Denounces Grab Bag Raids On Public Treasury
Sir Edward Beatty of the Canadian Pacific Railway denounces grab bag treasury raids and warns that unchecked demands on public authorities threaten democratic government. He defends elected leaders, urges improvement in current governance, and cautions against radical change or dictatorship citing public indecision and impatience in Canada.
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Calgary
Canada
Sir Edward Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway
Sir Edward
Parliament
Australia In Good Shape Says Premier Stevens Recovery Near
New South Wales Premier and colonial treasurer Stevens stated Australia is in almost complete recovery and by internal adjustment has placed itself to profit from foreign capital. The interview was given in New York where Stevens outlined the nation’s improved financial position and policy.
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New York
Australia
BS. B. Stevens
New South Wales
Stevens
Visitor from Moscow studies Canadian wheat breeding methods
Visitor from Moscow Amsuipov, head of the state plant breeding fund of the Soviet Agriculture ministry, arrives to study Canadian wheat breeding and rust resistant grain varieties. He will also visit Saskatoon and Edmonton to observe Canadian methods and production practices.
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Winnipeg
Amsuipov
Cmet
State Plant Breeding Fund
Soviet People’s Commissariat of “Agriculture
Moscow
Sasatoon
Edmonton
Price mechanics explained by Wheat Board in fixed price plan
The Wheat Board clarifies a 1996-37 fixed price for No 1 Northern wheat at 87 1/2 cents in Fort William stores. The price becomes effective only if Fort William No 1 Northern futures fall below 90 cents, setting an absolute floor for growers. The board stresses producers can deliver to the board without accepting lower prices, and higher bids are possible if market prices rise.
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Wheat Board
Winnipeg
Canadian Wheat Board
Ottawa
Dominion
Fort Wiliam
Fort William
Must Pass Driver's Test London
Sir Walter Windham, pioneer motorist of 39 years, must pass a driving test after Marylebone police court disqualified him for a month for dangerous driving. He must display L signs on his car and, pending testing, refrain from driving. The court cited reduced vision and hearing, noting his long service as a king's foreign service messenger who first drove into Whitehall court with despatches.
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London
Ovanee Windham
Marleybone
Sir Y Walter
King
Foreign Service
Sir Walter
Whitehall Court
Marylebone
Ride Above The Clouds Thrill For Viceregals In Rockies
Canada's governor general Baron Tweedsmuir Lady Tweedsmuir and the vice regal party rode through the Rockies on a cloud riding excursion. As they traveled from Field BC to Emerald Lake the clouds brushed the highway and unveiled majestic peaks. The party plans an unofficial return next year for another outing.
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Rockies
Banff
Alta
Rocky Mountains
Canada
Baron Tweedsmuir
Tweedsmuir
Western
Emerald Lake
Field
Normandie Liner Drops Pennant After Queen Mary Record
The French liner Normandie arrived with no blue pennant signaling Atlantic speed supremacy. Captain Pierre Thoreux said there will be no summer attempt to regain the emblem, which was surrendered when RMS Queen Mary set the eastward crossing record.
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New York
Pierre Thoreux
Henson, Loyal Aids to Peary, Retires From Customs
Matthew A Henson, longtime associate of Admiral Peary and one of four Eskimos who helped plant the U S flag at the North Pole on April 7 1909, retires from the United States Customs Service in New York.
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Peary
New York
Matthew A. Henson
Admiral Peary
United States
North Pole
United States Customs Service
Long Canoe Trip Down Peace River Ends Peacefully
Drinker of Philadelphia, his wife, two sons and two daughters completed a 550-1 mile canoe journey from Summit, B.C. to the Peace River, traveling in two canoes. They left by train for home after the voyage.
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Peace River
Alta
Drinker
Philadelphia
Summit
B.C
Unconditional release of Mrs Atkinson in Poland
Mrs F G Atkinson, wife of a Minneapolis business executive, was freed at Warsaw after a Polish prison sentence for alleged currency regulation violations. U S State Department officials protested as she crossed the border into Germany for aid and forgot to declare a letter of credit upon returning to Poland.
