Weir Defends Charges Against HS Department
Ottawa reports Minister of Agriculture Robert Weir defended the department amid claims of incompetence and inefficiency. He argued there have been few dismissals since the change in government and criticized articles alleging poor staff conditions and misrepresented figures. The debate touched on cost of cattle sector measures and calls for a clear statement from the department.
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Ottawa
Department of Agriculture
Robert Weir
House of Commons
Totzke Lib
Humboldt
West
W. Motherwell
Weir
Department
Henry A Mullins
Marquite
Motherwell
Motherwell Exminister of Agriculture
Hastings South
W. E. Tummon
Gas Waste Burden on Chemistry in Turner Valley Session
Dr G B Whitby of the National Research Council told the 14th annual Canadian Chemical Association convention that natural gas waste remains an urgent problem. At the Canadian Institute of Chemistry meeting, Professor A T Cameron of the University of Manitoba was named president and Dr T Thorvaldson of the University of Saskatchewan elected to the council.
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Turner Valley
Alberta
G. 8. Whitby
National Research Council of Canada
Canadian Chemical Association
Canadian Institute of Chemistry
Association
A. T. Cameron
University of Manitoba
T. Thorvaldson
University of Saskatchewan
Chinese Want Munitions for Hong Kong Fight
A contract was signed by southern army leaders with a munition firm for one million dollars of shells bombs grenades and life ammunition to counter Nationalist Government forces. Heavy arms shipments from Germany and Japan have been unloaded at Canton giving the combined Kwangtung and Kwangsi armies enough munitions to last six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
China
Germany
Japan
Canton
Swedish Fier Promoted Captain for Greenland Feat
A Swedish noncommissioned officer who helped remove British meteorologist Augustine Courtauld from the Greenland ice plateau has been promoted to captain in the navy. The rapid rise from NCO to captain is described as an unprecedented distinction in Sweden.
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Stockworm
Albin Ahrenberg
Fier
Augustine Courtauld
Greenland
Sweden
Winnipeg to Edmonton service tests faster freight by baggage car
Vice-President AE Warren states a new experiment in Winnipeg carries smaller-than-carload parcels by baggage car on regular passenger trains. The May 22 start connects Winnipeg with Belmont Brandon and Virden. Saskatoon to Edmonton via North Battleford. and Calgary to Edmonton via Mirror.
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Winnipeg
Canadian National
AE Warren
Belmont
Brandon
Virden
Saskatoon
Edmonton
North Battleford
Calgary
Cattle Shipments To Britain From Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan cows headed for Britain under a government feeder plan. About one hundred Hereford steers, averaging 11 to 12 hundred pounds, came from the J H Langham farm near Saskatoon. Thirty were from a feed lot within half a mile of Saskatoon. This marks the first of several weekly shipments by the Saskatchewan Co operative Livestock Producers Limited.
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Saskatoon
Sask
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Co-Operative Livestock Producers Limited
J H. Langham
Avenue B
Langham l
Bourassa Attacks Canada on Russia Trade Ban
In Ottawa Henri Bourassa Independent MP condemns the Dominion Governments ban on imports from Russia and questions a parliamentary mandate for action. He cites reliance on order-in-council and hints at private interests, contrasting with Canada US trade norms and the London conference context.
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Ottawa
Ont
Dominion
Russia
House of Commons
Henri Bourassa
Labelle
Parliament of
Canada
Bourassa
London
Howard Ferguson
Great Britain
Webster
Herbert Holt
International Paper Company
United States
Senate approves Remembrance Day bill to fix November 11
Remembrance Day would be permanently observed on November 11 with Thanksgiving Day and Armistice Day separated. Armistice would be fixed for November 13, while Thanksgiving could be proclaimed on a day chosen by the Dominion cabinet. The bill returns to the senate for final consideration as veterans groups weigh in.
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Ottawa
Senate
Dominion
Veterans’ Associations
J. R. Bowler
The
Canadian Legion
Canadians’ Contributions Overlooked in North American Growth
Canadian historian Professor J Bart lett Brenner of Columbia University told the Canadian Historical Association in Owawa Ontario that Canadians have long shaped cultural social and economic development across North America but their contributions are often ignored. He noted that Canadian inventors scientists and professionals carried ideas to major markets and then were not separated from the broader pattern of living.
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North America
J. Bartlett Brenner
Canadian History Department
Columbia University
New York
Canadian Historical Association
Gold Seekers Stake Claims Along Sheep Creek at Okotoks
Search for placer gold grips Okotoks during the holiday weekend as several prospectors stake claims along Sheep Creek near town boundaries. A fair-sized nugget was reportedly found while operations proceed rapidly in shallow bed. profitability remains unascertained.
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Okotoks
Alberta
Sheep Creek
Justice Minister Guthrie to Visit Britain for Privy Council Appeals
Ottawa Ontario Hon Hugh Guthrie minister of justice plans a summer trip to Britain to watch key Privy Council appeals including the natural resources and security frauds act cases. The visit hinges on no Imperial Economic Conference this autumn and an early parliamentary session conclusion.
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Privy Council
Ottawa
Hugh Guthrie
Justice
Guthrie
Twister Wrecks Empire Builder Near Fargo N D
A tornado struck the Great Northern passenger train Empire Builder about eight miles southeast of Fargo North Dakota killing one person and injuring several. The twister lifted the train from the tracks and toppled twelve steel coaches onto their sides while the engine and tender stayed on the rails. The deceased worker, a section man, was reportedly pitched through a window during the wreck.
