Westerners Hear Debates In Ottawa House
In Ottawa the House of Commons heard Western grievances with agriculture and tariffs. Western MPs dominated the floor as H E Spencer of Battle River denounced Throne Speech as Nero’s Rome in distress. Other speakers questioned CPR freight rates, unemployment figures, and secession talk linked to the Farmers Charter of Liberty.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Prairie Provinces
Parcipants
Tol Laveraie
First Reading Given To Bill Amending Criminal Code
Ottawa reports the House of Commons gave first reading to a bill amending the criminal code. Introduced by Armand Lavergne the measure provides jury trials with defence counsel addressing after crown counsel and restricts judges to ruling on law. In Quebec a presiding judge would be the judge of the court of sessions of the peace. A separate item notes concerns over an aluminum trade menace linked to a Tokyo scheme to meet Canada’s needs by establishing a plant.
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Ottawa
House of Common
Armand Lavergne
Montmagny
Quebec
Court of Sessions of ‘the Peace
Doctor Wray Loyd Faces Death From Yellow Fever Experiments
Dr Wray Loyd a Western Ontario graduate and Rockefeller Institute researcher risks death after contracting yellow fever from monkeys in a New York lab He had previously caused rabbit hearts to resume beating after calcium chlor ide stimulation and later injected the drug into his own arm before collapsing but revived.
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Ceme
Faere
Leodon
Wray Loyd
University of Western Ontario
Rockefeller Institute
Lloyd
New York
University of Western Ontario Medical School
Loyd
Canada faces limited cattle exports this year says rancher
Roderick MacLeay of High River Alberta warned there will be no exportable cattle surplus if Canadians eat the same amount as last year. He joined Ottawa discussions with Minister of Agriculture Robert Weir and with George Ross of Lethbridge. He noted Canada sold no glut, citing January 1 dressed beef in cold storage at 11,546,000 pounds versus 23,000,000 a year earlier, with a five-year average of 22,570,207 pounds.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Roderick MacLeay
High River
Alberta
MacLeay
Ottawa
Robert Weir
George Ross
Lethbridge
Council of Western Beef Producers
Expansion Of Air Service Expected In Canada
Ottawa reports that air service appropriations for the present year will likely hold their own with past years. The air vote has risen annually but leaders call for rigid economy and no expansion funding. No cut in current Royal Canadian Air Force duties or air mail services is anticipated.
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Ottawa
Unt
Canada
Royal Canadian Air Force
Arrival of Governor General to Broadcast Across Canada
The Canadian National Railways radio network will carry the arrival of the Earl of Bessborough governor general designate and his welcome by the prime minister. The governor general and family sail for Halifax on Saturday April 4 at 7 am MST, with his first speech to be broadcast coast to coast. EA Weir notes the chain extends to Vancouver. In a separate report, the Norwegian steamer Hera wrecked off Hamarsfjorden Norway in a violent storm, with three passengers and four crew lost and fifty-five aboard saved by lifeboats.
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CNR
Chala
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Man
Canadian National Railways
Earl of Bessborough
Canada
Halifax
Lord Bessborough
Dominion
EA. Weir
Canadian National System
Copenhagen
Hera
Ham
Marfed
Norway
Stewardensen
Hanoyeund
Former Manitoba Liberal Became Labor Leader Dies at 50
Fred J. Dizon, 50, former Manitoba legislature member and longtime labor figure in Winnipeg, died March 18 at his home. He resigned from the legislature in 1923 after a career that began as a Liberal in 1914 and later aligned with the Labor party representing Winnipeg.
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Fred
Disa
Winnipeg
Fred J. Dizon
Manitoba
Mr. Dizon
Labor
Winsiper
U S Maintains Aloofness on Naval Pact Drafting
In London after two days of talks with British and American officials, the United States declared it would not participate in drafting the new Anglo French Italian naval agreement. U S experts view the tripartite pact as a step toward easing European armament while ensuring no conflict with the 1930 London treaty. Secretary Stimson in Washington reported Dawes’ assurances of progress toward a Franco Italian accord and noted the possibility of U S participation on a drafting committee.
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London
England
United States
Arthur Henderson
A. V. Alexander
Admiralty
U. S
Dwight W. Morrow
Charles G. Dawes
Foreign Office
U.S
Washington, D.C
State Stimson
Europe
France
Italy
Canadian Railways Pledge Nova Scotia Coal Use
CPR president E W Beatty and Canadian National head Sir Henry Thornton voiced a wish to burn Canadian coal wherever possible during a Halifax conference with Nova Scotia representatives and Minister Wesley Gordon. The fuel board will study the submission and pursue Nova Scotia coal use further west where feasible.
