National radio coast to coast plan eyed by C R C
Ottawa notes a proposed construction program by the Canadian Radio Commission to provide coast to coast coverage. It would add or boost stations in Nova Scotia Montreal Toronto and areas of northern Ontario Saskatchewan and British Columbia. Estimated cost under 1 million dollars. The plan includes longer broadcast hours and new studios to ease current reception complaints. A new Ottawa short wave reception station is expected to be ready soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OtTawa
Ce Jian Radio Commission
Nova Scotia
Montreal
Toronto
Ontario
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Canada
Maritime Provinces
Quebec
Alberta
Commission
Special committee to counter air attacks announced
Sir Philip Sassoon announced in the House of Commons a special committee to study countering air attacks with new scientific inventions. The panel includes Henry Tizard as chairman, A V Hill of the Royal Society, and P M S Blackett of the University of London. The panel will report to the Imperial Defence Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Philip Sassoon
House of Commons
Henry Tizard
Imperial College of Science and Technology
A. V. Hill
Royal Society
P M. S. Blackett
University of London
Imperial Defence Committee
Hogs Are Hogs Ottawa Debate on Canadian Hog Quality
Liberal MP Dr. Thomas Donnelly from Willow Bunch argues Canadian hogs are superior to American hogs. He says the American hog is not a bacon hog but a lard hog and claims Canada’s Yorkshire bacon hogs fetch higher prices. He compares farm prices in Canada and the United States to support the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Thomas Donnelly
Liberal House
Willow Bunch
Dr. Donnelly
Canada
United States
Tourist Traffic Improves in Ottawa Area
Foreign automobile traffic entering Canada rose in the past calendar year with a total of 3,261,848 automobiles compared to 3,096,887 in 1933. The gain is 164,961, announced by Hon. R. C. Matthews, minister of national revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada
R. C. Matthews
National Revenue
Britain will need Canadian wheat, says UK official
Sir Francis Fild, high commissioner for His Majesty's government in the United Kingdom, told members of the Women's Canadian Club in Toronto that Britain will continue to need Canadian wheat despite extensive agricultural development at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Britain
Francis Fieud
United Kingdom
Women's
Imperial Press Conference ends with thanks to Major Astor
The fifth Imperial press conference closes in Johannesburg with a vote of thanks to Major J. J. Astor of London for chairing. Delegates praise deliberations and agree on forming a London committee to coordinate Empire Press Union work and seek lower press cable rates. The agenda includes Empire Press Union inclusion, lower postage for British newspapers to Dominions and colonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannesburg
Imperial Press Conference
J. J. Astor
Times Publishing Company of London
Major Astor
London
Empire Press Union
Dominions
Emaciated Animals Protest Western Minnesota Drought Aid
Outside the Minnesota legislature three starved animals a horse cow and a pig fed on scraps while farmer Arthur Spencer said relief delayed kept them alive. Inside the Senate approved a $500000 drought relief for western Minnesota livestock to be managed by the state executive council as Spencer led his one man banded protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
St. Paul
Statehouse
Senate
State Executive Council
Arthur Spencer
Bony March
Financial report shows Canada bank deposits shift in January 1935
The monthly chartered banks report to the Department of Finance shows a $12 million drop in bank note circulation and a $5 million fall in central gold reserve deposits by January 31 1935 compared with December. Demand deposits fell $45 million from December though $50 million above a year earlier. Savings deposits rose $5 million in the month and $62 million in the year. Call loans in Canada declined $10 million versus December while current loans were down $18 million from December and $50 million from January 31 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Department of Finance
Canada
Ethiopia Protest Over Italian Troop Sendings
Foreign office officials drafted a reply to Ethiopia's protest against continued Italian troop and ammunition shipments to Italian Somaliland. Ethiopian charge d affaires Negrades Yesus delivered a note from Emperor Haile Selassie offering to withdraw if Italy leaves Somaliland and Eritrea and urging peaceful border settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Foreign Office
Ethiopia
Negrades Yesus
Haile Selassie
Italy
Italian Somaliland
Eritrea
Hughes War Resolution Debate Withdrawn in Senate
Warm discussion of the Hughes war resolution ended with its withdrawal by the sponsor in the senate. The measure urged that if Canada entered war again, it would mobilize fully and conscript all human power and material wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Senate
Canada
Manitoba school trustees urge free text books for grades one to six
The Manitoba School Trustees' Association called on the government to provide free text books from grades one through six. Education up to the sixth grade was compulsory, and the resolution urged that text books be supplied at public expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Manitoba School Trustees’ Association
Manitoba
Disastrous Fire Destroys Krassin Pencil Factory Near Moscow
Twenty nine people were killed in an explosion and fire that wiped out the Krassin pencil factory on Moscow's outskirts. The blaze began shortly before midnight, took three hours to control, and cremation of victims followed three days later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Krassin
Sacco-Vanzetti
Drought Fear Emerges Across Western Plains
The Weather Bureau warns of continued dry soil in a wide western Great Plains area foreshadowing possible drought return after last summer. Severe dust storms hit western Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska and parts of eastern Colorado and Wyoming as dust events begin earlier than typical this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Great Plains
United States Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Weather Bureau
Sir John Simon May Visit Russia to Talk Peace
London reports the cabinet tentatively approved sending two internationalists to European capitals to pursue a peace plan. Sir John Simon and Capt. Anthony Eden may visit Moscow Warsaw and Praha after Berlin talks with Soviet leaders to push for an inclusive European settlement.
