League falters as peace efforts stall in Manchuria crisis
In Geneva the League of Nations struggles to end China Japan hostilities as the United States wavers after pledging support yet withholding action. A three week adjournment is debated while concerns rise over disarmament talks and potential upheaval in China.
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Geneva
Switzerland
United States
Japan
Council of the
League of Nations
China
Council
League
Manchuria
Washington
Henry L. Stimson
Katsuji Debuchi
Champion Cattle Burned on E P Ranch in Alberta Fire
Fire at the Prince of Wales E P Ranch near High River Alberta destroyed two barns and seven young bulls. Champion cattle including Balcairn Lavatera Princeton Lily and Princeton Jessie were lost, with $18000 in damage. Manager Carlyle blamed spontaneous combustion and wind spread. Entries for the Royal Winter Show in Toronto will be withdrawn.
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Calgary
Alberta
Prince of Wales E.P
High River
Princeton
W. L. Carlyle
Carlyle
Toronto
Henry Ford Sees Slump as Wholesome Thing
Henry Ford praises the economic slump saying it causes less harm than continued false prosperity. He calls the low mood wholesome and argues recovery comes when people reject easy gains and regain self reliance, ending dependence on others for work or charity.
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Henry Ford
New York
N.Y
Ford
Mexico Chambers Seek Absolute Gambling Ban
Commercial bodies in Mexico through the confederated chambers of commerce will urge President Ortiz Rubio to halt all gambling nationwide. Separately, China imposes a tax on banks' net profits.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Confederated Chambers of Commerce
Ortiz Rubio
China
Federal Must Be Secured Before Provinces Undertake Relief
Senator Gideon Robertson of Labor in Ottawa states provinces and municipalities have been told to refrain from initiating new relief undertakings without federal approval. He says only ongoing projects may continue and new enterprises must have Dominion authorization, with enforcement to be respected.
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Ottawa
Gideon Robertson
Government bars registrations of unemployed women in Canada
Ottawa reports the Dominion Government will not register unemployed women. Senator Gideon Robertson explains that past efforts to register unemployed men were marred by duplications and false claims, making reliable female unemployment data unlikely. He hopes the census may still yield useful information.
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Ottawa
Death of A. J. McPhail in Regina at 47
A. J. MacPhail president of Saskatchewan Wheat Pool since its start and head of Canadian Co-Operative Wheat Producers died suddenly on October 21 at Regina General Hospital. He had surgery for appendicitis on September 28 and was improving. Dr. Hugh McLean said embolism caused the sudden death.
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Regina
Sask
A. J. MacPhail
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Canadian Co-Operative Wheat Producers, Limited
Regina General Hospital
MacPhail
Hugh McLean
Beggar's Opera Comes to Regina With English Company
The English Light Opera Company from London arrives for a Regina engagement November 2 to 4 at the Darke Building for Music. Leyland White stars as McHeath with Kathleen Destournes Polly Peachum, Dorothy George contralto, and conductors Henry Jaxon and ties to Sir Edward German.
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London
England
Toronto
Leyland White
McHeath
Polly Peachum
Melba
Covent Garden
Dorothy George
John Gay
Henry Jaxon
Wembly
Jaxon
Edward German
English Opera Company
Relief Rounds West Canada From Ontario Aid Effort
The national emergency relief committee of the United Church of Canada reports 38 carloads of clothing fruit and vegetables shipped to western relief areas since August. A further 27 carloads from Ontario are promised and total aid amounts to 50000 dollars in food and apparel. Huron County leads with its eighth carload.
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Toronto
Ont
National Emergency Relief Committee of the
United Church of Canada
Ontario
Prairies
Canada
British Columbia
Relief Committee
Huron County
Lesson of sacrifice urged by British official at St Andrew's
Sir William Clark British High Commissioner in Canada urged equality of sacrifice among nations as world salvation during the annual prize giving at St Andrew's College He reflected on twenty years of disasters and warned that nations still have not learned their lesson in a troubled era of global low mood.
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Toronto
Ont
Sir William Clark
Canada
St. Andrew's College
Sir William
Bank of England Repaids Most of U S Credit
The Bank of England repaid about 100 million of the 125 million 90 day credit borrowed from the U S Federal Reserve on August 1. The retirement of four fifths of the August credit, due October 31, surprised and pleased observers and reduces Sterling pressure while increasing Fed liquidity.
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New York
N.Y
New York Herald-Tribune
Bank of England
United States Federal Reserve System
Herald-Tribune
Federal Reserve
Sterling Exchange
Federal Reserve System
Premiers to Convene Again in November for Prairie Talks
Prairie premiers and cabinet members wrapped up a two day conference in Calgary and plan a November session with British Columbia to standardize provincial actions. Leaders discussed unemployment relief provincial spending finances and wheat pool guarantees. A move toward a Combines Act investigation was noted on gasoline prices.
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Calgary
Alberta
Prairie Provinces
British Columbia
Floods in India Leave Dozens Drowned and Thousands Homeless
Floods in Calcutta area of Vizianagram reached depths of 30 feet drowning at least one person and leaving about 2,000 homeless. About 90 percent of cattle in the area were lost and the jute crop sustained considerable damage.
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Calcutta
India
Vizianagram
C N Rail expansion needs caution says economist
Winnipeg report quotes Dr. W. W. Swanson of the University of Saskatchewan warning that adjusting CN Rail capital would not change Canada’s economy and criticizing public extravagance in funding the government owned line. He argues bondholders unlikely to accept debt write downs and urges slower, more careful national expansion.
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Winnipeg
Man
Canadian National Railways
W. W. Swanson
University of Saskatchewan
Winnipeg Young Men’s Board of Trade
Canada
C.N.R. Is
Saskatchewan
R. B. Bennett
C.N.R
Swanson
Dominion
Dominion of Canada
Favorable Trade Balance in Germany and UK
Germany reports a record favorable trade balance with September imports of 448 million marks and exports of 85 million marks plus 23 million marks in reparations in kind. The United Kingdom shows larger August trade imbalance but both exports and imports rose, with September imports at 68.3 million pounds and exports at 29.8 million pounds including 3.8 million pounds in re-exports.
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Washington
Great Britain
Germany
United Kingdom
Commerce Department
Tidal Wave Destroys Villages on Cristobal Island
A western Pacific report states a severe earthquake near the British Solomon Islands triggered a tidal wave that swept 18 native villages on Cristobal Island, causing 50 deaths. The colonial secretary’s office was informed of the destruction and casualties.
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London
Eng
of Cristobal
Western Pacific
British Solomon Islands
High Commissioner
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Hermann Dietrich
Wilhelm Groener
Kurt Joel
Adolf Hitler
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