Roosevelt Proclaims Silver Policy under London Agreement
Washington reports President Roosevelt declares a silver proclamation lasting until 1933 under the London accord. Jones of the Reconstruction Finance Corp notes a 25.9 million dollar increase to the gold buying fund, with foreign purchases rising to 35 million and domestic gold bought totaling 507,485 ounces. The proclamation authorizes standard silver dollars from US silver deposits with seigniorage fees and outlines international production limits through 1989, including specific annual silver withdrawal targets for India Spain China Australia Canada Mexico Peru and the United States.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Jones
The
Reconstruction Corporation
Corporation
Congress
London
India
Spain
China
Australia
Canada
Mexico
Peru
Unite States
United States
Newfoundland Fur Industry Urged In Royal Commission Report
The Royal Commission on Newfoundland recommends a protected fur industry using interior lands for beaver otter fox bear lynx and other species. It urges closed seasons for caribou and moose and suggests reindeer introduction with expert setup to generate revenue.
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St. John's
Mid
Newfoundland
Royal Commission
Canada
Brazil Tightens Control on Expe ditions and Exports of Rare Specimens
Brazil will strictly regulate expeditions to protect hinterland rarities. A government decree gives the Agriculture Minister full authority over national and foreign ventures, requires advance notice, and bans removal of any botanical zoological mineralogical or paleontological specimens without a government held counterpart.
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Rio Janeiro
Brazil
United States ratifies London silver agreement
President Roosevelt ordered the mints to coin silver on a 50-50 basis with producers under the London agreement. Half of 24,000,000 ounces yearly will be returned in dollars to producers, half kept in reserve, with an asserted price of about 64.1 cents per ounce for half the legal price. The proclamation lasts until January 1, 1938, and ties to the four year London arrangement involving India China Spain and other silver nations.
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United States
India
Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
White House
Key Pittman
Mondavw
Canada
China
Spain
Pittman
Jones
The
Reconstruction Corporation
Jane
Mexico
Peru
Australia
Rob Drug Store Holdup in Winnipeg Nets 800
Armed holdup men entered the Broadway Pharmacy in Winnipeg and held up the manager and clerk, escaping with 800 dollars in cash. The loot included Federal government receipts taken in at a sub post office located inside the drug store.
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ROB Drug
Winnipeg
Broadway
Guardian Detroit Bank Deposited 600000 At Flint Move
U S senate investigators discovered Guardian Detroit Bank of Detroit placed 600000 in Union Industrial Bank of Flint on December 31 1931 and withdrew it two days later as part of a probe into large temporary deposits used in public statements.
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Washington
A.P
Guardian Banks
Michigan
United States Senate
Guardian Detroit Bank of
Detroit
Union Industrial Bank of
Flint
Talking clock in Paris earns big revenue from calls
The Paris telephone time service has operated for a year with 4,000,000 inquiries and $125,000 in revenue. The service peaks during morning rush hours as workers check if they are late. Fewer calls occur on Sundays and holidays as people have more free time. Deer from Riding Mountain National Park threaten hay stacks near Minnedosa as they raid, jump fences, and trample feed.
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Paris
Strickly
Minnedosa
Man
Riding Mountain National Park
U S Divorces Not Valid in Canada Lethbridge Case
In Lethbridge a Minnesota divorce was found invalid in Alberta. A husband who sought a decree nisi to remarry learned his US divorce did not hold, leaving his current wife not legally free. Justice Lunney ruled such marriages are invalid and cannot be recognized.
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United States
Canada
Justice Lunney
Minnesota
Alberta
Prince George goes aground off Anyox. passengers safe
The Canadian National liner Prince George ran aground near Vadio Rock four miles from Anyox harbor while en route from Vancouver to Anyox. Passengers and 69 crew escaped in lifeboats as holds flooded. Weather stayed mild at 15 degrees above zero and salvage is possible after the vessel was re floated and taken to Anyox harbor.
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Vancouver
Canadian National
Prince George
Anyox Harbor
British Columbia
Hill Way
Canadian National Steamships
Annox
Vadio Rock
Annox Harbor
Union Steamship Co
Church crisis in Germany ends as youth group dissolved
Berlin reports Reichbishop Ludwig Mueller dissolves the Evangelical Youth and hands control to Baron von Schirach of the Hitler youth. The move follows a Protestant clergy ultimatum amid long standing church clashes over anti Semitism and Nazi church reforms led by Martin Niemueller and others.
