U S Opposes Debt Cancellation Move Amid War Debt Talks
President Hoover and President-elect Roosevelt press for debtors to meet December 15 war debt payments while opposing a new commission to review international pledges. Congressional opposition grows as lawmakers favor no moratorium or cancellation and question executive power.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Captol Hill
United States Commission
Roosevelt
White House
Hoover
Great Britain
France
Congress
John Nance Garnet
White Mouse
Questions On Beleharnois Power Project Inquiry In Ottawa
Bow River MP E J Garland files a dozen questions on the Beauharnois heat and power project. He seeks government loan totals to date, security for funds, legal opinions on cross border transmission, and whether large loans from major banks were approved and permissible under the Bank Act.
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Bow River
Beauharnois Heat and Power Company
Province of
Quebec
Royal Bank of Canada
Bank of Montreal
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Attack Duff Report Sparks Labour Attack in Ottawa
Labor members told the House of Commons that adopting the Duff commission report could put thousands of railway workers out of work with estimates ranging from 20 000 by Humphrey Mitchell to many thousands by Peter Heenan. Branch lines would close and services cut while Canadian National and Pacific Railways move toward closer cooperation. Competition would vanish.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Duff Commission
House of
Mons
Labor
Humphrey Mitchell
Hamton
Peter Heenan
King
Natonal
Pacific Railways
Competiton
Relief On Mortgage Payments Sought In Ontario Election Demand
Western provincial treasurers pressed for one year mortgage relief and 1 percent rate cuts in talks with banks in Toronto. Banks reportedly foreclose rarely and aid debtors on the prairies. Progressive Leader H C Nixon vows to push a June election by amending the Speech from the Throne when Ontario’s legislature opens in February.
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Ontario
Ottawa
Ont
Toronto
Progressive
H.C. Nixon
Australian Methodist Leader Seeks Canada Church Union Model
In Ottawa Lieut-Col A T Holden depr DD president general of the Australian Methodist Church arrives to study Canada’s church union system. He aims to propose a union plan for Australia after observing Canadian practice. Saskatchewan coal mines produced about 500000 tons from January to September 1932.
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Canada
Ottawa
A. T. Holdep
General Conference
Australian Methodist Church
Chaplin-General
Holden
Union of Churches
Saskatchewan
Alberta Deficit in Provincial Finances Reported
Public accounts released by Treasurer R O Reid show a deficit of 5 153 050 for the year ending March 31 1992, compared with 2 906 581 the previous year. Revenue for 1930-31 was estimated at 15 441 457 but amounted to 13 492 430, while expenditures were budgeted at 18 828 798 but cut to 18 645 481.
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Femonton
Alberta
R. O. Reid
Bacon Hogs in Toronto Aims for British Demand
Hon. Robert Weir commissioner of agriculture leads hundreds of farmers and exhibitors in Toronto Ontario advocating better bacon hog quality to meet Great Britain consumer demand.
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Toronto
Ont
Great Britain
Robert Weir
Agric
New Stamp Issue Features King Medallion Design
Ottawa posts a new stamp set in 1 2 3 4 and 8 cents showing the King in medallion style similar to the Imperial Economic Conference 3 cent. A 13 cent stamp replaces the 12 cent Quebec view with the same design in violet.
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Ottawa
Post Office Department
Quebec
Reductions in Liquor Prices Announced in Brush Columbia
Victoria British Columbia liquor price cuts take effect December 1 for all brands except continental European beers. R H Pooley attorney general announced government approval of the liquor control board price list.
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Victoria
B.C
Brush Columbia
R. H. Pooley
Liquor Control Board
Hailsham urges closer Briton American ties
At a Pi rms' Society luncheon in London honoring Robert Frazer the new United States consul general Lord Hailsham Secretary for War urged unity between Great Britain and the United States. He said it is crucial for economic salvation and civilization and that the two creditor nations must stand together to avert economic disaster.
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London
Eng
Pi Rms’ Society
Robert Frazer
United States
Lord Hailsham
Great Britain
Longest Narrow Casting Experiment Reported In New York
Scientists in Schenectady and Lake Desolation conducted a record long distance narrow casting over a light beam. John Bellamy Tayor developed the method of transmitting sound over light waves and was interviewed by Heywood Broun. A searchlight at GE plant projected the beam to a 30 inch mirror at the receiving site.
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Schenectady
N.Y
Lake Desolation
Adirondack Mountains
John Bellamy Tayor
Heywood Broun
Taylor
General Electric Company
No Jobless In Jerusalem Not One Man Unemployed
Three Jewish leaders from Palestine arrived on the Berengaria en route to a convention in Buffalo and boasted that Jerusalem has no unemployed men. Aran Bis-Nun claimed Jerusalem’s Jewish population grew from 50,000 to 220,000.
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New York
Palestine
Berengaria
Misbachi Organization
Buffalo
Aran Bis-Nun
Jerusalem
Mussolini’s Italy Reaches Tenth Milestone of Fascist Rise
Ten years since Mussolini led the black shirt march into Rome marking Italy’s fascist ascent. The leader’s authority is total across the nation, inspiring fear and admiration in equal measure as fascists tout economic reconstruction under Il Duce.
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Benito Mussolini
Eternal Cty
Italy
Mussolini
Il Duce
Lecader
Diversified Production Urged for Western Canada
A Toronto banker urges drastic curtailment of wheat acreage in Manitoba and coordinated diversification across the West. He favors grazing on Manitoba wheat lands, shift wheat areas in Saskatchewan, and Alberta moving toward balanced production, with interprovincial cooperation to avert price downturns below 55 cents a bushel at Fort William.
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Toronto
Prairie Provinces
Mail and Empire
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada
Western Canada
Fort William
West
New Bacon Policy Will Benefit Canada
Canada Packers Limited official J. B. McLean says Britain’s bacon policy will open markets for Canadian bacon. He notes Britain’s cutback on imports and predicted Canada will supply about 50 000 hogs per week to Britain as part of the new arrangement.
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Toronto
Canada
J. 8. McLean
Canada Packers, Limited
Great Britain
Britain
King George Special to Regina Ships Seminole Crude
A 40 car trainload of Seminole crude oil will depart for the Imperial Oil Company in Regina Saskatchewan. The shipment will provide about 120 working days for railway workers in Canada and the United States. It marks the first Seminole crude export to Canada in months despite earlier three week expectations.
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Seminole
Regina
Optimism Grows at Imperial Bank of Canada Meeting
Toronto resident Frank A. Rolph told the Imperial Bank of Canada shareholders that national optimism is rising after two stagnant years. He cited opportunities from the Imperial economic conference and anticipated stabilization from the upcoming world economic conference.
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Toronto
Ont
Frank A. Rolph
Imperial Bank of Canada
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