Churchill port contracts reveal $550,000 rail link project
Ottawa announces contracts for Churchill power equipment and generator room gear. Babcock Willcox Goldie McCulloch of Gait Ontario will supply boiler house gear, C A Parsons, Toronto and Newcastle on Tyne, England, will provide generator room equipment. Progress in Churchill port development continues with 600 feet deep water dock planned by 1932 and about 2,000 workers on rail and port work amid a hot summer season.
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Ottawa
Ont
Department of Railways
Canale
Churchill
R. J. Manion
Babcock, Willcox, & Goldie - McCulloch, Limited
Gait
Parsons Company, Limited
Toronto
Newcastle-on- -Tyne
England
Hudson Bay Railway
New Zealand Butter Cargoes Rushed to Canada Before Duty
Two Pacific liners head for Vancouver with New Zealand butter shipments to beat a four cent per pound tariff set to take effect. The R.M.S. Aorangi carries 8,277 boxes for landing and 1,900 for Victoria, with the R.M.S. Niagara due October 10 delivering a further unknown quantity. Markets expect heavy butter demand in the days before the tariff is imposed.
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Vancouver
B.C
New Zealand
R.M.S
Bootlegging Of Grain Targeted By Manitoba Wheat Pool
Manitoba Wheat Pool sought eleven interim injunctions before Justice Donovan to stop what it calls bootlegging. Sale of grain by pool members to non-pool purchasers breaches the five year contract, triggering the action.
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Winnipeg
Man
Wheat Pool
Manitoba Wheat Pool
Justice Donovan
Chambers
Sixty Bushels To the Acre Prince Albert
Threshing was halted by rain as reports pour in of record wheat yields. R J Burke of White Star and A Chambul of Foxford claim Garnet fields yielded 60 bushels per acre, while Joe Guedo from this district reports 5 bushels per acre.
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Prince Albert
R. J. Burke
White Star
A. Chambul
Foxford
Joe Guedo
Graf Zeppelin Visits Moscow on Official Soviet Tour
The Graf Zeppelin made its first official visit to Moscow landing at October field greeted by red flags and bands playing proletarian airs. After a brief stay it departed for Germany. Dr Hugo Eckener welcomed by Soviet aviation officials.
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Moscow
Russia
October Field
Germany
Hugo Eckener
May Give Up Flying Plan Says Kingsford-Smith
London reports Wing Commander Charles Kingsford Smith, the Australian aviator who recently crossed from Europe to the United States, has abandoned his homeward flight to Australia and has quit flying entirely on doctor’s orders.
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London
England
The
Daily Herald
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Europe
United States
Australia
Wheat crop forecast for Canada reaches new highs
Canada’s wheat yield is projected at 354.8 million bushels with 262 million from the three prairie provinces. Spring wheat totals 364.5 million nationally. last year’s spring crop was 284 million and total wheat 304.5 million. Weather marks have been favorable for harvest with minimal frost damage and early market activity. Inspectors note grain quality ahead of last year.
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Ottawa
Canada
Prairie Provinces
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Oakville youths smash car journey record Toronto to Vancouver
Dick Henry and Vernon Dynes, both of Oakville Ont, completed a Toronto to Vancouver automobile run in 95 hours 15 minutes, surpassing the fastest train time of 85 hours. They left Toronto Thursday at 11 p.m. and arrived Monday night at 6:30. Their route went through Sault Ste. Marie Emerson Manitoba Crow's Nest Pass and the Rockies to Vancouver.
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Vancouver
B.C
Toronto
Oakville
Ont
Dick Henry
Vernon Dynes
Sault Ste. Marie
United States Territory
Emerson
Man
Crow's Nest Pass
Rockies
Dunning May Return To Public Life In Ottawa
Ottawa reports the former Minister of Finance C A Dunning who was defeated in Regina may resume public life. Observers note Rt Hon W L Mackenzie King referenced familiar figures absent from the Commons as he spoke on the throne address, reflecting Dunning's prominence as a Liberal debater in the last parliament.
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Ottawa
Empress of Japan Sets Trans Pacific Steamship Record
The Canadian Pacific steamship Empress of Japan arrived in four days fifteen hours and fifty minutes from Victoria B C to Honolulu, a 2329 mile run that breaks the trans Pacific record. On her maiden voyage she earlier set a record from Yokohama to Victoria in eight days six hours and twenty seven minutes, August 22. The record had stood seven years.
