Government Confidence Vote Sustains Bennett Administration
The Bennett government won two more house votes in Ottawa after defeating the non confidence motion in the address debate. Labour MP James Woodsworth led the push for a failure of the government over unemployment debt and farmer hardship. Finance and railway reform plans featured W Y D Euler advocating public ownership and reduced Dominion bond interest. Robert Weir defended agriculture policy against reciprocity with the United States as Western farmers backed the world wheat agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Bennett
Peasing
James 8. Woodsworth
Winnipeg North Centre
Dominion
C.C.F
W. Y D. Euler
Liberal
National Revenue
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific Railways
Robert Weir
United States
Prairie Provinces
Trade With Russia London and the Soviet Buy Balance
Britain and the Soviet Union near an Anglo-Russian trade deal that would raise British exports by about 20 million dollars annually based on 1932 levels. The Soviets would be allowed to sell 1.6 million dollars of goods for each 1 million bought, with gradual adjustment to equal trade and consideration of visible exports like tourism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Russia
Soviet Union
Great Britain
Secret Canadian Gold Exports Hit $35 Per Ounce in U S
Canadian gold moves to the United States to fetch 35 dollars per fine ounce with exact quantities kept secret. Delivery at the New York Reserve Bank or U S assay office or federal mints. Seller pays freight and insurance, government deducts handling charges, and pays by cheque at delivery and after assay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
New York Reserve Bank
United States Assay Office
Federal
Regulations Must Be Fair to Western Wheat Farmers
A. G. Andrews of Sedgewick urged Alberta legislators to compensate western farmers for wheat acreage reductions. He argued regulations should curtail production to reduce a surplus while remaining fair to western farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
A. G. Andrews
U.F
Alberta Wheat Champion Tears of Triumph at Alberta Seed Fair
William J. Bryant of Boyie Alberta won the Alberta seed fair wheat title with Reward seed after ten dollars from last year’s Sweet Clover prize funded the seed purchase. Bryant, a rising farmer and noted sweet clover champion, also earned honors at Chicago and Regina shows. Lethbridge growers, Hadlington Brothers, J. D. Morris, and J. W. Shearer placed in spring wheat and water wheat classes with top and second places across several categories. Grande Prairie, Edson, and Brightview led the open cats class for junior grain clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
William J. Bryant
Boyie
Alta
Alberta
Bryant
Canada
Toronto
Regina
Chicago
Lethbridge
Alberta dairy convention urges price control and federal board
In Edmonton the 28th annual Alberta dairy convention closed with a call to Dominion government for legislation to stop price cutting of creamer y butter. T. M. Carlyle of Calgary was elected president and Calgary chosen as the 1935 convention site. The meeting urged compulsory grading and marking of retail butter and a federal marketing board, with marking delayed in Alberta until British Columbia adopts it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alberta
T. M. Carlyle
Calgary
British Columba
Dominion
B.C. Dairymen's Association
Big Fur Catch Winnipeg Across Canada Fur Boom
Northern traders report a historic fur catch as shipments flood in from Fort Chipewyan and distant frontier posts. Fox skin totals reach around 3,000 at one post with many districts boasting 1,000 skins or more. Producers say planes and dog teams carry pelts across Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Canada
Arctic
Fort Chipewyan
Alta
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Canadian chamber heads national crusade for sound finance
Sir Henry Drayton, chairman of the Canadian chamber of commerce committee on finance, leaves Toronto with S B Gundy and W McL Clark to launch a national crusade. They begin in Brandon on February 15 and will visit Winnipeg Regina Saskatoon Edmonton Calgary Lethbridge Vancouver Victoria and Fort William before returning to Toronto in early March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Henry Drayton
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
S. B. Gundy
W. McL. Clark
Chamber
Brandon
Winnipeg
Regina
Saskatoon
Edmonton
Calgary
Lethbridge
Vancouver
Victoria
Fort William
Early Marriages Rise in Ames Says ISU Sociologist
Prof. George H. Van Tungelin of Iowa State College sociology outlines that young people marry earlier and more often in Ames. He notes that while one in six marriages ends in divorce, divorces are decreasing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
George H. van Tungelin
Iowa State College
Eclipse Photos From Losap Island Atoll Expedition
Japanese and United States scientists gathered scores of photographs during a careful expedition to Losap Atoll in the Caroline Islands. The aim was to study the sun’s corona and its deflection angle to test light nature and Einstein’s relativity theory. Losap’s 350 natives wore smoke glasses taught by the researchers and watched the eclipse rise with mixed awe and silence as darkness fell and the corona appeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeap
Caroline Islands
United States
Mid- Pacific Atoll
Einstein
Losap
Britain Stands For Justice Of Austria's Cause
Sir John Simon states Britain supports Austria's right to independence and integrity and will not interfere in internal affairs. He confirms a hands off policy on Austro German matters until the League of Nations council reviews Austria's appeal over German interference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Austria
London
United Kingdom
France
Italy
John Simon
House of Commons
League of Nations Council
Sir John
League of Nations
League
Unique Collection shows empire parliament houses at Westminster
