Proposal to Cut Wheat Acreage Targets Discussed
Four power Wheat conference adjourned to seek data from Australia Argentina and Soviet Russia on production. A 15 percent one year acreage cut is proposed with a second year decision after effects are seen. Canada USA and Argentina back inclusion of small producers. Russia not yet debated.
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Lesdoo
Eng
Isuy Dons
Austraia
Argentina
Soviet Russia
Canada
United States
Stanley Bruce
United Kingdom
Askes
Canberra
Russia
Sameme
Daily Telegraph
World Economic Conference
Canadian tariff review urged after Ottawa pact
London presses seek revision of duties under the Canada United Kingdom trade agreement signed at Ottawa. Britain asks Canada to reexamine tariffs on a long list of articles while Canada prepares to review duties on cotton and textiles imported from Britain.
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Britain
Canada
London
Eng
United Kingdom
Ottawa
Canadian Tariff Board
Riots in Poland and Galicia Report Fatalities and Arrests
Ten people including one police officer die as police quell tax collector strikes in Galician districts Ropczye Reeszow and Lancut. Sixty teenagers are seriously wounded and many peasants are arrested or flee to forests amid widespread unrest. Nearby in Nova Scotia farmers battle grasshopper swarms threatening crops.
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Warsaw
Poland
Ropczye
Reeszow
Lancut
Hoover to direct new war library at Stanford
Former President Herbert Hoover will oversee a redesigned Stanford University library building turned into an office for Hoover to manage the unique Hoover War Library.
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Jed Fer
Hoover
Stanford University
Cal
Herbert Hoover
Stanford University Library
Hoover War Library
Aids To Navigation Install Direction Finding Stations In Hudson Bay Area
The federal marine department plans a short wave direction finding station at Chesterfield Bay east of Hudson Bay, to improve navigation accuracy for light placements and charts. A detailed hydrographic survey is needed north of the strait. current bearings to Ham Island to Churchill are hard to obtain. This follows the Imperial Shipping Committee report on the Hudson Bay route.
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Hudece Bay
Ottawa Ou
Hudson Bay
Federal Marine Department
Chesterfield
Churchill
Additions
Chesterfields
Ham Island
Nottingham
Marine Department
Imperial
German Jews Need Help: Call for International Jewish Voice
Michael Williams of the American Committee on the Rights of Religious Minorities urged aid for German Jews in a New York speech. He said Nazi persecution surpasses all others in modern times and called for an international body authorized to speak and act for Jews worldwide.
Gold Rush Phe Pas Afloat In Northern Lake Trade
The report notes canoes loaded to the gunwales with freight and crews paddling toward the mineralized zone as a summer rush begins on God’s lake. Outboard motors sound across the land as even those without cash join the movement, swinging paddles and sweeps toward wealth.
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God's Lake
Plymouth Cordage Plant Adds 150 Workers in Welland
Increased Western Canada bumper wheat crop raises demand for twine. Plymouth Cordage Company's Welland plant added 150 workers to meet orders for rope and twine used in farming. Local industry notes indicate strong seasonal activity and supply chain effects.
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Welland
Canada
Bnéer
Plymouth Cordage Company
New U.S. Blue Sky Law Bars Bond Issuance By Defaults
A new federal Securities Act limits foreign governments and corporations that default on U.S. obligations from issuing bonds or other securities in the United States. It requires public offerings to show continued full service of obligations, mandates full financial disclosures to U.S. agents, and requires registration with the Federal Trade Commission.
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United States
Washington, D.C
Republic
Ade Commis
Federal Trade Commission
Ottawa police court case on mint coin theft plea
John R. Wallace of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police pleaded guilty in police court to stealing 65 dollars in coins from the Canadian mint in Ottawa. He was remanded for sentence. A separate note states Albert Einstein was awarded Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Brussels.
