Conference condemns doles as unemployment relief
Ottawa reports a national conference on unemployment condemning dole handouts as harmful and unnecessary. Resolutions urge industry led prevention and that governments and railway boards distribute public work to relieve unemployment as far as possible. Leaders say peak unemployment has passed and no new relief measures are needed.
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Ottawa
National Conference On Unemployment
Murdock
Canada
R. E. Finn
C. W. Robinson
Canadian National Railroad Board
Canadian National Railway
Department of
National Railway Boards
World Wheat Crop Smaller
The world wheat harvest this year will be below last year’s total but above the pre war average. The USDA estimates yield at 3,019,529,000 bushels, versus 3,059,596,000 last year and a 1909-13 average of 2,890,353,000. Russia reports favorable crop conditions that would feed the nation without imports.
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Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
Caid
France May Utilize German Materials Plan for Committee Review
A proposal to restore France on war damaged regions chiefly with German materials was presented to the Special Government Committee reviewing Germany merchandise deliveries. Negotiations had been held with Hugo Stinnes and Senator De Lubersac, leader of the French Liberated Regions cooperative federation representing 130000 people with war losses totaling over 13 billion francs.
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Paris
France
Germany
Hugo Stinnes
de Lubersac
Federation of Co-operative Societies
Farmers May Shoot Ducks In Saskatchewan Grain War
Saskatchewan government issues an order for protection of crops allowing farmers to shoot wild ducks out of season as they ravage grain fields. Reports from numerous districts note widespread damage with Duval area birds so plentiful two boys hired to drive them off could not stop the flock.
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Regina
Sask
Duval
Amundsen flight to Spitsbergen back on track despite pilot change
Lieut. E. G. Fullerton arrives back from Alaska where he had planned to pilot Captain Amundsen’s monoplane from Alaska to Spitsbergen. Amundsen will undertake the flight with a single pilot.
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Vancouver
E. G. Fullerton
Edmonton
Canadian Air Staff
Amundsen
Alaska
Spitsbergen
Brooklyn Wood Alcohol Poisoning Fatalities Reported
In Red Hood Brooklyn police report five deaths a man and two women and two more men along with one case of blindness attributed to wood alcohol poisoning. Authorities cite tainted liquor as the cause.
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New York
Red Hood
Brooklyn
Revolution Forecast In Greece Amid Turkish Advances
A Smyrna dispatch reports gates closed to refugees in the city as Turkish Nationalists push toward Smyrna. British, French, and Italian protectors move troops and fleets. rumors of a Greek revolution and Venizelos's return surface. Two Italian soldiers attacked in Piraeus, Greek premier promises punishment and compensation. King Constantine reportedly leaves Athens.
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Rome
Giornales
Italia
Smyrna
Athens
Greece
Venizelos
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Constantinople
Piraeus
Legation
London
the Times
Constantine
Aggressive Immigration Policy Promised for Canada
Hon. Charles Stewart, Minister of the Interior, outlined a national and aggressive immigration policy during a western tour. He urged investment in Western Canada’s natural resources while pledging protection against stock jobbing and urging strict lease enforcement. He noted ongoing cross-border oil activity with 40 outfits operating south of the border and drills underway on the Canadian side, with Dr. Dowling supervising.
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Ottawa
Canada
Charles Stewart
Mr. Stewart
Alberta
United States
Stewart
Dowling
Mines Department
Italian Immigrants Under Way to Canada Mission
The Italian government sends Joseph De Michelis to survey Ontario to Ottawa and provinces westward with Jules Bolognesi to determine immigration needs and potential settlement of Italian farmers in Canada and later the United States.
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Montreal
Canada
Italy
Joseph de Michelis
Dominion
de Michelis
Mbnatreal
Ottawa
Labor and Immigration
Ontario
Jules Bolognesi
United States
Death sentences issued for counter revolts in South Russia
Pravda reports fifty five people are condemned to death in South Russia for counter revolutionary activities. In Kiev the Ukrainian Court sentenced forty eight members of Petiura’s Cossack bands linked to General Utunuk’s forces. At Simferopol Nicolai Bozenko and six followers were sentenced to death, with Mme Bozenko and seven others jailed.
