Shipping subsidies discussed at Pacific Relations convention
Banff Aug 15 Round table talks at the Institute of Pacific Relations fifth biennial convention examined shipping questions and subsidies. Governments seek lower transport costs to cut commodity prices and capture markets while US and Japanese subsidies support merchant fleets. Discussions noted two thirds of crew on Dollar lines and Australian ships be American, and warned governments may be overspending. Textiles and wheat demand in Asia were also touched on.
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Banff
Round Table
Institute of Pacific Relations
Round
Japan
United States
New Zealand
Great Britain
Asia
Post Machado Disorder Violence Surges in Havana
In Havana eight more people die amid post Machado unrest as de Cespedes government struggles to restore order. Wounds hit Principe prison inmates after guards fire on protests while officials seek recognition and debt relief talks with the United States move forward through Ambassador Sumner Welles. Major Alfredo Boffil appointed Havana police chief as civic leaders purge Machado era officials.
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Havana
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
Gerardo Machado
Principe
Sera
de Cespedes
Martinez Laeng
Treasury
United States
Sumner Welles
Machino
Alfredo Boffil
Boffil
Machado
Theity Hall
Lindberghs Plan Northward Mapping Flight to Europe
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh intend to continue their mapping flight to Europe if weather allows. After landing at Vatnagardar Sound near Reykjavik they spoke of England as a possible next destination following their Greenland leg from Angmagssalik.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
C. P. Cable
Charles
A. Lindbergh
Europe
Vatnagardar Sound
Angmagesalik
Greenland
England
Emperor of Japan Sets Command on Vast Naval Force
Aug 16 reports from Okosuka that the Japanese Emperor sails to take personal command of a monumental naval array. More than 100 fighting ships, nearly the entire first line of the fleet, are to participate in manoeuvres and an upcoming Far Eastern naval engagement.
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Tokuo
Emperor of Japan
Okosuka
Imperial Japanese Navy
Cory Car Found After Stolen Ford Smashed Crash
A Ford Sedan stolen from Mr M Cory's residence in late July was found nine miles west of Strathmore wrecked. Police report the high speed crash left the car in a ditch and tangled in barbed wire after overturning two or three times. The engine and frame remained. no injuries or removable items were found.
Rail and Water Circle Trips To and From California
William B. Wheeler of the Grace Line announced a Canada to California rail water circle plan with Canadian Pacific. Passengers may buy tickets at local offices and stop at commercial centers national parks and mountain resorts plus Grace Line steamers on a Spanish Americas tour via the Panama Canal. The fare includes meals and steamer staterooms with liberal rail overland privileges to Rocky Mountain Park Lake Louise Banff and other Northwest points.
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William B. Wheeler
New York
Medicine Hat
Schmid
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific
California
Canada
Spanish America
Panama Canal
Mr. Wheeler
Rocky Mountain Park
Lake Louise
Banff
Canadian Northwest
Unions Move to Sue Railways Over Deductions
Ottawa reports Railway Labor Unions plan to sue railway companies to recover money deducted from workers starting February 1 1933. Hon James Murdock states instructions have been sent to legal advisors to proceed with the suits.
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Ottawa
Canadian Press
James Murdock
Murdock
Railways Help Cut Alberta Public Debt Significantly
Edmonton reports a net $4.37 million reduction in Alberta’s public debt as of June 30, aided by railway instalment payments. The quarter saw revenues of $3.66 million and outlays of $4.01 million, with tax declines offset by gains in amusements gasoline and fur taxes.
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Edmonton
Royals Protest Thrown Out In Alberta Playoff
The Medicine Hat Royals protest of the Alberta playoff game with Blackie was dismissed by the Alberta Amateur Baseball Association. The protest fee was ordered returned and Blackie was ordered to advance to the provincial playdowns to meet Trochu in the senior championship semi final.
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Calgary
C. P
Medicine Hat Royals
Alberta
Blackie
Alberta Amateur Baseball Association
Trochu
Indians Flock Toward Banff For Indian Days
Stoney Indians and allied tribes totaling over six hundred depart their reserve forty miles east of Banff to attend the 44th annual Indian Days. Delegates from ten countries converge as the Institute of Pacific Relations holds its fifth biennial conference. Indian sports run for three days with pow-wow dances and songs in Stony Cree and English each evening at the site.
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Banff
Here
Banff Springs
Institute of Pacific Relations
Redskins
Kingston Flood Tragedy After Severe Jamaican Storm
An electrical storm and six hour flood killed about forty people in Kingston and St Andrew Jamaica. Flood waters reached six feet in streets destroying many homes and cutting off communication to the island's eastern end. Officials quote damage at two million dollars as the worst storm in eighty years.
