Agreement on Wheat Policy Reached After Ottawa Conference
Satisfactory arrangements have been made on handling the 1931 wheat crop following the wheat conferences in Ottawa with Premier Bennett and western representatives. The plan includes a federal guarantee of operations and pooled wheat up to 30 cents per bushel, with pool farmers released from contracts and profits distributed to farmers through a cooperative trading corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
The
Wheat Pool
A. Ed. MicPhail
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
West
Ont
Western Wheat Pools
Dominion
Trading Corporation
Bennett
New Trading Corporation
Indians Treated For Infantile Paralysis at Fort George
North Bay Ont The infantile paralysis outbreak among Indians at Fort George is under control after serum was flown in by air. Pilot Byrnes of the Royal Canadian Air Force delivered the serum to Trout Lake and Fort George and a physician administered it immediately. The operation followed Ottawa’s rapid aero plane response to the department of Indian Affairs word. Byrnes then returned to Ottawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bay
Ont
Fort George
Byrnes
Royal Canadian Air Force
Trout Lake
Moose Factory
James Bay
Ottawa
Department of Indian Affairs
Fyrnes
Winnipeg Bank Robbery Ends With Escape In Cash Heist
Five masked bandits robbed a Royal Bank of Canada branch in Winnipeg’s north end at Mountain Avenue and McGregor Street, escaping with about $1,000 in a waiting car after firing five shots at pursuing police. Bank manager E. L. Mundy and teller A. V. Mannin were forced into a back room. Mundy fired at the robbers as they fled, hitting nothing. A passing truck driver chased the getaway car, but the bandits disappeared and police were called after the robbers severed the bank’s telephone line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Man
Royal Bank of Canada
Mountain Avenue
McGregor Street
E. L. Mundy
A. V. Mannin
Message Of Hope From Hon. Frank Oliver To Western Canada
Hon. Frank Oliver urged optimism for the vast western region amid readjustment. He praised soil, climate, year round ports, and Western ideals of industry thrift courage and enterprise, asking if the great northwest may become the heart of Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Oliver
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Great Northwest
Mr. Oliver
Northwest
Epidemic Under Control in Manitoba Horses
Dr. Alfred Savv age, Manitoba chief animal pathologist, announced the anthrax outbreak among horses in eastern Manitoba is under control and unlikely to spread. Sixteen horses died during the brief epidemic affecting highway work between Rennie and Ingolf exposed areas, now contained after serum was rushed in. Dominion and Provincial veterinarians, plus sanitary officials, remained camped in Rennie district, which stays closed to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Man
Alfred Savvage
Manitoba
Rennie
Ingolf
Ont
Dominion
Nautilus Aims Northward but Poles Likely Out of Reach
Nautilus sails toward Tromsoes in Norway en route to Spitzbergen as polar experts warn a Pole crossing this year is unlikely. A crew member stays behind after replacement of Sir Hubert Wilkins' American cook. The cook says he was dismissed to avoid an escape risk on drifting ice.
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Pole
Bergen
Norway
Tromsoes
Spitzbergen
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Cook
Wilkins
Ten-Year-Old Boy Shoots Sheriff in Robbery
In Lasotin Washington Sheriff John Worrell, 72, was killed when Hubert Nichols Jr. 10, promised two dollars and a trip to Canada for a robbery, shot him behind a vinegar barrel as deputies closed in. Nichols surrendered after the fatal shot and the store owner Peter Klaus helped corner him. Agriculturists exempt from China’s new business tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Nichols
Dominion wide unemployment insurance plan outlined in Calgary
Dr. G D Stanley MP reports data collection underway in Calgary for a dominion scale contributory unemployment insurance system. He says the federal program aims for rapid operation but will not greatly ease Depression conditions. The plan will use census data and standard insurance principles with contributions from employees employers and government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Alberta
G. D. Stanley
Calgary East
Ottawa
Stanley
Germany Cuts Budget in 1931 Drastic Economy Claim
Berlin reports Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Hermann Dietrich defends the 1931 budget, saying criticism of extravagance by S Parker Gilbert is answered. Dietrich states the budget was cut to the bone after a department by department pruning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Hermann Dietrich
S. Parker Gilbert
Dr. Dietrich
Ottawa relief plan targets single unemployed men during highway work
Ottawa moves to concentrate highway construction across Canada to aid single unemployed men while provinces and municipalities push to redirect work away from cities. Minister G D Robertson notes preliminary talks with provinces and expects a definite plan soon with details on funding camp work and wage rates to follow after provincial input.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
G. D. Robertson
Robertson
Ottawa mission to Saskatchewan drought areas aims aid
A Canadian government party led by Agriculture Minister Robert Weir will tour the West and Saskatchewan University agrostologist L E Kirk and Dominion officials visit drying districts to consult farmers on aid. They will meet no public gatherings and focus on practical, locally led relief strategies. Douglas Isle of Man population drops by 1000 since 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Prairie Provinces
Saskatchewan
Robert Weir
West
Weir
L. E. Kirk
Saskatchewan University
Dominion
Department
Chinese Floods Ravage Hankow and Central China
Floods sweep across 16 provinces with thousands drowned and hundreds of thousands homeless. Yangtze and Yellow rivers overflow, submerging Hankow Wuchang Han Yang and surrounding areas as refugees seek higher ground amid disease fears and disrupted shipping.
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Hankow
China
Yangtze
Yellow
Wuchang
Hanyang
Han
Immigration falls in Ottawa June losses shrink arrivals
Canada’s immigration during June drops 76 percent from the previous year with 3169 arrivals versus 13171. For April through June 1931 total immigration reached 10188, down from 49890 a year earlier, driven by declines outside the British Isles and United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Wesley A. Gordon
Immigration and Colonization
British Isles
United States
Europe
Western churches in Saskatchewan receive United Church support
The United Church of Canada pledged financial aid to sustain about 1 000 churches in southern Saskatchewan after meetings in Toronto. Clothing for western needy also promised. Dr E H Oliver led a tour of the stricken area and arrangements were made for a relief conference with Dr R B Cochrane and Women’s Missionary Society leaders. The Home Mission Board pledged to use its funds to keep churches open and grant relief to prevent hardship.
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Toronto
Saskatchewan
United Church of Canada
E. H. Oliver
Saskatoon
R. B. Cochrane
Home Mission Board
Women's Missionary Society
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Massnger
Cash
Nautilus
Ww. N. U
Lad
G. B. Rothwell
Dominion Live Stock
H. Arkell
Prairie Cape Provinces
Douglas
Isle of Man
Royal Visitors
Western
Prajadhipok
Rambai Barni
Siam
Vancouver
Vancouver Island
Banff Springs
Britain
U.S
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