Pattullo Proposes Nation Wide Building Plan
Premier T D Pattullo of British Columbia urges a relief conference to launch a currency inflated public works program worth 150 to 200 million dollars annually. The plan calls for interest free loans to provinces for wharves bridges highways and public buildings to be repaid by yearly installments.
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Ottawa
Aug. I
C.P
Dominion
T. D. Pattullo
British Columbia
Pattullo
Dominion premiers push for expansion of credit to fund work over relief
At the Dominion provincial conference in Ottawa premiers from British Columbia Manitoba and Ontario urged the federal government to expand credit to fund work programs addressing unemployment. Discontent rose over anticipated reductions in direct relief but delegates backed the view relief is a provincial matter.
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Ottawa
C.P
British Columbia
Manitoba
Ontario
Dominion
Canada
Cabinet Council
R. B. Bennett
House of Commons
Rumors swirl as Hindenburg nears end in 1930s Germany
Reports from Neu deck and Berlin say President Paul von Hindenburg lies in a coma with death near. Adolf Hitler travels to Neudeck to be at the bedside after ordering the cabinet back from vacation for a session tonight.
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von Hindenburg
Hitler
Berlin
C.P
Reich
Paul von Hindenburg
Frederick Wilhelm
Louis Ferdinand
Ford
Detroit
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Associated Press
Neudeck
Canada Drops From U.S. Reciprocal Trade List
Washington reports Canada and five others are eliminated from immediate reciprocal trade talks due to political and economic concerns. Britain Germany Soviet Russia Argentina and Austria also face delay while Sweden Portugal and others remain under consideration. Brazil and a Latin bloc are slated for early new agreements as Cuba talks proceed.
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Ottawa
C.P
Washington
Canada
United States
R. B. Bennett
Roosevelt
State Department
Tariff Bargaining Committee
Great Britain
Germany
Soviet Russia
Argentina
Austria
Tariff Committee
Sweden
Portugal
Brazil
Bar
William D. Herridge
Walter Runciman
Board of Trade
Hitler
Soviet
Russia
America
Manitoba Conservative Convention Planned in Brandon
The Manitoba Conservative Association will hold its annual convention in Brandon on October 3. President H. A. Mac Neil announced the gathering. Speakers will include Premier R. B. Bennett who may inaugurate a Western speaking tour after the conventions.
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Winnipeg
C.P
Manitoba Conservative Association
Brandon
H. A. MacNeil
R. B. Bennett
MacNeil
Honey flood wall yields 109 pounds in Ontario home
Jas Mahoney of Salem was forced from his bedroom by bees but found on tearing down a wall that it hid a large stash of honey. The family and neighbors enjoyed more than 109 pounds of the sweet find.
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Elora
Ont
C.P
Jas. Mahoney
Salem
Mahoney
Canoe Capsize Near Stettler. Five Youths Rescued
In Buffalo Lake near Stettler five youths clung to an overturned canoe for two hours as a companion swam two miles to shore to summon help. The craft with G Page B Costigan and F Costigan aboard capsized during a race for the island. A canoe with L White S Skinner and J Sharpe then capsized. White swam two miles for shore to secure aid.
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Calgary
Buffalo Lake
Stettler
G. Page
B. Costigan
F. Costigan
L. White
S. Skinner
J. Sharpe
White
Five men arrested in Toronto kidnap conspiracy case
Police say a group planned to kidnap James Stanley McLean, president of Canada Packers, take him by auto to a tunnel near a Humber river tourist camp with excavation work, planks and tools found. One man tried to buy chloroform from a New Toronto druggist but was refused. The five detainees were remanded without bail until Aug. 9.
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Toronto
Frank Wood
John Stanley McLean
C.P
James Stanley McLean
Canada Packers, Limited
McLean
Humber River
Humber
Mimico
Weston
Appeal to Washington in New Orleans clashes with Huey Long
Hundreds of national guardsmen were mobilized at Jackson barracks as New Orleans officials appealed to Washington for aid to curb Huey P. Long. Militia moved after seizing the voting registration office and held it by force during the day as state authorities faced charges of improper militia use.
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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 Seen Cut by British Quota
Wellington reports Britain seeks a quota on NZ meat exports to the United Kingdom. Exports could fall about 25 000 tons across cattle and around 1 500 tons of pork. Prime Minister Forbes notes legislation needed to enforce restraints. London bill grants emergency aid to cattle industry with up to 15 million dollars in bounties for fat stock.
