Plans for Financing Direct Relief in Prairie Provinces
Prairie legislatures may hold special sessions this fall to consider a plan for direct unemployment relief if the Federal Government ends current arrangements after April 1. Provinces and municipalities would share one third each, with the Dominion Government assisting. Calgary reports indicate western leaders may press Premier Bennett when he visits in late August, seeking a meeting in Ottawa to discuss relief funding.
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France
Dominion
Calgary
Alberta
RB. Benett
Ottawa
Benett
Imperial Conference urged mutual preferences report
Ottawa report says the Imperial Conference foreign relations committee favors mutual preferences among empire nations free from future treaty constraints. It proposes freeing empire states from existing pacts that hinder mutual preferences and notes UK trade pacts grant most favored nation status to Soviet Russia and Argentina, though no specific treaties are listed.
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Ottawa
Ont
Imperial Conference Committee On Foreign Relations
Commonwealth
United Kingdom
Russia
Inventor Claims Rapid Shotgun Conversion Device
Charles A. Michal of Elmsdale, a junior college student, says a new device can convert a shotgun into a rapid firing tool capable of 400 shots per minute. He pledges to keep it from criminals. The device has been submitted to local police for tests.
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Ceneage
Charles A. Michal
Elmsdale
Britain Would Tax Road Users Heavily
A joint conference report from railway and highway authorities proposes a heavy tax on road users in Great Britain. Mechanically propelled vehicles would pay about 249 million dollars annually to cover road costs, with commercial vehicles at 94 million and other users at 146 million. The plan calls for a much heavier levy on larger commercial vehicles to share road expenses. Capt Poulet Weatherby, 72, noted African explorer and Congo source finder, died in Bournemouth, England, according to New York Times dispatch.
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Great Britain
New York
New York Times
Bournemouth
England
Poulet Weatherby
Congo
Scandinavian navigators sail 18 foot canoe toward Vancouver
Helge Borup a 42 year old Danish sailor and newspaper editor and Harold T Jensen an experienced ships officer left August 16 in an 18 foot canoe from the St. Lawrence route aiming for Vancouver via Cape Horn. They plan to sail down the St. Lawrence and along Maritime provinces New England to Boston New York then Key West and Havana before inland return to Montreal. Jensen previously navigated the Amazon River from source to sea in 1924.
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Atlantic
Vancouver
Cape Horn
Helge Borup
Harold T Jensen
St. Lawrence River
Gulf
Maritime Provinces
New England
Boston
New York
Key West
Havana
Cuba
Pacific
Thunder Bay
Montreal
Jensen
Amazon River
Native Canadians Seek Revision of Banking System
Native suns of Canada press for banking reform at the convention. A resolution calls for a national banking commission with broad powers, creation of a Canadian national bank as a reserve, and stronger depositor protection with stricter government oversight. The convention also denounces lack of interest in Dominion Day and firings of holidays by some firms.
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Canada
Organation In Convention
Bank Ng
Calverton estate to be auctioned in Buckinghamshire
The Calverton estate in Buckinghamshire, belonging to the Earl of Egmont, will be sold by auction. The property spans about 461 acres with a residence, three farms, 22 cottages, and valuable building land. The Earl, known as the youthful Kanener Earl, inherited the title in 1929 after his father's death four months ago and has since moved to Canada.
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London
Englang
Calverton
Buckinghamshire
Earl of Egmont
Dominion grain show grant to Regina boosted by 140000
Ottawa reports the remaining 140000 of the Dominion grant for the world grain show to be held in Regina next year will be released as needed. Estimates included 150000 with 10000 already paid. the Department of Agriculture announced the arrangement. The fair is managed by an executive committee led by Hon W C Buckle, Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister.
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Ottawa
Regina
Department of Agriculture
W. C. Buckle
Saskatchen
Plane to study bird flight retraces aviation steps at Tempelhof
An aeroplane awaiting a trial at Tempelhof Aerodrome aims to secure greater stability in the air by wing construction approximating a seagull. Designer Hans Richter, a pioneer glider flyer, leads the project.
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Berlin
Weemany
Ehich
Tempelhof
Hans Richter
Mounties May Bring Western Canada under Federal Force
Victoria BC reports the attorney general's department is studying transferring policing of British Columbia to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The Kidd report on province finances proposes abolishing the BC Provincial police and 39 municipal forces costing $1,700.6 annually. Vancouver and Victoria police would stay. If BC policed by the RCMP, western Canada would be under federal control. Saskatchewan already turned over police, Alberta and Manitoba did so recently.
