British coal miners reject strike proposal in conference
Delegates at a British miners conference narrowly reject a strike proposal by 220600 to 209000. No national ballot is planned, with focus shifting to Scotland where 85000 miners are idle and South Wales where disputes over the 48 hour week and shift patterns continue. Ramsay MacDonald pressured for a settlement, assisting talks with owners.
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England
Great Britain
Ume
Scotland
South Wales
Ramsay MacDonald
MacDonald Discussed as Possible Viceroy for India
The Daily Mail reports a serious suggestion that Premier Ramsay MacDonald become viceroy of India after Lord Irwin retires in April. The idea stems from MacDonald’s handling of the Indian Round Table conference and would likely include a peerage. Lord Gorrell is another frequently mentioned successor in political circles.
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London
England
Daily Mail
Ramsay MacDonald
India
Lord Irwin
the Mail
MacDonald
Lord Irvin
Lord Gorrell
Missing aviators in Yukon carved message on tree
A carved note on a tree near Capt. E. K. A. Burke and two companions reports they left Wolfe Lake on October 6 to seek food, as they have been stranded in the Yukon north country since October 11. Pilot E. L. Wasson and Joe Walsh visited the wreck site and traveled close, returning recently.
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White Horse
Yukon Territory
Wolfe Lake
E. K. A. Burke
E. L. Wasson
Joe Walsh
Wasson
Walsh
Relief For Indians By Government
Ottawa promises prompt action to ease distress among Indians this winter. Minister of Interior and Indian Affairs T. G. Aturphy, returning from a western tour, says conditions on southern reservations appear normal after his personal examination near major western centers.
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Ottawa
T. G. Aturphy
Interior and Indian Affairs
Ottawa aids world narcotics fight says Canada exports none
Ottawa reports to the League of Nations Society in Canada that Canada does not manufacture or export drugs. The health committee notes the Dominion Government, via the R C M P and narcotics branch, closely monitors imports. Argentina’s radio boom surpasses last year.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
League of Nations Society
H. S. Beland
R.C M.P
Dominion
By-Election Won By Labor In Whitechapel London
Labor candidate James Hall won the Whitechapel by election with 8,544 votes out of 21,820. Barnett Janner Liberal 7,445, T L E B Gunness Conservative 3,725, Pollitt Communist 2,166. Labor’s majority narrowed from 1929 levels.
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London
England
James Hall
Labor Party
Whitechapel
Labor
Barnett Janner
T. L. E. B. Gunness
Pollitt
Harry Gosling
Kingdom
Gosling
Sedgewick
T. L. E. B. Guinness
Canada Wheat Crop See Good Demand With Disposed Carry Over
Port Arthur Ont The chief grain commissioner E B Ramsay arrived noting a high quality crop to sell and strong weekly shipments to Europe between 5 000 000 and 7 000 000 bushels. The last year carry over of about 100 000 000 bushels has been disposed of and next year’s stock should normalize. Russia’s dumping on Britain eased as Russian surplus wanes and Ramsay predicts gradual improvement.
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Port Arthur
Ont
Canada
E. B. Ramsay
Europe
Mr. Ramsay
Ramsay
Assembly Completes Work Conference Seeks Date for General Disarmament
The preparatory commission finished drafting a general disarmament scheme and asked the League of Nations council to fix a date for a world conference of statesmen. Germany failed to push for November 5, 1931 as the convening date. Canada opposed mentioning military planes and personnel aiding civil work in remote areas, a clause the U S supported, with a possible compromise at the main conference to satisfy both nations.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Preparatory Commission
Council of the
League of Nations
Germany
Canada
United States
Britain protests Moscow radio speech inciting workers
The British government will file a formal protest to Moscow over a radio speech broadcast from the Soviet capital. Foreign Secretary Arthur Henderson told the House of Commons the speech is viewed as inciting British workers to revolution and breaches the anti-propaganda agreement.
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London
England
Moscow
Arthur Henderson
House of Commons
Gillam Fire Threatens Northern Town Settlement
Fire menaced Gillam a rural community along the Hudson Bay Railway near The Pas Manitoba. A restaurant pool room and general store were wrecked and damage reached six thousand dollars before flames were brought under control.
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Gillam
Hudson Bay
Trans-Canada Drivers Make Slow Progress
Hearst Ont pushing doggedly through northern Ontario in 10 below weather, Heary Needham and Gus McManus end three weeks of reverses by reaching Gauthier's trading post at Pagwa River, 90 miles west. They reportedly covered 70 miles of swamp terrain in the past week. Both men and their roadster are in good condition.
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Hearst
Ont
Ontario
Heary Needham
Gus McManus
Canada
Gauthier
Pagwa River
Ramsay Opposes Plan to Cut Western Wheat Areas
Port Arthur Ont. 5 B Ramsay chief commissioner of the Board of Grain Commissioners of Canada told the Port Arthur Chamber of Commerce he does not favor cutting wheat areas in Western Canada. He favors higher yields quality and better transportation to win world markets, notes he distrusts sweeping resolutions, and expects grain flows to remain steady with no embargos. He doubts Port Arthur Fort William will suffer from Hudson Bay route competition and would not place headquarters in Winnipeg if he ruled.
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Port Arthur
Fort William
Hudson Bay
Gibbon
Board of Grain Commissioners
Ramsay
Winnipeg
Native-born Isaac Isaacs to become Australian governor general
The Imperial Government announces Rt. Hon. Sir Isaac Isaacs will succeed Lord Stonehaven as governor-general of Australia at the start of the new year. Isaacs will be the first native-born Australian to hold the post, a notable Empire precedent. Healy and MacNeill have served Ireland as Irish-born governors general in the Irish Free State era.