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Fargo
N.D
Great Northern
Empire Builder
Here
Wheat Clearances To Europe Rise For May
The month topped 20,000,000 bushels with Canada exporting to foreign markets. For the week ending May 22 clearances reached 5,085,471 bushels, not counting shipments from U S ports. Saskatoon women farmers plan to attend a farm women's university week June 9 to 12.
No Cause For Damage Claim Raised In Rum-Sloop Sinking
A Washington despatch reports Canada seeks damages for the sinking of the rum-running schooner TM Alone by the coast guard 200 miles off the Louisiana coast on March 22, 1929. The United States contends the vessel was American-owned and there was no just cause for a damage claim.
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New York
Washington
Canada
Louana
United States
Newfoundland PM Denies Labrador Sale Talks
Sir Richard Squires prime minister of Newfoundland cables the Canadian Press denying reports of government negotiations to sell Labrador. He states there is absolutely no truth in the newspaper stories.
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Nsumer
Halifax
N.S
Richard Squires
Newfoundland
Labrador
University honors three leaders with Doctor of Laws
The Earl of Bessborough Rt Hon R B Bennett Prime Minister of Canada and Hon George Henry premier of Ontario were awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws at a special convocation by the University of Toronto in Toronto Ontario.
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Toronto
Ont
University of Toronto
Earl of Bessborough
R. B. Bennett
Canada
George 8. Henry
Ontario
17 RMC cadets to join Royal Navy summer session
E. C. Mayhew of Moose Jaw and 16 other Royal Military College cadets will join the Royal Canadian Navy on June 1 for a summer course running to August 15. The cohort includes cadets from Kingston Ontario and Western Bay, reflecting a nationwide RCN training program.
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Kingston
Loss Of Russian Submarine No 9 In Baltic Sinks
London reports that the Soviet Baltic fleet submarine No 9 sank after an explosion during maneuvers. Russian aircraft and warships circled the area off Helsingfors as Moscow and Riga dispatches offered unclear casualty details.
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London
England
Riga
Latvia
Helsingfors
Finland
Moscow
Russia
Baltic
Rum Ring Probe Sought to Span Maritime Provinces
Senator J. J. Hughes urged Ottawa to expand the rum ring probe to include the Maritime provinces. He said the government planned an order in council to fix the investigation scope. He charged liquor cargo short circuits from St Pierre and Miquelon to Quebec sites and warned millions in excise duties may have been lost.
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Ottawa
Quebec-St. Pierre-Miquelon
Maritime Provinces
Senate
J. J. Hughes
St. Pierre and Miquelon
Quebec
Hughes
Ring
Dairy Grant Debate in Commons Over 295000 Allocation
In the House of Commons a brief clash over agriculture estimates centered on a 295000 dairy appropriation, including 5000 for the National Dairy Council. Liberal E. J. Young argued the council promotes Tory policies, while Minister Robert Weir defended the grant and cited butter price concerns and a milk production rise from 10 to 14 billion pounds over ten years.
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Ottawa
Agriculture Department
House of Commons
National Dairy Council
E. J. Young
Weyburn
Robert Weir
Weir
Parker Moloney
Canada
Moloney
Bennett
W R. Motherwell
Motherwell
Ottawa to keep nursery stations in Western Canada
Ottawa will continue operation of Dominion government nursery stations at Indian Head Saskatchewan and Sutherland Saskatchewan through the Department of Agriculture until the end of the current fiscal year. Minister T G Murphy said the stations provide free nursery stock to farmers in Western Canada and will be carried on pending provincial decision on resource control.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Indian Head
Sutherland
Sask
Operaton
Department of Agriculture
T. G. Murphy
Department of the Interior
Western Provinces
Prairie Provinces
Balloonists claim altitude record of 52500 feet in Alps
Prof August Piccard and assistant Charles Kipfer flew from Augsburg in a seven foot diameter aluminum basket and a 100 foot diameter hydrogen bag reaching 52500 feet in the Alps. They endured a long aloft during a scientific mission to study the stratosphere and cosmic rays. They landed after sunset, salvaging the craft with Alpine troops assisting.
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Innisbruck
Austria
August Piccard
Gurgi
Charles Kipfer
Grosser Gurgier Ferner
Alps
Ober Gurgi
Piccard
Brussels
Augusburg
Germany
Kipfer
Oakland Woman Denies Oath to Bear Arms For Citizenship
Miss Minnie E. Dauphinee of Oakland had final papers postponed by Superior Judge Fred W. Wood after the Supreme Court ruled against applicants who refuse the oath to bear arms in wartime. Dauphinee, a Canadian by birth, said she would nurse during war but would not take human life.
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Oakoana
California
Une
United States Supreme Court
Fred W. Wood
Minnie E. Dauphinee
Oakland
Dauphine
Canada
Market Problem Ottawa Investigated by Commons Committee
The House of Commons committee on agriculture will investigate the marketing of farm products. The motion, moved by Hon. Robert Weir, Minister of Agriculture, passed unanimously. A note mentions a radiophone capable of talking 200 feet underground through solid stone.
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Ottawa
House of Commons Committee On Agriculture
Commons
Robert Weir
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