World Wheat Surplus Forecasts Steady From Last Year
Rome reports the world carryover of wheat on August 1 will total about 1.1 billion bushels, roughly unchanged from 1933. The World Wheat Advisory Commission notes optimistic crop-year prospects to reduce stocks, with Canada planning acreage cuts and export-quota controls under London agreement and proposed national wheat board.
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Rome
World Wheat Advisory Commission
Canada
John I. McFarland
Winnipeg
Mr. McFarland
Prairie Provinces
Dominion
National Wheat Board
Japanese Tennis Star Jiro Sato Dies In Suspected Suicide
Reports from Singapore say Jiro Sato the renowned Japanese tennis player took his own life by leaping from the liner Hakone Maru after sailing from Singapore. Suffering a nervous complaint for some time he was ill during the voyage to Europe with Japan's Davis Cup team. He disembarked then re embarked after telegraphic urging from Japanese tennis authorities.
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Tokyo
Jiro Sato
Hakone Maru
Singapore
Sato
Japan
Europe
Iceland Volcano Eruptions Shake Eastern Region
Eruptions at Skeidararjoekuil intensified and sent ash over eastern Iceland. Rumblings were audible up to 155 miles away. Explosions centered beneath the Media Vatnajoekul glacier north of the Skeidara river, with the nearest village 31 miles to the south.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Skeidara
Demand For Wheat Fort William
Export orders for wheat show brisk movement as shipping season opens at Fort William elevator and shipping offices. N. M. Patterson and Co. report 15,000,000 bushels sold locally.
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Fort William
N. M. Patterson and Co
Detroit price hikes hit all General Motors units
Rising wages and higher materials costs pushed automobile prices upward across General Motors Corporation. The Detroit area reports the impact stretched to every GM producing unit, signaling broader inflation pressure in the auto sector.
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Detroit
General Motors Corporation
Winnipeg Premier Bill Sent Back For Revision
The Manitoba Legislature amendments committee approved the emergency wheat control bill with a key change. The clause allowing court review of wheat board orders was altered to require a fiat for court action, mirroring Saskatchewan practice. A separate motion seeks a Dominion minimum wheat price of 63.02 gold cents per bushel for No 1 Northern basis, yielding 105 percent at Liverpool or 90 cents at Fort William.
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Winnipeg
John Brecen
Manitoba
Who
Wheat Control Board
Bracken
Saskatchewan
Wheat Board
Dominion
Douglas Campbell
Lakeside
C.F. Liverpool
Liverpool
Fort William
Fortune Awaits Disposition of James Hudson Estate
A vast fortune from James Hudson, built in James Bay fur trade, awaits chancery settlement in England. Direct heirs Moses Frost of Port Arthur and Mrs. John Peever of Vancouver, grandson and granddaughter, seek developments after the buckskin will was lost or stolen in 1867, delaying the estate.
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Fort William
Canada
James Hudson
James Bay
Moses Frost
Port Arthur
John Peever
Vancouver
England
Manitoba Beer Bill Passes Third Reading in Legislature
After three hours of debate the bill amends the Government Liquor Control Act to permit beer depots for case sales in licensed hotels. Hon. W. J. Major argues wider beer selling facilities curb bootleggers. Dinsdale's motion to delete the beer depots clause fails 30-10. no recorded vote on third reading.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
W. J. Major
George Dinsdale
Brandon
Grain moisture testing urged by province committee
Edmonton notes that A B Claypool told the agriculture committee moisture testing of grain should be expanded by the Canada grain board and that an intermediate grade for tough wheat be explored and applied if feasible. The committee observed grading and selling fall under federal regulation and not provincial jurisdiction.
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Edmonton
Agriculture Committee
A. B. Claypool
Canada Grain Board
Provincial Marketing Board Fdmonton First Reading
Premier J. E Brownlee introduced a bill in the Alberta legislature to implement federal legislation. The measure seeks to grant the provincial government authority to bring by proclamation any portion of the Dominion Marketing Act into effect.
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Fdmonton
Alberta
J. E Brownlee
Elimination of Losses Through Research Work
Dr. H. M. Tory reports that Canada’s research council reduced annual losses for wheat farmers in Manitoba and Saskatchewan by developing rust immune wheat strains. Since 1916 total rust losses reached 600 million dollars, with newer strains to be distributed soon. Other gains include halting Maritime fish product deterioration after a 5 thousand dollar cost and cutting Western grain price losses from damp grain after a 3 million dollar potential loss.
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Toronto
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Research Bureau of Canada
H. M. Tory
Ontario Educational Association
Tory
Federal Department of Agriculture
Canada
Research Council
Maritime Provinces
Dr. Tory
Education deemed national duty in talks at teachers’ meeting
Hon. Dr. G. M. Weir, B C minister of education, told 1 000 delegates that elementary education should be federally funded half by the federal government. He urged greater centralization in educational control and finances and predicted the B N A Act would be amended within 10 to 25 years without reference to the imperial parliament.
