Englishmen on trial in Soviet sabotage case declare innocence
Moscow trial proceeds as W H MacDonald among six English defendants pleads not guilty while admitting earlier statements under Soviet pressure. Prosecution seeks testimony from twelve Russians who pleaded guilty and five other witnesses are listed. London notes the King has signed an embargo measure on Russian goods linked to the Metropolitan-Vickers case.
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Moscow
W.H. MacDonald
MacDonald
V. A. Sokoloff
Zalatuust
L. C. Thornton
Great Britain
Sokoloff
Vahsili Gusev
Zlatoust
Metropolitan-Vickers
Thornton
London
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co
Canadian Labor Defence League Representative Travels Canada
London April 13 A. E. Smith of Bratton touring Canada under the Canadian Labor Defence League describes Moscow congress and the Soviet system as a turning point in history. He says the C L D L provides legal defence for workers and is a movement not a political party. He cites economic chaos unemployment and repression in many nations and predicts a new system forming globally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet Union
A. E.smith
Bratton
The
Eagles
Soviet Russia
International Defense Movement
Moscow
Mr. Smith
Smith
C.L.D.L
C.S.D.L
Communist Party
Local Insurance Agents Hold Annual Meeting
The Local Insurance Agents Association held its fifteenth annual meeting on Wednesday April 10. Agents represent over one hundred of the strongest British Canadian and American board companies. Officers for the coming year were elected: President J A Bell Vice President W T Bannnn Secretary W M O Turner. The peas and membership committee include C A Anderson Cousins and J L Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
J. A. Bell
W. T. Bannnn
W. M. O. Turner
The
Peas
C A. Anderson
Cousins
J. L. Robinson
Alberta Debt Adjustment Act tops Alberta legislature session
Edmonton April 12 Immediate attention will be given to selecting and appointing the Debt Adjustment Act board to implement the act. Premier Brownlee said the Debt Adjustment Act and the budget were the highlights of the recent session, with a general satisfaction over the nine weeks of sitting and a focus on current conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Kidnapped American Missionary Nielsen Held for Ransom
The Chinese bandits who abducted American medical missionary Nielsen reportedly hold him for 500000 Mexican dollars about 100000 in ransom. The W S Legation has contacted Japanese authorities and US Consul General Myers in Mukden to push negotiations for his release.
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Peiping
W. S. Legation
Nielsen
Legation
United States
Myers
Mukden
Canada’s British cattle exports rise in 1932
Ottawa reports to the senate committee that in 1932 Australia led in frozen beef exports to Britain with 2,565,450 long cwt, Argentina supplied 8,800,414 long cwt of chilled beef, while Canada shipped 1,478,500 tons dressed beef.
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Ottawa
United K Kingdom
Canada
Senate Committee
P. H. Light
Marketing Service
Australia
Dominion
Great Britain
Transients fined for stealing rides on CPR at court
Seventeen transients before Magistrate Ellis at the 1.C.M.P. court were fined court costs or given ten days in Lethbridge jail after pleading to stealing rides on the CPR. They were taken from a freight train at Redcliff with origins from Saskatchewan to Ontario and warned of sixty days if reoffending.
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Ellis
1.C.M.P
C.P.R
Lethbridge
Redcliff
Saskatchewan
Ontario
Hikers praise Medicine Hat hospitality on coast trip
Emile Lessard and William B Cook praise the city’s welcomes from Mayor Bullivant Chief Taylor and local groups. They depart tomorrow for Lethbridge and Calgary on the trans Canada bicycle race to the coast, hoping to return by August 10 on the Vancouver to Montreal route.
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Emile Lessard
William B. Cook
trans-Canada
Bullivant
Taylor
Canadian Legion
Cecil Hotel
Dutch Evers
Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
Calgary
Vancouver
Montreal
Redcliff Notes Highlight Local Life And Incidents
Redcliff residents John and Mrs John MacLaughlin depart for Jenner to resume farming. Johnnie MacFadzen injures a hand at Brick & Coal mine but expects work within days. Trail Rangers prize winners are Robert Pow Jack Learmonth and Leonard Moreton. Medicine Hat sergeant catches about fifteen riding the freight in local yards and detains them. Brick & Coal mine resumes two days weekly. Softball meeting at Shorty’s Place draws fair turnout with officers elected and fees set for league entries. Gordon Memorial social features a varied program and supper ending in group games.
