Mayor declines late train talk on unemployment relief
City Council discusses unemployment relief after Premier Brownlee letter. Mayor Bullivant refuses to meet McKenzie at the station as talk of Alberta Unemployment Commission plans unfolds. Council votes to arrange a delegation meeting with McKenzie to address the issue.
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Brownlee
Femier
Welkengle
Alberta Unemployment Commission
Medicine Hat
Regina
Builivant
McKenzie
Bix
Wieckenszie
Odie
Ipilyor Builivant
Wir
Ald
Beker
Parrish
McKienzie
Bullivant
Ition
Unemployment Commission
Council
USMLA
Meenzie
Ballivant
Mr. Mckenzie
R.C.M.P
J. E. Brownlee
Alberta
Cocal Fields
British Columbia Timber Industry Sees Market Stall
A BC timber delegation led by J I Mackin reports low demand for common grades due to Prussian and northern European competition. They seek Ottawa section support and hope Imperial officials will push for higher Empire trade, while high grade BC timber remains largely non competitive abroad.
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Westminster
B.C
Europe
British Columbia
I. J. Mackin
United Kingdom
Mackin
Hockey Tonight in City League Showdown at Community Arena
The second City League game at Community Arena features High School and Canadian Legion skating at 8 PM. The matchup highlights local teams in a decisive evening contest.
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High School
Canadian Legion
Roosevelt Leaves Debt Issue to Hoover
Washington reports that Democrats avoid active role in Hoover debt commission plan. President-elect Roosevelt reportedly will proceed on his own initiative while leaving the issue with the Hoover administration. Roosevelt’s stance favors negotiations through regular diplomatic channels with debtor nations.
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Washington
Jédygiere
Herbert Hoover
Capitol
Hoover
Roosevelt
Congress
Germans Granted Expanded Freedom By Decree
Berlin authorities today report Chancellor Kurt Von Schleicher has lifted emergency courts and eased press restrictions. The decree aims to allow the German people to demonstrate they can govern themselves with less police vigilance.
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Berlin
Kurt von Schleicher
Five Day Week Proposal Approved by Typographical Union
Indianapolis December referendum tally shows the five day week proposal favored by 32 073 to 18 010 among International Typographical Union members. Official tabulation completed today.
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Indianapolis
International Typographical Union
Large Gold Production in Canada Sees New Records Expected
Canada stands on the verge of its greatest gold output with 1932 production totaling about 363.5 million from Ontario Quebec Manitoba and British Columbia. Mining men anticipate new records in 1933 with Ontario about 448 thousand dollars Quebec nine million Manitoba two and a half million and British Columbia four million dollars.
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Toronto
Des
Canada
United States
Ontario
Quebec
Manitoba
British Columbia
Dr Boyd Named Chairman of Local School Board
At the organization meeting of the School Board last night Trustee Dr George Boyd was appointed chairman for the coming year and Trustee B F Louch was named vice chairman. The weather outlook was cloudy and colder with temperatures around 40 and 26.
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Boyd
Dr. GO. Boyd
B. F. Louch
Manitoba University to Cut Operating Costs for $100,000 Saving
Manitoba’s University authority estimates indicate a possible reduction of at least $100,000 in operating costs next year, with the provincial appropriation seen rising from $400,000 to about $500,000. No student fee increase is expected. Other western universities have also faced cuts, with Alberta and Saskatchewan earmarking funds for extension services.
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Winnipeg
University of Manitoba
Province of
Manitoba
Dominion
McGill
University of British Columbia
Western University
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Strikes Tie Up Nova Scotia Collieries
Five Nova Scotia coal mines were shut by strikes involving about 1500 miners. At Spring Hill 1200 walked out after Cumberland Railway and Coal Co refused to dismiss a miner suspended by the United Mine Workers for 99 years.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
Department of Mines
Spring Hill
Cumberland Railway and Coal Company
United Mine Workers
George Charmenski
Hank Condy
Condy
Cape Breton
Communists Tied to Labour League Debated
Inspector A J Murray states the Communist party and the Canadian Labour Defence League are the same entity while Miss Anna Buller denies direct ties and cites members in Moscow studying methods. Miss Buller acknowledges presence of Communists and Orangemen in the league.
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Murray
Labor
Defence League
Communist Party
Toronto
Anna Buller
Canadian Labor Defence League
Communist Party’ of Canada
A. J. Murray
A. E. Smith
Moscow
Miss Buller
Orangemen
Sino Japanese Issue Adjourned at League Assembly
Geneva December 20 The League of Nations Assembly committee of 19, unable to agree on any proposals to settle the Sino Japanese controversy in Manchuria, adjourned today until January 16.
