Baldwin Urges MPs to Back New Cabinet Finance Plan
London leaders urge Conservative MPs to support emergency financial legislation as the cabinet aims to balance the budget. Baldwin warns that failure would dishonor the party and harm national interests while ministers push toward new taxes and confidence votes. The Locomotive Engineers union repudiates the government, urging socialist policy. J H Thomas condemns railway union pension vote as cruel and vindictive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Stanley Baldwin
Conservative
Baldwin
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
Trade Union Congress
Labor Party
J. H. Thomas
Dominions
National Union of Railwaymen
Market For Wheat In China
Montreal reports surplus Canadian wheat stored in Dominion elevators could aid Chinese famine areas along the Yangtze river and create a future export market for Canada. Wong Han of the Montreal Chinese colony notes hard wheat fits Chinese cooking, aiding dumplings and noodles and reducing bread demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Que
Canada
Dominion
Wong Han
Premier Bracken says Mafeking Highway funding in doubt
The Pas Board of Trade hears Premier John Bracken state the province cannot cover full Mafeking Highway costs. He suggests The Pas push the Federal Government to guarantee 50 percent, enabling work to start the next day if secured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
As. Man
John Bracken
Pas Board of Trade
Mafeking
Pas
Car ground clearance shifts over thirty five years
Historical notes indicate automobiles were driven with about 20 inches of ground clearance three and a half decades ago, while current standards show a typical clearance near 12 inches. This reflects a substantial drop in undercarriage height.
Duty On Magazine Customs Tariff Now In Effect
Ottawa lists about 450 U S magazines as subject to new customs tariff effective immediately. The partial list notes many short story magazines will rise in price, potentially vanishing from Canadian newsstands. Educational, scientific, religious, and travel magazines offering educational content remain duty free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ustoms
Ottawa
Department of National Revenue
Canada
Great Britain
British Empire
United States
Wheat Shipment Marks First North American Wheat Reach
The arrival of 24 cars of No. 1 Northern wheat at Churchill Bay port completes a 50 year dream of western Canada. The wheat moves toward European markets in the 2,500,000 bushel elevator as Carter Halls Aldinger and the Department of Railways and Canals oversee the historic shipment amid cheering workers and onlookers including Eskimos and Indians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill
Western Canada
Bay
Hudson Bay
Carter-Halls- Aldinger
Department of Railway and Canals
Canadian Legion endorses general disarmament stance
Delegates at the Niagara Falls Ontario Canadian Legion Convention unanimously approve a campaign by the League of Nations Society in Canada to advance general disarmament. The resolution adds that this should not be seen as approval of disarmament by individual nations and that Canada must maintain adequate defence forces.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
League of Nations Society
Canada
Canadian Legion Convention
Economic Outlook Hints Shorter Hours to Tie Costs
Saskatoon provincial treasurer Hon Howard McConnell spoke to a local service club on solving economic strain. He proposed shortening working hours while keeping living standards, urged severe province wide economy, and blamed the south’s agricultural slump for anticipated revenue shortfalls this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatoon
Sask
Howard McConnell
McConnell
Toronto's George Young Wins 15 Mile World Swim Marathon
George Young of Toronto wins the world professional swimming championship after a brutal 15 mile ordeal on Lake Ontario. He earns $10,000, finishes ahead of 180 competitors, and collapses just after crossing the line. Bill Goll and Warren Anderson place second and third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
George Young
Lake Ontario
Young
George
British to Build Chain of Theatres in Canada Says Trade Commissioner
F. W. Fields, British Trade Commissioner in Canada, told a National Council of Women meeting at the Canadian National Exhibition that British films would enter the Canadian market despite local industry attitudes. He predicted the erection of a British theatre chain in Toronto if Canadian owners were not more receptive.
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Canada
Toronto
Warkworth and Farnworth Sail for Churchill Grain Run
The steamer Warkworth left Montreal September 1 to Churchill Hudson Bay to haul 7000 tons of grain in an experimental shipment to Europe. The Farnworth departed Newcastle August 28 for Churchill and should arrive around September 12, with Warkworth due about two days later. Ice is light, aiding the venture per local shipping men.
