MacDonald Defends Government Amid Critics in Doncaster
In Doncaster England Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald defends his National government against critics and pledges to stay in office until he can no longer fully serve. He accuses financial speculators of harming the country’s credit and says the cabinet will consider any viable plans to fix the economy.
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Doncaster
Yorkshire
Eng
Ramsay MacDonald
Solleague
MacDonald
David Lloyd George
Ail Lloyd George
Tam
Mc MacDonald
Relief Standards Urged By Federal Advisory Plan
Ottawa proposes a federal advisory committee to set unemployment relief standards binding provinces with federal financial support. The plan, released by the Canadian Council on Child and Family Welfare, warns provinces not observing the standards could lose federal aid as agreements expire at month end amid 1,350,000 people on relief.
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Ottawa
Canadian Council On Child and Family Welfare
Ethiopian protest over troops in Italian Somaliland ends in note
Foreign office officials draft a protest note from Emperor Haile Selassie to Italy demanding withdrawal of troops and munitions from Italian Somaliland and Eritrea while seeking a peaceful border settlement. The Saar League ends jurisdiction at 11:30 am Feb 28, with Geoffrey G. Knox handing police authority to Reich reps.
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Foreign Office
Ethiopia
Negrades Yesus
Haile Selassie
Italy
Italian Somaliland
Eritrea
Aso
Saarbruccken League of Nations
Saar
Geoffrey G. Knox
Reich
Imperial Dress Conference praises Major Astor at London vote
The fifth Imperial Dress conference in Johannesburg ended with a vote of thanks to Major JJ Astor of Times Publishing Company London who chaired. Delegates stood and applauded for two minutes as deliberations were described as eminently successful. A London committee to coordinate Empire Press Union work and seek lower press cable and wireless rates was formed. The Empire Press Union was asked to be included on next year’s agenda along with a resolution for lower postage rates to Dominions and colonies.
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Map Astor
London
Johannesburg
Major JJ. Astor
Times Publishing Company
Major Astor
Empire Press Union
Dominions
Captain Of Cruiser Renown Convicted In Negligence Trial
Captain H R Sawbridge of the battle cruiser Renown was found guilty by court martial for negligence after the Renown collided with the Hood during maneuvers off the Spanish coast in January. The ruling followed similar charges against Rear Admiral Sidney Bailey, who was acquitted, with a third trial pending for Captain F T B Tower of the Hood. The judge advocate argued the charges had been proven.
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Portsmouth
England
H.R. Sawbridge
Reown
Sidney Bailey
F. T. B. Tower
Hood
Large Bank Reserve Shifts Reported for January 1935
The monthly chartered banks report to the department of finance shows a $12.6 million drop in bank note circulation from December to January 31, 1935, a $5 million decline in central bold reserve deposits, demand deposits down $4.5 million from December but $50 million above last year, savings deposits up $5 million in the month and $62 million annual gain, Canadian call loans down $10 million while current loans fell $18 million from December and $50 million from January 1931.
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Ottawa
Department of Finance
Caada
Massacre on Wai Chow Island Hurts Leprosy Village
Reported brutality on Wai Chow Island in the Pearl River delta where villagers killed 24 leprosy patients who lived separately and then burned the settlement. The scene follows notes that Britain will still need Canadian wheat, as stated by Sir Francia Floud to the Women's Canadian Club in Toronto.
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Hong Kong
China
Waichow
Pearl River
Toronto
Britain
Francia Floud
His Majesty
United Kingdom
Women's
Free Text Books Sought for Manitoba Elementary Grades
The Manitoba School Trustees Association urged the government to supply free textbooks for grades one through six as compulsory schooling up to that level. The convention pressed for government provision of standard texts to ensure equal access for all students.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba School Trustees Association
Manitoba
Recognition medals awarded by Royal Society of Canada
Secretary Lawrence J. Burpee of the Royal Society of Canada announced three medals awarded to Montrealer Dr Edward Montpetit of Montreal University for the Lorne Pierce Medal, Ottawa residents Dr F T Shutt and Brig Gen FE Cruickshank receiving the Sir Joseph Flavelle Medal and Tyrrell Medal respectively for achievements in literature science and history.
