Hitler Delays Reply to Anglo-French Security Proposals
Berlin reports Adolf Hitler has isolated himself amid papers to consider proposals for a European security agreement. London and Paris seek an air alliance for Locarno signatories, with Germany’s stance on armaments and Versailles terms under review. Dino Grandi, Italy’s ambassador, outlined plans to simplify eastern Central European treaties for a single diplomatic document.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Germany
Geneva
Reich
France
London
Italy
Great Britain
Europe
Dino Grandi
John Simon
Reindeer Trek Edmonton
The 2,500 reindeer herded at the Mackenzie mouth await the 90 mile delta drive to Arctic feeding grounds. Weather is favorable but herders await the full moon. Caribou migrating toward Aklavik suggest meat supplies for the region.
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Edmonton
Mackenzie
Delta
Arctic
Edmonton Journal
Lavik
Moon
Fort McPherson
Mackenzie River
Aklavik
Sugar excise tax total in Ottawa in year
The House of Commons was told a total of 8 546 119 dollars was collected from the sugar excise tax from last April to December 31. Domestic sugar sales yielded 8 222 675 dollars while 323 444 dollars came from imports. The April rate was two cents per pound, reduced to one cent from May 1 under the latest budget.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Royal Wedding Gown to Join London Museum
The Duchess of Kent wedding gown, worn at the marriage to the royal couple's youngest son on November 29, is slated for permanent display in a London museum. The dress had been shown at St James Palace with wedding presents as part of an exhibit alongside royal robes.
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Duchess of Kent
London Museum
London
St. James Palace
Riots in Paris Mark Anniversary of 1934 Bloodshed
Thousands of communists from the outer districts converged on Place de la Concorde as police made 1200 preventive arrests to mark the 1934 riots. Police seized pistols clubs and explosives while clashes near the Elysee palace and at the Concorde ended with minor scuffles and red paint on the square.
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Paris
Place de la Concorde
Elysee Palace
Patriotic Youth Organization
Arch of Triumph
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
Air Alliance Moves Seen by MacDonald A Step Toward Peace
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald hailed the projected air alliance as an effective deterrent to aggression and a major step toward peace. Speaking at a Luton rally, he said the Anglo French declaration could lead Germany to rejoin the League of Nations and renew arms control talks. The remarks drew mixed cheers and jeers from the crowd.
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Luton
England
Ramsay MacDonald
Bedfordshire
MacDonald
Germany
League of Nations
Dominion Status For India Declared By British Leader
Sir Samuel Hoare stated that Dominion status is the ultimate goal of British policy in India as the House of Commons debated the new constitution bill. He rejected the need for a 1919 style preamble and affirmed the government’s adherence to the viceroy Lord Irwin’s interpretation and the preamble.
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London
India
Samuel Hoare
House of Commons
Sir.Samuel
Lord Irwin
Iniia
Butter Costs in Saskatoon Survey of Creamery Output
C V Parker of Ottawa reports from the provincial dairy convention that last year the average cost to manufacture one pound of butter in the prairie creameries was 3.65 cents with total output of 348 432 pounds. Larger plants cut per pound costs despite higher administration.
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Saskatoon
Prairie Provinces
C. V. Parker
Economics Branch
Ottawa
Kidnapper Is Given Fifteen Year Sentence
London reports the week long trial of David Meisner ended with a guilty verdict on three counts related to the Labatt kidnapping. He received 15 years on each count, to run concurrently, with one count for armed robbery for the $99 theft. Labatt was abducted near Sarnia on August 14 last year.
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London
David Meisner
Cincinnati
John S. Labatt
G. F. McFarland
Meisner
Labatt
Sarnia
Donald Bright
Royal Commission Delves into Price Spreads Evidence Ahead of Report
Ottawa records reveal members of the royal commission on price spreads and mass buying are examining exhibits and statistics to prepare a report. Chairman W. W. Kennedy expects a majority and two minority reports. The review of documents will take about three weeks as the panel studies evidence and compares notes.
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Ottawa
Royal Commission
W. W. Kennedy
Will Support India Bill in Lords Debate
Lord Sinha, India's only peer, is expected to take his seat in the House of Lords shortly and support the British Government's India Bill in the Lords debate. He had been hindered from seating due to missing birth and his father's marriage certificates, allegedly because the first baron married under Hindu custom and no English-style certificates existed.
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Lord Sinha
India
House of Lords
England
Ottawa Considers Merging Departments Into Communications
Legislation foresees a unified Department of Communications bringing Ottawa railways and canals civil aviation wireless and telephone services and the Canadian Radio Commission under one minister. The measure will be tabled in Parliament soon with hours of work acts expected this week. Details remain scarce awaiting the Commons presentation.
