Vision of Canada’s Northwest Transport Network Centered in Churchill
John W. Dafoe, managing editor of the Manitoba Free Press, spoke at the Expire Club luncheon about a northward development plan linking the Northwest Passage to Churchill Manitoba. He outlined a new water route reducing freight and distance, boosting grain shipments to Europe, coal imports from Wales, and reviving Britain’s cattle trade. He also noted growth in air lanes toward Europe and Asia, with Churchill as a major North American junction, and predicted nearer Liverpool access for Peace River goods.
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Toronto
Canada
Northwest
Rami
Churchill
Manitoba
John W. Dafoe
Manitoba Free Press
Huncheon
Royal Work Hotel
Dafoe
Southwest Passage
United States
Peace River District
Liverpool
Pacific
Three Canadian Teens Named to International Cattle Judging
Three farm lads with top scores at the Canadian National Railways cattle clubs during the Royal Winter Fair have been chosen to represent Canada next summer in the international cattle judging contest in Great Britain. The delegates are Clifford Baldwick of Barrie Ontario Cedric Kirkpatrick of Wirral New Brunswick and Gordon Campbell of Stewiacke Nova Scotia.
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Toronto
Canadian National Railways
Canada
Great Britain
Britain
United States
Clifford Baldwick
Barrie
Ont
Cedric Kirkpatrick
Wirral
N.B
Gordon Campbell
Stewiacke
N.S
British Cadets to Attend Canadian Rifle Shoots in 1930
Cadet contingents from Great Britain will attend the 1930 shoots of the Dominion of Canada Rifle Association and the Ontario Rifle Association. The Imperial Cadet Association announced via a letter to the Department of National Defence. The 19 cadets will be led by Major J. M. West of the Shrewsbury Officers' Training Corps as honorary commandant.
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Ottawa
Great Britain
Dominion of Canada Rifle Association
Ontario Rifle Association
Department of National Defence
R. J. E. Hanson
Imperial Cadet Association
J. M. West
Shrewsbury Officers’ Training Corps
Petition for English rule in Samoa presented by Samoan chiefs
A petition from 23 chiefs on behalf of the Maku Native organization asks the King of England to take control of Samoa from New Zealand and grant land rights directly to the natives. The group represents about 95 percent of the Samoan population and was lodged with the administrator in Apia, British Samoa for transmission.
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Apia
British Samoa
Samoa
New Zealand
French Battalion Arrives at Weisbaden Barracks
A battalion of French infantry arrives in Weisbaden and assumes control of the barracks recently occupied by British troops. Some believe French detachments may be sent to locations within Britain's former occupation zone despite official denials.
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Weisbaden
Germany
Britain
Logging curtailment hits Vancouver Island camps
Victoria reports that curtailment of logging operations is being effected at most Vancouver Island camps in concert with reduced activity across Oregon Washington and British Columbia.
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Victoria
Vancouver Island
Oregon
Washington
British Columbia
Good Market For Wheat Toronto
W Wilson Canadian agricultural representative in London arrives in Toronto and says Canada’s millions of bushels of wheat in storage should sell well before next year’s yield. He cites England and world statistics pointing to big purchases of Canadian wheat before the 1930 crop.
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Toronto
England
W. Wison
London
West
Royal College Of Physicians Ottawa Formed In Canada
The Royal Canadian College of Physicians and Surgeons formed after 60 leading physicians met. Toronto chosen as headquarters with officers elected including President Dr John C Meakins of Montreal and vice presidents Dr F N G Starr and Dr Duncan Graham of Toronto. About 60 charter fellows were sworn in.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian College of Physicians and Surgeons
Royal College
Toronto
John C. Meakins
Montreal
F. N. G. Starr
Duncan Graham
Rearstrar
T. C. Routley
Canada
Edmonton Air Mail Preparations For Northward Run
One hundred thousand letters await northern air mail service at the central post office as officials expect a rising flow of first flight mail. Three machines are foretold to handle the load, with two extra airplanes for collectors. The opening date depends on river ice levels permitting ski landings.
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Edmonton
North Country
F. X. J. Leger
Skiis
Wolves Rampage In Moscow Suburbs Report
Daily News dispatch from Moscow describes wolves attacking adults and children in crowded suburbs where peasants live in temporary homes awaiting permission to migrate to Canada. Two small children reportedly killed.
