Canada Mourns the Passing of Sir Geo Foster
Canada mourns Sir George Foster a veteran statesman who died at home Dec 20 after two weeks of illness. Once active in the senate his mind remained keen despite a cerebral hemorrhage and another seizure. Messages poured in from around the world as Lady Foster stayed close, signaling a remarkable public life ending after a long illness.
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Canada
Sir Geo. Foster
Dawa
George Burns Poster
Vet Am Statesman
Sir George
Senate
Europe
Uniteds
Globe
Foster
Indian disorders blamed on agitators by Ramsay MacDonald
In an outspoken statement Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald called India’s recent disorders in the northwest frontier province and Bengal deplorable. He argued the unrest does not reflect a baffled oppressed India seeking freedom but a mischievous movement trampling on progress, asserting government measures show policy working out in the wrong terms.
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Lessee
Ramsay MacDonald
India
Northwest Frontier Province
Bengal
BC Lumber Orders From Australia Reported
The Commercial Intelligence Journal notes orders from Australia for about 8 million superficial feet of British Columbia lumber cut to spec, tied to the Broken Hill mines trade. A trial order of 4 million feet, arranged earlier, led to a repeat purchase, signaling improving Antipodean trade conditions.
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Ottawa
Australia
British Columbia
Commonwealth
Commercial Intelligence Journal
Department of Trade and Commerce
DH Ross
Melbourne
Broken Hill
Leap Year Proposals Stir Montreal Clergy
In Montreal, clergymen respond to leap year traditions with support for women proposing. The era sees masculine diffidence blamed for declining marriage rates and optimism that 1932 will bring more marriages as women take initiative. The tone reflects a dated social custom and calls for marriage optimism.
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Montreal
Shipbuilding on the Clyde falls to historic low in 1981
Complete figures show Clyde shipbuilding at the lowest modern level with 152,663 tons launched in 1981, far below 1990’s 529,046 and the peak 756,976 in 1913, highlighting a long decline in ship production.
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Glasgow
Ormplete
Clyde
Liverpool Chamber Bemoans Wheat Quota Raising Bread Prices
The Liverpool Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution thanking the government for aiding domestic and empire wheat growers but lamenting the quota system. It warned the quota would hinder free marketing and the selection of world wheats for British mills, risking dearer bread and hurtful effects on the Liverpool futures market amid uncertainty on Dominion fixed quotas.
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Liverpool
England
Liverpool Chamber of Commerce
Dominions
Livmm
Back To the Land Plan in Manitoba Initiative
Manitoba officials, backed by Winnipeg City Council and Pro Government, pursue a back to the land project with federal support covering one third of costs. Dr. F Kerr, a leading advocate, notes plans to place 200 farming families and assist until self support, after returning from Ottawa where feasibility was pitched to the Dominion.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Thennipeg
F. Kerr
Agricultural Board of Trade
Kerr
Otawa
Dominion
Pension rights under 1930 Act upheld in test case
A pension tribunal ruled that ex soldiers who had already received pensions remain entitled under the Pension Act of 1930 even if their original disability has lessened. The case, involving a pensioner, the Board of Pension Commissioners and George Gonthier, will proceed to the Pension Appeal Court whose interpretation is final. The decision affects a small number of about 8,000 pensioners seeking readjustment.
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Ottawa
Pension Tribunal
Board of Pension Commissioners
George Gonthier
Pension Appeal Court
Farm Imports Drop Ottawa Uat from Canadas Milk Output
The Bureau of Statistics report shows Canada increasingly relies on domestic production for milk products and eggs. Putter imports fell to 3,224,750 pounds for year ending November 1931 from 44,469,181 pounds prior. Milk and dairy product imports valued at $1,440,704 in 1931, down from $15,062,476. Eggs in shells imported totaled 1,348,487 dozen in 1931, down from 2,810,872 in 1930.
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Ottawa
Uat
Bureau of Statistics
Trachoma Measures Reviewed in Alberta by Health Official
Hon George Health in Alberta with Interfor to permit a departmental specialist to personally inspect trachoma control measures. Dr Wall, who recently met Edmonton officials, supports the steps but a close inspection is seen as beneficial to local and provincial authorities.
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Hon. George Health
Interfor
Wall
Edmonton
Lela Aaa el
Delegates Named for Geneva Arms Conference Delegation
President Hoover appoints Norman Davis ex under secretary of state to the Washington DC delegation to the Geneva arms conference. The roster grows to four with Dawes as chairman and Mary Emma Wooley Mount Holyoke College president among members and Swanson Virginia and Hugh St Gibs Belgium listed as participants.
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Washington, DC
Hoover
Norman Davis
Genoa
Ambassador Dawes
Mary Emma Wooley
Mount Holyoke College
Swanson
Virginia
Hugh St. Gibs
Belgium
Gandhi seeks meeting with Lord Willingdon for peaceful path
Gandhi in Bombay telegrams the Viceroy seeking a chance to meet and discuss a peaceful path to India’s independence. He may join a British engineered all Indian Federation committee while warning that government emergency powers threaten peaceful relations. Patel counters that one cannot change the enemy’s heart by suffering.
