Wheat Handling Methods and World Market Talks
William Irvine urged a national trading agency to let Canadian farmers sell products and buy requirements. Parker Maloney of Australia foresaw international producer organization after national unity, with talks in Ottawa and Washington on future wheat cooperation.
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Canada
United Farmers of Ontario
Wiliam Irvine
Wetaskiwin
Washington
Parker Miloney
International Organization of Producers of
Irvine
Toronto
William Irvine
M.T
Wetaskiwin Alberta
Agnes MacPhail
Gray
House of Commons
Wecnle
Australia
Ottawa
Alberta to Manage Fisheries on Saskatchewan Boundary Lakes
An agreement between Alberta and Saskatchewan puts Cold and Primrose lakes under Alberta fisheries administration. R T Redd will direct the program with costs and revenues shared equally. Alberta issues permits and sets regulations for the 1930 1931 season beginning December 15.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Cold
Primrose
R. T. Redd
R. G. Reid
Rodd
Mrs Stanley Baldwin Attacks Lloyd George at Buckingham Fair
Mrs Stanley Baldwin, wife of the Conservative leader, denounces Lloyd George as wrecking the country and puts big party before England at a Buckingham Conservative Fair. She questions Liberal support for the Labour Government and calls the position unpatriotic and unpatriotic for any man.
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Buckingham
England
David Lloyd George
Stanley Baldwin
Baldwin
Sue
Lloyd George
Victoria moves to fix local wheat price
In Melbourne on December 12 the Victoria Legislative Assembly was told a bill to let the state acquire the current crop and set a price for local consumption. The aim is to let farmers obtain a higher rate than the world price through state aid for wheat growers.
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Melbourne
Australia
Reuters
Victoria
Legislative Assembly
Bank of Montreal robbery in Winnipeg nets 8700
Three armed bandits held up the Bank of Montreal branch at Logar and Trinity Streets Winnipeg this morning and escaped with 8700. Fifty minutes after opening the trio entered and left in an automobile. The manager and staff were herded into the vault as the cashier’s cage was ransacked.
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Winnipeg
Bank of Montreal
Logar
Trinity Streets
Little
Freighter Says Crew Abandoned Schooner and Set Fire
The Swedish freighter Strassa reported it was heading to Boston with seven crew members from the schooner Amy A. McKean. The Amy A. McKean, en route from Swansea to Halifax, N S, was abandoned full of water and set on fire as a navigation menace.
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New York
Strassa
Radio Marine Corporation
Boston
Amy A. McKean
Swansea
Halifax
N.S
Some Rural Schools Will Be Closed Next Month
Rural education officials report stability in closures with no broad shutdown trend. Minister Perren Baker cites seasonal patterns and anticipated post New Year temporary closures due to tax selections and exhausted loans totaling 5 000. Equalization aid for small districts partly explains reduced lending. Locomotives Collide in Montreal. Cyr killed and four injured in snowbound crash at Eastern Junction near St Laurent.
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Fameton
Fon. Perren Baker
Montreal
Joseph O. Cyr
Canadian National Railways
Eastern Junction
St. Laurent
Farmers Unity League of Canada form after two day conference
After a two day meeting left wing farmers outlined plans for a new Farmers Unity League of Canada. They seek debt relief, tax relief, government funded education and healthcare, state financed social insurance, and centralized grading of farm products. Dues are two dollars yearly with local and central splits. Founding officers to include J Kapusta Arborg Fred Shunaman Crane Valley and Walter Wiggins Sturgis. Edmonton delegate to be chosen December 13 with Saskatoon as headquarters.
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Sasxateon
Dee
Whch
Farmers’ Unity League of Canada
J. Kapusta
Arborg
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Den ver Wagar and Cora Fodness wed at Westminster United Church
A quiet wedding was solemnized at the Manse of Westminster United Church on December 9. Den ver Jacob Wagar and Cora Louise Fodness, both of Whitla Alberta, joined in Holy Matrimony. Rev. A Wits Cann officiated.
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Westminster United Church
Denver Jacob Wagar
Cora Louise Fodness
Whitla
Alta
A. Wits Cann
Cypress Hills May Become a National Park
Negotiations between Saskatchewan and Alberta governments aim to create a national park in the Cypress Hills a large woodland and meadow region valued for tourism. Details are pending with proposed park areas around Maple Creek and Medicine Hat noting abundant streams trees high timber and plentiful game and fish.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Cypress Hills
Maple Creek
Medicine Hat
Houle Admits Theft of Islay Mail Bag Cash
John Houle former assistant postmaster at Islay was sentenced to three years for stealing 8000 from a registered mail bag. He confessed after police found 7830 of the money in the post office and his room. He claimed the act was impulse and later turned over the remaining funds to Constable Olsen.
