Great Powers Hold Back on Action Over Austrian Crisis
London reports Britain France and Italy, backing Austria’s new head of government Prince Ernst von Starhemberg, will refrain from joint action in the Austro German situation. They say Nazi damage to themselves shows weakness and favor letting the Nazis stew in their own juice. Munich notes rumors of 20000 to 50000 Austrian Nazi storm troop mobilizations amid Mussolini’s 48000 troops nearby. Berlin indicates Franz von Papen will be sent as special envoy to Vienna and may step down as Saar commissioner temporarily.
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London
Great Britain
France
Italy
Ernst von Starhemberg
Engelbert Dollfuss
Pewwers
Austria
Themerly
Dollfuss
Germany
Munich
Berlin
Franz von Papen
Vienna
Hitler
von Papen
Switzerland
Saar
Made Clean Sweep Saskatoon Herd Classes Shine
Stock from H R H Prince of Wales farm High River swept the herd classes at Saskatoon exhibition. In individual classes F H Deacon of Unionville Ontario won premier honors capturing grand championships male and female with senior champions. E P Ranch led in younger animals with reserve grand in juniors and headed the female two year olds. Duncan Campbell Farms Moffat Ontario took reserve female and T A Russell Downsview Ontario the senior reserve male.
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Saskatoon
H.R.H. Prince of Wales
High River
F. H. Deacon
Unionvile
Ontario
E.P. Ranch
Duncan Campbell Farms
Moffatt
T. A. Russell
Downsview
Britain’s Farm Policy Seen Sharpening Empire Ties
Oxford England British policy to boost domestic production draws questions for the overseas empire. Stanley Bruce Australian high commissioner says Britain must have healthy agriculture and receive Dominions cooperation. He envisions Britain as the hub of a group of agricultural nations exchanging products for British manufactured goods.
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Oxford
Eng
Britain
Stanley Bruce
Royal Empire Society
Dominions
Steamers Collide in St Lawrence River
The Lady Somers of Canadian National Steamships West Indies service collided with the Terrebonne moonlight pleasure cruiser in the St Lawrence River. No one was injured. The Lady Somers sustained negligible damage while the Terrebonne was crushed at the bows.
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Montreal
Lady Somers
Canadian National Steamships West Indies Service
St. Lawrence
Terrebonne
British Minister to Austria Heads for Vienna
Sir Walford Selby British minister to Austria cuts his holiday and travels to Vienna to survey the situation personally and report back to foreign secretary Sir John Simon.
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London
Walford Selby
Austria
Vienna
John Simon
Dominion Agricultural Credit to Back Stock Feeders
The Dominion Agricultural Credit Corporation plans advances to stock breeders and farmers to carry young cattle through winter. Directors meeting in Regina approved the policy, aiming to place 5 000 to 10 000 cattle on feeder farms in Saskatchewan and Alberta. W W Sharp urges action to unite feedless breeders with cashless farmers.
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Regina
Dominion Agricultural Credit Corporation
Saskatchewan
Alberta
W. W. Sharp
Stettler
Alta
Fed
Famine In Russia Aids Urged From Canada
Dr. E Ammende secretary of the international aid committee spoke in Montreal urging surplus grain to Russia. Clergymen in Western Canada showed interest. He claimed 5 000 000 have died since 1933 and warned of a coming famine near the Black Sea ports of Odessa and Rostov, with redistribution noted.
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Montreal
Russia
E. Ammende
International Aid Committee
Canada
Black Sea
Odessa
Rostov
Alberta wheat pool closes 1933-34 payments to members
Cheques representing final cash payment on the 1933-34 voluntary pool have been mailed to all participating members by the Alberta wheat pool. No aggregate amount announced. Final No. 1 Hard payment 18.317 cents per bushel bringing total 68.317 cents. No. 1 Northern 15.063 cents bringing total 65.063 cents. Initial 1934-35 pool delivery payment set at 35 cents per bushel for now.
