Sixty six executed by firing squad in Soviet purge
Moscow report states sixty six men were executed after summary trials in Leningrad and Moscow on charges of preparing terrorist plots against high Soviet officials. Most were aliens who had entered via Poland Latvia and Finland. The executions followed Kiroff’s cremation and will join Lenin and other heroes in the Red Square memorials.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Sergei Mironovich Kiroff
Leonid Vasaillievich Nikolaiev
Soviet Union
Poland
Latvia
Finland
Kiroff
Supreme Court
Red Square
Joseph Stalin
Klement Voroshiloff
Valhalla
Kremlin
Nicolai Lenin
John Reed
Valera Gains Six Seats in Irish Senate Elections
Fianna Fail gains six seats in the Irish Free State senate races but fails to secure a clear majority. The new senate totals show United Ireland Party 30, Fianna Fail 19, Labor seven, Independent four, with 60 members and one-third retiring every three years. Elections use proportional representation by electors from both houses.
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Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Fianna Fail
Senate
Experimental London serum kills cancer cells in test stage
London researchers led by Dr. Thomas Lumsden report a new serum that destroys cancer cells removed from the body without harming healthy tissue. The scientists emphasize the therapy is still experimental and not yet usable on living patients.
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London
Thomas Lumsden
London Cancer Research Laboratories
Birthday celebration for Hon. Robert Weir minister of agriculture
Hon. Robert Weir, minister of agriculture, marked his 52nd birthday on December 5. Born in Wingham Ontario in 1882 he worked as a public school inspector in Saskatchewan and entered Parliament in 1930 representing Melfort before joining the cabinet that same year.
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Ottawa
Robert Weir
Wingham
Ont
Saskatchewan
Melfort
Prince of Wales herd wins seven awards at Chicago expo
A herd of five Scotch Shorthorn cattle entered by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales at the International Livestock Exposition captured seven prizes. WL Carlisle of the EP ranch in High River Alberta received ribbons including one first and several seconds and thirds. The prince’s herd did not match 1925 glory as rival entries from Thomas FE Wilson’s Chicago packer nosed them from first in two divisions. Peter J Lux of Shelbyville Indiana won the world's corn king title, joining past winners Herman Trele of Wembley Alberta in the crown lineage.
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Chicago
Prince of Wales
WL Carlisle
Royal EP
High River
Alberta
Carlile
Thomas FE. Wilson
E.P
Carlisle
Peter J. Lux
Shelbyville
Ind
Herman Trele
Wembley
Alta
Lux
Bennett Seeks Trade Pact With United States
Prime Minister R B Bennett declared in Brockville Ontario his willingness to conclude a trade agreement with the United States on fair terms. He said the government would act with its full powers after the price spreads and mass buying commission report. He praised wartime legislation as salvation of the newsprint industry and argued Liberal rivals would not have created a central bank. He spoke at a theatre following the Eastern Ontario Liberal Conservative Association meeting.
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Bennett
Brockville
Ont
United States
R. B. Bennett
Commission
Ontario
Liberal-Consecutive Association
Nich
Wheat crop estimate for Western Canada 1934
The Northwest Grain Dealers Association places Western Canada wheat crop in 1934 at 250,465,400 bushels based on threshing returns, revised from the Dominion bureau estimate of 263,000,000 bushels. Ninety six percent of reporting country points contributed to the estimate.
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Winnipeg
Northwest Grain Dealers’ Association
Western Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Spear Woman of Blood Reserve Dies in Accident
Aged Indian woman from the Blood Reserve known as Spear Woman, age about 100, died in an accident near her Spring Cow Jee home. She wore metal bracelets and pocklets as a child and was noted for stilt wearing.
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Calgary
Fearty
New Creditors Act Active Across Canada Says Finance Minister
Ottawa reports official receivers appointed under the Farmers Creditors Arrangement Act are now operating in every Canadian county. The act has been in force in the prairie provinces since Sept 1, Ontario and Quebec since Oct 1, and the remaining regions since Nov 1, 18. By now 900 applications have been received in Ottawa and an estimated 3,000 have been filed nationwide.
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Canada
Ottawa
Farmers’ Creditors Arrangement Act
E. N. Thodes
Prairie
Ontario
Quebec
Turkish Women Gain Franchise and Voting Rights
The national assembly in Ankara decided unanimously that Turkish women over 30 may run for the chamber of deputies and all women over 22 can vote in national elections. The emancipation offers an early chance to test the new franchise.
