Recovery Signs Noted in Bank Review in Canada
In Toronto reports the Bank of Nova Scotia and Bank of Montreal indicate a recovery trend. Scotiabank notes a definite increase in business activity after years of gloom, while Montreal’s monthly review cites a favorable trend with general business above 1932 levels and a better balance between farm and manufactured goods prices aiding farmers amid short Western grain crops.
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Toronto
Canada
Bank of Nova Scotia
Bank of Montreal
Bank of Nova Scotia Review
Lindbergh outlines North Atlantic air route plan
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh says a north Atlantic air route to Europe could be technically feasible within two years with good planes and experienced pilots yet questions remain over financial viability. He and his wife reportedly departed Eski Fjord Iceland bound for the Faroe Islands.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Charles A. Lindbergh
Europe
Copenhagen
Denmark
Eski Fjord
Faroe Islands
Railways Propose Reduced Fares for Students and Teachers
C P Riddell announces Canadian railways plan reduced fares for university students and teachers. Tickets go on sale Sept 1 to Oct 15 each year at one and one third of the regular one way first class fare. Return must be made between May 1 and June 30 of the following year.
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Montreal
Quebec
C. P. Riddell
Canadian Passenger Association
Canadian Railways
Canada
American Vessel Seized Near Vancouver Island
The American halibut vessel Curlew of Seattle and two crew members were taken into custody by the fisheries patrol vessel Givenchy under Captain W Redford off the west coast of Vancouver Island near San Josef Bay for allegedly fishing in Canadian waters.
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Victoria
B.C
Calgary harvest hands demand at historic low says officials
No Help Needed Calgary is experiencing the poorest demand for harvest hands in the Calgary district, blamed on poor crop prospects and an increasing influx of unemployed from British Columbia, according to provincial government employment officials.
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Calgary
Alta
British Columbia
Ship Returns For Repairs After Hull Leak
The Sierentz on the Dreyfus line, carrying 265 000 bushels of grain, returned to port from Churchill after a hull breach 60 miles northeast of Churchill. A hole about 1.5 inches in diameter in the hull bottom under the engine room caused water ingress. Repairs will be made at port. no ice was present in the region. The leak was blamed on galvanic action and corrosion.
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Churchill
S.S. Sierentz
Dreyfus Line
W. H. Harling
Thomas Harling and Sons
Montreal
Sierentz
Europe
Mr. Harling
Human Problem London Wheat Conference Scene
World wheat experts from about a dozen countries met at Canada House to plan better bread for their peoples. A tired war veteran and father of six walked in seeking help after wandering 900 miles from Scotland to find work and food. A Canada House official pledged to assist him.
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London
Eng
Canada House
Lethbridge
Alta
Scotland
Carriers Of Infection In Sleeping Sickness Surge
Federal state and city officials focus on suspected insect carriers as sleeping sickness spreads from St Louis to Oklahoma and Kansas. Twenty two deaths reported overall with 191 cases in the greater St Louis area and four fatalities in Wichita Kansas Kansas City Kansas and Warrensburg Missouri. Cases found in Maryville Missouri and Muskogee Oklahoma.
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St. Louis
Oklahoma
Kansas
Greater
Wichita
Kas
Kansas City
Warrensburg
Maryville
Muskogee
Okla
Manitoba Relief Plan Discussed for Drought Area
Ottawa officials and Manitoba Treasurer E A McPher son met with labor department staff to map relief for southwest Manitoba. A 30 mile by 30 mile district across five municipalities suffered drought and grasshopper damage this summer for the third year, leaving hundreds of farmers destitute. The plan would have the Dominion administer the dried area via the Saskatchewan relief commission with the federal treasury paying all costs. No firm reply from Minister Wesley Gordon, but it is understood the Dominion intends to close the Saskatchewan commission.
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Ottawa
E. A. McPherson
Manitoba
Department of Labor
Dominion
Saskatchewan Relief Commission
Wesley Gordon
Saskatchewan Commission
Salute For Premier Forbes Arrives in Chicago
Prime Minister Forbes of New Zealand arrived in Chicago with Mrs Forbes and eight, en route home from the London Economic Conference. A 19 gun salute welcomed the party as they planned a two day visit before continuing via Canada.
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Chicago
Forbes
New Zealand
Canada
Gandhi Released From Poona Jail After Fast Return
Indian nationalist leader M K Gandhi was unconditionally freed in Poona after serving just over three weeks of a one year term for civil disobedience. Doctors reported no serious danger, and Gandhi resumed his fast breaking with orange juice at the home of Lady Vitanidas Thackersey in Parnakuti.
