Federal plans for rescuing drought areas
Ottawa introduces a bill to fund prairie rehabilitation with 750000 this year and 1000000 annually for four years. A five area advisory committee will guide drought relief including seed supplies, dam construction, shelter belts, and soil restoration across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with farmer and industry representatives.
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Ottawa
Prairie Provinces
House of Commons
Robert Weir
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Advisory Committee
Weir
Saskatchewan
Department of Agriculture
Chaiman
Manitoboa
Alberta
Saskatchewan Livestock Farmers
Mortgage Companies of Canada
Canadan Bankers’ Association
Canadian Pacifi Railway Company. Limited
Canadian National Railways
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Manitoba
Mystery Story Legend Sparks Gold Seekers Near Edmonton
District prospectors in the White Court area about 100 miles from Edmonton await spring breakup to hunt for Moostas legend. The ancient Indian, who died recently, supposedly knew the source of a famed gold find from years past, drawing inquiries from Canada and reviving interest in the mystery.
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Edmonton
White Court
Moostas
Canada
Plan to Sell Doukhobor Land Sparks Local Tensions
J P Shukin vice president of the Universal Brotherhood announced a sale of 30,000 acres in Veregin Kylemore and Kelvington districts, prompting Andrew Bloodoff a Veregin brotherhood member to denounce Doukhobors unwilling to leave homes after 30 years. Shukin met with Peter Veregin amid his two month jail term for assaulting an interpreter. He said the land would be sold and urged disregard of contrary statements by Bloodoff or other Doukhobors in Saskatchewan.
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Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood
J. P. Shukin
Brotherhood
Doukhoborchewan
Veregin
Kylemore
Kelvington
Andrew F. Bloodoff
Shukin
Peter Veregin
Headingly
Bloodoff
Saskatchewan
Calgary Jubilee Music Pledge Offers Free Services
E. B. Harris, secretary of the National Musicians of Canada Calgary Branch, pledged that band members would play gratis for the King George silver jubilee celebration on May 6 to support children's singing. Union musicians from the United States had demanded pay, prompting fears the event could be canceled. Alderman Dr. W. A. Lincoln said the city could not afford such payments.
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Calgary
Harris
National Musicians of Canada
United States
W. A. Lincoln
Degree For Bessborough Conferred By UBC Chancellor
The honorary Doctor of Laws and Letters was conferred on the Earl of Bessborough by Chancellor R. E. McKechnie of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Lady Bessborough received a bouquet of yellow roses from Miss Clare Brown after the ceremony and His Excellency praised Canadian universities for strengthening ties during his governorship.
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University of British Columbia
Vancouver
Farl of
Bessborough
R. E. McKechnie
Clare Brown
Universities of Canada
Held As German Spy in Paris Arrest of Edward Bernhueber
Paris police claim to have unmasked a Berlin spy nest with the arrest of Edward Bernhueber who moved in political circles posing as a Franco German rapprochement advocate. They found a list of questions on military and diplomatic topics asked to a French journalist Armand Arrousart. Bernheuber, deemed a clever German intelligence member, was held on a judge Benon warrant. A pencil case containing tear gas was found in his flat. He was noted as a persuasive talker frequenting high political circles.
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Paris
Edward Bernhueber
Bernheuber
Armand Arrousart
Benon
Benjamin Bercowitz
Bernhueber
Japanese-born immigrants to Canada total 546 in four years
Ottawa reports that 546 Japanese nationals were admitted to Canada in the four years ending March 31, 1934, including 183 adult men 195 adult women and 78 children. An additional 164 British nationals of Japanese birth were admitted. A House of Commons tabled report notes Germany’s sales tax receipts are higher than last year.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
House of Commons
Jubilee Medals Questioned in Commons over Canadian Sale
In Ottawa Finance Minister E M Rhodes promised to tell the House if King George Jubilee medals would be sold in Canada and whether they would come from the royal mint in England for distribution. The query arose from John Vallance who said Lloydminster asked for 500 medals for school children. Charles E Bothwell pressed for information amid constituency inquiries.
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Ottawa
E. M. Rhodes
House of Commons
George
Canada
Royal Mint
England
Finance
John Vallance
South Battsford
C H. Cahan
Lloydminster
Sask
Charles E. Bothwell
Lib
Swift Current
Rhodes
Prime Minister Bennett Expected to Attend Jubilee Voyage
Ottawa reports Prime Minister R. B. Bennett, ill since February 24, may begin outdoor exercise soon. A tentative booking places him on a steamship from New York at week’s end for the King’s Silver Jubilee in London. He has met with cabinet members on works legislation aimed at reviving employment. A full recovery is claimed, with only a possible setback hindering his leadership in the election drive.
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Ottawa
R. B. Bennett
New York
London
Bennett
Migration policy urged by British and Canadian leaders
Lord Rodney of Fort Saskatchewan Alta urged Canada and Great Britain to devise a definite joint migration policy during remarks to the Montreal branch of the Royal Empire Society. He contended the time had arrived for formal collaboration on immigration and related matters between the two dominions.
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Montreal
Canada
Great Britain
Lord Rodney
Fort Saskatchewan
Alta
Royal Emy Society
May Build Sugar Factory Winnipeg
Negotiations continued here between Manitoba minister J S McDiarmid and officials of American Crystal Sugar Company to establish a beet sugar factory in Manitoba.
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Winnipeg
J. S. McDiarmid
Manitoba
Premiers to Meet with Mayors in East
Montreal and nine provincial premiers were invited by wire to meet April 22 with the Dominion conference of mayors continuing committee to discuss taking over unemployment relief. Mayors Houde Simpson Wenige and Bancroft urged a joint meeting of provincial and municipal governments to coordinate a united plan for relief and pressure Dominion authorities.
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Montreal
Dominion Conference of Mayors
Dominion
Camillien Houde
James Simpson
Toronto
G. G. McGeer
Vancouver
John Queen
Winnipeg
George Wenige
London
E. J. Cragg
Halifax
Fred Bancroft
Houde
Simpson
Wenige
Mr. Bancroft
Ottawa
Canada
George Perley
Railway Workers Double Contributions For Underdog Aid
Senator James Murdock told the senate banking and commerce committee that railway engineers conductors and firemen on mileage pay should contribute 25 cents for each week earned to the Dominion unemployment insurance fund. The proposed double contribution aims to aid the underdog railway sectionmen and unemployed railway workers when two weeks' pay can occur in one week.
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Ottawa
Dominion Unemployment Insurance Fund
James ‘Murdock
Senate Banking and Merce Committee
Liberal
Labor
Address to King George congratulates reign milestone
The House of Commons receives a notice of motion from Prime Minister Bennett proposing an address to King George to celebrate the completion of the first quarter century of his reign. The resolution requests the monarch’s expressions of gratitude to the nation.
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Ottawa
Mb. ‘Bennett
House of Commona
George
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