U F A Conference Backs Social Control Of Finance
Edmonton August 11 The U F A conference adopted a resolution calling social control of finance the first step to improve conditions while delaying a verdict on the Douglas social credit plan A competent body would draft details for applying the proposed monetary policies The meeting noted abundant goods but faulty distribution Speakers also expressed confidence in former Premier J E Brownlee's innocence amid charges.
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Douglas
Dominion Cabinet
Edmonton
C.P
U.F.A
J. £. Brownlee
Wind Dims as Forest Firefighters Gain Rest
Dawn brings cautious optimism as the Elkwater forest fire eases. About a hundred reinforcements join the effort, wind slackens and possible rain offers relief, though officials fear a south wind could renew danger as flames threaten the Thelma roadway area.
Drought Crisis Presses Prairie Provinces Officials
Ottawa cabinet weighs the drought disaster in Saskatchewan and portions of Alberta and Manitoba. Premier Gardiner travels to Regina after talks with Premier Bennett while Agriculture Minister Taggart meets Robert Weir to map relief plans. Alberta’s Headley also conferences before Toronto return. In Chicago, heat claims over 50 lives as relief rains arrive elsewhere.
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Ottawa
C.P
Prairie Provinces
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
J. G. Gardiner
Regina
R. B. Bennett
G. Taggart
Robert Weir
George Headley
Weir
Toronto
Ontario to test cash relief under new unemployment plan
Toronto Aug 11 cash relief may replace vouchers in Ontario municipalities with department approval. A re registration and reinvestigation of relief recipients will be completed in Hamilton Ottawa and Toronto by Sept 15 and in others by Sept 1. Cash relief allowed only to workers who perform work at prevailing pay rates arranged by the municipality.
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Tormonto
C.P
Ontario
Supieme
Department of Public Welfare
David Croll
Public Welfare
Ikelief
Hamilton
Ottawa
Payment to Fishermen Shuttled by U.S. Shipping
During the past five days a total of 500000 dollars has been paid to fishermen cannery men and ship crews through the U S shipping commissioner and operating companies directly representing no due for work during the salmon fishing season in Alaska on the largest fleet of merchant vessels in the northern route.
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A.P
U.S. Shipping Commissioner
Alaska
Appeal for 100 blankets to aid Cypress Hills fire fighters
Citizens of Medicine Hat are urged by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to donate 100 blankets for fire fighters in the Cypress Hills. Rough wool blankets are preferred as nights are cold and many men have had little sleep since Tuesday or Wednesday. Blankets will be returned to owners, and Scout volunteers will collect them by calling Botter's store or Mr King’s office.
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Medicine Hat
Cypress Hills
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Aid. J. A. King
Boy Scout Association
Botter’s
Angola Prison Break Ends in Fatalities and Casualties
Two convicts were reported killed after 13 inmates escaped from Angola State Penitentiary in Baton Rouge. Raymond Candler and Bill Bryant were among the dead. six escapees were wounded and captured, while five surrendered unscathed.
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Baton Rouge
R. L. Himes
Angola
Raymond Candler
Bill Bryant
Wheat Prices Slump Across Markets and Canada Carryover Drops
Wheat prices slid on the Winnipeg Grain Exchange as bearish United States and Canadian crop data weighed on futures. October at 87.25 cents, December 88.375 to 88.50, May about 91.75 cents. Chicago also fell five cents, with no buyers at low levels. Canada’s crop report shows carryover of 193,322,863 bushels, down from last year, with farmers' stocks listed for wheat oats barley flax seed rye.
