Canada Emerging From Low Mood Says Sir Arthur Currie
Winnipeg reports General Sir Arthur Currie president of McGill University and wartime commander of the Canadian Expeditionary Force told the Winnipeg Young Men's Board of Trade that Canada is leaving a period of anxiety. He urged thrift and business caution while noting hard times are driving restraint, and praised the Peace River country and Alberta’s agricultural potential. He warned against doom and proclaimed renewed national seriousness.
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Winnipeg
Man
Canada
Arthur Currie
McGill University
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Winnipeg Young Men's Board of Trade
Dominion
Sir Arthur
Maritime Provinces
Prairie Provinces
United States
Government licenses show rise in Canadian radio ownership
For the Blind Ottawa Ont Radio licenses issued free by the Canadian Government to blind radio owners totalled 624 for the period of the fiscal year 1930 31 to date compared with 589 for the entire fiscal year 1929 30 according to official figures issued recently The total number of radio licenses issued for the first five months of the current fiscal year was 349 676 which also indicates a steady increase in the number of radios operated in the Dominion
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Ottawa
Ont
Dominion
White Seals Reported by San Diego Expedition
White seals once considered mythical were reported by the San Diego Zoological Society expedition upon its return from Guadalupe Island off the Mexican coast. The party found white seals on inaccessible rocks of an outer islet where landing was impossible, and a specimen could not be obtained.
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San Diego
Cal
San Diego Zoological Society
Guadalupe Island
Vancouver Wheat Exports Reach Record Level in Year
Vancouver, B C wheat exports total 8 283 378 bushels to date in the current crop year doubling the 1928 29 record through Vancouver when shipments hit 100 000 000 bushels. Last year at this time exports stood at 2 679 378 bushels.
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Vancouver
B.C
Montreal Cattle Exports to Great Britain Rise this Year
Montreal exports 1690 head of cattle to Great Britain through the port this year. The latest shipment of 377 head marks the sixth shipment of the season. No cattle were sent to Great Britain last year.
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Montreal
Que
Canada
Great Britain
Japan Begins Second Decennial Census Throughout Empire
Tokyo reports a quarter million census takers started collecting data as Japan conducts its second decennial census. Early estimates place the empire's population near 9,000,000.
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Tokyo
Japan
R-101 Makes Trial Run Before India Voyage
The re conditioned dirigible R-101, the world’s largest airship after lengthening, completed a brief trial trip at Cardington England ahead of its planned voyage to India.
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Cardington
Eng
India
Stresses Empire's Greatness at London Imperial Gathering
Hon R B Bennett prime minister of Canada addressed a brilliant Imperial Conference gathering in Guildhall London. He praised the empire’s diversity as the secret of greatness and urged economic unity through consolidation while noting empire statesmanship remains strong. Prince Arthur of Connaught presided at the banquet.
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London
England
Royal Empire Society
Empire
R. B. Bennett
Canada
Mr. Bennett
Bennett
H.R.H. Prince Arthur of
Connaught
South Africa
Fire Loss Highlights Need for Better Prevention
Canada’s fire loss last year reached 47 million dollars, nearly two and a half times the federal relief for unemployment, a fact used by Premier John Bracken of Manitoba to urge greater fire prevention at the Dominion Fire Prevention Association convention. Prime Minister Bennett was named honorary member. W. H. Shapley of Toronto elected president. A key resolution urged institutions receiving public funds to provide adequate fire safeguards.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Dominion
John Bracken
Manitoba
Dominion Fire Prevention Association
R. B. Bennett
W. H. Shapley
Toronto
Hope Is Fulfilled Battleford Rail Arrival
Battleford Saskatchewan celebrates as the first Canadian Pacific Railway train arrives at 12:30 P.M. on September 30 marking a dream dating to 1875. The line, once planned to reach Winnipeg and Fort Livingstone, was redirected in 1881 to serve southern Saskatchewan after decades of local effort.
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Battleford
Sask
Canadian Pacific Railway
Winnipeg
Fort Livingstone
Yellow Head Pass
New Westminster
Railways to Proceed with $21 Million Construction Plan
Ottawa officials announce that Canadian National and Canadian Pacific will begin a $21,000,000 program of construction and improvement. The plan will employ 10,500 workers for a year and use 2,000 teams of horses for grading and related tasks, aiding farmers in many districts.
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Ottawa
Ont
Robertson
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific Railways
Scientists Flock To Far Northern Siberia Nomad Lands
Geologists, teachers, and scientists travel to northern Siberia where about 5,000 nomads live. They aim to teach fishing, establish reindeer herding, and set up a chamois tannery meat cannery and an iodine plant from seaweed.
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Leningrad
Russia
Siberia
Order-In-Council Grants Lean Winnipeg
Manitoba cabinet passes order in council approving a loan of 50000 dollars to the Manitoba Cattle Loan Association at five percent. The association will charge members seven percent for advances secured by lien notes on cattle purchases.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba Cattle Loan Association
Manitoba
Cattie
Government program enlarged for relief purposes
Senator Gideon Robertson outlined a broad relief plan with 80 to 90 million dollars to be spent in construction and direct relief. It includes 21 million for rail and highway work, 4 million for direct relief, 1 million for subway funding, and a 50 50 cost share with provinces on a trans Canada highway.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Gideon Robertson
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific Railways
Board Railway Commissioners
Sydney
Vancouver
Robertson
Nova Scotia
Dover Swim Fails as Water Proves Too Cold
Miss Mercedes Gleitz, a British woman swimmer, attempted to conquer the English Channel but withdrew after about four hours in the frigid water. The chill forced her to abandon the effort.
