Yugoslav Army Invasion Of Hungary Sparks Frontier Crisis
Serbian Yugoslav troops crossed into Hungary three miles from Sleeged as refugees flee the expulsion of 27 000 Hungarians from Yugoslavia. Belgrade denies harsh treatment while warning more expulsions may follow and tensions rise along the frontier amid fears of further violence.
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Hungary
Order of
Yugoslavia
Alexander
Belgrade
Foreign Office
Marseille
Prince of Wales cattle win seven awards at exposition
At the International Livestock Exposition the Prince of Wales dairy herd from the EP ranch in High River Alberta collected seven prizes. W L Carlisle received ribbons for one first, three seconds, a third and two fifths while Chicago packer Thomas E Wilson’s entries affected results in several divisions. Canadian entries will be returned to the EP ranch. Peter J Lux of Shelbyville Indiana named world corn king, with Wembley Alta’s Herman Trele barred from the wheat class until 1936.
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the Prince of
W.L Carlsle
Royal EP
High River
Alberta
Carlile
Thomas E. Wilson
Chicago
E.P
Prince of Wales
E.P. Ranch
Carlisle
Peter J. Lux
Shelbyville
Ind
Herman Trele
Wembley
Alta
Boat Trapped In Ice Edmonton
A Hudsons Bay Co diesel schooner Margot A is trapped in Letty Harbor ice midway between Coppermine and Aklavik on the Arctic coast. Six crewmen have been prisoners since October. a rescue plane is planned from Cameron Bay when weather permits to reach the captain and engineer, leaving some crew aboard.
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Edmonton
Coppermine
Aklavik
Arctic
Hudson's Bay Co
Margot
Outstanding Women of 1934: Dionne among them
Arthur Brisbane names six outstanding women of the year 1934. Ontario mother Mrs Oliva Dionne of Callander and five other figures including Mrs Franklin Roosevelt are highlighted for public achievement.
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Arthur Brisbane
Oliva Dionne
New York
Ontario
Callander
Ont
Franklin Roosevelt
United States
Alberta Legislature to Convene in February Ahead of Elections
The Alberta legislature will be convened in early February for a final session before elections. Attorney General J F Lymburn, in Calgary on government business, expects the session to start about the same time as last year when it opened in February.
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Calgary
Alberta
J. F. Lymburn
Farm Livestock Shift in Canada Provinces Report
Dominion bureau of statistics reports fewer horses and more cattle on farms in Canada this year. Sheep rise in the west, swine fall except Quebec, poultry up in four western provinces and down in Atlantic and central provinces.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Nova Scotia
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Quebec
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
Ontario
Manitoba
New Serum Discovered in London Cancer Research
Dr. Thomas Lumsden announced a serum that kills cancer cells after removal from the body while not harming healthy tissue. Scientists caution it is experimental and not yet ready for tests on humans, but say it has reached a stage to kill cancer cells removed from the body.
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London
Thomas Lumsden
London Cancer Research Laboratories
Bank of Canada board nominations closed for seven seats
Nominations for the Bank of Canada board are closed with about 40 names expected to be submitted for seven seats. The list is described as satisfactory with a strong board anticipated to represent Canada geographically and industrially. two directors would represent primary industries, two commercial and manufacturing, and three other occupations.
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New Bank
Ottawa
Bank of Canada
Canada
Aged Indian Woman of Blood Reserve Dies in Accident
Spear Woman, nearly a century old, of the Blood Reserve, died near her Spring Cou lee home in an accident. She wore metal bracelets and necklets placed on her as a child, marking a lifetime tied to her heritage.
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Calgary
Spring Coulee
Valera Wins Six Senate Seats in Irish Free State Elections
Fianna Fail gains six seats but fails to win a majority in the senate amid Republican opposition. United Ireland party leads with 30 seats, Fianna Fail 19, Labor seven, Independents four. Senate totals 60 with one third retiring every three years. Elections use proportional representation by members of both houses.
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Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Fianna Fa‘l
Free State
Senate
United Ireland Party
Fianna Fails
Labor
U.I.P
Fianna Fail
Cthrs
Alberta seeks federal loan to cover monetary needs
Premier R. G. Reid of Alberta with Hon. George Hoadley presented to Finance Minister E. N. Rhodes a request for a Dominion loan well over 1 million dollars to meet the province’s urgent monetary requirements. No decision yet pending cabinet meeting. ministers believe their wishes will be fulfilled in some form.
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Ottawa
R. G. Reid
Alberta
George Hoadley
E. N. Rhodes
France Will Not Send Troops Into Saar Area
Geneva reports France refuses to deploy troops in the Saar basin during the plebiscite. Britain offers to police the area if Germany cooperates, while Laval cites nonparticipation by Germany. Eden suggests an international army be sent before the vote.
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Geneva
France
Saar Basin
Great Britain
Germany
League of Nations Council
League
Berlin
Saar
Pierre Laval
Laval
Anthony Eden
New Creditors Act spreads across Canada
Official receivers under the Farmers Creditors Arrangement Act operate in every county. Minister E N Rhodes says Prairie provinces adopted Sept 1 Ontario and Quebec Oct 1 remaining Canada Nov 1. By now 900 applications reached Ottawa and total filled applications across Canada exceed 3,000.