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Winnipeg
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
United States
Chicago
Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Dr H Barton Named as Marketing Board Head
Ottawa August 11 The Canada Marketing Board named with Dr Horace Barton as chair amid a slate of university career holding members including Dr J F Booth Dr A K Eaton Clive B Davidson and A Gooselin The board will not buy or sell for producers and will instead select producers to do so The initial focus is a proposed apple export scheme with Nova Scotia British Columbia and Ontario cooperation
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Ottawa
C.P
Canada Marketing Board
R. B. Bennett
Horace Barton
J. F. Booth
Department of Agriculture
A. K. Eaton
Department of Finance
Clive B. Davidson
Bureau of Statistics
A. Gooselin
Robert Weir
Nova Scotia
British Columbia
Ontario
Britain Germany trade pact fails to sway Lancashire yarn makers
A new Britain Germany trade agreement publicized last night leaves Lancashire yarn manufacturers resistant to selling in Germany before old debts are settled. The move preserves a policy they adopted days earlier despite government assurances of a solid settlement. A separate note reports cotton trade groups protesting high Australian duties on yarn and piece goods, claiming Ottawa agreement breach.
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London
Harold P. Braman
A.P
Great Britain
Germany
Ottawa
United Kingdom
Australia
Board of Tagde
Smuts Declares South Africa’s Peace Conference Appointment
General Jan Christiaan Smuts displayed a card claiming his 1919 appointment by the King as delegate to the Paris Peace Conference from the Union of South Africa. He argued South Africa’s independent status within the British Empire was settled then and that he was authorized to sign the treaty for South Africa.
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Pietermaritzburg
South Africa
C.P
Jan Christiaan Smuts
Natal
South African Party
British Empire
Smuts
Great Britain
Union of South Africa
Apple Crop Estimates in Nova Scotia Districts
The average apple crop estimate in the districts of Nova Scotia compared with 1933 is slightly more than half the production of last year.
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Nova Scotia
Dominion Education Research Bureau to be formed in Canada
The Canadian Teachers Federation plans a Dominion Education Research and Statistical Bureau with headquarters in Vancouver. Harry Charlesworth will head the committee with members J. W. Barnett Edmionton T. E. Scott Saskatoon and Miss E Thompson Winnipeg, chosen at the federation’s annual convention.
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Toronto
C.P
Dominion Education Research and Statistical Bureau
Canadian Teachers’ Federation
Vancouver
Federation
Harry Charlesworth
J. W. Barnett
Edmionton
T. E. Scott
Saskatoon
E. Thompson
Winnipeg
Ontario Montmorency Cherry Crop Falls To Half
The Montmorency cherry harvest in Ontario ended with production at 50 percent of last year's level, signaling a sharp drop in supply for local markets and processors.
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Montmorency
Ontario
Firefighting Plea for Blankets From Médicine Hat
Forest Ranger George announces an urgent request for blankets to aid fire fighters in Médicine Hat. Ambrose's office and RCMP detachment head J K Barnes urge citizens to donate a hundred rough blankets for immediate use. Boy Scouts will collect and return items once used. Wind shifts and long night battles challenge the brigade as they shield the timber belt. Soup Kitchen organization receives praise for its help amid the blaze.
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Forest Ranger
George. Ambrose
Corp
J. K. Barnes
R.C.M.P
Médicine Hat
Piffin Kant
Hepburn Vows to Break Hold of Banks in Ontario
Streetville Ontario August 11 Premier Mitchell F Hepburn told about five thousand Liberals in Peel Park he would break the throttle hold of the banks contending they keep interest rates high. He warned banks may face a government savings bank expansion or loans from the United States if they refuse fair dealing. He cited equal pricing on refunding bonds and urged federal finance reforms to end monetary control.
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Streetsville
Ont
C.P
Mitchell F. Hepburn
Ontario
Peel Park
United States
Streetville
Duncan Marshall
Hepburn
Government Savings Bank
Dominion
Queen’s Park
Bennett
Famine Threat Grips Five Million in China
Shanghai reports indicate five million people face starvation amid severe droughts and floods across China. Brigand bands raid villages seizing food while peasant families starve. from Hankow unverified reports tell of wolves and tigers attacking isolated huts near Hupeh.
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Shanghai
China
Hankow
Hupeh
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