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Calgary
Alberta Wheat Pool
No. 1
No. 1 Northern
Possible goodwill flight eyed for Alaska bomber unit
May go to Russia option discussed for 10 U S Army bombers based in Fairbanks Alaska. Lieut Col Henry Arnold flight commander says three week stay will include extensive aerial photography and military surveys. War department approval awaited to authorize Bering Sea crossing.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Bering Sea
Siberia
United States Army
Henry Arnold
War Department
Indian to Become Priest in Oblate Order
Rev Patrick Mercredi, the fourth Cree Indian to join the Oblate priesthood, visited Montreal en route to Normandia Alberta for ordination by Mgr Breynat. Born in Normandia he studied at Mackenzie district Indian schools Edmonton and St Laurent Manitoba. He has just returned from France where he completed theological studies.
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Montreal
Patrick Mercredi
Normandia
Alberta
Mgr. Breynat
Mercredi
Mackenzie District
Edmonton
St. Laurent
Man
France
Vancouver BC Salmon Pack Reaches 1,003,929 Cases
The Vancouver merchants exchange reports BC canned salmon pack for the year ending June 30, 1934 totalled 1,003,929 cases, up from 830,256 cases in the previous year.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
German Minister Recalled Over Vienna Intervention
Germany recalled Herr Reith the German minister to Austria after his unsanctioned Vienna actions. Reports allege Emil Fey, then prisoner, phoned from Ballhausplatz to seek safe border assurances for Nazi plotters and engaged in personal negotiations to avert a blemished outcome.
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Berlin
Herr Reth
Austria
Vienna
Fith
Ballhausplatz
Emil Fey
Reith
England Sees Heavy Rain and Lightning Havoc
England endured tropical storms with downpours across London and towns. Hammersmith Bridge was struck by lightning, cables beneath it caught fire, and a suburban hall was struck setting it alight. Flooding damaged homes and shops as traffic and rail services were disrupted.
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London
England
Hammersmith Bridge
Europe Gripped by Austria Crisis After Dollfuss Death
European capitals show tense concern over Austria losing independence after Chancellor Dollfuss's assassination. Paris, London, Rome and Berlin report heightened diplomacy and speculation, with Vatican condolences and Bavarian stormtrooper activity tied to Vienna news. Public sentiment across Italy and the Little Entente centers on fears of broader conflict.
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London
Europe
Austria
Serbia
Paris
France
Rome
Praha
Czecho-Slovakia
Germany
Berlin
Vatican City
Dollfuss
Munich
Vienna
Bavaria
Italy
New Alberta Minister Named Lands and Mines and Municipal Affairs
Hon Hugh Allen is appointed as minister of lands and mines and municipal affairs in the re organized Alberta cabinet. Born in Stella Ontario he is a chemistry graduate who farmed in the Peace River country and was elected MLA for Peace River in 1926 and acclaimed for Grande Prairie in 1930.
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Alberta
Stella
Ontario
Allen
Peace River
Grande Prairie
R. J. M. Parker
Saskatchewan
Liberal
J. M. Uhrich
Dr. Uhrich
Deserts Spread Across Manitoba Crops In Drought
A Manitoba agriculture summary notes a desert like strip 20 to 40 miles along the U S border with almost no good grain fields. Drought driven by soil drifting grasshoppers and hot winds has withered crops. wheat may yield five to ten bushels an acre while oats and barley struggle for seed. Northern and eastern Manitoba show improvement with better conditions but demand more rain.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Red River Valley
Japan Makes Final Offer on Chinese Eastern Railway Dilemma
Tokyo reports a final offer to Moscow demanding a yes or no on transferring the Chinese Eastern railway in Manchukuo. The 13 month talks center on Moscow's answer affecting whether negotiations end abruptly or proceed to a speedy settlement, risking Russo Japanese tensions.
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Tokyo
Foreign Office
Japan
Moscow
Manchukuo
China
Bicycle Tour Through Prairies on Special Oxford
R H L Hommadieu crossed the Peace bridge on an English bicycle en route from Riverhead New York to Calgary. The 2500 mile journey will pass Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan and part of Alberta. The bike features a free wheeling system to ease hill climbing.
