A Good Word Put in for The Press at the Banff Pacific Relations Talk
At Banff on August 24 the conference of the CPR heard that newspapers wield the greatest influence in shaping public opinion. Leaders from Britain the United States New Zealand Australia and Canada discussed news policies and the need for fair global reporting to foster sound public opinion and international understanding.
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Banff
Great Britain
United States
New Zealand
Australia
Canada
Cyn
Japan
China
Debts suspension and New Zealand planned exports debated
Retail Merchants seek to suspend the six year limit for debt actions and await legislative action while New Zealand discusses a proposed export plan linking quotas and exchanges with Britain to reduce tariffs. The discussion includes opposition on feasibility and impact on trade and debt collection.
Bennett Speech To Be Broadcast On Thursday
The Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission will air a national network broadcast of Rt. Hon R B Bennett on his return to Canada. He will address the Montreal Board of Trade dinner at the Ritz Carleton Hotel in Montreal about 8 15 EST.
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Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission
R. B. Bennett
Canada
Bennett
Montreal Board of Trade
Cll
Ritz-Carlemon
Montreal
Man Behind the Gun Shapes Soviet Industrial Power
At the Banff Springs Hotel Colonel Hugh L. Cooper is credited with building Stalin’s Dni eper hydroelectric project near Zaporozhye. The plan, by the Hugh L. Cooper Company, will generate over 750000 horsepower, power 70000 square miles, and spur ferrous alloys aluminum plants chemical works and a tractor plant. The project costs 60000000 rubles and may finish earlier than 1934. Cooper directs the effort and joins the American delegation to the Institute of Pacific Relations.
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M&init
D'Arcy Marsh
Banff Springs
Institute of Pacific Relations
Dr. Chang
China
Lord Snell
Hugh L. Cooper
Soviet Russia
Stalin
Dneper
Hugh L. Cooper Company
Kichkas
Zaporozhyek
Ukraine
Smolensk
Kiev
Dniepropetrovek
Zaporozhiye
Kherson
Thy
Rhine
Hamburg
Cal. Cooper
Banff
Floods Claim 45 in Atlantic hurricane path
The eastern United States endures floods from a tropical hurricane driving into the St. Lawrence valley. At least 45 people are dead and property damage is estimated around 10 million dollars, with totals likely to rise.
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New York
United States
Tropics
St. Lawrence Valley
Train crash at Broom's Landing kills five in Pennsylvania
Five people died and one more feared dead after a Pennsylvania Railroad inspection train collided with a car near Broom's Landing by the Susquehanna River south of Columbia. The incident disrupted service and prompted an emergency response.
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Lancaster
Pennsylvania Railroad
Broom's Landing
Susquehanna River
Columbia
Medicine Hat Easily Took Honors For Wind Velocity
The article notes Medicine Hat measured wind speeds higher than the July 19 Atlantic storm. It explains the local storm reached 98 to 105 miles per hour when corrected, with data from the local meteorological station under Mr. Pickering. The wind caused damage including uprooted trees and damaged roofs.
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Prairie City
Medicine Hat
Jce
Atlantic Seaboard
Pickering
Fad
Grain Dept Ledger Notes and Track Street References
Ogilvie Grain Dept records list figures from Oct 71 through May 78 with multiple 1s and 8s. Entries include Dec 73 1-8 to 1-4 and No 1 Nov 69 3-4 along with 70 track and 50s street references.
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Ogilvie Grain Dept
Cuban provisional president dissolves congress elections set
In Havana on August 25 1933 provisional President Me Cespedes issued a decree erasing Machado regime remnants. Congress is dissolved and elections are called for February 24 1934. Measures declare Machado acts since 1929 unconstitutional while maintaining international obligations.
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Havana
Me Cespedes
Machado
Congress
Gerardo Machado
Coughlin Charges Detroit Bankers With Fake Records
The Detroit priest denounces the Detroit Free Press for forged stock statements and accuses three former bank officials of possible federal indictment. He claims the Detroit Bankers’ Company hid false reports related to bank closures while naming officials of the holding firms. A local obituary notes the death of Robert Moffatt, 78, of Hockley Ontario.
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Joe Truit
Mich
Charles
Coughlin
Feebery
Detroit Free Press
Detroit
Harry EB. Ierdan
Fee
Ube
Father Coughlin
FE. D. Stair
Free Press
Detroit Bankers’ Company
First National Bank
Stair
United States
Peter J. Monaghan
Wilson W. Millis
First National
Detroit Looters’ Company
Plane crash isolates Chicago party in northern British Columbia
Captain C A Simmons and three companions from Chicago crashed in a monoplane about 200 miles northwest of Dawson Creek, B C. All members are safe, while Betty and Paul Rossbach remain in Dawson Creek. The terrain is rugged with few landing spaces and rescue by air unlikely. The party may rely on foot travel or saddle horses, carrying rations, firearms and parachutes.