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John MacLaughlin
Redcliff
Jenner
Johnnie MacFadzen
Brick & Coal
Johnnie
Robert Pow
Jack Learmonth
Leonard Moreton
Trail
Brick
Shorty’s Place
Gordon Horne
Mathoney
Vernon
Mayor Worts
Treas
Shoity Mathoney
Bill Wyatt
Calain
Jimmie Horne
Bill McClory
Joe Bergeron
Jimmie Podesta
Gordon
Demonstration Headed Off By Police In Niagara Falls
A 300 strong unemployed crowd marched to the Niagara Falls Review offices seeking relief changes. Police stationed around the building caused the demonstrators to disperse after tips warned of the planned protest. Police Chief John Dart attributed the action to discontent with relief administration led by James M. Cowan, editor and relief chairman.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Canadian Press
Niagara Falls Review
John Dart
James M. Cowan
City Relief Association
Akreen hearing cites weather research on airship path
Lieut Charles J Maguire chief aerologist at Lakehurst Naval Station testified that weather research since the disaster indicates an alternate course could have altered events in the Akreen airship incident. He noted the last minutes decisions influenced the outcome as tested today.
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Lakehurst
N.J
Charles J. Maguire
Naval Station
Akreen
Unable to determine storm avoidance in crash incident
Fragmentary line notes a person possibly dodging a storm before a crash. No clear identities, location, or dates are readable to confirm specifics or outcomes.
Manion charges Liberals with broadcasting false railway claims
Ottawa reports Hon. R. J. Manion accuses the Liberal party of spreading falsehoods about government railway policy in the House of Commons. He cites R. J. Deadhman and criticizes Liberal use of the postage frank to push misleading statements on the National system. The railway bill debate continues as other topics, including hospital sweepstakes, occupy the floor.
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Ottawa
Federal
Liberal Party
R. J. Manion
House of Commons
R. J. Deadhman
Canadian National Railways
Canadian Pacific
Canadian National
W. R. Motherwell
E. W. Beatty
National
Dr. Manion
Bennett
Ross Gray
Railway Commission
E. N. Rhodes
Finance
R. E. Chevrier
Lib
A. M. Carmichael
Kindersley
Senate
Saskatchewan Progressive
Board of Evangelism and Social Service of
The
United Church
House
Carmichael
G. D. Stanley
Calgary East
Calgary
Officer Bailie Stewart Sold Secrets for Fifty Pounds
Lieut Bailie Stewart of the Seaforth Highlanders is sentenced by court martial to dishonorable discharge and five years penal servitude for Official Secrets Act violation. Prosecution alleged he sold military secrets for fifty pounds paid by mail from Berlin via Otto Obst. defense claimed funds came from a German acquaintance. King confirmed findings. he will serve in civil prison.
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London
Baillie Stewart
Seaforth Highlanders
Otto Waldemar
Drastic Cut in Expenditures is Recommended
Montreal April 13. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce forwards a recommendation to Ottawa urging drastic retrenchment in the Dominion Government budget. Forty leading executives from British Columbia to Nova Scotia say spending cuts have not gone far enough and call for major reductions in public services.
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Montreal
Oteawa
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
British Columbia
Nova Scotia
Chamber
Canada
Ramsay MacDonald Outlines Washington Mission
In London April 13 Canadian Press cable Ramsay MacDonald told the House that his Washington trip aims to foster world cooperation not alliances and to seek a workable debt settlement for both sides He warned against indifferent responses to European threats and urged action to relieve unemployment and revive markets Also Austen Chamberlain criticized Germany's Versailles revision climate seen as threatening peace
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London
Ress
L. Robiano
Lympne
England
Australia
Hindyan
Persia
Karachi
India
Ramsay MacDonald
House Today
Washington
MacDonald
Europe
Roosevelt
Austen Chamberlain
Matt Donald
Germany
Vesailles
Chamberlain
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British Foreign Office
Prosecn
Guh
Canadian Labor Defence — League
Russia
Alta, Debt Board
City OF
Manitoba
Blackburn
Manion
Rlys
R. J. Deachman
Motherwell
Official
Chambers OF Commerce
Ramsay M’donald
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