Labour Defies Liberal Support as Lords Force Dyestuffs Act
London reports a crisis between Lords and Commons over the Dyestuffs Act ending with the government yielding to peers. The license based ban on foreign dyestuffs is extended for one year while hinting at a future electoral push. Graham moves to non insist, Conservatives cheer, and Lords’ amendment extends operation by another year.
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London
Lords
Commons
House of Lords
William Graham
Board of Trade
House of Commons
Mr. Graham
Lahorite
Graham
Ir Phillip Cunliffe
Lister
Nearlier
Designer of New Plane Jumped To Death
The designer of a new army bombing plane leaped from the aircraft as the motor failed. Stephen A. Forberger, project engineer of the Fokker Company, died after his parachute failed to open in time. Lieutenant Harrison G. Crocker landed the craft safely a short distance away.
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Washington
Stephen A. Forberger
Fokker Company
Harrison G. Crocker
Army Air Corps
Forberger
Soviet Silent on Tokyo Note From Japan Embassy
Moscow reports the Soviet Foreign Commissariat made no statement about Japan sending instructions to its Tokyo embassy regarding the note. Officials noted the Japanese Embassy had received orders from Tokyo but delayed in carrying them out.
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Moscow
Soviet Foreign Commissariate
Tokyo
Viscount Willingdon Named Viceroy in India
London reports Viscount Willingdon Governor General of Canada was appointed Viceroy and Governor General to India succeeding Lord Irwin. The decision was announced as a flash across the wires from Canada.
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Viscount Willingdon
India
Canadian Press
London
Canada
Lord [Irwin
Reed Immigrant Bill Faces Senate Resistance
Washington officials urged limiting immigration under the national origins system. Secretaries Stimson and Doak proposed a 90 percent cut if Congress acts, while state and labor leaders opposed the Rea bill to bar immigration except relatives of US citizens for two years.
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Washington
Stimson
Doak
Congress
State
Labor Department
Senators
Immigration Committee
United States
Canada
Mexico
Montreal man Belisle dies on scaffold at Bordeaux jail
Paul Belisle was hanged at Bordeaux jail at 8 am for the murder of Con stable Dollard Pelletier. He faced the scaffold calmly as the execution proceeded swiftly this morning.
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Montreal
Paul Belisle
Bordeaux
Dollard Pelletier
Belisle
Fastest Warship in World Unveiled by British Navy
London reports the new destroyer flotilla leader Codrington, 1520 tons, completed June at Swan and Hunter Glasgow, reaches 40 knots, capable of Atlantic crossing in about three and a half days at top speed, surpassing rivals in other navies.
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New York
The
New York Times Today
London
Bhout
Codrington
Swan and Hunter
Glasgow
Atlantic
Big Gusher in Oklahoma Afire Threatens Nearby Town
Wewoka Oklahoma December 19 The South Wewoka oilfield barely five months old with three producers was endangered by a blast at a Rock Oil Corp well. A gas flow of over 30 000 000 cubic feet sprayed oil as a fire swept the site. Town residents fled and 16 adjacent wells at the Davin farm stirred fear of wider fire reaching the city.
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Wewoka
Okla
Wekoka
Ipnd Parc
Cp Rock Oil Corporation
Rgar
Jreds
Davin
Aity
Miller and Grove Convicted in Train Murder Case
Conrad Montana reports Harry E. Miller and Thomas I. Grove were convicted of murder in the death of John Wright, an English war veteran, on a Great Northern freight train on September 20. Wright was beaten, robbed, and his body found at a coal camp identified by British Army discharge papers. both men received life imprisonment.
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Lethbridge
Conrad
Montana
Harry E. Miller
Thomas I. Grove
John Wright
Great Northern
Wright
MacDonald Pleads Unity to Avoid Early Election
New York Times cables from London report Premier MacDonald urging House of Commons Labor members to avoid a near term general election and back a unified legislative program. Some MPs warn six months could spell party suicide while Sir Oswald Mosley backs the government but cautions on electoral windfalls for the Conservatives. The Parliamentary Labor group votes 163 to 20 for the electoral reform measure amid absences and Liberal placation concerns.