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Honolulu
Victoria
B.C
Empress of Japan
Yokohama
Japan
Totem Pole Gift for Hoover Joins Parade Entrants
Denali Post of Anchorage Alaska plans to present President Hoover with a one foot high totem pole carved from a walrus tusk. The gift arrives as Hoover reviews the Veterans of Foreign Wars parade in Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Hoover
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Denali Post
Anchorage
Alaska
Ottawa hospital shifts to eight hour nurse day
The Ottawa Civic Hospital board of trustees will implement an eight hour day for staff nurses. Three shifts will operate daily replacing the former two 12 hour shifts to relieve unemployment pressures.
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Ottawa
Ogopogo Denial Sparks City Meeting Vote
Vernon delegates promised a sight of Ogopogo after Hamilton Ontario reports denied violent death. The Union of Canadian Municipalities voted unanimously to meet next year in the sea serpent city, prompting prompt action in broadcasting denials.
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Hamilton
Ont
Vernon
B.C
Ogopogo
Union of Canadian Municipalities
Sea Serpent City
Big Wheat Yield Reported Near Lancer Saskatchewan
The district harvested the largest crop on Mrs. F. E. Spence's farm three miles northwest of town. The average yield reported for the Seld area was 60 bushels of wheat per acre.
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Lancer, Sask
F. E. Spence
First Russian Wheat Arrives in Scotland To Scotland
London reports the first Russian wheat shipment to Scotland since the war. Seven thousand quarters arrived at Leith for the Scottish Co operative Wholesale Society amid reports of Russia’s food shortages despite the campaign.
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London
England
Russia
Leith
Scotland
Scottish Co-Operative Wholesale Society
Winnipeg to Hudson Bay Railway Short Route Mentioned
Ottawa considers including a 20 million dollar national undertaking expenditure for the Mafeking cut-off in Manitoba to the Hudson Bay Railway. The plan expects work on the Winnipeg to Hudson Bay link to begin this fall, signaling progress on the northern route project.
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Winnipeg
Bay
Ottawa
Mafeking
Manitoba
Hudson Bay Railway
United States Moves to Halt Immigration
Washington announces stricter immigration enforcement to curb unemployment. Conferences will be held in Winnipeg and Vancouver with three overseas meetings for consular officers. London, Stuttgart, and Warsaw host sessions for England, Ireland, Europe, and Nordic regions. Ottawa notes surprise but expects limited cross border emigration. policy requires aliens to prove not public charges.
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Washington
D.C
State Department
Hoover
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Foreign Service
Minnett
B. Davis
Dominion
London
England
Ireland
France
Germany
Switzerland
Austria
Sweden
Italy
Czecho-Slovakia
Jugo-Slovia
Stuttgart
Poland
Finland
Tatvia
Europe
Warsaw
United States
Ottawa
Colleges For Firemen Future Fire Fighters Train In Profession
Winnipeg fire chiefs heard Chief Ralph J. Scott declare that future fire fighters should be graduates of fire colleges with specialized training in all phases of the profession. He noted the idea had backing from the international convention and cited the Los Angeles Fire College as a model in instruction methods.
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Winnipeg
Man
Ralph J. Scott
International Association of Fire Chiefs
Fire Chiefs
Birmingham
Ala
Los Angeles
Cal
Fire College
South African Swimmer Peggy Duncan Crosses English Channel
Nineteen year old Peggy Duncan, a South African swimmer, completed the English Channel crossing from Cape Gris Nez to South Foreland in 16 hours and 15 minutes. She aimed to beat Gertrude Ederle's record of 14 hours 25 minutes but fell short.
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Dover
England
Peggy Duncan
English Channel
Gertrude Ederle
Miss Duncan
South Foreland
Cape Gris Nez
France
Miss Ederle
Saskatchewan Timber Cut Licences Halted By Dominion Order
Premier of Saskatchewan requests halt on licenses and permits for cutting railway ties pulpwood and other timber in the province until October 1 when Saskatchewan assumes administration of its natural resources. Dominion Interior Minister Thomas G Murphy orders the stoppage.
