Wall Street Charge Sparks Commons Row in Ottawa
Ottawa MPs debated anonymous charges that a Wall Street led plot would put Canada under foreign control. Social Credit leader John Blackmore refused to name or take responsibility for the assertion, withdrawing after a 15 minute clash and Deputy Speaker Sanderson ordered the remark expunged from Hansard. The exchange involved Finance Minister Dunning and Conservative Leader Bennett before the chair ruled.
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Ottawa
John Blackmore
House of Commons
Canada
Wall Street
Lethbridge
Sanderson
Hansard
C. A. Dunning
Blackmore
Dunning
Bennett
Mackenzie King
Social Credit
Zeppelin Hindenburg Sets Transatlantic Records
The Hindenburg arrived at Frankfort on the Main after completing its maiden US flight returning in 48 hours 272 minutes. It covered Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst in 61 hours 53 minutes, breaking eastward and westward record times. Previously the Graf Zeppelin held the US to Germany record at 54 hours and the ZR-3 Los Angeles held the westward record at 1 hour 17 minutes.
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Frankfort-on-Maine
Germany
United States
Friedrichshafen
Lakehurst
N.J
Los Angeles
Hugo Eckener
Atlantic
Red Cross Praise Marked Nightingale Anniversary
Lady Tweedsmuir praised the Canadian Red Cross Society on Empire Red Cross Day and Nightingale's birth anniversary, noting the group embodies Florence Nightingale's ideals. Winnipeg reports Western Livestock Union approves creating a national fact finding body for Canada's livestock industry to be sent to the federal government.
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Ottawa
Lady Tweedsmuir
Canadian Red Cross Society
Florence Nightingale
Red Cross of Canada
Winnipeg
Canada
Western Livestock Union
Radio advertising urged wider use of air at lower cost
Ottawa reorganization of radio control proposed to allow broader air use at cheaper rates for advertisers. A general manager with a governors board would oversee contracts with land and wire companies and sub letting to buyers. Advocates want price mentions allowed and for technical matters to return to the Marine Department. C. M. Passmore, Glen Bannerman, and J. A. MacLaren spoke for advertisers and broadcasters.
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Ottawa
Canada
Parliamentary Committee On Broadcasting
Department of Marine
Canadian Radio Commission
C. M. Passmore
Toronto
Glen Bannerman
Tilbury
Ont
J. A. MacLaren
Canada debating free ports bill for foreign trade zones
Senate gives second reading to a measure creating free ports or free foreign trade zones in Canada. A special committee will study the proposal before further action. Senator J. P. B. Casgrain argues benefits mirror European free ports with duty on reshipped goods to Canada but none on shipments to foreign countries. Manufacturing and transshipment could rise without cost to taxpayers.
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Ottawa
Senate
Canada
J. P. B. Casgrain
Montreal
Minister of National Revenue
Casgrain
King approves marquessate for Earl of Willingdon
The King conferred the title of Marquess on Earl of Willingdon after his five year term as viceroy of India. He and Lady Willingdon were received at Buckingham Palace with luncheon for King George V and Queen Mary. Freeman Freeman-Thomas had previously become Baron Willingdon in 1910 and Earl of Willingdon in 1931.
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London
Earl of Willingdon
India
Lord Willingdon
Buckingham Palace
Willingdon
Queen Mary
Freeman Freeman-Thomas
Baron Willingdon
Canada
Earl of
Sussex
Marquess of
Britain Seeks Higher Destroyer Tonnage Under 1930 Pact
Prime Minister Baldwin disclosed in the House of Commons that Great Britain has asked the United States and Japan for permission to exceed the destroyer tonnage limit in the 1930 three power naval treaty. The move may aim to counter rising naval construction by a non signatory power.
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London
Great Britain
United States
Japan
Baldwin
House of Commons
Sugar Consumption Rises in Canada to 981 Million Pounds
Trade Minister Euler tabled a House of Commons return showing Canada's sugar use last year reached 981,109,960 pounds, the highest since 1931 when it totaled 1,003,906,912 pounds.
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Ottawa
Canada
Euler
House of Commons
Annuity Rates Too Low in Canada Says Official
A. D. Watson chief actuary of the Dominion Insurance Department told a senate special committee that due to longer life expectancy Canadian government annuity rates should be about 25 percent higher than current levels. He noted last year’s purchase price should have been 26 million instead of 21 million. He cited life expectancy rise from 46.63 percent in 1911 to 51.19 percent in 1934 and said insurers had not yet adjusted annuity rates since 1908 while British rates had increased.
