Parliament to Open on Monday for Unemployment Relief
Ottawa reports Parliament will convene Monday September 8 at noon for a special session focusing on unemployment relief and tariffs. Sir George Perley announced the date and hour, with formalities at 3 pm as Viscount Willingdon attends. The Speech from the Throne will be delivered by the Governor General.
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Ottawa
Ont
Ofcia
George Pericy
London
England
George Perley
House of Commons
Arthur Beauchesne
House
Senate
Commons
Viscount Willingdon
Rideau Hall
Mackenzie King
R. B. Bennett
Robert Gardiner
U F A
Canadian Marathon Swim Champion Marvin Nelson Wins 10000 Prize
Marvin Nelson from Fort Dodge Iowa won the professional world championship in Toronto Ontario. He set a new 15 mile world record in 7 hours 43 minutes 36 15 seconds finishing strong on the finishing float amid cheering crowds. Isador Sponder finished 7 minutes later with Nelson greeting him afterward as mayor and photographers celebrated the historic win.
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Toronto
Marvin Nelson
Hercules
Fort Dodge
Iowa
George Young
Frank Pritchard
Mendel Burditt
Eli Radakovich
Nelson
Isador Sponder
Spender
Port Colborne
Honey Production in Canada Tops 15 Thousand Tons
Honey production in Canada totaling more than 15,000 tons is valued at over 5.4 million dollars. The report highlights output and monetary value across the industry.
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Canada
Alberta Premier Brownlee Optimistic On Dominion Prospects
Ontario remarks by Hon. John E. Brownlee, Alberta premier, on immigration and unemployment. He cites rapid growth of Peace River settlers, warns of assimilation issues amid low prices, defends Western Wheat Pool and counters Red fears. He remains hopeful about Canada’s future.
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Simcoe
Alberta
Proposed Changes In Homesteading Policies
Findings of the Royal Saskatchewan Commission on Immigration and Settlement will be presented to the government and could radically alter past homesteading policies. Dr. W. W. Swanson notes the commission’s key work on vacant lands and a plan linking natural resources to immigration, settlement, and development.
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Saskatoon
Sask
Royal Saskatchewan Commission On Immigration and Settlement
W. W. Swanson
Swanson
Great Discovery Insulin Praised By Dublin Expert In Winnipeg
Sir William Taylor of Dublin attending the British Medical Association convention calls insulin one of the greatest advances in medical science. He says diabetes mellitus can be controlled and notes insulin enables operations previously impossible. He supports birth control as a means to raise health standards by avoiding overpopulation.
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Winnipeg
Man
William Taylor
K.B.E
C.B
Dublin
Ireland
British Medical Association
Sir William
Enid Gray
Toronto
Banff
Ayrshire
Robert Burns
Burns
James Burns
Robert Gore
Mary Young
Jane Burns
Jane
Canada
Mary
Miss Gray
Iceland to Canada Air Mail Arrives in Halifax
The first air mail from Iceland and Greenland reached Halifax on August 25 in the custody of Captain Wolfgang Von Gronau and crew aboard the flying boat C 1422. Gronau delivered the mail to postmaster D A King after a route from Greensport Nova Scotia and a flight from Germany through Iceland Greenland to Labrador.
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Halifax
N.S
Iceland
Greenland
Canada
Wolfgang von Gronau
Greensport
Germany
Labrador
Gronau
D. A. King
Initial payment of pool set at sixty cents
Winnipeg report outlines the 1930 prairie wheat pools initial payment as 60 cents per bushel for wheat and other grains, the lowest in seven years. Leaders A J McPhail and Premier Bracken urge leniency from creditors to avoid depressing crop values amid low world grain prices and anticipated below average yields.
