Labor Probe Signals Possible State Action in Canada Clothing Trade
Ottawa considers state intervention in the men s clothing industry after a three month inquiry by Prof Cassidy and Prof Scott. Findings show widespread poverty, wage and hour violations, unsafe sanitary conditions, and weak inspections in Montreal and Toronto. A proposed self governing agency under Dominion authority would aim to standardize practices and stabilize the trade benefiting workers and employers. Mar 192? report notes Montreal strike and union control improved wages in some shops.
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Ottawa
Dominion
House
Cassidy
Scott
Meom
Montreal
Toronto
Ontario
Quebec
Doumergue Wins Emergency Tariff Powers in France
Paris premier Gaston Doumergue uses emergency powers to seize tariff control after a chamber vote 430 to 152. The special bill grants him decree authority to alter tariffs through next December 15, with parliament able to ratify or modify within four months.
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Paris
Gaston Doumergue
France
Chamber of Deputies
Sesson
M. Doumergue
Woman Joins Equal Rights International in Geneva
Miss Idola Saint Jean, president of the Canadian Alliance for Women's Vote in Quebec, has been made a member of Equal Rights International. The organization, headquartered in Geneva, counts many notable women among its members with Mrs. Helen Archdale serving as chairman.
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Flower
Montreal
Idola Saint Jean
Canadian Alliance For Women's Vote
Quebec
Equal Rights International
Geneva
Helen Archdale
Urge Lower Speed Limit Cars in California
A resolution approved by the Northern Federation of Civic Organizations urges legislation to forbid manufacture and sale of automobiles exceeding 45 miles per hour in California. Joseph Hagan, president of the group, spoke in support.
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San Francisco
California
Joseph Hagan
New Test for Sweet Clover Reveals Useful Forage Discovery
John S. Clayton of the University of Saskatchewan reports an inexpensive az an line elution method to detect bitter tasting sweet clover. The breakthrough, made under Dr Ralph Larmour in Saskatoon, could transform the plant from a weed into valuable forage. P.M. Stevenson notes further development and hopes farmers someday avoid scarifying the weed. Clayton, a distinguished chemistry graduate of 1932, is nephew of B M J Coldwell.
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Arkatchwan University
Saskatoon
Scue Qoms
University of Saskatchewan
John S. Clayton
Regina
Ralph Larmour
Untermyer
Ruseman
Saskatchewan
Prince George Welcomed in Orange Free State Tour
Prince George arrives in Bloemfontein after a 2000 mile Cape Province tour and receives a grand, enthusiastic welcome from farmers and towns along the royal train route. Wayside railway stations and small towns reported especially warm receptions.
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Orange Free State
Bloemfontein
South Africa
Prince George
Cape Province
Union of South Africa
Bloemfonten
Proposal to move historic London church to San Francisco
Captain Edward Page Gaston of the Royal Geographical Society urged at a Commonwealth Club luncheon that one of London's 19 condemned ancient churches, built after the 1666 fire, be transported to San Francisco and re erected on a city hill as a sectional project.
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San Francisco
London
Edward Page Gaston
Royal Geographical Society
Commonwealth Club
Winnipeg Wage Tax Revenue Gain for Eight Months
The wage tax at two percent raised $844 481 for May 1 to December 31, boosting city coffers. Commissioner D L McLeod announced the figure during the legislature, noting the eight month period.
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Winnipeg
Tanitoba
D. L. McLeod
Costello Disrupts Dail Urges Blueshirts Against Govt
In Dublin the dail eireann erupted as John A Costello former attorney general pounded his desk and declared the blueshirts led by General Eoin O Duffy would triumph in their fight against the government.
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Dublin
Miners Disappointed by South Africa Bonus Report Denial
Gold miners in Cape Town faced a setback as authorities denied a report promising a bonus of 2.5 million dollars from excess profits after the new gold premium. The decision leaves miners awaiting government action and potential future distributions unresolved.
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Cape Town
Soviet Arctic Flyers Set for U S Rescue Mission
Three Soviet Russia aviators, among the Arctic’s top flyers, were en route to the United States to join a potential rescue of 101 persons stranded on ice floes in the Bering Sea.
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Moscow
Russia
United States
Bering Sea
Paris Premier Doumergue Considers Germany Arms Demands
Reported move under consideration by Premier Gaston Doumergue involves accepting a plan that recognizes Germanys demand for more armaments and allows France to keep its current strong army.
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Paris
Germany
France
Gaston Doumergue
Prairie provinces seek freight cuts and subsidies for coarse grains
Hon. George Hoadley reports prairie governments aim to shift western farmers from wheat to oats barley and rye. They will petition the Dominion to reduce freight charges for coarse grains to eastern Canada and British Columbia and press for subsidies to support production on summer fallow land. Headrey explains steps to strengthen the London treaty and curb wheat output.
