Britain approves tariff truce plan with United States
London and Washington agreed on a tariff truce pending a June world economic conference. Britain will guard its right to continue tariff pact negotiations while seeking broader reductions at next meeting. Six other nations on the organizing committee awaited acceptances as countries hold back on new barriers until conference outcomes. Details of exchanges were not fully disclosed.
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London
Eng
United Kingsters
Franklin D Roosevelt
Secnorarc
Miister Ramsay MacDonald
Marty
United Kngdom
United States
United Kingdom
United
France
Germany
Italy
Japan
Belgium
Norway
Nnions
UK unemployment drops as April adds workers
Eighty thousand more people were at work in April than March in England, driving unemployment down to 2,697,000. Since January the number out of work has fallen by 200,000, though 45,453 more are unemployed than a year ago. Construction, tailoring, brick and glass, docks and roads, and hotel services show improvement.
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London
Eng
Roosevelt Seeks Conciliatory War Energy From Washington
President Roosevelt urges Germany toward a conciliatory stance to enable concrete results at the Geneva disarmament conference. The American position calls for nations at Geneva to show willingness to make reasonable concessions and delays treaty revisions for a more opportune moment.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Germany
Ellington Named New British Air Chief in Succession
London England air marshal Sir Edward Leonard Ellington has been appointed chief of the air staff succeeding Sir Geoffrey Salmond who died April 27 Ellington previously served as air member for personnel on the air council and earlier as air officer commanding in chief of the air defence of Britain The Commons passed a bill extending the Canada New Zealand trade treaty indefinitely by proclamation The treaty expires May 3 1933
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Award Ellington
Geoffrey Salmond
London
Edward Leonard Ellington
Air Staff
William Geoffrey Salmond
Edward Ettinges
Air Council
Air Defence of
Britain
Tawe
Sunes Deoste
House of Commons
Canada
New Zeaand
Condemnation of Hudson Bay Railway by Burns and Casgrain
Calgary senator Patrick Burns joins Montreal's J Casgrain in opposing further government funds for the Hudson Bay Railway. He argues the Churchill project remains impractical with late navigation and barren land, noting cattle shipments from Winnipeg to the Rockliff area the plains are better suited for grazing. The debate also features Lendrum McMeans defending the route and urging limited spending, while Casgrain calls for halting spending unless Hudson Bay changes.
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Orawa
Patrick Burns
Calgary
J. PB Casgrain
Montreal
Hudson Bay
Casgrai
Couchill
Burns
Hudson Bay Ratway
Alberta
Churchill
Winnipeg
Rocklin
Western Plains
Senator Burrs
United Kingdom
Sna
Lendrum McMeans
Tay
Casgrain
Churchill Thon
Churchill Harbor
Ottawa Senate Spearheads Ship Trade Amendment
In Ottawa the senate banning commerce moves to curb transshipment. The act prohibits shipments from the head of the lakes to Buffalo and onward to Montreal via a Canadian ship, aiming to block US coastal practices. Western MPs plan opposition as the ministry may drop the measure to avoid prolonging the session.
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Ottawa
Senate
Commerce Committee
United States
Buffalo
Lakes
Montreal
Should Use New Port The Pasana
MP Barney Stitt of Nelson says Canada should route a good share of the yearly cattle shipments to the new Port Church I. He notes about 0,000 dollars in fees may pass through, urging boards of trade civic groups and individuals to promote the port.
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Canada
United Kingdom
Boards of Trade and Civic Organizations
Church I
Barney” Stitt
Nelson
Federal House
Ottawa
Winnipeg printer Herbert J. Hardie Dies at Home
Herbert J. Hardie longtime manager of Toronto Type Foundry Wester Branches died of a heart attack at his Winnipeg home on May 6. Funeral services were held there Tuesday, with interment at St. John's cemetery. He was well known to the newspaper and printing fraternity across Western Canada, and many friends mourn his passing.
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Winnipeg
Man
Herbert J. Hardie
Toronto
Wester
St. John’s
Conference Must Not Fail Says Economist Editor
Sir Walter Layton, editor of The Economist, told the Canadian Chair that the upcoming London conference must succeed. He warned that the difficulties are immense and the penalties of failure would be severe, stressing that none can afford the conference to fail.
