Labatt Ransom Time Limit Passes Without Tracing Missing Man
Toronto and London police pursue a $150000 abduction ransom case involving John S Labatt and John H Labatt. A note from “Three Fingered Abe” demanded payment within 24 hours and threatened death, while family and authorities seek leads across Ontario and Detroit officials.
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LaBatt
Toronto
C.P
Toronto Star Today
John H. Labatt
London
John Labatt
Ont
United States Department of Justice
Detroit
Vincent T. Foley
Efie
Flugh Labatt
John S. Labatt
Sadocl
PF Pen Clin
Abe
Ontario
Sarnia
Alberta to spend 300000 for relief work and highway
Alberta will spend 300000 to provide jobs for unemployed on relief in cities and towns and 125000 more to finish the Jasper to Edmonton stretch of the trans Canada highway. The Dominion will cover half the cost and lend 150000, with lump sums for relief aid and targeted civic works to Edmonton Calgary and Lethbridge. A 25000 Dominion grant aids a new Ponoka mental institution building.
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Jasper
Edmonton
Alberta
Ottawa
TOBAY
Dominion
Calgary
Banff
Saskatchewan
Calgary Herald
Jolans
Lethbridge
Ponoka
George Hoadley
Hoadley
German church policy worries American church official
The Rev. Dr. Henry Smith Leiper of the United States reports growing anxiety over German church policy. He cites Reichsbishop Ludwig Mueller’s arbitrary measures affecting churches abroad and plans to attend Danish meetings on Christian unity, where the German issue is a likely topic.
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John A. Bouman
Associated Press
Berlin
A.P
Henry Smith Leiper
United States
Leiper
Commission On
Federal Council ‘of Churches of ‘Christ In America
Reichbishop
Ludwig Mueller
Dr. Leiper
Denmark
Universal Christian Council For Life Work
World Alliance For International Friendship Through Churches
Blue Shirts Guard Body as Riot Fight Over Taxed Cattle
In Cork on August 15 six Blue Shirts stood guard over the farmer's body after police fired on a crowd resisting a forced sale of cattle seized for tax nonpayment. The event is linked to General Owen O'Duffy's fascist party with I J Cussen among the wounded.
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Cork
C.p.havas
Blue Shirts
Owen O'Duffy
Waited
Ireland Party
I. J. Cussen
Japan Seeks World Friendship Over Territory
Victoria reports K Inabata, Japanese industrialist and House of Peers member, insisting Japan desires world friendship more than land. He departs for Belgrade to attend a world inter parliamentary conference, cites need for mutual goodwill with America, and discusses China, economy, undercutting, and living costs.
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Victoria
C.P
Japan
K. Inabata
House of Peers
Yokoha
Belgrade
Russia
Inabita
United States
America
Inabata
China
Grain Duty Is Removed In Germany
Berlin August 15 A P German decree ends prohibitive tariffs on grain imports effective Tuesday allowing wheat spelt barley and oats to enter duty free subject to agricultural ministry regulation Reports say Germany may need to buy 3 to 4 million tons of various grains at an estimated 500 million marks to offset drought shortages.
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Berlin
Germany
Agricultural Ministry
German Foreign Trade In Bad Way
Berlin August 15 A P evidence of Germany s mounting foreign trade difficulties is shown by six month 1934 statistics Imports rose 10 percent while exports fell 12 percent versus the same period in 1933 The resulting import surplus reached 216 million marks against an export surplus of 291 million marks for January June 1933.
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Berlin
A.P
Germany
Customs Revenues Show Big Increase
Ottawa reports a sharp rise in revenue from customs and excise in the first four months of the fiscal year. April to July total reached 75,275,090 dollars, up from 56,877,015 last year, with income tax receipts up 927,392 dollars in the same period. July alone shows a 2,114,590 dollar customs gain over 1989.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Department of National Revenue
Mussolini Warns Of Falling Birth Rates Threatening Europe
Premier Mussolini termed the declining birth rate of whites the gravest problem of the epoch warning it will cause vast repercussions and threaten European peoples and civilization. He urged Italians to increase family sizes.
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Rome
A.P
Mussolini
II Duce
Iifo
Protection blamed for Nova Scotia industrial decline says expert
Prof Norman Rogers of Queen's University testifies before the Royal Commission on Nova Scotia's economy. He attributes the 1879 protection policy to concentrating manufacturing in Ontario and Quebec, aided by geography, as the main reason Nova Scotia lags behind central Canada in industrial development.
