Liberals Protest Against Drank Cheque Measure in Canada
In Ottawa Aug 1 opposition leaders denounced a bill giving the governor in council broad powers to manage unemployment and farm relief linked to peace and order. King and Stewart condemned the measure as a step toward civil war, while Lapointe warned of despotic overreach and subordination of parliament.
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Ottawa
Canada
W. L. Mackenzie King
House of Commons
Ibrerg
Charlies Stewart
Interior
King
Sennett
Ernest Lapointe
Borde
Lapointe
Quebec East
Armand Lavergne
Montmagny
Whitla Farmer Despondent Ends Life in Farm Barn
Despondent Whitla district farmer Richard Babe age 63, in failing health for 18 months, hanged himself in a barn last night. Wife and daughter found him. coroner notified but inquest deemed unnecessary. Survived by widow and five children, three married, two daughters at home. from Orangeville Ontario, settled near Whitla since 1916.
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Richard Losea Babe
Whitla
Babe
O. Boyd
Allen
A.P.P
Orangeville
Ont
Whiltla
Grain inspection totals for wheat and other grains
Winnipeg notes inspections show wheat this year 0 compared with 171 last year under year contract. Oats 33 versus 6, barley 20 versus 29, flax 1 versus 1, rye 3 versus 1, others 1 versus 0.
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Winnipeg
20 Percent Express Rate Cut for Vegetables
After a year of lobbying the local Chamber of Commerce, the CPR Express Co. agrees to reduce vegetable rates from Medicine Hat to all points east to Winnipeg for the season May 15 to November 15, by about 20 percent. The move follows persistent pressure to lower freight costs for farmers and merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
C.P.R. Express Co
Medicine Hat
Winnipeg
Bomb Explodes in Genoa Ahead of Italian Royal Visit
A bomb exploded in Genoa's business district hours before King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Elena arrived to launch the liner Fiat. The blast shattered windows and caused panic, linked to ongoing bombings in the city. A consignment of explosive fountain pens was recently found addressed to the Fascist party headquarters.
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Genoa
Italy
Associated Press
Victor Emanuel
Elena
Fiex
Fascist Party
Pangborn and Herndon Forced Down In Cossack Republic
Pangborn and Hugh Herndon Jr., world fliers, made a forced landing today at Jietiegari about 150 miles from Kus taninsk in the Cossack autonomous Republic. They landed at 8:50 a.m. Moscow time and aid was sent to assist. Kustaninsk lies along the Trans-Siberian Railway between Omsk and Ekaterinburg, southwest of Moscow.
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Moscow
Associated Press
Pangborn
Hugh Herndon, Jr
Jietiegari
Kustaninsk
Cossack Autonomous Republic
United States
Metal and Gold Trust
Civil Aviation Society
Kustaniask
Omsk
Ekaterinburg
Measure to Parliament to annul Beauharnois grant
Parliament considers measures to annul the Beauharnois grant and related orders under the Navigable Waters Protection Act. The bill authorizes canal works between Lake St. Francis and Lake St. Louis by Beauharnois Light, Heat and Power Company and outlines government powers on water diversion, lands, and expropriation. The second measure questions the validity of prior Order-in-Council actions and an agreement with His Majesty.
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Clmlacls
Beauharnois Light, Heat and Power Company, Limited
Province of
Quebec
Lake St. Francis
Lake St. Louis
St. Lawreace
Canada
Governor-General-in-Council
St. Lawrence River
Governor-in-Council
Government of Canada
St. Lawrence
Order-in-Council
P.C
Lindberghs Begin Northward Flight From Ottawa
Col Charles Lindbergh and wife depart Ottawa by monoplane for Moose Factory on James Bay, a 460 mile hop. They refueled and rested overnight, with plans to depart between 9 A.M. and noon if weather holds, continuing their vacation flight toward Japan.
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Rockliff
Ottawa
Moore Factory
James Bay
Charles Lindbergh
Ottawa River
Lindbergs
Japan
Moose Factory
Embryo Port
Col
Hanford MacNider
United States
Canada
MacNider
House of Commons
Northlands
Royal Canadian Air Force
sub-Arctic
Doings in Parliament Ottawa August 1
Ottawa dispatch notes Parliament schedules for today with the Senate meeting at 10 30 am and the House of Commons at 11 am as efforts to dispose of remaining business and prorogue proceed. Yesterday the Senate adjourned and the Geauharnois committee report advanced on division along with a second reading of farm relief measures.