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George Hoadley
Prairie Provinces
Dominion
Canada
British Columbia
Headrey
Bank Swindle in Argentina Arrests Clerks Missing Executives
Buenos Aires police raided a branch and arrested all clerks while the board of directors and two executives vanished with more than 4 000 000 pesos. Strong boxes held 96 pesos and a note for 150 000 pesos. Officers call it the most extensive swindle in two years of currency control.
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Bu Aires
Argentina
New Tariff Experiment Expands Presidential Power
Democratic leaders back a tariff plan granting the president authority to change rates by up to a set percentage without tariff commission approval. Roosevelt would seek power to negotiate bilateral tariff reductions with other nations, while preserving the free list restrictions.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Roosevelt
Tariff Authority
Tariff Commission
Pu Yi Enthroned Emperor in Manchukuo Ceremonies
Henry Pu Yi, the last Manchu ruler, was enthroned as Kang Teh emperor of the Japanese‑backed Manchukuo empire in a grand ceremony at Hsinking. Yueh Hua did not attend due to health. 101 guns proclaimed the new regime to the capital crowd.
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Hsinking
Manchukuo
Henry Pu Yi
Imperial
Kang Teh
Japan
Yueh Hua
Riots Rock New York City Jail Island Hospitals
New York's Devil's Island prison and city hospital complex along the East River endure eight days of siege. Commissioner Aus tin H. McCormick warns of idle men and looming danger as guards report 24 hour riot duty. About 1,200 inmates have staged six riots, keeping the facility near incipient mutiny.
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New York
Gotham
Devil's Island
East River
Commissioner of Correction
Austin H. McCormick
Squirrel hunting boom shifts High Prairis-Grouard-Enilda farmers
Alta Low grain prices leave many fields unthreshed as farmers in the High Prairis Grouard Enilda district switch to wild fur. A buyer has purchased $111000 worth of fur this season, making squirrel skins a common medium of exchange in the region.
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Fnilda
Alta
Prairis-Grouard-Enilda
New Highway Linking Waterton Lakes and Glacier National Parks
Calgary Alberta. The Calgary branch of the Alberta Motor Association says the United States will soon begin connecting its end of a proposed highway to link Waterton Lakes park with Glacier National Park in Montana in cooperation with the Canadian government.
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Calgary
United States
Waterton Lakes Park
Glacier National Park
Montana
Alberta Motor Assoation
Japanese Say No Fear of War With Russia
Tokyo reports tension after diplomatic exchanges with Moscow over air incursions and border incidents. both sides accuse each other of planes crossing into rival territory near Manchuria and Manchukuo with protests lodged through ambassadors.
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Russia
Tokyo
Moscow
Japan
Manchuria
Foreign Office
War Department
Ove Sorea
Rus N
Manchukuon Frontier
Ota
Pogronichnaya
Iman
Sovet
Hardy Pioneer Traverses 16 Miles in 45 Below
Albert Davis arrived at hospital after traveling 16 miles on snowshoes in 45 below zero weather without boots or coat. The survivor, hair singed from a cabin fire and feet frozen, dismissed praise, noting his Belgian police dog Nipper woke him as the blaze consumed his home.
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Sudbury
Albert Dave
Davis
Nipper
Trade War Ending Frano-British Talks Headed to London
Lucien Lamoureux, minister of Commerce, will lead France’s delegation to London for talks aimed at ending the Franco British trade war. Britain seeks a trade treaty to replace policies denounced by France. France plans a flexible bargaining tariff as a feature of its new policy with optimistic notes on success.
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Paris
London
Lucien Lamoureux
France
French Wheat Act Rumors Spark Price Speculation
Reports claim the French Wheat Act passed last July failed and that good 1934 crop forecasts would trigger a broad price drop. Rumors also accuse farmers of widespread fraud to obtain the act’s minimum price guarantee.
Opposition to sweepstakes bill in Senate debate
In Ottawa Toronto Senator H C Hoc ken led strong opposition to the legalization of sweepstakes during second reading of the bill. The debate was adjourned by Senator James Murdock as the Senate discussed the measure.
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Ottawa
Senate
Hon
H. C. Hocken
Toronto
James Murdock
Roosevelt Approves Plans to Retire US Farm Lands
President Roosevelt approved an initial step in retiring poor United States agricultural lands from production. The measures were prepared by three government divisions and mark the start of a broad program to reduce farming on marginal lands.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
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Great Britain
Anthony Faden
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Commons
Charles Marcil
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Hugh Guthrie
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