New Brunswick Government Sustained After Elections
New Brunswick voters reaffirmed the Daxter administration securing most seats while Liberal opposition gained six seats to total 21. Wendell P. Jones lost his Carleton home county seat. A A Dypart and allies won Kent by over 1,000 votes. Agriculture minister Lewis Smith defeated in Albert County as opposition added two seats in Northumberland.
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Saint John
Wendell P. Jones
Carleton
A. A. Dy‘part
Kent County
Hon
Lewismith
Alpert County
Northumberland
Will Discuss Many Things At Conference
London reports that the British government will allow broad discussion at the forthcoming Imperial Conference with all subjects of imperial interest to be aired. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald said the Feopolle Conference will meet concurrently to discuss every economic matter affecting the Dominions and Britain. Secretary J H Thomas emphasized the intention to keep discussions as wide as possible.
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London
Eng
Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
Dominions
J. H. Thomas
The
Communist Papers Warn US Faces Deep Crises
Moscow based Pravda cites Wall Street slump as prelude to a harsher economic collapse in the United States. It describes an American industrial crisis followed by an unprecedented farm crisis shrinking farmer purchasing power and warns of rising danger of a new imperialist war, especially against the Soviet Union.
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America
Moscow
Russia
United States
Pravda
Themmunist Party
Wall Street
Soviet Union
Chicago Police Chief Alcock to Lead Force Indefinitely
City council orders a thorough investigation into the Chicago police department and its failure to curb gangsters nine days after Tribune reporter Alfred Jak Lingle was assassinated. Mayor Thompson announced John H. Alcock, the iron man of the force, will remain in command indefinitely.
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Chicago, I
Chicago Police Department
Alfred “Jak Lingle
Tribune
William Hale Thompson
John H. Alcock
Exemption From Income Tax for Foreign Officials Passes Committee
London England consular employees and other official representatives of foreign governments in Great Britain will remain exempt from British income tax under a finance bill provision that cleared the committee stage of the House of Commons recently.
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London
England
Great Britain
House of Caramons
Government to pay coal freight rates to Manitoba
An order-in-council announced by Minister Charles Stewart provides 1 cent per ton government aid for Saskatchewan lignite coal shipped into Manitoba for one year. An additional one-eighth cent per ton aids coal from Alberta and the Crow's Nest Pass into Manitoba. The program runs June 1, 1890 to May 31, 1831 and excludes coal for locomotives or domestic use.
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Ortawa Omshe Nominian
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Charles Stewart
Alberta
Crow's Nest Pass
British Columbia
Lumber Shipments Delayed at North Portal Border
The United States tariff now in effect delays Canadian lumber shipments as customs brokers await explicit tariff application details. Previously free, Canadian lumber now faces countervailing duties. finished and rough lumber face different rates, with narrow impact on autos and negligible effect on oats corn butter eggs and shoes imported from Canada.
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North Portal
Sask
United States
Washington
US States
Canada
Anada
Convention Date Changed for Canadian Good Roads Meet
The Canadian Good Roads Association will hold its annual convention in Quebec on September 16 to 18. Secretary George A MeiSamee said Quebec’s highways minister J B Perrault hopes delegates view the Gaspe Peninsula in fall color on the new highway, inviting visiting delegates to see the scenic route.
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Canadian Good Roads Association
Quebec
Montreal
George A. MeiSamee
J B. Perrault
Gaspe Peninsula
Prominent Grain Man Stuart Dies at 80 in Montreal
Montreal financier and grain executive A P Stuart former president of the British Empire Grain Company and member of the Montreal Grain Exchange died in Montreal aged 80. Born in Plymouth England, he came to Canada in 1870 and built a career from Deloraine Manitoba to Winnipeg, then New York London and London, finally settling in Montreal. He is survived by his widow, one son and three daughters.
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Montreal
Quc
A. P. Stuart
British Empire Grain Company
Montreal Corm Exchange
Mr. Stuart
Plymouth
England
Canada
Deloraine
Manitoba
Winnipes
New York
London
Fagland
Saskatoon appoints new College of Agriculture dean
Professor A. M Shaw, head of the Animal Husbandry Department at the University of Saskatchewan, succeeds late Dean W. J. Rutherford as dean of the College of Agriculture. Announcement comes from Dr. W. C. Murray, university resident.
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Rutherford Saskatoon
Sask
A. M Shaw
University of Saskatchewan
College of Agriculture
W. J. Rutherford
W. C. Murray
Baldwin Won't Confer With Prime Minister
London report says Rt Hon Stanley Baldwin Conservative leader declined Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald invitation to a three party leaders conference on unemployment. Conservatives argue lack of data hampers action while criticizing Liberal Lloyd George and Empire trade policy.
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Londom
Ragland
Stanley Baldwin
Ramsey MacDonald
Baldwin
House of Commons
David Lloyd George
Lloyd George
MacDonald
Labor
Austen Chamberlain
Austen
Liberal Party
Warren
Dominions
Canada
Britain
Byrd Receives Roaring Welcome in New York Return
Admiral Byrd arrives at New York after a long polar voyage greeted by planes harbor craft and cheering crowds. The celebrated aerial explorer lands in Lower Manhattan to a city proud of his polar achievements as he returns after 16 months away. Saskatchewan highways plan gravel road completions from Lloydminster to Yorkton and Moose Jaw to Prince Albert National Park before snow flies.
