Window glass duties revoked in Canada after price concerns
Ottawa reports the government has revoked higher duties on window glass approved at the last parliament session. The action aims to protect consumers from rising prices as complaints indicated prices had doubled since the special session. No Canadian factories produced glass at required scale, and the move reverts rates to pre session levels with specified tariffs for various sheet sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ognt
George Perley
Canada
House of Commons
Bennett
Libbey-Owens Sheet Glass Company, Ltd
Submarine Venture Hopes For Polar Reach
Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson arrived on the Majestic and touted submarines as safer and more practical than aircraft to reach the North Pole. He predicts Sir George Hubert Wilkins will pursue an underwater polar crossing, counters myths of icebound seas, and says Arctic development will expand human growth with secure supplies and new fields for exploitation around Hudson Bay, Russia, and Siberia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Vilhajalmur Stefannson
Majestic
North Pole
Stefannson
Cambridge University
Sir George Hubert Wilkins
Polar Cap
Arctic
Pole
Globe
Wilkins
Canada
Hudson Bay
Russia
Siberia
City Council backs meat inspection system vote
Regina council sub committee on meat inspection approved establishing a meat inspection system after meeting with representatives from surrounding municipalities and livestock and butcher associations at City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
Sask
Lahore assassination case defendants sentenced in 1928 crimes
In Lahore a special tribunal convicted three of aiding the 1928 police officer murder and sentenced them to death. Seven other defendants received life transportation for their roles in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lahore
India
Work On Bay Line Satisfactory
The Past Man-Returning from his first trip to Churchill cites government plans to open the route in September 1931 for tests on exports and imports. Hon R J Manion says criticism is unfounded and praises the roadbed, Churchill superintendent George Kidd and staff for their efficient handling, noting much work completed by the interior department and the C N R.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill
R. J. Manion
Seaboard
George Kidd
Department of the Interior
C.N.R
Canadian Good Roads leader urges unified transport policy
Kelowna, B C. S L Squires of Toronto, chairman of the Canadian Good Roads Association, told the annual convention of the Good Roads League of British Columbia that federal, provincial and municipal authorities must work together to solve transportation problems. He said good roads are reshaping Canada’s national life and business by making distance measured by time as East and West grow closer through fast autos and better highways. He opposed commercializing roads to compete with railways, while acknowledging railways gain traffic from improved highways.
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Kelowna
B.C
S. L. Squires
Toronto
Canadian Good Roads Association
Good Roads League of
British Columbia
Canada
Squires
Preference For Canadian Goods
Canadian Chambers of Commerce agricultural committee concludes that if Canadian consumers favor Canada produced goods and farmers diversify to supply markets with good Canadian demand, the grower’s return will improve notably. The finding was presented to the convention of the chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Chambers of Commerce
Toronto
Agricultural Committee
Majority Of Women Voters In England and Wales
The registrar general reports 362000 more female voters than men in England and Wales. London city is the only metropolis with more men than women. In South Kensington women outnumber men by over two to one, while working class areas show the fewest women voters.
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England and
Wales
London
England
South Kensington
Valve damage diverts traffic in Welland Canal
Downbound vessels were diverted to the old canal at Thorold after extensive damage to two valves at Lock 7. Excessive air pressure on the valves is blamed for the accident, delaying traffic through the Welland Ship Canal.
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St. Catharines, Ont
Welland Ship Canal
Thorold
Return From North Winnipeg North Drill Operator Reaches City
R G O Johns ton of North Winnipeg, reputed to be Canada’s farthest north drill operator, has arrived from Hudson Bay work 300 miles north of Churchill. He was in a party held up two weeks by equinoctial gales while descending from the claims.
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Winnipeg
Man
R. G. O. Johnston
Canada
Churchill
Hudson Bay
Aviation League urges stronger Canadian aviation support
General J. J. MacBrien, president of the Aviation League of Canada, urged government restraint from tasks best handled by commercial aviation. He called for progressive policies, development of airways and airports, support for manufacturers, amalgamation of small firms, and expanded aeronautical education to solidify the industry. He predicted Ottawa to Winnipeg air mail within two years.
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Toronto
Ont
J. J. MacBrien
Aviation League of Canada
Canadian Chambers of Commerce
MacBrien
Dominion
Ottawa
Winnipeg
Aids To Beauty Costly Washington DC Worth Billions
U S beauty aids including rouge powder bath salts creams soap lotions and other preparations total hundreds of thousands of tons annually costing about 250 million dollars per year. The Beau tician business in the United States is worth about 1 billion dollars yearly per C C Concannon of the Department of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
United States
C. C. Concannon
Department of Commerce
Power Shortage Threat From Low Winnipeg River Levels
Manitoba faces potential power shortages as Winnipeg River water levels fall. Winnipeg Electric, Suburban Rapid Transit, and Winnipeg Selkirk and Lake Winnipeg Railway urge customers to stop using electric water heaters for the winter to conserve electricity.
