Japanese Push to Seize Jehol Province in Manchukuo Plan
Chinese dispatches report ten thousand Japanese soldiers advancing into Jehol toward Lingyuan and Chingwantao landing near Shanbaiwan. Army columns with artillery and cavalry move from Suichung north of Shanbaikwan, as Tokyo aims to annex Jehol to Manchukuo. Nan king rejects the idea that Shanhaikwan is a local incident, framing it as part of the wider Sino Japanese dispute awaiting League of Nations settlement.
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Mianghai
China
Jehol
Lingyuam
Shanbaikwan
Great Wall
Chingwantao
Shanbai Awan
Jeb
Suichung
Jebel
Manchukuo
Manchuria
Nanking
Shanhaikwan
League of Nations
Concessions To Peasants In Soviet Policy Shift
In Moscow a speech by Vy thestaff Molotoft outlined a major concession to peasants aimed at boosting agricultural output. The government plans to abolish grain collections and replace them with a grain tax in kind, reverting to a system in place a decade ago. The move ties grain policy to meat and butter production under a renewed baseline.
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Moscow
Russia
Vythestaff Molotoft
Union Council of the People's Commissars
Russia to execute thieves who stole jam from warehouse
Four men sentenced to death and three to ten years in prison for stealing jam from a government warehouse in Moscow. The warehouse manager and three employees face execution while three other employees are sent to a remote prison camp for three years. The crime described as causing great harm to workers’ supply.
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Moscow
Russia
Pension sought for Grace Coolidge widow of former president
Senator Warren R. Austin introduced a bill seeking a yearly $9.00 pension for Grace Goodhue Coolidge widow of the late president. The Vermont Republican Congress usually votes pensions to widows of former presidents.
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Washington
Grace Goodhue Coolidge
United States
Warren R.austin
Vermont
Republican Congress
Alberta Seed Growers elect new leaders in Alberta
Alberta Joseph H. B. Smith of Wolf Creek was elected president and Mahion Watson of Provost was chosen vice president at the Alberta Seed Growers Association directors meeting in Edmonton.
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Alberta Lee Growers
Edmonton
Alberta
Joseph H. B. Smith
Wolf Creek
Alberta Seed Growers’ Association
Mahion Watson
Provost
Dutch farmers to receive one dollar per bushel wheat
Dutch seed merchant P. Sluis, visiting on business, reports that Montreal will insure wheat at one dollar per bushel with government subsidy to raise the price. In Peru electric refrigerators face taxation.
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Montreal
P. Sluis
Peru
Pension Act Veterans Criticize Administration In Ottawa Hearing
Veterans and Legion leaders testified before a joint committee on the Pension Act urging reform of the boards handling. A. E. Moore of Winnipeg criticized counsel attitudes and the burden of proof, calling for Section 73 the benefit of the doubt to be applied as Parliament intended. He urged the onus to prove disability not due to war service to rest with the board.
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Ottawa
Board of Pension Commissioners
A. E. Moore
Winnipeg
Charman
Dominion Executive Council
Canadian Legion
Canada
Hostilties
Moore
Property Owner Not Protected in Debt Adjustment Cases
Saskatoon barrister David C. Kyle argues that governments grant protection to occupants under the Debt Adjustment Act for properties purchased on agreements of sale or with second mortgages. The original owners, still paying principal and interest, face loss of equity as the commission shifts revenue away from them, making it hard to meet charges.
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Saskatoon
Sask
David C. Kyle
Wns
Debt Adjustment Commission
New Zealand Entry Leads Competitive World Classes
New Zealand Regina New Zealand sent the first entry to the competitive classes. D McGill of Tupua Southland submitted entries in cats class. A farmer from Meridian Idaho submitted twelve entries covering four wheat four barley two millet one dent sorghum and one rye. Entry dates list January 31 for losing and March 31 for grain sample receipt closing.
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Regina
Sask
New Zealand
D. McGill
Tupua
Southland
T. A. Allan
Meridian
Idaho
Smuts Open to Subordinate Coalition Role in South Africa
General Jan Smuts arrived in Cape Town to confer with colleagues on possible negotiations to overthrow the government. Thousands of cheering supporters welcomed him as he signaled willingness to accept a subordinate post in a coalition government if it served the nation’s interests.
Criticism of land board at Manitoba university inquiry
J Thorson KC described the University of Manitoba land board as having the loosest system for directing investments, a statutory duty cited during evidence on a $1,000,000 deficit. He noted no board member claimed authority over investments and none sought governors’ guidance.
