Will Take Steps to Provide Work for Unemployed
Winnipeg reports several government departments asked to cooperate with municipalities and provinces to tackle unemployment. A telegram to James Grant from Harry Balwin of Premier Mackenzie King’s office states departments of public works and railways and canals will coordinate with local authorities.Officials suggest public works construction may begin soon to aid ex servicemen though start dates are not yet fixed.
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Winnipeg
James Grant
Manitoba Association of
Harry Baliwin
Mackenzie King
Mr. Grant
Three Children Die in Hull Fire Quebec Incident
A fire at the Parisse home in Hull Quebec claimed the lives of Jean Paul five Paulette two years six months and Adrienne seven months. The blaze began while the mother was away on a telephone call and the heavy smoke prevented rescuers from reaching the children. The cause is uncertain with theories including matches or an electric heating plate igniting the walls.
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Hull
Que
Pierre Parisse
Jean Paul
Paulette
Adrienne
Canada May Form Civil Service Council
Ottawa forecast the establishment of the National Civil Service Council before the end of January. Hon. Peter Heenan, Minister of Labor, told the civil service association that the council will be modeled after Whitley councils in Great Britain. It will include representatives from each branch and act as a liaison between the service and the government.
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Ottawa
National Civil Service Council
Peter Heenan
Civil Service Association
Whitley Councils
Great Britain
May Face Prosecution for 100 Trade Combine Ties
The justice department is expected to announce proceedings against more than 100 individuals named in Gordon Waldron K C s report as parties to a restraint of trade. Ernest Lapointe says the announcement may come within days.
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Ottawa
Justice Department
Gordon Waldron
K.C
Ernest Lapointe
Peril to Bardsey Island Inhabitants Amid Prolonged Gale
The Daily Express warns Bardsey Island residents off Carnarvonshire face starvation after a gale since December 15 cut communication with the mainland. Beacons and signals have gone unanswered, an unprecedented situation.
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London
Eng
The
Daily Express
Bardsey Island
Carnarvonshire
Five Hundred Women Demand U S World Court Support
Five hundred women delegates gathered at the Senate office building in Washington to urge senators to back United States adherence to the World Court.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Bennett to Attend Clinton Banquet on January 29
On his return from Western Canada tour Hon. R. B. Bennett Conservative leader will be guest of honor at a Clinton Ontario banquet on January 29.
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Ottawa
Canada
R. B. Bennett
Clinton
Ont
Hazardous five set for 300 mile Jasper to Banff ski crossing
Five Jasper Park mountaineers Vernon Jeffry Allen Jeffry Pete Withers Frank Burstrum and Joe Weiss plan a 300 mile winter ski crossing from Jasper to Banff in the Rocky Mountains. If successful it would be the first winter crossing and the longest continuous ski trip attempted. They expect to finish by February and have caches placed at key points above 9000 feet amid extreme cold and unknown snow conditions.
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Jasper
Alberta
Rocky Mountains
Banff
Vernon
Allen Jeffry
Pete Withers
Frank Burstrum
Joe Weiss
Jasper Park
Korean Students Strike in Seoul Arrests Hit a Thousand
In Seoul during post holiday exams 13 schools including two US mission institutions saw a strike by about 10,000 students. About 1,000 were arrested, with 250 girls detained, in a movement said to echo last month’s 900 arrests. Japanese authorities link the new action to a street society with communist leanings.
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Seoul
Korea
Rust Resistant Wheat Saskatoon
Although Marquillo wheat from the University of Minnesota is grown at the University of Saskatchewan, it shows strong rust resistance and similar performance to Marquis with slight flour color yellowing. Crosses between Marquis and Marquillo by Dr. J. B. Harrington at Saskatchewan aim to combine high milling quality with rust resistance.