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London
England
Moscow
Canada
Thomas signals further talks on coal sales in Canada
London, England. J H Thomas told the House of Commons he had more consultations with coal and shipping interests about expanding British coal sales in Canada. He said the questions raised require careful thought and he could not make another statement at present.
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London
England
J. H. Thomas
House of Commons
Canada
Mayor McLean Pushes Dominion to Shorten Workday
Winnipeg. The Dominion was requested in a resolution sent by Mayor Dan McLean to consider a plan to shorten the hours of working men in Canada. Details of the plan were not divulged. It aims to give employment to hundreds of men out of work nationwide.
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Winnipeg
Dominion
Dan McLean
Canada
McLean
Moose Jaw considers keeping power plant as municipal utility
A special committee urged Moose Jaw to retain the power plant as a municipally owned utility and oppose its sale to private interests. The report to the Trades and Labor Council was adopted.
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Moose Jaw
Sask
The
Trades and Labor Council
Refugee Mennonites Exceed 100000 Seeking Homes
Ottawa reports a massive Mennonite exodus from the Soviet republic with potential 100,000 refugees. The League of Nations and European governments may fund aid through next spring, while Canada weighs accepting up to 6,000, with provinces Manitoba and Alberta plus Saskatchewan under consideration.
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Ottawa
Ont
Geneva
Berlin
Warsaw
Soviet Republic
Canada
Russia
Katherine
Republic
League of Nations
Europe
F. Nansen
League
Immigration Department
Anderson
Bishop Toews
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
Dominion
Noted British Authors Kipling and Conan Doyle in Poor Health
The British Broadcast Corporation said Rudyard Kipling cancelled a planned December 12 radio speech due to health travel abroad. Arthur Conan Doyle, worn by overwork at his Crowborough home in Sussex, cancelled all engagements for the coming months.
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London
England
Great Britain
Rudyard Kipling
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
British Broadcast Corporation
Kipling
Sir Arthur
Crowborough
Sussex
Pensions Disbursement Totals Across Canada
On September 30 Canada reported 13,394 old age pensioners including 7,428 men and 5,866 women. Total disbursed reached 3,389,089 with federal and provincial governments sharing equally. BC has 4,214 pensioners and 1,520,652 paid. Manitoba 4,743 with 801,156. Alberta 416 and 14,516. Northwest Territories one male recipient 51.63. Ontario has yet to begin payments.
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Ottawa
Canada
British Columbia
Manitoba
Alberta
Northwest Territories
Ontario
Alberta Premier Notes Election Not Yet Discussed
Premier Brownlee avoided committing to a June Alberta general election rumored in Calgary. He said matters of this sort are better decided for the government without its having to deal with them. He offered no further comment.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Calgary
Brownlee
Bank Robbery Near Montreal Targets Quebec Office
Three armed masked men entered the Canadian Bank of Commerce at St. Chrysostome Quebec about 30 miles from Montreal. They tied the manager and cashier to chairs and escaped with about 500 dollars in cash after cutting telephone wires and fleeing in an automobile.
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Montreal
Canadian Bank of Commerce
St. Chrysostome
Que
Britain urges civilian ministers at five power naval talks
London reports the British government sent communications to Italy France and Japan urging civilian ministers to represent those nations at the five power naval conference rather than delegates drawn from the armed services.
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London
England
Italy
France
Japan
Canadian Pacific unveils new heavy-duty steel flat cars
The Canadian Pacific Railway has introduced two all steel center flat cars designed by the Mechanical Department and built at Angus Shops. They measure 53 feet 9 inches inside, with a low center deck height of 2 feet 4 inches and a 22 feet 7 inch loading space. Each car weighs 9,700 pounds and can haul 225,500 pounds with six wheel tracks and rolled steel wheels.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Mechanical Department
Angus
Makes Definite Change Against Communists
Pretoria, South Africa. Minister of Justice Oswald Pirow argued that the Communist Internationale drives unrest among natives in the Union. He cited allied organizations and blamed them for Durban riots that led to raids and hundreds of native arrests for not paying poll taxes. He warned police action must curb danger within 12 to 18 months.
