New Provincial Party Formed By Alberta Independent M.L.A.
F C Moyer of Dram ell er Alberta announces the Provincial Party a new independent political group uniting diverse supporters to oppose the current government It rejects being a Conservative Liberal or Farmer Labor movement and calls for elected members to govern by their own judgment away from party cabinet dictates The plan aims for a cross section of provincial life and pledges real counselor input over mere voting blocks with nine independents expected to rise from the 1930 election results.
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Drambeller
Alberta
F. C. Moyer
M.L.A
Drameller
Moyer
Mr. Moyer
Farmer Or Labor Party
Tax Boost In Ireland Budget Increases Duties
Ireland's first De Valera budget proposes higher tariffs and income tax to cover a budget deficit of £3,500,000. A four pence duty per pound and a packing tax on foods and cosmetics are outlined, with income tax rising from three shillings six pence to five shillings. Entertainment tax expands to dancing, outdoor sports, horse racing, and greyhound racing, and tobacco duty rises by one shilling two pence per pound.
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Dublin
de Valera
Dail Eireann
Drama Of the Akron Crew Two Men Die At Camp Kearny
Two mooring crewmen died and Bud Cowart survived after the USS Akron failed to moor at Camp Kearny California. Cowart hung on a 360 foot rope for two hours while spectators watched as the airship rose and then lowered him into the hatch amid a dangerous rescue.
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Camp Kearny
Calif
Bud Cowart
Navy
Cowart
Cowart OK
Akron
Lakehurst
Robert Edsall
Nigel Henton
San Diego Naval Training Station
Edwall
Henton
Creation Of Federal Farm Board Considered
Ottawa Hon. Robert Weir announced in the House of Commons that a commission of experts will study the feasibility of a farm products marketing board. The government, citing the Imperial Economic Conference, does not plan to establish the board now. The plan would cover exports and several farm products with small exportable surpluses, aiming to stabilize Canadian prices against world market fluctuations.
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Ottawa
Robert Weir
Farmers gain right to sell cattle in markets in 1932
Moscow reports that unua numbaan farmers are allowed to sell their cattle in retail markets for the remainder of 1932. The move marks another step in liberalizing the Soviet farm code to encourage individual farmers whether collective or independent to seek the open market.
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Moscow
Unua
Delegates Sail For Home From Bermuda Trip
British and Canadian delegates to the tri partite conference sailed from Hamilton Bermuda on May 11 carrying new information for their home parliaments. The conference work concluded on May 9.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Dominion Delegates Relaunch Imperial Conference in Ottawa
Premier R B Bennett says delegates will come from all dominions for the Imperial Conference opening in Ottawa on July 21. Trade, communications, and currencies are the main topics. The Prime Minister will lead Canada’s delegation with ministers to be drafted as needed. All dominions have accepted the invitation except New Zealand and the Irish Free State.
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Ottawa
Ont
R. B. Bennett
Dominion
New Zealand
Irish Free State
Bennett
League of Nations Society in Canada opens tenth annual meeting
Dr. H. M. Tory, president of the League of Nations Society in Canada, welcomed delegates to Ottawa for the tenth annual meeting. He stressed the need for an informed Canadian public opinion to support the league as critical days approach. He noted China as an example of aviation use before railways fully developed.
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Ottawa
Unt
League of
House Defeats Wheat Bonus Schemes in Commons
No Wheat Beans Ottawa reports that two motions to extend a five cent bounty on export wheat and a seed-acreage bonus were defeated in the House of Commons without a recorded vote. Robert Gardiner, Liberal farm bloc leader, warned on prairie wheat dominance and farmer losses under current prices, noting production costs far exceed lakeshead wheat prices.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Robert Gardiner
Farm Bloc
Thomas Donnelly
Willow Bunch
Canada
Prairie Provinces
Gardiner
Historic Maitangi spot bought for nation in New Zealand
Lord Bledisloe and Lady Bedisloe acquired Maitangi, the site where the 1840 treaty establishing British sovereignty was signed, to keep it from a U S citizen. Russia granted Canada the largest new citizen group in 1931. Airmen from Margate viewed a fire at Sandwich in England.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Lord Bledisloe
Bedisloe
Maitangi
United States
Russia
Canada
Margate
England
Sandwich
Doukhobor Holdings In West Province Under Scrutiny
In British Columbia, the Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood Limited, with $1,000,000 capitalization and $700,000 paid up, is controlled by Peter Veregin and 13 directors. About 5,000 Doukhobors may lose ownership rights under colony rules, while Veregin faces a three year penitentiary sentence. The colony’s assets total around $8.5 million across Canada, with significant holdings in Saskatchewan and Alberta also reported.
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Victoria
Peter Veregin
Briish Columbia
Alberta
Sass
Veregin
Yorkton
British Columbia
Vereya
Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood, Limited
Canada
Brilliant
Supreme Council of Community
Hhus
Sons of Freedom
Isrition Columbia
Saskatchewan
Salvage Crews Work On Grain Elevators In Meacham Sask
Salvage crews clear debris from three Meacham Saskatchewan grain elevators destroyed by incendiary fires on May 7. Loss sits at 70,000 bushels of grain and 375,000 in wheat. Rebuilding plans are announced by Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Alberta Pacific Grain Company and Standard Grain Company. RCMP investigation ongoing.
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Meacham
Sask
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Alberta Pacific Grain Company
Standard Grain Company
Rcmps
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Ireland
Um de Valera
Federal Farm Board
W. N. Lancester
Jessie Keith-Miller
Haden Clark
Miami
Florido
Clark
Dominic
China
Cnce
Assassi
Doumer
France
Illions
Doukhobor Holdings
West
Balmater
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