Study Plan to Amend the British North America Act
A Dominion provincial conference is urged to study methods to amend the British North America Act. The committee proposes prompt consideration to redistribute legislative power and clarify taxation while protecting minority rights and provincial autonomy. Submissions were sought from provincial attorneys general, with several provinces declining and Ontario withholding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Dominion
House Committee
F. W. Turnbull
Regina
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
Quebec
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
New Brunswick
Ontario
King To Inspect Aircraft at Mildenhall July Sixth
The king will review about 350 aircraft and personnel at Mildenhall Suffolk on July 6 wearing RAF marshal uniform. Nearly 40 squadrons are represented and a fly past over Duxford Cambridgeshire will follow in formation. The inspection lasts about three quarters of an hour.
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London
Britain
Mildenhall
Suffolk
Royal Air Force
Duxford
Cambridgeshire
Eight-Hour Day Law Applies With Delayed Railways
The Dominion's eight hour day law gains royal assent with general application three months after approval. Railways receive an extra six months to negotiate collective agreements with their workers due to complexity of bargaining with unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canadian Railways
House of Commons
Senate
Ottawa House approves delinquency law changes in minutes
The House of Commons swiftly passed second and third readings and committee stage for a technical delinquency law change. Originating in the senate, the bill was requested by children aid societies. A companion criminal code change was also passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
House of Commons
Senate
Children Aid Societies
Canadians Defend Tariff System in Conference Replay
John W. Dafoe editor of the Winnipeg Free Press and two Canadian scholars defend Canada’s three tariff plan at a conference on Canadian-American affairs. They contest Prof Jacob Viner’s charge of discrimination, arguing Canada trades for wheat with intermediate rates and that a flexible tariff would ease U S tensions. Dafoe advocates variable tariffs over a rigid single system to resolve difficulties.
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Canton
N.Y
John W. Dafoe
Winnipeg Free Press
Frank A. Knox
Queen's University
Robert McQueen
University of Saskatchewan
Dafoe
Jacob Viner
Chicago
Canada
United States
Government aims to reunite Dionne quintuplets in Toronto home
Ontario welfare minister David A. Croll said at the Cal lander birthday event on May 28 that he plans to reunite Oliva Dionne and his family in a single large house funded from the quints’ fund. He invited Mr. Dionne to Toronto after a few days to consider the plan. The offer includes government control of the children’s business affairs and retaining Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe as their physician.
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Toronto
David A. Croll
Ontario
Callander
Oliva Dionne
Dionne
Mr. Croll
Allan Roy Dafoe
Essay Winner from Toronto Claims Australia Trip
Grace B Pattullo an 18 year old Eastwood high school Edmonton student wins the free trip to Australia for the best essay on that country by a Canadian high school student. Awards announced by L R Macgregor Australian trade commissioner to Canada. Prizes of 50 dollars for best essays from each other province go to Grace Walton North Vancouver Marcelle A Jabour Prince Rupert Margaret McGregor Nutana Saskatoon. Pattullo is expected to accompany Hon F H Stewart MP and Mrs Stewart to their home near Sydney Australia this autumn.
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Toronto
Grace B. Pattullo
Eastwood High School
Edmonton
Australia
L. R. Macgregor
Canada
British Columbia
Grace Walton
North Vancouver
Marcelle A. Jabour
Prince Rupert
Saskatchewan
Margaret McGregor
Nutana Collegiate
Saskatoon
Miss Pattullo
F. H. Stewart
M.P
Mrs. Stewart
Sydney
Trotzky Again Disappears Oslo Norway
Leon Trotzky the Russian exile, his wife and two secretaries vanished after arriving from Antwerp. They were last seen moving from Oslo to Hoenefoss, a 3,000 population town, with a six month stay planned. The Daily Herald described Trotzky as gravely ill with tuberculosis and the journey as a life and death matter.
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Oslo
Norway
Leon Trotzky
Antwerp
Trotzky
Hoenefoss
London
The
Daily Herald
Duke to chair London jubilee advisory council
The Duke of York will head the advisory council formed by his brother the Prince of Wales to assist in administering the king's jubilee trust.
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London
Duke of York
Prince of Wales
MacDonald Considered Canada Visit and U S Mission
Ramsay MacDonald lord president of the council and former prime minister was reported to be under consideration for a social visit to friends in Canada. The invitation’s issuer was not learned and a Daily Herald correspondent suggested he might travel to the United States as a special representative to discuss Anglo American cooperation in world affairs.
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Ramsay MacDonald
Dominion
London
Council
Canada
The
Daily Herald
MacDonald
United States
Washington
Bennett to Remain Canadian Leader Despite Illness
Prime Minister R. B. Bennett assured Conservative members at a private banquet that health permitting he will continue as leader of the government. J. Earl Lawson affirmed Bennett’s sense of duty will drive him to carry on, despite concerns raised by his illness during his return to Parliament. Bennett has resumed full parliamentary participation, attending afternoon and evening sessions and holding weekly cabinet councils since returning from England.
