Bennett Faults Democracy as Dictatorship Risk at Ontario speech
Prime Minister Bennett told Liberal conservative students at Pickering College that democracy can drift into dictatorship when the will of the people is replaced by elite control. He warned that counting heads decides merit and stressed education as the only cure, urging informed citizenship and cautioning against narrow party labels.
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Wewrmarket
Ont
Dcemocracy
Bewanew Fetin
B. B. Bennett
Mamamer School
Toronto
Italy
Germany
Egypt
Pickering College
J. Earl Lawvon
Bennett
Cardinal Newmann
Tennyson
Newman
May Remove Restrictions Rumor Pegged Grain Price
The Winnipeg Free Press reports a rumor that the peg on wheat prices will be withdrawn soon. Officials at the Winnipeg Grain Exchange are silent while trade leaders expect removal of price restrictions. Minimum wheat and oats prices were set August 15 by exchange vote. October, December, and May futures were pegged at 10, 71, and 76 percent. A general exchange vote may rescind last month’s resolution.
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Winnipeg
Man
Winnipeg Free Preas
Winnipeg Grain, Exchange
Exchange
Lethbridge bank tale shows small withdrawals over decades
An early 20th century resident lived in a shack with $16,000 cash hidden. After death it emerged he had withdrawn only $200 from the bank between 1906 and 1831, reflecting a rare financial discrepancy.
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Lethbridge
Alta
Nikkor Cxytzos
Western Canadian Farmers Urged to Seek Rural Reform
Hon James Bryant, Saskatchewan Public Works and Agriculture acting minister, told Canadian National Exhibition directors that western farmers are not a recluse group and seek better rural life. He warned failing prices rise production but call for higher rewards for agricultural services.
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Western
Canada
James ¥. Bryast
Saskatchewan
Fundhees
Canadian National Exhibition
Mr. Bryant
Forest Fires Ravage Eastern Manitoba Districts
Manitoba emergency crews battle fires across 21 districts as a five mile front roars between Rennie and Whitemouth. More than 100 men patrol the blight zone while residents evacuate. heavy smoke and peat fires hinder travel until rain aids rangers.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Rennie
Whitemouth
British Farmers Vote for National Milk Pool
British farmers favored a national dairy pool by 96.42 percent with a 3.58 percent opposition. A two thirds majority was met as England and Wales prepare a three pool system to market milk and share profits. The national board begins October 1 for a trial before full operation next year.
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London
England
United Kingdom
England and
Wales
Erie milk train collision devastates New York area
A milk train struck a Chicago to New York Erie Flyer near Binghamton causing fourteen deaths and scores injured. The milk train hit after a switch engine ahead and the wooden coach split as cars telescoped. engineer M. H. King said he could not see the signal light in time. Erie Railroad officials noted the milk train did not have a clear track.
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Binghampton
N.Y
New York
Erie Railroad
Ayer
M. H. King
Elmira
Hornell
Hoboken
BE. Woodruff
Saskatchewan Mathematician Accepts Carnegie Post
Dr. Lloyd L. Dines of the University of Saskatchewan becomes head of the Mathematics Department at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh. The move follows 18 years at Saskatchewan and two years as administrative head of Ainior college. He is a Royal Society of Canada fellow and trained at the University of Chicago. Dr. D. B. Delury will continue his classes next year.
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Iohatewowen University
Pitas
Saskatoon
Hesk
Lloyd L. Dines
University of Saskatchewan
Ainior College
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Pittsburgh
W. C. Murray
Dines
Canada
Royal Society of Canada
University of Chicago
D. B. Delury
Murray
Cuba Upset Prompts Roosevelt to Seek Autonomy
President Roosevelt ordered a naval protection zone around Cuba with ships at Key West and near Guantanamo and Havana while marines stood by at Quantico. He sought a local Cuban government to restore order without U.S. intervention, urging a rapid self chosen government.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cuba
Indianapolis
Annapolis
Republic
Quantico
Mississippi
Atlantic
Key West
Guantanamo
Santiago
Havana
United States
South
Central America
White House
Governor General and Countess Return to Ottawa
After a three month absence spent partly in western Canada the Governor General and Countess of Bessborough returned to Ottawa with their elder son Lord Duncannon and daughter Lady Moyra Ponsonby.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Countess of
Bessborough
Lord Duncannon
Moyra Ponsonby
Quebec Embraces Grandier Colonization With Tuberculosis Patients
Quebec's health bureau introduced the Grandier system placing healthy city children with farming families in Quebec City area. Hon. Athanase David reports the project has succeeded as children prefer country life and some farmers have legally adoptive ties. The system, named after Professor Grandier, originated in France 30 years ago and continues there via private funding.