An exhibition at the press gallery in Westminster presents pictures of parliament houses from across the empire. Captain Edward Fitzroy, speaker of the British House of Commons, opened the display detailing the rectangular debating chamber favored by many governments and oppositions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Empire
Westminster
Edward Fitzroy
House of Commons
Long Deadlock Looms Over UK France Trade War
London reports a likely long commercial deadlock after Britain raises duties on French goods by 20 percent and France denounces the move. MeanwhileBritain announces the Anglo Russian trade agreement is drafted and ready for signature to restore normal relations after the espionage trials last April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
House of Commons
Britain
Russia
Prince George Promoted to Commander in Royal Navy
The admiralty announces Prince George, on a tour of South Africa, promoted to commander. The king's youngest son becomes a commander after eight years as lieutenant and serves as naval aide-de-camp to His Majesty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince George
Royal Navy
London
Admiralty
South Africa
The
Royal
Navy
Ottawa Sees Decline in Tourist Road Traffic
The department of national revenue reports 2,233,418 tourist cars entered Canada for up to 34 hours and 863,136 for up to 60 days while 333 exceeded 60 days. These figures show a notable drop from 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada
Department of National Revenue
Manitoba Farm Loans Losses Reported in 1933
The Manitoba Farm Loans association posted a net loss of 610700 for the 12 months ending April 30 1933 in a regular Manitoba legislature tabled report. The previous year’s loss stood at 234177.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Manitoba Farm Loans Association
Manitoba
Seed Fair Backs Seed Wheat Exemption Resolution
The Alberta seed fair unanimously passed a resolution declaring that any wheat reduction agreement rules should not apply to seed wheat. It urges continued production of registered and certified seed to improve and sustain Canadian export wheat quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Alberta
Alberta cow testing service announced at dairy convention
The Cow Testing Service in Edmonton Alberta will start April 1 providing limited testing for farmers. Farmers send milk samples to Edmonton for analysis and will receive monthly record sheets sample bottles and preservative and transport. Farmers must track weighings and submit samples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alberta
Alberta Dairymen’s Association
Alberta Cattle Shipment Sails to Britain Market
The Dominion Holstein Association reports one car of surplus southern Alberta cattle shipped for auction in the Old Country and a second car underway from Edmonton. Harry Hays Calgary provincial fieldman disclosed the plan at the Alberta Holstein Association meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Dominion Holstein Association
Great Britain
Alberta
Old Country
Alberta Holstein Association
Harry Hays
Calgary
Kingston Penitentiary Faces Revolt Threats and Segregation Plan
Ottawa reports that Communist agitators fuel threats of revolts at Kingston penitentiary as the Labour Defence League and Workers' Unity League push sympathy for Toronto Reds jailed over a year. Minister Guthrie unveils segregated prison system with board and staff psychologist. debate on prison life and reform continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Kingston Penitentiary
Hugh Guthrie
House of Commons
Canadian Labor Defence League
Toronto Reds
Portsmouth Bar
Toronto
Guthrie
Workers’ Unity League
Advances and Grants Under Relief Measure Ottawa 1931 34
Government figures show guarantees loans and grants under relief acts from 1931 to 1934. Highlights include Algoma Steel $660,000, Beuharnois Hydroelectric $15,538,500, CPR $60,000,000, Dominion Steel and Coal $1,100,000, and wheat pool agencies across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Grants cover unemployment relief works and rail projects including subway at St Lambert and ties for CN and CPR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
House of Commons
E. Rhodes
W. D. Euler
Lib
North Waterloo
Algoma Steel Corporation
Canadian National Railways
Beuharnois Light, Heat and Power Co
Canadian Pacific Railway Co
Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation
Canadian Co-operative Wheat Producers, Ltd
Manitoba Wheat Pool
Saskatchewan Wheat Producers Ltd
Alberta Wheat Pool
Dominion
Canadian Pacific Railway
St Lambert
Nova Scotia Coal
C.N.R
See No Hope for Open Plains Wheat, Sask to Alberta
J G Taggart, agricultural expert, warns that restricting wheat production in the open plains of Saskatchewan and Alberta could end agriculture, urging substantial land use for wheat. He notes 16 million of 31 million acres are in open plains, where most high grade wheat is grown in normal years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Saskatchewan
Alberta
J. G. Taggart
Swift Current
Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists
Teggart
Grain For Wild Ducks At Rocky Mountain House
Ten thousand mallard ducks on Raven and Clear Water creeks face starvation as winter ends. Henry Stelfox delivered grain to feed the birds with support from Red Deer and Edmonton Fish and Game associations to continue feeding the wild fowl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mountain House
Henry Stelfox
Red Deer
Edmonton
Large Pension Outlay Reported for Manitoba Scheme
Manitoba government old age pensions cost 1 895 165 75 dollars in the year ending April 30 1922. The figure appears in the annual report tabled in the legislature by Hon W J Major KC attorney-general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Manitoba
W. J. Major KC
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Kindersley
Bota
USA
Alberta Wheat Champion
Sir Henry Drayton
Roger Keyes
Portsmouth
Mohammed Nadir Shah
Afghanistan
Dilkasan Palace
Kabul
England
Kingston
Agnes Macpnail
Gen. Rosa
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