Conference explored to discuss Germanys disarmament withdrawal
London sources report Britain seeks a conference with France Italy and Germany to decide if talks can discuss Germanys withdrawal from the Geneva disarmament conference. Berlin says Germany will attend only if guarantees on arms equality are provided. otherwise London talks would be futile.
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London
England
Exchange Telegraph Agency
Germany
France
Italy
Berlin
Foreign Office
Geneva
Reich
Alberta Oil Fields Forecasts Vast Alberta Output
Alberta oil experts Davis of Wiltshire Oil and Roney of Los Angeles visit the Alberta district. Davis predicts large gushers near Keho Lake to supply the British Empire, with Twin River drilling planned 25 miles west of Milk River. Nordon Corp property may yield 1,000 to 10,000 barrels daily valued at 100 million dollars.
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Calgary
Alberta
Keho Lake
International Boundary
British Empire
Arthur I. Davis
Wiltshire Oil Company
Alberta Oil District
C. A. Roney
Los Angeles
Mr. Davis
Mr. Roney
Twin River
Milk River
Nordon Corporation
Cloudburst in Bakersfield Kills Dozens and Destroys Freight Cars
Reports say 15 bodies recovered and five more dead with 21 additional bodies found in a wrecked boxcar after the Tehachapi flood. Death toll may reach 45 with damages estimated between 1.5 and 2 million dollars as trains were wrecked and bridges swept away.
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Bakersfield
California
Tehachapi
Southern Pacific Company
Centenarian couple celebrate 100th wedding anniversary
Mr and Mrs Filipovitch marked a century of marriage in Nish with more than 100 descendants in attendance. He is 117 and his wife 115, the couple’s remarkable longevity highlighted as relatives gathered for the anniversary.
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Nish, Jugo-Slavia
Filipovitch
Liberal for Century Wolverhampton Centenary Celebration
East Wolverhampton marked its 100 year record of sending a Liberal to the House of Commons on October 4 as the Midland centre began a unique centenary celebration.
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Wolverhampton
England
House of Commons
Blind Persons Recreation Park Opens in Edinburgh
A new recreation park for blind people has opened in Edinburgh Scotland offering accessible facilities and programs for visually impaired users to enjoy outdoor leisure and community activities.
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Edin Burgh
Scotland
Liberal delegates rebuff coalition talk at BC meeting
About 500 delegates at the British Columbia Liberal Association opened their annual meeting in Vancouver. They demanded an election at the earliest moment and refused to join a coalition government as Tolmie proposed. The convention backed leader T. D. Pattullo with a free mandate to appoint associates. Ian Mackenzie forecast Imperial Conference gains depend on budget alignment. Mrs Mary Ellen Smith served as madame chairman.
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Vancouver
B.C
S. F. Tolmie
British Columbia Liberal Association
T. D. Pattullo
Ian Mackenzie
Vancouver Centre
Mary Ellen Smith
New National Secretary for Canadian Clubs Named
J. R. McLean of Winnipeg has been appointed national secretary of the Association of Canadian Clubs, succeeding Graham Spry who resigned May 1. He is 27, a Manitoba Rhodes scholar with degrees from Manitoba and Oxford, and will begin duties immediately. Mrs. P. A. Wheeler remains as assistant secretary.
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J. R. McLean
Graham Spry
Ottawa
Ont
Association of Canadian Clubs
Winnipeg
McLean
University of Manitoba
Manitoba
Oxford
John McLean
Yorkton
Sask
P. A. Wheeler
Spry
Grain Shipped To Churchill The Pas Manitoba
Grain movement from western Canada to Churchill for winter storage is in full swing. About 950–1,000 railway cars have moved north of The Pas on the Hudson Bay Railway, at roughly 100 cars daily, with the Churchill elevator capacity 2,500,000 bushels. The aim is to fill the elevator before winter.
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Pas
Churchill
New South Wales Loan Conversion Proves A Success
London reports NSW loan conversion sponsored by the commonwealth reduces interest burden. Five year loan at 4 percent with a 214 percent bonus and seven day limit drew heavy cash applications. Converted amount totals £12,360,959. former rate 5 4 percent, new nominal 3 percent, yield about four percent, saving nearly £500,000 yearly.