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Dawson Creek
Halfway Country
C. A. Simmons
Chicago
Insull Indictment Revealed as Extradition Sought
A U S district attorney released a suppressed indictment charging Samuel Insull Sr and ten others with bankruptcy law violations. The case centers on extradition from Athens Greece under treaty provisions as authorities seek Insull’s return.
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Chicago
Samuel Insull
United States
Dwight H. Green
Athens
Greece
Machado Likely To Migrate To The Dominion
Ottawa reports a cable to the Bahamas governor arranging entry for General Gerardo Machado and three associates into Canada. Machado plans a two to three month stay in Montreal and Ottawa and officials expect admission, noting political offenses not an impediment to a foreigner’s entry.
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Ottawa
Bahamas
Canada
Gerardo Machado
Cuba
Machado
Montreal
Dominion
World Wheat Conference Reaches Export and Price Pact
The world wheat conference reached an agreement setting a export cap of 560 million bushels for chief exporters including Canada and a four month average world price around 93 cents a bushel in Canadian funds. It also commits to tariff reductions tentative targets and guarantees against rising import country production while ensuring breadstuff quality. A last minute hitch delayed signing as French text was prepared and the conference adjourned for the formal act.
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New Zealand
Institute of Peeliie
Repeceserata Coves
Alevidy
Great Britain
London
Canada
R. B. Bennett
Danubian Basin
Soviet Russia
Banks Credit Currency Form Combined System Reformation
The Manitoba farmer represented by co operative groups urged the Royal Commission on Banking to reform the Dominion system. They called for a central bank with currency issue power, credit control, public service aims, and international exchange cooperation to raise prices and relieve farm debt.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Royal Commission On Banking
J. T. Hill
Manitoba Co-operative Conference
Manitoba Pool
United Farmers of Manitoba
Canada
Dominion
Hill
Lord MacMillan
Commission
Hhuiainnaan
Bankers’ Bank
Hull
Roy McPhail
McPhail
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
John Bracken
Cattle Shipments to Britain from Montreal Markets
About 1600 head of cattle were received at Montreal markets for shipment to Great Britain in the past week. 474 left today on the Manchester Brigade bound for Birkenhead, with the Canadian Prospector Varulia and Salairia to follow later. Weekly receipts totalled 16 363 head including 1735 cattle 3456 calves 4037 hogs and 7135 sheep and lambs. Three young Calgarians Mike Leak David Fisher and John Cyndal started a bicycle tour of Canada and the United States.
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Montreal
Great Britain
Manchester Brigade
Birkenhead
Varulia
Salairia
Mike Leak
David Fisher
John Cyndal
Canada
United States
Prime Minister Sails for Home After Wheat Conference
Prime Minister R. B. Bennett will return to Canada aboard the Empress of Britain tomorrow after presiding over the World Wheat Conference and securing an agreement. Saskatchewan Provincial Treasurer M. A. McPherson also departs tonight for Greenock to board the Duchess of Richmond.
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London
R. B. Bennett
Canada
M. A. McPherson
Saskatchewan
Greenock
Trade Minister Denies Wheat Surplus Figures
Ottawa August 25 Hon H H Stevens minister of trade and commerce said published figures overstated Canada's export surplus by at least 115 million bushels. He argued the 480 million bushels claim is inaccurate and damages Canadian marketing interests.
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Ottawa
Canada
H. H. Stevens
Dominion
Drought Force Alberta Farmers to Rally Help
Southern Alberta farmers and ranchers, facing the worst drought since 1893, plan to move cattle to northern fields for feeding. Hon. George Hoadley visited as a stockmen delegation pressed for shipping Southern Alberta herds north. Widespread slough drying threatens thousands of waterfowl families and local wildlife actions via the Calgary Fish and Game Association and regional officials.
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Alberta
W. J. Selby
Calgary
Forest Fire Ravages Brush Near Vancouver
The August blaze swept through brushland driven by a stiff breeze from the east. Firefighters reported rapid spread with several outbreaks and efforts continuing into the night as weather hindered containment outside the city.
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Russia
Poona
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Rantoul
Lis
Chanute Field
Air Corps
San Francisco
Bombay
U.S
Robert Moffatt
Hockley
Ont
B.C
Royal Commission
Tomorow
R. B
Alta. Cattle Co
Conditi
Vancouver
Lambar
Cag Haney
Ana Ro
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