Rail Problem Report To Be Submitted Soon
Ottawa discusses the royal commission on transportation as it nears completion before parliament. Under Justice L P Du the commission weighs evidence from Canadian railways and leaders like Sir Henry Thornton and E W Beatty to suggest remedies, avoid duplication, and curb road transport competition.
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Ottawa
Royal Commission On Transportation
Justice L. P. du
Canada
Sir Henry Thornton
Canadian National
E. W. Beatty
Canadian Pacific
Commission
Denmark Adopts Sweeping Free Trade Policy
Montreal Board of Trade announces Denmark will admit cattle fodder coffee rice raw tobacco seeds and fruits for oil pressing pig iron and raw metals free under a new policy. Officials in Copenhagen and Montreal flagged uncertainty but Danish National Bank officials issued a confirming statement. Canadian businessmen plan to push for a large share of the European market.
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Montreal
Que
Denmark
Montreal Board of Trade
Foreign Exchange Department
Danish National Bank
Copenhagen
Europe
Montreal Board
Smuts Skeptical on South Africa Economic Prospects
Capetown Gen Jan Christian Smuts warned concessions granted to South Africa by the Imperial Conference will not likely improve the country’s economic position now or for many years.
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Capetown
South Africa
Jan Christian Smuts
Recruits Selected for Royal Military College of Canada
Thirty eight recruits from Ottawa area total including 24 from the east and 12 from the west have been chosen to enter the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston for the term starting August 29, announced by the Department of National Defence.
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Ottawa
Ont
Royal Military College of Canada
Kingston
Department of National Defence
C N R Retrenchment Cuts 55 Positions and Salaries
C N R announces further retrenchment under acting president S J Hungerford with about 55 positions to be abolished and salary cuts up to 40 percent for officers earning 5000 dollars a year or more. Executives will be reduced as revenues decline and duties reorganized.
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Montreal
Que
S. J. Hungerford
Canadian National Railways
Hungerford
Retaliatory Measure Seen In Ottawa Conference
Dean P. E. Corbett of McGill University describes the Imperial Economic Conference at Ottawa as largely a retaliatory step by Canada against the Hawley-Smoot tariff. He and United States economist John Henry Williams say the Ottawa agreements will not seriously disrupt U.S. trade. British economist T. E. Gregory calls the outcome a victory for raw material countries over an old industrial nation.
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Dean Corbett
U.S
Williamstown
Mass
Ottawa
Canada
United States
P. E. Corbett
McGill University
Institute of Politics
John Henry Williams
T. E. Gregory
London
England
Cholera Ravages Shensi and Yangtze Valley Provinces
Reports from Shensi and surrounding Yangtze Valley areas describe a raging cholera outbreak with as many as 500 deaths daily. Villages are wiped out and foreigners in well supplied areas are among the victims as the summer surge persists across Honan Anhwei Hupeh and Shensi.
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Hankow
China
Shensi
Yangtze Valley
Honan
Anhwei
Hupeh
D R Campbell Retires From C N R After 36 Years
Winnipeg Manitoba D R Campbell general superintendent of construction retires after 36 years with the Canadian National Railway since its inception in western Canada H A Dixon chief engineer announces the move.
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Winnipeg
Man
C.N.R
Canada
D. R. Campbelli
H. A. Dixon
Probable Opening Date Hinted for Ottawa Parliament Session
Rumors place Thursday October 27 as the likely start for the fall session in Ottawa with no firm decision announced, though high authority indicates the date is mooted as probable.
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Ottawa
Ont
Alberta Premier Backs Anglo Canadian Wheat Trade Provisions
Premier J. E. Brownlee of Alberta argues the Anglo Canadian treaty will help Western wheat and livestock. He favors the six cent preference in the British market and supports removing restrictions on Canadian cattle to aid western farmers.
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Brownlee
Alberta
Western Canada
Ottawa
Ont
Canada
J. E. Brownlee
S.S. Pennyworth Sails for London with Wheat and Flour
After a night of extra shifts, the S S Pennyworth left at 11 25 a m Wednesday August 24 bound for London England carrying 255700 bushels of No 1 Northern wheat and 880 tons of flour and feed in 31 cars. Captain W Mouat pushed to sail at high tide with a full ship and plans a fast voyage and a possible second trip this season.