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New York
New York Times
Lonon
MacDonald
House of Commons
Oswald Mosley
Athough
Labor
Commonwealth
Commonwealth Labor Party
James Scullin
Labor Party
New South Wales
Scullin
Australia
London
Wright Re-elected Legion Head as Pratt Named First Vice President
J W Wright was re elected as president of the Canadian Legion with R B Pratt as first vice president and J Stout elected second vice president by acclamation at a general meeting. Nominations for six executive vacancies were listed.
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J. W. Wright
Legion
R. B. Pratt
J. Stout
Canadian Legion
H. Weightman
W. PD. Watson
F. Attrill
G. Reburn
L. Sharland
T. Woods
J. Morrison
J. Sharp
D. Whetstone
L. G. Cutts
the Legion
Alberta Swine Breeders Hear Market Export Fears
Fear that wheat farmers turning to hog raising will boost bacon output and push export bias risks lower prices. CG Carlyle foresees 100 percent hog production rise next season while R M Ball is re elected president and other officers named. Delegates discuss Royal Agricultural Winter Fair support and Manitoba prize money practices to spur Manitoba style funding.
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Edmonton
Dominion
Alberta Swine Breeders' Association
CG. Carlyle
Livestock Commission
R. M. Ball
Strathcona
N. J. Shopland
A. J. Ottewell
Tiens
Toronto
Manitoba
C. M. Learmonth
Regina
Western Canada Live Stock Union
Brandon
Foreclosure Action Tangles W T Smith Ranch Case
Legal dispute over the W T Smith ranch near Lender Regina courtroom actions involve Canadian Guaranty Trust Co Martha Little and foreclosing American mortgage holders. Court grants foreclosure with three months to redeem and requires sale advertising in Swift Current papers.
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W. T. Smith
South
Saskatchewan
Medicine Hat
T. Horseshoe Smith
Canadian Guaranty Trust Company
Regina
H. Y. MacDonald
Lender
W. T
F Horseshoe) Smith
Mr.Smith
Canadian Guaranty Trust Co
Martha M. Little
Brandon
Banedlas Cones
Sarden
Litte
Critiré Equity
Popes Pala
Admiplatering
Banks threaten to curb loans amid Australian budget crisis
Australian banks warned in a joint statement that continued federal and state budget imbalance would force drastic reductions in advances to customers. They said such moves could raise unemployment and government relief costs unless governments cut costs and cooperate on retrenchment. The note follows Melbourne talks and highlights pressure on Premier Bavin's austerity program as Labor gains ground.
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Sydney
Australia
Commonwealth Bank
Melbourne
Australian Loan Council
Commonwealth
New South Wales
Thomas Rainsford Bavin
Labor Party
Rgid
Bavin
Joanne to Be Published in Europe by Campbell and Connelly
Negotiations nearly complete for European rights to the popular song Joanne. Campbell and Connelly Co. Ltd. of London to handle European copyrights as Lawrence Bruce’s composition moves under English management. Lawrence Bruce Music Pub. Co. announces two new numbers and a second edition of Joanne.
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Europe
Campbell and Connelly Co. Ltd
London
Eng
Lawrence Bruce
Walter Annon
Genevieve Bestard
NERAPI VOLCANO ERUPTS IN JAVA KILLING FIFTEEN
In Cemara Java the Nerapi volcano, dormant eighty years, suddenly erupts killing fifteen workers in a field. A lava avalanche seventy feet high and two hundred yards wide swept them away. Black smoke clouds, flashes of fire, and a warning to residents followed. The volcano has shown agitation for two weeks with a prior violent eruption in 1849.
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Batavia
Java
Asssociated
Cemra
Nerapi
Intense Joy Actually Caused Death Of Young Boy
In Philadelphia a year old Alexander De Agen died after an eye catching toy display caused a fatal cerebral hemorrhage. Authorities link the child’s death to emotional overstimulation amid a Christmas toy department scene.
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Philadelphia
Alexander de. Agen
Philadelphia Depathy Store
Edmonton man wins appeal to Privy Council in Wallberg estate dispute
London reports that Charles Be. Campbell of Edmonton won his appeal to the Privy Council against Ontario Court decisions. The dispute concerned the National Front Company acting as executors of the late E. B. A. Wallberg estate. The appellant claimed a right to a portion of the estate.
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London
Canada
Charles BE. Campbell
Edmonton
Privy Council
Ontario Court
National Pront
EB. A. Wallberg
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