Banking group urges debt revision for Germany and reparations
Basel based Wiggin Committee of International Bankers calls for new deals in international payment schedules to relieve Germany and other distressed nations. It stresses action by Great Powers, with Washington and Paris eyed for diplomatic response and possible conferences or banking commissions.
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Basel
Switzerland
Wiggin Committee of International Bankers
Great Britain
United States
Wiggin
Germany
Washington
Paris
France
Grasshopper Plague Threat Spurs North American Action
Winnipeg reports a looming grasshopper plague in 1932 with eggs laid in millions across the region from the Great Lakes to the prairies. Farmers and authorities urge cooperation using man made devices to destroy eggs. Two controls involve autumn deep plowing and late fall surface cultivation to expose and kill eggs.
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Winnipeg
Man
Canada
United States
Rockies
Great Lakes
North
Saskatchewan River
Smuts Heads British Association Centennial Meeting
General Jan Christian Smuts travels from South Africa to England to assume the presidency of the British Association for the Advancement of Science and to open the centenary meeting at the Albert Hall. He will deliver the presidential address on September 23 on "The Scientific World of Today."
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London
England
Jan Christian Smuts
South Africa
British Association For the Advancement of Science
The
Albert Hall
Ryckman Heads Overseas on Holiday Voyage
Hon E B Ryckman minister of national revenue sails for Europe aboard the Empress of Britain for a personal holiday run, stating the trip is not connected to his departmental duties.
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Ottawa
Thousands of Australian Cheeses Shown in London Exhibition
Nearly ten thousand cheeses from Australia were displayed in London in a recent exhibition. The display highlighted Australian dairy offerings to British buyers, with attention to variety and quality.
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Australia
London
Regulations Set Duties on Foreign Magazines Entering Canada
Ottawa announces new duties and regulations on foreign magazines and periodicals. Effective Sept 1 with a 15 cent duty for weekend papers later proclaimed, higher rates start Apr 1 1932 for subscribers before June 2 1931. Daily newspapers remain duty free. ads drive 2 to 5 cent per copy charges. Content under 20 percent or religious educational scientific agricultural or fraternal publications incur no duty.
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Ottawa
Canada
Department of National Revenue
King of the Hoboes Plans Churchill Reception for Canadian Tour
Lazarowitz known as the King of the Hoboes heads to Churchill to greet the Canadian Chamber of Commerce party next month. He appoints himself a one man reception committee and travels with a scrapbook of stamps from thousands of places. He notes a former meeting with Premier R B Bennett who gave him a dollar.
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Hudson Bay Junction
Joseph Leon Cohen Lazarowitz
Churchill
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Lazarowitz
R. B. Bennett
Fodder Shortage May Be Met By Early North Hay Cut
Regina Saskatchewan deputy minister of agriculture F H Auld said southern drought fodder needs may be met by early cutting of northern grain crops. Inspectors are in the north reviewing crops offered, and the department’s price schedule for feed and fodder should enable northern farmers to cut hay rather than harvest as grain.
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Regina
Sask
Saskatchewan
F. H. Auld
Department
Auld
Department of Agriculture
Lloyd George Recovers at Surrey Hills Model Farm
London notes that Rt. Hon. David Lloyd George is recuperating at his model farm in the Surrey Hills after an operation. He plans to remain there with cows, sheep, gardens and orchard until ready to visit his old home in Wales. Sir Herbert Samuel acts as Liberal party chief during negotiations.
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Model
Surrey Hills
England
London
David Lloyd George
Addison Road
Churst
Wales
Lloyd George
Herbert Samuel
Liberal Party
Provinces Must Choose Route for Trans-Canada Highway
Premier Bennett responds to criticism of his interview outline by saying provinces must definitively set the route. He adds that provinces should decide how, when, and where, with federal aid for construction. Calgary, Alberta.
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Calgary
Alberta
Bennett
King's Prize Winner Visits Canadian Brother on Prairie Farm
Sgt A G Fulton, winner of this year's king's prize at Bisley England, stays two weeks with his brother Harold E Fulton four miles east of Rapid City Manitoba. He arrived August 18 after aiding the English team at the Connaught Ranges competition with the Dominion Rifle Association.