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Ottawa
Eign —Bee University of Brussels
Albert Einstein
Faculty of Sciences
Tragic Plane Crash Near Emma Lake Kills Three
A plane test near Brocks fir base Emma Lake 30 miles north of Prince Albert Saskatchewan ends in a fatal plunge. Capt BW Bill Broatch 42 and D Forsyth 28 are confirmed dead. Hiram C Brooks 24 is missing. Brooks Airways mechanics were aboard, plane submerged in 10 feet of water after spins and dives.
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Prince Albert
Saskatchewan
Emma Lake
Bill Broatch
Hiram C. Brooks
D. Forsyth
Catch
Royal Navy Air Service
France
Dover Patrol
Buhle
Brooks and Forsyth
Brooks Airways
Fair Base
Broateh
Forsyth
Brooks
Broatch
R. D. Brooks
Snow Slide Victims Found In Duchesney Pass Tragedy
Two Banff brothers Cris 26 and Joe 23 are found dead after snowslides in Duchesney Pass while attempting a ski journey from Camp Hector to Field. Bodies recovered by Swiss guides Rudolph Ammer and C Haesler with work parties to continue digging out debris. Their parents and a brother Frank 20 have tracked the search efforts since last February.
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Field
Cris
Deam
Joe
Duchesney Pass
Banff
Alberta
Camp Hector
Rudolh Ammer
C. Haesler
Frank
At Bantt
Lord Montagu Fined For Common Assault In Victoria
Lora neéward Montagu, second son of the Duke of Manchester, found guilty of common assault on John Forbes on June 13. Magistrate George Jay ordered $20 fine and $7 costs or ten days jail. co-defendant CW. Brooks convicted of grievous bodily harm, fined $50 and $7 costs or one month jail. Montagu paid the fine and was freed.
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Victoria
Lora Neéward Montagu
Duke of Manchester
John Forbes
George Jay
CW. Brooks
Montagu
Stabilization of Currency Bone of Contention
London reports Prime Minister J Ramsay MacDonald seeks to drop the monetary stabilization issue at the World Economic Conference. Delegations including Italy Switzerland Poland Norway Germany Romania and Yugoslavia pressed for stabilization as essential to restore confidence while conservative gold standard nations warned of the program’s dangers. The debate arose during a British resolution for easy money and cheap credit policies.
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London
Fay
J Ramsay MacDonald
United States
Washington
Ley Pittman
Italy
Switzerland
Poland
Norway
Germany
Romania
Yugoslavia
Marine Insurance Rates For Bay Route Extended Deadline
Ottawa reports the imperial shipping committee found insurance rates on sails and machinery for ships via Hudson Straits to Churchill could not be lowered this year. The minimum rate now applies to ships leaving Churchill as late as Oct 7 rather than Sept 30. The note suggests future rate reductions possible if Hudson Bay route safety is proven. The 1932 season saw 10 cargo vessels attempt the passage. nine succeeded, one, the Bright Fan, was lost after iceberg impact.
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Ottawa
Churcsiil
Hudson Straits
Church I
Australian government plans £1,000,000 defense boost
A Canberra despatch to the New York Times reports Australia will spend an extra £1,000,000 next year to strengthen the air force and mechanized transport. Defence Minister Sir George Pearce says defence has been underfunded for three years and the government will administer nourishment soon.
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New York
New York Times
Canberra
Austral
George Pearce
Grasshoppers Threaten Manitoba Cropland Amid Drought
In Winchester municipality southwest Manitoba thirty thousand acres of green crops faced destruction as grasshoppers swarmed after a dry spell left wheat lands unmoistened following a sun baked week.
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Winnipeg
Man
Winchester
Manitoba
Canada
Moran Led Humane Society of New York for 16 Years
Harry Daniel Moran headed the Humane Society of New York for 16 years, dedicating his career to alleviating animal suffering and promoting welfare. His leadership guided rescue efforts and advocacy within the city.
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New York
Harry Daniel Moran
Humane Society of
Leead
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Harry Charlesworth
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B.C
E. A. Hardy
Toronto
D. D. MacDonald
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