U F A Joins Co operative Commonwealth Federation
Alberta delegates at the United Farmers of Alberta convention endorse affiliation with the Co operative Commonwealth Federation in a move paralleling alliances with United Farmers of Manitoba Saskatchewan Ontario and related labor bodies. The union aims to keep U F A identity while joining the Dominion wide cooperative labor federation.
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Cougary
Alberta
United Farmers of Alberta
Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation
UFA
CCF
Dominion Wide Co-Operative
Dominion
Alh
United Farmers of Manitoba
United Farmers of Canada
Saskatchewan
United Farmers of
Ontaro
Organization For Toronto
Commonwealth Movement
Co-operative Commonwealth Federaton
Uniform Companies Act Proposal Aimed at Public Protection
At the Dominion provincial conference delegates agreed to prepare a uniform Companies Act for the province and the Dominion. The move, backed by a Canadian Bar Association resolution, seeks to curb evasive firms and address long standing complexities in incorporation. Provinces have issued charters and licensure allowing cross jurisdictional operations.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Province
Canadian Bar Association
Calgary
Two Women Thieves Torture Victim For Money in Chicago
Two burglars tortured a housewife in Chicago while her husband worked at a bakery. They burned the soles of her feet with matches to force her to reveal the hiding place of $10. The victim identified Mrs. Rose Schmalzer, 22, as the target.
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Chicago
Rose Schmalzer
Final push toward conciliation in Sino-Japanese dispute
League of Nations leaders in Geneva move toward a final report on the Sino-Japanese conflict with no real expectation Japan will accept the settlement scheme. Japan insists the assembly avoid condemning Manchukuo and current policy in Manchuria despite alleged aggression. Officials foresee the nineteen-member committee drafting paragraph four, article 15 of the Covenant for a report, amid Japanese opposition.
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League of Natics
Geneva
Switzerland
League of Nations Assembly
Tokio
League
Yosuke Matsuoka
Japan
Assembly
Manchukuo
Manchuria
Cabinet Crisis as New Zealand Finances Minister Resigns
Hon. W. Downie Stewart, New Zealand minister of finance, has resigned prompting a cabinet crisis. Disagreement over exchange rates and the central bank proposal sparked the move, with others possibly resigning. Prime Minister Forbes faces a tough path but is believed to keep the government intact.
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New Zealand
Financias
Wellington
W. Downie Stewart
Stewart
Mr. Stewart
G. M. Forbes
Ottawa Building Permits Fall Amid Declines Across Regions
December building permits in Ottawa show a drop of over 1 million in value from November and more than 6 million from December 1931, with Manitoba posting a 27.7 percent gain while other provinces decline. The report notes December construction valued at 1.48 million versus 2.51 million in November and 7.90 million in 1931. Canada’s Thanksgiving date dispute prompts calls to revert to November, affecting poultry trade. In New York, Australian windjammers begin the annual wheat race to the British Isles, with ships leaving January 18 and expected to take about 100 days.
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Ottawa
Ont
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Manitoba
New York
British Isles
New York Times
Adelaide
South Australia
Irish Start Boycott Sparks Dublin Pub Outburst
A fresh boycott campaign against British goods in Dublin saw bands of young men enter public houses and smash British made ale bottles, topple advertising signs, and wreck counters as the movement intensified in the Irish Free State.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
Trotsky Sues Editor Over Censuring Article
Exiled Bolshevik chief Leon Trotsky sues a weekly newspaper for 250 000 pesetas claiming publication under his signature of an article criticizing Joseph Stalin, which he denies writing.
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Leon Trotsky
Joseph Stalin
Deaths in Ontario Township Prompt Investigations
Toronto Telegram reports three York township and East York deaths over three years have drawn suspicion. Attorneys General and York township police will investigate, with possible exhumations and post mortems to check for poisoning. The deceased include Mrs Stainburn aged 90 and her daughter Edith, and Mr Bryans of East York.
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Ontario Township
Toronto
Bryans
East York
Stainurn
York Township
Edith
Stainburn
Rumor of 20 Million Bushel Canadian Wheat Deal
Sources close to Amtorg say talks on a rumored 20,000,000 bushel wheat deal with Canada were only conversational and no contract has been closed. Some time may pass before any tangible form of the transaction emerges, if ever.
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New York
Amtorg Trading Corp
United States
Canada
Aid To Humanity Ispaper Publisher Praises Mad As Benefactor
Robert Vale, publisher of the Vancouver Sun, told a Hotel Georgia audience under the Vancouver Board of Trade engineering bureau that machinery and engineers are humanity benefactors. Cromie defined technocracy as the publicity side of technology and argued the broad discussion will spur study of technology's impact on humanity.
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Ispaper
Mad
Vancouver
B.C
Asia
India
Robert Vale
The
Vancouver Sun
Hotel Georgia
Engineering Bureau of Vancouver Board of Trade
Cromie
Endorse Calgary Stand Supports Calgary Debt Stance
The United Farmers of Alberta convention in Calgary adopted a resolution backing the city’s refusal to pay adverse exchange charges in debt obligations. The board introduced measure alleging the Dominion Government defaulted by not supplying gold at par, calling exchange payments a racket and affirming payment in Canadian funds only.
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U.F.A
Calgary
Alberta
United Farmers of Alberta
Board of Directors
Cay
Japs Round Up Radicals Targeting Wealthy Families
Tokyo authorities announced a country wide roundup of 2000 radicals after October arrests tied to Communist activities aiming to overthrow the system. In Tokyo last year 7000 radicals were arrested, many educated youths in their early twenties including girls from wealthy families. Italy plans to renounce the 1924 Soviet commercial treaty within three weeks due to trade imbalances.
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Tokyo
Japan
Rome
Italy
Russia
Amalgamation of Railways Proposed as Big Issue
A garbled 1921 era discourse outlines proposals and opposition to railway amalgamation. Mentions Meighen bill, Duff elution, and Besty plan while referencing Canadian directorate and Commons figures. Highlights debate on centralization versus regional control and potential political stakes.
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Ear Limpet
Tiatotearn Yrgens
Barca
Canadian Aciae Directorale
Etree
Aeppert
Baer
Plane Crash Hero Brought Aid From Moose Lake Survivors
Prince Albert bound fugitive Buster Whiteway of Berens River will travel via Saskatoon and Prince Albert after RCMP in this district learned of his capture. The Pas phone report confirms Whiteway aided companions in the Moose Lake crash that killed pilot W. A. Bill Spence and Constable P. Greaves. He regained consciousness after being hurled from the cabin and, despite a fractured ankle, helped others through the storm.
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Prince Albert
Sask
Moose Lake
W. A
Bill” Spence
Buster Whiteway
Berens River
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
G. C. P. Montiambert
RCMP
Pas
Whiteway
Constable P. Greaves
Montreal job seekers gather at city hall for interviews
About 2,000 men gathered at Montreal City Hall seeking work and a hearing with civic officials. Their spokesman described the group as peaceful and honest with no revolutionary aims, and a reply to their request was promised.
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Montreal
Que
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UF. A
D.C. Federation
Uniform Companies Act
Canadian Produce Association
Sues Editor
A. H. Young
Trinity College
University of Toronto
Young
Trinity
Ontario Historical Society
King’s College
Halifax
Evan Macdonald
Guelph
Ontario
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