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Ant
London
Walter Layton
Cbe
The
Economist
Chuir
Dumping Duty Valuations in Ottawa Bill Passed
In Ottawa Canada the House of Commons passed a bill to authorize the department of national revenue to set dumping duty valuations. Revenue Minister EB Ryckman explained Canada collected duties on the par value of the pound after gold was abandoned in the UK. The charge used the difference between $4.40 and the pound’s average exchange value, updated every 15 days, a practice that had caused legal difficulties.
Death of Liberal MLA Dan Strath in Saskatchewan
Dan Strath, Liberal member for Happyland in the Saskatchewan legislature, was found dead on the steps of a shed at his farm near Toone. The 80 year old, who had suffered a nervous ailment for a month, planned to visit his brother James Strath in Ontario.
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Geeplre
Dan Strath
Happyland
Saskatchewan
Me. Strath
Jas. Strath
Iberta
Revised Postage Rate On Newspapers Approved
The House of Commons approved new postage rates for newspapers and periodicals beyond 40 miles. Prime Minister RB Bennett sponsored the bill, setting four cents per pound for long distance carriage and 15.50 percent advertising space or more. The change aims to ease financial hardship for publishers with advertising shares near half the total.
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House of Commons
RB. Bennett
Bennett
Sad
Direct Relief Ends in Saskatchewan Rural Areas in Two Months
Regina and rural Saskatchewan will halt Direct Relief within two months. A provincial work camp will open at Dundurn and the Prince Albert National Park camp remains open to shelter about 500 men. The Saskatchewan Relief Commission will close by end of July, shifting funding burdens to Regina or closing relief entirely.
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Regina
Sask
Dundurn
Prince Alter National Park
Saskatchewan Relic
Saskatchewan Relic! Comm’ Sion
Regin iI
Winnipeg City Refuses To Deduct Two Per Cent Tax
Manitoba emergency tax dispute centers on Winnipeg decision to skip the two per cent levy from city employee salaries. Premier Bracken defends the tax as constitutional while a council motion directs the city treasurer to refrain from reductions. The council also signals plans to pursue the issue further if needed.
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Winnipeg
Ety
John Bracken
Wheat Acreage Cuts Reported in Canada and U S
Canada lowers spring wheat sowing from 26,646,100 to 25,171,000 acres while U S plantings tighten. Winter wheat production as of May 1 is 337,485,000 bushels, 66.7 percent of normal, prompting reliance on domestic surplus. talks at Geneva push for acreage curtailment and price stability.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
Washington
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Crop Reporting Board
Geneva
Australia
Argentina
War Rumor in South America Raises U S Concerns
Washington warned that Paraguay had declared war on Bolivia creating deep concern in official circles. Paraguay is a Kellogg Briand pact signatory renouncing war. Bolivia is not. State Department efforts, led by Francis White, to resolve the Peruaguay Bolivia dispute over the Chilean territory show anxiety but no immediate crisis.
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Washington
Paraguay
Bolivia
State Department
Francis White
Peraguay-Bolivia
Chco
Thousands Of Books Purged In Nazi Germany Libraries
Black-listed books from private and public libraries piled high for burning in Berlin. Nazi student committees of action organized a weeklong purge targeting socialistic Jewish or pacifist works. Schoolboys helped prepare for destruction of unGerman influences as authorities intensified the Great Purge of libraries.
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V Berin
Germany
Appointed Register Winnipeg Di elected by registrar
The Right Rev SP Mathe son long served as chancellor and graduate representative on the University of Manitoba board of governors. He was di elected by the registrar by lieutenant governor in council. Sawmill workers back at price mill after lay off to saw winter cut. Mills at price, matane and rimouski expect lumber exports to brisies market this summer. A boy threw a stone at Prince George in an automobile near manchester airport. he dodged it.
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University of Manitoba
SP. Matheson
Easy Remouski
Que—Sawmil Sire
Price
Winetor
Matane
Rimouski
Brisies
Prince Chester
Prince George
Manchester
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Peggy) McMath
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