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Ottawa
A. D. Watson
Dominion Insurance Department
Senate
Dominion consolidates Manitoba loans until 1937
Ottawa announces that Dominion loans to Manitoba maturing soon will be consolidated into one amount and renewed until June 15, 1937. An order-in-council tabled in the House of Commons provides for the renewal. The Dominion also renewed for one year its guarantee of Manitoba treasury bills totaling 5,874,037 dollars maturing at month’s start.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Manitoba
House of Commons
Mantoba Treasury
Ethiopians establish government seat near Gore Sudan frontier
British authorities report loyal followers of Emperor Haile Selassie set up an Ethiopian administration in the Gore region close to the Anglo Egyptian Sudan border. Police and troops patrol the area arresting armed deserters while Italian forces move toward Gore from Addis Ababa amid secrecy over the exact location.
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Gore
Addis Ababa
Stellarton Miner Killed in Deep Shaft Rescue Effort
Stellarton Nova Scotia miner Joe Campbell died 4000 feet underground when a coal trip of loaded cars struck him during the Reynolds shaft rescue near the MacGregor shaft. He was 27 and survived by his widow and one child.
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Stellarton
N.S
Joe Campbell
D. E. Robertson
al Fred Scadding
MacGregor
Campbell
Grain Board Official Plans Europe Visit To Discuss Trade
George H. McIvor assistant chief commissioner of the Canadian wheat board will consult with grain traders and millers in Europe during an extended holiday to the old country. Announcement says he is accompanied by Dr W F Geddes chemist in charge of the grain research laboratory.
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Winnipeg
George H. MclIvor
Canadian Wheat Board
Europe
MclIvor
Wheat Board
W. F. Geddes
Board of Grain Commissioners
Dust free roads proposed to link U S border to Banff National Park
Interior Minister Crerar told the House of Commons the Dominion has spent 10 million on Banff and last year only 4800 American cars visited. He favored dust proofing roads from the U S boundary to Banff and on to Calgary and Waterton, with discussions planned with British Columbia officials. Opposition members urged completing the trans Canada highway and linking Jasper.
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Ottawa
United States
Banff National Park
T. A. Crerar
House of Com
Dominion
R. B. Bennett
Jasper
H. H. Stevens
East Kootenay
British Columbia
Stevens
H. C. Green
Con
Vancouver South
Big Bend
Mr. Crerar
King’s Late
Banff
Calgary
Waterton Park
J. A. MacKinnon
Lib
Edmonton West
Nazi Ship At Montreal Arrives Quietly Amid Detention
The German cruiser Emden docked at Laurier pier in Montreal on May 12. Police held back crowds on shore while a nearby anti Nazi demonstration drew about 200 protesters, 250 officers breaking it up and arresting ten people, including three women, for disturbing the peace. The Emden is the first Nazi flag vessel to reach the St Lawrence River since before the Great War and the third Reich ship named Emden bearing the famous World War I name.
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St. Lawrence River
Emden
von Muller
Ottawa allows month long holiday for governor general
Amendments to letters patent from the king permit the governor general to be absent from Canada for up to one month. Previously he could not leave Canadian soil without special permission and an appointed administrator.
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Ottawa
Canada
Canadian
International jurists seek to strengthen League of Nations
Geneva reports that Nicholas Socrate Politis submitted amendments to the league covenant. The council postponed debate on the Italo Ethiopian issue after the fascist delegation withdrew. A June 16 special session was set for the Italo Ethiopian dispute and other topics including Locarno and slavery. A proposal for a China council seat was sent to the assembly. Behind the scenes, talks aimed to revive the league's peacemaker system.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Nicholas Socrate Politis
Greece
Politis
Joseph Paul Boncour
Ethiopia
Germany
Rhineland
China
League Assembly
League
National employment commission formed to study labor problems
Ottawa announced a seven member national employment commission led by Arthur B. Purvis to study unemployment in Canada and seek restoration of work. The group includes A N McLean Fred Marcis Tom Moore Mary M Sutherland W A Mackintosh and E J Young. The body will work with the department of labor and hold its first meeting within a week.
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Ottawa
National Employment Commission
Norman Rogers
Commission
Arthur B. Purvis
Montreal
A. N. McLean
Black's Harbor
N.B
Alfred Marcis
Quebec
Tom Moore
Mary M. Sutherland
Wells
B.C
W.A. Mackintosh
Kingston
Ont
E. J. Young
Dummer
Sask
Purvis
Canada
Department of Labor
Reduced Rates On Coal In Western Canada
Western Canada Fuel Association plans to press for lower railway freight rates to make coal more attractive and boost market share. Operators and merchants unanimously instructed executives to approach railway officials, noting transport costs are the largest coal expense and rate cuts could help meet competition from substitutes in markets like Winnipeg.
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Saskatoon
Western Canada Fuel Association
Western Canada
Winnipeg
Parliament reporters to join special train to Vancouver jubilee
Ottawa announces that a party of parliamentarians and press gallery correspondents will travel by special train across Canada to attend the Vancouver golden jubilee celebrations. The group will leave the east in the first week of August and will stop at several points en route to the Pacific.
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Ottawa
Canada
Vancouver
East
Pacific
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Laurier
Regina
M. P. Ryan
Honker
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