Ferguson says Ont government will not bow to plebiscite influence
Premier Ferguson insists there will be no plebiscite under his administration on Ontario liquor control. He defends his record and attacks Liberal leader Sinclair for wavering on prohibition while promising to improve any defects in the act.
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Bére
Ferguson
Ebrays
Bo Westoff
Per
W. E. N. Sinclair
EZ Wee
Ontario
Sinclair
Beam wireless aids British post office tests in London
Ottawa reports employment gains at the start of August with payrolls totaling 2,097,812 from 6,840 firms, compared with 3,070,817 on July 1. Dominion Bureau of Statistics notes an unusually strong mid year index of 127.8, a record for the period.
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London
Eng
Beam Wireless
Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Ottawa Tax Receipts Rise in Five Month Period
Ottawa income tax collections for five months ending August 31 totaled 60 892 142 dollars, up 9 824 918 from the same period in 1928. August receipts reached 850 427 dollars, against 822 190 a year earlier.
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Ottawa
National Revenue Department
Japan Takes First Step Toward Naval Disarmament
The Navy ministry ordered Command o Yarmagucht of the naval general staff to proceed to Washington to join the Japanese embassy staff. This move prepares for the proposed conference on naval limitation as part of the sewa movement.
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Japan
Navy Ministry
Commando Yarmagucht
Naval General Staff
Washinga
Earthquake Shakes Saskatoon Campus Seismo Grant Records Severe Shock
A strong quake was recorded at the University of Saskatchewan on September 17, the most intense here in months. The quake's origin could not be pinpointed until cross checked with other records.
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Sask
University of Saskatchewan
Army and Navy Veterans Convene Annual Meeting
The annual convention of the Army and Navy Veterans Association opened with a formal program. Delegates and members from multiple chapters gathered to discuss memorials, welfare programs, and upcoming events across the region.
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Army and Navy Veterans’. Association
Mundred Senciis
Sapiro urges one hundred percent pool by legislation
Aaron Sapiro spoke to about 700 farmers in Estevan urging cooperative marketing under a single pool. He endorsed one hundred percent pool by legislation, arguing it would give farmers absolute control of their grain. He outlined four questions on understanding, purpose, objections, and reasons for the push.
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Estevan
Sask
Extevan
Aaron Sapiro
America
Saskatchewan
United Farmers of Canada
Sapiro
Mr. Sapiro
Hudson Bay Railway Readied for Regular Trains to Churchill
Official quarters confirm the First Lift ballast is complete and the line is fit for regular traffic to Churchill though passenger service will wait until spring. The muskeg train’s first run to Churchill is denied by railway officials. Major A G MacLachlan and D R Campbell inspected Fin Fin and reported all clear.
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Hudson Bay
Churchill
Bay
Ottawa
Mile 412
D. R. Campbell
Western Region
Bayon & Work
Flin Fion
Imperial Trade Conference Aims to Forge Empire Policy
It is understood attempts are being made to organize an Imperial commercial conference in London before the 1930 Imperial Conference. Each Dominion would appoint a small delegation representing agriculture and business to hammer out a policy three months before the premiers meet, to guide deliberations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Eng
Canada to Sign World Court Optional Clause
Premier Mackenzie King says Canada will certainly sign the optional clause in the statutes of the World Court of International Justice. He noted discussions in Geneva with British Experts about the signing, and indicated Ottawa’s commitment to the move.
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Ottawa
Canada
World Court of International Justice
Mackenzie Hing
King
Geneva
Noted English Conductor Leads Berlin Opera
Albert Coates conducts at the Berlin Opera with Jed Boris Godoumov as soloist. He becomes the first Englishman to wield the baton there since Sullivan conducted the Mikado years ago. Costes is warmly received by the German audience.
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Berlin
Albert Coates
Jed Boris Godoumov
Thetate Opera
Sullivan
Mr. Costes
Police Return Young Deukhobors To Home
Eight Deukhobor children eight to sixteen escaped a Vancouver children's home to rejoin kin at Ockalle jal. Police located the runaways and sent them back to the institution. The incident coincided with about 100 Sons of Freedom sect members jailed for six months for a nude parade at South Slocan, B C.
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Vancouver
Ockalle Jal
Sons of Freedom
Royal gathering at Sandringham discusses historic U.S. journey
King George and Ramsay MacDonald talked in Sandringham Castle drawing room on the eve of MacDonald’s historic trip to the United States. The Premier and his daughter Ishbel were guests of Their Majesties and are due back in London tomorrow. The Prince of Wales dropped by briefly, and MacDonald held a long afternoon interview with the King while Ishbel spoke with Queen Mary.
