Wheat price rise predicted amid Argentine shortages
Premier Butler of South Australia forecast higher world wheat prices due to poor grain conditions in Argentina. He noted Canada may export less grain to cover needs, and called for flexible, nonbinding arrangements rather than rigid empire agreements as economic conditions change.
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Montreal
R. L. Butler
South Australia
Quebec
Australia
London
Empire Parliamentary Association
Butler
Canada
Japan
Ottawa Empire
England
Italy's Demand for Occupation in Ethiopia Stance at Conference
Baron Pompeo Aloisi told Anthony Eden Italy would seek occupation of Ethiopia to enforce economic privileges, insisting Mussolini require armed presence to ensure Ethiopia respects concessions. Laval arranged Aloisi call after rejecting a separate talk. Officials say French British Italian positions remain irreconcilable.
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Paris
Baron Pompeo Aloisi
Anthony Eden
Italy
Ethiopia
Aloisi
Mussolini
Eden
Laval
No Canadian War Involvement Without Public Backing
Hon H H Stevens who led the Reconstruction party spoke in Saskatoon asserting Canada should not be drawn into a foreign war unless the people of the Dominion clearly understood and approved. He said it is unthinkable for Canada to participate in another war and hoped British leaders would avert such a catastrophe.
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Saskatoon
Canada
Dominion
H. H. Stevens
Reconstruction Party
Fire destroys sawdust pile area near Shawinigan Lake mill
A blaze in a long smouldering sawdust pile on the former Shawinigan Lake Lumber Co. site 25 miles north of Victoria caused heavy damage. The fire, thought under control, damaged $20,000 and destroyed several dwellings while the mill had burned down a year earlier.
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Victoria
B.C
Shawinigan Lake Lumber Co
Here
Relief rolls decline in Winnipeg data
Winnipeg relief figures show nearly 500 fewer families on August 3 than a year earlier. The list totals 5,980 families, down from 6,400 last year, reflecting a reduced relief burden in the city.
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Winnipeg
Ashway diver crowned king of Nova Scotia waters
In Liverpool Nova Scotia 648 pound tuna wins the title for 1934 as Lee Crandell of Ashaway Rhode Island is proclaimed the top fisherman in the Nova Scotia fishing region after landing the giant tuna and bringing it to cold storage.
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Liverpool
N.S
Lee Crandell
Ashway, RI
Nova Scotia
Prairie water development draws farmers in drouth area
Hon. Robert Weir reports strong farmer and rancher interest in the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act water development committee after a Western Canada trip. Since program start, over 4,600 have applied. Manitoba leads with about 350, Saskatchewan 2,800, and Alberta around 1,400. Field staff has grown from four to 21 engineers and assistants.
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Ottawa
Drouth
Prairie Provinces
Robert Weir
Canada
Weir
the Water Development Committee
Swift Current
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Islands Under Martial Law in Dodecanese Amid Blockade
Reuters report from Athens states the Italian held Dodecanese islands in the Aegean are under martial law with a strict blockade. Leros is a fortress and visitors disembark there only to be directed to Rhodes for scrutiny. private homes are requisitioned for the sick and wounded and all motor vessels are questioned.
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London
Reuter
Athens
Dodecanese
Aegean Sea
Leros
Rhodes
Avia Minor
Thedes
Cos
Kalymmos
Nisyros
Telos
Syme
Khalke
Astypalaia
Karpathos
Kasos
Patmos
Lispos
Turkey
Italy
Lausanne
Sevres
Dominion feeder policy extends to winter purchase of young cattle and lambs
The Dominion will continue its feeder policy for another winter season to aid Canadian farmers. Minister of Agriculture Robert Weir announced that the policy will run until December 31 and will cover one-way transportation and travelling expenses for farmers buying one or more carloads of young feeder cattle or lambs under conditions set by the agricultural department.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Robert Weir
Agricultural Department
Bank Buys Dominion Treasury Bills in Ottawa
The Bank of Canada announced tenders accepted for the full $20,000,000 Dominion of Canada treasury bills due November 15. The average discount price was 99.69269 and the average yield 1.223 percent.
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Ottawa
Bank of Canada
Dominion of Canada Treasury
Victoria jail tour by Gordon Sloan leads interior visit
British Columbia attorney-general Gordon Sloan plans an inspection tour of interior jails where lockups overflow with transients arrested by the RCMP for alleged red riding to prairie harvest fields.
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Victoria
Gordon Sloan
British Columbia
Jaill
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Smuts Signals Big Advances in South Africa Mineral Exploitation
General Jan Smuts stated that major developments in exploiting South Africa's mineral resources may be expected soon. The government, with Premier Hertzog's key lieutenant, is actively considering how to implement these plans.
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Durban
South Africa
Jan Smuts
Hertzog
Siamese Rice Trade Grows in Western Canada
Capt. A J M Watson Armstrong, Siam consul general in Canada, says Canada Siam trade is rising. Western Canada uses more Siamese rice than any other country combined, driven by Siam's success at the 1933 Regina World Grain Conference where Siamese rice won three first prizes and 11 of 20 in rice classes.