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Ottawa
Farmers’ Creditors Arrangement Act
Canada
E. N. Rhodes
Prairie Provinces
Ontario
Quebec
Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire awards nine overseas scholarships
The IODE national executive committee announces nine winners of overseas post graduate scholarships in the IODE war memorial. Each winner receives 1600 dollars, with one recipient from each province including Beth Carscallen of Alberta and Neil Barron Hutcheon of Saskatchewan.
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Toronto
Imperial Order, Daughters of the Empire
Alberta
Beth Carscallen
University of Alberta
Saskatchewan
Neil Barron Hutcheon
Regina
University of Saskatchewan
Aviators Narrow Escape at South Cooking Lake
An airplane loaded with mining supplies including 500 pounds of dynamite plunged through the ice at South Cooking Lake air harbor and sank six feet into water. Pilot William Jewett of Trail B C and air engineer Dave Bishop escaped unharmed.
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Edmonton
South Cooking Lake Air Harbor
William Jewett
Trail
B.C
Dave Bishop
Bennett Pledges Trade Pact With United States
Prime Minister R B Bennett in Brockville states willingness to conclude a fair trade agreement with the United States. He defends his government's measures as necessary and cites price spreads and mass buying report while praising wartime powers for the news print industry. He notes central bank creation if Liberal, and uses the Brockville speech as a campaign style address.
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Brockville
Ont
United States
R. B
Commission
Ontario
Liberal - Conservtive Association
Liberals
School Reforms Toronto
B A C Ketchum head master of Trinity College schools proposed a university board to control matriculation examinations in all provinces and to reduce the examinations to four He addressed the annual old boys reunion dinner of the schools He said the end of examinations was near but the funeral a long way off and he favored intelligence tests instead of periodical examinations
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Toronto
B. A. C. Ketchum
Trinity College Schools
Turkish Women Win Franchise in National Elections
The assembly in Ankara decided unanimously that any Turkish woman over 30 is eligible for election to the chamber of deputies and that all women over 22 can vote in national elections. The newly emancipated women will have an early opportunity to test their franchise.
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Ankara
Turkey
National Assembly
Chamber of Deputies
Sixty Six Executed by Firing Squad in Soviet Union
The Soviet Union carried out sixty six executions by firing squad after summary trials in Leningrad and Moscow for alleged terrorist plots against high officials. Thirty seven were executed in Leningrad and twenty nine in Moscow following the assassination of Sergei Mironovich Kiroff.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Sergei Mironovich Kiroff
Leonid Vassiliievich Nikolaiev
Soviet Union
Poland
Latvia
Finland
Kiroff
Supreme Court
Red Square
Joseph Stalin
Klement Voroshiloff
Valhalla
Kremlin
Nicolai Lenin
John Reed
Red terror runs riot in Russia in Warsaw despatch
A Warsaw despatch to the Express reports mass executions across Russia with more than 200 prisoners shot, including Leonid Nicolaieff and 14 Ogpu officials. Stalin purges the Ogpu, shifts to the Red army, and enforces widespread arrests amid a nationwide security crackdown.
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RED Terror
Russia
London
Warsaw
The
Express
Russi’a
Moscow Ogpu
Union State
Joseph Stalin
Kiroff
Ogpu
Yagoda
Red Army
Leningrad
Moscow
Klementi Voroshiloff
Stalin
Ogpus
Alberta wheat pool forms drought control committee
Directors at the annual meeting created a soil conservation committee. Alberta delegates will join an interprovincial drought pool committee now forming to halt the spread of waste lands from drouth areas.
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Calgary
Alberta Wheat Pool
Alberta
Estimate Of Wheat Crop In Western Canada 1934
The Northwest Grain Dealers Association places Western Canada wheat crop for 1934 at 250,465,800 bushels based on threshing returns. The Dominion Bureau of Statistics previously estimated 263,000,000 bushels before threshing data. Ninety six percent of reporting country points contributed to the estimate.
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Winnipeg
Northwest Grain Dealers’ Association
Western Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Credit For Reichsbank Berlin Loan Details
The Bank of England extended a one year credit to the German Reichsbank amounting to £750000 about $3750000 announced by the German central bank. Of the total £400000 about $2000000 will be used to pay British creditors under the Anglo German trade compensation agreement.
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Berlin
Bank of England
Farmer Robbed After Safe Portable from Cote de Liesse
A farmer on Cote de Liesse road reported a theft in which an iron safe was stolen from his premises along with 2000 dollars in cash and bonds valued at 70000 dollars. Police investigate the robbery on the city outskirts.
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Montreal
Cote de Liesse
Pool Official Re-Elected at Alberta Wheat Meeting
Calgary Henry Wise Wood veteran chairman of the Alberta wheat pool was re elected to office at the annual meeting. C Jensen of McGrath was named vice president.
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Calgary
Henry Wise Wood
Alberta Wheat Pool
C. Jensen
McGrath
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Valera
Bet
F. A. Ahearn
Irish Free State Army
Captain Ahearn
Ireland
C.D.E
Douglas Scott
Earl Haig
Westminster
U.S
Bennett
Willinng
Leonid Nicolaieff
Serge Kiroff
Nicolaieff
Alberta Pool
Reichsbank
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