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Welland
Ont
Calgary
Riverhead
N.Y
R. H. L’hommadieu
Peace Bridge
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
World Wheat Shortage Forces Reliance on Canada and Argentina
A new survey shows widespread drought and weather woes cut global wheat output. United States, Danube region, Russia, Australia, and Canada all report reduced crops, lifting prices. British stats indicate a 150 million bushel drop in domestic supply, leaving virtually no export wheat for the United Kingdom.
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United States
Danube
Russia
Australia
Canada
United Kingdom
Minimum wage order set for British Columbia merchants
The board of industrial relations established a wage scale affecting thousands of adult workers in BC Mercantile. Adults in wholesale or retail establishments must earn 15 dollars weekly for 40 plus hours or 0.40 dollars per hour with a minimum of 1.60 per day for shorter weeks. Youths 18 to 21 receive stepped wages from 9 to 12.75 dollars weekly across four three month periods.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Board of Industrial Relations
Italy Holds 75000 Troops in Readiness for Austria
Rome reports that Mussolini ordered wartime measures as 75 000 Italian troops were kept in full readiness to march into Austria on short notice Leaves were cancelled and units kept at peak strength with all weapons ready A first naval squadron left Port Ancona moving toward the North Adriatic to monitor Austrian developments
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Benito Mussolini
Tyrol
Adolf Hitler
Austria
Rome
Mussolini
Padua
Italy
France
England
Vienna
Port
Ancona
Adriatic
Trieste
Dollfuss
Il Duce
Riccione
Patullo urges mutual understanding for Canada’s future
Premier T. D. Pattullo of British Columbia calls for fairness as he heads to Ottawa for a conference with federal and provincial leaders on unemployment. He says BC will advocate for better terms and Pacific Great Eastern Railway while avoiding a protest mood and stressing cooperative action.
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Field
B.C
British Columbia
Bennett
Dominion
Pacific Great Eastern Railway
Ottawa
Judgment Favors Pool Montreal Over Wheat Cargo Loss
A Privy Council judgment orders Paterson Steamship Limited to pay 76911 to Canadian Co operative Wheat Growers Limited for a cargo of wheat shipped from Fort William via Port Colborne to Montreal aboard the Sarmadoc. The ship stranded on Main Duck Island and the cargo was a total loss after salvage. The Water Carriage of Goods Act was cited with due diligence claimed by the defendant. Quebec Court of Appeal upheld the plaintiff March 29, 1933.
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Montreal
Privy Council
Paterson Steamship, Limited
Canadian Co-operative Wheat Growers, Limited
Fort William
Port Colborne
Ont
Sarmadoc
Main Duck Island
Court of King’s Bench of
Quebec
Guardians Appointed for Dionne Quintuplets in Ontario
Ontario District Court Judge H D Leask appointed guardians for the Dionne quintuplets to protect them from danger in vaudeville. Named guardians include Dr Allan Ray Dafoe of Callander and W H Alderson of the Red Cross emergency committee, plus Kenneth Morrison and Olivar Dionne, the babies’ grandfather.
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Toronto
Dionne
Arthur W. Roebuck
Oliva Dionne
H. D. Leask
Allan Ray Dafoe
Callander
Ontario
W .H. Alderson
Red Cross Emergency Committee
Kenneth Morrison
Callander Merchant
Olivar Dionne
Soil Drifting Discussed With Ottawa Expert
Dr. E. S. Hopkins of the Dominion experimental farm at Ottawa, on a prairie survey, sought federal provincial cooperation on soil drifting. He planned talks with Western agricultural officials and discussed the issue with J. H. Evans Manitoba deputy minister of agriculture.
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Winnipeg
E. S. Hopkins
Dominion Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Prairie Provinces
J. H. Evans
Manitoba
Plans For Silver Jubilee Celebrations In London
Acting Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin says an official announcement outlining arrangements for the silver anniversary of King George and Queen Mary will be published in the house before the summer recess. The statement aims to detail royal celebrations to be held next year.
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London
King George
Queen Mary
Stanley Baldwin
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