Trial ends as Sun Life boss defends use of funds
Montreal reports evidence in the James J. Harpell criminal libel case closes with Sun Life president Thomas T. Macaulay denying any improper use of company money. He says he never used a dollar for personal gain and severed ties with The Journal of Commerce when attacks began.
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J. J. Harpell
Journal OF Commerce
Harpell
THE
SUN Life
Montreal
James J. Harpell
Thomas T. Macaulay
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
Macaulay
T. Kelly Dickinan
Dominion
Herbert Holt
O.ev
Dickinson
Montfest
Pec
Beth Thomas Co. Macaulay
James J. Harpeil
Insull Utilities Investments, Incorporated
R. A. Greenshields
the Journal of Commerce
Ths
Industry, Commerce and Finance
Canada
Harpell Found Guilty of Libel in Montreal
James J. Harpell was found guilty of libel in Montreal this afternoon. The charge was brought by T. B. Macaulay, head of the Sun Life Insurance Company. Harpell announced an appeal.
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Montreal
James J. Harpell
T. B.macaulay
Sun “Uife Insurance Company
Harpell
Transfer of Senate Appointments to Provincial Control
Saint John New Brunswick December 23 Transfer of Senate appointments to the control of provincial governments was recommended by C H Blakeny mayor of Moncton in an address before the Saint John branch of the Maritime Conservation Rights League Blakeny argued the key to Maritime rights is to place Senate appointments under provincial oversight so members would be responsible to the province and federal politics would no longer decide these seats
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Saint John
N.B
Senate
Éantegl
C. H. Blakeny
Moncton
Maritime Conseration Rights League
Blakeny
British exporters alarmed by dollar fixed pound rate decision
The Daily Telegraph reports Canadian Order in Council fixes the pound at 4.40 dollars for dumping purposes until March 31. Exporters say this devalues the pound and undermines Ottawa Conference preferences, worsening competition with United States exporters.
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United States
London
Daily Telegraph Today
Canada
Imperial Oil offers quarter million advance to Sask government
Regina December 23. Imperial Oil proposes advancing 250000 to Saskatchewan to cover gas tax payments, conditional on extending the 1932 motor license period to April 1 1933. Other oils like British American may join. a 3 percent yearly charge applies, with similar moves expected in four Western provinces.
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Regina
Imperial Oil Company
Saskatchewan
Reading Oil
Imperial
Imperial Oil Co
Imperial Oil Co. Ig
Worst Storm In Forty Years Strikes Coast
A Pacific coast gale killed at least two and damaged Vancouver Island and mainland Vancouver. Two men, Khuland Girung and his brother, lost to rough seas near McNeill Bay as cousins and others struggled with a sow from destruction. Captain Soderburg of the Gulf Pacific freighter Bravo went overboard near Cape Flatte, with the cargo shifted. Winds to 72 mph and a record low barometer at Prince Rupert accompanied widespread property damage and closed Marine Drive for two days.
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Vancouver
Pacific
Khuland Girung
McNeill Bay
Vancouver Island
Philip Girling
Neignbor
Roland
Stunneu Wey
Seattle
Wash
Coastguard
Soderburg
Bravo
Tacoma
Cape Flatte
Hstcevan
Prince Rupert
Victoria
Marine Drive
Supreme Court Unseats A Boucher in Yamaska Case
The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed A Boucher’s appeal and unseated him for illegal election practices in Yamaska Quebec. Napoleon Veilleux had challenged the 1930 election, alleging paid meals and other improper expenses and outsider voting in the riding.
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Ottawa
Supreme “Out of Canada
Sooucher
Red“Val
Yamaska
Quebec
Boucher
Paul Laintois
Napoleon Veilleux
Supreme Court of Quebec
Supreme Court
Quebec Court
Plocwun
Yuamaska
Georgia Governor Attacks New Jersey Extradition Decision
Georgia Governor Richard B. Russell Jr denounces New Jersey Governor Harry Moore for refusing to extradite Robert Elliott Burns. He calls the act a violation of state law and the U.S. Constitution, linking it to the Lindbergh baby case and criticizing Burns statements as slander.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Richard B. Russell
Harry Moore
New Jersey
Robert Elliott Burns
Russell
Burns
Armistice Arranged for 24 Hours on Gran Chaco Front
Pope Pius XI won pledges from Bolivia and Paraguay to a 24 hour Christmas armistice on the Gran Chaco front. The ceasefire runs from 10 p.m. tomorrow to 10 p.m. Sunday as requested by the Vatican, with no fighting on Christmas.
