Unemployment in Canada Tops 200,000 Claimants
Ottawa reports 112 4 thousand unemployed across 84 centers with estimates rising to 159 600 in winter and possibly 200 000 if reporting gaps are counted. Senator Robertson cites worldwide roots, calls for self help and technical education revival, and warns against paternal policy while Michigan-style machinery growth and immigration limits shape a national plan. A special parliament session will coordinate federal provincial municipal actions and employer cooperation to maximize available jobs.
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Ottawa
G. D. Robertson
Canada
Robertson
Government of
Daughter Born To Duchess Glamis In Scotland
Royal birth announced at Glamis Castle as the Duchess of York delivers a daughter. Telegraph news reached King George and Queen Mary at Sandringham. The child is the fourth grandchild, with Attested by John R. Clynes and H R Boyd. Nurse Beevers and Dr. Miles, with Sir Henry Simson, attended the birth.
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Glamis
Scotland
Duchess of York
Glamis Castle
Gray Old Castle
George
Queen Mary
Norfolk
Sandringham
Elizabeth
Mary
Countess of
Harewood
John R. Clynes
Labor
H. R. Boyd
Home Office
Beevers
David Miles
Henry Simson
London
New Gold Discovery Near Red Lake Ontario
A new gold discovery is reported forty miles west of Red Lake near the Manitoba boundary. A mining expert has left for the locality to investigate the promising site.
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Hudson, Ont
Red Lake
Manitoba
Arctic Monoplane Rescue Ends Northward Test
In Eémonton Alberta Canadian filers and airplanes triumph in a northern test. Two monoplanes from Dominion Explorers Limited and Western Canada Airways were forced down at Dease Point last autumn. After a winter salvage, one machine flew to Coppermine River, another to McMurray. No major damage observed. Western Canada Airways plane to be fully examined at McMurray.
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Eémonton
Alberta
Arctié
McAlpine
Dease Point
Arctic
Dominion
Explorers, Limited
Coppermine River
Western Canada Airways
Buchanan
Nie
McMurray
Canadian Beef for Britain Arrives in Montreal Shipment Reenters British Market
128 head of grade Hereford and Shorthorn steers from Ontario arrive in Montreal to be shipped to Manchester, reviving Canada’s role in Britain’s beef market for the first time since 1928. Shippers see strong opportunity despite past US tariff hurdles and seasonal Irish competition.
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Montreal
Ontario
Manchester
P. J. Henry
Ricetown
Ont
M. J. Campbell
Dutton
Canada
Donald Munroe
D. Munroe and Sons
United States
Great Britain
Control Of Immigration Saskatoon Report Ready
The Royal Saskatchewan Commission on Immigration and Settlement has completed its main outline and will print the full report immediately. Dr. W. W. Swanson, chairman, says findings and recommendations are expected to be unanimous, with about 475 witnesses heard and hearings held across the province.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatoon
Sask
Royal Saskatchewan Commission On Immigration and Settlement
J. T. M. Anderson
Saskatchewan
W. W. Swanson
Ottawa
Regina
Plan Relief Work in Northern Ontario Announced
Hon William Finlay Ontario Minister of Lands and Forests announced a government relief program for Northern Ontario to aid unemployed lumbermen and mill workers facing destitution this coming winter.
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Toronto
Ont
William Finlayson
Ontario
Victoria leaders push plan for compulsory state health insurance
Reports from parliament buildings say BAC lawmakers will consider a compulsory state health insurance bill at the next session. The royal commission on state health and maternity benefits has not finished its work yet but is nearing hearings across the province. A final report with recommendations is expected before the session opens to guide proposed legislation.
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Victoria
B.C
BAC
Royal Commission On
Canadian Premiers Hear Dinner Plans in Victory Celebration
Toronto hosts an Ontario Conservative Association annual meeting November 20 and 21 with six premiers expected. Hon. R. B. Bennett Prime Minister, and provincial leaders Tolmie Anderson Harrington Baxter Ferguson will attend a dinner tied to victory in the recent Dominion election.
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Toronto
Ont
Ontario Conservative Association
R. B. Bennett
Canada
F. S. Tolmie
British Columbia
J. T. M. Anderson
Saskatchewan
G. S. Harrington
Nova Scotia
J. B. M. Baxter
New Brunswick
G. Howard Ferguson
Ontario
Britain to accept world court settlement at League session
Dispatches from Geneva report the British Labour Government plans to announce at the League of Nations assembly in September its acceptance of the general act for compulsory peaceful settlement of disputes under the World Court. Australia has ratified the optional clause, and consultations with dominions proceed for simultaneous signing of the general act. Belgium Denmark and Norway have bound themselves. France’s senate has not acted.