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Churchill
Man
S.S. Pennyworth
London
England
W. Mouat
Thanksgiving Day Set for October 10 in Ottawa
An order-in-council fixes Thanksgiving Day for Monday October 10 in Ottawa Ontario. Following recent parliamentary legislation Armistice Day November 11 and Thanksgiving Day will no longer be celebrated on the same date.
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Ottawa
Ont
Drowned British Explorer H. G. Watkins Dies at 25
H G Watkins, young but distinguished British explorer, drowned when his kayak overturned off Greenland while leading a Arctic air route survey. He rescued fellow expedition member Augustine Courtauld last May and had earned the Royal Geographical Society medal. He had recently become engaged to Miss Margaret Rose Graham.
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H. G. Watkins
Britain
Angmagsalik
Greenland
Watkins
Augustine Courtauld
Courtauld
Great Britain
Canada
Royal Geographic Society
Margaret Rose Graham
Curfew Enforced in Aylmer After Night Siren
Aylmer Quebec residents report a nine o'clock curfew crackdown as Chief Delbert Dumoulin and officers rounded up 37 youths 28 boys and nine girls aged nine to sixteen. They were held in town cells for one hour before release.
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Aylmer
Quebec
Delbert Dumoulin
Dumoulin
Script For Tax Payment Proposed In Calgary
The Unemployed Married Men's Association recommends issuing a script valued at 1,150,000 dollars representing one third of annual tax revenue. It would be returnable to the city for payment of taxes only to save bank interest and exchange losses estimated around 74,000 dollars.
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Calgary
Alberta
Prince of Wales plans October visit to Sweden
High authority reports the Prince of Wales intends to visit Sweden in October with no fixed date yet. The rumor mill has long linked Princess Ingrid of Sweden as a potential bride for the prince.
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London
England
Prince of Wales
Sweden
Ingrid of
Back to the Land Plan Gains Attention Across Canada
Ottawa officials expect the back to the land movement to receive a boost from Imperial Economic Conference provisions. Officials say farmers need tangible hope of returns comparable to urban work to restore rural equilibrium. Since 1891 rural heads of families farming land have fallen from 68 percent to 46 percent by 1931 as colonization offices log activity.
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Ottawa
Ont
Minister of Immigration
Manitoba to Cut Civil Service Salaries Amid Budget Plan
Manitoba will cut civil service salaries by seven percent starting September 1, bringing total reductions to 15 percent for lower salaries and 25 percent on higher ones. Premier Bracken's economy programme targets balanced budget through service amalgamations, grant eliminations, and reduced university funding, with curtailment of school grants and relief costs rising.
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Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba
John Bracken
University of Manitoba
Bracken
Canadian Wheat Exports Rise as UK Preference Shifts Trade
J. H. Rainville, president of the Montreal harbor commission, said the Imperial Conference agreement granting Canada six cents a bushel tariff preference will move millions of bushels of Canadian wheat from the United States to be exported from Canadian ports. He forecast a substantial rise in grain handling at Montreal Saint John and Halifax.
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Montreal
Que
Canada
United Kingdom
United States
J. H. Rainville
Montreal Harbor Commission
Saint John
N.B
Halifax
Currie Reveals Unrealized Bisley Ambition at Ottawa Luncheon
General Sir Arthur W. Currie, former commander of the Canadian corps in France and now McGill principal, confessed an unrealized aim to join a Canadian Bisley team. He spoke at a luncheon for British cadets who had just competed at Connaught ranges Ottawa against Canada’s top rifle shots.
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Montreal
Que
Arthur W. Currie
France
McGill University
Canada
Connaught Ranges
Ottawa
Blood and Iron Society Expands Anti Japanese Boycott
The Blood and Iron society broadens its campaign against Japanese goods in Shanghai China, growing more active with threats aimed at merchants trading Japanese products.
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Shanghai
China
Blood and Iron” Society
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