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Winnipeg
Man
Winnipeg River
Manitoba
Winnipeg Electric Company
Winnipeg Electric
Suburban Rapid Transit Company
Winnipeg, Selkirk and Lake Winnipeg Railway
Lay Heavier Steel Saskatoon Line Upgrade
One hundred men began work on the Canadian National line between Melville and Watrous Sask to replace 85 pound rails with 100 pound rails over a 28 mile stretch. The upgrade is part of a 140 mile CN program. District engineer A M MacGillivray says heavy traffic and large engines justify the change and work will not disrupt traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatoon
Sask
Melville
Watrous
Canadian National Railways
A. M. MacGillivray
C.N.R
MacGillivray
Air Minister Leaves Will Before Dirigible Flight
London reports that Air Minister Lord Thomson prepared a will before the B-101 dirigible voyage to India. The document, witnessed by two air ministry officials, left all possessions to his brother Col Roger Gordon Thomson and ordered it kept in a safe and destroyed if he returned.
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London
England
India
Lord Thomson
Air
Col
Roger Gordon Thomson
Air Ministry
Mapping the Moon at Mt Wilson Observatory
A new astronomical survey at Mt Wilson Observatory adapts airplane map making photography to view the moon from space like positions thousands of miles above its surface. The method aims to capture lunar areas impossible to image from Earth, offering direct side views of the moon’s face.
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Mt. Wilson
Cal
Moon
Mt. Wilson Observatory
Earth
Japan Seeks Increased Trade With Canada
In Toronto Japan’s envoy Hon I M Tokugawa urged expanded Canada Japan trade at a Canadian Chamber of Commerce dinner hosted by Ontario. He noted Canada’s protection of its rising industries and outlined trade growth with the Orient since 1913, stressing mutual policy rights and potential new or larger Japanese goods entering Canada in the future.
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Toronto
Ont
Japan
Canada
I. M. Tokugawa
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Ontario
Dominion questions on Empire tribunal and British nationality
In a Lords committee led by Lord Sankey, two constitutional issues dominate Dominion concerns. first, an Empire tribunal of appeal with panels from Britain, the Dominions and India. second, whether a common British nationality should cover all dominions or seven separate nationalities. Maurice Dupre backs a hybrid national framework linking wider British nationality to a dominion, with Australia likely supporting Canada.
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London
England
House of Lords
Lord Sankey
Dominions
Empire Tribunal of Appeal
Maurice Dupre
Canada
Sankey
Empire Tribunal
Britain
India
British Commonwealth
Dupre
Court of International Justice
Irish Free State
The
Hague
the Hague
Downing Street
United Kingdom
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Commonwealth
Milling tests show high grade wheat in Western Canada
Canadian Wheat Pool laboratory tests on 1,700 western samples indicate top wheat grades are excellent with 10.5 percent No 1 hard and 46.5 percent No 1 Northern. Protein averages 12.9 percent, about 0.5 below 1929 crop, and test weight is below normal in Manitoba and southern Saskatchewan though Saskatoon and Calgary show steadier weights. All samples mill well producing good colored flour.
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Winnipeg
Cereal Laboratory
Canadian Wheat Pool
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Saskatoon
Calgary
Dunning Named Director and Vice-President at Ontario Equitable Life
In Waterloo the Ontario Equitable Life and Accident Insurance Company announces that Hon. Charles A. Dunning former minister of finance has been elected a director and vice-president. He will be actively involved in the company’s work and continues his duties as a member of parliament.
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Waterloo
Ont
Ontario Equitable Life and Accident Insurance Company
S. Cc. Tweed
M.L.A
Charles A. Dunning
Dunning
Ottawa
House of Commons
Schooling Still Being Opposed By Doukhobors
In Victoria B C Hon Joshua Hinchcliffe reports interior Doukhobor dis orders and a few radicals still oppose schooling but overall community adoption of Canadian education is strong with schools full and some enlargements needed about 40 radical children are absent and the Education Department plans action to educate them.
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Victoria
B.C
Joshua Hinchcliffe
Department of Education
Direct Parcel Service Linking Canada and Cuba Signed
A postal treaty providing direct parcel post exchange between Canada and Cuba has been signed and will take effect soon. Postmaster General Hon Arthur Sauve announced that previously parcels had to be routed via England or France.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Cuba
Arthur Sauve
England
France
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Minister of Railways
Welland Canal
E. Leslie Burgin
M.P
Melville and
Sir Henry Thornton
Montreal
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