Reduced Tariff Rates on Cattle Now in Effect
Washington reports new tariffs lowered on Canadian cattle imports under the trade treaty. Cattle weighing 700 pounds or more drop from 3 to 2 cents per pound, calves under 700 pounds from 2½ to 1½ cents, and dairy cows 700 pounds or more from 3 to 10 cents. Mexico has few cattle in the affected weights. The cuts apply to other nations too, except Germany, under MFN policy, with Canada targeted by weight limits.
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Washington
Canada
State Department
Mexico
Germany
Department
Imperial Airways City of Khartoum Disaster Near Alexandria
Nine passengers and three crew members died when Imperial Airways flying boat City of Khartoum crashed near Alexandria as all three engines cut out. Survivor Pilot Vernon Gerry Wilson, rescued in critical condition, spent five hours in the water before rescue. Recovery attempts by crane-equipped tugs continued in thirteen fathoms off the Egyptian coast.
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London
Hope
Mediterranean
Imperial Airways
City of Khartoum
Alexandria
Egypt
Vernon Gerry Wilson
HAL. Brilliant
Whco
Wilson
Admiralty
Victoria urged preparedness for emergencies and growth
Premier Pattullo of British Columbia warned Victoria to be prepared for any contingency from European strife. He urged expansion of export markets, a public works program to relieve unemployment, and an immigration policy.
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Victoria
Canada
Pattullo
British Columbia
Dominion
Woman Carries Mail Across Alaska to Fairbanks
Mary Joyce completed the first leg of a 700 mile Alaska mail voyage from Taku on December 20 arriving December 31 at Tulsequah. The effort tests if a woman could endure the frozen tundras and deliver mail to Fairbanks.
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Juneau
Alaska
Fairbanks
Mary Joyce
Tulsequah
Taku
Reappointment of Wauchope as Palestine High Commissioner
The reappointment of Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope as high commissioner for Palestine and Transjordania was announced by the secretary of state J H Thomas. Sir Artur, who assumed his duties in 1931, will serve a second term.
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London
Arthur Grenfell Wauchope
Palestine
Transjordania
J. H. Thomas
Artur
Riots in Cairo as Nationalists march and troops guard key sites
Heavy police and troops ring British and Egyptian government buildings in Cairo while 2000 Nationalist students chant Down with England. Nahas Pasha says Britain may negotiate on the Anglo Egyptian question after Eden cites crisis delaying full study. Bridges closed and medical school closed to curb unrest.
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Cair
Thetreets
England
Nahas Pasha
Miles Lampton
Great Britain
Anthony Eden
Acrosd
Nile
Zamalek Bridge
University of
Ends Long Railway Service Engineer Completes 47 Years
Edmonton reports Tom Taylor, western Canadian National Railways engineer, completed 47 years in railway service while hauling CNR eastbound continental fuel No. 2 from Edson on December 30. Known for a spotless record, he remains fit for duty and would have to retire due to the 65 year work limit. he steps down from his cab in compliance with retirement rules.
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Edmonton
Tom Taylor
Western Canadian National Railways
C.N.R
Edson
Taylor
Yorkton to observe Wednesday half-holiday for businesses
From New Year’s Day to August end, Yorkton will observe a Wednesday half-holiday for business houses and employees. City council passed the bylaw’s third reading with only one dissenting member.
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Yorkton
Sask
Hospital plane sent to Ethiopia from Britain
The first fully equipped hospital plane with medical supplies and space for wounded departed from Croydon Aerodrome for Addis Ababa. It was donated to Ethiopia by the British Red Cross and the British League of Nations Union.
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London
Ethiopia
Croydon
Addis
Ababa
British
Red Cross Organization
League of Nations Union
Bank of Canada Accepts $25 Million Treasury Bills
The Bank of Canada announced it accepted on behalf of the finance minister tenders for the full $25,000,000 Dominion of Canada treasury bills due next April 1. The average discount price was 99.70549 and the average yield 11.98 percent.
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Ottawa
Bank of Canada
Finance Minister
Dominion of Canada Treasury
Scarlet fever outbreak reported in rural Manitoba
Provincial epidemiologist Dr. C R Donovan notes a mild scarlet fever outbreak in rural Manitoba with 207 cases in October, 185 in November, and 160 in December. Public gatherings attended by children in Roland have been forbidden to curb spread.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg
C. R. Donovan
Roland
Regulation Lifted for Children of Former Opponents in Soviet Schools
Government order lifts restrictions barring children of pen-toilers and those disfranchised from access to Soviet high schools and colleges. Families of former kulaks merchants and political opposition members stand to gain most from the change.
