Decline in Assisted British Migration to Dominions
London reports a pronounced decline in assisted migrants leaving Britain for the Dominions over the past four years blamed on weaker economic conditions. Canada received 27 615 migrants in 1927 and 21 615 in 1929, Australia 20 126 and 11 525, New Zealand 4 446 and 1 849 respectively. Canada shows the smallest drop. Imperial Conference committees near draft report stage as disarmament talks progress and Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald holds informal talks with Dominion leaders to ease the conference path.
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London
England
Britain
Overseas Settlement Committee
Imperial Conference
Dominions
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Imperial Conference Committees
Forming Farm Boards in Prairie Provinces
All three prairie provinces plan farmer aid boards to ease financial distress from low grain and livestock prices. Saskatchewan has a debt-adjustment bureau, Manitoba establishes a parallel board for credit distribution, and Alberta announces the formation of an agricultural development board to assist needy farmers.
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Winnipeg
Man
Prairie Provinces
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
Agricultural Development Board
Sir Arthur Currie To Visit British India
Ottawa Ont The Dominion Government has asked General Sir Arthur Currie commander in chief of the Canadian forces in the war to represent Canada at the inauguration ceremonies for New Delhi as the capital of British India and the opening of the new government buildings He has accepted and will undertake the mission.
Widow Grace Connors offers million-dollar mansion for cancer research
Mrs Grace I Connors widow of William J Connors Sr a Buffalo newspaper publisher financier and political leader offers to convert her $1,000,000 Long Island mansion into a leading cancer research institute. She made the offer to Drs Walter B Coffey and John Humber of San Francisco noted for cancer research discoveries.
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New York
Soprano Galli-Curci Injured In Car Crash Near Birmingham
Opera star Ametita Galli Curci and husband Homer Samuels were badly bruised when their car overturned near Birmingham while en route to Kings Norton. The chauffeur swerved to avoid another vehicle and lost control.
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Birmingham
Eng
Mme
Ametita Galli-Curci
Homer Samuels
Kings Norton
Palestine Jews Reject British Policy in Palestine
The National Council of Palestine Jews, after an eight hour meeting, unanimously decided to reject the British policy statement on Palestine and to decline participation in the proposed legislative council.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
National Council of Palestine Jews
Legislative Council
Two Fishermen Drown As Magnus Tug Burns on Lake Winnipeg
On October 22 the gasoline powered tug Magnus, owned by Armstrong Gimli Fisheries, caught fire off Gimli. Four fishermen leaped into Lake Winnipeg. Captain William Bjarnson and Engineer Joe Bell were drowned. Martin Johnson and Ole Kardell were rescued by the tug Goldfield, while the Magnus sank. The crew and vessel are a total loss.
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Winnipeg
Man
Lake Winnipeg
Gimii
Magnus
William Bjarnson
Joe Bell
Goldfield
Embargo on War Munitions to Brazil Issued
President Hoo ver issued a proclamation embargoing shipments of war munitions to Brazil except for the Federal Government at Rio De Janeiro. The move follows a request by Brazilian ambassador S Gurgel Do Omaral and signals U S support for the Rio de Janeiro government against rebels. No shipments have been made to the rebels, per the State Department. Secretary Stimson notes the ambassador calls the embargo prudent, reflecting recognition of the uprising as a grave threat to the federal regime.
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Washington, D.C
Hoover
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
S. Gurgel Do Omaral
United States
State Department
Stimson
Automobile production dips in Canada in September
Ottawa reports fewer cars produced in September than any month this year, with 7,957 units. Dominion Bureau of Statistics notes a 19 percent drop from August and a 42 percent decline from September 1929, while nine month output totals 138,622 cars versus 233,853 a year earlier.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Early Winter Strands RCAF Flying Boats at Ladder Lake
Surprise October blizzard at Ladder Lake air base Prince Albert Saskatchewan trapped four flying boats including the Vickers Vancouver 14A in ice. Pilots and mechanics labored waist deep in ice water to free the aircraft. Aircraft normally flown to Winnipeg for winter. this year they will be beached until spring.
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Northern Air Base
Prince Albert
Sask
R.C.A.F
Ladder Lake Air Base
Vickers-Vancouver
Winnipeg
Veteran Saddiemaker Quick Celebrates 11th Birthday
Vancouver seniors and friends honor Dad Quick on his 11th birthday. The veteran saddiemaker recalls many historical events since leaving Taunton England years ago and settling in Vancouver, B C.
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Vancouver
B.C
Quick
Citzen
Taunton
Somertshire
England
Alberta lieutenant governor to serve until 1931
Hon William Egbert remains lieutenant governor of Alberta through April 1, 1931 after Ottawa extended his five year term which expired in October. He agreed to stay on as Premier Bennett is in England and advised by Ottawa he should continue in office.
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Edmonton
Alberta
William Egbert
Ottawa
Bennett
England
Return Flight Postponed for Capt Errol Boyd Ring England Flight
Captain J. Errol Boyd and Lieutenant Harry P. Con mor have postponed their Atlantic return flight to next spring. They originally planned to use the monoplane Columbia, which will be owned by Boyd and Conner after Sher win Cottingham bought it from Charles A Levine and gifted it with the condition they do not fly the Atlantic again this year. The pair will sail to Canada on October 21 and return to England in the spring.