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Australias
Dominion
London
England
Lord Stonehaven
Australia
Sir Isaac Isaacs
Commonwealth
Sir Isaac
Empire
Irish Free State
Timothy Healy
Bantry
James MacNeill
County Antrim
Federal constitution topics highlight round table talks
At the London round table conference the Indian federal framework emerges in skeleton form with no decisions yet. The federal relations committee focuses on twelve subjects including shipping, salt, currency, trade, opium, petroleum, geology, patents, migration, arms traffic, statistics, and government property. Four major areas are deferred: defence, external affairs, state relations, and political charges.
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London
England
India
Geological Survey
Start Lengthy Flight Croydon Team Heads for Capetown
Miss Winnifred Spooner aged 23 and Flying Officer E C T Edwards began December 3 a 10 300 mile daylight and night flight from Croydon England toward Capetown to challenge the nine day air travel record. Spooner has three years of flying experience and earlier in 1930 completed a flight from South Africa to Croydon. She is sister to Captain Tony Spooner former Royal Air Force pilot and now flying instructor at the Montreal Light Aeroplane Club.
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Croydon
England
Winnifred Spooner
E. C. T. Edwards
Capetown
Miss Spooner
South Africa
Tony Spooner
Royal Air Force
Montreal
Eckener To Testify At R101 Inquiry In London
The inquiry into the R-101 crash in France resumes in London with Dr. Hugo Eckener, Graf Zeppelin master, to provide expert testimony after a weeks long adjournment.
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London
England
France
Hugo Eckener
Trade official urges focus on Hong Kong and southern China
Vancouver experts say Canadian businesspeople should intensify efforts toward Hong Kong and southern China to capitalize market opportunities, according to Paul Sykes the Canadian trade commissioner to Hong Kong.
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Vancouver
B.C
Hong Kong
China
Paul Sykes
Saskatoon trainer dominates $500,000 fox show wins
Outstanding success in the $500,000 fox show was recorded by Dr. R. H. Macdonald of Saskatoon, who won three first and two second places across six classes he entered.
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Saskatoon
R. H. Macdonald
Flour Price Probe With Milling Firms Co‑Operative Inquiry
The Department of Labor in Ottawa will extend its flour price inquiry with full cooperation from seven large Canadian milling companies. Senator G D Robertson announced after a two hour meeting that a report on bread prices by the registrar may be ready soon. Further rapid inquiry is planned to assess all factors before a possible commissioner inquiry.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Department of Labor
G. D. Robertson
Dominion
Labor Department
Robertson
Herman Trelle Again Wins the Wheat Title at Chicago
Chicago report notes Herman Trelle of Wembley Alberta crowned wheat king at the Chicago International Hay and Grain Exposition for the sixth Canadian victory in 12 years. George Avery of Kelso Sask took reserve champion with Durum while C Edson Smith of Montana yielded top hard red winter. Avery’s soft Durum marked a first major award. Trelle’s samples weighed 67.5 pounds per bushel with perfect uniformity.
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Chicago
Canada
Herman Trelle
Wembley
Alberta
Peace River
Trelle
George Avery
Kelso, Sask
International
C. Edson Smith
Corvallis
Montana
Avery
Bracken cites wheat overproduction as prairie turmoil
Premier John Bracken told Union of Manitoba Municipalities delegates that postwar wheat booms created higher acreages and sevenfold production, depressing prices. He urged calm study of causes, new farming methods, better efficiency, and trade deals to restore markets. He also urged the Dominion to cover old age pensions and relieve municipal health levies.
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Winnipeg
John Bracken
Bracken
Union of Manitoba
Mr. Bracken
Russia
Dominion
Canada backs Britain wheat quota talk in Ottawa
Ottawa officials report Canadian exporters react favorably to a British plan for a quota on Empire grown wheat. Trade minister Stevens notes quotas would shield Canadian wheat in Britain without fixing prices and would affect an estimated 25 to 35 percent of exportable surplus.
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Ottawa
Ont
Great Britain
House of Commons
J. H. Thomas
Dominions
H. H. Stevens
Trade and Commerce
Committee On Economic Co-Operation
Stevens
Britain
Canada
Eckener Links R-101 Disaster to Gas Leak and Fire
Dr Hugo Eckener, renowned Zeppelin expert, testified at the inquiry into the R-101 disaster. He attributed the loss to gas container leakage causing a dive into a French hill and suggested a probable electrical circuit break sparked the blaze.
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London
England
Hugo Eckener
France
Fair dates selected for Canadian exhibitions list
Fair dates are set by the Showmen's League of America and the International Association of Fair and Exhibition Managers. Calgary Exhibition runs July 6 to 11 in Calgary Alberta. Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto runs August 28 to September 12. Edmonton Exhibition runs July 13 to 18 in Edmonton Alberta.
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Chicago
Ills
Showmen's League of America
International Association of Fair and Exposition Managers
Calgary
Alberta
Toronto
Edmonton
National Defense Budget Seen At 690 Million
Washington data shows a proposed defense budget of 690 million dollars for the next fiscal year if Congress follows President Hoover's estimates. The plan signals continued emphasis on military and security funding at the federal level.
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Washington, D.C
United States
Congress
Hoolger
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