Cabinet posts await Liberals in Manitoba
Winnipeg Manitoba Premier John Bracken promises Liberal representation after the next legislature session in a letter to Liberal Leader Dr Murdoch Mackay. He says Liberals may receive more than one cabinet post and keeps doors open for a union government while planning to reorganize after the session if Conservatives or Labor do not join.
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Winnipeg
Man
John Bracken
Liberal Party
Murdoch Mackay
Primier Bracken
Bracken
Tration
Qui
Twin Dificulties in World Peace Mentioned in Vancouver
Rt. Rev. Ralph Sherman, D D bishop of Mary, told the Women's Canadian Club in Vancouver that armament and reparations are the twin difficulties of world peace. He cited the Versailles treaty era and financial breakdown as outcomes seen by economists but not broadly accepted in 1918.
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Vancouver
B.C
Ralph Sherman
D.D
Bishop of
Mary
Women's
Canadian Club
Germany
Police Wound Suspect in Vancouver Burglary Sweep
Two alleged burglars were wounded by Vancouver police bullets on city streets and eight other suspects were arrested. Police believe the arrests will clear up a number of burglaries and housebreakings reported in the downtown and west end districts in the past few weeks.
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Vancouver, &.C
Vancouver
West End
New Jersey Firm Plans Montmagny Plant for Alle Goods
The MoE Binz Company of New Jersey will establish a Montmagny plant to manufacture Alle goods and hire 150 workers. Stark Brothers Ribbon Manufacturing Corporation of New York will set up a province plant employing 250. In Cardiff, prisoners protested horticulture lectures not included in their sentences.
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Montreal
Que
Moe. Binz Company
New Jersey
Montmagny
Tra. Stark Brothers Ribbon Manufacturing Corporation
New York
Cardiff
Wales
Agricultural Committee of Glamorganshire
Swansea
Govenors
Preston author struck by truck in Hamilton Highway crash
Preston, a well known author, was struck by a truck while turning into the Hamilton Highway at Clarkson Onto and is dying in a critical condition with brain concussion. Pittsburg officials used a noise-meter to test downtown street crossings for noise levels.
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Clarkson
Suaney
Preston
Hamilton Highway
Pittsburgh
Storms and floods hit Europe with several deaths
A series of Atlantic storms spread from Portugal to Scandinavia causing six deaths and damage across Europe. Ships reported distress near the Scilly Islands and off Plymouth. the Paris liner delayed from La Havre. A fishing boat sank near the Breton coast but its two crew survived. Flooding and accidents were reported in England, Ireland, Wales, Lisbon, and parts of Germany and France.
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Portugal
Scandinavia
Europe
Jersey City
Scilly Islands
Thames Estuary
Alexandria
Dungeness Bay
Anclent Southwester
Paris
la Havre
France
Breton
Great Britain
Royal Sovereign
Exeter
British Freighter “Trevaylor
Plymouth
England
Ireland
Wales
Sheerness
Lisbon
Portu
London
Ihe
Prague
Marne
Halberstadt
Germany
Bar-le-Duc
War On Bookmakers In Winnipeg Prompts Crackdown
Winnipeg book makers face a hot few weeks as two provincial treasury officials are charged with embezzling over 510000 and reportedly lost money in face track gambling. Authorities prepare a drastic campaign against betting while police stay tight lipped.
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Winnipeg, Man
Winnipeg
Provinial
Treasury Department
Legislative Sittings To Open In Regina and Ottawa
The fourth session of Saskatchewan's seventh legislature opens February 1 per Premier J T M Anderson. Alberta legislature and Ottawa’s House of Commons also start that day, with Manitoba possibly convening February 4 though not confirmed.
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Regina
Ses
Saskatchewan
J. T. M. Anderson
Alberta
House of Commons
Ottawa
Manitoba
Soviet Friendship Delegates Planned Lecture Tours
The Farmers Unity League announced delegates to Russia will soon tour Saskatchewan and Alberta. Carl Axelson heads Northern Saskatchewan stops LP. McNamee speaks in the south and Miss Florence Bowes tours Alberta. Meetings in Eastern Canada proceed under Friends of the Soviet Union.