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Wellington
N.Z
C. P
Reuters
Great Britain
New Zealand
United Kingdom
London
C.P
Belgium and France Welcome Baldwin Rhine Frontier Assertion
Belgium and France praised Stanley Baldwin's claim that Britain's frontier has shifted from Dover to the Rhine. Belgian papers highlighted Sir John Simon's 15 year old warning on Belgian territorial integrity. Paris papers echoed approval of Britain's air program and Locarno references in Baldwin's speech.
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Brussels
C.p.-Havas
Belgium
Stanley Baldwin
House of Commons
England
Dover
Rhine
Baldwin
Sir John Simon
Great Britain
Dover Cliffs
Echo de Paris
Entente Cordiale
le Jour
Locarno
Korean floods in South Korea kill or miss over 300
The Korean Governor General reports more than 300 deaths or missing persons after floods in South Korea. Losses total about 9 million dollars with 42,000 houses swept away 53,000 inundated and over 300,000 acres of farms destroyed. Italian troops on the Austrian border to be withdrawn soon, officials say.
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Tokyo
South Korea
Rome
Strikers Riot at N S Mine in Nova Scotia
At Stellarton Nova Scotia Aug 1 striking Acadia Coal miners attacked with stones injuring several nonstrikers and Constable J Neilsson who suffered a deep cut. Police repelled attackers as a mob of about 500 watched from the Allan shaft area and wash house.
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Stellarton
N.S
Acadia Coal Company
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Allan Shaft
J. Neilsson
Albion
Allane
Stone
Neilsson
Veteran Ejected By Hunger Marchers In Toronto Meeting
In Toronto a veteran at the Canadian Corps reunion was ejected from a hunger marchers meeting in the Labor Temple after he urged veterans to sleep at the Coliseum. He wore his division armband and beret and shouted an invitation to stay with fellow veterans. The crowd dragged him to the door as he protested the expulsion.
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Toronto
C.P
Labor Temple
Coliseum
East York
Parliament Adjourns Until October 10 in Britain
London Aug. 1 Parliament adjourned until Oct 10 unless the lord chancellor and speaker call an earlier session. About fifty public bills passed this session with key items including betting and lotteries reform and penalties for inciting disaffection among His Majesty's forces. The autumn will wrap up remaining business in a fortnight to three weeks before a new session opens, with India’s constitutional issue as the main focus.
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London
C.P
House of Parliament
House of Commons
Senator McRae Returns From Coppermine District Flyover
Senator A. D. McRae and his party visited Great Bear Lake after a flight over the Coppermine district marking a notable northern tour.
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A. D. McRae
Great Bear Lake
Coppermine District
Native Sons Call for Unemployment Relief Ease
In annual convention the Native Sons of Canada urged the federal government to bear more of unemployment relief costs. A second resolution demanded a referendum before Canada enters any war like action, opposing covert war plans without public consent. Prime Minister Hertzog and Oswald Pirow denied a secret Anglo South African war pact, stressing Parliament and public sole control over going to war.
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Winnipeg
C.P
Native Sons of Canada
Canada
Bloemfontein
South Africa
Reuters
J. T. M. Hertzog
Oswald Pirow
United Kingdom
Orange Free State National Congress
Alnater
Britain
Dominions
Ottawa Plans 50 Million Dollar Low Interest Loan
Ottawa announces a 50 million dollar loan arranged with Chase National Bank of New York at two percent interest maturing in one year. The move funds a 60 million dollar treasury note issue, with 10 million from government cash balances to refund notes bearing four percent. Savings total about 1 million. The new issue may be called June July or August and involves no public offer. A Canadian education delegation travels to Germany for the Oberammergau play.
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Ottawa
C.P
Dominion
Chase National Bank of New York
E. N. Rhodes
Treasury
New York City
Bremen
Germany
C.P. Havas
Overseas ,Educational League
National Council of Education of Canada
Burgos
Munich
Oberammergau
Major Ney
Ball
Miner Fatal Accident Near Vanderhoof
Prince Rupert reports two miners Bob Fornasa and Steve Cernek in their thirties were killed in a placer mine accident on Vital Creek north of Vanderhoof. No further details available as word of tragedy reached the city today.
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Prince Rupert
Bob Fornasa
Steve Cernek
Vital Creek
Vanderhoof
Prince of Hates Rents Home for Month in Wyoming
A brief item notes an unnamed individual renting a house in Wyoming for about a month. The short report provides few details beyond the duration and location.
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Wydon
Ae A Yas
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