Prairie premiers form joint drouth policy committee
A Saskatoon round table of Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta premiers created the joint committee on land utilization and management to coordinate drouth relief. The federal government may join with representation. meeting aimed before February 7 to gather information and shape a uniform western agriculture policy.
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Saskatoon
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
John Bracken
J. G. Gardiner
R. G. Reid
J. G. Taggart
Manitoba breeders approve draft of marketing scheme
The annual meetings of livestock sheep and swine breeders associations of Manitoba voted in principle to a marketing scheme under the Natural Products Marketing Act. A committee chaired by Dr J A Munn of Carman drafted the plan with input from Saskatchewan and Alberta groups. Further changes will be considered at later meetings. The proposal would route all live stock through public markets and harmonize marketing costs via provincial and federal cooperation. An export board would direct shipments, with undecided whether it acts independently or with other provinces. Debate focused on how much control the domestic and export boards would hold.
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Brandon
Livestock, Sheep and Swine Breeders’ Associations of
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
J. A. Munn
Carman
Ings
Dominion
Modern Voting In Sweden Introduces Electronic Ballots
Stockholm reports that Sweden's riksdag will adopt electronic voting after a recent bill. Members will press a button to cast a vote, allowing swift registration of ayes or nays and a full vote tally within six seconds.
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Stockholm
Riksdag
Western Canada Mayors Meet on Municipal Debt Issues
In Calgary a January meeting of western Canadian mayors drew welcome replies from Medicine Hat and North Battleford, bringing attendance inquiries to twelve as they plan to address municipal debts and interest rates.
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Calgary
Western Canada
Medicine Hat
North Bat Ueford
Damages Awarded in I m Alone Sinking Settlement
A U S Canadian arbitration settles the I m Alone sinking case from 1929 off the Louisiana coast. The US must apologize and pay Canada 25000 dollars. crew members receive modest individual sums for clothing and wrongful sinking. Families of dead sailors receive 10185 dollars to Amanda Mainguy and children.
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Washington
Louisiana
United States
Canada
van Devanter
United States Supreme Court
Duff
Coast Guard
John T. Randall
John Williams
Jens Jansen
James Barrett
William Wordsworth
Eddie Young
Chesley Hobbs
Edward Fouchard
Amanda Mainguy
Leon Mainguy
Honeymoon Ends With West Indies Voyage For Duke and Duchess
The Duke and Duchess of Kent plan a 48 day West Indies cruise aboard the Duchess of Richmond starting January 25. They will sail separately at times and return by another steamer, not staying aboard the entire voyage. This marks Prince George and Princess Marina's first West Indies visit. Their London wedding at Westminster Abbey was November 29.
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London
Duke and Ducheasy of
Kent
British West Indies
Princess Marina
Greece
Duchess of Richmond
West Indies
Prince George
England
Westminster Abbey
Ottawa Reform Plan Aims to Curb Corporate Exploitation
Prime Minister R B Bennett announces amendments to the Dominion Companies Act to abolish shares with no par value and to curb corporate exploitation. He frames reforms as a path to social justice with a central bank and broader credit measures, urging voters to back his platform in the upcoming general election.
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Ottawa
R. B. Bennett
Canada
Bennett
Central Bank
Mussolini Moves to Take Over Ceded African Territories
Italy plans rapid annexation of France ceded African lands with General Emilio de Bono set to oversee Eritrea and Somaliland consolidation. Mussolini may assume control of colonies portfolio as talks with Germany on disarmament surface.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Africa
France
Germany
Emilio de Bono
Eritera
Red Sea
de Bono
Mussolini
Somaliland
League of Nations
Europe
Bitter European Winter Strains Shipping and Wheat Demand
Bitter winter weather grips much of Europe with shipping disruptions and hard hit poor. Andrew Cairns says continued severe temperatures could raise European wheat demand, offsetting December’s favorable weather. Five presumed deaths after a Danube boat sinks near Ada Huja. Yugoslavia, Hungary, and Austria endure blizzards halting rail and telegraph, Vienna digging out with over 22 000 workers in ice.
