Mussolini Pact Signed by Four Powers
Rome Italy the Mussolini four power pact aims to secure European peace and world economic recovery The Duce hailed the accord as a ten year peace guarantee with disarmament provisions to be considered if the Geneva talks fail Britain France and Germany signatories The leaders expressed confidence the pact protects broad interests and opens world reconstruction The signing followed Mussolini addressing the Senate and was witnessed by the British French and German ambassadors Prime Minister MacDonald and Sir John Simon were present The document now awaits ratification by each parliament Saskatchewan eyes freight protest on crude oil imports from Oklahoma and Texas with a hearing set for June 20 in St Louis Saskatchewan Freight Association seeks action via the cabinet and southwest freight bureau
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Rome
Italy
Great Britain
France
Germany
Senate
Benito Mussolini
Europe
Duce
Bignor
Mussolini
MacDonald
John Simon
Palazzo Venza
Ronald Graham
Henri de Juvenel
Ulrich von Hassel
Regina
Saskatchewan
St. Louis
Oklahoma
Texas
Saskatchewan Freight Association
Southwest Freight Bureau
Ceremony Honors Canada's Poet at Kerr Lake Plaque
In a quiet ceremony the memory of Canada’s famed poet was honored at Kerr Lake as the Earl of Bessborough unveiled a bronze plaque. The inscription recalls that Dr William Henry Drummond, author of Mined Wrote Died, left a lasting literary legacy.
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Cobalt
Canada
Kerr Lake
Earl of Bessborough
William Henry Drumsmond
Mussolini Pact Endorsed by Britain France and Italy
In Paris within the League framework the Mussolini four power pact was accepted by Great Britain France and Italy. It reaffirms Locarno obligations Briand Kellogg treaty and the semi official analysis of the text was released recently.
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Paris
France
Great Britain
Italy
League of Nations
Ontario Storm Sweeps Western Province Causing Fatalities
Violent electrical storms swept Ontario with at least two deaths including Robert Casheus of Toronto. A Bohemian immigrant Lukas Mijkowich was killed by lightning near Wallaceburg. Dozens of barns and buildings destroyed, orchards damaged, and extensive power outages reported from Niagara Falls to Toronto. In Ottawa suburbs Cyrville, hundreds of market gardeners suffered losses. Greenhouses and hotbeds destroyed across hundreds of acres. Damage estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Toronto
Western Ontario
Robert Casheus
Toro
Dome of
Our Lady of Lourdes
Lukas Mijkowich
Wallaceburg
Ontario
Hamilton
Niagara Peninsula
Niagara Falls
Ottawa
Cyrville
Upturn In Business Is Seen By Sir Thomas White
Sir Thomas White, noted financier and former minister of finance, told the Canadian Manufacturers Association convention in Toronto that recent weeks show marked improvement. He cited higher prices, more employment, and brighter business prospects in both Canada and the United States while warning that rising prices could threaten world conference cooperation if parties delay in international collaboration.
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Toronto
Unt
Thomas White
United States
Canada
Rules for Fellows From Sir Eric Drummond Farewell
Sir Eric Drummond, retiring as secretary general, shared doctrine at a Geneva farewell luncheon. He urged not to threaten, to tell the truth, and to lay all cards on the table, applying to individuals as well as nations. In Toronto, the Church of England in Canada has $295,468 in cash for its restoration fund, with four dioceses yet to file complete returns.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Eric Drummond
Great Britain
Fas
League of Nations Secretariat
Eric
Toronto
Ontario
Church of England
Canada
Canlom S. Gould
Anglican Synod
Empire Marketing Board to Narrow Scope and End
A report from the imperial committee on economic consultation and cooperation recommends narrowing the Empire Marketing Board’s remit. Established by the UK in 1926 to grant empire preferences, it will shrink its scope and fade away by the end of September as reciprocal preferences were granted at the imperial conference last summer.
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Ottawa
Empire
Domin Ons
Imperial Committee On Economic Consultion
Empire Marketing Board
United Kingdom
Drastic Measures On Manchukuo Policy Adopted
A League of Nations advisory committee report urges to exclude Manchukuo from international conventions in postal, aerial, chemistry, weights and measures, sanitation, opium and Red Cross matters. The document supports non recognition of the new state in Manchuria with Japanese aid. Other notes mention a Calgary tax payer paying 90 dollars with potatoes and a self help plan for jobless aid.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Manchukuo
Manchuria
League Advisory Committee
Red Cross
Igary
Alta
Calgary
Empire records show rising imports from empire foods
Striking evidence of UK demand for overseas empire products is shown in 1932 figures from the Empire Marketing Board. Tobacco imports rise from 6,000 pounds to 11 million pounds, with wheat from Canada and Australia also reaching new highs. Wheat flour from Australia and Canada records reflect a postwar peak, exceeded only by the United States during 1916 and 1917.
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London
Eng
United Kingdom
Empire Marketing Board
Canada
Australia
United States
Empire Foods
Iing
Fewer Unemployed in London May Decline Across Industries
Unemployment in London fell by 114 785 in May from April while four months show a drop of 320 185. The May improvement touched nearly all sectors led by building public works contracting brick and tile manufacture iron steel and engineering metal goods shipbuilding textiles clothing bots and shoes pottery distributive trades and Cockney districts.
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London
Agannstry
Idustries
Cock and Hertor
Communists Publish Ireland Manifesto Ahead of Weekend Conference
Communist Party of Ireland issued a manifesto to workers in the Free State calling the hour of liberation near and urging mass action against British imperialism. The message urged Republican Army members to become Communists and accused de Valera's government of capitulation and betrayal in its struggle against the United Kingdom.
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Dupnn
Communist Party of Ireland
Free State
Rish Republican Army
Amon de Valera
United Kingdom
Oxford Group Tour Ends With Empress of Australia Crossing
After several months in Canada and the United States the Oxford Group touring members sailed home to England aboard the Empress of Australia led by Rev. H. Allen Viney. The Canadian visit closed with a house party attended by 500 members.
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Canada
United States
Oxford
England
H. Allen Viney
Wheat export quotas urged to solve farming surplus
Saskatoon voices support for world wide wheat export quotas as first step to avoid surpluses. L C Brouillette cites Canada’s seed crop and calls for government and prairie action including potential legislation, with producers bearing surplus above quotas and broader market talks at London.
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Saskatoon
Sask
L. C. Brouilletts
Canadian Wheat Pool
Saskatoo
Canada
Broudl
Brouillette
Canada backs state owned armament factories stand
Dr W A Riddell, Canada's representative at the Geneva conference, urged eventual state ownership of armament production to curb dangerous arms trade. Britain, Germany, and Japan favored private factories or control rather than abolition. Canada sees internationalization of manufacturing as impractical and calls for state run establishments.
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Canada
Geneva
Switzerland
W. A. Riddell
Quest
Britain
Germany
Japan
Riddell
Woman Speaker Winnipeg Delegation Seeks Canadian Ideas on Radio
At the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada biennial convention in Winnipeg, Charles Worth head of the Canadian Radio Commission will be asked to include a women’s institute speaker on national radio programs. The aim is to stress distinctly Canadian ideas of community development. Japan’s foreign trade in the Far East quarter rose sharply from 1932.
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Winnipeg
Avmn
Charlesworth
Canadian Radio Commission
Women’s Institute
Federated Women's Institutes of
Conada
Japan
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Brooklands
Mollison
Amy Johnson
Atlantic
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