Moslem Leader Muhammad Shafi Dies in Lahore
Muhammad Shafi, noted Moslem leader and delegate to the recent Indian Round Table Conference in London, died in Lahore at age 62.
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Lahore
Indo
Muhammad Shafi
London
England
Royal Couple Stay At Sandringham After Christmas
The King and Queen are expected to remain at Sandringham Norfolk through the end of the month after spending the Christmas holidays there.
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Sandringham
London
England
Norfolk
Australia to press for imperial free trade at Ottawa
Prime Minister Joseph Lyons outlined Australia's aim to promote trade within the Empire and its Dominions. The cabinet meeting announced plans for the Imperial Economic Conference at Ottawa and the return of Claude Reading to the Commonwealth Bank board as the United Party forms its government.
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Australia
Ponpire Cantera
Joseph Lyons
Ottawa
Lyons
New United Party
United Party
Claude Reading
Commonwealth Bank
British move toward united front on Lausanne reparations
London reports indicate Britain seeks a united front with France for the Lausanne reparations conference. Viscount Snowden, Sir Frederick Leith-Ross, and Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald convened a sub committee meeting as discussions intensified. Britain favors January 18 or 20 for start, France suggests January 25.
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London
Gland
Lausanne
Viscount Snowden
Ickornshaw
Hague
Frederick Leith-Ross
Ramsay MacDonald
Scotland
France
British settlers invited to Canada with capital
The Maritime area district conference of land settlement superintendents met with Ottawa and Fredericton officials. T. MacGladery, chairman of the Soldiers' Settlement Board of Canada, said the door remains open to British applicants who bring investment capital and work hard, and to others who will not become charges on the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saint Jon
District Conference of Land Settlement
Maritime
Ottawa
Fredericton
T. MacGladery
Soldiers’ Settlement Board of Canada
Canada
Mail Pouch Theft Sparks Boston Bound Train Probe
Boston authorities reported a mail pouch valued at 100000 dollars containing cheques and securities went missing from a Boston bound train in Lowell. The pouch was reportedly placed on the train and disappeared during transit.
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Boston
Mass
Rostal
Lowell
Mountie Narrow Escape As Shot Misses Constable
In Aklavik Northwest Territories a crazed trapper fired at Constable A W King of the RCMP near a remote Yukon trail cabin. The bullet narrowly missed King’s heart by inches and he was treated by Dr J A Urquhart. Inspector Eames leads a pursuit with 50 mules to reach the cabin and arrest Albert Johnson, blamed for tampering with Indian trap lines and the shooting. Constable R G McDowell aided King's transport by sleigh to Akaravi.
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Constable
Margin Aklavik
Nwt
A.W. King
RCALP
Yukon Trail
King
J. A. Urquhart
Eames
Albert Johnson
R.G. McDowell
Akeravi
Newspapers urge fair school life view says Laycock
Dr. S. R. Laycock of Saskatchewan University criticizes Saskatchewan and British Columbia papers for portraying the school as a prison. He cites September and June examples where the press urged restriction of a child’s freedom and called for a more balanced approach to school life.
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Saskatoon
S. R. Laycock
Saskatchewan University
Laycock
Montreal program moves 23,000 to farms in 1931
The proving department of colonization placed 23,000 people on farms in 1931, about 6,000 families, as stated by Hon. Hector Laferté, Minister of Colonization and Fisheries, in Montreal.
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Montreal
Que
Department of Colonization
Hector Laferte
Appointed Deputy Governor of Hudson's Bay Company
London England Sir George Ernest May a director of the British Overseas Bank and noted actuary is named Deputy Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company succeeding Sir Frederick Richmond who has resigned
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London
England
George Ernest May
The
British Overseas Bank
Hudson's Bay Company
Frederick Richmond
Churchill Delivers Address in Bahamas After Injury
Rt Hon Winston Churchill MP former Chancellor of the Exchequer was guest at a Bahamas executive and legislative council dinner. Administrator Charles Dundas presided. Churchill praised Canada’s Bennett and urged close Empire unity and ties with the Dominions.