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Dover
England
Mercedes Gleitz
Staff Reduced When Resources Handed Over
Edmonton reports staff cuts as Alberta takes over natural resources with no ceremony. Twenty eight Dominion Lands office employees lose their jobs as accounts for grazing leases mining claims timber permits and contracts transfer to provincial control. Regina forecasts further staff reductions to save costs under Premier J T M Anderson as Saskatchewan assumes resource administration.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Dominion Lands Office
Regina
Sask
J. T. M. Anderson
Saskatch
Won Citizenship After Long Court Battle
Lima Ohio Mrs Carl Landis of Philadelphia who refused to take the oath to bear arms in defense of the United States is now a citizen after a year and a half court battle. She took the oath while reserving her opposition to bearing arms and would serve as a nurse if needed. Common Pleas Judge A M Rogers admitted the reservation and granted citizenship despite a protest from the assistant supervisor of naturalization. Mrs Landis came from Alsace Lorraine in 1910 and has been married since beginning her fight for citizenship.
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Lima
Carl Landis
Philadelphia
United States
Common Pleas
A. M. Rogers
Landis
Alsace- Lorraine
Eleven Burned in San Miguel Cathedral Fireworks Blast
Eleven people were badly burned when 5,000 skyrockets exploded inside San Miguel cathedral in Veleya Guanajuato during Saint's Day celebrations. The stored fireworks ignited by a skyrocket caused the blaze.
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Veleya
Guanajuato
Mexico
San Miguel Cathedral
San Miguel
Maritime ports are vital to Canada says CN pres
Sir Henry Thornton president of Canadian National Railways told a Halifax luncheon that Maritime ports are the sole ingress and egress on the Atlantic coast at certain seasons and that separation from the Maritimes would be economic death. He praised the region’s current prosperity and pledged CN R support for port and provincial development.
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Halifax
N.S
Maritime Provinces
Henry Thornton
Canadian National Railways
Canadian Atlantic
Maritimes
Canada
Henry
C.N.R
Minister Manion Begins Ottawa Inspection Tour
Hon. R. J. Manion, Minister of Railways and Canals, left Ottawa on his first inspection trip to survey the Hudson Bay Railway and Churchill terminals. He will be absent for a fortnight, accompanied by Deputy D. I. Smart Col. A. E. Dubue chief engineer and Charles Haddow, assistant high commissioner for Great Britain.
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Ottawa
Ont
R. J. Manion
Hudson Bay
Churchill
Manion
D. I. Smart
Col
A. E Dubue
Charles Haddow
Great Britain
Empire trade pledge marks Imperial Conference opening
London reports the self governing nations of the British Commonwealth pledging to cooperate on Empire trade. Ramsay MacDonald calls the conference a turning point as he urges renewed will, while Prime Minister Bennett and Dominion leaders stress concerted action to aid all parts of the Empire.
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London
England
Ramsay MacDonald
Locarno
Foreign Office
Dominion
Canada
Bennett
Prospects for Greater Trade With Antipodes
The Imperial Conference in London discussed constitutional questions from the Balfour report and moved toward expanding mutual trade. Canada and Australia, with Hon. H. H. Stevens and Prime Minister James Scullin, opened talks on diversifying purchases within the Empire. Australia offered dried fruits oranges wool, while Canada could supply many items now bought from outside. Stevens also discussed trade with New Zealand amid tariff concerns on butter, set to eight cents a pound instead of four.
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London
England
Imperial Conference of the
British Nations
Patrick McGilligan
McGilligan
Canada
Australia
H. H. Stevens
James Scullin
P. L. Maloney
Hawaiian Islands
New York
Stevens
New Zealand
Scholarships Awarded To Canadian Nurses
The Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada awards scholarships for public health nursing post graduate courses. This year the 144th through a policy since 1921 has funded eight nurses: Hazel Latimer and Edith Stevenson of Ottawa, Elizabeth Edwards of Kingston, Mary Henderson of Niagara Falls, Margaret Ferguson and Jean Watt of London, Annie R. Smith of Calgary, and Jacqueline Noel of Montreal.
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Ottawa
Ont
Victorian Order of Nurses For
Canada
Hazel Latimer
Edith Stevenson
Elizabeth Edwards
Kingston
Mary Henderson
Niagara Falls
Margaret Ferguson
Jean Watt
London
Annie R. Smith
Calgary
Jacqueline Noel
Montreal
Northcott Hanged For Murders At San Quentin
Gordon Stewart Northcott, 23, a Wineville chicken rancher, was executed at San Quentin for killing three boys. He confessed in writing and staged a fake death before the trap sprung at 10 03 a.m. as evangelist Rev. Larry Newgent offered comfort from St. John.
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San Quentin
Cal
Gordon Stewart Northcott
Wineville
Northcott
Larry Newgent
Los Angeles
Dominion funds to develop Canadian wheat markets
The Dominion Government has appropriated funds to demonstrate the use of Canadian flours in baking. Demonstrations will start in the United Kingdom and later expand to other European countries to boost Wheat Markets Ottawa.
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Ottawa
Ont
Dominion
United Kingdom
Pilot's death ruled misadventure in Fort William
Coroner's jury found Capt. James A. Dickie Bishop's Field Flying Club instructor died in a plane crash near Fort William on September 9. Passenger Miss Marian Swaim, suffering memory lapse, could not testify or recall details of the fatal flight.
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Fort William
Ont
James A. Dickie
Bishop's Field Flying Club
Here
Marian Swaim
Dickie
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