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Quebec
Quebec Bureau of Health
Athanase David
Country Life
David
Bureau of Health
Grancher
Professor Grancher
France
Grandier
Penalty Affects Calgary’s Unemployed Workers
In Calgary Alberta about 2300 married jobless residents face penalties for being 100 hours behind on relief work records. Some 1711 are subject to the penalty effective September 1, with relief officials reviewing cases as many appeal and closer checks on men refusing to work are initiated.
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Calgary
Alta
Five people burned in accidental explosion at home
Quyen Kath yleen Olive and Felix Jean Marie were severely burned after a match dropped in a tin can of gun powder hidden in a cupboard 25 years ago. They were rushed to hospital in Ottawa for treatment.
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Quyen
Que
Chueren
Kathyleen
Olive
Felix Jean-Marie
Ottawa
Nova Scotia Premier Implements Old Age Pensions Act
Within hours of taking office Hon. Angue L. Macdonald announced the cabinet's first order in council enacted the Nova Scotia Old Age Pensions Act of 1931. He outlined pre election pledges of economy including saving $25,000 annually by abolishing two deputy minister posts in agriculture and health and reducing liquor commissioners from two to one. The cabinet also named a three member committee to seek further expenditure cuts.
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Halifax
Lee
Nova Scotia
Angue L. Macdonald
Indian Chief Kinyewakaw Dies in Canada at 74
Chief George Kinyewakaw of Griswold Manitoba head of Sioux Indians in Canada for years died at Round Plain Indian reserve after illness begun August 20 while visiting friends. Buried September 2. He aided haying, suffered an internal ailment, and was a central figure in the 1920 Winnipeg Board of Trade celebration honoring Red River settlers and trailblazers.
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Prince Albert
George Kinyewakaw
Griswold
Man
Canada
Round Plain Indian Reserve
Kinyewakaw
Winnipeg Board of Trade
Red River
Canadian
Northwest
Gardenia Arrives to Load Manitoba Grain at Churchill
The S S Gardenia reaches Churchill to load about 230 000 bushels of grain for overseas shipment leaving the government elevator with 38 000 bushels of wheat after departure. It marks the ninth vessel to carry a grain cargo from Hudson Bay port this season.
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Churchill
S.S. Gardenia
Manitoba
Gardenia
Hudson Bay
Machine Age Not to Blame for Economic Ills
Leicester notes by Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins claim the machine age does not cause poverty amid plenty. He warns money versus man is a present danger but foresees future planning can ease labor replacement. He cites Alfred Ewing on mastering nature and the value of leisure over toil.
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Leicester
England
Frederick Gowland Hopkins
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Frederick
Association
Alfred Ewing
Better times indicated in trade report
Canada may enter calmer waters in which industry and commerce can grow after 1932 38 analysis. F W Field notes two pull factors. domestic drastic action and improved world conditions will lift trade. Wheat pools history shows government aid steadied markets, future job depends on wheat price trends.
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Montreal
Que
Canada
F. W. Field
Newfoundland
Wheat protein content in western Canada samples reported
Winnipeg reports show first 100 samples of new crop western Canada wheat have protein content on par with last year’s average. Manitoba first runs are slightly lower, Saskatchewan higher, with No 1 hard Manitoba 17.2 percent and 13.9 percent average, Saskatchewan 17.2 and 14.7 percent. Northern No 1 Manitoba 13.6 percent, Saskatchewan 14.9 percent. Alberta data unavailable.
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Winnipeg
Man
Western Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
T. A. Aiken
The
Board of Grain Commissioners
Alberta
Want Game Guardians Calgary Alberta Plan
Alberta Fish and Game Association urged appointment of game guardians to protect game now handled by the RCMP. The convention also urged steps to prohibit shooting migratory birds with rifles and modern high power pneumato guns.
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Calgary
Alta
Alberta
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Alberta Fish and Game Association
Doctor elected president of Medical Council of Canada
Heads Medical Council Ottawa Ontario announces Dr R H Arthur of Sudbury Ontario elected president at the annual meeting succeeding Dr W A Thomson of Regins The council governs medical practice in Canada with final say on examinations required to practice medicine in the dominion
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Ottawa
Ont
R. H. Arthur
Sudbury
Medical Council of Canada
W. A. Thomson
Regins
Dominion
Canada
Freight Rate Increases Planned After Surplus Surcharge Ends
U S railroads inform the interstate commerce commission that starting October 1 they will raise rates on many commodities previously subject to experimental reductions. The move follows expiration of emergency freight surcharges granted two years ago to aid competitiveness with trucking.
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Washington
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Jmeet
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Winnipeg Grain Exchange
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Stanley Bruce
Australia
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