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Fassan
Bahamas
New York
Winston Churchill
Executive Council
Legislative Council
House of Assembly of
RB. Bennett
Canada
Britain
Churcbill
Japs Capture Port Mlukien in Manchuria Campaign
Japanese troops seized Port Mulutao near Hulutao south of Chinchow as part of a anti banditry operation in South Manchuria. The occupation is linked to broader negotiations over Mukden leadership with Tsang Shih Yi likely to be viewed as Chang Hsuenliang's successor. Influential Japanese want Mulutao added to a Manchuria wide communications network.
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Mlukien
Hulutao
Chinchow
Gulf of
Liatotuno
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Manchuria
Mukden
Tsang Shih-Yi
Chang Hsenh-Liang
Ria
Mulutao
Strong government measures curb unrest in India amid Gandhi arrest
Reports from Bombay describe broad ordinances across the Bombay presidency and Sind outlawing 500 nationalist groups including anti drink leagues and boycotts. The rules allow arrests without warrants, personal fines on families, and control of utilities while tensions mount over Gandhi’s detention and possible deportation.
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Bombay
India
Bombay Presidency
Sind
AML
All India
Mahatma Gandhi
Congress
M All Boys
Gandhi
Yerada
Ganhi
Ci Ionalist
U S Protests Japan Occupation of Manchuria
Washington issues formal protest over Japan's Manchuria occupation and any regime undermining the open door policy and Kellogg pact. State Department notes no dispute with Japan over legal rights in Manchuria and seeks to protect US interests without immediate diplomatic rupture.
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Washington
United States
Far East
Japan
Manchuria
China
U.S
Henry Lison
State Department
Aviator Penalized In Canada Entry Case
Alvin E. Paulson, an aviator from Seattle, was fined for illegal entry into Canada after a Dec 22 crash during takeoff near Sumas Abbotsford BC. He received eight hours imprisonment and was returned to custody pending payment. Police released two white men and a Chinese traveler after determining no link to the incident. Paulson’s five passenger plane was confiscated by customs.
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Canada
Abbotsford
Alvin E. Paulson
Seattle
Wash
Sumas
Paulson
Customs Department
Dor Three Mo
Canada Weathering Depression Buoyed by Trade Open to Early Growth
Donald M. Marvin of the Royal Bank of Canada says Canada faces the worldwide depression in a favorable way and could participate in the first material advance. The monthly review notes strong precious metal production and improved external trade from a new treaty with Australia, while export volume fell by over one third in the past year.
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Toronto
Ont
Canada
Donald M. Marvin
Royal Bank of Canada
Monthly
Business Review
Australia
Churchill challenges Borah to New York debate on Russia
Rt Hon Winston Churchill challenges Senator William Borah to a debate in New York on recognizing Soviet Russia. Churchill would defend Britain’s stance while Borah defends U.S. nonrecognition. Churchill plans to return to New York on January 27.
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Winston Churchill
Senator Borah
New York
William E. Borah
Soviet Russia
Idaho
Great Britain
Churchill
United States
Hen Hatches Nine Chicks At Saulte Ste Marie Home
A barred rock hen at Mrs. Robert Moreland’s Saulte Ste. Marie Ontario home reportedly hatched nine chicks under the back porch and a prior hatch of six chicks near the open area. The family is said to be well.
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Saulte Ste. Marie
Robert Moreland
Saulte
Saltfleet
Ont
Moreland
Noted aviator Dale Jackson dies in Amphibian crash
Fra. Dale Red Jackson, co-holder of the world's endurance aeroplane record, was killed when the Amphibian plane he was stunting with crashed from about 2000 feet above the municipal airport. The incident ends a noted aviation career marked by long-distance records and public stunts.
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Avi
Miami
Fra
Dale
Red) Jackson
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Skatchewan
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Englad
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Church of England
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U. S
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