Nationalists win record majority in British election
London reports a sweeping National Government victory. Baldwin proclaims it a national co operation win while the Conservative Labor and National Liberal alliance outpoll all rivals by about 500 seats. Labor shrinks to 50 seats, Henderson loses Burnley, and Lansbury remains.
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London
England
Stanley Baldwin
Baldwin
House of Commons
National-Labor
Labor Party
Arthur Henderson
Burnley
David Lloyd George
Henderson
Labor
George Lansbury
Pensions Cost Ontario Thirty Thousand Daily
Ontario spends 30000 a day on old age pensions and mothers' allowances. Minister W G Martin told the National League of Compulsory Education that mothers' allowances total 230000 a month, aid 6000 homes and 18999 children, helping juvenile delinquency.
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Toronto
Ont
Ontario
W. G. Martin
National League of Compulsory Education
Blind veteran regains seat in London election
Capt. Jan Fraser, chair man of St. Dunstan's school for the sightless, regains his Conservative seat for the London borough of St Pancras. He defeated his former opponent R Marley of the Labour Party and a Communist candidate. Fraser had lost his seat in 1929 and now returns to Parliament.
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London
Eng
Jan Fraser
St. Dunstan’s School For the Sightless
St. Pancras
R. Marley
New Cabinet Formed In Paraguay Under Gonzalez Navero
Provisional President Gonzalez Navero formed a new cabinet to continue the Liberal party administration, keeping Foreign Minister Zubizar reta and Minister of Justice Gonzalez. In Sweden a small cash register enables each store employee to have their own unit.
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Ascuncion
Paraguay
Gonzalez Navero
Liberal Party
Zubizarreta
Gonzalez
Sweden
Hinkler Sets Plane Record on 1800 Mile Jamaica Flight
Bert Hinkler, Australian flyer and former Australia England record holder, completed a non stop 1800 mile flight from New York to Kingston Jamaica in about 18 hours. W O Levick of De Havilland Canada confirmed the new Pass moth aero plane record, surpassing Amy Johnson’s 1000 mile London to Warsaw flight.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Bert Hinkler
New York
Toronto
Officials Silent Over Seizure Of Airplane
Officials of the customs department refused to discuss the seizure of a United States plane captured near Aymer Quebec while its operators loaded liquor. Two RCAF machines transporting customs officers effected the capture. The plane reportedly originated from Rochester New York and had recently made several trips to the area.
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U.S
Ottawa
Ont
Customs Department
United States
Aymer
Que
Royal Canadian Air Force
Rochester
M.Y
Lady Astor Reelected as Conservative Candidate
Plymouth England Lady Astor expressed gratification at her re election as Conservative candidate for Plymouth Sutton. She credited women with influence and stated England is firm as a rock and that women contributed common sense and humanity to the election while noting socialists promise paradise on earth is hard to attain.
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Plymouth
Eng
Lady Astor
Sutton
England
Ontario Town Destroyed By Basement Fire Wipes District
In Port Carling Ontario a blaze of undetermined origin gutted the Hanna Company general store basement and consumed eleven buildings. Firefighters from Bracebridge Gravenhurst and Orillia battled the flames as the town’s business district was ruined with no damage estimate yet available.
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Port Carling
Ont
Hanna Company
Bracebridge
Gravenhurst
Orillia
Fewer Canadian Immigration Visas Issued by U S In September
The State Department reported 1 004 Canadian immigration visas issued for September versus 6 151 in September 1928, an 84 percent drop. Officials attribute the decline to enforcement of the likely to become a public charge provision of the 1917 Immigration Act by U S consular officers.
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Washington, D.C
United States
State Department
Canada
Fortune Left to Benefit Crippled Children in Detroit
Louis Reberg a elderly real estate owner gradually going blind turned his entire fortune of 300000 dollars over to the Detroit Board of Education for the benefit of crippled school children. Half the income goes to Reberg during his lifetime and half to be used to provide crippled children with better educational and health facilities. After his death income and principal are to be paid out for the benefit of crippled children.
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Detroit, Mich
Louis Reberg
Detroit Board of Education
Reberg
Warning Issued as Canada Overborrowed Says Minister
Hon. H. H. Stevens Federal Minister of Trade and Commerce warned Canadians at Toronto that they were prone to pessimism about business conditions and had overborrowed. He urged a sane view of the country’s capacity to sustain its population in comfort and plenty at the Advertising Sales Round Table banquet.
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Toronto
Ont
Dominion
H. H. Stevens
Message to the Nation from Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald
MacDonald thanks millions across parties for subordinating differences to national needs and praises the unity shown in response. He pledges that working-class interests and viewpoints will be valued as the country moves to meet its tasks with willing hands and devoted minds.
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London
Eng
Ramsay MacDonald
McGregor Elected President of Dominion Agricultural Credit Co
Lieutenant-Governor J. D. McGregor chosen president at inaugural meeting of the Dominion Agricultural Credit Company held at the Hotel Saskatchewan Regina Saskatchewan to advance livestock activities in western provinces.
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Regina
J. D. McGregor
Manitoba
Dominion Agricultural Credit Company
Saskatchewan
Newspaper Staff Strikes Mexico City Plant
El Universal, a leading morning newspaper, halted operations in Mexico City after employees struck over back salaries totaling about $12,000. The walkout followed the paper’s refusal to pay the owed wages immediately.
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Mexico City
el Universal
Western Farmers Benefit From October Wheat Price Rises
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics estimates Western farmers gain 8 to 10 million dollars from October wheat price increases. It projects total Canada wide stock value add ons of 25 to 39 million dollars. The average advance is about nine cents per bushel with regional gains higher in central Alberta.
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Ottawa
Alberta
Bureau
Japan Accepts League Armament Holiday Plan
Reuters dispatch from Tokyo reports Japan accepts the League of Nations plan for a one year halt to armaments, on condition it does not affect already authorized plans and that neighboring states, especially non members, also agree.
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London
Eng
Reuters
Tokyo
Japan
League of Nations
League
Five Year Old Voter Sparks Debate in Ulster Vote
A Belfast note reports five year old Ernest Motherwell voted in the British general election. In Ulster the rule allowed any registrant who could name a candidate, and Ernest could name his choice, prompting discussion on voting eligibility and age.
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Belfast
North Ireland
Ernest Motherwell
Ulster
Ernest Could
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