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Ottawa
Canadian Radio Commission
Department of Communications
House of Commons
Destruction of Prize Poultry Urged at Convention
Dr C H Weaver of the Dominion experimental farm Ottawa urged the Canadian National Poultry Record Association to slaughter all prize birds immediately after competitions to check the spread of infection and contagious diseases among poultry.
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Toronto
C. H. Weaver
Dominion Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Canadian National Poultry Record Association
Pension applications to be adjudicated by commission
Ottawa reports that about 45 000 to 50 000 pension applications will require adjudication by the Canadian pensions commission in the next two years, according to a return tabled in the House of Commons.
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Ottawa
Canadian Pensions Commission
House of Commons
Cut in Pole Payments Provokes Widespread Protests
The cabinet discussed changing unemployment relief provisions as protests against the needs test rose nationwide. Oliver Stanley ordered a standstill and pledged restoration of any cuts amid violent clashes in Sheffield where nine policemen were injured and 20 to 30 people arrested. Local demands for scale adjustments spread, with protests across South Wales drawing about 300,000 demonstrators.
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London
Unemployment Assistance Board
Oliver Stanley
Sheffield
Plan to combat drouth in Saskatchewan proposed
Saskatoon reports Dean A M Shaw supports Hon Robert Weirs plan to gather detailed data on drouth in southern Saskatchewan. The scheme aims to use little public money and follows earlier Bryant commission recommendations. Demonstration townships cover about 320 farmers amid a 40000-farm impact area.
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Saskatoon
Dean A. M. Shaw
Saskatchewan College of Agriculture
Robt. Weir
Saskatchewan
Dean Shaw
Drouth
Bryant Commission
J. G. Taggart
L. E. Kirk
Taggart
Dreuth
Brahmin performs fatal cobra bite test of TB cure in Madras
In Madras a brahmin, inspired by the goddess Datu, subjected himself to repeated cobra bites to test a snakebite treatment for acute tuberculosis. He died in agony shortly afterward.
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Madras
India
Datu
Proposal for trans Atlantic air route announced
Sir Philip Sassoon, British under-secretary for air, told the Plymouth Chamber of Commerce he looked forward to the inauguration of a trans Atlantic air route linking Britain with the United States and Canada.
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Plymouth
England
Philip Sassoon
Air
Plymouth Chamber of Commerce
Britain
United States
Canada
Overseas League Hosts First Wireless Luncheon Attended by Delegates
London observers report 200 Overseas League members led by Sir Evelyn Wrench met for the first wireless luncheon. Delegates to the imperial press conference in Capetown exchanged messages via a 6,000 mile circuit. Sir Kingsley Wood opened with greetings, followed by C F Clarke of South Africa, and J H Thomas. Prime Minister Hertzog credited closer contact with the people of the union as key to future imperial press work.
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London
Overseas League
Evelyn Wrench
Imperial Press
South Africa
Capetown
Kingsley Wood
C. F. Clarkewn
Posts and Telegraphs
J. H. Thomas
Dominions
Jim
J. B. Hertzog
Imperial
South Afric
Hertzog
The
Union
Commonwealth
Alberta throne speech outlines road and legal reforms
In Edmonton the throne speech by Hon. W. L. Walsh previews increased outlays for secondary and market roads, aid for settlers, a public trustee office, debt adjustment and local tax consolidations. It mentions a provincial road expansion, court rule revisions to speed procedures, and a special report on the telephone department.
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Edmonton
Colt
Alberta
W. L Walsh
Office of
Public Trustee
Librarian Miss Rowland Named Bank of Canada Ottawa Chief
Miss Rowland, a Queen's University graduate and former assistant in the reference department at the Douglas Library, has been appointed librarian of the Bank of Canada in Ottawa and assistant to D. A. Skelton. She assumed duties February 1.
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Kingston, Ont
Mary Rowland
Queen's University
Douglas Library
Bank of Canada
Ottawa
D. A. Skelton
Rowland
France to cede 4 acre Vimy park site to Canada
A French bill by two cabinet ministers would transfer a four acre strip beside the Vimy cemetery in Pas de Calais to Canada. The parcel would host a park and monument honoring Cy dian soldiers who fell during 1914 and 1915.
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Paris
France
Canada
Vimy
Pas de Calais
Australian Students Visit Toronto University
Sixteen young women from the School of Science in Sydney Australia visit the University of Toronto welcomed by President H J Cody. They aim to observe how continental schools address social problems firsthand.
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Toronto
School of Science
Sydney
Australia
University of Toronto
H. J. Cody
Ruppert Sees Byrd Antarctic Expedition Return
Admiral Richard E Byrd's second Antarctic voyage ends its sea voyage away from Little America and heads toward civilization after seventeen months at sea and ice. Jacob Ruppert notes the expedition's return path toward populated regions and schedules.
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Jacob Ruppert
Richard E. Byrd
Little America
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