Hope Arises for World Wheat Problem at Rome Conference
John J. McFarland of Winnipeg, chief Canadian delegate, reports growing unanimity among exporting and importing nations as Rome proposes a minimum export price. A London committee will prepare a protest against the plan to fix minimum prices, with the British government awaiting responses.
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Lemion
Amd
John J. McFarland
Wingipeg
McFarland
Rome
London
Prof
Sale
London Corn Trade Association
Siamese Royalty In London Visit to Buckingham Palace
The King and Queen of Siam arrive in London for six weeks staying in an exclusive hotel suite rarely used by others. Empress Eugenie and Queen Victoria have occupied the suite. The Siamese royal couple plan privacy and will visit Buckingham Palace before a forthcoming U.S. tour.
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London
Queen of Siam
Eugenie
Queen Victoria
Victoria
United States
Buckingham Palace
Motion Defeated On Bank Salaries and Unions
The House banking and commerce committee defeated two motions by William Irvine UFA Wetaskiwin. One would cap senior bank official salaries at the prime minister’s pay. The other would allow bank employees to organize to bargain over salaries hours and working conditions.
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Ottawa
House Banking and Commerce Committee
William Irvine
U.F.A
Wetaskiwin
Canada
Vancouver Court Action over North Vancouver Mortgage
Robert W. Service, famed Klondyke poet, files in supreme court to foreclose a mortgage on a North Vancouver property. Alleged neglect of taxes amounting to $553, plus insurance premiums and water rates, with a principal of $2,000. Service resides in Paris, France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Robert W. Service
Supreme Court
Service
Paris
France
North Vancouver
Tar Applies To Old Gold Ottawa
The finance department announces a new tax on gold that will apply to sales of old gold to the mint. Individuals holding old gold as jewelry or oddments must pay the tax on the same terms as producers of new gold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Finance Department
Bombay Cotton Strike Spurs Mass Worker Walkout
The cotton mill dispute in Bombay swelled to about 50,000 strikers with all four mills either deserted or crippled. A detachment of British policemen was sent to the trouble scene.
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Bombay
Alberta Liquor Permits Cut To Five C0 Cents May First
Alberta Liquor Control Board announces May 1 reductions in permit fees from two dollars to five zero cents for general liquor purchases and druggists physicians veterinarians and dentists with refunds for existing two dollar permits available on application. Bottled beer sales on hotel premises to be allowed and main vendors stores in Edmonton Calgary to stay open till midnight. Hospitals sanitoriums and similar private institutions to pay fifty cents permits, and the new rate applies until end of 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
B. J. Dinning
Alberta Liquor Control Board
Calgary
Mr. Dinning
Hopper War In Saskatoon As Grasshoppers Advance
In Saskatoon district the grasshoppers have reached 220 degree hours while farmers race to complete protective measures before 5000 degree hours are reached. K M King of the federal entomological laboratory says warmth drives development. Eggs lie half an inch below soil, and below 62F they stay dormant. above that, development accelerates quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatoon
K. M. King
Navy Plans Washington Shipbuilding Push to Meet Treaty
The United States plans to begin building 20 ships within four months to reach treaty limits. President Roosevelt will submit a $1,000,000,000 appropriation bill with about $40,000,000 for initial work on six submarines, 12 destroyers, and two destroyer leaders.
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Washington
United States
United States Navy
Roosevelt
Congress
Carl Vinson
House Naval Committee
May Hold Conference London
The Times reports a Canberra dispatch that an imperial conference may be held in London next year to discuss defence and economic policy in light of Ottawa agreements. It notes Australian ministers see a standstill in disarmament talks and a declining empire defence creating grave importance.
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London
Canberra
the Times
Stanley Bruce
United Kingdom
Ottawa
Australia
Montreal complaints allege sweatshop wage violations
Armed with amendments to the Women's Minimum Wage Act the Women s Minimum Wage Commission chair Gus Francq and lawyer Lucien Roedier prepared complaints against seven dressmaking firms and Judge Maurice Terreau signed the summons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Gus Francq
Women's Minimum Wage Commission
Lucien Roedier
K.C
Maurice Terreau
Earl of Egmont to Return to English Ancestral Home
Calgary report notes Earl of Egmont, previously avoiding peers in England, plans to depart for his ancestral home. He was away, but the countess’s secretary said arrangements would be finished soon with no departure date set.
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Calgary
Alberta
Earl of
Assistance For Airways In Ottawa Appeals For Contracts
An Ottawa meeting with Justice Minister Hugh Guthrie Railways Minister R J Manion and company president J A Richardson canvassed aid for Canadian Airways Limited The firm highlighted northern mining support and remote district communication and urged government CP and CN Railways to each invest 250000 in the airline discussed resuming air mail contracts and government consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canadian Airways, Limited
Hugh Guthrie
R. J. Manion
J. A. Richardson
Charles Gordon
E. W. Beatty
Canadian Pacific
Canadian National Railways
Marooned Air Party Reaches Dawson Creek
A Chicago crew led by Captain C. A. Simmons Mrs Betty Ross Bach and Pilot John Bonnell reached Dawson Creek after wintering in the north following an August crash near Cypress Creek. Their rebuilt aircraft is now back in service and no one was injured in the wreck.
