Free health clinics urged at Dominion conference in Ottawa
The Dominion provincial health conference chaired by Col. D M Sutherland urged annual compulsory medical exams for Canadians and the expansion of free clinics to boost public health. Speakers debated a royal commission, while emphasis remained on cancer awareness and education through nurses, public schools, and provincial collaboration. Tuberculosis mortality among Indians cited as a major province issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
D. M. Sutherland
Col. Sutherland
C. W. Weir
British Columbia
R. A. Hoey
Manitoba
Weir
J. P. McMillan
Prince Edward Island
Geo. Hoadley
Alberta
Hoey
J. M. Uhrich
Saskatchewan
Uhrich
King George V. Cancer Fund
Canada
Western Grain Halifax Prompts Prairie East West Unity Plan
M. A. MacPherson former Saskatchewan treasurer and attorney general told the Canadian Club in Halifax that balancing grain production can solve farm difficulties. He cited the U K bacon market as a key. finishing pork in the Maritimes Quebec and Ontario with western grain could work if freight rates drop. He urged eastern and western provinces to cooperate to make the plan practical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
M. A. MacPherson
Saskatchewan
United Kingdom
Maritimes
Quebec
Ontario
Mr. MacPhergon
Miners Lost In Taseko Snowslide Near Bridge River
Recovery of several miners feared dead after a snowslide at the Taseko Mother Lode gold mines north of Bridge River is deemed impossible for the time being due to 15 to 20 feet of snow. Provincial Constable R J Welsman and a party including Roland and Bill Allaire spent ten days travelling by snowshoe to the camp to report the disaster and await better conditions.
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Bridge River
B.C
Taseko Mother Lode
Here
British Columbia
R. J. Welsman
Roland
Bill Allaire
Tyax Lake
Automobile Inquiry Tour Through Ontario and Western Canada
M N Campbell vice chairman of the tariff board says the national inquiry into the automobile industry will begin this week with a western Ontario tour visiting Windsor Tilbury and Oshawa to question auto and parts officials. The board will study tariff effects and company finances before leaving mid May for western Canada with hearings in Vancouver Calgary and oil case sessions planned for May dates.
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Ottawa
M. N. Campbell
Tariff Board
Ontario
Windsor
Tilbury
Oshawa
Canada
United States
Western Canada
Vancouver
Calgary
London Prospects Sink Wheat Crop Ahead of Harvest
Predicts Canada and United States wheat crops will be below normal with U S export limited. Factors cited include Australia and Argentina smaller yields, Canada price policy, and French export regulation. Weather and storms threaten further losses, dampening world supply expectations.
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London
United States
Australia
Argentina
Canada
Infants in Callander, Ontario Recovering at Home
Oliva and Regina Dionne express relief as quintuplet girls improve after examination by Dr. G W Smith of North Bay. Manager Leo Kervin notes the parents were satisfied with the latest check and credit the care of Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe and hospital staff. A separate note mentions a Hind collection stamp insured for $50,000 on its London transit.
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Smith
Government eyes extension for May wheat delivery in Winnipeg
John I. McFarland head of the government wheat agency proposes delaying May wheat delivery by transferring hedges to July. The offer includes 15% cents a bushel storage and a plan to distribute wheat held against May contracts, with more than 55,000,000 bushels involved. Details urge bonafide cash wheat owners hedged in May to submit quantities and locations for equitable hedge shifting by April 27.
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Winnipeg
John I. McFarland
Government Wheat Agency
Grain Exchange Council
McFarland
Prize Increases at 1935 Calgary Exhibition and Stampede
General Manager E. L. Richardson announced higher prizes across all livestock classes at the 1935 Calgary Exhibition and Stampede. Increases, some nearly doubling, were funded by the enlarged Dommon government grant from 2500 to 5000 and by donations from breed societies.
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Calgary
E. L. Richardson
Dommon
Lithuania Expands Army as German Troop Buildup Intensifies
Lithuania announces plans to increase artillery, tanks, and air units and to motorize its army. The government has already extended military service by three months due to the tense border situation with Germany’s four divisions in east Prussia along Lithuania’s western border.
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Kaunas
Germany
East Prussia
Lithuania
Greek generals executed for sedition after abortive revolt
Two rebel army generals Gen Papoulas and Gen Kimissis died at dawn before a firing squad as witnesses described a court martial of an assassination plot tied to the recent 10 day revolution. Both offered no last wishes.
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Athens
Papoulas
Kimissis
Iran Earthquakes Death Toll Seen Rising
Relief teams race to stricken areas as figures indicate 483 dead in Iran from quakes begun April 12. Medical aid and supplies rush in to rebuild lines of communication. In Formosa Taihoku reports 3185 buried and over 10000 injured with hospitals overwhelmed and tents serving as first aid stations.
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Teheran
Iran
Taihoku
Formosa
Shinchiku
Taichu
Victoria scientist Plaskett wins Draper medal
John Stanley Plaskett former Dominion observatory director in Victoria B C receives the Henry Draper medal from the National Academy of Sciences for nearly thirty years of work on stellar radial velocities and related studies. Dr Frank Dawson Adams of McGill University Montreal accepted the medal on his behalf.
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Washington
John Stanley Plaskett
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory
Victoria
B.C
Henry Draper
National Academy of Sciences
United States
Plaskett
Frank Dawson Adams
McGill University
Montreal
Academy
Imperial conference urged on trade and policy in London
Unofficial complaints from manufacturers and grain traders accuse Canada of failing to meet Ottawa agreements and call for an imperial conference to address trade foreign policy and imperial defence. The Daily Herald notes brewing tensions among British and dominion governments over Ottawa.
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London
Canada
Ottawa
The
Daily Herald
Liverpool Corn Trade Association
Daily Mail
Europe
Locarno
France
Italy
Great Britain
G. W. Forbes
New Zealand
Bennett
United Kingdom
Stresa
Council of the League
Germany
Belgium
Atlantic
Dominion
Rudyard Kipling
St. Paul's Cathedral
Jubilee Broadcast Set for Six Hour Royal Celebration
The Canadian Radio Commission announced a six hour May 6 broadcast linked to King George VI silver jubilee. The schedule includes London programs, Ottawa ceremonies, relay from Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and more with speakers, bands, and a Kipling address.
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Ottawa
Canadian Radio Commission
London
C.S.T
Parliament Hill
George Perley
Mackenzie King
Peace Tower
Drouth Problems Winnipeg Discusses Prairie Rehab Plan
Federal agriculture minister Robert Weir met Manitoba Premier John Bracken and cabinet ministers to discuss drought area rehabilitation. A four fold plan to combat arid land and a provincial representative to the advisory committee were discussed, with a May survey across the three prairie provinces to map dam and dyke sites and soil treatment. Cooperation among dominion, provincial and municipal authorities was stressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Robert Weir
Drouth
Weir
Manitoba
John Bracken
Manitoba Cabinet
J. H. Ellis
University of Manitoba
University Board of Governors
Prairie Provinces
Dominion
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Automobile Inquiry
British Guiana
New York
Admiral Byrd
Richard Byrd
Balboa Canal Zone
Antarctic
Osborne College
Prince of Wales
King Edward
Russel and Son
Southsea
Persia
Honor Observatory
Dr. Plaskett
Victoria, B.C
Need Conference ON Trade and Foreign Policies
Kingsville
Ont
Jack Miner
Commission
Audrey Alexandra Brown
Miss Brown
Angus Walters
Toronto
Prairies
Seager Wheeler
Rosthern
Sask
Wheat King
Empire
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