Canadian Pacific head warns against social credit schemes
Sir Widward Beatty, president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, urged Commercial Travellers in Toronto to favor patience and traditional business rules for prosperity. He attacked inflation and wholesale bank credit expansion and dismissed Alberta's social credit idea as ill suited to restore purchasing power. He said Canada’s prospects hinge on agriculture and stable prices, not drastic monetary changes.
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Toronto
C.P
Widward Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway
Commercial Travellers’ Association
Canada
Edward
Social’ Credit
Alberta
Sir Edward
Thelma Todd Death Probe Moves Toward Grand Jury
Los Angeles officials review Thelma Todd case with D A George Johnson noting no murder motive. Coroner's jury suggested accidental death from car exhaust. grand jury to hear witnesses starting Monday as mystery remains.
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Los Angeles
Tagrirv
Ooffin
Thelma Todd
Nepuly
Deorpre Johnson
George Rochester
Johnson
Alberta Weather Outlook Mild and Fair Through Weekend
The forecast calls for sunny to mostly fair conditions with light winds across Alberta. Expect mild temperatures today and Sunday with little precipitation projected.
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Alberta
Radio broadcasts mark Christmas across Canada network
Canadian Radio Commission outlines two major December 25 broadcasts. From 7 30 to 8 00 a.m BBC Empire program will carry King George’s message. From 1 00 to 3 00 p m CBC presents Canada Celebrates Christmas with eight choirs, a General makes remarks, and a carillon from Parliament Hill.
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Radio
Radio.Com
Mission
BBC Empire
King George
CBC
Canada
Dominion
The
Centre Tweedsmulr
Wakeham
Peace Tower
Parliament Hill
Edmonton
Vancouver
Harbor
CRC
Commission
Seacrest
Louis Denies He Was Killed in Auto Accident
Chicago December reports claim boxer Joe Louis known as the Brown Bomber denied again that he was killed in a car crash. A police guard outside his door confirmed he was alive and had breakfast after meeting with the boxer.
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Louis
Chicago
C.P
Joe ‘Lois
Joey
League of Nations police force eyed as sanctions support
Paris reports diplomats say a League of Nations police force to back sanctions may form. A special League council session was contemplated for around January 10 to demonstrate the body's potential power against covenant violators.
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Paris
C.P
League of Nations
League: Council
League
Economic Cooperation the Hope for Farmers in Canada
Henry Wise Wood, 78, veteran farmer leader, urged farmers from coast to coast to unite for economic power through cooperatives rather than politics. He, as Alberta Wheat Pool chairman, noted progress in cooperation since his Alberta days and warned the path remains long but right, promising stronger agricultural footing if unity and cooperative aims prevail.
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Galgary
Henry Wise Wood
Canada
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
The
United
Farmers of
Alberta
Wood
Alberta Wheat Pool
United Farmers of Alberta
Hally County
United States
Mr. Wood
Bright Spots of the Week From The Canadian Press
Reports cover industry and labor gains across Canada. A newsprint plant is planned for Coméau Bay near Rimouski by MONTREAL-ONTARIO Paper. Yax collections in Stratford exceed last year’s levy. Kinburn Boot and Shoe opens Mahone Bay factory. Industrial canvass notes 7,398 workers in seven plants, up 40 percent. Ontario Hydro power loads rise 4 percent in November. CPR earnings rise by 286,000. Over 500 Holstein cattle exported to US stock farms in November. Bankruptcy Act assignments and assigners’ liabilities fall in September.
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Montreal
Ontario Paper Company, Ltd
Coméau Bay
Rimouski
Que
Schmon
Oye Ce
Stratford
Halifax
Kinburn Boot ‘and Shoe Company
Mahone Bay
Hamilton
Toronto
Ontario Hydro-electric Commission
C.P.R
Stratford Ont
United States
the Holstein-Firesign Association
Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Coe
Airways Clipper Crashes Into Water Near Port of Spain
A Pan American Airways Puerto Rico Clipper carrying eight passengers and seven crew members plunged into the water off Port of Spain Trinidad. Eleven people were injured, five seriously, including co pilot Robert McKie and passengers Abraham Halle Louis Garcia and Charles Alexander. Passengers boarded in Miami and the crew hailed from Buenos Aires and Miami. Rescue boats responded and helped pull survivors from the wreckage.
