Leader of CCF Suggests Share Wealth Program
In Ottawa James Woodsworth leader of the CCF urged a share wealth program during the budget debate. He called for conscription of high incomes and production means and attacked the income surtax as a delusion. He noted 11 thousand Canadians earn over 10 thousand yearly, while 80 percent earn 1500 or less. Additional speakers included J A Fraser and Dr F W Gershaw.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
James 8. Woodsworth
CCF
Wader
Mr. Woodsworth
CFF
J. A. Fraser
Cariboo
F. W. Gershaw
Medicine Hat
J. L. Ralston
Gershaw
Scouts Plan Beacon Chain Across Canada for Jubilee
Plans outline a chain of beacons to mark the King’s Silver Jubilee on May 6 with Lord Baden-Powell lighting the mid Canada beacon in Winnipeg. The fire travels east to west from Cape Breton to British Columbia, with 21 rockets fired in royal salute and a twilight bonfire sequence across provinces.
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Ottawa
Canada
Baden- Powell
Winnipeg
Dominion
Boy Scouts Association
Atlantic
Cape Breton Island
Maritimes
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Lord Baden-Powell
mid-Canada
Prairies
British Columbia
Pacific
Officers Named To 1935 Canadian Bisley Team
Brigadier W B Anderson of Kingston district No 3 is officer commanding with Major J T Dempster of the Queen's Own Rifles as adjutant of Canada's 1935 Bisley team. Anderson has held posts in Winnipeg and district 10. The team sails for England on June 14 and returns July 24.
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Ottawa
W. B. Anderson
Military District No
Kingston
Ont
J. T. Dempster
Queen’s Own Rifles
Toronto
Dominion of Canada Rifle Association
Brig. Anderson
43Rd Regiment
Canada
Winnipeg
England
Duke of Gloucester Returns to England After Tour
The Duke of Gloucester returns home to England after seven months abroad in Australia New Zealand and the British West Indies. The Prince of Wales and Duke of York greeted him in Portsmouth to welcome their younger brother.
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London
Duke of Gloucester
England
Prince of Wales
Duke of York
Portsmouth
Australia
New Zealand
British West Indies
New Alberta Professor of Field Crops Appointed
Dr K W Neatby cereal specialist at the Dominion rust research laboratory has been named professor of field crops at the University of Alberta Edmonton. He succeeds Dr Aamodt who moves to the University of Wisconsin. Neatby will leave his current post May 1.
Employment Rise in Canada March 1 1932 Report
Dominion bureau of statistics shows 16 340 more people employed March 1 than Feb 1 across Canada based on 9 062 reports from leading employers. Notable gains in manufacturing 12 903 with textiles and iron and steel rising, plus increases in mining wholesale trade shipping and construction.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
S&5
Trans-Canada Highway Remains Incomplete Across Canada
Ottawa reports about 700 miles of the trans-Canada highway still to be built with gaps in Ontario and British Columbia. Ontario gaps include Schreiber to White River about 125 miles at 35 000 dollars per mile and a Schreiber to North Bay route estimated at 10 million dollars. In British Columbia gaps run from Canoe to Goldstream 35 miles and 16 miles south of the Canoe river with costs around 24 000 dollars per mile plus 45 000 dollars to bridge the Canoe river.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Ontario
British Columbia
Schreiber
White River
North Bay
Canoe
Columbia Rivers
Goldstream
Canoe River
Revelstoke
Demand Overtaking Supply in North American Oil
Counsel C H O Halloran warned during the British Columbia fuel commission sessions that consumption outstrips supply. He cited US coal reserves about 3.5 trillion tons and 4,800 years of supply at current use, gas enough for 20 years, and petroleum at 13 billion barrels equal to 14 years of demand. He warned oil could be exhausted in a few years. Macdonald suggested gasoline from coal as a future possibility, noting Ottawa research efforts.
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Victoria
North America
C. H. O'Halloran
M. A. Macdonald
British Columbia
Mr. O'Halloran
United States
Justice Macdonald
Research Council
Ottawa
Workers Warned Under British Columbia Minimum Wage
Hon. G. S. Pearson, minister of labor, announced prosecutions for workers who knowingly accept jobs paying less than the BC minimum wage. The warning targets enforceable pay standards and aims to curb underpay practices.
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Victoria
British Columbia
G. S. Pearson
Ontario moves Dionne quintuplets under royal guardianship
Royal assent in Ontario grants special ward status to the Dionne quintuplets until age 18. Lieut Governor Herbert A. Bruce signs the bill. Minister of Welfare David A. Croll named special guardian with power to appoint guardians Oliva Dionne and Dr A A Dafoe. The minister controls the babies person and estate and must approve all contracts.
