Plan Proposed to Curb Mass Buying in Canada
Ontario official George Hougham proposed a federally controlled council to regulate industries and enforce fair trading codes. Warren K. Cook accused department stores of deceitful advertising and predatory competition that harmed manufacturers, while H. H. Stevens signaled upcoming audits of department store ledgers.
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Ottaws
Stevens’ Committee
House of Commons
George Hougham
Toronto
Ontario Retail Merchants
Aas
Canada
Dominion
Warren K. Cook
Cook
Canadian Association of Garment Manufacturers
H. H. Stevens
General Election Forecast for Alberta Named by Albertaan
The Calgary Albertan forecasts a general provincial election soon after the current legislative session ends. It anticipates a cabinet shake-up, a non-committal stance on the Co operative Commonwealth Federation, and a campaign featuring social legislation and broad changes to the British North America Act.
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Calgary
Alberta
Calgary Albertan
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Air Route To Canada Anew Study By Three Governments
Sir Philip Sassoon told the House of Commons Britain Canada and Newfoundland are studying a direct air route to Canada via Newfoundland. A new project includes a weekly New York Bermuda service with Imperial Airways and American interests, and Britain Australia service hoped to start by autumn.
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London
Canada
Newfoundland
House of Commons
Philip Sassoon
Philip
Air
New York
Bermuda
Imperial Airways
Gold Box at London Bank Turns Out to Be Cement
A London bank box claimed to hold 930 fine ounces of gold valued at $32,300 when dispatched from Cape Town on Feb. 16 was found to weigh the same but worth only $2.39 after entry. The box actually contained cement, not gold.
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London
Cape Town
South Africa
Binder Twine Guarantee Record Sparks Alberta Notes
The Alberta government reports that total outstanding 1933 binder twine guarantees amount to 47520 dollars. Provincial treasurer R G Reid supplied the figure in reply to A P Mitchell's questions in the legislature.
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Edmonton
Alberta
R. G. Reid
A. P. Mitchell
Liv
Lrorc
Lord Aberdeen Dead in Aberdeenshire Residence
John Campbell Hamilton Gordon, first Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, former governor general of Canada, died at Cromar House Tarland Aberdeenshire. He is succeeded by his son, the Earl of Haddo. His wife Ishbel Merjoribanks survives. she was his active partner. He had served as lord high commissioner to the general assembly of the Church of Scotland and lord lieutenant of Ireland. He returned to Ireland in 1895 and held the post again for 10 years.
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Edinburgh
Marquess of Aberdeen
Temair
Govenor
Canada
House of Cromar
Tarland
Aberdeenshire
John Campbell Hamilton Gordon
Marquess of
Aberdeen
Dominion
Earl of
Haddo
Ishbel Merjoribanks
Lord Aberdeen
General Assembly
Church of Scotland
Ireland
Correct Abuses in Ontario Packing Plants and Stockyards
Ontario Legislature’s agriculture committee moved to correct alleged abuses in packing plants and stockyards. A Stevens committee directive to Ottawa called for a thorough immediate probe of the province’s livestock industry amid drover complaints of anti competitive bidding, post market bid cuts, direct shipment to abattoirs, and high handling charges reducing farmer returns.
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Toronto
Agriculture Committee
Ontario
Aulong the Stevens
Ottawa
Arsenal raid in Outremont nets weapons haul
The provincial police seized 28 loaded revolvers 1 000 boxes of cartridges five rifles three shotguns 20 daggers 25 blackjacks and axes during a raid on a suburban Outremont house after three months of investigation into illegal arms distribution in Montreal. A leading underworld figure was arrested in the raid with his name withheld pending arraignment.
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Montreal
Outremont
Louis Jargaille
Quota For Cattle Calgary
Western exporter Jack Byers says Canada will exhaust its 20 200 head cattle quota for shipment to the United Kingdom well before the six month limit. Up to now 8 341 head have shipped, with Western Canada contributing 3 114. He warns of disaster if the UK market closes to Dominion exporters.
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Calgary
Canada
United Kingdom
Jack Byers
Western Canada
Dominion
Mr. Byers
Fighting Insect Pests Georgetown British Guiana
Entomologists begin a major effort to eradicate the dread moth bore pest threatening sugar crops in British Guiana. Dr. J. G. Myers and team released thousands of Amazon flies on five plantations after perilous jungle work to combat the pests costly to the colony's premier industry.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
J. G. Myers
Myers
Ford Says Munition Makers Promote War and Distrust
Henry Ford attacks a half billion dollar navy program and army naval construction. He blames a small group of 109 munition men for wars and says outlawing war depends on the people who have followed war makers. He supports Senator Borah's idea.