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Moscow
Dunning Thanks Acclamation At Queen's County Banquet
Federal Minister of Finance C A Dunning thanked supporters at a Queen's County Liberal banquet after nominations closed for the by election with only his papers on file. Conservatives did not contest the seat vacated by J J Larabee, allowing his entry to Parliament. Dunning pledged to discharge duties with justice tempered by generosity for Prince Edward Island.
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Charlottetown
C. A. Dunning
House of Commons
Queen's County
Queen's County Liberal Association
Mr. Dunning
J. J. Larabee
Prince Edward Island
Dunning
Departments to be added to RCMP to match Scotland Yard
Sir James MacBrien, commissioner, announced two new RCMP departments soon to be created to bring the force on par with Scotland Yard and U.S. G Men. One branch will handle scientific crime detection with ballistic photographic and pathological tools. Universities will aid its setup and a training school for constables will teach crime detection, police duties, and criminal law.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Scotland Yard
James
Mac 1 Brien
Ballisti
Mayor McBride Repeats as Toronto Mayor Over Two Challengers
Toronto's Mayor-elect Sam McBride wins with 48 723 votes. Opponents James Simpson and Harry W Hunt trail with 32 636 and 43 036 votes respectively. Ralph C Day tops board of control race, with Wadsworth and Robbins re elected and Ramsden returning to a board seat. McBride has long served in city government since 1905 with multiple terms on city council and board of control.
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James Simpson
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Harry W. Hunt
McBride
Hunt
Simpson
Ralph C. Day
Board of Control
W. J. Wadsworth
W. D. Robbins
George Ramsden
Toronto
Conference To Continue Committees Of Dominion Provincial Parley
A miniature common provincial conference will open here this month to continue the work of the main conference held earlier this month. Several continuing committees will meet to consider financial relations between the Dominion and the provinces the British North America Act agriculture mining and highway. It is expected these committees will meet as early as possible so the result of their deliberations will be able when parliament assembles.
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Ottawa
Becomes Vice Admiral Duke of York Promoted in London
The Duke of York, second son of the King and a rear admiral since 1932, will become vice admiral from January 1. He began as an acting lieutenant in 1916, became lieutenant in 1918, commander in 1920, and captain in 1925. He also holds ranks in the Royal Air Force and Army. He serves as a personal aide de camp to the King.
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Duke of York
London
Royal Navy
Royal Air Force
Army
Ethiopian Protests Over Italian Bombing Demand Action
Imperial Ethiopian headquarters in Desige reports Emperor Haile Selassie urges League of Nations to punish Italy for alleged poison warfare and air attacks on a Swedish ambulance and Red Cross tents near Dolo. The note cites gas use and widespread native casualties.
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Desige
Haile Selassie
Italy
League of Nations
Geneva
Red Cross
Ras Desta Demtu
Dolo
Hylander
Ogaden
New Year Honors List Omits Canadians in London Announcement
The New Year honors list in London elevates two barons to viscounts, creates four new barons and four baronets, names two privy councillors and includes about eighty knight hoods and one Order of Merit. Canada drops out after two years. the Union of South Africa and Irish Free State also missing. The king promotes two of his sons, the Duke of York to triple ranks and the Duke of Kent to the Royal Victorian chain. Viscounts named include Lord Hanworth and Lord Trenchard, with Hanworth linked to the Pollock legal lineage.
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London
Canada
London Gazette
Union of South Africa
Irish Free State
United Kingdom
India
Australia
New Zealand
Duke of York
Royal Air Force
Duke of Kent
Lord Hanworth
Ottawa Levee Draws Big Crowds on New Year’s Day
Nearly 1,000 men attended the governor-general’s levee in the Hall of Fame at the Parliament building to greet Baron Tweedsmuir and extend New Year wishes. Premier Mackenzie King and R. B. Bennett held large receptions at Laurier House and a hotel, respectively, in the afternoon, following the customary diplomatic morning calls.
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Ottawa
Baron Tweedsmuir
Parliament
Mackenzie Kings
Laurier House
R. B. Bennett
Wind jammer Joseph Conrad arrives in Melbourne after year voyage
The small full rigged ship Joseph Conrad arrived in Melbourne after a year at sea from New York via the Cape of Good Hope and Singapore. Owned by Alan Villiers, sea story writer, of Pay Ridge, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Melbourne
Australia
Joseph Conrad
New York
Cape of Good Hope
Singapore
Alan Villiers
Sea Story
Pay Ridge
Brooklyn
N.Y
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