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Montreal
Que
Warkworth
Churchill
Canada
Hudson Bay
Europe
S.S. Farnworth
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Farnworth
Welfare of Workers Focused By Moscow Conference
V. Kuybyshev, chairman of the state planning commission, told the Moscow engineers general conference that Soviet Russia has nearly achieved its five year industrialization aim and will next year 1932 devote more attention to the welfare of workers and peasants.
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Moscow
Russia
V. Kuybyshev
State Planning Commission
Soviet Russia
Doctors prescribe books to cure insomnia says Dean Inge
Dean Inge of St Pauls urged at the Library Association Convention that doctors prescribe books by certain authors to aid sleep. He joked his wife often sleeps soundly with one of his books upside down on her knee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Inge
London
England
St. Paul's
Library Association
Ottawa minister may witness first Churchill grain shipments
Ottawa Ontario Minister of Railways and Canals R. J. Manion may see the first grain shipments move from Churchill along the Hudson Bay route. Arrangements rush two cargoes of wheat planned for September 15 bound for Great Britain. Officials have not decided yet whether he will attend. several highways and canals will support the journey.
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Ottawa
Costs Can Be Reduced in Wheat Production
Wheat producers at a Calgary conference agreed that costs can be reduced and wheat will remain the basic western crop for many years. The two day program opened with field trials and tests of farm machinery at the Midnapore Ranch of Senator Patrick Burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Alberta
Midnapore Hanch
Patrick Burns
Communist activities noted in Drumheller coal mine district
Coal mine operators in the Drumheller field are urged by Red Deer Valley unit No. 90 of the Army and Navy Veterans in Canada to carefully select employees due to Communist activities in the district.
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Drumheller
Alberta
Drumheller Field
Red Deer Valley
Army and Navy Veterans
Canada
Gano Paul Bruce Wins Grand Championship at Vancouver Show
Gano Paul Bruce, representing the Strathmore herd from Alberta’s Strathmore Farm, dominates the bull classes at the Canadian Pacific Exhibition in Vancouver. The senior and grand championship add to his string of 1930 titles across Calgary, Saskatoon, Regina, Edmonton, and multiple Western fairs, with plans to travel to north Pacific Coast exhibitions.
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Vancouver
Strathmore
Canadian Pacific Railway
Alberta
Gano Paul Bruce
Calgary
Saskatoon
Regina
Edmonton
Victoria
Spokane International
Washington State Fair
Yakima
Interstate Fair
Puyallop
Pacific International
Portland
Spokane
Strathmore Farm
Legion Opposed to Legalizing Sweepstakes Conveys Stand
The Dominion convention of the Canadian Legion opposed legalizing sweepstakes in Canada with one dissenting vote. It urged the Dominion command to oppose any changes to the law and to return a $57,023 gift from the Army and Navy Veterans' Association that was derived from sweepstakes. The Alberta delegate warned rebellion if the report failed, while Rev. E R Adye urged removing branches if prohibitions persist. The convention approved resolutions on Imperial veterans benefits and representation, and Vancouver won the 1932 Canadian Legion gathering, chosen over Ottawa and Port Arthur.
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Niagara Falls
Dominion Convention of the
Canadian Legion
Canada
Dominion Command
Army and Navy Veterans’ Associats
Alberta
Legion
E. R. Adye
Whitby
Ont
British Ministry of Pensions
Regina
J. R. Bowler
Dominion
Vancouver
Canadian Legion British Empire Service League
Pacific Coast
Ottawa
Port Arthur
Freight Tariff Protested by Calgary Board of Trade
The Calgary Board of Trade protests to the Board of Railway Commissioners in Ottawa against a new tariff requiring freight charges on dead or crippled animals. The board argues a possible double charge, while railway officials say the tariff has been in effect in Ontario for a year with no complaints.
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Calgary
Alberta
Board of Railway Commissioners
Ottawa
Board of Trade
Ontario
Christening of Governor General's Infant Held in Ottawa
Official notice states the christening of the infant son of Their Excellencies the Governor General of Canada and Lady Bessborough will occur at St. Bartholomew's Church Ottawa on September 22. The announcement was made at Ravenscrag the governor general's temporary Ottawa residence.
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Montreal
Governor-General of
Canada
Lady Bessborough
St. Bartholomew's Church
Ottawa
Ravenscrag
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China
George Foster
Sir John A. MacDonald
Bill Goll
New York
Warren Anderson
Sydney
N.S
Soporific Books
Calgary Board of Trade
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