Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Chief Reports Mixed Western Outlook
A. J. McPhail, president of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, says Western Canada faced a severe crop setback in 1929 with the lowest yield since 1924 but high quality. He notes increased mechanization and cooperative handling improved farmer outlook, while sales movement remains near normal amid a record global wheat crop.
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A. J. McPhail
The
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Annual Financial Review of the Globe
McPhail
Wheat Pool
Airplane Collision Kills Kenneth Hawks and Crew
In Santa Monica two motion picture camera planes collided head on at 3000 feet off the coast. Ten people aboard including Kenneth Hawks and Max Gold died when the wreckage sank after bursting into flames. Three bodies later surfaced as searchers worked the sea bottom.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Kenneth Hawks
Max Gold
Bennett Western Speaking Tour Schedule
Conservative leader Hon. R. B. Bennett will address meetings across Saskatchewan Manitoba and British Columbia this month. He opens in Vancouver January 14 with stops in Victoria Kamloops Saskatoon January 20 Regina January 21 and three Manitoba addresses including Winnipeg.
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Ottawa
Saskatchewan
R. B. Bennett
Saskatoon
Regina
Manitoba
Bennett
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Victoria
Kamloops
Tragedy at Paisley Glen Cinema as Seventies Die in Fire
A Paisley New Year disaster claims seventy children in a moving picture theatre fire. Eleven fight for life and twenty five hospitalized as rain-soaked crowds mourn. Investigations promised while relatives search mortuary aisles. The blaze erupts from a jammed side door during a panic.
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Paisley
Scotland
Glen
London
Paisley Square
Wilson
Split in All India Nationalist Congress Over Leadership
A serious split occurred as 30 members led by Srinivasa Aiyengar and Subhas Bose walked out of the all-India Nationalist Congress amid a protest meeting. They formed a Democratic faction within the party while Gandhi backed a working committee list excluding them. Nehru urged unity as India’s independence voice spread globally.
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Lahore
India
all-India
Congress
Mahatma Ghandi
Srinivasa Aiyengar
Subash Bose
Ghandi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Soviets Abolish New Years Traditions
On New Year’s Day 1930 the Soviet Union declared holidays and Sundays abolished as a legal matter though the festive custom remains deeply rooted. In Russian homes the new year was welcomed with merry making aided by vodka despite the official ban.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tractor Train Shipment From Iowa To Alberta Dealers
A 35 car string of farm tractors in CPR yards drew attention at North Portal Saskatchewan. The 140 unit train, four per flat car, came from Charles City Iowa via the Iowa Oliver Farm Equipment Co. and is bound for farm implement agencies in Calgary Lethbridge and 30 Alberta towns. A second train load is planned for mid January.
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North Portal
Sask
C.P.R
Charles City
Iowa
Iowa Oliver Farm Equipment Co
Calgary
Lethbridge
Albertan
Changes At Ottawa Crerar Sworn In Minister of Railways
Premier Mackenzie King announces Cre ar sworn in as Minister of Railways and Canals and Forke appointed to the Senate resigning as Minister of Immigration and Colonization and as Brandon MP. Stewart named acting immigration minister and acting agriculture minister during Motherwell’s illness. Readjustment aims to keep Quebec position. civil service changes planned.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
T. A. Crerar
Robert Forke
Senate
Immigration
Brandon
House of Commons
Charles Stewart
Interior
W. R. Motherwell
Quebec
Canada links air mail with northern routes and new links
Canada expands air mail for 1930 with Winnipeg Regina Calgary route and offshoots to Saskatoon North Battleford and Edmonton. Twelve routes already operate including Montreal to Detroit and Quebec to Seven Islands. Proposals seek Montreal to Winnipeg and Calgary to Vancouver links as Parliament may fund new lines. Commander Byrd’s Antarctic station lies 9,373 miles from New York.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
Winnipeg
Montreal-Detroit
Montreal-Albany
Toronto-Buffalo
Montreal-Ottawa
Montreal - Rimouski
Quebec-Seven Islands
Quebec-Anticosti
Moncton-Magdalene Islands
Leamington-Pelee Islands
Narrow Lake-Sioux Lookout
Lac du Bonnet- Bissette
Fort McMurray-Aklavik
Montreal-Saint John
Oskelange- Chibougamau
Montreal
Calgary
Lethbridge
Edmonton
Vancouver
Alberta
Pacific Coast
Ottawa Parliament Eyes Broad Agenda for Upcoming Session
Parliament opens in February with debates on the throne speech tariff budget and estimates. Private members plan varied topics including radium supply nationalization subsidies toMaritime provinces chairs of peace and scholarships and international ties. Other items include health unit grants highway aid St Lawrence waterway talks and immigration curtailment.
