Independent Retailers Urge Inquiry Into Operation
Ottawa reports independent retailers would welcome an inquiry into their condition and methods of operation. George S. Hougham, secretary of the National Retail Trade Federation of Canada, says such an inquiry would expose advantages used by major chains and could lead to rules enforceable on both chains and independents. The probe may expand to textiles, agriculture implements, and gasoline pricing under an amended order in council.
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Ottawa
Epreate and Mans Buying Commission
George S. Hougha
Toronto
National Retail Trade Federation of Canada
Hougham
Canada
Mail
Hampire
Order
Commission
Arms Situation Official Seeks Hard Peace Approach
The Foreign Secretary Sir John Simon was urged to engage only with representatives who share Britain’s views and grievances. The speaker warned that nations must arm and be ready to endure hard negotiations, saying there can be no compelled peace if others refuse to cooperate and that defeat is unacceptable in pursued peace.
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Sir John Simon
Farm Club Movement Teams Arrive for Royal Winter Fair
Toronto hosts 32 two member farm club teams competing in livestock and field crop projects in national club contests linked to the boys and girls farm club movement. Only two girls join the teams this year, Bernice Hornbrook of Sussex Poultry Club Sussex New Brunswick and Louise McDermot of Hazelridge Poultry Club Hazelridge Manitoba.
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Toronto
Bernice Hornbrook
Sussex Poultry Club
Sussex
N.B
Louise McDermot
Hazelridge Poultry Club
Hazelridge
Man
Meisner Identified as Kidnapper in Ontario Case
John Labatt a London brewer named David Meisner as one of three men who abducted him on a western Ontario road last August and held him for nearly 60 hours before release near Toronto. Meisner committed for trial at next assizes after preliminary hearing. Antigonish NS Dr Donald F MacDonald, St Francis Xavier, granted leave to report on a new oil discovery in central Saskatchewan, plans westward trip.
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John Labatt
London
De‘clares Meisner
Antigonish
Donald F. ‘MacDonald
St. Francis Xavier University
United States
Saskatchewan
Churchill Elevator Praised by Ship Captain in Montreal
Captain Arnold Taylor, master of the 8.8 Alma Dawson, lauds Churchill Elevator as second to none for efficiency and equipment. He notes Russian ports lack grain elevators as advanced as Churchill and credits resident engineer George Kill for the improvement.
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Montreal
Caureni
Arnold Taylor
Taylor
Alma Dawson
Manitoba
Churchill
George Kill
Ottawa Officials Propose Civil Service Voter List Reforms
Secretary of State C H Caban urged removing civil servants from voters lists to shield them from politics at the Civil Service Federation of Canada meeting. He also suggested voluntary curtailing of the lunch period and middle rank staff undergoing re examination to prove ongoing fitness and efficiency.
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Ottawa
C. H. Caban
Civil Service Federation of Canada
Public works program on the agenda at cabinet meeting
Ottawa cabinet members met in two brief sessions to discuss routine matters with public works program as the main topic. The report notes attendance and routine discussions, with unclear secondary items due to garbled text.
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Cabinet Coonell
Selon
Ottawa
New Development In Disposal Of Western Grain Surplus
Winnipeg grain exporters confirm sale of 600000 bushels of low grade Canadian wheat for animal feed in the United States marking a new development in disposing of Western Canada surplus grain. The shipment is valued at about 390000 dollars on Fort William basis with farmers receiving roughly 250000 after freight rates commissions. Frost damaged wheat from the prairies mainly from northern Saskatchewan and the Peace River area in Alberta comprise the shipments. Alberta feed shipments to drouth areas are anticipated once rail rates are settled. George Hoadley says sale details are arranged and rail freight negotiations continue in the south.
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Winnipeg
United States
Western Canada
Fort Whain
Prairies
Saskatchewan
Peace River
Alberta
Calgary
George Hoadley
Trade and Industry
Remains House Leader Hon George S Henry Endorsed
Hon George S Henry former premier was endorsed as house leader by Ontario Conservatives for the next legislature. Members urged a provincial convention on June 31 after the session to discuss leadership and policy. Karl Homuth urged Henry to resign and reorganize the party. Conservative candidates in the June 19 election would be summoned to a conference with Henry and his followers before the session to discuss party questions. Henry agreed to the plan.
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George S. Henry
Ontario
Toronto
George & Henry
Karl K. Homuth
South Waterloo
Henry
Fog Cost Three Lives Paralyzes UK Transportation
A thick fog across the United Kingdom cost three lives and halted transport in many regions. In Derby two railway guards unloading race horses were killed. A motorcyclist died at Kettering. Six fishing vessels collided off Lowestoft. Ships waited at Greenock and ports along the Bristol Channel, Mersey, and Clyde.