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Poona
India
M. K. Gandhi
Gandhi
Vitanidas Thackersey
Bombay
Parnakuti
Bandits Capture After Quebec Bank Heist
A posse in Ste. Anne des Plaines Quebec pursued and captured two bandits who robbed Banque Provinciale of 1500 dollars an hour earlier. They forced manager R Lavoie to strip and open the safe, slugged him and tied him in the basement before fleeing. the money was recovered.
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Ste. Anne Des Plaines
Banque Provinciale
R. Lavoie
Lavoie
Nova Scotia Liberals Hints At New Cabinet Names
The Nova Scotia Liberal victory has raised speculation on Angus L. Macdonald forming a cabinet. Potential ministers include J. L. McIsaac for provincial secretary-treasurer and M. E. McGarry for health, with J. A Macdonald likely for agriculture. A.S. MacMillan may resume highways, Michael Dwyer favored for public works and mines, while John S. Smiley or J. H. MacQuarrie are eyed for attorney-general.
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Halifax
N.S
Angus L. Macdonald
Nova Scotia
Canada
J. L. McIisaac
Antigonish
M. E. McGarry
K.C
Cumberland
J. H. MacQuarrie
Pictou
Pedestrian Right Of Way Favored In Vancouver Court
In Vancouver British Columbia a police court decision upheld that pedestrians have the right of way over motor traffic at marked and unmarked crossings both controlled and uncontrolled. An old law protects jaywalkers from prosecution regardless of when or where they cross. Percy C. Mumbry, first motorist charged with failing to yield, received a warning after paying 2.50 dollars costs.
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Vancouver
B.C
Percy C. Mumbry
Arctic conditions praised by RCMP chief returning from long trek
Major General J H MacBrien, commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, says conditions in the Arctic and sub Arctic are entirely satisfactory after a return journey of about 8000 miles through the northwest. At Shingle Point he observed a reindeer herd awaiting the trek to Kittigatuit.
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Ottawa
Ont
Winnipeg
Northwest
Great Bear Lake
Copper Mine
Mackenzie River
Yukon Territory
Alaska
J. H. MacBrien
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Arctic
Shingle Point
MacBrien
Kittigatuit
Communism seen as new trouble for Cuba
In Havana soldiers and police stood guard after reports of planned Communist demonstrations. Speakers at party headquarters attacked the provisional government of Carlos Manuel de Cespedes and Yankee imperialism while praising Labor and the Communist party. Strikes spread in eastern Cuba amid criticism of U S mediation efforts by Ambassador Sumner Welles.
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Havana
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
United States
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
ABC Secret Society
Typhoid Fever Outbreak Tackled at Montreal Convent
Dr Seraphin Boucher reports milk and water supplies at the Mother House of the Sisters of Notre Dame tested clean and typhoid thought to be from an outside source. Four convent deaths already occurred and 26 others are ill with typhoid, though one nun’s death earlier was not due to typhoid. Convent nurses isolate patients and prayers are said hourly for the sick and dead.
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Montreal
Que
Sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame
Seraphin Boucher
Montreal Health Department
Boucher
Record Crop Seen For Peace River Area
Editor Charles Frederick forecast a record crop for the Peace River area after a long cold wet summer and ripening weather. He noted Edmonton Alberta and the Peace River Record as sources.
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Edmonton
Alta
Peace River
Charles Frederick
Pilot Errol Boyd Fully Recovers From Plane Crash
Sutton Ontario captain Errol Boyd, veteran trans Atlantic pilot of the Columbia, has fully recovered from slight injuries after his aeroplane crashed a mile west of here. The Columbia, renowned for conquering the north Atlantic, sustained a broken propeller and a crumpled left wing.
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Sutton
Errol Boyd
Columbia
Here
North Atlantic
Bennett Declines Comment on Nova Scotia Defeat
London England Prime Minister R B Bennett the chairman of the world wheat conference was asked for a remark on the defeat of the Conservative Government in Nova Scotia. He gave a brief no.
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London
Eng
R. B. Bennett
Nova Scotia
Mine to loosen 500000 tons ore at Flin Flon pit
Flin Flon Mine plans a large blast in September to release more than half a million tons of ore. Superintendent M. A. Roche says 150 tons of dynamite will be used in the open pit operation.
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Flin Flon
Man
M. A. Roche
Strike Called Off for Moving Picture Sound Men
The U.S. labor board announced the strike by moving picture sound men is ended and all striking employees will return to work immediately.
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Washington
United States Labor Board
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L. H. Newman
Dominion Cerealist
Quebec Bank
Major MacBrien
Chang Hsueh-Liang
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Kent
Willcock
Crowe
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