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Dawson Creek
Eb.c
Halfway
Cypress Creek
C. A. Simmons
Betty Rossbach
John Bonnell
Chicago
Fort St. John
Concessions in Tariffs Sought by Delegates
Ottawa delegates press Finance Minister E. N. Rhodes over budget concessions on taxation and tariffs. Steel and coal interests seek higher soft coal drawback for coke and oppose wider empire preference on iron and steel plates. Yukon Gold Company protest 10 percent gold tax. ministers to announce changes in the House of Commons after careful consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
E. N. Rhodes
Yukon Gold Company
George Black
House of Commons
Yukon
Rhodes
Revolution In Wireless London Shows Marconi Breakthrough
The Morning Post reports Marconi experimenting with waves of 50 and 60 centimetres. Tests between Genoa and Leghorn show very fair reception with no day night difference. The inventor says the shorter waves extend range and may enable television with no interference.
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London
Guglielmo Marconi
Morning Post
Senator Marconi
Genoa
Leghorn
Italy
Marconi
New Party Alignments in London Heat Up Political Scene
Behind the scenes forces shift party alignments for upcoming battles. Sir Thomas Inskip proposes a new national party to fight Socialism. Laborites praise the North Hammersmith seat recap as a clear rebuke of the National government and support for Labour policy. Liberals meet at Bournemouth to discuss policy and campaign plans. Sir Oswald Mosley's Fascists claim rapid ground gain, though not yet in the house.
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London
Thomas Inskip
North Hammersmith
Bournemouth
Oswald Mosley
Toronto Area Shows Economic Upturn In 1934 Survey
The Financial Post quarterly survey of Canadian business reports a more favorable position than mid 1931. In the first two months of 1934 over 105600 jobs were found, with a 31 percent gain in the past year. Building permits dipped in Q1 but March permits rose. railway traffic up about 24 percent year over year. Western car loadings reached a peak. auto mobile, mining and export demand boosted iron and steel. Domestic orders flood auto plants with strong export business.
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Financial Post
Freedom Of The Press Resolution Urges Vigilance
The American Newspaper Publishers Association unanimously adopted a resolution urging members to be vigilant to protect press freedom principles from impairment. The measure was considered in light of a committee fight for a free press clause in the daily newspaper code and avoided criticizing the NRA or U.S. government officials.
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New York
American Newspaper Publishers Association
A.N.P.A
N.R.A
United States
Hogs to Muskrats Boost Returns in Prince Albert
In Prince Albert Saskatchewan hogs then muskrats drive a sale boom. Within three days about $25,000 paid for skins and more are coming. An estimated 150,000 hides may arrive in weeks, yielding around $112,500. Prices are double last year.
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Prince Albert
Japan Clarifies China Policy After Tokyo Talks
Foreign Minister Koki Hirota told British ambassador Sir Francis Lindley that Japan’s China policy was clarified in a friendly briefing. He denied moves to exclude others from China, citing the open door doctrine under the 1922 Nine Power Treaty and limiting only military materials. London awaited official details as Sir John Simon prepared to report to Parliament.
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Tokyo
Japan
China
Koki Hirota
Francis Lindley
Foreign Office
Hirota
Francis
London
United Kingdom
John Simon
House of Commons
Federal aids sought for livestock men
Alberta minister George Headley urged federal ownership of Canadian stockyards as self sustaining public utilities. He called for an all inclusive cattle shipping rate to the United Kingdom, restrictions on meat imports, price stability for ranchers, and forced price disclosures from packers. He warned of rancher bankruptcies and urged government rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
George Headley
Alberta
Stevens
Headley
Great Britain
Caada
United Kingdom
Canada
Dominions
U.K
Hoadley
Saskatchewan
Britain Rejects Joint Action Over China Doctrine
The British government kept its stance on Japan's hands off China policy secret while public figures noted Britain's commercial stake in China exceeds that of Japan and far surpasses the United States. Britain signals it will not join with other powers despite pressure from MPs.
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London
China
House of Commons
Britain
Japan
United States
Seeding Nears Finish in Lethbridge District
In southern Alberta's Lethbridge area half of the wheat seeding is done and 24 percent of the sugar beet crop is in the ground. Early beets appear in rows, seed beds are splendid, and rapid germination is expected across crops.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
Snow Plows Clear Dust Lashes Dust Storm Roads
Snow plows were busy in Montgomery county to clear county roads after a dust storm hit Nebraska and Iowa. Dust clogged roads in places one to three feet deep. Plows were called out to restore passable routes.
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Red Oak
Montgomery County
Nebraska
Iowa
Declined Test For Age Claim In Istanbul
Istanbul needs to verify age claims as Me thusaleh Zara Agha refused a test fearing it would dent his fame as the world oldest man. The move highlights controversies over measurements and records in determining age.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Methusaleh
Zara Agha
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