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Winnipeg
Man
Prairie Wheat Pools
C.W
N.W
Fort William
A. J. McPhail
Co-operative Wheat Producers Limited
Pools
John Bracken
Manitoba
Regina
Saskatchewan
J. T. M. Anderson
McPhail
Bracken
Canada
Dominion
Prairie
Western
Government Steamer Beothic Heads Toward Winter Harbor
After a long fight with ice and fog the Canadian Government Arctic patrol steamer Beothic nears Winter Harbor on Melville Island officials of the North West Territories branch of the Department of the Interior announce. The vessel carries the 1930 Arctic expedition and will resupply the cache established in 1908 by Captain J. E. Bernier of the CGS Arctic.
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Ottawa
Ont
Winter Harbor
Melville Island
North West Territories
Department of the Interior
J. E. Bernier
C.gs. Arctic
Canada
Wildlife preservation progress praised by U S official
Colonel Paul G. Redington, chief of the U S Bureau of Biological Survey, told the International Association of Game Fish and Conservation Commissioners at its 24th annual convention in Toronto that Canada has advanced further than the United States in wildlife preservation, especially buffalo conservation.
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Toronto
Ont
Canada
United States
Buffalo
Paul G. Redington
U.S. Bureau of Biological Survey
Royal York Hotel
International Association of Game Fish and Conservation Commissioners
Parachute Device Successfully Lowers Plane in Test
A parachute apparatus mounted under the fuselage operated successfully in a Detroit test. The device lowered a plane from 2,000 feet over Grosse Ile airport, signaling a potential emergency landing system.
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Detroit
Mich
Grosse Ile
Climbers Conquer Mount Robson First Ascent
Mount Robson in British Columbia is climbed for the first time this season by a party including N E Odell and C G Crawford of London England both part of the Mount Everest expedition and Terris Moore of Haddonfield NY The ascent ended tragically for Newman D Waff of Orange NJ who lost his life on a lone attempt on the 12 972 foot peak the highest in the Canadian Rockies.
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Mount Robson
B.C
N. E. Odell
C. G. Crawford
London
England
Terris Moore
Haddonfield
N.Y
Canadian Rockies
Newman D. Waff
Orange
N.J
Holding By-Elections in Ottawa Ministers Hear Call
Political observers see no quick change to the elections law to remove the need for cabinet ministers to face by elections when taking office. A 2 or 3 year old House resolution urged dispensing with by elections for ministers. Ontario already eliminated ministerial by elections.
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Ottawa
Ont
House of Commons
Ontario
Tariff Action to Protect Canadian Fruit Growers
Ottawa announces fixed duty values on ten U S fruit and vegetable imports to Canada under the Customs Act. Values are set per pound for apples cabbage cantaloupes celery onions peaches pears plums tomatoes Michel Ryckman cites protection to curb dumping and ensure fair Canadian prices. Definitions of values vary by region, affecting maritime and prairie provinces differently. The list includes apples six cents per pound and tomatoes ten cents per pound.
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Ottawa
Ont
United States
Canada
E. B. Ryckman
National Revenue
House of Commons
Maritime Provinces
Prairie Provinces
Road to long life shown by medical men
Winnipeg report on the British Medical Association’s 98th annual meeting notes emphasis on heredity and public health as keys to longevity. Sir James Purves-Stewart urges birth control limits, while radium advances spark cancer treatment debate led by Dr Malcolm Donaldson and Prof W W Chipman.
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Winnipeg
Man
British Medical Association
Britain
Robert Hutchison
FRCP
London
England
James Purves-Stewart
K.C.M.E
F.R.C.P
Malcolm Donaldson
W. W. Chipman
Montreal
Sidney Forsdyke
James
Noted Actor Lon Chaney Dies in Los Angeles
Lon Chaney veteran character actor dies in Los Angeles on August 26 at age 47 after a prolonged struggle with lobar pneumonia and a fatal hemorrhage. Born April 1, 1883 in Colorado Springs, he rose from a Pikes Peak guide to a theatre light in a stage hands career.
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Los Angeles
Lon Chaney
Lobar
Chaney
Colorado Springs
Colo
Pikes Peak
Stage Hands
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