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Moscow
Russia
Pravda
Kiev
Petiura
Utunuk
Simferopol
Nicolai Bozenko
Mme. Bozenko
German Payroll Shows Increase Amid Civil Service Negotiations
Berlin Germany September civil service payroll to rise by 100 billion marks over August after talks at the Ministry of Finance. A 30 percent wage raise follows a higher cost of living as Germany reports a 40.9 percent August index rise versus 32 percent in July.
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Berlin
Germany
Ministry of Finance
Widow of Cork Mayor Seeks Funds for Irish Cause
Mrs Muriel McSwiney widow of Torrance McSwiney arrives aboard the President Arthur in New York to raise money for the dependents and orphans of the Irish republican cause and for hospitals for the wounded Irish republican army. Accompanied by Linda Mary Kearns the visit aims to solicit donations from American supporters.
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New York
Muriel McSwiney
Torrance McSwiney
Cork
Brixton
London
Arthur
Linda Mary Kearns
British Coal Floods Boston Harbor in Mass Arrival
British coal pours into Boston with 14 laden vessels in the lower harbor and two in the upper harbor awaiting discharge. Loads total 96 000 tons. Since the miners strike began nearly 250 000 tons have arrived. Thirty six steamers are en route from British ports carrying over 200 000 tons.
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Boston
Parliament to Consider Franchise Extension for Indians in Canada
Ottawa reports Parliament will be invited to discuss extending the Dominion franchise to natives of India living in Canada. Prime Minister Mackenzie King says the government will submit the issue for consideration when franchise laws are revised, noting eight of nine provinces grant federal franchise to Indians resident in Canada on the same terms as Canadian citizens.
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Parliament
India
Srinivasa Sastri
Canada
Sastri
Mackenzie King
Saski
Dominion
Government of
Russia Confident of Peace in Far East
Moscow officials express strong belief that talks with Japan at Chang Chun will secure peace in the Far East and widen Russia’s sphere to Vladivostok. The railway system plans to restore Moscow to Vladivostok through trains, with a Petrograd to eastern city air service launched by a new limited company. Deluxe trains resume to Chita and Moscow, first since 1918, signaling a revived Russian presence on the Pacific.
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Moscow
Chang Chung
Far East
Russia
Vladivostok
Petrograd
Chita
Pacific
Miner Dies After Coal Creek Cave In
Fernie British Columbia Dan Mc Bodak dies from injuries after a cave in at No. One Coal Mine Coal Creek. George McAndrews sustains minor injuries and is rescued. Bodak was single and of Russian origin.
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Fernie
B.C
Dan Mc Bodak
George McAndrews
Coal Creek
Bodak
McAndrews
Bennett Balloon Race Winner Named in Geneva
Lieut. Ernst de Muyter of Belgium was declared the winner of the James Gordon Bennett cup balloon race in Geneva. Captain H. E. Honeywell, an American entrant, finished second with Maurice Bienaime of France taking third.
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Geneva
Ernst de Muyter
Belgium
H. E. Honeywell
Maurice Bienaime
London bankers seek five year moratorium loan to Austria
A group of London bankers reportedly agreed to offer Austria a loan between 200 million and 300 million krone. The loan would need Reparations Commission approval and be secured by Austria’s import revenues. A five year moratorium on war indemnity payments would be required.
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London
Austria
Daily Express
Canada Apple Production Falls in 1920s Figures
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics notes Canada produced 4,046,813 barrels of apples in 1921 valued at $29,898,649, up from 3,403,440 barrels valued at $29,849,149 in 1920. The data highlights production and value shifts in the early 1920s apple industry.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Railway Shop Workers Likely To Challenge Wage Award
The Railway Employees Union in Montreal protests to Labor Minister James Murdock against the Board of Conciliation award for 35 000 railway shopmen. In Toronto James Simpson of the board backs wage cuts of seven and nine cents, while issuing a minority report noting incomplete inquiry. Simpson says workers may fight the ruling though he stops short of predicting a strike.
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Employees’ Union
Montreal
James Murdock
Board of Conciliation
Railway Association of Canada
Toronto
James Simpson
Alex Smith
Isaac Pitblado
K.C
Simpson
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Saskatchewan
Eee W. N. U
David Bradley
the News
Radville, Sask
Civil Service
McSwiney
British Coal
WADA
Walis
Chicago News
U.S
Dia
Mr. King
Japan
Charles Dickie
Railway
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