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Montreal
England
Europe
Siam
A. J. M. Watson-Armstrong
Canada
Vancouver
Regina
Personnel of Wheat Board Is Announced
Premier R B Bennett named the wheat board personnel with John I McFarland as chairman D L Smith as vice chairman and H C Grant all from Winnipeg The advisory committee includes Robert McKee Sydney T Smith Charles G C Short Paul Bredt Lew Hutchinson Louis C Brouillette and Brooks Catton representing shippers traders mills and producers. McFarland 62 has long been a western grain figure formerly Edmonton bookkeeper and head of Alberta Pacific Grain Company later general manager of central selling agencies for wheat pools before leading the Dominion wheat board.
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Ottawa
R. B. Bennett
Wheat Board
John I. McFarland
D. L. Smith
H.C. Grant
Winnipeg
Canadian Wheat Board
Robert McKee
Vancouver
Sydney T. Smith
Charles G. C. Short
Montreal
Paul Bredt
Lew Hutchinson
Duhamel
Alberta
Louis C. Brouillette
Brooks Catton
Hanley
Sask
Mr. McFarland
Halton County
Ont
Canada
Edmonton
McFarland
Alberta Pacific Grain Company
Alberta Wheat Pool
Wheat Pools
Dominion
Dominion Wheat Board
Ontario Legislature Sets Special Session After Election
Premier Mitchell F Hepburn announced a special session of the Ontario legislature will be held as soon as possible after Dominion election day October 14 to convene legislative business.
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Toronto
Ontario
Mitchell F. Hepburn
May Restrict Credits London Britons hint at cutting Italy trade
British exporters consider denying further credits to Italy over delayed payments tied to war costs. Italy owes about £2,000,000 to British exporters as suppliers suspend sales, shifting demand to Germany. The News Chronicle urges liberalizing colonial control amid the Ethiopian crisis and questions Britain’s stance on colonial spaces and potential conflict.
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London
Italy
Germany
News Chronicle
Britain
Tourist car influx to British Columbia rises in 1935
An upsurge in non resident automobiles to British Columbia reaches 2633 by July, up 150 from all of 1934. Alberta leads with 1942 arrivals, followed by Saskatchewan 469 Manitoba 125 New Brunswick 3 Nova Scotia 4 Ontario 80 and Quebec 14.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Quebec
Stabilizing the Rouble Policy in Soviet Economy
The Soviet government aims to fix the rouble’s purchasing value by aligning wages and prices. It acknowledges this long process requires root changes in the economy. Workers earn about 150 roubles monthly, with open market purchasing driving prices comparably high as implied by the butter and bread costs.
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Moscow
North America
Bennett Sets October 14 for Federal Election in Canada
Prime Minister R B Bennett announces general election on October 14 after cabinet reconstruction and swearing in four ministers. Writs due November 9. Governor General Earl of Bessborough visits Ottawa for dissolution orders. New ministers Geary Lawson Ernst Gobeil named. positions for marine postmaster-general and finance to follow.
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Ottawa
R. B. Bennett
Earl of Bessborough
Canada
Quebec
R. G. Geary
Toronto
Justice
Hugh Guthrie
Board of Railway Commissioners
J. E. Lawson
National Revenue
R. C. Matthews
William Ernst
Lunenburg
N.S
Samuel Gobeil
Compton
Famous radio regulation 90 now amended in Canada
Ottawa reports the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission’s regulation 90 has been redrafted with Liberal and Conservative support. The revised rule bans defamatory or obscene content and treasonous material or unlawful calls to upheaval, along with false or deceptive advertising. The government sanctions the updated provision.
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Famous Radio
Ottawa
Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission
Commission
Ernest Laponte
Alfred Duranteau
Wentworth unloads cargo as Churchill opens north navigation
Floodlights lit Churchill Manitoba as the steamship Wentworth unloaded its 2200 ton cargo. The ship opened the northern navigation season and was expected to finish loading and unloading by midweek and sail for Europe. A banquet honoring Captain Graves was held by the local Board of Trade.
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Churchill
Man
Wentworth
Europe
Churchill Board of Trade
Graves
Government plan to aid French wheat farmers
The ministry of agriculture announced a measure to ease farmers finances and allow stockholding for better prices. The Bank of France will extend credits to agricultural credit institutions for advances of 50 francs per quintal at harvest, helping producers avoid forced immediate sales.
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Paris
Ministry of Agriculture
Bank of France
Bluebird Ship Shows Southhampton to New Speed Record
Sir Malcolm Campbell's land speed record car Bluebird has been shipped from Southampton to the United States aboard the Aquitania. One mechanic accompanies the car. Campbell and remaining crew depart for New York this week.
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Southampton
Eng
Sir Malcolm Campbell
United States
Sir Malcolm
Malcolm
New York
Alberta Snow Storm Strikes Across Regions
A severe snow storm affected central and northern Alberta last week. Edmonton reported a lightning strike on a home while Millet district saw hail damage to crops. Snow fell at Pouce Coupe and Hudson Hope as thunderstorms roared across the area.
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Edmonton
Millet
Pouce Coupe
Hudson Hope
Alberta
Leave Not Granted for Calgary Harvests on City Relief
Marred unemployed men on city relief lists must stay in the city and work off arrears. If they complete their quota, they receive a $360 daily rate, while harvesters are averaging about $1.50 per day.
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Calgary
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