Canada and Belgium Face Loss of ILO Seats to U S and Russia
Geneva reports say Canada and Belgium may be displaced from permanent ILO board seats to allow the United States and Russia to join. Canada and Belgium would protest if displaced, while the board might be enlarged to admit new members. Japan’s withdrawal status complicates ranking expectations.
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Canada
Belgium
Russia
U.S
Japan
Geneva
C.P
International Labor Organization
United States
League of Nations
League
Ll.o
Associated Press
Reuters
Great Britain
France
Italy
India
Paris ex-premier Marsial jailed for embezzlement
Frederic Francois Marsial former French premier and finance minister was sentenced to 18 months in prison for embezzlement. He also faces a $1320 fine and costs. Marsial led the Socoa Company board and was linked to stockholder losses of about $1.94 million after a five day 1934 term.
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Paris
C.P
Frederic Francois Marsial
France
Marsial
Socoa
Fe Od de
Three Burned to Death in Sask Farm Home
Ingwell Sather a 50 year old father of eight his 10 year old son and baby died in a Sask farm house fire that razed the one story home seven miles northwest of Rush Lake Flames swept through after a gasoline can exploded and gas fumes spread through the home The father died while trying to rescue the trapped children The wife and six other children were seriously injured
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Rush Lake
Sask
C.P
Ingwell Sather
Here
Auto Fatality in Calgary Involving Rugby Player
Calgary man S O Shepherd was fatally injured after being struck by a car driven by Leslie Ferguson of the Calgary Altomahs senior rugby team. Ferguson was arrested on a manslaughter charge and released on his own recognizance.
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Calgary
C.P
S. O. Shepherd
Leslie Ferguson
Calgary Altomahs
Ferguson
Peculiar Gift For Dionne Quints Arrives From Cleveland
A crate shipped to Cal lander Ontario from a Cleveland furniture firm contained five high chairs with elevating folding and converting gadgets described as a “sitting room” setup. Customs officials examined the crate after it entered Canada at Quintuplets border port yesterday and noted the unusual design.
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Orterie
Ont
C.P
Canada
Cleveland
Dionne Quintuplets
Callander
McLeod Pioneer of Alberta Oil Passes at 77
William K. E. McLeod 77 a pioneering figure in Alberta oil and participant in the first Turner Valley lease died in Calgary after living in Okotoks then Calgary. Born in Cornwall Ontario he moved to the region in 1898 and later led the McLeod Oil Co.
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Calgary
C.P
Alberta
Turner Valley
William KE. McLeod
Cornwall
Ontario
McLeod
Okotoks
McLeod Oil Co
Fire destroys Deer Lodge Clubhouse in Winnipeg
A blaze engulfed the Deer Lodge golf club in Winnipeg destroying its clubhouse. Fire crews fought the flames but the building sustained significant damage and as yet no injuries are reported.
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Deer Lodge Golf Club
Winnipeg
Chamber Plans General Meet January 17
The Medicine Hat chamber of commerce schedules its first 1935 general meeting for Thursday January 17 with a noon luncheon at the Assiniboia hotel. Directors met yesterday and promised a strong program with details to follow.
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Medicine Hat
Roosevelt Pitches Expanded Work Relief Plan
President Roosevelt proposed a greatly enlarged work relief program to Congress aimed at putting 3.5 million unemployed to work on public works such as slum clearance and grade crossing elimination. He rejected continuing dole payments and urged government withdrawal from relief.
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Washington
C.P
United States Congress
Roosevelt
Alberta Legislature Set for Major 1932 Session
EDMONTON Jan. 4. With talks on municipal finance codes rural education and possible changes to the provincial Election Act the Alberta legislature opens February 7 for a lengthy session. An election likely in June, debt act revision, redistribution of constituencies and seat reductions are among anticipated debates as Premier R G Reid leads the next session. Former premier J E Brownlee serves as private member for Ponoka.
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Edmonton
C.P
Alberta
Taxationquiry Commission
Mittee
Trades and Industries Act
U.F.A
Liberal
R. G. Reid
J. E. Brownlee
Ponoka
Australia Britain Reach Meat Export Accord
Australia and Britain reach a three month voluntary meat export restriction with chilled beef to Britain. Australia conditions the agreement on Britain negotiating a permanent imperial trade framework at a conference akin to Ottawa.
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Australia
Britain
Melbgurne
C.P
Reuters
Itawa
Great Britain
Ottawa
Regina Discusses Control of Transient Truckers
City commissioners and wholesale fruit and vegetable dealers met in Regina to consider licensing fees and operating conditions for transient truckers. The private conference focused on regulating traders who move goods through the city.
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Regina
C.P
Australia eyes Duke of Kent for governor general
Canberra reports Australia seeks Prince George Duke of Kent as next governor general. Prime Minister Lyons plans to raise the appointment with the King during his England visit as Sir Isaac Isaacs term nears 1936 end.
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Canberra
C.P
Australia
Sir Isaac Isaacs
Duke of Kent
Prince George
J. A. Lyons
England
Lindbergh Identifies Hauptmann Voice Heard at Cemetery
Col Charles A Lindbergh testifies Hauptmann’s voice was heard in the Bronx cemetery during the ransom payment for his kidnapped child. He says the voice called “Hey doctor” in foreign accent once, and he believes Hauptmann guilty. Cross examination follows. The Australian Dried Fruits Association seeks state aid for frost and hail losses among settlers.