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Bombay
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Lord Willingdon
Gandhi
Busiess
Vicero
Congress Party
Vallabhai Patel
Patel
Ramsay MacDonald
London
MP Patterson Promoted Inspector at RCMP Ottawa
Ottawa Ontario Sergeant Major A Patterson of Edmonton has been promoted to inspector while serving as assistant intelligence officer to Col C F Hamilton at RCMP Headquarters. Sergeant Major R G Warnock of Prince Albert Saskatchewan is also promoted to inspector as he joins the remissions branch of the Department of Justice here.
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Ottawa
Ont
A. Patterson
Edmonton
C.F. Hamilton
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
R. G. Warnock
Prince Albert
Sask
Department of Justice
Churchill in New York for Extended North American Lecture Tour
Winston S. Churchill, famed as the stormy petrel of British politics, is recovering from a car accident in New York. He has arrived on the continent to begin an extended lecture tour across the United States and Canada.
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Winston S. Churchill
New York
United States
Canada
Potato embargo effort eyed by Canada and Britain
Canadian High Commissioner in London is reviewing the possibility of lifting the British potato embargo. New Brunswick potato growers sought to send a representative to England to press for removal, with Prince Edward Island urging Federal initiative. PEI Minister G Shelton Sharpe favored Ottawa action with provincial support and suggested an expert be sent to England from Ottawa.
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Howard Ferguson
London
England
Robert Weir
Min
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
G. Shelton Sharpe
Weir
Ottawa
Sterling Pacific No 2 well sparks Turner Valley hope
Calgary reports Sterling Pacific No 2 has come into production as a large naphtha well in Turner Valley Alberta. The 24 hour output reached about 250 barrels of high grade naphtha, challenging forecasts that the Turner Valley field faced an early decline and undermining doubts about gas piping to Vancouver or Regina.
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Calgary
Alberta
Turner Valley
Sterling Pacific
Vancouver
Regina
Voluntary seven percent wage cut by Winnipeg hydro workers
More than 100 finemen at Winnipeg's hydro electric system volunteered to accept a seven per cent wage reduction. Hydro manager J. G. Glassco praised the gesture as a splendid one and expressed deep gratitude.
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Winnipeg
Hydro
J. G. Glassco
Debt Conference May Move to Lausanne in January
Reports indicate the international debt conference could be held in Lausanne, Switzerland on January 20 or 25 rather than January 15. British officials and newspapers weigh widening the conference scope to include the global economic situation, with possible U.S. participation pursued jointly by Great Britain and France. Premier Laval and Prime Minister MacDonald plans for a meeting remain unsettled as deliberations continue.
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London
England
Lausanne
Switzerland
Chamber of Deputies
Laval
France
Yy MacDonald
United States
Great Britain
Daily Herald
Delay on giant Cunarder work likely until Easter
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald said in London that resumption of work on the Cunard Lines giant steamship would probably not occur until about Easter. The vessel’s construction was halted a few weeks earlier but later announced to proceed regardless of further government aid.
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London
England
Ramsay MacDonald
Cunard Lines
Cunard Company
Trelle to Seek Further Honors at Grain Show
Wembley Alberta grain expert Herman Trelle plans to exhibit in the grains and grasses at the Chicago International Show again. He already reigns with double oats and wheat crowns and seeks another strong run. Canada holds six wheat crowns, with Saskatchewan leading in total wins.
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Trelle
Wembley
Alberta
Herman Trelle
Peace River
Chicago
Canada
United States
Ver Wheeler
Rosthenin
Saskatchewan
Central Prairie Province
J. C. Mitchell Dahinda
Wheeler
Paul Gerlach
R. A. Wiler
Foothills
Henry Holmes
G. G. L. Strange
Joseph H. B Smith
Manitoba
Samuel Larcombe
G. W. Craft
L. P. Yates
Lausanne Aims to Tackle German Reparations Crisis
Britain plans a Lausanne conference on January 18 with European partners to ease German reparations. Neville Chamberlain expected to lead talks with treasury experts if needed while Philip Snowden remains a health-limited participant. Official London denies any provisional Anglo French three year moratorium and notes no final pact yet.
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Neville Chamberlain
Treasury
London
Philip Snowden
Viscount of
Tekornshaw
Briain
Germany
France
Britain
Livestock Meet Set for Saskatoon in January Congress
W D Mackay president of the Canadian Livestock Co Operative announces the annual meeting will be in Saskatoon starting January 12 and extending three days with delegates from federated pools across Canada attending. Saskatoon chosen for year due to Saskatchewan pool abattoir recent launch, plant now operating smoothly.
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Canadian Livestock Co-Operative, Ltd
Saskatoon
Federated
Canada
W. D. MacKay
Manchurian Army Trains Flee Toward Launbhow Amid Attacks
Manchurian forces stampeded south from China in flight from two Japanese columns converging on Chang Hsueh Liang. Soldiers crowded flat and box cars as locomotives moved them toward Launbhow, with Japanese troops at intermediate points watching. In Manitoba gold news a prospector, Tom Brooks, claims a rich deposit near Winnipeg.
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Tokio
Japan
China
Chinachow
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Launbhow
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Tom Brooks
War Eagle's Lake
Canadian Pacific
Whitemouth
City council backs call for immediate unemployment confer
The Edmonton council passed a resolution urging the federal government to hold an economic conference on unemployment. Copies will go to Canadian cities over 10 000 population for endorsement. Unemployment in Portugal has dropped 40 percent since January.
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Edmonton
Abverta
Portugal
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