Government weighs five cent wheat bonus for 1932 crop
In Ottawa the Bennett government says a five cent per bushel bonus for western Canada’s 1932 wheat crop is under consideration. Prime Minister Bennett told Liberal MP Vallance that no decision date was given. last year a similar bonus was paid via the Grain Commission. Vallance cited telegrams urging action, including a warning of potential revolution if denied.
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Ottawa
Ont
Western Caneda
House of Commons
R. B. Bennett
John Vallance
South Battleford
Board of Grain Commissioners
Bennett
Vallance
Winnipeg woman sails from Churchill to Avonmouth aboard JuvenTus
Miss Cora Hind, a Winnipeg newspaperwoman, arrives at Avonmouth Gloucestershire aboard the Italian motorship JuvenTus after 13 days 21 hours from Churchill. She notes the pilot left two miles from Churchill and the voyage averaged nine to 10 knots with fog only one day. Four icebergs were sighted early, all at a distance.
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Avonmouth
England
Cora Hind
Winnipeg
Gloucestershire
Juventus
Churchill
Man
Canada
Toronto scientists fix earth age at three billion years
Two Toronto scientists, Prof. E. F. Burton and Prof. J. C. McLennan of the University of Toronto, report using liquified helium experiments and analyses of radioactive rocks to confirm the earth’s age as three thousand million years.
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Toronto
Liberal Candidate Wins By-Election In Fifth District
In Summerside Prince Edward Island a Liberal candidate Dr J F MacNeill won by one vote over Conservative H M Downing in the fifth district. MacNeill polled 1387 to 1386 for Downing, with Downing likely to seek a recount per reports from the returning officer.
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Summerside
P.E
J. F. MacNeill
Prince
Prince Edward Island
Legislative Assembly
H. M. Downing
Downing
Labor Battalion Formed in Victoria BC Camplands
British Columbia forms its first labor battalion to house young men from non permanent militia in a dedicated camp near Pont Grey in Vancouver university endowment lands. The unit will operate under military discipline and carry out winter road work in the area.
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Victoria
B.C
British Columbia
University Endowment Lands
Pont Grey
Vancouver
Tahiti Area Hosts Just Three Theatres in 1965
Tahiti in the Society Islands maintains a small cinema scene with only three motion picture theatres operating in 1965. W. N. U. reports on limited entertainment options and cultural life in the region.
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Tahiti
Society Islands
Edmonton moves to clear unemployed on rail ban
Efforts to move stranded single unemployed men from Edmonton Calgary and other prairie points advance. Premier Brownlee says Ottawa has not indicated action while R C M P may require affidavits of residence and use colonist passenger cars to repatriate workers. Vancouver Mayor Taylor seeks to block Ottawa from lifting the ban warning of prairie jobless flood.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Vancouver
British Columbia
Calgary
Prairie
J. E. Brownlee
Ottawa
R.C.M.P
B.C
L. D. Taylor
Prairies
Bennett
De Valera Criticizes British Attitude in London Talks
President Eamon de Valera told the Dail that Britain plays the part of Shylock toward the Free State while seeking US relief from war debts. He cited London negotiations failing over an arbitration committee limited to empire nations and said Ireland is not legally or morally bound to pay land annuities.
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Dublin
de Valera
Free State
Britain
Memorial Urges MacDonald to Accept U S Armament Plan
London reports three hundred prominent Britons sign a memorial to Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald urging acceptance of the Hoover plan to cut armaments by about one third. Signers include Lord Cecil the Archbishop of York Dean Inge Sir Oliver Lodge Sir Norman Angell Maud Rayden John Drinkwater John Galsworthy and H G Wells.
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MacDonald
U.S
London
England
Ramsay MacDonald
United States
Herbert Hoover
Lord Cecil
York
Dean Inge
Oliver Lodge
Norman Angell
Maud Rayden
John Drinkwater
John Galsworthy
H. G. Wells
Lumbermen Welcome Treaty Abrogation News from London
Victoria BC reacts to Rt Hon J H Thomas’s statement that the Soviet trade agreement with Great Britain will be terminated. Hon N S Lougheed hails the move as especially encouraging for British Columbia lumbermen who had faced Russian dumped lumber in Britain.