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Bolivia
Paraguay
Pope
Vatican City
Pius XI
Gran Chaco
Parnay
Vatican
Drive Out The Devil Investigators Probe Death Of 5 Year Old
In Jinden Texas officers continued the inquiry into the death of a five year old girl. Two itinerant preachers described as of the apostolic faith faced murder charges after allegedly choking the child to death while attempting to drive out the devil they believed caused her paralysis. The suspects Paul Oakes and Coy Oakes admitted to the act, according to Sheriff Nat Curtright.
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Jinden
Texas
Paul Oakes
Coy Oakes
Nat Curtright
Nineteen Dead In Tokyo Tenement Fire
Tokyo reports nineteen killed and 18 injured after a major blaze in Fukagawa slum district destroing tenements housing 92 families. Police search for more bodies as 32 remain unaccounted for in the ruins.
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Tokio
Fukagawa
Boncour Takes Bull by Horns in Debt Talks with U S
Premier Joseph Paul Boncour visited the U S Embassy in Paris to ask Walter Edge to raise the debt issue with Washington. He pressed for any help to bring a swift solution to France debt negotiations with the United States for presentation to the Chamber of Deputies.
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Paris
Joseph Paul Boncour
United States
U.S
Walter Edge
Edge
Washington
France
Paul Boncour
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Roosevelt Joins Plan Talks for Farm Relief Program
President elect Roosevelt meets with Democratic leaders and farm groups in Washington to discuss a broad set of proposals to ease agricultural credit burdens. Leaders consider debt commissions mortgage reductions and temporary payment deferrals, with no final plan agreed.
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Wasnington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States Congress
Roosevelt
House Representatives
Senate
Motive For Murder Puzzles Authorities
Miss Rose Gendler, 22, a department store clerk, was found dead under a river bridge with a crushed skull. Police doubt ransom as motive though a note demanding 2000 dollars appeared with the body. One theory suggests she was killed after repelling her kidnapper's advances.
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Molin
Rose Gendler
Japanese Plane Shot Down Near Wanpaohan
Six Japanese aviators were killed and one seriously wounded when Chinese irregulars shot down a bombing plane near Wanpaohan in Manchuria, about 20 miles northwest of Changchun, on December 23.
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Changchun
Manchuria
Wan Pao-8han
Here
Brooks Board of Trade elects F G Cross president
F G Cross was chosen as president of the Brooks Board of Trade in a recent meeting, signaling leadership for the local business group.
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F. G. Cross
Brooks Board of Trade
Air circus plane sets inverted flying record in Britain
A modified two seat biplane from Sir Alan Cobham’s air circus toured Britain for six months, performing 345 bunts and 1,050 rolls among 2,520 landings over 90 hours of flight. The aircraft, inverted throughout, remained in perfect condition after 170 towns and about 5,000 miles flown upside down.
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London
Air Circus
Britain
Alan Cobham
Twenty-Six Hunger Marshers Arrested in Edmonton
Edmonton authorities report 26 men and one woman arrested since Wednesday for taking part in Tuesdays hunger march and clash with officers. Crown assigns December 30 adjournments, no bail, detainees sent to Fort Saskatchewan prison. Prosecutor Becker Grown cites need for further deposits from other parts of Canada.
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Edmonton
R.C.M.P
Fort Saskatchewan
Charles Becker Grown
Teld
The
Canada
Paris Time Talkie System To Relay Exact Time
Paris officials unveil a new talkie machine linking the Paris Observatory bit clock to twenty telephone lines so residents can dial a number and hear the exact time to the second. The service begins January 1.
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Paris
France
Paris Observatory
Tucketts Ship Toys to Boy Scouts Association
Nat Botter received a telegram from the Tuckett Tobacco Co Winnipeg stating 25 toys are being shipped. The toys come from Buckingham wrappers saved by the Boy Scouts as part of a conservation effort.
