Senate third reading on insurance bill in Ottawa tone
After two Liberal amendments failed, the unemployment insurance bill passed third reading in the senate. Senator Raoul Dandurand’s proposal to include non manual workers earning over 2000 dollars faced a 20 to 12 defeat, with party lines mostly holding.
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Ottawa
Senate
Raoul Dandurand
James Murdock
Lib
Walter Foster
Saint John
New Brunswick Premiere Bank
Arthur Meighen
W. A. Buchanan
Lethbridge
W. A. Griesbach
Edmonton
Murdock
Danfurand
Dan Garand
Meighen de Tured
Dandurand
Irish Free State Neutrality Won’t Be Used For Attacks
President de Valera told the Dail the government would never permit Irish Free State soil to be used as a base for attack on Britain by another power. He warned war in Europe could become very serious for the Free State and said Dublin would defend its territory. He added the government could sign a peace with Britain and even buy from Britain on a pound for pound basis, offering preference on outside purchases.
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Dublin
Ramon de Valera
Dr Dafee Celebrates 52nd Birthday With North Bay Editors
Dr Allan Roy Dafoe celebrated his 52nd birthday on May 28 in North Bay as newspapermen hosted a dinner in his honor. They presented him with an engraved silver pitcher and recalled the Dionne quintuplets first birthday observance.
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Dr. Dafee
North Bay
Callander
Allan Roy Dafoe
Dr. Dafoe
First Official Crop Report Shows Hopeful Prairie Provinces
The Dominion bureau of statistics issued the first weekly crop summary for the prairie provinces. It notes overall hopeful conditions but warns soil moisture is scarce in many districts and crop development depends on rainfall. May rains relieved some drought areas, though seeding in Alberta and Manitoba faced delays and grasshopper hatching may rise with upcoming warm spells.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Staustice
Prairie Provinces
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
Stevens Objects To Statements At Inquiry On Overseas Expenses
Hon H H Stevens MP interrupted the Manufacturers Finance Corporation inquiry to deny a Sedgwick report alleging he received 200 for overseas expenses as a former director. Stevens declared he did not receive money to go overseas, and his counsel urged time to prepare. Commissioner Godfrey offered him a chance to explain.
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H. H. Stevens
Toronto
Manufacturers’ Finance Corporation
Stevens
Joseph Sedgwick
K.C
Attorney-General's Department
J. M. Godfrey
Mr. Stevens
Post Office Flags Outdated Letter as Reaches Dead Letter
Ottawa officials report a Vancouver postmark on a letter addressed to Col. John By at Major Hill Park. The letter bears an old address and name though postmark is recent, prompting transfer to the dead letter office after the recipient founded Bytown and the Rideau Canal decades ago.
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Ottawa
Vancouver
Col. By
Major Hill Park
John By
Bytown
Rideau Canal
Shorter Hours Sought for Postal Workers in BC
A resolution from the British Columbia branch of the Canadian Postmasters Association asks for a 44 hour week for postal employees. The measure empowers postmasters to set schedules based on local conditions and was forwarded to the national executive.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Canadian Postmasters’ Association
Germans Seek Canadian Citizenship to Avoid Draft
German leaders in Saskatoon report many compatriots plan to become Canadian citizens to evade a year of military training under the German government conscription. A few will return to the fatherland for service, while others secure citizenship to stay in Canada.
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Saskatoon
Greek ex King and ex Queen Greece discuss reconciliation
In Bucharest Greek Foreign Minister and ex Queen Elizabeth of Greece discussed a potential reconciliation as a step toward restoring the Greek monarchy. A recent photograph of the ex King accompanies the report.
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George
Elizabeth
Greece
Bucharest
Storm causes heavy damage near Sarnia Ontario
A severe storm in Sarnia township eight miles east of Sarnia caused two injuries and property losses estimated at seventy five thousand dollars. Two houses and seven barns were destroyed, roofs torn off buildings, orchards uprooted, and a highway littered with trees poles and wires. The city itself suffered no damage.
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Sarnia, Ont
Sarnia Township
Monk Sentenced in Berlin Nazi Trial for Exchange Violations
Otto Goertler a monk was punished by a Berlin court with ten years in prison for foreign exchange law violations. He lost citizenship for five more years and paid a 350000 mark fine, with 27 months extra if unpaid. Farben industry shares worth 44000 marks were confiscated from his monastery, which also faced a 500000 mark fine.
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Berlin
Otto Goertler
Goertler
Farben
Employment Gains Across Provinces With Maritime Decline
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports May 1 improvements in employment across nine provinces, with 892,506 workers employed, up 17,457 from April. The crude index reaches 95.2, the highest since 1931, while the Maritime provinces show a decline. In the Prairies, 1,339 firms report 110,815 employed, up from 109,492, with gains in manufacturing lumbering iron and steel and coal mining. logging remains seasonably slow.
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Ottawa
Maritime Provinces
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Prairie Provinces
Tweedsmuir Bids Farewell to Constituents in Scotland
Lord Tweedsmuir, recently named governor general of Canada, offers a formal farewell to his Scottish university constituency. He praises their forbearance and kindness, notes eight years of service, and expresses regret while thanking them for their support and confidence.
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London
Lord Tweedsmuir
House of Commons
Canada
Scotland
Amphibian car crosses Channel from Calais to Dover
A German sportsman named Jacob Boulig piloted a novel amphibian motor car across the Channel from Calais to Dover in eight hours and 20 minutes. The craft, described as wet upon landing, heads toward London though such vehicles are unlikely to replace regular Dover Calais steamers which complete the crossing in about an hour.
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Dover
England
London
Channel
Calais
Jacob Boulig
Price spreads in cars shown to tariff board
Calgary reports show large price spreads between identical car models in Alberta and Montana. The tariff board heard duties push U S car prices high in Alberta while Canadian makers and parts suppliers face uneven competition. Data from J L Stewart and A L Smith highlighted taxes and freight differences, with examples across light and eight cylinder models.
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Calgary
Alberta
Montana
Tariff Board
Vancouver
United States
J. L. Stewart
Canadian Automobile Chamber ‘of Commerce
Butte
A. L. Smith, KC
W. H. Poole
Department of Economics
University of Alberta
Selby
Monta
Lethbridge
Alta
Tribute to Dr Cora Hind by Canada’s newspaper women
A tribute banquet for Dr E Cora Hind of the Winnipeg Free Press was held in Ottawa at the parliamentary restaurant. About 200 women attended with few men as guests while Miss Charlotte Whitton praised Hind who recently received an honorary doctor of laws from the University of Manitoba. Minister Manion highlighted the tourist bureau’s work and credited W H Dennis and D Leo Dolan for its founding, noting tourism revenue surpasses wheat sales and citing Maine’s $100 million yearly tourist income.
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Ottawa
Women of Canada
E. Cora Hind
Winnipeg Free Press
Canadian Women’ Press Club
Government
R. J. Manion
Maine
Police Patrol Heads North to Probe Trapper Disappearance
Royal Canadian Mounted Police will travel 300 miles northwest to Folkestone Lake to investigate the disappearance of Jean Baptiste Lemieux a 25 year old trapper from Montreal who vanished after leaving his lake cabin last September starting from Edmonton with Carl Damar and his wife the trio had begun a trap line north of Fro Disher Lake 280 miles north of Battleford when Damar left to visit a neighbor and Lemieux did not return
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Trapper
Prince Albert
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Folkestone Lake
Here
Jean Baptiste Lemieux
Montreal
Lemieux
North Country
Edmonton
Carl Damar
Fro- Disher Lake
Battleford
Damar
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Cora Hind
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