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Ottawa
R. B. Bennett
House of Commons
Senate
Bennett
J. Earl Lawson
Dominion
Conservative Party
Toronto
York West
England
Decrease In Fire Losses Ottawa 1934 Report
George F. Lewis of Toronto, president of the Association of Canadian Fire Marshals, opened the annual conference with news that 1934 fire losses in Canada fell by over 20 million dollars versus 1930. He noted a rise in dwelling fires from 1924 to 1934, increasing from 16 943 incidents losing 7 000 000 to 32 436 incidents causing 9 957 000 in 1934.
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Ottawa
Canada
George F. Lewis
O.B.E
Toronto
Association of Canadian Fire Marshals
Association
Lewis
Spry Proposes New Dominion Broadcasting Commission
Canton NY and Graham Spry call for a 12 member Canadian broadcasting commission to replace the failed Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission. The plan favors nonpartisan appointees, cross party access to the national network, and free air time for all parties during elections.
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Canton
N.Y
Graham Spry
Canadian Radio League
Conference On
Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission
Dominion
Spry
Weeks Held in Venezuela Prison Four Years Without Trial
George Weeks a British subject from Port of Spain Trinidad says he was confined in a Venezuela prison for four years without trial and denied access to British consular officers. Venezuelan authorities reportedly faced a possible damages claim from Weeks.
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Port of Spain
Trinidad
George Weeks
Venezuela
Weeks
Manitoba to Lease Marsh Lands for Muskrat Ranches
Manitoba Natural Resources Minister J. S. Mc Diarmid announced a division of 11 000 square miles of marsh in the Saskatchewan river delta east of The Pas into zones suitable for muskrat ranching. Lands will be offered for leasing by autumn.
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Winnipeg
Saskatchewan River
Pas
Manitoba Natural Reources
J. S. McDiarmid
Hepburn to Probe Relief Homes in Ontario Visit
Premier Mitchell F Hepburn announced he will visit Ontario municipalities within two weeks to inspect conditions of relief recipient homes. The move follows a 3 1 2 hour meeting with 15 hunger marchers and cabinet members, after which he promised another conference with the marchers.
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Toronto
Mitchell F. Hepburn
Ontario
Hepburn
Women to present farewell memento to Countess of Bessborough
Ottawa society hears Lady Perley announce Countess of Bessborough will accept a keepsake from Canadian friends. A committee formed at the meeting to launch the gift as a token of lasting memory of her years in Canada.
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Women of Canada
Ottawa
Canada
Countess of Bessborough
Lady Perley
Sir George Perley
Lady Bessborough
Reform by legal means urged in Canada clash speech
Ottawa reports Premier R. B. Bennett arguing in the House that reforms must be enacted legally, not by overstepping parliament. He warned the age of lawlessness if constitution changes are rushed, while H. H. Stevens pressed for broader credit and industrial reforms amid partisan tension.
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Ottawa
R. B. Bennett
House of Commons
H. H. Stevens
Bennett
Stevens
Canada
Price Spreads Commission
Bennett Opposes Change in Canadian National Finances
Ottawa reports Premier R B Bennett opposes altering the capital structure of Canadian National Railways while privy council litigation with Grand Trunk shareholders continues. He urged CN annual reports reflect the investment by Canadians and indicated the appeal likely to be heard next month in London.
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Ottawa
Canadian National Railways
Privy Council
Grand Trunk
R. B. Bennett
Canadian National
London
Ross W. Gray
Lib
Lambton West
House Railway Committee
C. P. Fullerton
Canadian National Trustees
Dominion of Canada
Baldwin fills seven posts in government retitles
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin appointed seven more posts of non ministerial rank. New ministers include Captain H F C Crookshank as Minister of Mines and R S Hudson as Minister of Pensions. Euan Wallace becomes Under Secretary for the Home Office with Sir Victor Warrender as Financial Secretary to the Admiralty. Kenneth Lindsay joins as Civil Lord of the Admiralty, a first office for him. Leslie Hore Belisha and Sir Thomas Inskip were assigned the same posts in the new government.
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London
Stanley Baldwin
Mines
H. F. C. Crookshank
R. S. Hud
Home Office
Euan Wallace
Admiralty
Victor Warrender
Kenneth Lindsay
Ramsay MacDonald
Little National Labor Party
Lindsay
Crookshank
Home Department
Hudson
Labor
Wallace
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Transport
Thomas Inskip
Discovery of a new vitamin linked to diabetes control
Dr C H Best of the University of Toronto and Sir Frederick Banting collaborator J M Hershey and M E Huntsman contributed to the discovery of a vitamin named choline. The vitamin, uncovered during insulin studies, may influence diabetes management.
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Toronto
C. H. Best
University of Toronto
Frederick Banting
Best
J. M. Hershey
M. E. Huntsman
Senate Rejects Bill to Publish Newspaper Shareholders
The senate rejected a bill by T. L. Church to compel newspapers in Toronto East to publish shareholder names. Only Senator James Murdock dissented. The banking and commerce committee said the measure would not achieve its purpose.
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Ottawa
T. L. Church
Toronto East
Senate
James Murdock
Lib
Parkdale
Banking and Commerce Committee
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