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Geneva
League of Nations Assembly
Committee of 19
Manchuria
Canadian bonds retired in New York
The Dominion Securities Corporation reports that Canadian provinces retired $19,873,600 of indebtedness payable in US gold for December. Manitoba four per cent bonds and British Columbia four per cent notes accounted for most payments, both retired December 15. Refunded about $2,500,000 in New York, reducing US dollar obligations by $7,673,000, with $700,000 more from other maturities. Total Canadian financing in New York this year was $376,503,408 versus $613,649,311 in 1931.
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New York
United States
Dominion Securities Corporation
Province of Manitoba
Province of
British Columbia
U.S
Closing dates for Worlds Grain Show entries noted
Prospective exhibitors are reminded that the closing date for entry is January 31 1933 and that samples for competitive classes must reach the secretary on or before March 1 1933.
Hunger march clashes as Edmonton raid arrests man
In Edmonton on December 20 police raided Communist headquarters amid hunger march tensions. One man, Waino Luchiala of Whitewood, Sask., was arrested for attempting to strike a police officer. Police seized about a dozen placards while 800 demonstrants were served meals from large pork barrels.
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Edmonton
Waino Luchiala
Whitewood
Sask
Edward Watson
Polic
2.C.M.P
Brownlee
A. G. Shute
Drumheller
Alberta
J J Harper Libel Trial In Montreal
In Montreal Judge Greenshields rules Sun Life of Canada accounting methods cannot be examined at the criminal libel trial of James J Harpell. Prosecution tied to Sun Life president Macaulay who labeled Harpell a crook. Premier Taschereau may testify Thursday after defence subpoena.
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Montreal
Que
Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada
James J. Harpell
R. A. E. Greenshields
Thomas B. Macauley
Sun Life
Harpell
Journal of Commerce
Calixte Cormier
Aime Geoffrion
Macaulay
Dominion Insurance Department
Hon. L
French Chamber approves April budget to pay war debt
The Paris Chamber of Deputies voted on April 1 to appropriate 19 million 261 thousand 432 dollars and 50 cents to the United States for war debt, a sum later defaulted on December 15. Premier Herriot had pushed for Parliament approval, though the payment was already budgeted. Laval had been premier at the time.
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New York
New York Herald Tribune Today
Paris
United States
Chamber of Deputies
Edouard Herriot
Chamber
Pierre Laval
M. Herriot
Ontario Trucker Kills Wife and Child for Insure Money
Melville Wilkie, 23, confessed to murdering his wife Gertrude and infant Norma in Owen Sound Ontario as a means to claim a $1,000 life insurance payout. A coroner jury ruled the deaths were caused by a gas sprinkled blaze lit by Wilkie to secure funds and avert creditor pressure.
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Ontario
Owen Sound
Ort
Melville Wilkie
Gertrude Wilkie
Norma
W. D. Henry
K.C
A. B. Rutherford
Thomas H. Carson
Wilkie
Mysterious Murders In British Columbia
Provincial police investigate a demented man with a shotgun at large after two killings in the British Columbia interior. William Heyworth, a farmer near Birch Island east of Kamloops, was shot while at his window around December 6. December 15 saw Nick Welsy Nick, a track patrolman near North Bend, killed by a shotgun wound under similar circumstances.
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Victoria
British Columbia
William Heyworth
Birch Island
Canadian National Railway
Kamloops
Nick Welsynick
Nea North Bend
Wheat crop outlook shows drop from 1932 figures
Washington December 20 1938 Department of Agriculture indicates winter wheat yield likely under 400 million bushels, down from 462 151 000 bushels estimated for 1932.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Prairie provinces plan six year tax arrears payment system
Edmonton reports a Winnipeg conference led to a unified plan for tax arrears in Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Legislation will spread payments over six years with lower early installments and rising later percentages, including 1932 taxes and expected current payments in 1983. The scheme mirrors Manitoba’s 1930 consolidation model.
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Edmonton
R. G. Reid
Muuicipal
Winnipeg
Lymburn
Prairie
Reid
Mt. Heid
Machray used accountant Kerr as cover in gambling scheme
Testimony in Winnipeg reveals John A. Machray used James Kerr as a front for gambling and speculation. Kerr described Machray’s failing firm with a multi million dollar shortfall and loans secured by National Service bonds.
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Winnipeg
John A. Machray
Machray and
Sharpe
James Kerr
Kerr
Machray
Roker
National Service
Brosker
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Legion Vs. High School
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J. J. Harper
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Mizpah
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