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United Kingdom
London
Bristol
Glasgow
Derby
Kettering
Lowestoft
Liverpool
New York
Greenock
Bristol Channel
Mersey River
River Clyde
Dublin
Belfast
New Farm Policy Aims For Every Soviet Farmer Cow
Moscow reports a new step to give every collective farmer a cow financed by 25,000,000 roubles. State farms will sell 180,000 cattle, 600,000 sheep and 250,000 pigs to collective stock farms by year’s end, with 30 to 60 percent cash and the rest in two to four years. State farms also sell 300,000 calves, 1,200,000 pigs and 200,000 lambs to individual collective farmers, aided by 7,000,000 roubles in government funding.
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Moscow
Canadian Chamber Urges Shareholders On Central Bank Elections
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce offers services to Bank of Canada shareholders in selecting directors for the new Central bank. In a letter to all shareholders it urges deferring nominations until national bodies such as the Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce can assist in preparing a state.
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Canadian Chamber of Common
Montreal
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Bank of Canada
Board of Trade
Chamber of Commerce
Winnipeg Bread War sparks action appeal to Bracken
Winnipeg chain stores blamed for harsh baking conditions and a bread war. The Retail Merchants' Association urged Premier Bracken to enforce labor and health rules to aid independent bakers. They cited Alberta measures and undercut pricing driving long hours and wage cuts, with bread as low as two loaves for five cents.
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Winnipeg
Retail Merchants’ Association
Premmier
John Bracken
Alberta
Trades and Industries Act
Ontario Liberals back Roebuck labor code plan
Premier Hepburn announces cabinet approval of proposed labor legislation by Attorney-General A W Roebuck. He says the measure, not a price fixing code, aims to raise worker social standards and curb cut-throat competition while avoiding any element of compulsion.
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Toronto
A. W. Roebuck
Ontario
Liberals
Mitchell F. Hepburn
United States
Hepburn
Canadian girl joins British Honduras board of education
Miss Ethel L. Alexander of Amherstburg Ontario becomes a member of a board of education in British Honduras. Her father J. H. Alexander is a prominent Amherstburg resident. The move sets a precedent for cross jurisdiction educational service.
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Aherstburg
No Justification For War Talk Says Dominions Secretary
London reports say Britain failed to sway United States at two power naval talks over proposed compromises. Churchill urged rapid airpower buildup to avert war while Newport Secretary J H Thomas of the Dominions denied any continental commitments and pressed for an arms export licensing policy review.
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Dominions
London
Great Britain
United States
Japan
Washington
Winston Churchill
Winston
Britain
Newport
J. H. Thoman
Thomas
New Bank Shares Listed Ottawa-Pear Bank Par Value Rise
The Bank of Pear shares sold to the public at par value recently began trading in Ottawa. Despite only a few weeks on the market the stock rose from 505 par to about 56, with small investors owning more than 50 shares in some cases. Interest at a rate above statutory limits is noted.
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Dominion Experim Farms
Experimenal Farms
Ottawa
Bank of
Pear Aa Ree Loan Eoe
Plague Of Hoppers Threatens Australian Crops
The government reported a grasshopper plague in Sydney and across Australia with swarms stripping districts of crops and even laundry. Early October warnings led to farm co operation in nationwide poisoning of immature insects, a move cited as halting disaster but requiring ongoing control efforts.
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Sydney
Australia
Farm Tra
War on Insect Pests Ottawa Finns Conference
Ottawa hosts a Dominion conference on November 6 to review insect control work and plan future measures across Canada. Entomological officers from field stations will gather, with grasshopper control in prairie provinces a key topic. Past years have been tough as grasshoppers threaten western grain fields next year.
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Ottawa
Atlantic
Pacific
Canada
Department of Agriculture
Prairie Provinces
Printing Voters Lists In Ottawa By Government Bureau
The government printing bureau will start printing voters lists next month, a major undertaking involving over 6,000,000 copies. An additional 3,000,000 copies may be produced if names are reorganized by consecutive street numbers.
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Ottawa
Government Printing Bureau
Substantial Improvement Shown In Railways Earnings
Earnings of Canadian National and Canadian Pacific are rising with an estimated $30 million uplift in the current year. The CN alone may gain about $9 million, reducing the railway deficit to around $47 million. National revenues for the first seven months are $26 million higher, with a projected year-end surplus on ordinary accounts despite higher debt and old age pensions costs.
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Canadian National
Canadian Pacific
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Farm Club Movement
Meisner
House
New Farm Policy
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France
Pierre Etienne Flandin
Papa” Doumergue
Edouard Herriot
Cain
Ation
Naval Conversations
Iain
New Bank
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