Public Works Plan for Relief Across Canada
Public Works plan allocates provincial shares for relief across Canada. Ontario and Quebec receive the largest portions as funds to construct and rehabilitate buildings, housing, roads, and waterways under a central Toronto headquarters, with 20 regional committees guiding the effort.
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Toronto
Ontario
Quebec
RB Benne
Canada
Britixh Columbia
Alberta
Sakatchewan
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Dotton
The
Mail
Empire
California to slaughter 12000 dairy cattle for state effort
Call Dairy Cattle and steer beef herds totaling about 12 000 head will be slaughtered over the next ten months and canned for distribution to unemployed under state emergency direction. The $320 000 transaction has been endorsed by the California dairy association and the California dairy council as direct stimulus to their industries. Branton, state administrator, said the plan will use most of the state’s available cull dairy cattle.
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California Catchmen's Association
California Dairy Council
Branton
Must Leave Greece Insull Ordered Out by January 31
Samuel Insull must depart Greece and seek a new refuge to avoid extradition to the United States. The council rejected his plea to stay beyond January 31 and ordered payment of costs of recent proceedings to preserve good U S relations with Greece. The economy and credit themes appear. other notes touch on Canada marriage licenses and vital statistics with higher marriages but fewer deaths.
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Samuel Insull
Ht Is
Athens
Greece
United States
Chiriga Utilities
Sted
Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Fraudulent Sales Tactics Probed by City Utility Board
WA Cottingham, KC chairman, announced an investigation into long distance telephone high pressure stock sales tactics that have victimized residents. The inquiry by the municipal utility board seeks to uncover illicit schemes and protect consumers.
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Todans
Municipal Public Utity Board
Cottingham, KC
Mounted Police Probe North Reported Indian Deaths
Sgt Percy Rose leads a 250 mile RCMP patrol from The Pas toward Burntwood Bay and Reindeer Lake to verify eerie tales of a demented Indian tied to a dog sleigh and winter deaths among the Chipewyan in the barren lands and to locate any crime leaders.
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Percy Rose
Burntwood Bay
Reindeer Lake
Northwest Territories
Quebec Premier Hints Lottery for Charities
Premier L. A. Taschereau told the legislative assembly Quebec may organize a lottery for charitable and educational aims if the house supports it. He said legislation would be tabled and hoped Dominion provincial conferences might permit such a move.
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Wasi
Quebec
Sveng
L. A. Taschereau
Legslative Assembly
Earthquake Devastates Monghyr Region in India
A Rajah of Monghyr warned that deaths in Monghyr alone may reach 25,000 after a major quake during the Eid al-Fitr festival. He said months will pass before ruins are cleared, and two generations may be needed to rehabilitate the affected area in the Bhagelpur district of eastern Bihar and Orissa, divided by the Ganges.
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Monghyr
Ett Fitr
India
Bhagelpur
Bihar
Orissa
Ganges
Wheat acreage plan debated by Saskatchewan leaders
Saskatchewan leaders state no computory wheat acreage reduction laws will be enacted. Premier J T Anderson and Attorney General M A MacPherson indicate an educational campaign will address the international wheat agreement. Ottawa reports say Canada may need to trim 4 million acres, with Saskatchewan specifics to follow.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
J.T. Mr. Anderson
M.A. MacPherson
Ottawa
Canada
MacPaerson
Inherits Estate of Norfolk Heir Returns to England
Ernest Kellett Long of Vancouver plans to travel to England to claim Fortescue Kellett Long's Norfolk estate Demeter Hall four miles from Norwich. The estate comprises 9,555 acres of farmland and £32,000. Long arrived in Canada in 1890, lived on a Saskatchewan farm, then British Columbia near Atlin, and now seeks the inheritance from his bachelor uncle.
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Vancouver
England
Ernest Kellett Los
Betsh Columba
Fortescue Kellett Long
Canada
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Atlin
Demeter Hall
Norwich
Norfolk
Morgenthau Opens Federal Mints to Soviet Gold Trade
Secretary Morgenthau issued three key orders shaping trade with the newly recognized Soviet Union. The actions include opening federal mints to Soviet gold, lifting bans on Russian lumber and pulpwood, and easing restrictions on matches amid wartime convietator production.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Russia
Cities Of Youth Cresting Population Age Share
Dominion bureau figures show rivers of youth in Canada with 46 percent of 1831 populations under 20 in Sydney and Ouaws. Victoria stood lowest with 28 percent under 20. Prairie provinces lead with Regina 38.94 percent and Winnipeg 25 percent. Calgary 34. Ontario average 36.
