Manion presses relief shift from towns to federal burden
Barry's Bay Ontario civic gathering hears Hon R J Manion argue relief costs must be carried by the federal government to cut municipal taxes and spur business. He warns of a danger of revolution from poor wealth distribution and urges national planning, youth opportunity, and private enterprise.
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Barry's Bay
Manion
Renfrew County
Canada
Dr. Manion
Providence
Farm equipment deliveries hit over a million in Alberta region
Lethbridge dealers report more than 1,000,000 dollars in new farm equipment delivered in the past three or four weeks as harvest prospects improve. New combines binders and trucks dominate the shipments, marking the greatest equipment replacement since 1930.
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Lethridge
Alta
Lethbridge
Surplus in South Africa Assembly Announced by Finance Minister
In Cape Town an estimated surplus of 4 352 000 rand about 21 237 760 dollars for the 1937 38 financial year was announced in the South African assembly by Finance Minister N V Havage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Town
South African Assembly
N.V. Havvege
Anticosti Island Survey Sees Defence Site Plans
The Anticosti expedition of the Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Canadian Air Force has completed a preliminary survey of Anticosti island focusing on air and naval base sites. Reports from officers are confidential and sent to Ottawa for defence planning. Secrecy is now imposed and island owners are unaware of any possible purchases or expropriations.
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Port Memer
Que
Anticosti
Royal Canadian Navy
Royal Canadian Air Force
Anticosti Island
Ottawa
Joint Use Plan for Canton and Enderbury Islands
The British and American governments agreed to joint use of Canton and Enderbury islands in the Phoenix group for aviation and communications. Located about 2,000 miles south southwest of Hawaii, they sit on the Honolulu to Australia route. Roosevelt previously placed them under Interior Department jurisdiction, a move seen as challenging British claims amid U.S. colonization efforts with 11 Hawaiian youths across the two atolls.
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London
Ssratusn
Great Britain
United States
Canton
Enderbury Islands
mid-Pacific
Phoenix Group
Hawaiian Islands
Honolulu
Australia
New Zealand
Enderbury
Roosevelt
Interior Department
Islands
Exderbury
Lord Runciman Finds Czech Situation Better Than Expected
London. Viscount Runciman reports encouragement in seeking a peaceful solution to Czechoslovakia’s minorities issue. Havas said reliable reports quote him as noting Sudeten German and Czech weak government representatives have shown less intransigence than expected.
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Lord Runcman
London
Viscount Runciman
Czecho-lovakia
Havas
Chamberlain
Lord Runciman
Fewer Labor Disputes In Canada July 1931
Labor department reports Canada July disputes were fewer than June and far below last year. Fifteen strikes and lockouts affected 1423 workers with 10435 man days lost, compared with 19 disputes touching 2366 workers and 12216 days lost in June.
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Canada
Ottawa
Labor Department
Constance Maynard Appointed to League Secretariat
Constance Maynard of Moncton field secretary for the League of Nations Society in Canada has been named temporarily to the League of Nations secretariat in Geneva for the period of the upcoming assembly, according to word received by the Ottawa staff.
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Ottawa
Constance Maynard
Moncton
League of Nations Society
Canada
Haa
League of Nations Secretariat
Geneva
Farm yields 900 bushels from 10 acres in Brantford
Bart Hopkins a farmer and auctioneer compares the grain haul to a slot machine jackpot. He threshed a 10 acre field that yielded 900 bushels of mixed grain. Typical forage yields reach about 40 bushels per acre on most farms.
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Brantford
Forest replanting plan by British Columbia government
The British Columbia government ready to enter forest restoration, replacing trees destroyed by logging and fires. The note mentions experiments and a 60 percent figure linked to the French Foreign Legion being German.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria Amer
British Columbia
Canadian plan to reopen migration from Britain explored in BC
Sir Henry Page Croft MP arrived in Quebec aboard the Empress of Australia to discuss reopening immigration from Great Britain. As chair of the Empire Industries Association and head of the Empire Settlement committee, he aims to advance large scale settlement in the Dominions, prompting a BC municipalities group to invite him for talks.
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Sir Henry Page Croft
Quebec
Canada
Migrtion
Great Britain
Henry
Empire Industries Assocratic
Empire Settlement and Development Research
Dominions
British Columbia
Appointment Announced Grindley Named Wheat Board Secretary
Dr. T W Grindley of Ottawa, formerly secretary to Mr Justice Turgeon in the royal commission on grain, is appointed secretary of the Canadian Wheat Board. Ray E Lee of Vancouver, former manager, will be reappointed as the board reopens the Pacific port shipments office. A M Millard of Calgary will reestablish the Calgary office to serve Alberta trade.