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Vancouver
British North America
G. M. Weir
British Columbia
B.C
Teachers’ Federation
Weir
Kidd Retires as Ontario Legislature Speaker After Five Sessions
Hon. Thomas Ashmore Kidd retires from the Speakership as the Ontario Legislature dissolves. He leaves without illness or absence after five sessions, a record considered enviable, regardless of the next provincial election outcome.
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Thomas Ashmore Kidd
Ontario
Colonel Kidd
Why science is worth while in modern life
Dr. H. M. Tory of Canada's research bureau told Ontario high school principals the advance of science shapes intellectual life social welfare and material progress. He argued unemployment is a key problem and claimed scientific effort has outpaced economic structure due to industrial stupidity greed and nationalist policies.
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Toronto
H. M. Tory
Research Bureau of Canada
Ontario Educational Association
Tory
Tales Of The North Quebec Odysseys Of Klondyke Sourdoughs
Tales of the north country and the Klondyke Yukon odysseys were recalled at the 35th annual Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy meeting. Prospectors attended as symposiums on prospecting drew former pan-sifters recounting early survival struggles.
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Quebec
Klondyke
Yukon
Canada
Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Pan
Cripps argues monarchic unity with socialism
Sir Stafford Cripps, leader of the English Labour party, said in Montreal that the English crown and Socialism are not incompatible and that England would be better off as a hereditary monarchy even if the country became Socialist.
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Montreal
England
Stafford Cripps
Labor Party
Pattullo to Visit Ottawa for BC Cabinet Talks
Premier T. D. Pattullo announced plans to travel to Ottawa later this month to confer with the federal cabinet on matters concerning British Columbia.
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Victoria
T. D. Pattullo
Ottawa
Federal
British Columbia
War on bootleggers Eamonton bill extends liquor board powers
The provincial government introduced a bill to expand the liquor control board authority. It would allow extending store closing hours beyond 8 p.m. to curb bootlegger sales and revise permit fees from current rates to a discretionary, possibly lower, single permit class set by the lieutenant governor in council.
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Eamonton
Liquor Control Board
World Leaders Seek Pact to Boost Wheat Prices in Rome
Experts gather in Rome to discuss an international wheat export limit pact and a minimum price raise of 25 to 35 percent. Britain, France, Germany back the idea. Argentina doubts practicality. the US links price to acreage reductions. Canada supports leading the Aug pact with Wheat boards under the Natural Products Marketing Act. McFarland named Canadian representative to Rome.
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Rome
Advisory Commission
Associated Press
Great Britain
Canada
Australia
France
Germany
United States
Italy
McFarland
Winnipeg
Stand USA Stance on Punitive Action in Disarmament Pact
British and League diplomats discussed the U S position on punitive measures against a European violator of a disarmament treaty. They sought clarity on whether Washington would refrain from interfering before Britain commits to sanctions, while France and Britain remain divided over guarantees ahead of the Geneva conference steering committee.
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London
United States
League of Nations
Norman H. Davis
Great Britain
France
Britain
Paris
Geneva
Alberta Plans Bar On Outside Competition
Premier Brownlee announced in the house on second reading of the Bureau of Trade and Industry Act that the modified code would give Alberta power to prevent an outside business from entering the province and competing with existing local firms.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Brownlee
Bureau of Trade and Industry
New Northern Empire Edmonton Prophesied by Explorer
D Ardy Arden predicts vast northern empire around Edmonton with 100000 population within 20 years. Arden, pioneer prospector and trader, arrived by airplane from Great Bear Lake mineral area and reports a new pitchblende strike on Beaver Lodge Lake 100 miles south of Cameron Bay, likely the richest in the northern field.
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Edmonton
D'Arcy Arden
Great Bear Lake
Arden
Beaver Lodge Lake
Cameron Bay
Kitsilano Boys Band Plans England Tour This Summer
Arrangements completed for the Kitsilano Boys band of Vancouver to tour England for several weeks and possibly continental engagements. About 45 members depart June 25 touring Banff Calgary Swift Current Moose Jaw Winnipeg Montreal before sailing July 6 from Montreal.
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Vancouver
B.C
Kitsilano Boys
England
Banff
Alto
Calgary
Swift Current
Sask
Moose Jaw
Winnipeg
Montreal
Compromise Farmers Debts Bill Moves in Manitoba Legislature
A Manitoba bill to facilitate compromise of farmers debts received second reading. Introduced by Attorney-General W J Major, it aims to provide an inexpensive route for farmers to seek bankruptcy and debt relief ahead of anticipated Dominion legislation. The measure would supplement forthcoming federal rules.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
W. J. Major
Canadian Guides Seek 18 Year Old For Swiss Encampment
Girl Guide leaders from each province recommend an 18 year old first class Guide to Canadian headquarters for selection as Canada's representative to the international encampment at the Guide chal l Adelboden Switzerland in July.
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Toronto
Canada
Adelboden
Switzerland
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Provincial Marketing Board
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Advance
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Kingsley Wood
Robert Archdale Parkhill
Cairo
Alberta Liquor Control Board
U. S
Bill
Continent
Girl Guides
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