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Winnipeg
Watt
Land Board
University of Manitoba
J. Thorson
K.C
Thorson
Board of Governors
Brisk Trade With Canada Ships Placed for Orient Run
The British Canadian Steamship Company finds the monthly slip insufficient as four steamers will carry about 12,000,000 feet of Canada China lumber to the Orient in six weeks. The same ships will also transport 9,000 tons of wheat and 1,100 tons of salt fish.
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Chane Vancouver
B.C
British Canadian Steamship Company
Canada
Orient
Irish Free State Election Drives Clash Over Britain Ties
In the Dublin election race Cosgrave pledges friendly Britain relations and quick benefits for farmers hit by tariff while Eamon de Valera fights to keep annuities payments and push for economic independence. He accuses Cosgrave of collusion with the British government.
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Irish Free State
Cosgrave
Britain
Eamon de Valera
Free State
British Isles
Cosgrave Party
Uniform relief policy urged by Alberta Federation of Labor
Calgary reads the Alberta Federation of Labor calls for a uniform relief policy across cities towns and rural areas. Delegates urge the maximum aid to become the minimum and demand increased assistance for destitute residents amid debates on relief administration.
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Calgary
Alberta
Alberta Federation of Labor
Fred. J. White
Carl E. Berg
Edmonton
Elmer E. Roper
Canadian Labor Party
Paris Strike and Unemployment Talk at Geneva Conference
At Geneva Switzerland a heated debate on wages and a 40 hour work week marked the unemployment conference. Leon Jouhaux urged wage preservation with reduced hours and warned that without relief the world faces vast joblessness. He cited thirty million unemployed and warned technology will keep unemployment high even during industry revival.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Leon Jouhaux
French Confederation of Labor
M. Jouhaux
Bequest to Winnipeg Newsboys Club In Doubt
George Welle, pioneer citizen, left 1000 to the Newsboys Club of Winnipeg in 1912, but no such organization exists now. Executors may need Manitoba legislature authority to dispose of the bequest.
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Winnipeg
Man
George Welle
Newsboys Club of
Manitoba
Central Party Opposes De Valera Policy in Irish Election
The Central party in the Irish Free State campaign vows to seek balance of power in Dail Eireann, denounces President Ramon de Valera and Republicans, and pledges action against poverty and intolerance. Leader Frank McDermott says the Centrists won’t be captured by the National party. Nominations close with 21 Centrists and 22 Laborites.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
Dail Eireann
Laborites
Frank McDermott
National Farmers’ Leagu
Ratepayers’ League
National Party
Ramon de Valera
Centrista
Riots in Madrid Kill 42, Injure Over 100
Outbreaks by anarchists and syndicalists spread across Spanish cities. Authorities say disturbances appear to be quelled, but at least 42 people have been killed and over 100 injured, with bombings, seizures of public buildings and disrupted communications. Numerous arrests reported.
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Madrid
Spain
Kidnapping Plot Shocks Toronto Contractor in East
The Toronto Star reports James Franceschini a Mimico millionaire contractor received extortion letters. The first demanded a fabulous sum and threatened abduction of his young daughter. A second letter prompted guards to patrol the contractor’s home grounds.
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Toronto
Western Canada visit by Dominion Experimental Farm director
Dr E R Archibald, director of the Dominion Experimental Farm, is touring western Canada for five weeks visiting experimental farm stations. He will attend an executive board meeting of the World Grain Fair at Regina during the trip.
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Western
Canada
Ottawa
Ont
E. 8
Archibald
Dominion Experimental Farm
Regina
Gas Conservation Plans in Turner Valley Board
Calgary oversight withdraws motions questioning legality of public hearings of the Turner Valley gas conservation board until January 23. The pause allows the board to continue studies aimed at conserving gas for domestic use in southern Alberta cities and towns.
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Calgary
Turner Valley Gas Conservation Board
Alberta
Saint Joan, Hon Dr J W Daniel Died Suddenly
Canadian senator J W Daniel died at his home on January 11 after illness that began January 7 with influenza. He would have turned 68 on January 26. Daniel, a doyen of the senate, had been in ill health for several days.
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Saint Joan
J. W. Daniel
Canadian Senate
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Pension Act
South African
Hom. L. P
D. Tilley
New Brunswick
Alberta Federation of Laborites
Central Party
DE Valera
East
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