Premier Pattullo advocates nation wide building plan
Premier T D Pattullo of British Columbia proposed a nationwide building programme costing 150 to 200 million dollars annually. The plan would inflate currency and loan funds to provinces interest free for public works including wharves bridges highways public buildings sewage and drainage projects. Provinces would repay the money yearly.
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Ottawa
C.P
Dominion
T. D. Pattullo
British Columbia
Pattuilo
Rumors Stir as Hindenburg Nears Death in Germany
In Neudeck Germany on August 1 1934 President Paul von Hindenburg lies in a coma as Adolf Hitler travels to be at the bedside. Reports claim Hitler plans a law to concentrate all power if the president dies, while the press is told not to speculate on a successor.
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von Hindenburg
Hitler
Ber Leane
Berlin
C.P
Reich
Paul von Hindenburg
Frederick Wilhelm
Louis Ferdinand
Ford Factory
Detroit
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Associated Press
Neudeck
Guards Raid Strike Centre in Minneapolis Scene
Guards captured the strike leadership at a truck drivers headquarters in Minneapolis as Adjutant General Walsh planned actions to prevent further meetings. Illicit gatherings were dispersed and two leaders Vincent Dunne and Mose Bork were marched to the stockade. In another note, 400 meat cutters and butchers laid down tools in sympathy with a week-old stockyards strike.
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Minneapolis
National Guard
E. A. Walsh
Fair Grounds
Vincent Dunne
Mose Bork
William Collins
Amalgamated Meat:Cutters and Butchers Workmen of
North America
Canada Off U. S. Reciprocal Trade List
Ottawa reports Canada eliminated from early talks on reciprocal trade due to political and economic issues. Other nations named as not ready include Great Britain Germany Soviet Russia Argentina and Austria with Sweden Portugal still under consideration. Brazil and Latin American partners may join talks once the Cuban pact concludes.
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Ottawa
C.P
Washington
Canada
United States
R. B. Bennett
Roosevelt
A.P
Great Britain
Germany
Soviet Russia
Argentina
Austria
Brazil
William D. Herridge
Walter Runciman
Board of Trade
Russia
America
Canoe Capsize Near Buffalo Lake Sends Distress Rumor
Five youths clung to a overturned canoe for two hours in Buffalo Lake near Stettler while a companion swam two miles to shore to summon aid. Three were aboard when the craft capsized during island racing. a second canoe soon capsized and rescue efforts followed.
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Calgary
Buffalo ‘Lake
Stettler
G. Page
B. Costigan
F. Costigan
L. White
S. Skinner
J. Sharpe
White
Five Men Arrested Over Kidnapping Conspiracy in Toronto
Five men were arrested on a conspiracy to kidnap James Stanley McLean, president of Canada Packers, Limited, for $100000. Police say they planned to abduct him near the Humber river and detain him in a tunnel under cabins at a tourist campground. Police reported excavation work and materials found at the site. The men were remanded without bail until August 9.
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Toronto
Frank Wood
John Stanley McLean
C.P
James Stanley
McLean
Canada Packers, Limited
Humber
Oea
Mimico
Torortto
Weston
New Orleans Mobilizes National Guard in Huey Long Stand
Hundreds of guardsmen were mobilized at Jackson barracks as New Orleans leaders appealed to Washington for help against Huey P. Long. Militants seized the voting registration office, with militia holding the office by force.
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New Orleans
Huey Long
A.P
Jackson Barracks
Washington
United States
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Senator Long
New Orleans National Guard
Registrar of Votes
New Zealand Meat Exports Hit by UK Quota Request
Wellington reports Britain seeks a quota on NZ meat exports to the United Kingdom likely cutting overall exports by about 25 000 tons of cattle and 1500 tons of pork plus quotas urged on other Dominions Prime Minister Forbes says legislation is needed to enforce limits. London approves emergency aid bill for cattle industry authorizing 15 million dollars in bounties for fat stock slaughter in the UK with specific rates.
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Wellington
N.Z
C. P
Reuters
Great Britain
New Zealand
United Kingdom
London
G. W. Forbes
C.P
Baldwin shifts frontiers to Rhine in British defense plan
Brussels reports Belgium greets Prime Minister Baldwin's Commons remark that Britain now views the Rhine as its frontier beyond Dover. Paris papers Hohe de Paris and Le Jour note the shift during Baldwin's defense of a new air program and link it to Locarno obligations and entente allies. The pieces discuss implications for European security and potential easing of tensions.
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C.p.havas
Belgium
Stanley Baldwin
Commons
Kingland
Dover
Rhine
Baldwin
John
Simon
House of Commons
Britain
Dover Cliffs
Echo de Paris
Entente Cordiale
Great Britain
le Jour
Flood Toll in Korea Tops Loss Estimates
The Korean Governor General reported more than 300 dead or missing after floods in South Korea. Losses exceed 9 million dollars, with 12,000 houses swept away 53,000 inundated and over 300,000 acres of farms destroyed. Italian troops on the Austrian border are expected to be withdrawn soon.
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Tokyo
South Korea
Rome
Strikers Riot at N S Mine in Stellarton
Chaos erupts as Acadia Coal miners riot injuring several and smashing property. Mounties pelted by stones. Constable J Neilsson knocked unconscious with a cut above the eye amid crowds of up to 500 watching the unrest at Allan shaft and Albion pit sites.
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Stellarton
N.S
Acadia Coal
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Allan Shaft
J. Neilsson
Albion
Allan
Neilsson
Veteran Ejected By Hunger Marchers
In Toronto a veteran at the Canadian Corps reunion was ejected from a hunger march meeting in the Labor Temple. He wore division arm bands and beret and urged veterans to sleep at the Coliseum, prompting several marchers to remove him. He shouted defiant remarks as the doors closed.
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Toronto
C.P
Labor Temple
Coliseum
East York
Parliament adjourns until October in Britain
Parliament rises for a recess in London with the house adjourned to October unless early assembly is deemed necessary. About fifty public bills were passed this session including measures on betting and lotteries and incitement to disaffection in the armed forces. The next session will focus on India’s constitutional change.
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London
C.P
House of Parliament
House of Commons
India
Senator McRae Returns From Coppermine District Flight
Senator A. D. McRae and his party conducted a flight over the Coppermine district and returned to the Great Bear Lake area, signaling ongoing regional engagement.
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A. D. McRae
Great Bear Lake
Coppermine District
Aver Native Sons Call for Generous Relief Aid
The Native Sons of Canada at Winnipeg demand the federal government share unemployment relief costs more generously. They also urge a referendum before Canada takes any warlike action and oppose entering any war without public express consent.
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Canada
Winnipeg
C.P
Native Sons of Canada
Bloemfontein
South
Africa
Reuters
J. 'l. M. Hertzog
Oswald Pirow
South Africa
United Kingdom
Orange Free State National Congress
Britain
Ottawa Loan Floated at Very Low Interest Rate
Ottawa announces a 50 million dollar loan negotiated with Chase National Bank of New York at two percent interest maturing in one year. The loan refunds 60 million dollars in four percent treasury notes due October first, with notes called September first. Savings in interest over the year total about 1 million dollars and no public offer is planned.
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Ottawa
C.P
Dominion Financing
Chase National Bank of New York
E. W. Rhodes
Treasury
New York City
Rupert Miners Killed in Tragic Incident
Two workers named Bob Fornasa and Steve Prince died in a mining accident in Rupert during the 1930s. Authorities investigated the scene and declared their deaths on-site. Local union leaders called for safety reforms following the fatalities.
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Bob ‘Fornasa
Steve Prince
Rupert
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