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Berlin
Reichbishop
Ludwig Muelle
Evangelical Youth Organization
Baron von Schirach
Hitler Youth Movement
Baldur von Schirach
Germany
Ludwig Mueller
Pastors’ Emergency Federation
Reichsbishop
Friedrich von Bodelschwingh
Martin Niemueller
Mueller
Interior Ministry
Daf-babinb
Baria
Wuerttemberg
Baden
Hessen
The
Palatinate
Hanover
Hamburg
Af Boits
Tory Politics In Ontario To Be Aired
Premier Henry announced he would personally investigate charges from Magistrate Daniel McCaughrin that he was offered 2000 dollars to resign. The offer was said to have occurred in the presence of Minister of Lands William Finlayson, with a date consented by Attorney General W. H. Price.
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Toronto
Henry Today
Daniel McCaughrin
McCaughrin
Orillia
William Finlayson
Ontario
W. H. Price
Italy Honors 92 Mothers in Mussolini Birth Campaign
In Rome 92 mothers from Italy's provinces visit for five days to celebrate Mothers and Infants Day. Premier Mussolini and crowds greet them as Signora Paolina Belluci of Naples, mother of 20, receives the blue ribbon. The event promotes Italy's birth rate with state funding and a new tax on bachelors over 25.
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Rome
Italy
Mussolini
Il Duce
Signora Paolina Belluci
Naples
Mothers’ National Protective Association
Marquise
Agathi di Mannarini
Self-styled prophet predicts world end in 1988
William Greenwood a 67 year old ark builder and prophet says floods on the Pacific coast are warnings of a great flood to come and that those who believe in the Lord will be saved before the end. He cites western Washington floods as preliminary signals.
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Olympia
Pacific Coast
William Greenwood
Washington
National Railways Trustees Appointments Confirmed
Prime Minister R B Bennett announced the appointment of Justice C H Fullerton F K Morrow and Edouard Labelle as trustees of the Canadian National Railways. Fullerton becomes chairman of the new board. Labelle and Morrow are present CN directors.
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Ottawa
Justice C. H. Fullerton
F. K. Morrow
Toronto
Edouard Labelle
Montreal
Canadian National Railways
R. B. Bennett
Justice Fullerton
Board of
Railway Commissioners
Labelle
Morrow
Canadian National
Fullerton
O Duffy Charged With Inciting to Murder
General Eoin O Duffy co leader of the United Ireland party was summoned to appear before a military tribunal on a charge of inciting to the murder of President Eamon de Valera. The charge stems from a Ballyshannon speech during his Donegal tour.
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Dublin
Eoin O'Duffy
United Ireland Party
Eamon de Valera
O'Duffy
Ballyshannon
County Donegal
Espionage Ring Ties to Germany in French Case
French police traced a spy ring of forty to Germany as ten suspects were arrested including a naturalized Canadian Benjamin Bercowite and his wife. Investigators fear French military secrets may have already left the country with Berlin connections indicated in confiscated documents.
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Paris
Germany
France
Berlin
Benjamin Bercowite
Alberta Seed Fairs and Beef Trade Boost Upset
Alberta reports more than fifty seed fairs with strong attendance and higher exhibit quality. Alberta turkeys expand exports to Britain and other provinces while a London importer funds 1000 head of feeder cattle in Alberta for overseas sale. A grasshopper campaign plans three million dollars in federal funding, with Alberta loss limited last year. Honey yields near a million pounds. Royal Scots train completes an 18000 mile Canada US voyage to Euston.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Britain
London
Southern
Alberta Co-operative
North-Western States
Fargo
North Dakota
Washingter
Regina
Royal Scot
United States
Euston Station
Crewe
Treasure hunt on as Halifax cops seek loot
Halifax police traced a months old theft of an electric drill through a booby trapped clue. Detective Thomas Kenny followed a taped map hidden in a post hole to a Sackville Road site finding the drill under a dead tree wrapped in a bur lap bag after a strange anonymous phone order.
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Halifax
C.P
Archibald Allison
Thomas Kenny
Bedford Road
Servic
Sackville Road
Farm relief fund eyed by dairy and beef groups
Farm leaders meet Secretary Wal lace to discuss asking Congress for a 200 million dollar fund to finance production control in dairy and beef cattle industries.
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Farm Relief Fund
Washington
Des
Henry Wallace
Congress
Labor Holds Wentworth Seat in By-Election
Wentworth England December 22 Wildred Pali was elected by acclamation as Labor member of the House of Commons for Wentworth riding. The by election followed the death of G Harry Hirst who had held the seat since 1922.
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Wentworth
Eng
Candan Press
Wildred Pali
Labor
House of Cormony
Dencast
Harry Hirst
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South Bend
John Weldon
Roxbury
Dicky Brown
Brown
Wheldon
U.S
Anyox
Niemoeller
Tory
Canadian National Railway Trustees
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