Expenditures for relief receive final approval across Canada
Ottawa announces final approval of more than 37 million dollars for public works to relieve unemployment. Proposals from provinces and municipalities total about 14 million, with railways accounting for 22.65 million and a 0.5 million grade crossing fund. The plan includes fair wages and an eight hour day, supervision of employment offices, and public disclosure of local expenditures.
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Ottawa
Ont
Dominion
Gideon D. Robertson
Canadian Pacific
Canadian National Railways
Quebec
Alberta
Robertson
Cabinet
Ontario
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
New Brunswick
Manitoba
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
Yukon Territory
Bennett
Canada
Freemen Of City Of London Honor Three World Leaders
In London the Guildhall granted freeman status to Canada’s R B Bennett Australia’s J H Scullin and New Zealand’s G W Forbes. The ceremony praised their loyalty to the empire and public service, with Bennett noting the honor reflects Canada’s regard for Britain’s empire. In Parliament, Ramsay MacDonald’s Labor government survived a crucial division by 31 votes, while Conservatives assailed proposed measures to tackle industrial and unemployment crises. Liberal abstentions and a split within their ranks marked the vote.
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London
England
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
R. B. Bennett
J. H Scullin
G. W. Forbes
Adrian Pollock
Bennett
Dominion of
Commonwealth of Nations
Hramsay MacDonald
Wheat Protein High in Alberta Samples Reported
Alberta Wheat Pool reports threshed grain across southern Alberta shows high protein. Samples from Hesketh and Iddlesleigh reached 19 percent, while many other points yielded 15 to 18 percent protein content.
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Calgary
Alberta
Alberta Wheat Pool
Hesketh
Iddlesleigh
Prince pays tribute to Grenfell effort in London
The Prince of Wales sent a letter read by the Lord Mayor at a Grenfell Association meeting praising Sir Wilfred Grenfell. The letter notes his work in a territory becoming an economic unit of great potential value to Newfoundland and the Empire.
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London
England
Prince of Wales
Sir Wilfred Grenfell
Grenfell Association
Wilfred
Newfoundland
Manitoba Birds To Represent Province At Royal Show
Brandon dealer John Windover announced Manitoba will ship more than 50 birds to the Toronto Royal Show this month. Turkeys will comprise a large portion of the exhibit.
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Brandon
Man
Toronto
Not Exempt From Taxation in Canada Railways
Sir Henry Thornton told Toronto Board of Trade members that from 1926 to 1929 the Canadian National Railway paid 18,709,000 in federal provincial and municipal taxes. He noted this was only 3,000,000 less than the Canadian Pacific Railway and explained the gap by Maritime railways under a different arrangement.
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Toronto
Ont
Canadian National Railway
Sir Henry Thornton
Toronto Board of Trade Club
Canadian Pacific Railway
Kingsford Smith scatters father's ashes over Pacific
Sydney news recalls Wing Commander Charles Kingsford Smith fulfilling his father William Kingsford Smith's dying wish. Using the same aeroplane as his England to Australia flight, the aviator scattered his father's ashes over the Pacific Ocean where his own early air triumphs began. William Kingsford Smith died on November 2.
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Sydney
N.S.W
Charles Kingsford-Smith
England
Australia
Pacific Ocean
William Kingsford-Smith
Pacific
Kingsford-Smith
Shock Causes Death of Major Thomson in England
Major David Thomson aged 68, brother of Lord Thomson the air minister who died in the R 101 disaster, passed away November 2. Physicians attributed the death to shock from the tragedy.
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Southsea
England
David Thomson
Lord Thomson
Premier Bennett May Visit Paris After Conference
Premier R. B. Bennett of Canada will likely visit Paris after the Imperial Conference to discuss trade matters with the French government.
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London
England
R. B. Bennett
Canada
Paris
Dominion-wide air service to be inaugurated
Negotiations nearing completion to form the Aviation Corporation of Canada linking Western Canada Airways Canadian Transcontinental Airways Canadian Airways and other firms under joint control. James A Richardson Winnipeg financier and president of Western Canada Airways will be majority stockholder. Railways to back the project with federal government approval but no immediate public financing.
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Winnipeg
Man
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific Railways
Railways
Eastern Aerial
James A. Richardson
Western Canada Airways
The
Aviation Corporation of Canada
Canadian Transcontinental Airways
Canadian Airways
Dominion
Franco-Italian Naval Difference Talks Opened in Geneva
United States ambassador Hugh S. Gibson returned to Geneva after meetings with Italian leaders in Rome. He gave no public comments but suggested progress toward a Franco-Italian naval settlement. Negotiations are likely to begin at League of Nations preparatory disarmament sessions.
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Rome
Italy
Hugh S. Gibson
United States
Belgium
Geneva
Mussolini
Grandi
France
Wheat expert Swanson travels with Canadian delegation
Professor Swanson of the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, an outstanding authority on wheat, is in London with the Canadian delegation for the Imperial Economic Conference. He concentrates on the marketing problems of Canada's crops, which have been widely cabled to Canadian newspapers.
