at Turner Valley produced 34.5 million cubic feet of gas on Wednesday, surpassing Royalite No. 4 which flows about 19 million cubic feet and yields 15 000 to 18 000 barrels of naptha monthly. Drillers report debris and rocks being hurled from the derrick as the well flows steadily and increases once debris is cleared.
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Calgary
Imperial Oil Company
Turner Valley
Royalte No. 4
British Harvesters Complaints Investigated in Winnipeg
Three hundred British harvesters from the West passed through Winnipeg on their way home after expressing discontent with conditions in Canadian harvest fields. The issue was discussed at a Labour conference with MP David Wirkw ood and ex-Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald present. local leaders A. A. Strups and Alderman J. Farmer also attended.
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Winnipeg
Crnferen
David Wirkwood
Dumbarton
Scotland
Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
A. A. Strups
J. Farmer
M.L.A
Heen
Violent Baltic Storms Hit Coast as Amber Sales Aid Losses
Storms along the Baltic sea inflicted heavy damage on fishermen with boats sunk and nets destroyed. Amber washed ashore fetched revenue from sales aiding recovery. In Canada, the corner stone of a new Elks hall was laid at Okotoks.
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Warsaw
Baltic Sea
Elks Hall
Okotoks
Consolation swim for marathon swimmers at Lake Ontario
Toronto officials announce a consolation race with a $5,000 prize for top performers from yesterday's 15 mile marathon in Lake Ontario. A Saturday event is planned with prize allocation to be decided at an afternoon meeting after a yesterday’s unsatisfactory finish.
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Toronto
Canadian National Exhibition
Lake Ontario
Midnight Frolic Promises Big Night for Medicine Hat
The Moose spend heavily to hire three orchestras for the Midnight Frolic tomorrow night. The event is a new venture for Medicine Hat and aims to be a standout social function with broad public support.
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Medicine Hat
Moose
Godfrey Presses On In Cross Continent Flight
Squadron Leader Major A Godfrey of the Royal Canadian Air Force continues a long cross country flight from Ottawa toward Vancouver aboard a Fairchild monoplane. Delays were caused by early morning mists as he heads west with Sergt Graham aboard, aiming to complete the coast leg later today.
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Winnipeg
A. Godfrey
Royal Canadian Air Force
Lac du Bonnet
Ottawa
Vancouver
A, Be, Godfrey
Royal Canadian
Air Force
Manitoba
Godfrey
M. Graham
Otawa
German tread Boat Leaves Hamburg For America
Hamburg sept 6 the German tread boat in which two local sailors Header and Hirschberg plan to cross the Atlantic by foot power started for the open sea today under a favorable sky. An attempt was made a week ago to launch the boat but stormy weather caused a change in plans. Several alterations have been made in the craft and Header and Hirschberg will take turns of four hours each on the pedals furnishing the locomotive power.
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Hamburg
Header and
Hirschberg
Atlantic
Header
Grain Inspections Report From Winnipeg
Grain inspectors report 836 bushels of wheat inspected yesterday in Winnipeg with 34 bushels measured last year. Contract wheat 212.
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Winninpeg
Bishop Hartzell Dies From a Beating
Cincinnati, Sept 6 Bishop Joseph Crane Hartzell head of the Methodist Episcopal Church for Africa died at Christ Hospital from injuries after robbers bound and beat him at his Blue Ash home on June 1. Known as the David Livingstone of Methodism he spent twenty years spreading Christianity in Africa for the church.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Joseph Crane Hartzell
Methodist Episcopal Church For
Africa
Christ Hospital
Blue Ash
Here
C. Hartzell
David Livingstone
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ramsay MacDonald Leaves Message For Western Canadians
Former British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald sent a message to Canada West from Winnipeg after a Manitoba motor tour. He said his heart is in their mountains and planned to return, noting his visit from Jasper Park Lodge. He will travel to Ottawa then Montreal and on to Quebec.
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British Empire
Canada
B. Griffiths
France
Viscount Peel
British Empire Parliamentary Association
Lord Hallsham
Great Britain
Stanley Baldwin
Winnipeg
Ramsay MacDonald
Canadian National
England
MacDonald
Portage la Prairie
Manitoba
Jasper Park Lodge
Tne
Ottawa
Montreal
Richmond
Quebec
China Seeks Peace Pact Adherence Quietly Declares War Renoun
Shanghai dispatch reports the Chinese Nationalist Government announced its decision to adhere to the Kellogg Erland Pact, renouncing war as a policy. The move signals a formal commitment to peaceful means in international disputes.
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China
Shanghai
Half a Cent Advance in Wheat on Market Watch
Wheat trading in Winnipeg was dull with prices up a half cent from the prior close as rain fears buoyed sentiment. Export interest appeared modest with 700000 to 1000000 bushels sold. No 2 Northern cash grain rose a quarter cent, coarse grains firm, oats and barley up modestly while flax and rye held steady.
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Winnipeg
Prairie Provinces
Northern
Nova Scotia set for general election October 1
Nova Scotia Premier E N Rhodes announced the dissolution of the Legislature after a session of the Executive Council. A provincial general election is scheduled for October 1 with nomination day September 24. The manifesto outlines reforms including single chamber government and the expanded powers of elected representatives.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
E. N. Rhodes
Executive Council
Rhodes
Legislative Council
Four Infants Reported Found Near Hlatky Home
Greensburg Pennsylvania September 6 police say Sgt James Buckley received a report of a murder case after four infants bodies were found during a search near the Hlatky residence. The husband remains jailed on murder charges and a similar count is filed against Mrs Hlatky who will leave hospital tomorrow. Two daughters Elizabeth age 15 and Margaret 14 are charged as accessories after the fact.
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Greensburg
James Buckley
Elizabeth
Margaret
Sealing Steamer Neptune Battle Fails as Fire Spreads
Fire broke out aboard the Neptune at midnight near St Johns New Brunswick. The 58 year old sealing ship, laden with shavings and fuel oil, faced a grim attempt to save her as water flooding the hold threatened her sinking.
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St. Johns
Neptune
Was There Foul Play in Great North Tragedy
Indian Head miner A E Wilson reports via radio that John Hornby and two companions, missing explorers, were found dead in a crude shelter on the Thelon river. The discovery by Wilson and his party near Banks Inlet prompts a police inquiry into northern tragedy and possible foul play.
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Great North
Saskatoon
A. E. Wilson
Indian Head
Harold S. Wilson
Northwest Territories
John Hornby
Young Wilson
Nipissing Mining Company
Banken Inlet
Canada
Mounted Police
H. S. Wilson
Hornby
Thelon River
Hanbury River
Great Slave Lake
Hudson Bay
Far North
Hornby’s
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