Bennett Calls Wheat a Major Canada Problem in Grain Bill Debate
Prime Minister R B Bennett labeled the wheat situation Canada's greatest problem as he moved second reading of the Grain Bill. He noted Canada as the largest exporter and stressed a fair price for wheat, citing world export shares and a drop in May exports to the United Kingdom versus 1934. He challenged Liberal opposition to support wheat operations.
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Ottawa
R. B. Bennett
Canada
Australia
Argentina
United States
Russia
Balkan Countries
West
Ottawa bill proposes fund to protect Canadian monetary value
Prime Minister R B Bennett introduced a measure on behalf of Finance Minister E N Rhodes to create a fund to safeguard the external value of the Canadian dollar. The nucleus equals about 60 million dollars, from the gap between gold taken from the federal treasury and gold held by banks, to be used to stabilize money abroad by market actions in gold foreign exchange or balances in New York or London.
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Ottawa
Minister of Finance
House of Commons
R. B. Bennett
E. N. Rhodes
Bank of Canada
Federal Treasury
New York
London
Northern Chinese provinces split over Japan influence
A Peiping based Rengo report says four northern Chinese provinces oppose the Nationalist government and lean toward Japan and Manchukuo, signaling potential shifts following Japanese influence in Hopei.
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Tokyo
China
Japan
Manchukuo
Hopei
Rengo
Peiping
Applicants to write essays on Canadian history for naturalization
Five applicants for naturalization were ordered to write short essays on Canadian history by Judge F A G Ouseley in district court after failing an oral exam. Their essays will determine whether they are approved.
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Moose Jaw
F. A. G. Ouseley
Dafoe Sees Reunion Of Dionne Quintuplets Family
Atlantic City speech by Dr Allan Roy Dafoe to CMA wives outlines hope for mother Dionne to care for the quintuplets soon with eventual full family under one roof in three to four years. He says no definite plan yet and will answer questions. He notes Mrs Dionne may visit and help with care.
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Atlantic City
American Medical Association
Allan Roy Dafoe
Dafoe
Dionne
Dr. Dafoe
Must Take Rest Sandringham After Jubilee Strain
The King’s physicians order at least two weeks of rest to recover from bronchial catarrh and fatigue after six weeks of strenuous silver jubilee duties. Court circles note the rest is emphasized over treatment, though Queen Mary travels to London for engagements and the king takes an estate ride this afternoon.
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Sandringham
Mary
London
Should Use Franchise Toronto Miss Macphail challenges NCW
Miss Agnes Macphail urged the National Council of Women to use their franchise and join political work. She asked how long she must be the lone woman in the House of Commons and urged women to enter politics if they care about the franchise. She noted she had been the sole woman MP for 13 years.
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Toronto
Agnes Macphail
National Council of Women
House of Commons
Miss Macphail
the Commons
European News From The Atlantic Cables Hard To Interpret
At the Canadian Daily Newspapers Association meeting, CP president Henri Gagnon says European crisis news via trans Atlantic cables has grown heavy and difficult to interpret. W J J Butler of Toronto notes the burden on wire services and the complexity of the coverage.
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Winnipeg
Henri Gagnon
Quebec
Canadian Daily Newspapers Association
W. J. J. Butler
Toronto
New Japanese Minister Arrives in New York
Satomotsu Kato, newly appointed Japanese minister to Canada, and his wife arrived in New York aboard the Majestic. They traveled by train to Ottawa. Kato has spent years in Japan’s consular service, most recently in London and prior in Washington.
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New York
Satomotsu Kato
Canada
Majestic
Post Office Act Amendment Aims Rural Mail Contract Renewal
Bill to amend the Post Office Act to allow renewal of rural mail delivery contracts by the postmaster general without tender calls. Introduction to be made in the House of Commons by Minister of Justice Hugh Guthrie.
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Ottawa
Post Office
House of Commons
Hugh Guthrie
Postmaster General
Blind May Receive Pension Under New Ottawa Plan
A Dominion report to the House of Commons recommends blind persons receive pensions at age 40 on par with the Old Age Pensions Act. It urges provincial participation where the act is not in force, estimating 3,016 blind across nine provinces with about 2,600 eligible and a yearly cost under $500,000, plus $125,000 to year end. The maximum pension would be $20 a month.