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Halifax
Canada
Royal Commission
Nova Scotia
Centre Canada
Quebec
Ontario
Norman Rogers
Queen's University
Nova
Edmonton Health Board Seeks Free TB Treatment for All Albertans
The Edmonton board of health advocates free tuberculosis treatment for every Albertan in need. The move aims to improve public health access and reduce disease spread across the province.
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Edmonton Board of Health
Roosevelt warns profiteers over drought price gouging
President Roosevelt told reporters there is plenty of food and no excuse for profiteering or consumer alarm. He warned chiselers seeking to push food prices would face federal action.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Destructive Hail Storm Hits Southern Alberta Farms
Farmers across a 50 mile stretch in Southern Alberta assessed losses after a severe hail storm late Tuesday. Estimated crop damage reached 500000 dollars as hail two to ten miles wide spread from Cayley to Champion and Carmangay. Hail depths reached 15 inches near farm buildings and many birds were killed.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
Cayley
Macleod
Champion
Carmangay
Aldtrsyde
Canadian Pacific Railway
Admiral Byrd recovering nicely in Antarctica base
Admiral Richard E. Byrd rests comfortably at Bolling advance weather base after a tractor party reached him. Dr. Thomas C. Poulter says it will take time to bring him back but notes Byrd is cheerful and relieved from daily solitary tasks.
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Lavile America
Antétrctica
A.B
Richard
Byrd
Bolling
Thomas C. Poulter
Alberta Resources Commission Meets in Ottawa
The Alberta natural resources commission appointed to examine Alberta claims for extra compensation from Dominion administration held its organizational meeting in Ottawa without fixing a hearing date. Hearings are scheduled to begin in late September or early October, according to Justice A C Dysart, chairman, with Justices Tweedie and George C Macdonald as fellow commissioners.
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Ottawa
C.P
Alberta Natural Resources Commission
Alberta
A. C Dysart
T. M. Tweedie
Alberta Supreme Court
George C. Macdonald
Montreal
Quebec Premier Warns Tampering With B N A Act
Premier L A Taschereau of Quebec said any tampering with the British North America Act would entail serious complications. He spoke in Montreal regarding reports that Premier R B Bennett planned an inter provincial conference in the fall to study constitutional amendments.
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Montreal
C.P
L. A. Taschereau
Quebec
R. B. Bennett
Dominion
Von Hindenburg's Will Found After Death
The will of Reich President Paul von Hindenburg has been discovered after his death. The document reportedly disappeared from the Field Marshal’s Neudeck estate and is now said to be in Adolf Hitler’s possession with a 1934 codicil showing Hindenburg’s approval of the Nazi movement and Hitler as Reich leader.
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Paul von Hindenburg
Franco German Pact Urged by Former Crown Prince
In Paris Aug 15 Le Petit Journal published an interview in a series on war asking if war will return. The former Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Germany doubts a new Franco German war, saying he will use his power to foster Franco German understanding. He notes both nations share democratic traits and a trend toward an aging population.
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Paris
C.p.-Havas
le Petit Journal
Friedrich Wilhelm
Germany
Great Britain
Dow Rites Held for Rev James A Dow in En derby
The Rev James A Dow died in Enderby British Columbia at age listed. Funeral arrangements and memorial services were announced by local church and parishioners, reflecting on his years of service and community work.
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James A. Dow
Enderby, B.C
Saar Front Walks Out of Saarbrucken Session In Protest
Deputies of the German Front staged a walkout from a stormy Saarland Landesrat session protesting the seizure of their offices and archives by the Saar governing commission. The incident followed a Hindenburg tribute. leftist groups criticized the speech as a reprieve for repression. The commission later sought more police in the Saar.
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Saarbruecken
German Front
Saar Commission
Geoffrey Knox
Saar
League of Nations
Cargo loaded as Rio Claro becomes first to load at Churchill harbor
The S S Rio Claro, after narrowly missing the Dalgleish steamer Dal Worth as the season's first into Churchill harbor, began loading 265000 bushels of grain at night. The ship expected to be fully loaded by Wednesday and will soon sail.
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Churchill
C.P
Gold Shipment Exports Soar Amid Inflation Fears
U S treasury approved export of a $1,000,000 gold shipment marking the first sizable export since the panic a year ago. Antiinflationists see it as an orthodox policy move timed to bolster confidence after silver plans faced inflation fears.
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Washington
C.P
United States
Treasury
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Tannenberg
O’duffy
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Rogers
Bole
Cayley-Champion Area
Admiral Byrd
Explorer
Alberta, Resources Commission
B.N.A
von Hindenburg
Adolph Hitler
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