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Western Canada
Victoria
B.C
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
British Columbia
Department of the Attorney-General
Kidd
British Columbi
Vancouver
Royal Canadian Mounted
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Maitoba
Irish Tariff War Talks Reported as Negotiations Set
London sources say moves toward a negotiated end to the tariff war between the Irish Free State and the United Kingdom are being prepared. Dublin officials expect no immediate shift as de Valera focuses on internal problems amid dislocation of trade from retaliatory duties and the default on land annuities.
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Dublin
Reimae
Irish Free State
United Kingdom
London
Amon de Valera
Irish Sea
Britain
Manitoba Legislature Holds First Post-Election Caucus
Manitoba lawmakers met to approve a retrenchment programme by Premier John Bracken’s government. The plan targets saving between 500 000 and 1 000 000 dollars as revenues fall. The agriculture department will skip the Royal Winter Fair exhibit to save about 5 000 dollars.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
John Bracken
D. G. McKenzie
Agriculture
Hydro
Fnad
Toronto
Greater
Manitoba Tax Commission
Lancaster Is Acquitted in Clarke Murder Case
Miami captain WN Lancaster, British flyer, was acquitted of murdering Haden Clarke after a four hour forty eight minute jury verdict. The sensational trial began August 21 and exposed Clarke, Lancaster and Mrs Jessie M Keith Miller’s love lives, provoking protests at the courtroom.
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Miami
WN. Lancaster
Haden Clarke
Cout Room
South Florida
Jessie M. Keith Miller
Pennyworth Arrives with Western Canada Cargo in Port
The British steamship Pennyworth docked here after an uneventful voyage from Liverpool. Unloading is underway and 250 000 bushels of grain are to be loaded for the return voyage to the old country. Churchill, the Canadian port, is cited in a transit season update by Minister Manion. Death penalties for rail shipment theft are upheld by the transport court, with two gang leaders condemned to die by firing squad.
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Charen
Man
Western Canada
Pennyworth
Liverpool
Old Country
Rregnt
Will . Churchill
Hudson Bay
R. J. Manion
Ralways and Canals
Cheravinsik
Italy plans to scrap a third of its fleet
Rome Italy plans to retire about 130000 tons of its 65 million ton navy, starting August 25, under a cost saving programme. After completion Italy would have no battleships, with the Andrea Dora and Duillo among those to be decommissioned, defying Washington treaty limits in favor of cruisers.
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Rome
Italy
Andres Dora
Duillo
Papen says Hitler won’t use storm troops to seize power
Berlin reports Chancellor Franz von Papen asserts Adolf Hitler will not employ his storm troops to seize control, but would suppress revolts by force if needed. Papen urges equality in armaments, argues Germany is no longer a second class nation. Cabinet instability persists as Reichstag session nears, but Papen expresses confidence in long tenure.
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Berlin
Germany
Franz von Papen
Adolf Hitler
First Canadian flour shipment unloads in Churchill
In the presence of Canadian National Railway officials the north’s first Canadian flour cargo was unloaded from a special train into the new freight shed. The shipment totaled 31 cars from Robin Hood Mills Saskatoon and Moose Jaw destined overseas.
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Churchill
Man
Canadian National Railway
North
Robin Hood Mills
Saskatoon F
Moose Jaw
Explorer Toronto’s First White Man to See Lake Ontario Remembered
The Toronto memorial honors the French explorer who descended the Humber River in September 1613 and was the first white man to view Lake Ontario. The unveiling is set for September 17 under the Women's Canadian Historical Society.
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Toronto
Ruenme Rule
Humber
Lake Ontario
The
Women’s Canadian Historical Society
Not Afraid Of Weight Rescue on Toronto Lakefront
Life guard Tom Mc Garry responded to distress cries along the lakefront and pulled 315 pound William Cuppy to shore. The 47 year old man was aided after suffering difficulty in the water. Local witnesses praised Mc Garry for his quick action during the rescue.
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Toronto
Engineer Dave Martin Dies in Toronto Train Cab
Canadian National freight engineer Dave Martin collapsed and died in the cab as his train reached Union Station in Toronto after a quarter century of service from South Parry Sound. Greek government orders that all canned goods bear packing date after October first.
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Toronto
Ont
Dave Martin
Canadian National
Parry Sound
Union Station
Martin
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