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Ottawa
Dominion
House of Commons
House Committee On Industrial and International Relations
Quebec
New Brunswick
A New British Movement for Cause of Peace
London reports the launch of a non-partisan Council of Action aiming to secure across party support for peace and reconstruction in the forthcoming general elections. Backed by figures like David Lloyd George Viscount Snowden and Sir Basil Blackett the manifesto calls for a July London convention to organize a national campaign.
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London
David Lloyd George
Viscount Snowden
Basil Blackett
Bank of England
Council of Action
House of Commons
No Bids For Ontario Bonds Sparks Government Stand
Ontario Premier Hepburn proclaimed no surrender after no bids for the 15 million bond issue. He charged financial interests conspired to force government surrender and warned governance rests with elected representatives, not money powers. He suggested selling bonds over the counter if needed.
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Toronto
Hepburn
Ontario
Babson Warns Business Leaders to Brace for Inflation
Roger W. Babson, famed statistician, urged U S businessmen to prepare for inflation at a Boston chamber of commerce luncheon. He dismissed Washington worries saying inflation of some kind surely is coming.
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Boston
Roger W. Babson
United States
Washington
Boston Chamber of Commerce
End of Chaco War Sealed by Peace Protocol Signing
The Chaco War between Bolivia and Paraguay ends with a peace protocol signed by foreign ministers in a mediation conference attended by Argentina Brazil Chile Peru Uruguay and the United States. A neutral commission will verify fronts and positions, cease fire orders are reported, and the team will travel by plane to the jungle border where casualties have mounted.
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Buenos Aires
Bolivia
Paraguay
Gran Chaco
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Peru
Uruguay
United States
Ilcomayo
Ottawa reports big decrease in Canadian wheat stocks
The Dominion bureau of statistics records for the week ended June 7 show Canadian wheat in store at 200,355,758 bushels, down 1,189,638 from the prior week and 10,265 less than the same week last year. US wheat in Canada stood at 200,294 bushels, and wheat in transit on the lakes totaled 3,100,258 bushels.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
United States
Canada
Grace Moore Captivates London with Curtain Call Record
Grace Moore sang Mimi in La Boheme before Queen Mary and a large London society audience. She received 15 curtain calls after the final act, a possible Covent Garden record, as the Queen returned after the second curtain call to applaud the American soprano a third time.
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London
Grace Moore
Mimi
Covent Garden Hall
United States
Miss Moore
Aerial bases in U S domestic policy debated
Ottawa reports Canada had no information on U S plans for an air base near the Quebec border at Lake Champlain. Meighen said any such step would be a U S domestic policy matter and noted Congress had authorized airports and defence zones, but no action followed. Dandurand cited a naval expert's border airport proposal and Roosevelt's denial of need.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
Lake Champlain
Quebec
Arthur Meighen
Senate
Meighen
Rodolphe Lemieux
Lib
Montreal
United States Congress
Congress
Northwest
Raoul Dandurand
United States Naval Department
Franklin Roosevelt
Ottawa Senate Rejects Industrial Disputes Bill
The senate banking and commerce committee voted to reject the Industrial Disputes Investigation Act amendment. It urged not to proceed, saying the bill would harm public interest and intrude on provincial civil rights, with concerns over boards of conciliation and constitutional limits.
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Ottawa
Senate Banking and Commerce Committee
Price Spreads Commission
Senate
Arthur Meighen
Tom Moore
Trades and Labor Congress
Senate backs joint divorce committee proposal
A proposal to establish a joint committee of both houses to hear divorce applications found favor in the senate. The upper house already has a divorce committee under Senator Lendrum McMeans. The commons lacks one and sends such bills to its private bills committee after senate passage.
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Ottawa
Senate
Lendrum McMeans
Winnipeg
The
Commons
Quebec Lumber Push Faces Provincial Hurdles
Quebec forest commission aims to boost exports of Quebec lumber. Chairman L A Daigle said the commission is hampered by influences that militate against wider use of Quebec timber.
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Montreal
Quebec Forest Commission
Province of Quebec
L. A. Daigle
Memorial Unveiled for Harry Sifton in Assiniboine Park
A sundial memorial for the late Harry Sifton of Toronto was unveiled in Assiniboine Park Winnipeg. E H Macklin former Winnipeg Free Press president presented the memorial and B C Nicholas of the Victoria Times attended as a close friend of Sifton.
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Winnipeg
Harry Sifton
Toronto
E. H. Macklin
Winnipeg Free Press
Assiniboine Park
B. C. Nicholas
The
Victoria Times
Sifton
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Laval
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U. S
Quebec Lumber
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