Canada Defeats for Labor Seat at Geneva Meeting
At Geneva the United States and Australia were admitted to the governing body of the international labor office while Canada and Belgium were made deputy members until the 1937 election. An eight-nation voting bloc was identified as the world’s leading industrial powers, with Canada the sole opposing vote. W A Riddell, Canada’s representative, signaled possible appeals to the League of Nations council.
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Geneva
United States
Aussia
Informational
Canada
Belgium
France
Germany
Great Britain
India
Italy
Japan
Russia
International Labor Office
W. A. Riddell
Dominion
Council of
League of Nations
Unemployment Insurance Setup Faces Staffing Choices
Ottawa plans unemployment insurance legislation with a governing commission an advisory committee and district boards of referees. Labor and employers will be equally represented with appointments by the governor in council after consultation. Panels will be drawn district by district and a district chairman will lead when referees sit.
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Ottawa
Unemployment and Social Insurance Commission
Mayors of All Canadian Towns to Meet in Montreal
Mayor Camillien Houde plans a two day gathering of mayors from across Canada in Montreal to press Ottawa for half the cost of direct unemployment relief. Provinces would cover the remaining half as premiers join in Ottawa.
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Montreal
Camillien Houde
Ottawa
Bank of Canada elects Towers chairman of board
The first meeting of the new board of directors named Graham Ford Towers as chairman. Thomas Bradshaw was chosen as executive director and will serve on the executive committee alongside the governor a deputy governor J A C Osborne and Deputy Minister W C Clark.
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Graham Towers
Ottawa
Bank of Canada
Graham Ford Towers
Thomas Bradshaw
Bradshaw
J. A. C. Osborne
W. C. Clark
Floods Persist Across Fraser Valley As Waters Recede
Flooded Sumas prairie remains high with two months likely before pumping out flood waters. Fraser valley towns move toward normalcy as interurban service returns to Abbotsford and Agassiz lines resume. A 400 foot dyke breach at Sumas river needs repair while Kilgard reports a deadly slide. families displaced near Abbotsford seek shelter.
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Vancouver
Sumas Prairie
Fraser Valley
Chilliwack
Abbotsford
Agassiz
Sumas
Fraser River
Kilgard
National economic council proposed for Canada in house
Prime Minister R B Bennett announced in the House that legislation to create a fourfold national economic council will be introduced after the royal commission on mass buying reports. Alfred Speakman urged national economic planning and visions a vast economic laboratory with social problems replacing test tubes.
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Ottawa
National Economic Council
House of Commons
Royal Commission On Mass Buying
R. B. Bennett
Alfred Speakman
United Farm
Red Deer
Jap Army Advances in Bitter Subzero Mongolia Front
A despatch from Hsinking reports heavy fighting as Japanese regulars and Manchukuoan cavalry push into Mongolian territory near Outer Mongolia and Manchoukuo. They claim the aim is to expel invading Mongols from Manchoukuo, with Kalkha Miao captured in subzero conditions.
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Mongolian
Tokyo
Outer Mongolia
Russia
Manchoukuo
Hsinking
Moscow
Missing Airman Safe Near McLeod Lake
Pilot R L Ginger Coote of Quesnel B C was reported safe after being missing since January 18 when he flew to Finlay Forks to retrieve an injured prospector. Gil McLaren of Prince George located Coote near McLeod Lake about midway and relayed the safe finding.
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Vancouver
R. L
Ginger” Coote
Quesnel
B.C
Finlay Forks
Gil McLaren
Prince George
Coote
McLeod Lake
Gen Ev Lipsett Skinner Dies After Illness
Montreal obituary notes the death of Gen Ev Lipsett Skinner a former member of Canada's parliamentary press gallery in Ottawa and one of the country’s outstanding women journalists. She died in hospital after a lengthy illness.
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Montreal
Parliamentary Press Gallery
Ottawa
Canada
Genevieve Lipsett Skinner
Senate Defeats Protocol on World Court Adherence
The Senate defeats the protocol for U S adherence to the world court by 52 to 36 with seven votes short of the two thirds. After weeks of debate the rejection implies the court issue may be dead for some time to come, stirring tension in the chamber and galleries.
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Washington
White House
Senate
United States
Farmer Debtor Protected for 90 Day Period
Ottawa reports steps by Hon. E. N. Rhodes to extend the debtor immunity under the creditor arrangement act to 90 days with court extension possible. Amendments would allow temporary provincial board members to act if a permanent member is incapacitated and enable investigation of circumstantial issues in debt composition.
