Ottawa Parliament to Open Monday for Special Session
Ottawa Ont Parliament will open Monday September 8 in a specially timed session to address unemployment relief and tariff matters. Sir George Perley announced noon opening with a 3 pm formal start and Viscount Willingdon arriving to read the Speech from the Throne. New prime minister addresses and debates by Mackenzie King and R B Bennett are anticipated as a busy businesslike start with no state dinner or drawing room.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Arthur Beaucheffie
House
Senate Chamber
Commons
Viscount Willingdon
Rideau Hall
Mackenzie King
R. B. Bennett
Robert Gardiner
U.F.A
Marathon swimmer Marvin Nelson wins world title and 10000 prize
Marvin Nelson of Towa, formerly Fort Dodge Iowa, won the professional world swimming championship and $10,000 at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto. He completed the 15 mile course in 7 hours 43 minutes 36 15 seconds, set a new world record, and surged from 250 yards behind to finish 500 yards ahead. Nelson, lauded by Toronto's mayor, celebrated with a victory gesture and greeted Isador Sponder as the latter finished seven minutes later.
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Toronto
Ont
Marvin Nelson
Hercules
Fort Dodge
Iowa
George Young
Frank Pritchard
Mendel Burditt
Eli Radakovich
Nelson
Isador Sponder
Spender
Port Colborne
Honey production in Canada tops 15000 tons value over 3.4 million
Canada reports honey output surpassing 15000 tons with a market value exceeding 3.4 million dollars. Production details highlight the industry scale and economic impact across provinces.
Brownlee speaks on immigration and Alberta policy
Premier John E. Brownlee of Alberta told the Simcoe Rotary Club that immigration to the West, especially the Peace River area, must be managed to avoid depres sion and price falls. He defended the Wheat Pool and argued Reds are more common in Toronto and Hamilton than in Alberta. He remained optimistic about Alberta’s future despite current cycles of overproduction.
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Simcoe
Ont
Alberta
Brownlee
Toronto
Hamilton
Western Wheat Pool
Proposed Changes In Homesteading Policies
Saskatchewan Commission presents findings to government on immigration and settlement. Led by Dr. W. W. Swanson the report examines vacant lands and proposes a policy shift to guide development, linking agriculture, settlement, and employment to future immigration plans.
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Saskatoon
Sask
Royal Saskatchewan Commission On
W. W. Swanson
Swanson
Great Discovery insulin highlighted by British delegate
Sir William Taylor of Dublin at the British Medical Association convention in Winnipeg extols insulin as one of medicine’s greatest advances. He says diabetes now controllable and insulin enables operations once unimaginable. he also supports birth control to improve public health.
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Winnipeg
Man
William Taylor
K B.E
C.B
Dublin
Ireland
British Medical Association
Sir William
Enid Gray
Toronto
Banff
Ayrshire
Robert Burns
Burns
James Burns
Robert Gore
Mary Young
Jane Burns
Jane
Canada
Mary
Miss Gray
First air mail from Iceland to Canada arrives in Halifax
Captain Wolfgang Von Gronau and crew aboard flying boat C-1422 delivered mail to D. A. King postmaster in Halifax after a flight from Germany via Iceland Greenland and Labrador. Mail carried in custody of the crew marked a historic air mail route opening from Iceland to Canada August 25.
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Halifax
N.S
Iceland
Greenland
Canada
Wolfgang von Gronau
Greensport
Germany
Labrador
Gronau
D. A. King
Prairie wheat pools set initial payment at 60 cents
Winnipeg reports the 1930 prairie wheat pools initial payment across crops, the lowest in seven years. Wheat 60 cents, oats 30, barley 25, rye 35, flax 1.25, based on No 1 Northern Grade at Fort William. Leaders urged creditors to show leniency to farmers amid low grain values and poor yields.