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Ankara
Turkey
National Assembly
Mdto
Chamber of Deputies
Farm Livestock in Canada Faces Shifts Across Provinces
A Dominion bureau report shows Ottawa farms with fewer horses and more cattle this year, while sheep rise in western provinces. Cattle decline across most regions, swine dip except Quebec, and poultry rise in the west but fall in eastern provinces.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistica
Nova Scotia
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Quebec
Prince Haward Island
New Brunswick
Ontario
Manitoba
Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire names nine overseas scholars
The national executive committee announced nine overseas post graduate scholarship winners for LODE war memorials. Each recipient from Alberta to Saskatchewan receives 1600 dollars. Alberta’s Beth Carscallen of the University of Alberta is listed along with Saskatchewan’s Neil Barron Hutcheon of the University of Saskatchewan, among others.
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Alberta
Saskatchewan
Toronto
Imperial Order
Daughters of the Empire
The
Lode
War Memorial
Beth Carscallen
University of Alberta
Neil Barron Hutcheon
Regina
University of Saskatchewan
Trinity head favors intelligence tests over examinations
Ketchum, head master of Trinity College schools, urged a university board to oversee matriculation exams in fall provinces and cut examinations to four. He spoke at the annual old boys reunion dinner, predicting the end of examinations is near though a long way off and endorsing intelligence tests instead of periodical exams.
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Ontario
Toronto
B. A. C. Ketchum
Trinity College Schools
Alberta wheat pool forms drought soil committee
At the annual meeting Calgary directors created a soil conservation committee to act as Alberta delegates to an interprovincial drought pool committee being formed. The move aims to halt waste land spread from drought areas and conserve soil among Alberta wheat pool members.
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Calgary
Alberta Wheat Pool
Soil Conservation Committee
Alberta
France Declines Troop Deployment to Saar Area
France will not send troops into the Saar basin and Britain offers police support during the upcoming plebiscite. The League of Nations considers an international army to guard fair balloting, while Laval cites Germany’s nonparticipation. Eden proposes an international force to precede the plebiscite.
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Geneva
France
Saar Basin
Great Britain
Germany
League of Nations Council
League
Berlin
Saar
Pierre Laval
Troona
Laval
Anthony Eden
Privy Seal
Bank of Canada board nominations close in Ottawa
Ottawa reports nominations for seven Bank of Canada director spots will likely total around forty names. Indicated selections aim to balance representation across geography and industry with two to primary industries, two to commercial and manufacturing, and three to other sectors.
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Ottawa
Bank of Canada
Canada
Alberta Premier seeks federal loan to ease province’s finances
Premier R G Reid accompanied by Agriculture Minister George Hoadley presented to Finance Minister E N Rhodes a request for a Dominion government loan to Alberta in excess of 1 million dollars. Provincial ministers expressed hope for a favorable decision, though cabinet meeting pending.
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Alberta
Ottawa
R. G. Reid
George Hoadley
E. N. Rhodes
Aviators Narrow Escape in Ice Water Plunge
An aeroplane filled with mining supplies including 600 pounds of dynamite plunged through the ice at South Cooking Lake air harbor and sank six feet in water. Pilot William Jewett of Trail British Columbia and air engineer Dave Bishop narrowly escaped.
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Bamonton
South ‘Cooking Lake Air Harbor
William Jewett
Trail
B.C
Dave Bishop
Theft of farmer’s iron safe near Cote De Liesse road
An iron safe owned by a farmer on Cote De Liesse road on the city outskirts was carried away. The thief made off with $2,000 in cash and bonds valued at $70,000 from the safe.
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Montreal
Cote de Liesse
Will Contest All Toronto Seats At Municipal Election
A group of candidates announced plans to contest every Toronto municipal seat in the upcoming elections, including the mayoral post. The move signals a broad challenge to the current administration and promises a vigorous campaign across the city.
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Toronto
Vintainis
Pool Official Re-Elected in Calgary Meeting
Henry Wise Wood veteran chairman of the Alberta wheat pool was re elected to office at the annual meeting in Calgary. C Jensen of McGrath was named vice president.
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Calgary
Henry Wise Wood
Alberta Wheat Pool
C. Jensen
McGrath
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F. A. Ahearn
Irish Free State Army
Ahearn
Ireland
Tribu
Alberta Pool
New Bank
Seate
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