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Nat Botter
Tuckett Tobacco Co
Winnipeg
Boy Scouts
Small morning market price report for vegetables and poultry
A tiny market offered cabbages at 5 cents per pound, onions at 1 1 2 cents, and potatoes at 85 cents per sack. Turkeys were plentiful at 9 to 12 cents per pound, dressed chickens 45 to 60 cents.
3.2 Beer Is Intoxicating Says Borah
Senator Borah of Idaho denounces the 3-2 per cent beer bill as a nullification of the Constitution claiming it intoxicates. Senate debate centers on forcing Friday action under a rule revising an immediate vote while Bingham and Harrison maneuver over procedural paths and related revenue scope.
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CAHO
Washington
Borah
Idaho
Unite States House of Representatives
United States
House of Representatives
Senate
Bingham
Connecticut
Harrison
Mississippi
Offer of Suspension on EmPire War Debts
New Zealand offered to resume wartime debt payments to Britain while Britain kept its suspension offer for dominions. Britain stated it would not withdraw or qualify the suspension. Canada was not affected as Hoover moratorium ended December 15. Australia and other Empire debtors were expected to follow Britain’s stance.
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Britain
New Zealand
United Kingdom
Australia
Wellington
N.Z
Great Britain
Dominions
Canada
United States
Dbuul Wewetalanu
Rumor Denied By Premier Brownlee
Premier Brownlee denies rumors of his pending appointment to Canada’s tariff board and of being succeeded as Alberta premier. He says there is no truth in reports and declines further comment. A Ottawa dispatch linked Gardiner to a move to the premiership.
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Tariff Board
Edmonton
Federal Tariff Board
Brownlee
Gard
Ottawa
Toronto
Alberta
United Farmers of Alberta
Calgary
Robt
Gardiner
Excel
Ackland Named Commanding Officer of F Division
Ottawa reports the appointment of Assistant Commissioner A. F. Ackland of Edmonton to command F division of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The unit handles Saskatchewan police dates and Ackland will base his headquarters in Regina. He joined the force in March 1898, bringing nearly 35 years of service.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
A. FE. Ackland
Edmonton
Alta
Saskatchewan
Ackland
Regina
Royal North West Mounted Police
Grain price bid list from Ogilvie’s department
Supplied by Ogilvies grain dept. lists bids with dates in 1941 to 1944 for various terms including 1-4, 1-8-1-4, 1-4, and 3-8 on track and 22 street.
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Ogilvies Grain Dept
Fire Destroys Chi Elevator in Grain Blast
Chicago December 23 Two workmen died and several injured when a six story grain elevator caught fire. A dust explosion sparked the blaze destroying the structure and likely million bushels of wheat and other grains. Walter Brazel and an unidentified man perished. Brazel’s body was blown to a river dock. Police feared more deaths among the 34 workers inside.
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Chicago
Round the World Tourists Welcome in Athens Port
About 400 passengers aboard the Empress of Britain, including George Bernard Shaw, arrived at Phaleron Bay Athens for a one day stay. Motors ferried visitors to sightsee the Acropolis while reporters plan to capture reactions before re boarding for Palestine. The liner sails to Haifa at seven that night closing the Palestine segment en route to Nazareth.
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Athena
George Lernard Shaw
Phaleron Bay
Arthens
Palestine
Acropolis
Parthenon
Italy
Haifa
Nazareth
Pay parade for all ranks 1st S A R
A pay parade for all ranks of the 1st S A R will be held tonight at 7 30 in the Third Streets armories. All equipment must be turned in before receiving pay.
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S.A.R
Third St. Armories
Disgruntled Farmers Push Plan to Stop Seeding
Calgary reports a farm strike plan for cessation of seeding at the United Farmers of Alberta convention in January to gain official status. Manitoba and Saskatchewan showed no support, leaving the Alberta action as a last hope for the distressed farmers amid a troubled prairie crop season.
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Calgary
Western Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
United Farmers of Alberta
F Ulf.a
UPA
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T. MacAuley
Fmomncton
Sask
Imp. Oil
A. Boucher
R. E. Burns
Tokyo
Boncour
U. S
Bridge
Molin, Ill
England
Tucketts
BOY Scouts Assn
A. E. Ackland
Saskatchewan Post
Athens
Bernard Shaw
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