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Rapid City
Man
Bisley
A. G. Fulton
Here
British Empire
Fulton
Sgt. Fulton
Canada
England
Harold E. Fulton
Ottawa
Dominion Rifle Association
Connaught Ranges
Saskatchewan farm wages rise as relief works lure workers
Farmers in Saskatchewan report wages from board only to board plus 15 dollars a month for farm help, with few takers. A bulletin from the provincial department of railways, labor and industries blames publicity for relief works drawing unemployed men away, who prefer waiting for relief projects.
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Regina
Sask
Saskatchewan
Provincial Department of Railways, Labor and Industries
Ready For Test Shipment To Churchill Manitoba
The Pas readies a 600000 bushel grain test shipment starting September 4. CN R chief engineer C S Growski says the continent's most modern elevator will handle unloading 500 cars at a rate of one every two minutes. Grain from Saskatoon will be stored in a 2500000 bushel elevator by September 15. Two tramp steamers will dock between September 15 and 20 with Welsh coal as the main cargo.
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Pas
Churchill
Growski
Construction Department
Canadian National Railways
C.N.R
New Bay Port
Here
Saskatoon
Delegates Leave For Geneva To Attend League Assembly
Canada's delegates to the twelfth League of Nations assembly sail from Montreal on the Empress of Britain August 19 for Geneva. Hon. Hugh Guthrie leads with Martain Burrell Mrs. H P Plumptre and Senator C P Beaubien, joining Philippe Roy in Paris and Dr W A Riddell to complete the delegation.
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Ottawa
Hugh Guthrie
Canada
Assembly of the League of Nations
Geneva
Montreal
Britain
Guthrie
Martain Burrell
H. P. Plumptre
Toronto
C. P. Beaubien
Cherbourg
Paris
Philippe Roy
France
W. A. Riddell
League
Noted Speed Pilot Drowned in Calshot England
Lieutenant G. L. Brinton, British Schneider Cup speed pilot, drowned at Calshot when his S-6 aircraft, a record setter in the 1929 Schneider Cup races, plunged into the sea. He remained trapped in the cockpit before rescue.
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Calshot
England
G. L. Brinton
Brinton
Calgary seeks bigger share of relief costs in 1931 32
Alberta representatives pressed at Premier Bennett's conference for the Provincial and Federal governments to pay 75 percent of unemployment relief project costs. Calgary mayor Davison urged the shift from 50 25 25 to 75 for winter 1931 32, citing rising unemployment and a $50 000 Calgary program while Edmonton eyes more than $1 000 000. Delegates noted any pro rata policy would apply across the Dominion. The group included Premier Brownlee and several provincial and municipal officials.
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Calgary
Alberta
R. B Bennett
Davison
Edmonton
Dominion
Brownlee
George Hoadley
O. L. McPherson
R. G. Reid
G. D. Stanley
M.P
East
A. A. G. Bury
East Edmonton
J. M. Douglas
R. Barrowman
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Red Deer
Wetaskiwin
Camrose
Drumheller
Relief Takers Must Work Ottawa Ottawa Ont
Senator G D Robertson minister of labour announces unemployed men who refuse offers of work will receive no further assistance from both provincial and federal governments. He says if men decline employment they have discharged their obligations and will not merit further sympathy.
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Ottawa
Ont
G. D. Robertson
Robertson
Planes Return To Moncton Air Pageant Farewell Festival
After inaugurating Sea Island Airport in Vancouver the Trans Canada Air Pageant staged shows across prairie Ontario and Quebec then held a farewell festival in Quebec City on August 19 before departing to Moncton New Brunswick the starting point for a flight through the maritimes Almost 10 000 people viewed the stunt exhibition by the airmen and their machines
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Quebec
Sea Island
Vancouver
B.C
Prairie
Ontario
Central Canada
Moncton
N.B
Maritimes
Shows Substantial Balance for Ottawa Tourist Trade in 1930
Ottawa reports a tourist industry credit balance of 166 million dollars in 1930, reflecting spending abroad by Canadians minus foreign spending in Canada. The prior year showed a balance near 188 million dollars.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
United States
Great Britain
Arctic air route depends on Greenland survey
Copenhagen report says a future Arctic air route linking America and Europe hinges on a geographical and meteorological survey of Greenland. British East Greenland Expedition members arrive from Scoresby Sound after 13 months on the Greenland icecap.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
America
Europe
Greenland
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Shepherd
Forest Hills
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