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Ottawa
Maritime Provinces
Dominion
St. Lawrence Waterway
Canada
United States
House of Commons
Cannot Purchase Seed Oats Saskatoon
Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture has hit its purchase limit for seed oats. The letter advises members to submit a full quart sample to the field crops office and send a sample to the Dominion Seed Branch in Saskatoon for a germination test if they wish to be considered for any future purchases.
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Saskatoon
Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
United Farmers of Canada
Regina
Field Crops
Dominion Seed Branch
Executions Reported in Canada by Province
Official figures show 16 people executed last year in Canada with four in Ontario seven in Quebec three in Saskatchewan one in Alberta and one in British Columbia.
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Ottawa
Canada
Quebec
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Conscience money payments flood Dominion Exchequer
Ottawa notes the practice of anonymous donations labeled conscience money reaching the Dominion finance department. In 1929 the exchequer expects over 500 dollars from varied locations with no sender identification, often wrapped in blank paper and marked only by stamps. Small gifts, typically two dollars, arrive during New Year, Christmas, and Easter periods.
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Ottawa
Ont
Post Office
Department of Finance
Canada
Smuts Praises League of Nations in Ottawa Interview
General Jan Christian Smuts, visiting Ottawa on his first Canadian trip, lauds the League of Nations for evolving beyond its founding aims. He cites its forum for dialogue as erasing wartime attitudes and notes plans to visit Montreal, Toronto, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington and Cincinnati. Smuts recalls Boer War memories and highlights a hoped reunion with Von Lettow Vorbeck as a sign of world mentality shift. California's orange crop is described in a contrasting aside.
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Ottawa
League of Nations
Jan Christian Smuts
South Africa
Robert Borden
Canada
Robert
General Smuts
Great Britain
Horace Smith Dorrien
London
von Lettow-Vorbeck
East Africa
United States
Montreal
Toronto
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Washington
Cincinnati
League
Soviet Paper Attacks Labor Government
London editors decry a new communist daily printing a purported message from the Comintern in Russia denouncing the Labor Government and urging class struggle. The Evening News warns of a diplomatic crisis, while Prime Minister MacDonald and Foreign Office officials review the paper and its copy for potential action in coming days.
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London
England
Communist Internationale
Russia
MacDonald
Foreign Office
Canada Exports Rise in Manufactured Goods Surge
Ottawa reports that Canada is exporting more manufactured and semi manufactured goods than ever before while raw material exports fall due to wheat sales stoppage. A record year shows high industrial exports and employment, peak construction contracts, and new highs in cheques processed, life insurance investments, and basic industries.
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Ottawa
Canada
James Malcolm
Department of Trade and Commerce
Japan Seeks Adequate Navy for Defence Not Aggression
Hon. I. M. Tokugawa, Japan's minister to Canada, states Japan's stance on disarmament. He says the motto is adequate for defence, not for aggression, and Japan seeks 70 percent of the strongest navy. He opposes submarine abolition but would keep near current submarine strength.
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Ottawa
I. M. Tokugawa
Canada
Tokugawa
Washington
Japan
United States
Explorer Sir Hubert Wilkins Reports New Antarctic Lands
The government radio service received a message that Sir Hubert Wilkins, the Australian explorer, has discovered unknown territories on his flight over the southern Polar ice cap. Details of the lands were not disclosed. The message came from the steamer Melville, which carried him to Deception Island, his base.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Hubert Wilkins
Deception Island
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Mr. McPhail
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Scotlannd
India Nationalist Congress
Soviets
Crerar
Railways
Forke
Trans-Canada Air Mail
Commander Byrd
Antarctic Station
New York City
King
Prince George
Department of Agriculture
Grahame Longley
Irene Kenchington
Duchess of Richmond
the Canadian Conscience
California
U.S
Britain
Antarctic
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