Liberal mass meeting held in Calgary by cabinet ministers
Dr. Gershaw MP and C A Pingle MLA returned from Calgary where Hon. D A Robb Minister of Finance and Hon. C A Dunning Minister of Railways addressed a Liberal executive conclave and mass meeting. The event featured speeches praising Liberal achievements and prospects for Canada’s prosperity.
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Gershaw
Pingle M.L.A
D. A. Robb
Finance
C.A. Dunning
Calgary
Wilkenlebiedson
Fion. Mackenzie ‘King
Jos. Shaw
Charles Stewart
Buchanan
W. 8. Campbell
Edmonton
McDonald
Macleod
John Gaetz
Red Deer
Edmondson
Board of Trade
Liberal- Provincial
Medicine Hat presses for completion of C N R into city
A Medicine Hat delegation led by Dr. Gershaw and Mayor Bullivant met with Railways Minister C A Dunning in Calgary. They urged early completion of the Hanna Medicine Hat branch of the Canadian National Railways to unlock northern markets for local industries and boost freight traffic, noting covenants with milling firms. Dunning pledged support if Thornton’s extension recommendations reach Parliament.
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Hanna-Medicine Hat
Canadian National Railways
Medicine Hat
Dunning
Sir Henry Thornton
French pardon frees American desertion case in Syria
Paris Sept 20 President Doumergue signed a pardon for Bennett J. Doty an American who had served part of an eight year term for desertion from the French Foreign Legion while on active service in Syria Doty whose home is Memphis Tennessee will be ordered by the War Ministry to rejoin the first regiment of the Foreign Legion at Sidi Bel Abbes Algeria He has forty nine months remaining to serve on his original five year enlistment under the name Ilbert Cline.
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Paris
Doumergue
Bennett J. Doty
French Foren Legion
Syria
Doty
Memphis
Tenh
War Ministry
Foreign Legion
Sidi Bel Arhes
Algora
Ilbert Cline
Communist Party Expels Recalcitrant Members in Moscow
Moscow dispatch reports the Communist Party expelled many workers today. The presidium charged them with insidious oppositionist propaganda secret printing, bulk distribution of party documents, conspiratorial meetings, and collusion with intellectual bourgeois elements opposed to the Central Communist committee.
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Moscow
Omaun Its
Ucting
Genyannist Rty
Presidium
Lamplighter Claims He Issued Boston Tercentenary Invitations
Dorchester lamplighter William A. Ryan admits he authored invitations to Boston's 1930 tercentenary. He says he sent at least four a day for four and a half years, counting as many as 720 invitations daily. Officials deny knowledge and note no invitations were sent to Russia.
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Mass
Russia
Veremany
Denmark
William A. Ryan
Dorchester
Malcolm
E. Nichols
Soviet Russia
Ryan
European economic union eyed to defend Old World interests
An Independent, Belge article from Brussels discusses forming a bloc among European powers to counter United States tariffs and policy. It notes Germany’s rebuke of US stance, Britain’s support for France, and calls for a united front on reciprocal trade, loans, and debt conversion.
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Belgium
European Economic Union
United States
Independent, Belge, Wetteh Apessr
Germany
Great Britain
France
Taxpayers urged to pay taxes for 5 percent discount
Taxpayers are reminded the five per cent discount period for tax payments ends next Monday. The United Church of Canada plans to send seven new missionaries to the West African field.
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The
United Church of Canada
Body found near Belle Island in Conception Bay rumor
Reported sighting of a man’s body wearing an aviator helmet floated between Belle Island and Harbor Grace in Conception Bay. Two motorboat travelers said they tried to recover it with a boat hook but heavy swell thwarted the attempt. no confirmation yet.
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Harbor Grace
Belle Island
Conception Bay
Chen denies marriage rumor of Hankow minister
Moscow reports quoted Eugene Chen former foreign minister of Hankow as married to Madame Sun Yat Sen. Chen said he is traveling with his two daughters while Sun Yat Sen’s widow rests in the Caucasus, and the rumor was denied.