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London
England
New South Wales
Commonwealth
Pioneer journalist Miss Hind sails Hudson Bay route
Miss E Cor a Hind veteran agricultural editor and Canada’s famed woman journalist becomes the first woman passenger to use the Hudson Bay route from Winnipeg to Churchill bound for Bristol. She long fought for direct access to world markets via Hudson Bay and hoped to witness the new grain trade link and northern sea passage. She narrowly avoided sailing on the Bright Fan which struck an iceberg and sank.
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Winnipeg
Man
E. Cora Hind
Canada
Churchill
Hudson Bay
Miss Hind
Western Canada
Hudson Bay Railway
Northern Sea Passage
Soviet to stress quality over quantity in 1933 production
The four day meeting of the central committee of the Communist party ended with resolutions admitting serious shortcomings in Russia's public economy, especially in foods, and urging party members and workers to increase effort.
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Moscow
Russia
Central Committee
Communist Party
Forest Fire Destroys Cochran Town in Oregon West of Portland
A large forest fire swept Cochran and nearby areas in Washington County, destroying the town, two mills, rail infrastructure and logging equipment with losses over 2 million dollars. One logger died, and Edwards community and mill camp burned. Fire also ruined Southern Pacific tunnels and a rail incline at Enright amid hot October conditions.
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Portland
Cochran
Washington County
Edwards
Enright
Southern Pacific
C. H. Wheeler Logging Company
Oregon
Trade Wheat For Vegetables Calgary Alberta
Alberta farmers turn to barter to feed families for winter. They drive wheat from Calgary through Crow's Nest Pass into British Columbia trading for vegetables fruit and eggs. The practice, used last year, has grown this season with trucks carrying winter supplies and reports of exchanges around 60 cents per bushel yielding ample food for households.
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Calgary
Alberta
British Columbia
Crow's Nest Pass
Papal Delegate Expelled From Mexico as Pernicious Foreigner
Monsignor Leopoldo Ruizzy Flors, papal delegate to Mexico, ordered expelled as a pernicious foreigner. He left Mexico City aboard a private airplane with two Interior Department agents bound for the United States crossing at Laredo or Brownsville. He said it was his first time in an airplane.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Leopoldo Ruizzy Flors
Department of Interior
United States
Laredo
Brownsville
Alberta to Assist in Debt Case Adjustments
Premier J Brownlee announced that Alberta will implement government assistance following the Alberta Bar Association decision to aid in debt cases. He praised the law society for offering services on fair terms and said creditors willing to cooperate have little to fear. Edmonton business leaders expect resistance to a voluntary debt adjustment scheme amid questions about secured versus unsecured creditors.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Alberta Bar Association
J. &. Brownlee
Law Society
Wholesalers’ Association
Calgary
Brownlee
John Blue
Edmonton Chamber of Commerce
Universities To Confer Edmonton Alberta Heads Of Western Univs
Dr. R C Wallace president of the University of Alberta will send out invitations this week for a conference of western university heads. Saskatchewan and Manitoba have approved the plan and British Columbia will respond shortly.
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Edmonton
Alberta
R. C. Wallace
University of Alberta
Brownlee
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
British Columbia
Japanese Births Account for One-Eighth of BC Births
British Columbia's 1931 birth registrations totalled 9,640 with 1,342 Japanese births, per provincial health officer H. W. Young. Chinese births numbered 177 despite a larger Chinese population in the province.
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Victoria
B.C
British Columbia
H. W. Young
Japan rejects Lytton findings on Manchuria policy
Tokyo cabinet says the Lytton commission report to the League of Nations does not justify changing Japan’s Manchurian policy. The policy centers on separating Manchuria from China and upholding the independent state of Manchukuo, created with Japanese aid to replace the old regime loyal to Nanking.
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Tokyo
Japan
Lytton Commission
Manchuria
League of Nations
China
Manchukuo
Nanking
Proctor and Gamble Adopts Five Day Week Nationwide
Procter and Gamble announces a five day work week adopted for all its plants in Canada and the United States. The plan takes effect October 10.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Canada
United States
Proctor and Gamble
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