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Saskatoon
University of Minnesota
University of Saskatchewan
J. B. Harrington
Alberta Livestock Pool to Launch Packing Plants
Co operative leaders announce the Alberta Livestock Pool will enter packing house operations. Plans call for regular plants at Lethbridge Calgary and Edmonton with growers invited to become shareholders. The Southern Alberta Co operative Association launches the south campaign with 2000 members.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
Alberta Livestock Pool
Calgary
Edmonton
Southern Alberta Co-operative Association
German Cruiser Koeln Commissioned as Amazone Replaced
The German cruiser Koeln of 6000 tons was ceremoniously commissioned, replacing the Amazone which had been withdrawn. Commander Von Schroeder recalled the first Koeln was sunk in the North Sea on August 28, 1914 with only one survivor after clinging to wreckage for three days. the second Koeln was sunk at Scapa Flow.
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Wilhelmshafen
Germany
Express association withdraws rate increase bid in Canada
The board of railway commissioners was informed that the express association's request for higher express rates across Canada has been withdrawn. The application was filed about a year ago and hearings had been pending before the withdrawal decision was made.
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Ottawa
Board of Railway Commissioners
Express Association
Canada
Doukhobors from Canora plan Mexico migration mission
Saskatoon reports six investigators from Canora district will travel to Mexico to assess land and potential migration. Delegation includes two Verigin brotherhood members and three others Sevelle Chernoff Vasyl Novakshonoff and W Popoff. Peter Verigin to accompany to New York. Verigin presided over the Canora meeting.
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Saskatoon
Doukhobors
Canora District
Mexico
Canora
Verigin
British Columbia
Sevelle Chernoff
Vasyl Novakshonoff
Buchanan
W. Popoff
Blaine Lake
Peter Verigin
New York
Farmers urged to keep wheat quality high at Saskatchewan meeting
Major H G Strange of Fenn Alberta warned Saskatchewan Field Husbandry Association attendees that Canada risks losing markets if wheat quality falls. He noted European millers cut flour yield from Canadian wheat, stressing producers must supply high quality at consumer-friendly prices. He cited C S G A seed programs and urged farmers to bid personal interests to stay atop world markets.
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Saskatoon
Sask
H. G. Strange
Fenn
Alberta
Saskatchewan Field Husbandry Association
University of Saskatchewan
Major Strange
Chicago
Canada
England
Europe
Britain
United States
Russia
Cato
C.S.G.A
League of Nations appoints disarmament panel
The council of the League of Nations named a 12 member committee to align the armament covenant with the Kellogg Briand peace pact. Members include Adachi Japan Cecil Great Britain Von Bulow Germany Cobian Spain Cornejo Peru Cote France Sciajola Italy Sokal Poland Titulosco Romania Anden Sweden Woo Kai Seng China. The group meets February 12 to fill gaps allowing armaments for national security and collective action against aggressors, aligning with Paris Peace Pact which renounces war.
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Geneva
Council of the
League of Nations
M. Adachi
Japan
Lord Cecil
Great Britain
B. B. von Bulow
Germany
E. Cobian
Spain
Mariano Cornejo
Peru
Pierre Cote
France
Vitorio Sciajola
Italy
Francesco Sokal
Poland
Nicholas Titulesco
Romania
M. Anden
Sweden
Woo Kai-Seng
China
Paris
Selecting Winner Of Trophy Ottawa Ont
The Department of National Defence issued a circular to aviation firms nationwide seeking recommendations for the McKee trans-Canada trophy. Donated by J Dalzel McKee, the award honors the Canadian pilot who furthers aviation in the year. Government service pilots are ineligible. Previous winners include Punch Dickins and Captain H A Doc Oaks.
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Ottawa
Ont
Department of National Defence
Canada
McKee
J. Dalzel McKee
Naval Architect James S. Clark Dies in Victoria
James Stewart Clark, a renowned naval architect credited with building three Spanish cruisers that fought at Santiago in 1898 and founder of steel shipbuilding in Japan, died in Victoria after a long illness. He was eighty and born in Troon Ayrshire Scotland.