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New York
N.Y
Richard E. Byrd
Lower Manhattan
White
Antarctica
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Sask
Provincial Highways Department
Lloydminster
Yorkton
Moose Jaw
His City
Prince Albert National Park
Storm Strikes Ascot As Lightning Kills Bookmaker
Panic swept Ascot race meet as a sudden electrical storm lashed enclosures. A bolt struck and killed Walter Holbein, a prominent north of England bookmaker, near Tattersall's ring. Royal party in Windsor Castle box witnessed the chaos as guests fled mud drenched stands.
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Ascot
Eng
Walter Holbein
North of England
Tattersall
Prince of Wales
Windsor Castle
Hoover Halts Soviet Plan in Baltimore
Negotiations between the Soviet Government and Baltimore's Glenn L. Martin Company to build 20 twin engine bombers at about $2,000,000 were halted by the Hoover administration. The despatch notes concerns about the Afghan India frontier and Polish border tensions influencing the decision to avoid arming the Soviet government.
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Baltimore
Glenn L. Martin Company
Hoover Administration
Washington
Afghanistan
India
Bennett rally opens in Vancouver with banners and pledges
Crowds greet Hon R B Bennett at a Conservative rally in the Vancouver auditorium described as possibly the largest crowded event of the Opposition leader's campaign. Banners declare him a Statesman With a Canada Policy and flags bear party pledges.
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Bennett
Red-Hot Fire Box Bravery Earns Merit Marks
Engineer H J Storey of Brookmere and Fireman A Fulkerson of Penticton were cited by Canadian Pacific Railway for ten merit marks after they faced a red hot fire box aboard engine No 570 near Hope B C. They dumped the fire and, taking turns, repaired dislodged grates and connected operating rods, bringing the train to its destination only minutes behind schedule and preventing a serious delay.
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H. J. Storey
Brookmere
B.C
A. Fulkerson
Penticton
Canadian Pacific Railway
Hope
Mackenzie King to Open BC Campaign July Fourth
Senator J J King announced that Prime Minister Mackenzie King will begin election campaign meetings in British Columbia on Friday July 4. He will speak at Revelstoke on the way to the Pacific coast, arrive in Vancouver July 6, address Victoria July 7, speak in Vancouver July 8, and end July 9 in Kamloops.
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Vancouver
J. J. King
Mackenzie King
British Columbia
Revelstoke
Pacific Coast
Victoria
Kamloops
Storms Damage French Crops Across Regions
Storms raged for days across France severing highways and rail lines wrecking homes and destroying crops. Lightning killed cattle and floods in Burgundy and Auvergne and north of Paris drowned smaller animals. Crop damage reported as heavy.
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Paris
France
Burgundy
Auvergne
Reaction to Hawley-Smoot tariff shifts Canada US trade
Ottawa reports that the Hawley Smoot tariff signed by President Hoover triggers Canadian countervailing duties on about a dozen items, including potatoes, oats, cattle, meats, eggs, and butter. Canada aims to match U.S. rates on the same imports, affecting Canada-US trade volumes and provoking international reprovals.
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Ottawa
Hoover
Washington
United States
Dominion
U.S
Canada
Havana
el Mundo
Cuba
Paris
Petit Bleu
France
TI Tever
Rome
London to Winnipeg air route expedition planned
The government will not provide cash aid to the British expedition led by Captain GR Watkins to study a direct air link from London to Winnipeg via Greenland. It, however, lends RAF personnel and meteorological instruments with the War Office supplying chronometers and wireless gear to survey feasibility for a regular Europe to Canada air route. Captain Geoffrey Watkins, famed for Edge Island missions, will lead the effort to gather meteorological and geographical data, aiming to establish a practical route.
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London
Eng
GR. Watkins
Winnipeg
Greenland
Frederick Montague
Air
House of Commons
J. Ashery
Gravesend
Royal Air Force
War Office
Montague
Europe
Canada
Geoffrey Robert Sladen Watkins
Ds.c
Air Ministry
Edge Island
Norway
Uptain Watkins
Brownlee Ministry Endorsed Calgary
The United Farmers of Alberta, rising to power nine years ago under Hon. Herbert Greenfield, secure a third term as Premier J. F. Brownlee’s party leads with 43 of 63 seats. Acclamations go to Premier Brownlee and C. L. McPherson. Redistribution yields two new government seats in Clover Bard and Grande Prairie, with Labor wins in Lethbridge and Edson.
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Calgary
United Farmers of Alberta
Alberta
Herbert Greenfield
Folowers
J. FE. Brownlee
Farmer Party
C. L. McPherson
Little Bow
Government
Rudolph Hennig
Victoria
Cloverbard
Hugh Allen
Grande Prairie
Labor
Lethbridge
Edson
Andrew Smeaton
French Minister To Canada Recalled
Hon. Jean Knight, French minister to Canada since 1928, is recalled to Paris to head the press services in the foreign affairs ministry. Henri Courter, secretary of the legation, will handle affairs until a new minister plenipotentiary to the Dominion is appointed.
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Jean Knight
Paria
Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Paris
Ministe
Knight
Henri Coureter
Legation
Dominion
Russian War Commissioner Warns of Outbreak
Clement Voroshi lov, a Moscow war commissioner, issued his regular warning about a new great war. He claimed United States Japan Great Britain and France will spend 5.7 billion gold tables this year on armaments, about 2.85 billion dollars, versus 2.9 billion in 1913, signaling rapid war preparation.
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Moscow
Russia
Clement Voroshilov
United States
Japan
Great Britain
France
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Eramin
Amist
Admiral Byrd
Prince Carol of
Reenter King Will
Cate
U. S
PLAN
Brownlee
Farmers’ Party
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