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Kingston
Jamaica
St. Andrew
Fatal Farm Fire Claims Ontario Boy Sullivan
Three year old Roger Sullivan, son of Mr and Mrs J V Sullivan, died in a barn fire on the family farm southeast of Oyen Alberta. The blaze trapped him in a manger and investigators say matches likely caused the fire. His five year old brother Clinton escaped unharmed.
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Roger Sullivan
J. V. Sullivan
Oyen
Alta
Clinton
Parrish and MacGregor Win Provincial Honors in Guild
Vernon M. Parrish of Medicine Hat and Donald W. MacGregor of Daysland led Alberta with junior and senior district wins in the Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild model coaching contest. They earned all expense trips to Toronto and Chicago World's Fair and $100 gold, as major district winners, advancing to the two $5,000 university scholarship finals.
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Toronto
Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild
Vernon M. Parrish
Medicine Hat
Donald W. MacGregor
Daysland
Alberta
Chicago
Corpe
Canadian Aection of
Fisher
Body Craftsman’s Guild
Oshawa
Ont
Duncan Marshall Eyes Liberal Candidacy in Peel County
Brampton Ontario August 15 Duncan Marshall former Alberta minister of agriculture is named as a potential Liberal candidate for Peel county. It is believed his name will be placed before the Liberal convention in Brampton where Mitchell Hepburn will speak.
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Brampton
Ont
Peel County
Ontario
Duncan Marshall
Alberta
Mitchell F. Hepburn
Alberta fur industry grows on year end
Alberta game branch reports 1,215,084 pelts valued at 1,074,884 for year ending June 30, up from 1,145,788 pelts worth 877,331. Higher fur production and price reflect a stronger season and improved market demand.
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Alberta
Edmonton
Wheat futures fall to pegged minimums on Winnipeg exchange
Wheat futures in Winnipeg slumped to pegged minimum levels with declines of 13 1/2 to 13 3/4 cents. Chicago's five-cent drop followed by the Winnipeg rate drop tested October option at 70 1/4. December at 71 5/4 and May at 76 3/4.
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Winnipeg
C. P
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Chicago
Canadian Seaplane Crash Kills Three Near Bridge River
A Wells Transport Co seaplane crashed into Anderson Lake near Bridge River about dusk killing E. Dean and his wife and W J Butt. Pilot Gordon Mackenzie Olie Besner and A Gray Parker were injured and hospitalized in Vancouver. The craft sank quickly and bodies were recovered. survivors reached shore for help.
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Vancouver
Wells Transport Co
Anderson Lake
Bridge River
E. Dean
Pioneer
W. J. Butt
McGillivray Falls Lodge
Gordon Mackenzie
Olie Besner
Prince Rupert
A. Gray Parker
Dean
Butt
Vancouver Proposes Municipal Access to Dominion Financing
Vancouver advocates for a Dominion backed financing facility for municipalities to issue advances on municipal securities similar to banks under the Finance Act. The plan cites 3 percent bank advances and 5 to 7 percent municipal borrowing, with banks earning 2 to 4 percent on securities. Proceedings include calls for a central banking body and testimony from business leaders and academics.
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Vancouver
G. E. McCrossan
Royal Commission On Banking
Dominion
McCragsan
Widow Receives 15000 In Damages In Railway Death Case
Mr Justice Tweedie approved an agreement by the estate of Hilda Pollock Calgary and the Canadian Pacific Railway paying Mrs Pollock 15000 as compensation for her husband’s death in an accident near Croasfield on March 9 1931.
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Edmonton
Justice Tweedie
Hilda Pollock
Calgary
Canadian Pacific Railway
Gandhi Starts Fast Again Until Death in Poona
Gandhi began at noon today a new fast in Poona India vowing to fast until death. The arrest of a vice president on August 1 sparked a new disobedience camp. He was admitted to Yerods jail but refused to obey orders and threatened to start the same in protest. He is treated as an ordinary prisoner with certain privileges denied.
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Canadian National
Canadian Pacific Railways
Public Service
Item of American Exchange
Treasury
Poona
India
Gandhi
Theo
Yerods
Tamand
Illinois Wife Charged in Fatal Arson Attempt
In Rockford Illinois on August 15 1933 May Hanson was accused of arson in a plot to kill Earl Hanson by tossing gasoline lighting the basin in a car and fleeing after he burned. Hanson died after his daughter June was returned to her mother.
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Rockford
Earl Hanson
Hanson
June
Here
Poisoned: Akron Attorney Confesses in Arkansas Case
In Hot Springs Arkansas Mark H Shank an Akron Ohio attorney signed a confession that he poisoned four members of a family motive alleged as the imminent arrest of one victim for forgery papers. A letter from Shank was found in the victim Mrs Ethele Coleys pocket. Two sons aged 7 and 11 were found dead with their parents near Malvern after a fleeing from the woods.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Mark H. Shank
Akron
Ohio
Shank
Ethele Coley
Malvern
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