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Col. Lindbergh
Hauptmann
Flemington
C.P
Charles A. Lindbergh
Bronx
Richard Hauptmann
John F
Jassie
St. Raymond’s Cemetery
Lindbergh
Edward J. Reilly
Reilly
Elsie Whateley
Lindbergh Butler
Whateley
The
Australian Dried Fruits Association
Horse Sale Date Set For March 22 by Chamber of Commerce
The chamber of commerce directors decided at noon Thursday to move the third annual Medicine Hats horse sale from March 8 to March 22. The agricultural committee reported March 8 would be too early for buyers and sellers, favoring March 22 as more suitable. Committee heads were named, and discussions covered entry fees and possible easing for small sellers.
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The
Chamber of Commerce
Farm Loan Board
Chamber
ULI U LD
Agricultural Committee
Horse Sale Association
A. P. Burns
J. B. Hardy
Tanta Eee Mt. Ova
Seven Marooned Fishermen Rescued From Lake Simcoe
In Barrie Ontario seven men stranded for nearly a day on two ice floes in Lake Simcoe were saved. Four walked ashore near Hawkestone while three flew out by plane after bitter cold formed new ice. Four others joining the effort reached them during the day, and at Oro station three more, including 76 year old S V Jones, were airlifted by Ken Main of the Toronto Flying Club.
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S. V. Jones
Ken Main
Toronto Flysing Club
Conservatives Pleased With Speech
Ottawa reports former Bennett cabinet member H H Stevens welcomed the Prime Minister's address calling it the opening gun in the election campaign and a recognition of problems to face. J E Lawson, new Dominion organizer, called it a challenge to thinking Canadians and said Conservative organization will begin at once.
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Ottawa
C.P
H. H. Stevens
Bennett
J. E. Lawson
Dominion
Conservative Party
Canada
Lawson
Hitler Defends Reich as Saar Pact Rumors Fly
Nazi rally in Berlin features Adolf Hitler denying “stupid lies” about the regime and pledging unity after the Saar plebiscite. Reports say participants discussed military plans and air defense tests though officials deny such talks. Speculation linked Goering and Goebbels to internal clashes.
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Berlin
Reich
Germany
Herman Wilhelm Goering
Prussia
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Propaganda
Army
Roebuck Attacks Bennett on Regulation of Business
Ontario Attorney General A. W. Roebuck told about 1,000 Toronto Liberals that Prime Minister Bennett seeks to regulate business with an iron heel. He denounced Ottawa interference as killing business and railways, urged Liberal Britain style fair play, and suggested Ontario will push its own Labour platform against federal policy.
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Toronto
C.P
R. B. Bennett
Canada
A. W. Roebuck
Ontario
Roebuck
Dominion
Bennett
Mr. Roebuck
Ottawa
House of Commons
Great Britain
Canadian Pacific Railways
Aged Squaw Dies at 106 in Alberta Camp
Mrs. Jim Chase aged about 106, wife of a Chippewa chief from the Riel rebellion era, died Christmas Day in a mountain camp 100 miles northwest of Rocky Mountain House Alberta. Indian agent received word Thursday.
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Red Deer
Alta
C. P
Jim Chase
Rocky Mountain House
Injured F P Witney In Serious Condition After Fifth Ave Explosion
Our Injured F P Witney remains in the most serious condition in hospital after New Year s night Fifth Ave blast. He suffers severe internal injuries and at 1 pm today his state showed no change. Pat Haworth five years old skull fractured and six year old brother Jack with a broken leg improving. The same sisters rest easily. Louise badly burned on head and face Ruth lesser burns. Assistant Fire Chief Buchanan with two fractured ribs had a quiet night. Malcolm Gillespie arm burned will be allowed to leave this afternoon.
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F. P. Witney
Fifth Ave
Pat Haworth
Jack
Sane
Louise
Ruth
Buchanan
Malcolm Gillespie
Son Died but Mother Lived Thro Blizzard
In Readlyn Saskatchewan an 81-year-old farmwoman Mrs Mary Jewett searched through 30 below zero weather and three foot drifts to fetch help for her ill son Joseph Jewett. Motorists found her exhausted and revived her at a nearby farm. Joseph was dead from a suspected heart attack. She has three siblings in Iowa.
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Readlyn, Sask
C.P
Verwood
Mary Jewett
Joseph Jewett
Naphill
Russell Skinner
Lifeboats Standby for Lake Simcoe Fishermen Rescue
A fully equipped lifeboat and an outboard motorboat departed Toronto last night on motor trucks to aid seven fishermen stranded on drifting ice floes in Lake Simcoe. Six men led by Hilliard Lang, Toronto life savers superintendent, accompany the rescue convoy.
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Toronto
C.P
Lake Simcoe
Hilliard Lang
Toronto Life Savers
New air and seaplane base opens at Big River Saskatchewan
Regina reports the Dominion Department of National Defence sponsors a new air and seaplane base at Big River in the Far North. Saskatchewan will maintain the port for service to any craft at a reasonable charge. Government aircraft may use the port at all times.
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Regina
C.P
Saskatchewan
Big River
Dominion Department of National Defence
Hired Man Accused in Northern Alberta Murder
Edmonton January 4 John Skrut 26 hired man on farm of Alexander Smoliak near Myrnam is arrested and charged with the murder of his employer the crime occurred Saturday night RCMP held Skrut for questioning claiming an alibi he was three miles away Mrs Smoliak said she and her husband were playing cards while their four children watched a shot rang out and Smoliak died Skrut confessed friendship before the crime and was brought to Vegreville for questioning preliminary hearing date not yet set
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Edmonton
John Skrut
Alexander Smoliak
Myrnam
Smoliak
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Skrut
R.C.M.P
Vegreville
Band
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Walter Huckvale
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