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Winnipeg
Man
Prairie Wheat Pools
C.W
N.W
Fort William
A. J. McPhail
Canadian Co-operative Wheat Producers Limited
John Bracken
Manitoba
Regina
Saskatchewan
J. T. M. Anderson
McPhail
Bracken
Canada
Dominion
Prairie
Western
Beothic Arctic Steamer Approaches Winter Harbor
Canadian Government Arctic patrol steamer Beothic nears Winter Harbor on Melville Island after a long battle with ice and fog. It carries the 1930 Arctic expedition to re provision the Melville cache established in 1908 by Capt. J. E. Bernier and used for exploration and northern policing.
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Ottawa
Ont
Winter Harbor
Melville Island
North West Territories
Department of the Interior
J. E. Bernier
C.G.5
Canada
Redington Says Canada Outpaces U S in Wildlife Preservation
Colonel Paul G. Redington chief of the U S Bureau of Biological Survey told the 24th annual convention of the International Association of Game Fish and Conservation Commissioners meeting at the Royal York Hotel Toronto that Canada has gone much further than the United States in wildlife preservation especially buffalo conservation.
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Toronto
Ont
Canada
United States
Buffalo
Paul G. Redington
U.S. Bureau of Biological Survey
Royal York Hotel
International Association of Game Fish and Conservation Commissioners
Parachute device tested to lower aircraft safely
Detroit test demonstrates a parachute apparatus carried in a tube beneath the fuselage. It lowered a plane from 2,000 feet over Grosse Ne airport, proving its emergency landing capability in a controlled flight.
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Detroit
Mich
Grosse Ne
Mount Robson First Ascent Climbers Reach Peak
A London England duo N E Odell and C G Crawford and Terris Moore from Haddonfield New York reached Mount Robson summit in a lone ascent. The 12 972 foot Canadian Rockies peak marked a historic climb while Newman D Wasil of Orange New Jersey died in a recent failed attempt.
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Mount Robson
B.C
N. E. Odell
C. G. Crawford
London
England
Terris Moore
Haddonfield
N.Y
Canadian Rockies
Newman D. Wasil
Orange
N.J
Still Holding By-Elections Ottawa Ont Political observers
Political observers in Ottawa Ontario see no immediate path to amending the elections law that would remove the need for cabinet ministers to face by elections upon taking office. A 2 3 year old House of Commons resolution urged dispensing with by elections for ministers. Ontario already eliminated by-elections for ministers.
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Ottawa
Ont
House of Commons
Ontario
Tariff action to protect the fruit growers
Ottawa announces fixed duty values on ten fruits and vegetables imported from the United States to Canada. Values set per pound include apples six cents, cabbages five, cantaloupes thirteen, celery ten, onions four, peaches twelve, pears nine, plums and prunes eight, and tomatoes ten. The measure aims to curb dumping and ensure fair competition for Canadian growers.
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Ottawa
Ont
United States
Canada
E. B. Ryckman
National Revenue
House of Commons
Maritime Provinces
Prairie Provinces
Road to long life shown by medical men
Winnipeg report on the 98th annual British Medical Association meeting outlines paths to longevity. Sir James Purves-Stewart cites heredity as key, but opposes birth control. public hospitals and family doctors are vital. Debates on radium for cancer treatment include Donaldson and Chipman favoring radium, Forsdyke cautious.
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Winnipeg
Man
British Medical Association
Britain
Robert Hutchison
F.R.C.P
London
England
James Purves-Stewart
K.C.M.E
Malcolm Donaldson
W. W. Chipman
Montreal
Sidney Forsdyke
James
Noted Actor Lon Chaney Dies After Gallant Pneumonia Fight
Lon Chaney veteran character actor of motion pictures died at 47 after a week long battle with lobar pneumonia. Born April 1 1883 in Colorado Springs he left school early to work as a tour guide on Pikes Peak and later as a stagehand, earning his first break at 16 as a song and dance performer.
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Los Angeles
Lon Chaney
Lobar
Chaney
Colorado Springs
Colo
Pikes Peak
Stage Hands
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