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University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
London
Swanson
Canada
Predicted Boom in Cars Shrinking Parts and Raising Pace
London predicted future motor cars will use hundreds fewer parts and improve speed comfort safety and affordability. Sir Herbert Austin told the Institution of Automobile Engineers that transport overall would rise in speed and efficiency, with rear engines for taxis and buses and a light 15 horsepower closed car weighing under 1400 pounds.
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London
England
Sir Herbert Austin
Institution of Automobile Engineers
Sir Herbert
Herbert
Helium Gas For Airships Shifts Zeppelin Plans
Berlin autocrat Dr. Hugo Eckener announced at the American Chamber of Commerce annual dinner that Zeppelins under construction will use helium gas and crude oil motors following the R-101 disaster. He cited U S word that helium is non inflammable and non explosive for inflation. Eckener noted the B 101 crash would have caused minimal damage if not for an explosion.
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Berlin
Germany
Hugo Eckener
American Chamber of Commerce
United States
Eckener
France
Brazil Forms Provisional Government After Brief Victory
Rio de Janeiro reports a provisional Brazilian government led by Dr Getulio Vargas after a brief revolution. Osvaldo Aranha, newly named Interior and Justice Minister, said elections will be held after reforms and the new administration will reflect the will of the people.
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Rio de Janeiro
Getulio Vargas
Osvaldo Aranha
Vargas
Interior
Justice
Associated Press
Minister Murphy to Inspect Indian Conditions in West
Hon. T. G. Murphy, Minister of Interior and Indian Affairs, will travel west at week’s end to study conditions on prairie reserves. Planned stops include areas near Regina and Calgary as winter approaches, with officials noting serious distress among Indians and steps to relieve hardship.
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Ottawa
Ont
Prairie Provinces
T. G. Murphy
Interior and Indian Affairs
Regina
Sask
Calgary
Department
CNR to cut earnings by forty million in year
Sir Henry Thornton, president of the Canadian National Railways, announced that gross earnings this year will be about 40 million dollars less than in 1929. He cited drastic economies in all departments and capital expenditure to offset the drop by roughly 30 million. Construction work and nonessential operations have been postponed. He noted no immediate earnings improvement but sensed a brighter mood among business leaders.
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Toronto
Ont
Canadian National Railways
Henry Thornton
C.N.R
Sir Henry
Dornier DC-X to Have Two Sister Planes in 1931
Aviation circles report Dornier plans two new planes the size of the DC-X. The aircraft are expected to be completed in May 1931, signaling continued German advancement in aviation after the DC-X surprised the world.
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Berlin
Germany
Dornier
Dornier Company
German flyer passes Atlantic crossing with king’s decoration
Captain Wolfgang Von Gronau received a decoration from King Christian of Denmark for his trans Atlantic flight to New York via Greenland. He said the route could become the main highway of trans Atlantic traffic in the future.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Wolfgang von Gronau
Christian
New York
Greenland
National Farm Policy May Now Be Formulated
Ottawa to host a two day conference on November 17 and 18 where Hon. Robert Weir Canada’s Minister of Agriculture and provincial ministers will seek to craft a national agricultural policy. Deans of colleges and provincial voices will contribute. Weir remains noncommittal while likely favoring gradual western cattle-raising growth.
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Ottawa
Ont
Robert Weir
Minter
Major Weir
Canada
Governors General role may weaken imperial links
The Times argues appointing governors-general as nominees of dominion governments could weaken the Empire’s formal link. It says the office must reflect His Majesty and not be a mere figure, while noting dominions should retain some control in selection. Informal consultation and general agreement are urged over rigid rules.
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London
England
The
Times
Dominion
the Times
Ottawa Grade Crossing Fund receives $500000 transfer
Ottawa transfers five hundred thousand dollars from the government unemployment fund to the grade crossing fund by order-in-council. The Railway Commission administers the grade crossing fund and the transfer aims to finance grade separations while addressing urgent employment needs. This amount is in addition to the regular annual grant.
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Ottawa
Ont
Railway Commission
Ontario to review deportation cases of mentally ill women
In Blind River Ontario three women face deportation orders but the Ontario Government will not authorize deportations until each case is examined on its merits after a thorough medical evaluation. Health Minister J M Robb stated future policy will follow careful physician review.
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Blind River
Ont
Ontario
J. M. Robb
Western cattle shipment leaves Calgary for Manchester market
A 205 head consignment of two to four year old steers from Alberta departed Calgary for Montreal under the Dominion Department of Agriculture. The shipment, the second westbound batch in recent weeks, aims to prove the British market potential for western ranchers.
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Calgary
Alberta
Montreal
Manchester
England
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Section Foreman Awarded Prize In Western Lines
E Swanson, section foreman at Eholt B C, received the prize donated by W M Neal for the best maintained section of track on Canadian Pacific Railway western lines in 1939. Shanghai plans to spend about 4 million dollars on new municipal buildings.
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Winnipeg
Man
E. Swanson
British Columbia
Eholt
B.C
W. M. Neal
Western Lines
Canadian Pacific Railway
Shanghai
China
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Sir John Simon
MacDonald
Grenfell
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W. W. Swanson
New Zeppelin
Brazil
Britain
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