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Pretoria
South Africa
Communist Internationale
Union of South Africa
Oswald Pirow
Third Internationale
Durban
Earthquake Shakes Ocean Liner 640 Miles Out at Sea
The Olympic reported tremors felt along the Atlantic coast from New York to Halifax and shook her from stem to stern while 640 miles at sea. Officers feared hull damage after vibrations knocked out mail room lights and prompted stewards and passengers to rush to the promenade deck for answers.
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New York
Halifax
Southampton
Cherbourg
Plans for 1932 Grain Show at Regina
Regina hosts the world grain exhibition and conference from July 25 to August 6 1932 under Hon W C Buckle as chair. Dr J H Grisdale will head the conference program with F H Auld as exhibits chief and Ernest Rhoades as secretary. The event, first of its kind in Canada, features a prize list totaling 201500 with 15000 for the hard spring wheat class and 2500 for the first prize.
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Toronto
Regina
Sask
W. C. Buckle
Saskatchewan
Canada
J. H. Grisdale
Dr. Grisdale
F. H. Auld
L. H. Newman
Dominion Cerealist
Ernest Rhoades
Dominion Department of Agriculture
D. T. Elderkin
S. Latta
Saskatchewin
Lord Willingdon
W. C Buckle
W. R. Motherwell
Dominion
A. Prefontaine
Manitoba
C.H. Hamilton
Dominion Green
A. E. Whitmore
W. Yule
J. A. Mooney
Word of safety reaches MacAlpine explorers in Arctic trek
A lone Northland flyer, Andy Cruickshanks, flew 200 miles to Fort Resolution to relay news that Colonel C. D. H. MacAlpine and six others are safe at Fort Reliance on McLeod Bay after ten days without contact. The party is landbound with uncertain landing conditions as they plan the next leg toward Cranberry Portage via Stoney Rapids and The Pas.
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Winnipeg
Fort Resolution
Great Slave Lake
Northwest Territories
Andy Cruickshanks
Guy Blanchet
C. D. H. Ma Alpine
Fort Reliance
McLeod Bay
Cruickshanks
Relance
Pas
Blanchet Patrol
Colonel MacAlp
Reliance
Dominion
Montain
Ant
Cambridge Bay
Hudson's Bay
Victoria Island
MacAlpine
Bathurst Inlet
Blanchet
Bathurst
Resolution
Stoney Rapids
Cranberry Portage
Canadian Corps of Signals
Cruickshank
Sir Henry Thornton Honored by Norwegian King
Sir Henry Thornton, president of the Canadian National Railways, was made a knight commander of the Order of St. Olaf by the King of Norway. The decoration, given in recognition of his support for Norwegian migrants and colonization efforts, was presented by Helmer Bryn, Norwegian consul-general.
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Montreal
Sir Henry Thornton
Natons Railways
Norway
Order of Norway of
St. Olaf
Henry Thornton
Helmer Bryn
Damages Awarded In Canadian Airplane Crash Case
In Ontario's Supreme Court Judge Garrow ordered $2000 to Alva Lalonde and $500 to P Char ron of Rockland as compensation for injuries from a plane crash last winter involving International Airways. This marks the first Canadian case awarding damages to aeroplane crash victims.
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L'Original
Canada
Justice Garrow
Supreme Court of Ontario
Alva Lalonde
P. Charron
Rockland
International Airways
Ocean Cables Break Reparations Sought Off Nova Scotia
Repair ships worked the North Atlantic seabed off Nova Scotia after the recent earthquake severed ten or more transatlantic connections. Crews groped the ocean floor between America and Europe to restore the lines damaged by the seismic event.
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America
Europe
New York
North Atlantic
Nova Scotia
Seaboard
Wedding gift of King Victor Emmanuel announced
The wedding gift from King Victor Emmanuel to Crown Prince Humbert and Princess Marie Jose of Belgium is the Chateau of Racconigi in Piedmont, the Crown Prince's birthplace.
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Victor Emmanuel
Humbert
Marie Jose
Belgium
Racconigi
Piedmont
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Canada Rifle Association
B.C
Royal College of Physicians
Conan Doyle
Ross Smyth
McGill University
Fort James
Rob Quebec Bank
Africa
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Canadian National Railway
King of Norway
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