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Sandringham, Eng
King George
Ramsay MacDonald
Sandringham Castle
United States
Prince of Water
Ishbel
London
MacDonald
Miss Ishbel
Queen Mary
Thomas Pleased With His Visit to Canada
Liverpool leader J H Thomas Lord Privy Seal and Minister of Employment says his February Canada trip satisfied him. He hopes it aids unemployment relief by encouraging Britain Canada business ties in coal steel and wheat trade and stresses real demand over artificial cures.
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Liverpool
Eng
J. H. Thomas
Canad
Canada
Great Britain
Britain
Dominion
Mr. Thomas
Guiding Planes By Remote Radio Control Glimpsed
Aero Club of Pennsylvania and Rotary Club members heard experts discuss future air transport. G B Toews of the Navy Yard outlined speeds up to 416 mph with pilotless radio controlled planes and Britain possibly concealing a larger engine. Edward F P Howard noted a recent license application for a pilotless, radio navigated aircraft.
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Aero Club
Philadelphia
Biventa
Aero Club of Pennsylvania
Rotary Club
G. B. Toews
Aeronautical Laboratories
Navy Yard
Britain
Edward FP. Howard
Air Regulations Division
United States Department of Commerce
Marler Presents Credentials As Canadian Minister to Japan
Hon. H. M. Marler, new Canadian minister to Japan, presented credentials to Emperor Hirohito. He traveled from his hotel by Imperial automobile to the palace for a brief ceremony. The foreign minister and household minister attended. Japanese Minister Tokugawa also had a farewell audience with the Emperor before leaving for Canada aboard the Express of France.
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Japan
Tokio
H. M. Marler
Hirohito
Marler
Imperial House
Tokugawa
Canada
France
Prince of Wales buys two seater plane for private use
The Prince of Wales paid 3500 dollars for a de Havilland Gipsy Moth two seat airplane. The craft is equipped with dual controls to allow him to fly.
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London
Eng
Prince of Wales
Five Power Naval Conference Invitations In Limbo
Premier Ramsay MacDonald will issue invitations for a five power naval conference late in January but the exact details remain unsettled. No joint invitations from Britain and the United States are planned. Henry Stimson denied unauthorized London dispatches and said Britain will invite United States Japan France and Italy for a conference to be held in London. Preparations may delay invites until after MacDonald meets President Hoover in October to discuss cruiser questions.
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Washington
Ramsay Macdonald
Great Britain
United States
Henry L. Stimson
London
Tokio
Paris
Rome
Japan
France
Italy
MacDonald Hes
Hoover
King to Journey West Ottawa for Pacific Coast Speech Tour
Prime Minister Mackenzie King plans a hurried trip likely to the Pacific coast starting around late October. He will deliver several speeches en route and upon arrival, with details pending until Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald’s Ottawa visit.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Pacific
Ramsay MacDonald
MacDonald
King
Damage to Chinese Property Rising After Russo Chinese Skirmishes
The Chinese Nationalist Government places the property damage from Russian raids along the Manchurian border at 25 million dollars. For three months the 2,000 mile Russo Chinese frontier has seen sporadic fighting as tensions over the Chinese Eastern Railway authority escalate between Manchuria and Siberia.
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Shanghai
Manchuria
Siberia
Chinese Eastern Railway Administration
Britain's push for an international narcotics control pact
At the League of Nations assembly Britain's delegation proposed a worldwide agreement to limit and totalize annual production of heroin morphine and cocaine. The plan aligns Britain with Canada the United States and Italy as it seeks a conference of producing nations under League Council guidance.
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Geneva
League of Nations Assembly
Baldwin
Assembly
N. Baker
League Council
Great Britain
Canada
United States
Italy
League
Hold Export Grain For Better Price, Ramsay Says
Ottawa interviews with EL EB. Ramsay chair of the Board of Grain Commissioners urge Canadian farmers to avoid moving grain overseas unless prices are fair. He notes Canada has storage to handle this year's crop and last year's surplus, warns of temporary congestion and higher rail freight if rush shipping occurs.
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Ottawa
EL EB. Ramsay
Board of Grain Commissioners
Canada
Ramsay
Mr. Ramsay
Hudson Bay
United States
Atlantic
North Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Hudson Strait
Mongolians Mobilize Tokyo Report on Frontier Troop Movements
Japanese press agency reports the outer Mongolian Government mobilized men ages 20 to 40 and ordered two cavalry divisions under Soviet command to move to the frontier. Preparations include moving 450000 troops in response to Russo-Chinese developments in Manchuria.
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Tokyo
Manchuria
Alberta Ministers Meet In Ottawa For Possible Labor Talks
In Ottawa, Hon. Forke and Hon. George Hoadley, Alberta Minister of Agriculture, confer with Dominion Minister Robert Forke about employment concerns in Alberta. The discussion aims to address labor conditions while no official agenda was released.
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Ottawa
George Hoadley
Alberta
Robert Forke
Dominion
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