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London
England
J. Errol Boyd
Harry P. Conmor
Atlantic
Harbor Grace
North Atlantic
Sherwin Cottingham
Montreal
Charles A. Levine
Boyd
Conner
Canada
Provinces Fight Over Constitution Change At Imperial Conference
London reporters note Canada presses provincial rights in the Imperial Conference committee under Lord Sankey. Maurice Dupre supports Premiers Ferguson and Taschereau that provinces must be consulted before amending the British North America Act. Debate centers on consultation methods and precedent rather than immediate issues.
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London
England
Imperial Conference Committee
Lord Sankey
Canada
Maurice Dupre
Ferguson
Taschereau
Ontario
Quebec
Taschereauy
British Airship Workers Await R-101 Inquiry
Eight hundred workers at Cardington England and their families face an anxious period awaiting the air ministry decision on airship development after the R-101 disaster. Secret officials' meeting and rumors of a 20 percent labor cut heighten concern as delay in the official inquiry draws newspaper criticism.
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Cardington
England
Royal Airship
Air Ministry
Customary Two Minutes Silence Observed on Armistice Day
Ottawa initiates Armistice Day observance with a two minutes silence at 11 a m on Tuesday November 11 1930. The Prime Minister's office issues a statement inviting Canadians to partake in the commemorative moment sanctioned by His Majesty the King.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Photograph Captures Total Eclipse At South Pacific Island
After weeks of patient waiting the small island of San Ninafou in the South Pacific saw 41 photographs of a total solar eclipse taken successfully on October 21.
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Ninafou Island
South Pacific
Shamrock V Reaches Home After Brutal Atlantic Crossing
Shamrock V arrives in Southampton weather beaten and seasick from a crossing that kept the crew at standstill much of the voyage. The steering wheel was washed away 24 hours out of Bristol, Rhode Island. Captain William Greenock says the voyage was no pleasure cruise and plans to dock for winter at a shipyard. All aboard reported well.
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Southampton
Eng
Atlantic
Bristol
Rhode Island
William Greenock
America
Railroad unions push six hour day to save jobs
In Cleveland, seven railroad labor unions of Canada and the United States led a movement for a six hour working day without pay cuts. Officials estimate the plan could employ 50,000 men currently unemployed in railroading. A nationwide campaign will be mapped at a 700-representative Chicago meeting on November 12.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Canada
United States
Chicago
Canada to Showcase at Chicago Grain and Hay Show
Canada plans a strong presence at the International Grain and Hay Show in Chicago from November 29 to December 6. Entries arrive from distant regions including New South Wales, with Saskatchewan’s James A. Paur earning first entry honors in rye and wheat classes.
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Chicago
Ills
Canada
New South Wales
Saskatchewan
James A. Paur
Langham
Paur
George Avery
Kelso, Sask
W. G. Gibson
Ladner
B.C
William Darnbrough
Laura, Sask
Joseph H. B. Smith
Wolf Creek
Alberta
S. Lacombe
Birtle
Manitoba
Eddie J. Shank
Athabaska
G. J. Christie
Ontario Agricultural College
Guelph
Ont
Canadian Co-Operative Wheat Producers, Limited
Canadian National Railways
Canadian Pacific Railway
Quebec
Ontario
Sakatchewasan
British Columbia
Calgary Board of Trade
B. H. Heide
North America
New Zealand Butter Hit by Canadian Dumping Duty
Canadian customs assessed a 40 cent per 46 pound box dump duty on 38 000 boxes of New Zealand butter arriving in Niagara on October 11 plus the standard duty. The duty equals about 16 000 on 2 000 000 pounds, tied to a lower invoice price versus New Zealand market price. A future change requires the Trade Commissioner in New Zealand to report the day of shipment market price to set accurate valuations.
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Vancouver
B.C
New Zealand
Niagara
E. B. Ryckman
National Revenue
Customs Department
Grain Grading High Northern Wheat Grades Coot
Grain grading at Prince Albert elevators is higher than expected after rains. At the Pool elevator loads threshed recently are moving as No 2 Northern or No 3 with minimal sprouting. Officials estimate the average around No 3, likely to hold after threshing resumes. Garnet remains strong at No 2 Northern and well-filled crops should reach No 2.
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Prince Albert
Sask
Will Open Textile Mill Ottawa firm seeks skilled workers
An English company that bought a Carlton Place textile plant plans to reopen the Ottawa mill, hire 360 workers, and import about 25 specialists from its home plant to produce woollen coatings and other cloth not previously made in Canada.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Carlton Place
Nurses Save Child's Life in Mississippi Car Crash
Nurses at St Elizabeth Hospital worked in two hour relays to hold pressure on an incision in the external jugular vein of nine year old Josephine Jarvis of Lebanon, Mississippi after glass from a windshield severed the vein and a facial artery branch during a collision involving her mother.
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Belleville
Trs
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Josephine Jarvis
Lebranon
Jarvis
Threshing Resumed in Edmonton Amid Poor Crop Outlook
Edmonton reports threshing has resumed as weather allows. Minister of Agriculture George Hoadley says another poor crop comeback would be registered if sunshine continues, with some localities already re-starting threshing per department reports.
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Edmonton
Alberta
George Hoadley
Bank Honors Old Notes Scarboro Ont
A local bank in Scarboro Ontario accepts a roll of defunct notes from a customer. The bills from merged banks including Ontario Sterling Farmers Home and Merchants Bank will be honored by the institution.
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Scarboro
Ont
Ontario, Sterling, Farmers, Home and Merchants Bank
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British India
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Buffalo
Galli
Curci
W. ON
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Toronto
Fier
Harry Connor
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Cornwall
Croydon
Ramsay MacDonald Wright
Great Britain
R. B. Bennett
Foreign Office
Duc Lly
Shamrock
N.Z
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