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Port OF Spain
Trinidad
Pan-American _Airways
Puerton Rico
Beyind
Miami
America
Port
Spain
Abraham Halle
Buenos’ ‘Aires
Robert. McKie
Louis
Garcia
Charles
Lexander
Plane Crash Near Miami Leaves No Severe Injuries
An official statement reports a plane nose-dived into shallow water near Miami. Henry Linam of Standard Oil Venezuela notes the accident, while the injured were rushed to hospital and expected to recover as investigators begin work.
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Ahd
James’ Jordan
Miami
Henry Linam
Standard Oil Company of Venezuela
Premier U-turn on wage tax alarms Calgary crowd
Calgary report states Premier Leipzig reverses stance on wage tax, claiming the Alberta government avoids broad tax measures. He warns such a tax would curb purchasing power and expresses government anxiety to steer clear of the proposal.
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Calgary
Alberta
Aberhad
Atated
Anan
Customs Duties For Protection and Not Excise
Ottawa reports that the Tariff Board discussed protecting the automobile industry through a straight customs duty of 20 percent, with Ford Canada proposing a 5 percent US car excise tax plus the customs tariff. Canadians urged using customs duties for protection, while a fixed value for duty was criticized for funneling profits to US manufacturers.
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Saas Ottawa
C.P
George .H. Sedgewick
Tariff Board
Ford Motor Company of Canada
United States
A.c.thorne
Canadians Importers Association
Mr. Sedgewick
Wishart Robertson
Maritime
Ford
McGeer Finally Wins Vancouver Recount Victory
Vancouver December 20. Quo warranto proceedings challenge Judge Ellis’s eligibility to preside over the recount for Vancouver Burrard. The Supreme Court rejects the challenge brought by William Simpkin, upholding McGeer’s victory by six votes over Arnold Webster after a prior four vote lead. Returning Officer Roy Phipps oversaw the recount.
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Vancouver
Vancouver-Burrard
Mr. Juntich
TA ‘I. Fisher
Supreme Court
William
Simpkin
Ellis
Couunty
McGere
Arnold Webster
C.C.F
Webster
Roy, Phipps
Poultry Testing Program Opens Applications in Edmonton
The poultry testing and culling under hatchery regulations is nearly completed this season. Applications for the service must reach the poultry branch office of the Department of Agriculture in Edmonton by December 31. About 100000 birds will be tested this year, benefiting provincial hatcheries.
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Poultry Branch
Department of Agriculture
Edmonton
Two Young Lives Claimed by River at Blairmore
Blairmore Crow's Nest Pass reports tragedy as two five year olds Spurgeon Simister and Warn May die after plunging through ice on the Crow's Nest River. RCMP officers Klassen and Gamble locate the bodies at 4:30 p.m. Father Alex May helps recover and transport his son’s body to the funeral home.
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Blairmore
Crow's Nest Pass
Crow's, Nest
Spurgeon Simister
Samuel Simister
Warn. Mav
Alex Mav
Klassen
Gamble
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Alex May
Warn
River-Hink
Mystery Interference With Short Wave Reception
Ottawa authorities investigate a mysterious continuous signal heard worldwide on short wave receivers. The hum-like interference, strongest on Atlantic stations, was detected from Louisburg to Herschel Island and possibly originates from Ottawa in high northern latitudes.
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Mystery
Ottawa
Radio Technicias
Marine Department
India
Louisburg
N.S
Herschel Island
Arctic
Englland
Labrador
Atlantic
Power Plant Turbine Test Shows Full Efficiency
A Westinghouse turbo generator at the power plant completed a test yesterday, running at full rated capacity after extensive repairs. The rotor was rebladed, overhaul completed, and the unit operated under light load then steady full output with perfect operation.
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Westinghouse
Power’ House
Supt
H. E. Davis
Lafternoon
Dunmore ‘Hill
Shannon
Ontario Bandits Blow Hole In Bank Branch
Bandits who visited Alisa Craig village fifteen miles north west of London Ontario blew a hole through the Canadian Bank of Commerce branch last night. An investigation was started to ascertain what amount if any money was stolen. The telephone wires were out before the bank was entered.
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Ontario
London
C. P
Alisa Craig Village
Canadian Bank of Commerce
A&mount
Ethiopians Close In for Decisive Engagement with Mussolini
Ethiopian forces reportedly killed 150 white troops and 200 Italian natives in a hand to hand fight near Enda Silas by Aksum as Mussolini’s advance continues. Italian sources said Ethiopian chiefs submitted in Ogaden and that a three day battle in the Takkaze sector ended with Ethiopian withdrawal.
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Ethiopia
Ogaden
Geneva
Italy
League of Nations
London
C.P
Legatia
Rome
Mussolini
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Addi
Tembien Mountains
Makalé
Offi
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