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Toronto
Ontario
Herbert A. Bruce
David A. Croll
Oliva Dionne
A. A. Dafoe
John Buchan Named Canada's Next Governor General
John Buchan is chosen as Canada’s next governor general amid remarks of pride and long familiarity with Canada. The appointment makes him the first commoner in the role since 1867, with possible later elevation to the peerage. His prior duties include lord high commissioner of the Church of Scotland assembly and parliamentary service for the Scottish universities. He and his wife Susan have three sons and a daughter.
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London
Canada
John Buchan
Buchan
Lord Bessborough
Church of Scotland Assembly
Duke of Kent
Oliver Cromwell
Commonwealth
Helen
John Masterton
Broughton Green
Peebleshire
Susan Charlotte
Norman Grosvenor
Bessborough
England
House of Commons
Jobless Riot in Toronto Rioters Attack Relief Offices
A 500-strong unemployed mob in York township raided relief offices, shattered windows, and hurled bricks and bottles at police for nearly an hour. Six officers were injured but none seriously, thirteen protesters were arrested and held without bail on charges of obstructing police, assault, or inciting to riot.
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Toronto
York Township
New Members Appointed Ottawa
The government appointed four new members to the Canadian pension commission. Appointees are Dr Frederick C. Bell Vancouver Charles D. Crowe Guelph Ont Antoine Chasse Ottawa and Dr Seymour G MacKenzie Halifax. They will serve two years from April 1 with an annual salary of $6,000.
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Ottawa
Canadian Pension Commission
Donald M. Sutherland
Frederick C. Bell
Vancouver
Charles D. Crowe
Guelph
Ont
Antoine Chasse
Seymour G. MacKenzie
Halifax
Pension Board
Canada Net Debt Rises Over 1928 Total
Ottawa reports the net debt of Canada at 2 847 678 000 dollars in a House of Commons return. The figure shows an increase of more than 500 million dollars from 1928 when debt stood at 2 296 850 232 dollars.
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Ottawa
Canada
House of Commons
Training Farm Purchased Near Whitby Ontario
Col. W. C. H. Wood announced the Army and Navy Veterans in Canada bought a 115 acre training farm near Whitby Ontario for ex service men. Experts from the Ontario agricultural department will conduct courses and the association will provide livestock while focusing on truck gardening as part of an experimental effort to ease unemployment among veterans.
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Ottawa
W. C. H. Wood
Dominion
Army and Navy Veterans
Canada
Ontario Agricultural Department
Col. Wood
Whitby
Ont
Toronto
Hitler pressing for return of lost territory and major concessions
London and Berlin reports quote Reichsfuehrer Hitler seeking an economic union with Austria, restoration of Pomorze, return of Czechoslovakian lands with 3.5 million Germans, and naval parity. He demands military equality with Britain and France, and cautions Moscow diplomacy amid ongoing talks. Sir John Simon notes Britain backs an eastern pact except for the naval issue.
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London
Great Britain
France
Soviet
Russia
Germany
Berlin
Hitler
Sir John
Moscow
Capt
Eden
Reich
League
Japan defends Pacific mandates amid league departure
Tokyo asserts continued possession of its Pacific islands and Manchuria, calling the mandates strategic lifelines. Premier Okada and naval leaders insist on keeping the Pacific possessions as permanent empire units, despite international friction after leaving the League of Nations. No other power yet challenges Japan’s title.
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Tokio
Japan
League of Nations
Equatorial
Pacific
League
Manchuria
Keisuke Okada
Germany
Pacific Ocean
Road Scheme For Alberta Edmonton
Alberta aims a 10 million dollar five year highway program funded 50-50 with federal aid. The plan, presented by Hon. J J McLellan, increases main highway funding to 1 million next year and district highways by 500 thousand. Fifty miles near Edmonton and Calgary ready for paving. Calgary-Edmonton route likely targeted. West of Strathmore and Cochrane to be rushed when weather allows.
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Edmonton
Alberta
J. J. McLellan
Calgary
Strathmore
Cochrane
North Haven Sails to Build Trans-Pacific Way Stations
The steamer North Haven transports 6000 tons of cargo to lay out miniature cities on remote islands as aviation way stations for the Pacific. The 118-man, all-male crew heads to Midway and Wake Islands, 1323 and 1191 miles from Honolulu respectively, to establish bases with prefabricated buildings and supplies.
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San Francisco
North Haven
Midway Islands
Honolulu
Wake Island
Midway
Germany Denies Offer of Air Force to Ethiopia
Berlin reports the German foreign office denied claims that Germany offered a military air force and experts to Ethiopia. A spokesman said such an act could be seen as direct hostility to Italy and that Germany remains strictly neutral.
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Berlin
Germany
Ethiopia
Italy
Viscount Byng Nearing Return From Illness
Viscount Byng, once seriously ill in Pasadena after a heart attack, is described as virtually recovered and planning to depart for England soon.
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Pasadena
Calif
Viscount Byng
Canada
England
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