Distinct Signs of Business Recovery Noted
Editor Bilkey writes in the Gazettes year end review that while conditions remained far below normal through 1933, clear signs of improvement emerged. He cites modest but real gains in Great Britain Europe and Canada with sustained manufacturing activity, higher prices and renewed confidence though wheat markets and western wealth remained constrained.
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Paul Bikey
Catef
Gazett
Commercial and Financial Review
Bilkey
Canada
League of Nations
Europe
Far East
Great Britain
Prairie Provinces
Dominion
Dean Inge Warns Britain Faces Decline and Emigration
Inge predicts Britain will weaken relative to great powers, urging state-directed emigration and colonial ties as essential. He warns a European coalition could invite US help or invasion by a “black army” if attacked, and critiques rising lax morals and birth control knowledge.
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Dean Inge
United States
Leaneness
Destroyed Van Dyck painting arouses international interest
The Army of Ottawa reports the loss of the celebrated Angel's Choir or Concert Des Anges, once owned by C Parsons and purchased by John Gleeson. The painting, dust covered and rolled in a Greenbush attic, sparked inquiries from Germany and others via transatlantic telephone, with Gleeson ill from shock.
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Ottawa
van Dyck
Gleeson
C. Parsons
Department of Mire
Nova
Greenbush
N.Y
Pai
Belgum
Napoleon
Albany
Germany
Mussolini backs League reform ideas in talks with Britain
The article outlines Mussolini proposing limits on disarmament and reform of the League of Nations. It notes discussions with Sir John Simon about solving current tensions and cites a piece in Lavoro asserting reforms should respect the rights of British dominions within a commonwealth framework.
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Rome
Italy
Bor Mussolni
John Simon
Acarm
Germar Ceadrick
League of Nations Muscolini
Lavoro
Fascist New
League of Fans
British Commonwealth of Nations
League
Viscount Churchill Dies in London Succession Follows
Victor Albert Spener 69 first Viscount Churchill of W wood dies of pneumonia and is succeeded by son Victor Alexander Spencer. The new Viscountess Churchill is Kathleen Beaven, daughter of former British Columbia premier. Spencer held roles with Great Western Railway and royal offices at coronations.
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London
Victor Albert Spener
Churchill
W. Wood
Victor Alexander Spencer
Victoria
Caureh't
Kathleen
Robert Beaven
Br. Columbia
Spencer
Great Westra
Victory Ford
Edward VI
George
War threat voiced in Winnipeg anti war talks
Peter Hunter of Hamilton asserted that amalgamation of Canadian National and Canadian Pacific railways would speed troop mobilization and equipment manufacturing for war. He cited Montreal's 80,000 Fascist Green Shirts as further evidence, speaking at the Winnipeg Youth Anti war congress after attending Paris youth congress.
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Winnipeg
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific Railways
Canada
Peter Hunter
Hamilton
Hunter
Paris
Montreal
Wheat shipment test through New York under advisement
British customs pursue inquiry into a test Canadian wheat shipment from Fort William via Buffalo and New York to England. After prior shipments faced a six cent tariff, the current shipment was admitted free but remains under advisement by the board of customs.
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Shin
New York
British Board Customs
England
Fort William
Buffalo
Dominions
Britsh Customs
Board of Customs
Burned Coffee Surpluses Cut Brazilian Stock to July Output
Brazilian coffee growers burned 18 065 tons of interior coffee in 1933 and total destruction rose to 1 716 000 tons since July 1931. The federal coffee department said stocks are so reduced exports can resume when the new crop is ready in July. Saskatoon professor W G Worcester receives fellowship in AAAS for ceramics work.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Federal Coffee Department
New Mayor Proposes Dictatorial Powers To Stabilize New York
Desperate New York faces a $500 million operating budget and a $125 million deficit. Mayor Fiorello H Laguardia proposes a two year period with sweeping powers to determine economies and address the financial crisis.
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New York
Fiorello H. Laguardia
Edmonton Train Delays In Cold Weather Amid Locomotive Freeze
A Canadian National Railways CN train in Edmonton was delayed forty five minutes as the whistle bell on the 6,000 class locomotive froze during recent cold weather. Railway workers say this is a historic first for Edmonton rail history.
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Edmonton
Canadian National Railways
Roosevelt Urges Stricter Rules to Restore National Well Being
President Roosevelt addresses a joint session urging stringent regulatory measures to curb organized crime and unethical banking and corporate practices. He calls for a national program in morality, agriculture, and industry to rebuild postwar prosperity and better meet modern challenges.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United
Congress
United States
Senate
House
Alberts weigh seats cut in Alberta legislature
Alberta may reduce legislative members to 45 or 50 from 63. A redistribution committee was named last session to study the problem and report. The session is expected to start February 8 and the seat reduction is a major topic for discussion.
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Alberts
Edmonton
Alberta
Alberta motor licenses show small 1933 decline
Alberta issued 85 250 motor licenses in 1933, down by 260 from 1932. Of these 71 076 were passenger car licenses and 14 174 were for trucks. Officials call the year satisfactory given prevailing economic conditions.
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Alberta
Edmonton
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W. G. Worcester
University of Saskatchwan
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Alrady
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Canadian Cramics Society
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