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New York
Geneva
New York Times
League of Nations Assembly
World Court
Australia
Arthur T. Henderson
League
Belgium
Denmark
Norway
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Fatal airplane accident in Owen Sound shocks aviation group
George P. Parsons, 32, of Toronto, climbed atop a rare amphibian biplane near Wasaga Beach to adjust the motor and was killed when he slipped into the spinning propeller. Parson s, a Toronto Flying Club member and World War veteran, had started the engine after tinkering, marking what prominent airmen call the first fatality of its kind in Dominion aviation history.
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Owen Sound
Ont
George P. Parsons
Toronto
Dominion Aviation
Parsons
Toronto Flying Club
Wasaga Beach
Dominion
Montreal Bank Robbery at Banque Provincial
Two armed bandits robbed four employees and a customer at the Banque Provincial on St. Catherine Street East in Montreal and escaped with 2970 dollars by forcing a passing taxi. They left behind 9000 dollars in the teller booth.
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Montreal
Que
Banque Provincial
St. Catherine Street
Elevator Destroyed By Fire in St Boniface
A fire destroyed the Assiniboine Grain Company elevator in St Boniface across the Red River from Winnipeg. The structure valued around 60 000 dollars with 50 000 bushels of barley inside, owned by Wiley Low and Company. Damage estimated at 75 000 dollars, insured.
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Winnipeg
Man
Assiniboine Grain Company
St. Boniface
Red River
Wiley, Low and Company
Islander Yacht Wreck Kills Noted English Politician
In a violent storm off Fowey Cornwall the 22 ton Islander yacht wrecked on Lantivet Bay rocks. Commodore Henry Douglas King, a prominent member of parliament, and five others died including Commander Searle and Surgeon Captain A R Brailey. The yacht owned by Lt Col John N Diggle had sailed August 9 from regatta duties of the Royal Yacht Squadron.
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Fowey
Cornwall
Eng
Lantivet Bay
Henry Douglas King
King
Searle
Berwick-on-Tweed
A. R. Brailey
Dunmow
Essex
Glazebrook
Bishop, Stortford
Harry Lucas
Walter
John N. Diggle
Royal Yacht Squadron
Quarter Million Road Fund For Quebec Province
The Quebec government voted five hundred thousand dollars by a special order in council to be added to the highway budget of twelve million sixty thousand. The funds will finance road construction across the province to address unemployment.
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Quebec
Que
Victory Over Reds in Kiangsi Province Clash
Chinese press despatches report Kiangsi provincial troops crushed Communist forces in western Kiangsi killing 4,000 Reds and capturing 2,000 rifles. Local officials hailed the victory as a major setback for the Communist movement in the region.
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Hankow
China
Kiangsi
Churchill urges Tory unity to defeat Labour regime in Kent
Hon. Winston Churchill appeals for Conservative unity at a Minster Kent meeting to oust the Labour government. He attacks India policy and Gandhi, vows Britain will aid self government, and argues a Conservative program will restore confidence, stimulate industry, aid agriculture, and root out dole abuse.
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Minster
Kent
Eng
Winston Churchills
Churchill
MacDonald
India
Peshawar
Mahatma Gandhi
House of Commons
Great Britain
John Simon
Philip Snowden
Britain
New Zealand Tariff Ruling Could Affect Canadian Cars
Ottawa reports New Zealand plans to place Canadian motor vehicles on its general tariff list. Canada's auto trade with New Zealand has grown, with exports totaling 10,349 cars and 441,558 in parts in the past year. New Zealand recently raised foreign car rates, creating uncertainty if the old or new tariff applies to Canadian shipments. Ottawa is in talks with Wellington to determine the applicable rate and explore a future direct trade agreement before the existing one lapses in October.
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Ottawa
Canada
New Zealand
Department of Trade,and Commerce
Grain grown at Hudson Bay railport Churchill forecast
D A Brown of the Federal Government Experimental Farm at Brandon says grain will be grown at Churchill within four to five years with proper soil and cultivation. He notes Alaska oats and Trebi barley show promise while radishes and lettuce did well but potatoes did not.
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Pas
Man
Churchill
D. A. Brown
Brandon
Hudson Bay
Brown
Canada
Seaboard
Hudson Bayport
Alaska
W. Wood
Railway Construction Department
C.N.R
Hudson Bay Port
Bay Railway
Disease Spreads as Ontario Reports New Paralyzed Cases
Toronto reports rising infantile paralysis cases with 16 in Brantford and four in Bowmanville after a young boy, Joe Wightman, dies. In Toronto 32 cases are listed, all mild so far, but warnings urge vigilance for symptoms in children ahead of the Winnipeg convention dialogue led by Dr. Scott Stevenson of the British Medical Journal.
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Toronto
Ontario
British Medical Association
Winnipeg
Scott Stevenson
British Medical Journal
Brantford
Joe Wightman
Bowmanville
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Kathleen Shakleton
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Commodore King
Reds
Labor Party
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