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Ottawa
Senate
House of Commons
Geauharnois
ESN
Future of Beauharnois Outlined in Commons Debate
Ottawa Aug 1 The future of Beauharnois was outlined in the House of Commons by Premier R B Bennett. Government proposals aim to complete the navigation and power scheme with major management changes. A report on Beauharnois passed on division with brief debate by Woodsworth Bennett and Miss Agnes MacPhail. A bill will be introduced Saturday for the project to be declared a work for the general advantage of Canada. Parliament may authorize diverting 53 000 cubic feet per second from the St Lawrence River. Four management options were outlined with Bennett indicating the first three unlikely and the Dominion possibly reorganizing or taking over under new parliamentary acts. The provinces and legal hurdles were noted as potential obstacles.
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Ottawa
Beauharnois
House of Commons
R. B. Bennett
Select Committee
Commons
J. S. Woodsworth
Labor
Winnipeg North Centre
Agnes MacPhail
Progressive
South East Grey
Quebec
Beauhagnois
Canada
St. Lawrence
Province of
Dominion
British flier Amy Johnson resumes Asia flight after stopovers
Amy Johnson, the British woman aviator, landed near Tcyaceinsk last night on her leg from England to Tokyo. She took off again for Nijludinsk after a brief halt and reached Krasnoyarsk early this morning.
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Moscow
Amy Johnson
Tcyaceinsk
England
Tokyo
Krasnoyarsk
Lord Strathcona Memorial Stone For Yale Building
Banff Alta July 31 A two ton stone block from Mount Sir Donald in the Canadian Rockies will form the corner stone of Yale Universitys Lord Strathcona memorial building. The rock was winched from 1400 feet above the track using a caterpillar tractor and moved on a flat car, a two day operation. Mount Sir Donald walls the Canadian Pacific Railway near Glacier B C and honors Donald Smith who became Lord Strathcona and later High Commissioner for Canada in Britain.
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Banff
Alta
Mount
Sir Donald
Carradian Rockies
Yale University
Lord Strathcona
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Rockies
Canadian Pacific
Glacier
B.C
Donald Smith
Dominion of Canada
Great Britain
Farm Board may sell wheat cotton on liberal terms
Washington sources report the United States Government has suggested to Germany that it might buy the wheat and cotton now held by Farm Board subsidiaries on liberal credit terms. The proposal is under consideration as a means to ease surplus holdings and support farmers.
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Washington, D.C
Associated Press
United States
Germany
Farm Board
Local Precipitation Reading At Airport Station
Official readings show total rainfall of .31 inches from recent precipitation events at the meteorological station located at the airport.
King Moves Amendment on Unemployment Relief Bill
In Ottawa on August 1 the amendment to the unemployment and farm relief bill was moved in the House of Commons by Rt Hon W L Mackenzie King. The proposal seeks to keep parliamentary control over expenditures and taxations by requiring a fixed sum to be appropriated only with Parliament’s definite approval. The move was made in committee to ensure Government accountability.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
W. L. Mackenzie King
Mr. King
Heat Wave Impacts Western Wheat Crops Report
Heavy heat battered the Western grain belt but recent rains eased drought across Saskatchewan Manitoba and Alberta. A Canadian Wheat Pool update shows July 29 crop conditions at 52 percent of normal with 78 points needing rain and 28 severely damaged by heat. Only 53 of 261 areas had enough moisture. 205 required rain as 40 districts faced poor outlook and continued stress on wheat and feed crops.
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Winnipeg
Prairies
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
West
Canadian Wheat Pool
Isaa
Prairie
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Richard Hosea
Herndon
Cossack Republic
Ministry of the Interior
Paris
France
Mr. Stinson
M. Briand
Arthur Henderson
M. Laval
Little Sisters of the’Poor Home For the
Pittsburg
Lindberghs
Bennett
Amy
Lord Strathcana
Yale
Univ
Rockies
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