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Sydney
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Victoria
Prairie Provinces
Ontario
Regina
Eamontom
Winnipeg
Calgary
Expert stamps forgery case draws British expert to Newfoundland
British stamp expert Cyril Harmer sails to St John's Newfoundland to testify in a post age stamp forgery case. Three Newfoundland arrests accompany the case brought by the Newfoundland authorities. One defendant allegedly offered forged stamps to Mrs Harmer in an attempt to obtain money.
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Cyril Harmer
St John's
Newfoundland
Samp
Great Britain
Domnions
Newfoundland Aiment
Britain Asked for Concrete Disarmament Proposals
German reply to Britain's arms talks invitation suggested Britain seek definite suggestions to break the disarmament stalemate. Official circles did not confirm a firm acceptance. The move could place Britain in a role bridging French and German positions.
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London
Thich
Mounties Meet Old Timers at Pioneer Association Roundup
Col James Watkins and John Heron welcomed Red coats from Calgary barracks and the modern Royal Canadian Mounted Police as the Southern Alberta Pioneers and Timers Association held its annual reunion. Alex Mataceson of Garfield led the oldest pioneer present who arrived in Alberta in 1868.
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North Calgary
Me West Mounted Police
Royal Indian Mounted Police
Southern Alberta Pioneers
Timers ‘Association
James Watk
King
John Heron
Plains
Calgary
Alex. Mataceson
Garfield
Pioneers
Alberta
Prospecting By Air London Search For Desert Quest
Sir Malcoum Campbell Kohler and Sir Alan Cobban plan a bold expedition to the Kalahari by air and desert route. A Seattle aircraft project by Prof W Miller of the University of Washington is described as a potential forerunner of a combined motor car and aircraft, outlining ambitious aviation and exploration goals.
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London
Malcoum Campbell Kohler
Alan Cobban
Teres Kalahari
Don Shor
Seattle
Thn W. Miller
Uniersity of
Washington
Earthquake Shakes Shanshi Province Causing Debris
Reports from Cha Shanghai Ancare indicate a quake hit Shanshi and Sui yuan destroying structures and leaving debris. Extent of damage unclear but believed fatalities are small with limited loss of life.
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Shanghai
Ancare
Shanshi
Sui Yuan
Song
Naval Officials Deliberate on Vital Problems at Singapore Base
British naval leaders at a base near Singapore discuss the future of the Singapore naval station with secrecy. They consider communications to the Far East and potential modernization of Singapore as a major naval hub, possibly influencing empire-wide strategy.
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Singapore
Sumas
Kent
England
Australia
New Zealand
Far East
Admiralty
London
Sweat Shop Charges Heard At Ottawa Convention
Hon H H Stevens minister of trade and commerce challenged sweat shop abuses at the annual shoe manufacturers convention in Toronto. He denounced mass buying and nationwide organizations that crush small competitors, a speech that drew immediate responses and prompted communications to the department of trade.
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Ottawa
H. H. Stevens
Trade and Commerce
Shoe Manufacturers Canada
Toronto
Department of Trad
Uniform Companies Act Could Spread Across Dominion
Ottawa conference of legal officers reached definite agreement on a new uniform companies act to be adopted by all provinces. Attorney General W J Major said legislation should reach the House of Commons this session and several provinces could pass the act in their 1994 seasons. In Winnipeg a car garage roof collapsed trapping 35 cars, injuring two workers before firefighters extinguished the fire.
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Winnipeg
Dominion
Ottawa
W. J. Major
Gene Ri
Major
House of Commons
Duncan EF. Campbell
Fred Bull
Radium Institute Doctor Warns of Humanity Threat
A Radium Institute doctor warned here of a terrible plague menacing humanity and said the battle against it is losing. He emphasized ongoing risks tied to radium research and urged caution in treatment and public health responses.
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Lemnices Ou
Simameb Blyott Gendrea
Muntres Creasing
J.B
Radium Institute
Met
Pliguy
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Financal Post
Lone Winter Patrol
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Roy Mtoone
Ontario Air Service
Department of National Defence
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Anderson
Ria
Britain
France
Germany
Ber
INS Force
Gret Redcoats
Calgary Barracks
Uniform Companies Act
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