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Fort Myers Fla
Henry Ford
United States
William Borah
United States Navy
Mr. Ford
System urged for long term unemployment relief in Canada
The Canadian Council on Child and Family Welfare calls for immediate action to create a permanent national relief system. It argues unemployment insurance should start soon on a contributory, actuarially sound basis and that relief agencies at all levels be restructured. It also proposes insurance for sickness and old age related relief and direct relief for other dependency causes, plus a relief work program to prevent welfare dependency. The statement notes urban migration from industrialization and urges a rural urban balance.
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Ottawa
Canadian Council On Child and Family Welfare
Senate approves sweepstakes for hospital purposes
Ottawa reports the senate passed Senator G H Barnard’s bill on second reading by 40 to 23. The measure goes to the committee of the whole and, if approved, to the house of commons. Premier R B Bennett backs a wide open debate with party lines withdrawn, though he personally opposes legalization.
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Ottawa
Senate
G. H. Barnard
House of Commons
A. D. McRae
Commons
R. B. Bennett
Dominion
L. A. Taschereau
Quebec
Bennett
Parachute Saves Student in Waltham England Accident
A Canadian student pilot W S Soule 21 of Sudbury Ont fell from a plane piloted by an Austrian named Hell during a slow roll at 4000 feet. His safety straps failed upside down. he pulled the parachute ripcord and survived after three somersaults, landing safely just clearing tall trees.
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Bishop Waltham
England
W. S. Soule
Sudbury
Ont
Hell
Louie
Grading Hog and Egg Laws Open for Study
The commons committee on agriculture will study grading hogs and eggs. F H Pickel proposed amending grading laws. Grote Stirling helped move the amendment to committee after debate. Pickel charged government hog graders favored packers over farmers. Egg graders were also said to side against farmers.
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Pickel
Saskatchewan Should Transfer Prince Albert Park Control
Recommendation to eliminate provincial claim on Prince Albert National Park was approved by the local board of trade and sent to Regina. The issue stems from compensation for land alienation and the Dominion offered to hand the park over to Saskatchewan after counters by the probing commission in Ottawa.
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Prince Albert
Saskatchewan
Prince Albert National Park
Regina
Board of Trade
Dominion
Ottawa
No agreement to control hog prices in Canada
Ottawa reports no consensus among meat packing firms to curb hog prices. J S Mc Lean of Canada Packers testified that profits in a rising market explain price trends, while English bacon prices influence Canadian hog values and only a small portion of production goes to Britain.
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Ottawa
Canada
J. S. McLean
Canada Packers
House Business Inquiry
Toronto
London
United Kingdom
McLean
H. H. Stevens
Trade and Commerce
E. J. Young
Weyburn
Chicago
City of
Smith Acquitted by Jury on Sedition Charge
A. E. Smith, general secretary of the Canadian Labor Defence League, is acquitted after a four day trial of seditious utterance against Prime Minister R. B. Bennett. The 62 year old Brandon Methodist minister denied any wrongdoing, with his defense led by E. J. McMurray and Peter White.
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Toronto
A. E. Smith
Canadian Labor Defence League
R. B. Bennett
Tim Buck
Kingston Penitentiary
Smith
Brandon
Winnipeg
Assize Court
Hugh E. Rose
E. J. McMurray
K.C
Peter White
Defence League
Leo Gallagher
Los Angeles
Marinus van der Lubbe
Berlin
Rumors of Coup Linked to Stavisky Scandal
Paris rumors cite a parliamentary committee linking the Stavisky bond case to a potential coup led by former interior minister Eugene Prot. Investigators probe secret symbols used in the payroll and the killing of Judge Albert Prince near Dijon as a possible impersonation plot.
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Paris
Offias
Serge Stavisky
Jean Chiappe
Eugene Prot
Stavisky
Prot
Albert Prince
Here
Dijon
Prince
Dominion treasury bills sold at record low rates in Canada
Dominion of Can Sola treasury bills totaling 15 million dollars were sold by public tender. Two series issued dated March 1 mature June 1 and November 1. The three month lot of 2.45 million averages 2.85 percent while the eight month 12.55 million averages 3.12 percent. The issue was described as the lowest rate for Canadian short term financing on record.
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Ottawa
Dominion of Cansola
Treasury
Royal Court Schedule At Buckingham And Holyrood
The king and queen will hold four courts at Buckingham Palace on May 15 16 and June 12 13 and an afternoon drawing room at Holyroodhouse during the week of July 9.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Palace of Holyroodhouse
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Leopold
Belgium
Brussels
Count Broqueville
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