Welfare drive echoed in Canada appeal by Lord Tweedsmuir
Lord Tweedsmuir and the Federated Welfare Services of Canada urged public support for a welfare drive. He praised private philanthropy, noted the storm of unemployment and distress, and warned that state action alone cannot meet all needs.
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Ottawa
Federated Welfare Services of
Canada
Lord Tweedsmuir
United Kingdom
Excellency
Britain
Lord Tweedamuir
Drouth
Radium monopoly seen in Canada future says Dr Laurence
Dr G C Laurence told the Engineering Institute of Canada luncheon that radium monopolies shifted with new finds. He cited Czechoslovakia Colorado and the Belgian Congo as past holders and said Canadian radium from Great Bear Lake has challenged Belgian control and lowered prices, potentially giving Canada the world monopoly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada
G. C. Laurence
Engineering Institute of Canada
Laurence
Czechoslovakia
Colorado
Belgian Congo
Great Bear Lake
Toronto calls for ban on Sunday paper over private life row
A Toronto Beaches branch of the Canadian Legion passed a resolution urging the removal of a New York Sunday paper from Canada. They condemned the paper’s references to the private life of the king as derogatory and distasteful.
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Toronto
Tratch
Canadian Legion
New York
Canada
Crerar cites mining as key to Canada’s economic recovery
Minister of Mines T A Crerar returns from western Canada praising mining’s role in economic revival. He toured Central Patricia Red Lake districts in Ontario and Bridge River Trail in British Columbia by air, stressing cheaper transport as essential. He notes gold output this year near 135 million dollars, about triple 1929 levels adjusted for price.
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Ottawa
T. A. Crerar
Mines and Resources
Canada
Crerar
Russia Ready to Quit Spanish Non Intervention Pact
Moscow signals readiness to exit the non intervention pact and send warplanes to support Madrid as insurgents close on the capital. Kremlin officials call recent developments the gravest days in Europe in two decades and fear a drift toward another world war.
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Moscow
Russia
Madrid
Kremlin
Italy
Germany
Europe
Josef Stalin
West Canada deemed among world’s richest regions
Rev. A J Vining of Toronto told the Baptist convention that western Canada is potentially one of the richest countries. He cited new opportunities for economic expansion in the northern regions of the three prairie provinces and reported 52,000,000 acres of valuable agricultural territory available for cultivation. The remark highlighted growing awareness in Europe and the United States of Western Canada’s prospects.
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Western Canada
Montreal
United States
A. J. Vining
Toronto
The
Baptist Convention of
Ontario
Quebec
Canadian Prairie Provinces
Western Mission Board
Aiready
Goods For Wheat Exchange Discussed By Scottish Co‑op Leaders
Robert Murray director and R W Leckie secretary director of the Scottish Co operative Wholesale Society Glasgow said a barter exchange of goods for Alberta wheat would be very acceptable if proper financial arrangements could be made. D Muir flour mills manager and grain buyer accompanied the Glasgow directors who arrived from Saskatoon on their annual Canadian tour.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Robert Murray
R. W. Leckie
Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society of Glasgow
D. Muir
Glasgow
Saskatoon
Montreal Surgeon Leads Medical Aid to Madrid
Dr. Norman Bethune, Montreal surgeon and head of the Canadian medical mission to Spain, conferred with Spanish Loyalist leaders before departing for Madrid with large quantities of medical and surgical supplies. He said he goes to aid 1,000,000 in need, not for adventure, and plans to airlift into besieged Madrid.
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Toronto
Norman Bethune
Montreal
Spain
Madrid
Refugee Ship Gallant Arrives with 123 Civil War Evacuees
The British destroyer Gallant arrived from Malaga carrying 123 refugees, mostly Spaniards fleeing the civil war. The destroyer Grafton debarked 22 more refugees at Cartagena.
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Gibraltar
Gallant
Malaga
Grafton
Cartagena
Colorado Mary Breadwell Killed in Denver Snowstorm Crash
Mary Breadwell 6 a University of Colorado author and social director died in a Denver automobile collision during a blinding snowstorm. Two men died of injuries from a separate crash near Trinidad Colorado identified as C R Garton 42 of Elkhart Kansas and Boni facio Vigil of Weston Colorado.
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Mary Breadwell
University of Colorado
Denver
Trinidad
Colo
C. R. Garton
Elkhart
Kas
Bonifacio Vigil
Weston
Fifteen year old Roland Munroe Jr Convicted in Death
A Chicago jury sentenced fifteen year old Roland Munroe Jr. to 199 years for beating an elderly crippled widow to death using her cane. Jurors deliberated just over three hours and rejected defense claims of insanity based on his effeminate behavior and grooming.
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Chicago
Roland Munroe, Jr
Munroe
Italo-German Youth Aims to Resist Bolshevism Rally
Bal dur Von Schirach announced a plan to weld Italo-German youth into a European resistance bulwark against Bolshevism at a rally in Berlin with 20 000 Hitler youths and Ciano present. An Italo-German youth leadership institute will be founded in Rome and Berlin to exchange leaders and share cultural and economic achievements.