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Edmonton
John Houle
Islay
Supreme Court
Justice Walsh
House
Bank of Montreal
A. P.P
Olsen
Vermilion
Reay
Lloydminister
Houle
Postoffice
Bruins Stenby wedding at Westminster Church Manse
A wedding took place Wednesday December 10 at Westminster Church Manse. Peter Harm Bruins of Seven Persons married Selma chelen Stenby of Whitla with Rev A Willis Cann officiating. The bride wore white satin and lace, carried roses and carnations. bridesmaid Esther Stendby wore pink crepe de chine. The groom was supported by John Bruins. The couple will reside near Seven Persons.
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Westminster Church Manse
Peter Harm Bruins
Selmachelen Stenby
Whit
A. Willis Cann
Esther Stendby
John H. Bruins
Esther Nilda
John
Hepps
Mrs. Bruins
Ani
Irs. Guenther
Conservative Party Works For Empire Development
The Conservative Party research department is studying the wheat quota scheme and Empire economic cooperation projects. Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin told a Glasgow gathering that they are ready to act when opportunity arises and believe Britain's future lies in Empire development.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Conservative
Stanley Baldwin
Light Keeper Dies After Fall At Otter Head Lighthouse
John Moore aged 62, assistant to Light Keeper Gilbert Mc Laughlin at Otter Head, died December 1 after falling down stairs in the lighthouse. He was found frozen in the 20 degree below zero cold by the light-tender Murray Stewart upon his return from gathering east end Lake Superior keepers. Moore had been bringing lunch to Mc Laughlin when he fell.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Murray Stewart
Sault
Lake Superior
John Moore
Gilbert McLaughlin
Otter Head
McLaughlin
Moore
Hastings priest Rev C G Brotherton dies after 26 years
The parish priest at Hastings Ontario Rev C G Brotherton passed away recently after serving the Hastings parish for 26 years.
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Brotherton
Hastings
Ont
Arrests of agitators in Cuba rioting
Havana reports government arrests of agitators believed responsible for recent disturbances. Dozens of warrants issued against leading nationalist figures and anti administration figures as island wide suspensions of constitutional guarantees continue. Except for a brief riot yesterday at Cienfuegos, the island remains quiet.
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Havana
Associated Press
Cienfuegos
Santa Clara
Government urged to probe Wheat Pool operations
Assiniboia Sask December 12 R J Hawthorne KC urged a government investigation into the Wheat Pool in a speech to the Assiniboia Board of Trade. He warned that several financial institutions could be in trouble if no minimum price is set. The board made no decision on further meetings.
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Assiniboia
Sask
R. J. Hawthorne
K.C
Assiniboia Board of Trade
A. M. Sproule
Hawthorne Rose
Sproule
T Reid
Trawthorne
Military Revolution in Spain Sparks Jaca Uprising
Madrid reports a military revolt after weeks of labor unrest as 3000 infantry and artillerymen fire on Jaca near the French border. Madrid orders troop trains to suppress the rebellion and imposes strict censorship on radio and telegraph communications.
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Madrid
Associated Press
Spain
Jaca
Revolution spreads as Spain faces general uprising
Martial law declared in central Spain and a proclaimed republic begins as Alcala Scamora named president by revolutionaries. Ramon Franco leads aviation revolt at Cuatro Vientos, fails, rebels surrender, and authorities tighten grip across Madrid Seville Valencia Barcelona.
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Madrid
Spain
Bilbao
Alcala Scamora
Ramon Franco
London
Reuters
Cuatro Venitos
Saragossa
Leopoldo Mattos
Interior
Associated Press
Quiepo Dellano
Cuatro Vientos
Ammuntion
Diaz
Lecan
Jaca
Seville
Valencia
Barcelona
Noted Dwarf Dies in Belfast Maine
Don ald Orman Robbins known as The Admiral, 44 inches tall, died after a brief illness in Belfast Maine. He was in his 71st year, born to a fisherman's family in East Belfast, and stopped growing at age ten. His father stood 6 ft 2 inches and weighed 20 pounds. A separate report from Quebec notes a minor earthquake reaching Murray Bay and nearby parishes causing rattled dishes.
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Belfast
Maine
Donald Orman Robbins
William Robbins
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