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London
Europe
Andrew Cairns
The
International Wheat Confer
Cairns
Danube
Ada Huja
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Austria
Vienna
Armament race threat eyed as US and Japan build up
The Financial News warns of a coming naval race between the United States and Japan, noting a 180 million dollar rise in defence spending and a potential breach of the Washington treaty. It calls for a decisive British Pacific policy and improved Anglo Japanese trade to avert conflict.
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London
United States
Japan
Financial News
Pacific
Britain
Manitoba to test chilled beef shipment to United Kingdom
Hon. D. G. McKenzie announced the Manitoba government will sponsor a test shipment of 500 head of cattle to the United Kingdom this year. Arrangements with Winnipeg packing houses were made, with cattle ready for export by next August and fed at calf club feeding lots where possible.
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Brandon
D. G. McKenzie
Manitoba
United Kingdom
Winnipeg Packing Houses
McKenzie
Manitoba Livestock Associations
New Bluebird car unveiled at Brooklands in Britain
Sir Malcolm Campbell unveiled a redesigned Bluebird after 18 months of work. The car, now flattened like a bobsled with a shark like front, aims to exceed 300 mph at Daytona Beach in about a month. Campbell claims the air intake shutter could add 15 mph at top speed.
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Brooklands
Eng
Malcolm Campbell
Daytona Beach
Fila
Malcolm
Vancouver Welcomes Canadian Swimming Champion
Phyllis Dewar of Moose Jaw, named Canada’s greatest woman athlete in 1934, has joined the Vancouver Amateur Swimming Club. Under coach Percy Norman she trains for all distances from 50 yards to a mile, aiming at future championships.
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Vancouver
Phyllis Dewar
Moose Jaw
Canada
Miss Dewar
Percy Norman
Massey Harris Suffered Deep Losses in 1933 Commission Told
The royal commission reported Massey Harris Co Ltd faced a 15.99 million deficit across 1931 32 and 33 while International Harvester Cockshutt Plow and Frost and Wood showed smaller surpluses. Farm implement sales plunged from 51.97 million to 9.67 million, shrinking profits across the four giants.
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Ottawa
Canada
Royal Commission On Mass Buying
Walter Gordon
Toronto
Massey-Harris Co. Ltd
International Harvester Co. of Canada
Cockshutt Plow Co., Ltd
Frost and Wood
Massey-Harris
W. R. Drynan
Canadian Canneries, Ltd
Hamilton
Dominion
Drynan
Gordon
Massey- Harris
International Harvester
Britain Centralizes Unemployment Relief Under New Plan
Britain moves to centralize relief with a national unemployment insurance board taking over from local authorities on March 1, affecting 4 million unemployed. Sir Henry Betterton leads the board, with 750000 already under control and more as transfers complete. The plan offers child allowances, rent variation, and 150 appeal tribunals, costing about £3 million annually beyond existing funds and benefiting 3 to 4 million people.
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London
Britain
Unemployment Insurance Board
Sir Henry Betterton
Baron
Sir Henry
Unemployment Assistance Board
Great Britain
Wheat For China Winnipeg
About 20 000 bushels of No 2 Northern wheat were sold to China. first record high grade Canadian wheat shipped directly from Canada to China. The shipment to Shanghai may be mixed with Australian and Argentine wheats to improve quality. Australia and Argentina have been exporting wheat to China and Japan.
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Orient
Winnipeg
China
Canada
Shanghai
Australia
Argentina
The
Japan
British Banks Post Higher 1934 Profits Despite Steady Dividends
The five major British banks report higher profits for 1934 than 1933 with total net profits of 44.1 million dollars, while dividends remain unchanged. The big four railways also announce growth for 1934. Banks named include Barclay’s, Lloyd’s, Midland, National Provincial, and Westminster. In Delhi, Gandhi faces a hunger protest as Shamsunder, a cloth peddler, camps at his doorstep seeking influence.
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London
British Railways
Barclay’s Bank
Lloyd's
Midland
National Provincial
Westminster
Delhi
India
M. K. Gandhi
Gandhi
Mahatma
Shamsunder
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