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Ottawa
E. N. Rhodes
Dominion
Pension Credit Hints for Five R C M P Members
The House of Commons granted first reading to a bill to credit up to five Royal Canadian Mounted Police members with South African military service for pension purposes. Justice minister Hugh Guthrie said only a few affected would gain parity with the permanent force. Third readings were given to several bills including amendments to the Interpretation Act for Remembrance Day, the Representation Act for Hamilton constituencies, and the Pensions Act. Guthrie indicated a Criminal Code amendment allowing six juries in Saskatchewan and Alberta, noting Alberta's six juries tradition should not be changed.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
South Africa
Hugh Guthrie
Hamilton
Guthrie
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Dominion
Siam King Prajadhipok to Abdicate
King Prajadhipok of Siam will abdicate and not return home. A prince not yet of age will be crowned in his stead under a regency council.
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Singapore
Prajadhipok
Siam
Russia Prepares For War Says Soviet Defense Chief
Mikhail Tuchacheffsky told 2,500 delegates at the seventh all union congress that the Red Army has grown from 600 000 to 940 000 men in four years and that aviation tanks submarines and artillery have surged in size and capability. He warned enemies to test Soviet borders while noting strengthened fortifications along eastern and western frontiers.
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Moscow
All-Union Congress of Soviets
Red Army
Mikhail Tuchacheffsky
Soviet Union
Voroshiloff
Klement Voroshiloff
Tuchacheffsky
Ottawa works to keep Canada seat on ILO governing body
Canada’s Ottawa representatives seek to retain the Dominion’s seat on the ILO governing body at Geneva. Minister of Labor W. A. Gordon says only League of Nations orders could remove it and Canada would not step aside for Russia. A league issued order would require long notice.
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Ottawa
Canada
Geneva
International Labor Office
W. A. Gordon
Dominion
League of Nations
Russia
League
London brewer Burns kidnapping recalled in trial
The $30,000 abduction of London brewer Charles Burns, former Carling's president, was revealed during the trial of David Meisner for kidnapping John S. Labatt. Burns vanished from a London street, three men forced him into a car, and the ransom was paid in front of bystanders before his release after a week.
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London
Ont
Charles Burns
Carling’s
David Meisner
John S. Labatt
Inspector Cousans
Ontario
J. C. Newman
G. F. McFarland
Burns
Meisner
Canada
Norman Newton
South London
Richmond Street
Ridout Street
Windsor
Dundas
My Burrs
Montreal
Britain to establish television nationwide this year
The House of Commons heard that the government approved a report on expanding television. The British Broadcasting Corporation would run broadcasts from London later this year with more stations planned in the provinces. Total cost through 1936 was estimated at 900000 dollars funded by broadcasting revenue.
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Kingsley Wood
British Broadcasting Corporation
London
B.B.C
Kingsley
Engineers set to tackle Dreath problem at convention
The Engineering Institute of Canada will hold its annual convention in Toronto February 7 to 9. Papers on the dreath problem and water famine will be presented by C. T. Johnson, John Patterson, T. C. Main, P. C. Perry, W. Calder, W. A. Johnston, H. T. Wickenden, and D. C. Maddox. F P Shearwood will give the presidential address on February 7 urging broader use of aesthetic bridge designs.
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Toronto
Canada
Engineering Institute of Canada
C. T. Johnson
Dominion Water Power Bureau
Ottawa
John Patterson
Meteorological Service of Canada
T. C. Main
Winnipeg
P. C. Perry
Regina
Canadian National Railways
W. Calder
Department of Lands
Alberta
Edmonton
W. A. Johnston
H. T. Wickenden
D. C. Maddox
Dominion Government
F. P. Shearwood
Institute
Ready For Speed Test New York
Sir Malcolm Campbell returns to the United States aiming for 300 miles per hour on Daytona Beach in the rebuilt Bluebird. He warns progress depends on the run between February 14 and 20, with Lady Campbell and 11 year old Jean accompanying him aboard the Aquitania.
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New York
Malcolm Campbell
Prince of Speed
United States
Daytona Beach
Golden Sands
Sir Malcolm
Daytona
Lady Campbell
Jean
Bridge Contract Awarded for Cascade River Crossing
Ottawa awarded the bridge contract for the Cascade river crossing on the Calgary Banff highway to Buchan Construction Company of Calgary at a cost of $15 895. The decision, under the Public Works Act of 1934, was revealed in an order in council tabled in the House of Commons by Minister T G Murphy.
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Ottawa
Buchan Construction Company
Calgary
House of Commons
T. G. Murphy
Head of Underwriters Winnipeg Elected Chairman
J F McQueen of Saskatoon was chosen chairman of the Canadian hail underwriters association at the annual meeting in Winnipeg. John Wilson of Winnipeg was elected vice chairman. Directors include G A Hewart and F L Thorton of Peegina.
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Winnipeg
J. F. McQueen
Saskatoon
Hail Underwriters’ Association
John Wilson
G. A. Hewart
F. L. Thorton
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Houde
John R. MacNicol
T. L. Church
Speakman
Economic Council
World Court
Sir Francis Floud
Francis Floud
William Clark
R.c.m.pl
Canaba
Dunlap Observatory
Richmond Hill
Frank Dyson
Astonomer Royal
Sir Frank Dyson
Britain
Sir Malcolm Campbell
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