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T. W. Grindley
Canadian Wheat Board
Winnipeg
Ottawa
W. F. A. Turgeon
Royal Commission
Ray E. Lee
Vancouver
Pacific
A. M. Millard
Calgary
Alberta Trade
Winnipeg Graduates to Train in Garment Industry Plan
Manitoba deputy minister of labor announced a plan to employ over 4,000 Winnipeg high school graduates in garment factories. The program would fund a six week training course with a fixed subsidy to bring wages to the Dominion minimum, pending federal approval of youth training funds.
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Wnitoba
Winnipeg
A. MacNamara
Manitoba
Dominion
Floods Devastate Inta Lucknow Area In United Provinces
A sudden tidal flood in the United Provinces caused 100 deaths and widespread damage in Inta Lucknow. Crops were destroyed, over 1,100 cattle drowned, and 30 miles of railway were wiped out hindering relief efforts.
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Inta Lucknow
India
United Provinces
Valuable Cargo Seized Off Three Mile Limit
The Newfoundland schooner Nellie J Banks carrying 225 alcohol cases 50 rum kegs 20 gin cases 34 whisky cases and 20 000 cigarettes valued about 30000 was escorted to Charlottetown by RCMP cutter Vina after being arrested off Shore Point near PEI. Police named Isaac Tlington of Newfoundland as owner skipper.
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Halifax
Canada
Nellie J. Banks
Charlottetown
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Vina
Shore Point
Prince Edward Island
RCMP
Isaac Tlington
Newfoundland
Planes for Britain Montreal Plan Explained by British Official
Sir Samuel Hardman Lever of the British air ministry described Canadian plans to manufacture a single plane type for the Royal Air Force. Factories will produce specific components, with final assembly at a designated plant. The Canadian industry must cover assembly and related expenses.
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Montreal
Royal Air Force
Samuel Hardman Lever
British Air Ministry
Canada
British Air
Winnipeg preparers launch 16000 mile duck census tour
President John C. Huntington and Vice-President A. M. Bartley of More Game Birds in America New York prepare in Winnipeg for a 16000 mile air tour of western Canada to count ducks. Ducks Unlimited Canada sponsors the project and officials will accompany Bartley and Huntington. First leg to The Pas, Manitoba, piloted by Tommy Lamb from Winnipeg.
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Winnipeg
John C. Huntington
A. M. Bartley
America
New York
Canada
Ducks Unlimited
Bartley
Huntington
Tommy Lamb
Pas
Manitoba
Metis Land Agreement Receives Alberta Delegates Disapproval
Delegates from Alberta halfbreed settlements voted against a tentative pact between Metis groups and the Alberta government. The plan would grant each of the province 2,500 halfbreed families 320 acres on a nine year lease, a proposal drawing strong opposition.
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Alberta
Bombs Take Heavy Toll in Spain War Claims
Official estimates by the Spanish insurgent command report 2 090 government air raids on 373 towns resulting in 18 985 deaths between July 18 1936 and June 1 1938.
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Tollaragoza
Spain
Eminent Canadians to join defence advisory boards
Ottawa announces three honorary advisory committees for navy army and air force to advise Defence Minister Mackenzie on efficiency and modernization. Each five member panel includes senior officers from non-permanent and permanent forces, with appointments spanning Montreal Toronto Vancouver and other provinces.
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Ottawa
Defence
Lan MacKenzie
Fone
Navy
Army
Air Force
BL. Johnson
DSL
Vancouver
W B. Armit
Montreal
E Fon C. Sherwood
F. A. Brock
Winnipeg
J. J. Des Lauriers
A. M. Thomas
Toronto
T. L. Tremblay
CMG
Quebec
H. W. Mu
Mackenzie
Canada
National Defence Ministry
Arabs Rob Bank Jerusalem Riot Amid Post Office Raids
Police used gunfire to disperse a hostile Arab crowd after rioting followed a bomb attack on an Arab bus near Jaffa. A Jew was attacked but saved by police. In Nablus armed bands raided the post office and a Barclay's bank, stealing mail and about 5000 pounds, with telephone wires cut and bandits escaping.
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Jerusalem
Jaffa
Nablus
Barclay's Bank
Sky-Writing Ban Marks New York City Advertising
Mayor LaGuardia bans sky writing and banner towing over New York City. Louis Purchase crashes near Dreamland Park at Coney Island while towing an advertising banner. engine failure forces a landing near the beach, narrowly missing thousands of bathers.
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New York
Sky
New York City
LaGuardia
Louis Purchase
Coney Island
Dreamland Park
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South Africa
Britain
Pacific Islands
Antin
French Foreign Legion
Dogr
Coast Defence Artillery
Comact
England
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