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Ottawa
Population Jump in Toronto Reported at 621596
Assessment commissioners report shows Toronto’s population rising by 15226 in the past year, bringing the total counted residents to 621596. Local officials note steady growth and emphasis on services to match the increase.
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Toronto
Ont
Assessment Commissioners
Canadian Ace Killed Near Fort William Ontario
Captain James A. Dickie a Canadian war flyer died when the Gypsy Moth plane he piloted crashed in rough forest land ten miles from Fort William. Eighteen year old Marion Swain, who was with him, is in critical condition in hospital. Miss Swain recently earned her student pilot license. Dickie, named secretary of the Flying Clubs Association of Canada, was a Fort William Flying Club instructor and former Winnipeg resident who ran a local drug store before moving to the lake head six years ago and marrying Miss J Burnett recently.
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Fort Willam
Ont
James A. Dickie
Marion Swain
Dickie
Wes
Miss Swain
Capt
Flying Clubs Association of Canada
Fort Wiliam
Golf Marvel Consecutive Hole-In-One Title
Saskatoon couple R L Penny and his wife claim a consecutive hole in one title at Waldron Sask. Penny struck from the fifth on Stella course and watched the ball drop in the cup. His wife followed with a drive and a swift putt to match, Mrs Penny noting the prowess of women at the tee.
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Saskatoon
Waldron
Saskatchewan
R. L. Penny
Mr. Penny
Stella
Mr.Penny
Mrs. Penny
Federal plan to provide work for unemployed in Canada
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Bennett outlining a $20 million program to create jobs through public works, highway connections, and railway projects. The plan would aid provinces, fund municipal relief, and may include customs changes to reduce unemployment, with current jobless estimates around 117,000 rising toward 177,000 in winter.
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Ottawa
R. B. Bennett
House of Commons
House
Bennett
Peace River
Dominion
Canada
Briand Urges United Europe Within League of Nations
French foreign minister Aristide Briand urged a closer federal bond among European states as part of a proposed federation within the League of Nations. He said the plan seeks peace and denies opposition to the United States, noting twenty seven nations have studied and endorsed the idea and calling for action to accomplish peace.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Aristide Briand
Assembly of the
League of Nations
United States
M. Briand
League of ‘Nations
Ottawa aims to use more domestic coal nationwide
In the House of Commons Premier R B Bennett said the government seeks an arrangement to ensure Canadian coal from Nova Scotia Alberta and British Columbia is used within Canada. He noted that coal transportation subsidies had lapsed and negotiations continue to secure domestic coal utilization.
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Ottawa
Ont
House of Commons
R. B. Bennett
Nova Scotia
Alberta
British Columbia
Canada
Grain Exports From Vancouver Show August Surge
Grain exports from Vancouver during August totalled 2,933,519 bushels, about 600,000 higher than August 1928, when shipments reached a peak of 95,000,000 bushels from this port. Exports to the Orient last month amounted to 550,732 bushels, versus 680,221 in August two years ago.
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Vancouver
B.C
Orient
Starving Boys Steal Biscuits in Montreal
Three youths, unable to buy food, stole three boxes of soda biscuits from a Montreal grocery. They were arrested and sent to juvenile court. Police found their homes in squalor and confirmed extended starvation after exploring their living conditions.
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Montreal
Que
Romanian Leader Titulescu Elected League President
The 11th Assembly of the League of Nations elected Michelas Titulescu as president. Titulescu, previously Romanian minister at St James, won 46 votes from 50 valid ballots. Other candidates and votes were not disclosed.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Assembly of the League of Nations
Michelas Titulescu
M. Titulescu
St. James
Typographical Union Plans 1931 Boston Convention
The 1931 convention of the International Typographical Union will meet in Boston, decided at the 57th annual convention in Houston.
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Houston
Tex
International Typographical Union
Boston
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Graf Zeppelin
L. FE. Atkinson
Oxford House
Lake Winnipeg
General Council of the United Church of Canada
Stouffville
Victoria College
Africa
Diana Manners
New York
Alfred Duff Cooper
D.S.O
Viscount Ednam
William Ward
Windsor Street
Nipigon Bungalow Camp
Diana
Fort William
Briand
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