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Moscow
Eugene Chen
Hankow
Madame Sun Yat Sen
Chen
Caucasus
Heenan Proposes Wage Settlement With Railways
Ottawa on September 28 reports Hon. Peter Heenan Minister of Labor outlined settlement ideas for the wage dispute involving Canadian Pacific Canadian National Temiskaming and Northern Ontario and about 7000 locomotive engineers. The suggestions from a lengthy conference will be reviewed by both sides with no public release and no immediate move to appoint a conciliation board over the 15 percent wage increase request.
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Ottawa
Peter Heenan
Canadian Pacific
Canadian National
Temiskaming
Northern Ontario
Woman dies in car crash with husband claiming accidental neck injury
Brantford Ontario Sept 29 mystery surrounds a woman’s death claimed by George Duncan former Brantford police member as his wife The couple were driving from Hamilton to Brantford when Dr Faris found the woman dead Duncan was arrested as a material witness He says the steering wheel caused her fatal neck injury An inquest was opened this morning
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Int
George Duncan
Duncan
Hamilton
Faris
Miliken
Oxford County
Platteville
Kennequahair Founders On Way North Dredge Sinks
Ottawa reports the dipper dredge Kennequahair foundered after taking on water during a northwest gale off the Labrador coast. All crew saved. The vessel, towed by Ocean Mage, left Sydney for Fort Churchill to work in the harbor. Canadian Raider arrives at Fort Churchill with coal. Edward A. Noonan, 79, former St. Louis mayor, shot himself.
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Can
Department of Railways and Canals
Fort Churchill
Hudson Bay
Hudson's Bay
Duie
Atlantic
Labrador
Hudson Straits
Ocean Magle
Sydney
Cape Breton
Port Burns
Port Nelson
Edward A. Noonan
St. Louis
Grain Inspections Winnipeg Report Sept 29 Totals
Grain inspections show totals for Winnipeg on Sept 29 with numbers across No 1 Nor to No 6, spring and Amber grades, and overall car counts. Wheat totals reach 1015 with several rejected and no grade entries. oats, barley, flax, and rye show smaller figures and comparisons to last year.
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Winnipeg
George Ross Buys Big Deer Creek Ranch in Alberta
Lethbridge Sept 28 George Ross of Lethbridge has purchased the 18600 acre Deer Creek ranch from F W Webster after more than 20 years of Webster ownership. The property includes deeded and leased land with 25 miles of running water, irrigated alfalfa fields, shelter and timber. Webster plans retirement to San Diego while Ross plans to run about 16000 cattle and sheep, making him the region’s largest ranch holder.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
Sweet Grass Hills
Webster
Frmm
San Diego
California
Ross
Evangeline Booth Aims to Bring Prohibition to England
Commander Evangeline Booth of the Salvation Army says prohibition could be possible in England with support from Lady Astor. In London for a first visit since 1920, she cites U S success and urges banning drunkenness to boost prosperity and efficiency.
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London
Evangeline Booth
Salvation Army
England
Lady Astor
United States
Wheat Market Dips After Opening Rally in Winnipeg
Winnipeg report notes a brief opening trading flare with prices modestly higher before a quiet session. Wheat settled 1 2 to 3 4 cents lower, cash bids 1 2 higher to 1 2 lower with weak demand as lower cables dampen activity. Traders say Canadian Durums must drop prices to move. barley and rye show limited demand, with German shipments implied for barley. Cool showery weather forecast from 69 to 86 degrees.
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Winnipeg
Germany
CANNOT LOCATE THE BODIES OF SLIDE VICTIMS
Vancouver Sept 29 Despite two days of digging seventy five men could not locate the bodies of N J Macleod and D S Poole who were killed in a landslide at Cottonwood Flats near Blue River. Rain is blamed for loosening the hillside and the slide is described as very large, suggesting long search progress ahead.
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Vancouver
N. J. Macleod
D. S. Poole
Cottonwood Flats
Blue River
Old Age Pensions Begin in British Columbia
Old age pensions become operative in British Columbia this noon after an order in council approved by the deputy governor general. Peter Heenan, minister of Labor, announced the measure. The Brantford Rotary Club presented a ward for crippled children to the Brantford Hospital.
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Ottawa
Can
British Columbia
Peter Heenan
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