Dominion Leaders Hear MacDonald Peace Message
Ottawa observes Britain's Ramsay MacDonald urge peace while stressing national honor for Canada Australia and other dominions. The banquet at Parliament Buildings drew 132 guests as King and Bennett echoed calls for a careful transition from military security to lasting peace.
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Ottawa
United States
Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
Canada
British Commonwealth
Australia
Dominions
British Empire
Britain
America
Dominion Cabinet
Privy Council
Dominion
W. L. Mackenzie King
R. B. Bennett
MacDonald
King
Privy Council of Canada
Air service changes across Canada and U S announced
St Paul reports daily service replacing every other day on the Winnipeg to St Paul route as Schlee Brook Aircraft interests acquire the Canadian American Air Lines. A new Twin Cities to Port Arthur service will start once a Lakehead field is ready.
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St. Paul
Minn
Winnipeg
Schlee-Brook Aircraft
More Buildings Needed Saskatoon University Growth
University of Saskatchewan president Murray says more buildings are needed to keep pace with growth, especially an arts and science facility, after addressing a 300 student Arts and Science dinner.
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Saskatoon
University of Saskatchewan
Murray
Madame Curie Visits America in Quiet Reception
Madame Curie steps ashore in New York aboard the Tie de France greeted by a hushed crowd. Ambassador Dawes and Owen Young meet her as she travels to honor Thomas Edison at a dinner marking his 50th incandescent light milestone. She will stay at the White House October 29 and 30 and receive a $50,000 radium gift for Warsaw.
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Madame Curie
Charles Gates Dawes
Tre de France
Owen ID. Young
Mme
Marie Skrodowska Curie
Thomas A. Edison
Detroit
Mme. Curie
Hoover
White House
Radium Institute
Warsaw
Poland
Journey's End heads to Grand Theatre Regina in October
A war play by Robert Cedric Sherriff travels from London to New York and Regina. Journey's End, set in a front line dugout before St Quentin, portrays British officers awaiting a German assault with restrained, human depth and unexpected humor, heroism, and tragedy.
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Regina
London
England
New York
Grand Theatre
Robert Cedric Sherriff
St. Quentin
Sherriff
Ottawa Welcomes Transcontinental Canoeists
Montreal duo Richard Lesage and Paul Paquin were welcomed by Ottawa Mayor Arthur Elis as they travel from Vancouver toward Halifax. A civic car accompanied them and they visited Hull mayor Lambert. Lesage returned to Montreal by train due to his sister’s illness, halting the trip temporarily.
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Ottawa
Premier King Western Tour Itinerary Revealed
The itinerary of Premier Mackenzie King’s western tour was released. He will speak in Winnipeg Saskatoon Prince Albert Edmonton Prince Rupert Vancouver Calgary and Regina. Minister J L Ralston accompanies King for much of the trip with Senator Andrew Haydon also joining the tour.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Winnipeg
Saskatoon
Prince Albert
Edmonton
Prince Rupert
Vancouver
Calgary
Regina
J. L. Ralston
National Defence
West
King
Andrew Haydon
Potatoes From New Brunswick Reach Western Canada Markets
Shipments of potatoes from Carleton and Victoria counties in New Brunswick are moving to Western Canada, especially the prairie provinces. A recent railway ruling allows bagging in transit, aiding shipments and prompting shippers to claim the entire New Brunswick crop will secure good markets.
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St. John
N.B
Carleton
Victoria
New Brunswick
Canada
Prairie Provinces
Louvain Library Restored Richer Than Before War
The Louvain Library, burned in August 1914 during the German occupation, held about 350000 volumes including 1500 incunabula and hundreds of medieval manuscripts valued at over a million dollars. After restoration, it is rebuilt and even richer in some aspects, with 300000 volumes returned under the Versailles Treaty, including 600 incunabula and 300 manuscripts.
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Brussels
Louvain
New York Dare Devil Dies at Civic Opera Building
Rudy Cimino, 25, of New York, fell to his death sliding a rope from the 44th floor of the Civic Opera building during a moving picture shoot. The plunge injured several spectators, one fatally. Cimino was performing for cameras.
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Chicago
Rudy Cimiyno
New York
Dare Devil
New
Civic Opera
Cimino
Call for West Freight Rate Equality Across Canada
British Columbia and Alberta representatives urged the Dominion cabinet to fully equalize freight rates with the head of the lakes, arguing no higher mountain differential than other regions. Manitoba Ontario Winnipeg counsel oppose. mills and railway interests variably aligned. debate on the mountains differential continues.
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Ottawa
British Columbia
Alberta
Dominion
Board of Railway Commissioners
Leon J. Lander
M.P
S. B. Woods
K.C
Canada
Manitoba
Ontario
Winnipeg Board of Trade
Winnipeg
Millers of Canada
Saskatchewan
United Farmers’ Appeal
A. B. Hudson
Kingsford Smith plans nonstop Atlantic flight London to New York
Major Charles Kingsford Smith announced nearing completion of arrangements for a non stop flight from London to New York next May or June. He noted the Southern Cross will be rebuilt but will retain the same engines that have crossed oceans and circled Australia on prior trips.
