Thomas predicts decisive National Government victory in election
In an interview with the Canadian Press Rt. Hon. J. H. Thomas insists he is confident the National Government will win the upcoming election and stresses unity across the British Empire. He says Britain will show stability and economic strength despite the crisis while noting the need to address the adverse balance of trade and leaving the gold standard issue to individual dominions.
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London
Eud
J. H Thomas
Dominions
Mr. Thomas
Thomas
Canada
South Africa
United States
British Parliament Prorogued Amid Election Fever
London reporters note the British Parliament prorogued on October 7 with a throne speech as tension rose over the approaching general election. The King outlined government efforts to ease financial and economic woes while about 100 MPs lingered on beaches awaiting departures to constituencies. Jeers and party outbursts disrupted the parliamentary scene.
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London
Eng
House of Commons
Gandhi Urges Government Pledges On Indian Line Of Action
In London Mahatma Gandhi presses Britain to pledge its future Indian policy before the general election. He warns that without tangible steps, a renewed struggle could ignite internal Indian strife. Premier Ramsay MacDonald says the election will not affect the Round-Table Conference and seeks a year end settlement.
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London
Eng
Britain
Mahatma Gandhi
England
India
Ramsay MacDonald
Mob Causes Trouble in London Amid Unrest at British Museum
A crowd of unemployed fought mounted police near the British Museum using sticks stones and fire crackers. After police baton charges and horse chases the group marched to Hyde Park where they received a free meal before dispersing. The disturbance began as constables ordered the crowd marching down Drury Lane to disperse and sing The Red Flag.
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London
England
British Museum
Hyde Park
Drury Lane
Moratorium urged to aid western Canada farms
Col. H. A. Mullins M P for Marquette urges a one year moratorium on farm loan interest to help western Canada recover from the low mood and prevent farmers from abandoning farms. He says mortgage and loan companies may face many vacant farms if they do not act, while Marquette can take care of its own people.
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Winnipeg
Western Canada
Dominion
H. A. Mullins
Marquette
Col. Mullins
Lindberghs Abandon Orient Flight Plans After Senator Morrow’s Death
Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh announce they are abandoning all plans for their aerial vacation in the Orient. They will sail immediately for Seattle by steamer in response to Senator Dwight F. Morrow’s death.
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Shanghai
China
Charles A. Lindbergh
Orient
Dwight F. Morrow
Seattle
Snowden to Accept Peerage and Leave Commons
Rt. Hon. Phillip Snowden the Chancellor of the Exchequer will accept a peerage and will not seek re election. Elevation to the Upper House would let him continue aiding the National Government if it is returned to power.
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London
Eng
Phillip Snowden
Snowden
British philosopher Dr Jacks urges higher citizenship standards
Dr. L P Jacks editor Hibberts Journal and former Manchester College principal said in a Toronto interview that the mass of Britain lacks the human quality required for modern citizenship. He is England’s noted thinker on recreation.
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Toronto
Ont
Great Britain
L. P. Jacks
Hibbert
Manchester College
Oxford
England
British Apprentices To Visit Canada
Ottawa Ont Eastern Canada to be visited this month by British grocers apprentices on scholarships from the Department of Trade and Commerce. They will study food producing industries at their peak and visit key eastern centres.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Department of Tradl and Commerce
Promoted Rear Admiral Ramsay Ties to Royal Family
Eng. Captain the Hon. Alexander Ramsay married Princess Patricia daughter of the Duke of Connaught in 1919. He has been promoted to rear admiral, reflecting his rise in naval ranks.
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London
Eng
Alexander Ramsay
Princess Patricia
Duke of Connaught
Canada
No Need Of Transients Ottawa Ont
Hon. G D Robertson minister of labour said there is no necessity for continual wanderings of transient unemployed men. He added workers on the trans Canada Highway must supply suitable clothing or obtain it privately. He claimed provinces sending men to road work do not justify rambling on railways and noted apparent unemployment is exaggerated.
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Ottawa
Ont
G. D Robertson
Canada
Robertson
British Columbia
Nationalization of Credits Urged by Alberta Leader
Robert Gardiner UFA leader in the House of Commons and president of the United Farmers of Alberta calls for replacing the Canadian banking system with nationalization of currency and credits not for profit. He suggests capitalism may have peaked and a new economic order is needed, urging all classes to collaborate to meet the era’s demands. War and violence won’t solve the issue he says.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
Robert Gardiner
United Farmers of Alberta
House of Commons
Bracken Urges Nonpartisan Government For Manitoba Election
Premier John Bracken calls for a non party government to face Manitoba’s financial strain as Liberal and Conservative leaders weigh the plan. He warns against party strife while unemployment and declining farm values stress revenues, insisting the state must help find work and prevent hunger and hardship.
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Winnipeg
Man
John Bracken
Manitoba
Col
F. G. Taylor
Portage la Prairie
John Queen
Killarney
London to vote October 27 in general election
Buckingham Palace announced Britain will hold a general election on October 27. It will be the first since May 30, 1929, when Baldwin's Conservatives lost power and Labour took the helm. The king and Prime Minister MacDonald confirmed the session would begin in November with a brief six week term leading to Christmas recess.
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London
Eng
Great Britain
Buckingham Palace
Stanley Baldwin
Labour Party
MacDonald
Resignation of Curtius in Germany prompts policy continuity claim
Dr Julius Curtius resigned as foreign minister to Chancellor Bruening after harsh criticism by Nazis and Nationalists over abandoning the Austro German customs pact and his France friendly stance. Government spokesmen stressed no change in Germany's foreign policy despite the withdrawal.
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Berlin
Germany
Julius Curtius
Gustav Stresemann
Stresemann
Heinrich Bruening
France
U F C Protests Saskatchewan Traffic Branch Closure
United Farmers of Canada headquarters denounce the closing of the provincial railway traffic and freight rates branch in Saskatoon as a great shock. They honor George H. Smith, the branch head dismissed, dispute economy as motive, claim the department saved the province 500000, and argue the branch remains essential with the Hudson Bay railway opening for farmers.
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Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Sask
Provincial
Department of Railways
United Farmers of Canada
George H. Smith
U.F.C
Hudson Bay Railway
Predicts Jobless Insurance Plan in Canada
Dr. G. D. Stanley Conservative MP for East Calgary says a unemployment insurance program based on actuarial principles will likely be introduced during the current Parliament. He notes Calgary as a reference point in the discussion of social reform and insurance schemes.
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Calgary
Alberta
G. D. Stanley
House of Commons
East
Railways boycott push to form Ship-by-rail Association
Toronto railwaymen plan a concerted boycott of retail firms not using railway freight services. At a upcoming meeting, railway labour union officials aim to form a Ship-by-rail Association binding members to deal only with rail-friendly firms.
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Toronto
Ont
Toronto Telegram
Railway Labour Union
Senator Morrow Burial Held at Brookside Cemetery
The casket of Senator Dwight W. Morrow was lowered at Brookside Cemetery after a simple funeral at the First Presbyterian Church in Englewood New Jersey. Vice President Curtis and family members attended with a few intimate friends present. No grave-side service followed.
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Englewood
N.J
Dwight W. Morrow
Brookside Cemetery
First Presbyterian Church
Curtis
Morrow
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