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Victoria
Santiago
Japan
James Stewart Clark
Troon
Ayrshire
Scotland
Vessel Adrift On Atlantic Near Newfoundland Seeks Rescue
Newfoundland government offers 1000 dollars to any ship officer who boards the drifting schooner Neptune and guides it home. The Neptune with 19 crew left St Johns Mid Nov and was blown to sea by a hurricane, reported 720 miles southeast of Newfoundland on Dec 15. Captain lacks sea experience and cannot reach port. News broadcast from Cape Race picked up by marine agent C H Harvie. Hundreds of ships crossing the Atlantic may relay the lost vessel’s status.
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Halifax
Newfoundland
Neptune
North Atlantic
Cape Race
C. H Harvie
Atlantic
St. John’s Mid
All Right
Auto Fatalities Rise in 1929 Across U.S. States
National Safety Council figures show 31,500 people died in automobile accidents across 31 states in 1929. The total rose 13 percent from 1928 while car registrations grew 8 percent. Over half of the fatalities were pedestrians.
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Chicago
Ill
National Safety Council
British PM urges mutual naval disarmament through international moves
London reports Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald saying Britain must see other nations move in step for a global disarmament policy. He backs gradual battleship cutbacks, reliance on existing pacts, and predicts a treaty to lower navies without sacrificing safety. Lord Bridgeman and Vice Admiral Taylor warn British defenses and Kellogg Briand pact remain uncertain.
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London
Eng
Great Britain
Ramsay MacDonald
MacDonald
Washington
Paris
Lord Bridgeman
The
Admiralty
Naval League
E. A. Taylor
Britain
Taylor
Anti Liquor Campaign Drives U S Prohibition Efforts
Washington reports focus on enforcement measures as Congress considers amendments to strengthen prohibition. Wickersham backs trying minor cases before U S commissioners. Detroit leaders vow aggressive fight, while Michigan plans armed patrols to curb rum running. Governors push broad penalties and border patrols. Seventy one arrests in Columbus raids. Jacksonville ruling requires definite knowledge of liquor in cars before searches. Oklahoma City case upholds conspiracy charges against 102 involved in dry law violations.
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Wickersham
Commission
U.S
Anti-Saloon League
Detroit
Lansing
Michigan
Wll
Green
Dillon
New Mexico
Richards
South Carolina
Columbus
Jacksonville
Fla
Oklahoma City
Governor General Returns to Ottawa After Cruise
After six weeks at sea in Bermuda and the West Indies, Their Excellencies the Governor General and Viscountess Willingdon land in Ottawa. They are greeted at Union Station by Premier Mackenzie King and Rt. Hon. F. A. Anglin, Chief Justice, who served as administrator during His Excellency’s absence.
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Ottawa
Bermuda
West Indies
Viscountess
Willingdon
Union Station
Mackenzie King
F. A. Angln
Supreme Court
Tremblay Urges Quebec Acceptance of Dominion Old-Age Provisions
William Tremblay Conservative M L A for Maisonneuve told the Quebec legislative assembly that the province should immediately accept Dominion old-age pension provisions. He argued Quebec pays taxes but its own aged people gain nothing while other provinces benefit.
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Quebec
Que
William Tremblay
M.L.A
Maisonneuve
Legislative Assembly
Dry Educational Campaign Outlined in Detroit Meeting
The anti saloon league in Detroit unveiled a $50,000,000 dry educational campaign led by Dr. Ernest H. Cherrington. He called education against alcoholism the greatest challenge faced by social builders of an alcohol free America in a century.
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Detroit
Mich
Anti-Saloon League
Ernest H. Cherrington
Saskatoon Enginers to Review City Planning and Zoning
A representative from Wilson Bunnell and Bargstrom of Toronto will be brought to Saskatoon to study town planning conditions. The study will address zoning traffic bridges major streets and other related questions with definite recommendations expected.
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Askatoon, Sask
Wilson Bunnell and Bargstrom
Toronto
Saskatoon
Ban on Parrots Enforced in Prussia to Prevent Psittacosis
The official gazette bans the importation of parrots into Prussia to curb psittacosis, the parrot’s disease, with the embargo taking effect immediately until further notice. Also noted: over 19,000 doctors in the United States practice as specialists only.
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Berlin
Prussia
Germany
United States
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