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Royal Society of Canada Ottawa
Lawrence J. Burpee
Royal Society of Canada
Society
Edward Montpetit
Montreal University
Lorne Pierce
F. T. Shutt
Dominion Experimental Farm
Joseph Flavelle
FE. A Cruickshank
Hughes War Resolution Withdrawn After Senate Debate
A heated discussion in the Senate over the Hughes war resolution ended with its withdrawal. The sponsor argued that in time of war Canada must mobilize all human power and material wealth, and that war should be declared only with full mobilization and conscription if necessary. The debate reflected tension over national readiness and the country's involvement in the conflict.
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Ottawa
Senate
Canada
Disastrous Fire Destroys Moscow Krassin Pencil Factory
A late night blaze at the Krassin pencil factory outskirts of Moscow left unspecified death toll for days. Fire crews fought three hours to control flames risking collapse. a high pressure compressor exploded sending a one and a half ton air tank through two floors and into an adjacent warehouse.
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Moscow
Krassin
Ation
Sacco-Vanzetti
Special air defense committee to study countering attacks
Sir Philip Sassoon announced in the House of Commons that a special committee has been formed to explore countering air attacks using recent scientific inventions. The panel is chaired by Henry Tizard, with A V Hil and P M Blackett as members, and will report to the imperial committee in due course.
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London
Philip Sassoon
Air
House of Commons
Henry Tizard
Imperial College of Science and Technology
A. V. Hil
Royal Society
P M
Drouth Fears Persist Across Western Plains
The United States Weather Bureau reports ongoing dry soil conditions across the western Great Plains with a potential relapse of dust storms. Severe dust events struck western Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska and eastern Colorado as officials note dust storms occurring earlier than usual.
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Washington
Great Plains
United States Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Eastern Weather Bureau
Sir John Simon May Visit Russia to Talk Peace
London. The cabinet tentatively approved sending two internationalists to distant European capitals to push peace efforts. Sir John Simon and Capt. Anthony Ede may visit Moscow Warsaw and Praha after Berlin. An informal Moscow invitation was well received and an official announcement was expected. Direct contact with Soviet leaders was anticipated to pursue an inclusive European settlement ending frontier tensions.
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London
Poliical Circle
John Simon
Anthony Ede
Moscow
Warsaw
Praha
Berlin
Emaciated Animals Outside Minnesota Legislature
Outside the Minnesota State Capitol three emaciated animals a horse a cow and a pig fed quietly as a western Minnesota farmer Arthur Spencer faced drought hardship. Inside the Senate a member denied any influence over the exhibit while lawmakers approved a $500000 appropriation to the state executive council for livestock relief in western drought areas.
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Arthur Spencer
Minnesota
Reform measures to set up a sovereignty council foreseen
A speech from the throne forecasts the next reform measure. Prime Minister R. Bennett will introduce legislation to establish a council to advise on economic progress, with personnel yet to be chosen. The board will function like the National Research Council for scientific problems.
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Sory Council
Bennett
Dominion
Tourist traffic into Ottawa rises to over three million cars
A government statement by Hon. R. C. Matthews notes foreign automobile traffic entering Canada last year reached 3,261,848 vehicles, up from 3,006,887 in 1983, a gain of 164,961. The report highlights increased cross border travel at most points during the calendar year.
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Ottawa
Trac
Canada
R. C. Matthews
Ational Revenue
Tremors in Eastend Linked to Waterworks and Frost
Residents of Eastend reported house shaking and rattling dishes during frost periods. Similar tremors occurred weeks earlier, with officials explaining the unsettled ground from waterworks operations and the cold weather causing the earth to tremble.
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Toronto
Eastend
Hearing set on Tinkham resolution to withdraw Russian recognition
The House Foreign Affairs Committee moved ahead with a March 18 hearing on the Tinkham resolution, challenging State Department wishes and alleging a Soviet link in U.S.-Soviet relations as it examined withdrawal of recognition of Russia.
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Washington
Russia
Cmunist Party
United States
House of Representatives
State Department
Tinkham
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Claude 8. Beck
Lakeside Hospital
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