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F. G. Atkinson
Minneapolis
Warsaw
U.S. Department of State
Queen Mary Sets Atlantic Crossing Records
Sir Percy Bates received two telegrams from King Edward praising the Canara-white Star line for the Queen Mary’s record fast westward run and new low voyage time eastward. Bates ordered the king’s images posted on the Queen Mary officers’ and crew’s bulletin boards.
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London
Canara
White Star Line
Sir Percy Bates
King Edward
Bishop's Rock
Percy
Substitutes On Display At Leipzig Autumn Fair
At Leipzig Germany the autumn fair showcases substitutes for imports. German scientists present synthetic resinous materials, the Buna rubber substitute, new artificial marble with photo mechanical veining on glass, and leather imitations that replicate reptile skin, claimed indistinguishable from the real.
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Leipzig
Germany
The Straight Highway and Canada’s Safe Roads Drive
A. A. Smith chief engineer Ontario highways spoke to 200 delegates at the 22nd annual Canadian Good Roads Association convention. The three day meeting focused on improving Canada’s highways with public works officials and motor vehicle officers in attendance. Arthur Dixon deputy minister of public works British Columbia also addressed the delegates.
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Charlotteown
A. A. Smith
Ontario Department of Highways
Canadian Good Roads Association
Automobile Association
Canada
Arthur Dixon
Montreal Gazette cites Brockington for national radio chair
A Ottawa dispatch reports Leonard Brockington, prominent Winnipeg lawyer and former Calgary corporation counsel, is under consideration for chairman of the new national radio board. His appointment would ease ministerial division between supporters of Major Gladstone Murray of the British Broadcasting Company and Mr. Brophy of the National Broadcasting Company and Marconi connections in Montreal.
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Montreal
Ottawa
the Gazette
Leonard Brockington
Winnipeg
Calgary
National Radio Board
Brockington
Gladtone Murray
British Broadcasting Company
Brophy
National Broadcasting Company
Marconi Company
Uniform plan for marking roads urged in Canada
Arthur Dixon deputy minister of public works for British Columbia urged uniform highway marking across Canada at the Canadian Good Roads Association meeting in Charlottetown. He proposed a Trans Canada route marker with a single digit, province name, and uniform shape size and color, backed by a provincial Dominion committee or Ottawa driven interprovincial panel. Hugh A. Lumsden urged provinces to educate future drivers with school campaigns on road rules.
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Charlottetown
Canada
Canadian Good Roads Association
Arthur Dixon
British Columbia
United States
Dixon
Dominion
Ottawa
Interprovincial Committee
Hugh A. Lumsden
Hamilton
Ont
Norway's Koht backs League reform and world force
Foreign Minister Halvdan Koht urged the League of Nations to separate its covenant from postwar treaties, advocate disarmament, and create an international land sea and air force under League control. He proposed national plebiscites to approve armed contributions and a phased, systematic application of anti war measures.
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Geneva
League of Nations Reform
League
Halvdan Koht
Norway
League of Nations Secetariat
Unwin Sees Slum Cleanup Plan For 3 Million Homes
Sir Raymond Unwin, member of the Britain's housing advisory committee, and Lady Unwin arrived in Halifax after a voyage from Liverpool. He declared Great Britain would hear of slum districts within five years. A program is under way to provide an additional 3,000,000 homes.
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Halifax
Great Britain
Sir Raymond Unwin
Lady Unwin
Newfoundland
Liverpool
World Youth Congress Opens With Nearly a Thousand Delegates
The Geneva event draws almost 1,000 youths from 33 nations to start a congress aimed at a common plan of international cooperation for the prevention of war and the protection of all countries.
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Geneva
Youth For Peace
British Heritage Toronto and the empire’s city claim
Sir Percy Vincent, lord mayor, addressed the Canadian Club praising Toronto as a shared heritage. He called the city both “our” and “your” city, framing it as part of Britain’s greatest empire and heritage for Canadians.
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Toronto
London
Canada
Percy Vincent
Percy
Liverpool Plans Two Bronze Statues for King George V Memorial
The King George V Memorial committee in Liverpool has decided to erect two bronze statues of King George and Queen Mary near the Mersey tunnel. The plan aims to honor the royal couple with prominent public sculptures in the city.
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Liverpool
King George
Queen Mary
Mersey Tunnel
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