Britain ready to aid cause of world peace
Lord Baldwin told the Lord Mayor’s banquet Britain could not advance unilateral disarmament without others acting. He said the UK was ready to join moves to reduce armaments, settle war debts, and pursue Lausanne accords with a lenient debt settlement. He urged continued League of Nations cooperation and Ottawa trade gains.
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London
Eng
Stanley Baldwin
Council
House of Commons
Great Britain
Baldwin
Ramsay MacDonald
Britain
United Kingdom
Lausanne
League of Nations
League
Fianna Fail Leader Vows No Land Annuities Payment
Eamon de Valera declares in Dublin that the Irish Free State will never pay land annuities as long as his government remains in power. He also notes plans for new duties on Irish produce and predicts UK pressure unless Ireland resists coercion.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
Eamon de Valera
Council of the
Fianna Fail Party
United Kingdom
Supplementary Estimates Tabled in House of Commons
Ottawa ont Hon E N Rhodes minister of finance tables further supplementary estimates for the present fiscal year totaling 1 534 957 dollars. The largest item is 975 000 dollars for unemployment relief under the Department of Pensions and National Health.
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Ottawa
Ont
House of Commons
E. N. Rhodes
Department of Pensions and National Health
Storm Devastates Banana Crops in Jamaica
A powerful storm hit West Jamaica with Point Negril as the center. Winds reached 75 mph, wiping out about 50 percent of the island banana cultivation and causing an estimated 3 million dollars in damage. No lives were lost.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Point Negril
Island
Banker Foils Vancouver Bank Robbery Attempt
A lone gunman tried to hold up the Royal Bank of Canada on Sixteenth Avenue and Oak Street in Vancouver. Manager E Devereaux fired to distract the bandit, who fled by car. a revolver with a fired bullet was found at the suspect's home during a later search. police arrested him within two hours.
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Vancouver
B.C
Sixteenth Avenue
Oak Street
Royal Bank of Canada
E. Devereaux
Devereaux
H. Wright
Devereaus
New Rules on Civil Servants Holding Municipal Posts
Ottawa reports a federal order restricting civil servants from contesting municipal elections without Ottawa approval. Workers may hold offices paying $500 or less without severing government ties. higher salaries require unpaid leave.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Drowned In Oil Flood At Montreal Plant
Placide Bourgeois and another man were drowned at the Imperial Oil Company plant in Montreal East when a 30,000 barrel fuel oil tank burst. They were digging nearby in a several feet deep excavation and were overwhelmed by the flood before aid arrived. One body was recovered. cause of tank failure not yet determined. no explosion reported.
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Montreal East
Que
Placide Bourgeois
Imperial Oil Company
Build More Elevators Vancouver BC
By December 15 Vancouver will raise grain elevator capacity from 16,205,000 to 17,830,000 bushels as three additions near completion. It is the world’s only port with ongoing elevator construction. Two of the additions should finish by December 1.
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Vancouver
B.C
Market Study On Canadian Products Planned
The Retail Merchants' Association of Canada will cooperate with Queen's University Kingston's commerce department on an exhaustive study. It seeks definite information on domestic distribution of Canadian products.
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Toronto
Ont
Retail Merchants’ Association of Canada
Commerce Department
Queen's University
Kingston
Geese knock out power for hours in Manitoba towns
A flock of geese damaged transmission lines near Winnipeg causing a power outage across four Manitoba towns Holland Glenboro Baldur and Cypress River for several hours. Three birds were killed in the incident and crews worked to restore service.
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Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba
Holland
Glenboro
Baldur
Cypress River
Dominion census shows 471668 unemployed in Canada
Ottawa June 1 1931 census figures report 471668 unemployed and 2564879 wage earners with 81.39 percent at work. Of employed males 2017606 and females 547273, with 422994 and 48674 respectively not at work.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
H. H. Stevens
Balloon Released From Calgary Airport For Atmospheric Data
A large meteorological balloon rose skyward from Calgary's municipal airport to record pressure and temperature in the stratosphere eight to ten miles up. It is the fifth release since September, conducted by C. H. Bromley of the Dominion Meteorological Bureau.
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Calgary
Alberta
C. H. Bromley
Dominion Meteorological Bureau
Wife Of Stalin Dies In Moscow At Age Thirty
Nadya Alliluleva wife of Joseph Stalin dies in Moscow Tass agency reports no details given She was 30 years old and recently completed a three year course at the All-Union Industrial Academy She and Stalin had two children a 12 year old boy and a seven year old girl a 23 year old stepson also survives.
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Tass
All-Union Industrial Academy
Stalin
Militia Guards Stationed at Manitoba Saskatchewan Penitentiaries
Soldiers in steel helmets with full field gear and machine guns are deployed to penitentiaries in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Twenty five men per detachment leave Winnipeg equipped with ample ammunition. Prince Albert detachment carries a truckload of ammo. Stony Mountain prison houses several hundred to near a thousand convicts.
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Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Prince Albert
Stony Mountain
Still For Prohibition Says Volstead in St Paul
Andrew J Volstead said he remained convinced prohibition is best for the United States. Asked about wets gains in the election he replied he has seen too many elections to trust national sentiment and would not amplify. Volstead, co author of the dry act, is legal adviser to the district prohibition administrator here.
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St. Paul, Minn
Andrew J. Volstead
United States
Prohibition
Volstead
British Marquess Aims To Fly Everest In Air Pilot Challenge
The Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale plans a two plane Everest flight from Northern Bengal with a small team to gain British prestige in India. Support comes from the Air Ministry and India Office, with the Maharajah of Nepal granting permission. One plane will photograph the other upon crossing the summit to prove the achievement.
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India
Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale
Bengal
Mount Everest
Himalayas
Clydesdale
British Air Ministry
India Office
Nepal
Everest
Majority for Roosevelt Could Set Record in Election
The article notes a likely historic Democratic landslide as Franklin D Roosevelt edges toward a record electoral total. Democrats near two thirds in the Senate and about three to one in the House as vote counting continues, with several veteran Republican senators defeated by Homer T Bone and Patrick A McCarran.
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Washington
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
United States
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Connecticut
New York
Herbert Hoover
G.O.P
Capitol
Old Guard
Wesley L. Jones
Tasker L. Oddie
Nevada
Homer T. Bone
Patrick A. McCarran
Read Smoot
Utah
George H. Moses
New Hampshire
James E. Watson
Indiana
Hiram Bingham
Motherwell Attacks Imperial Conference Trade Pact
In Ottawa Hon. W. R. Motherwell Liberal MP denounces the Canada United Kingdom trade agreement as humbug and criticizes tariff policies. He argues quotas are needed for wheat preferences, questions British routing of grain, and urges action to adjust the exchange situation before broader negotiations. He warns higher transport costs from Halifax and Saint John.
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Ottawa
Canada
Stanley Baldwin
Motherwell
Buffalo
New York
Halifax
Saint John
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de Valera
Montreal
Hannington
Labor Statistics
Soviet
Russia
Moscow
Nadya Alliluleva
Joseph Stalin
West
Andrew Volstead
Mr Everest
Manarssan
Nepay
Roosevelt
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