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Berlin
Baldur von Schirach
Galeazzo Ciano
Hitler
Rome
Italy
Germany
Spain
Madrid
Konstantin von Neurath
Geneva
League of Nations
Europe
Stranded on Great Slave as Sub-Arctic Crew Awaits Freeze
Twenty four men aboard the motorship Silver Queen are ice-locked on Great Slave Lake near Fort Resolution in the Northwest Territories. The crew faces weeks of confinement awaiting the northland freeze-up and possible relief plans failed by unfavorable weather. Captain H. L. Sacret and crew are to endure until late November around November 21, with Edmonton out of reach and two pilots unable to depart from Fort Smith.
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Great Slave
Lake
Fort Resolution
N.W.T
sub-Arctic
Great Slave Lake
Edmonton
Fort Smith
H. L. Sacret
Court Mourning Ends as London Society Prepares Autumn Festivities
Royal mourning for the late King George has ended and society hostesses rush to organize an autumn season of theatre receptions and balls. King Edward and the Duke of York have numerous engagements, while in mid November the King will visit mining towns in Wales to meet poorer subjects.
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London
Royal Court
King George
George
King Edward
Duke of York
Wales
Cargo Of Foodstuffs Sails From Leningrad To Spain
The Turkish steamship Turksib, sailing from Leningrad to Spain, carries 3000 tons of flour 1000 tons of sugar 800 tons of cod fish 500 tons of candies 200000 boxes of canned foods and 10000 boxes of clothing. The goods were purchased by subscriptions from Russian workers for Spanish civil war victims.
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Leningrad
Spain
Moscow
London
Hamburg
Federal grant aids Alberta drought relief in prairie area
A federal grant of 1 800 000 dollars was provided to cover Dominion expenditures for feed and free freight to relieve the drought hit area in Alberta until March 1 next. John Vallance, chairman of the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act committee, announced the aid after discussions with provincial officials. M Mann of Regina, the committee’s technical agricul tural expert, is supervising the relief efforts across the three prairie provinces. Vallance and Mann are touring points to assess needs and provide guidance.
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Edmonton
Dominion
Alberta
John Vallance
Vallance
M. Mann
Regina
Drouth
Prairie Provinces
Valiance
Mann
Barter Fashion Sways Insurance Deal in Wingham
In Wingham Ontario a farmer agreed to swap a cow for an insurance policy after an agent’s gaudy red broadcloth shirt drew attention. The farmer insisted the shirt be included in the bargain before signing the policy.
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Wingham
Ont
First Wheat Shipment From Western Canada Historic
Sixty years ago the first wheat shipment from western Canada left Winnipeg. Richard Speer then 12 sat on a load of wheat bound for the market. At the Winnipeg Grain Exchange he received a walking stick as President W J Dowler marked the jubilee. The initial shipment totaled 857 1 6 bushels bought from Red River valley farmers at 5 cents a bushel.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Richard Speer
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
W. J. Dowler
Red River Valley
Comprehensive Defence Plans for Canada Outlined
Ottawa officials debate wide scale reform of national defence with emphasis on air power and coastal ships. Plans call for a stronger air force and expanded destroyer flotillas, possible cruisers, and coastal defence boosts to deter ocean invasions. Total service expenditure rises by about five million dollars this year from 1934–35 estimates.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Geneva
Ian Mackenzie
National Defence
Canada
United States
Pacific
Atlantic
Britain May Purchase Planes From the U S
London reports Britain plans to buy United States aircraft for the Royal Air Force due to domestic production limits. Rumors say orders for 300 planes were placed with Canadian branches of US firms and shipments would come directly from the Dominion. The Air Ministry’s stance remains unsettled as talks consider American designs.
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London
Great Britain
United States
Royal Air Force
Havas
Air Ministry
England
Dominion
Britain
United States Army
Navy
New York Times
Martin
Curtiss-Wright
Plenty Of Work Goderich Ontario Workers Say
Bruce county youths Harold McArthur Harold Cannon and Alvin Boettger travel in an old car through Goderich on their way home from five months on the prairies. They report steady work in Alberta and Manitoba with pay of 1.50 a day plus board for general labor and 2.50 for threshing, and they were paid in cash.
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Goderich
Ont
Canadian West
Bruce County
Port Ellgin
Prairies
Harold McArthur
Harold Cannon
Alvin Boettger
Rimbey
Alta
McArthur
Bruce Township
RCMP Detachment To Exhibit At National Horse Show
A unit of 37 Royal Canadian Mounted Policemen led by Inspector A T Belcher will arrive in New York on November 2 to perform a nightly exhibition ride at Madison Square Garden during the National Horse Show, November 4 through 10. Sergeant H J Soame, riding instructor of N division in Ottawa, trains the detachment.
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New York
Royal Canadian Mounted Policemen
A. T. Belcher
Madison Square Garden
H. J. Soame
Soame
N” Division
Ottawa
Indian student aims for bar in Ontario training effort
Mrs. J. D. Detweiler of London Ontario said at Windsor Brantford chapter meeting the IODE is supporting a full-blooded Indian student who is studying at Osgoode Hall in Toronto and expects to be called to the bar this year. The trainee is under the education program of the provincial Daughters of the Empire.
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Windsor
Ont
Brantford
Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire
J. D. Detweiler
London
I.C.C.E
Osgoode Hall
Toronto
Stalin Might Attend Moscow Military Review in November
Stalin, reportedly in good health, was expected to remain in Moscow for the November Red Square military review near the Black Sea. US reports of him planning an operation in November were ridiculed by authoritative quarters.
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Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Haliday
Black Sea
Red Square
Stalin
United States
America
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