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Victoria
B.C
London
England
British Columbia
Great Britain
N. S. Lougheed
J. H. Thomas
Vancouver Winter Fair Cancelled by Exhibition Association
Vancouver B C The annual winter fair will not be held this year due to the expense involved as announced by the Vancouver Exhibition Association.
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Vancouver
B.C
Vancouver Exhibition Association
Jobless in Western Canada Face Transport Dilemma
In western Canada unemployed single men seek federal aid to return home. Vancouver Mayor Taylor warns most would claim Vancouver as their home if transport were provided. Edmonton has 1000 jobless and Calgary 1200. Officials say no relief for able bodied singles now as winter plans are awaited.
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Calgary
Alberta
Canada
Dominion
Louis D. Taylor
Vancouver
Edmonton
Japanese Bandits May Release Captives No Comment From Soviets
Intermediaries at Mukden reached an agreement to release British subjects Mrs. Kenneth Pawley and Charles Corkran, with payment of 130000 yen and 250 pounds of opium plus winter clothing for the bandits. Moscow reports London’s British trade treaty annulment with Russia and Soviet threats to reprisals amid Ottawa conference tensions.
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Shanghai
China
Mukden
Kenneth Pawley
Charles Corkran
Moscow
Russia
London
England
Ottawa
Great Britain
World Economic Conference Date To Be Set In November
Ottawa report states the London world economic conference date will be decided in November. Timing may shift to December or January as the UK government and invited nations negotiate representation and agenda.
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London
Ottawa
Ont
England
United Kingdom
Murray Corporation of America resumes hiring 1200 workers
Detroit report says David Widman secretary treasurer announced the firm rehired 1,200 employees—mostly tool makers—and boosted payroll by about 50,000 dollars weekly to prepare for 1933 model production by automobile factories.
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Detroit
David Widman
Murray Corporation of America
Miss Patricia McGuire Awakens After Sleep
After a long illness described as sleeping sickness since February 24, Patricia McGuire of Oak Park is waking. Doctors report signs of awakening and friends anticipate her reactions to events that occurred during her slumber.
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Chicago
Washington Irving
Rip van Winkle
Patricia McGuire
Oak Park
Ottawa Pact Approved by British House of Commons
In London a 222 majority backed the government on a procedural vote tied to Ottawa trade agreements. The motion to combine 22 duties into one resolution passed 291 to 69, signaling party divisions on tariffs and implementation of the pact. Labor indicated it would not be bound by Ottawa terms.
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London
England
House of Commons
Ottawa
United Kingdom
C. R. Atlee
Herbert Samuel
W. L. Mackenzie King
H. Sculliin
Thames Riot in London Spurs Debates on Unemployment
Ten thousand unemployed demonstrators rioted across the Thames from Parliament Square. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald pledged debate on unemployment in the House of Commons. Home Secretary Sir John Gilmour said the riot was organized by a Communist group. Fifty men and four women were jailed after looting, fined 40 shillings or imprisoned 14 days to a month.
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London
England
Thames
Parliament Square
Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
John Gilmour
Home Secretary
Lambeth
Kennington Lane
Kingston Prison Riot Stopped by Red Ryan Appeal
Ottawa Citizen despatch from Kingston reports a threat to set a fire during the penitentiary riot. Red Ryan, once a feared bandit, addressed the convicts and urged them not to burn or damage the prison. His appeal is said to have calm the mob and avert further violence.
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Ottawa
Ont
Ottawa Citizen
Kingston
Penitentiary
Red” Ryan
Death of Rhys Thomas Winnipeg Musical Leader
Rhys Thomas long time chair of organ and musical director in Winnipeg and known across Canada as adjudicator at music festivals has died in London England, telegrams report.
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Winnipeg
Man
Rhys Thomas
Canada
London
England
Royalty Weds Coburg Princess in Germany
Princess Scelle of Saxe Coburg Gotha wed Prince Gustaf Adolf Oscar eldest son of the Crown Prince of Sweder on Wednesday October 19 in Coburg Germany. The bride is noted for democratic manner and queenly dignity.
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Shylock
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British House
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