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Sir John Simon
Russia
London
John Simon
Anthony Eden
Privy Seal
Moscow
Warsaw
Praha
Berlin
Three Ottawa-Montreal Doctors Win Royal Society Medals
Secretary Burpee of the Royal Society of Canada announced three medals awarded annually to a Montrealer and two Ottawans. Edward Montpetit of Montreal University received the Lorne Pierce medal for literature. F T Shutt, former Dominion experimental farm chemist, won the Sir Joseph Flavelle medal for science. Brig Gen E A Cruickshank, noted 1812 war student, earned the Tyrrell medal for history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Lawrence J. Burpee
Royal Society of Canada
Society
Edward Montpetit
Montreal University
Lorne Pierce
F. T. Shutt
Dominion Experimental Farm
Joseph Flavelle
E. A. Cruickshank
Reform Measures Ottawa to Set Up Economic Advisory Council
Ottawa expected to see a bill establishing an economic advisory council as the next reform measure in the speech from the throne. The bill was nearly ready, with selection of three or more council members not decided. The board would advise on economic progress, akin to the National Research Council for science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Economic Advisory Council
R. B. Bennett
Dominion
National Research Council
Saar Territory Jurisdiction Ends for League of Nations
At 11:30 am on February 28 the League of Nations authority over the Saar territory ended. Geoffrey G. Knox, president of the governing commission, turned police authority over to Reich representatives marking the transfer of control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saarbruecken
League of Nations
Saar
Geoffrey G. Knox
Reich
Court Martial Convicts Capt Sawbridge Over Renown Hood Collision
In Portsmouth England Capt H R Sawbridge of the battle cruiser Renown is found guilty of negligence after a collision with the Hood. The court acquits Rear-Admiral Sidney Bailey on the same charge. The Hood captain F T B Tower faces trial. he is dismissed from his ship.
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Renown
Portsmouth
England
H. R. Sawbridge
Sidney Bailey
F. T. B. Tower
Hood
Relief Standards Urged by Ottawa for Unemployment Aid
The Canadian Council on Child and Family Welfare proposed a federal advisory committee to set unemployment relief standards provinces must follow or face loss of federal funds. The plan notes the urgency as current agreements expire at month end and 1,350,000 people rely on relief nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canadian Council On Child and Family Welfare
MacDonald vows resignation only if unable to pull full weight
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald said he will resign when he can no longer pull his full weight in the boat amid defending the National government against critics. He pledged the cabinet will examine any plan to solve unemployment and rejected claims the government shields speculators or has dismissed Lloyd George’s new deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doncaster
Yorkshire
Eny
Ramsay MacDonald
MacDonald
David Lloyd George
Lloyd George
Canada to Establish Grain Marketing Board
Ottawa reports the government plans a board to direct grain marketing including domestic and foreign policy, to advise producers on world requirements of wheat and feed grains, regulate distribution, and possibly buy sell store and ship. Rail rates on feed grains for domestic use will be tied to its activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada
House of Commons
Saarlanders Celebrate Saarbruecken Return to Germany
News recounts Saarlanders welcoming March 1 as the Saar returns to Germany under League of Nations oversight. Citizens toast, shout victory salutes, and sing as the French flag is lowered and Nazi gestures erupt at the coal administration site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saarbruecken
Saar
Germany
League of Nations
France
Saar Domanial
Chef Montessi Revived After Seven Minutes Of Death
Vincent Montessi a 63 year old former Brazilian embassy chef in Washington was clinically dead for seven minutes during kidney surgery. Dr Frederick Reuter revived him by massaging his heart through an abdominal incision and he is reported doing nicely. Montessi described the experience as a blank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vincent Montessi
Montessi
Frederick Reuter
Election Lists To Be Printed By April First
Secretary C. H. Cahan told the House of Commons the government printing bureau will have election lists in type by April 1. Most city lists are printed and delivered to the franchise commissioner. Enumerators prepared the lists during the census months ago for use at the next election if held before or shortly after April 15, with a revision due on that date to update the rolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government Printing Bureau
Ottawa
C. H. Cahan
House of Commons
Relief list fraud claim shocks Three Rivers council
Three Rivers Quebec reports that at least 50 000 of Montreal’s 180 000 on relief lists are fake and collect relief cheques illegally costing about 300 000 dollars monthly. Alderman Leon Trepanier of Montreal tells members of Jeune Commerce de Trois Rivieres.
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Three Rivers
Montreal
Leon Trepanier
Jeune Commerce de Trois
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London Times
Hughes
Drouth
Claude S. Beck
Lakeside Hospital
Cleveland
Canadian Council On Welfare
Hong Kong
China
Walchow
Pearl River
Rivieres
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