Manitoba opposes wheat quota at Imperial Conference
Manitoba official view outlines six points to present to Ottawa before the Imperial Conference. It cautions against a wheat quota while stressing the need for wheat sales, wider markets, exchange stabilization, and British preference for Canadian goods. A special committee will draft the submission for western Canada-wide talks at Regina on June 20.
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Am Empire Intelligence Marketing Board
Canada
Manitoba
Regina
Record Low Grain Transport Rates Hit Fort William to Montreal
The Montreal Gazette reports a new record low of 3 cents per bushel for transporting grain from Fort William to Montreal, with earlier offers at five cents and even 41 cents rumored. Shipowners are laying up vessels as profits vanish, and though small steamers haul grain at this rate, no calculations show a profitable outcome. Some firms keep accepting the low rate hoping for a season recovery.
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Fort ‘Willian
Montreal
the Gazette
Fort William
Riots Continue In Bombay With Heavy Toll
Fresh sporadic rioting between Hindus and Moslems erupts in Bombay despite British troops. Officials report 71 killed and 98 injured, raising totals to 99 dead and 948 wounded as troops fire to quell clashes and looting persists. Authorities vow tighter control amid active military response. In Southampton, England, a verdict of accidental death is entered in the inquiry into the automobile crash that injured Earl of Egmont.
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Bombay
India
Southampton
England
Earl of Egmont
Priddis
Alberts
Viecount Perceval
Deir
Doukhobors protest chain imprisonment in Canada
Deskhobors write to press and to The Hague protesting arrests and three year terms for nude protest in Nelson. They state 700 jailed, many sentenced, children taken from mothers, and appeal to the anti militaristic bureau to raise voice for truth and freedom.
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Hague
Vancouver
EC Doukhobors
Anti-Militaristic Bureau
The
Hiague
Golgotha
Nelson
Doukhobors
Antimilitaristic Bureau
Sons of Freedom of Canada
God
Sons of Freedom
Tariffs Hurt Trade No Inclination On Canada's Part To Enlarge Trade
W. L. McGregor, president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, told the United States Chamber of Commerce annual meeting that with current American tariff laws there is no inclination by Canada to expand trade with the United States. He questioned whether Washington’s commercial treatment of Canada aligns with enlightened U.S. business opinion and urged American interests to speak more clearly on the issue.
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Canada
San Francisco
W. L. McGregor
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
United States
International park plan moves Waterton Lakes into Waterton Glacier area
In Ottawa a bill to make Waterton Lakes National Park part of Waterton-Glacier International Park received first reading. Minister Hon. T. G. Murphy said the park borders Glacier Park in Montana and United States action previously suggested an international park. In Hamburg eight hundred Young Communists were arrested for displaying flags at a picnic but released after booking at police.
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Ottawa
Comrie
Hamburg
Germany
Canadian judges criticized as overabundant and underpaid
Premier R. B. Bennett told the House of Commons that Ottawa judges are too numerous and underpaid. He argued the judiciary does not reflect the profession's genius and that political patronage, not merit, has too often elevated men to the bench.
Spain moves to import 100000 tons of wheat
Banking circles said the Spanish government sought payment terms of three, six, and five months for a planned 100,000 ton wheat import from Canada, the US, and Argentina. A decree ordering purchases was expected, with total imports rising to 200,000 tons and possibly another 200,000 tons needed before July due to exhausted domestic supply.
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Madrid
Spain
Canada
United States
Agentina
Cattle Shipment Hint Focuses Churchill August Departure
In Saskatoon, plans indicate a cattle cargo will depart Churchill early in August ahead of wheat, with a stockyard to be built near the dock. Hay from The Pas will also be moved to the area as grain shipments via Hudson Bay reach 2,000,000 bushels. Spillers Ltd Mills in Cardiff and London may receive wheat through Churchill, per Board of Trade president James M. Stevenson K C.
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Farly
Churchll
Man
Europe
Hudson Bay
Hays
Pas
Saskatoon
Sask
Churchill
Spillers Ltd
Cardiff
London
England
James M. Stevenson
K.C
Board of Trade
Stevenson
Trade Through Churchill Committee
Irish Free State to Represent at Ottawa Conference
President Eamon de Valera announced he would attend the Ottawa Imperial Economic Conference in July if government business allows. He did not name other representatives but said it was likely three ministers from his government would join.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
Eamon de Valera
Ottawa
Free State
Senate rejects move to legalize beer nationwide
The U S senate refused to legalize beer. A roll call defeated the Tydings amendment taxing 275 beer at 24 cents per gallon to fund a 1 5 billion public works program. Earlier the chamber rejected a Bingham four per cent alcohol content proposal 60 to 23 with 11 Democrats and 12 Republicans voting for it.
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Washington
United States Senate
Senate
Tydings
Missouri
Peries
Bingham
Connecticut
Liberian Atrocities Reported To League
A League of Nations communication from Britain United States and France reports Liberian frontier military forces killed and burned Kru coast villagers. The memorandum confirms 44 villages burned and 1 man 49 women and 29 children killed.
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Geneva
Switzerlana
League of Nations
United States
Kru
League
National radio control bill aims for world leading system
Ottawa debate over a Canadian radio broadcasting commission envisions a national network with headquarters in Ottawa and regional offices. A three member body, including a French speaker and a radio engineer, would regulate broadcasting and later television, with fixed ten year terms and pensions, ensuring Canadian control free from foreign influence.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission
Dominion
Commission of Three
R. B. Bennett
Bennett
C. G. Power
Lib
Quebec South
Baychimo Search Reopens Off Alaska Coast
A double trial search for the missing fur trading vessel Baychimo is planned off the Arctic coast near Barrow. Pilots William R. Graham Bana Christofferson and Joe Crosson report surveying 1000 square miles of ice without sightings while noting the cargo of furs on board. To replace the Baychimo, the Danish motor ship Karise will sail from Seattle in June to Herschel Island and other Arctic posts, chartered by Hudsons Bay Company from Swenson Fur Trading Company.
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Point Barrow
Alaska
Arctic
William R. Graham
Bana Christofferson
Portland
Joe Crosson
Northern
Baychimo
Seattle
Wash
Canadian Arctic
Vancouver
B.C
Hudson's Bay Company
Swenson Fur Trading Company
Herschel Island
Bank Robbery at Ipswich Left President Shot
Three masked robbers held up the Bank of Ipswich, shot the president Plin Beebe perhaps fatally, kidnapped the cashier, and fled with an undetermined amount of money. Local authorities searched for the suspects and secured the scene.
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Ipswich
8.D
Bank of
Plin Beebe
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Kent
A. Stuart Bradshaw
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