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Dickets
Nova Scotia
Ottawa
Entertain Royalty King Of Siam To Pass Through Canada
The King of Siam is expected to pass through North Portal and Portal on April 19 en route from Vancouver to Washington, D.C. A Minot dentist N B Livingstone invites the visitor to stay at a Minnesota Lake resort, a meeting dating to 1922. The customary royal salute en route remains undecided.
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Canada
North Portal
Portal
Vancouver
Washington, D.C
Minot
N. B. Livingstone
Minnesota Lake
Livingstone
Sam
Ancient Temple Fragments Found on Attic Slope
Prof Brognard of the American Archaeological School reports discovery of remains believed to be from the first Temple of Eros near a hill noted by the geographer Apusanias. The find, described as on the northern slope, may illuminate ancient devotion to love and reveal early Greek religious architecture.
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Athens
Fuins
Eros
Brognard
American Archaeological School
Apusanias
Cities Linked by Air Inauguration Between Saint John and Halifax
Saint John and Halifax mark a new air link on February 28 as a Fairchild plane from Canadian Airways departs Saint John for Halifax. Captain W H Irvine pilots the craft while Waller Bates Saint John superintendent assists and a silk goods package shipped by Canadian Pacific Express backs the flight. The one and a half hour flight covers roughly 125 miles, signaling expanded Mestimes air travel.
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Saint John
Halifax
Fairchild
Canadian Airways
Nova Scotia
Waller Bate
Canadian ‘Airways
W. H. Irvine
Canadian Pacific Express
Halifex
Deiralane Fies
Manitoba Labor Demand For Local Churchill Construction Workers
The Winnipeg Labor Council urged the government to hire only Manitoba labor for Fort Churchill construction and to apply the Manitoba fair wage schedule. Minister RJ Manion said the program should go to one province, noting some workers must be hired from outside for special qualifications.
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Churchill
Winnipeg
Man—Labor
Manitoba
Winnipeg Labor Council
Fort Churcill
RJ. Manion
Senate Hears About Relief Work Program
In Ottawa Senator Gideon D. Robertson urges Canada learn from Britain's unemployment relief, touting $60 million pledged by Dominion and provinces to provide work. He notes improved conditions, higher tariffs, and immigration curbs, while backing permanent relief and criticizes lack of quick unemployment end. Senator Robert Forke proposes 10-year farmer debt amortization to ease Western pressures amid hard wheat prices.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Gideon _D. Robertson
Senate
Great Britain
Robertson
Dominion
Robert Forke
West
Forke
Toough
Crop prospects for 1931 report from Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Ottawa reports from the Dominion Bureau of Statistics describe early 1931 weather as improving for crops. Ontario winter wheat benefits from heavy snow while prairie snowstorms help some regions though soil drift and low subsoil moisture persist. Normal moisture dominates west after rains and snows offset prior deficits, but drought risks linger in key wheat areas.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Ontario
Prairie Provinces
Parley on Canada’s tariffs and postwar conditions in senate
Ottawa reports two veteran parliamentarians Sir George Foster and George P. Graham addressing national matters in the senate. Foster assessed global recession roots tracing back to the last war while Graham urged a statutory tariff board to hear business demands, warning limits on its powers and stressing that the people want government fixed duties.
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Sir George Foster
Ottawa
Canada
George P. Graham
Senate
Tariff Advisory Board
Graham
Russia Sends Toronto Skilled Workers to Soviet Union
The Toronto Star reports 100 Toronto bricklayers carpenters technicians and contractors will depart for the Soviet Union early in May under a one year work contract. The party will include Russians Canadians French Finns and other nationals with families and personal belongings. Most are currently employed and not part of unemployment.
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Toronto
Russia
Soviet Union
Canada
Toronto Star
Star
Supreme Court weighs BC seizure of four foreign fishing vessels
Ottawa case reviews seizure by Canadian fisheries patrol on Washington vessels Queen City Tillie Sunrise and Alaska registered May. Judgment reserved after appeal hearing. date of seizures June 18 1930 and a few days earlier for May.
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Ottawa
Ont
British Columbia
Canadian Fisheries Patrol
Supreme Court of Canada
Queen City
Tillie
Sunrise
Washington
Alaska
Saguenay to Join Canadian Navy Early April
Ottawa announces the first of Canada’s new destroyers, HMC Saguenay, will be delivered around April 1. A number of tests remain, but two Canadian crew members are expected to be aboard and the ship will formally enter the service of the Royal Canadian Navy.
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Mendy
Ottawa
Canada
HMC
Saguenay
Oval Service
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