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Vancouver
Charles Kingsford Smith
Atlantic
London
New York
Southern Cross
Fokker
Holland
Pacific
Indian Oceans
Australia
Good Roads League backs fast BC Alberta highway link
The Good Roads League of British Columbia unanimously endorsed a resolution urging the provincial government to complete an interprovincial highway with Alberta as quickly as possible. No route was chosen, and federal aid renewal for highway construction was supported. J. J. Johnston of New Westminster was elected president for the ninth time.
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Harrison Hot Springs
B.C
Alberta
British Columbia
Good Roads League of
Big Bend
Kamloops-Jasper
J. J. Johnston
New Westminster
Federal workers seek $120 annual minimum salary raise
President W. O. Phelan of the Civil Service Federation of Canada urged a minimum annual raise of 120 dollars for federal departmental workers before the civil service commission. The commission promised careful consideration of the request.
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Ottawa
W. O. Phelan
Civil Service Federation of Canada
Civil Service Commission
Commission
Women at CPR telegraphs shown as operators
Mr. J Mc Millan says women make excellent telegraph operators at Canadian Pacific Railway telegraphs due to automatic sending devices and keyboard style machines. About forty percent of CPR telegraphs operators are women with twenty six percent on Morse shifts and forty two percent on automatic machines. A photo shows two girls at sending machines. inset features McMillan who oversees 160287 miles of wires.
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J. McMillan
Canadian Pacific Railway
C.P.R. Telegraphs
McMillan
Pioneer Larcombe Receives New Home Amid Valley View
Manitoba agriculturist Samuel Larcombe, famed for rust resistant grain discoveries, tonight sleeps in a new house overlooking Bird Tail Valley. The presentation drew hundreds of friends and the Lieutenant-Governor, James D. McGregor, plus provincial representatives. His earlier home burned recently, and nationwide volunteers funded the modern residence.
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Samuel Larcombe
Western Plains
Bird Tail Valley
Manitoba
James D. McGregor
Larcombe
Canada
Powers Accept Invitations To Five-Power Naval Conference
The British Government reports official replies accepting invitations to a five-power naval conference in January and willingness to join proposed preliminary discussions on arms limitations. Italy expresses collaboration to reduce armaments, and France’s reply is published. Japan’s acceptance has been received but not released publicly.
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London
England
Italy
High Grade Wheat Dominates This Year's Crop Grades
Saskatoon reports that over 90 percent of this year's wheat meets statutory grades with average protein around 14 percent and some as high as 19. Dean Rutherford notes sampling shifts may replace car sampling with unload samples at lake head or Vancouver, improving reliability.
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Saskatoon
Sask
W. J. Rutherford
University of Saskatchewan
Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists
Canada
Australia
Dean Rutherford
Lakes
Vancouver
East Indies
Restrictions Placed On Grain Loading Across Canada Rails
Winnipeg reports new limits on loading grain for government bins on the Canadian Pacific and Canadian National Railways. Edmonton and Moose Jaw Calgary Saskatoon see action. overall government elevator storage rises to 9.397 million bushels while country elevators hold about 5.934 million. Lake head unloading remains steady as car movements increase post rationing.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific
Canadian National Railways
Edmonton
Canadian National Railway
Moose Jaw
Calgary
Saskatoon
Lakehead
Port Arthur
Fort William
Princes Fly to View Dirigible R-101 Trial
The Prince of Wales and Prince George used planes from Sunningdale to locate the dirigible R 101 during its trial voyage. They circled the airship, viewed it from above, then returned to Northolt.
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London
England
Prince of Wales
Prince George
Sunningdale
Berkshire
Northolt
Middlesex
Bandits Torture Farmer Near Sweet Grass
Alberta authorities report a farmer, Steve Charrie, was hanged by thumbs and threatened with burning by two unknown bandits about 15 miles from Court Sweet Grass. They robbed him of 200 dollars. Police link one suspect to a prior CPR station holdup on 32 dollars.
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Lethbridge
Court-Sweet Grass
Steve Charrie
Alberta
Nan
Fred Richardson
C.P.R
Sweet Grass
Australian election forecast reshapes parliament
In Melbourne Australia votes suggest Prime Minister Stanley Bruce may lose his Flinders seat altering party balance. Projected House of Representatives totals show Labor 45 Nationalists 15 Country 10 Independent Nationalists 3 Independent 1 and Country Progressive 1.
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Melbourne
Australia
Stanley Bruce
Flinders
New House of Representatives
Labor Party
Country Party
King George to miss Armistice Day service in London
The King will not attend the Armistice Day Service in Whitehall for the first time since the cenotaph was erected. The Prince of Wales will represent the King and lay a wreath on November 11.
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London
England
Britain
Whitehall
George
Prince of Wales
Victoria Cross Winners Accept London Dinner Invitation
About 150 Victoria Cross holders have accepted an invitation to a dinner in the Parliament Buildings two nights before Armistice Day. The Prince of Wales will attend. Reports note numerous cases of poverty among the heroes uncovered.
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London
England
Parliament
Prince of Wales
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