Beatty on Amalgamation Plans for Canadian Railways
Regina dispatch reports K W Beatty president of the Canadian Pacific Railway outlines a unification plan for railway management. He stresses protecting labor, gradual savings, and a government in principle agreement before details. He says joint earnings should be shared by owners and that dividends would not be first charge.
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Regina
C.P
Canada
Kk. W. Beatty
K.C
Canadian Pacific Railway
Regina Board of Trade
Railway Executive
Yam
Beatty
Mr. Beatty
Canadian Pacific
Labatt Kidnapping Chief Arrest Reported In London Trial
London and Covington reports detail David Meisner, Cincinnati bookmaker, receiving a 15 year sentence on three counts for abducting John S. Labatt, the London brewer. Defence witnesses challenged timelines as the trial noted two detectives vanished and an unidentified “chief” of the kidnap ring was seized.
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London
John S. Labatt
Bell
Leroy Hall
Albert Seitzer
United States
Meisner
C.P
David Meisner
Sarnia
Crown
Albert Pegram
Kingston
Pete Murray
Covington
Labatt
Lake Leonard
Huh
Ont
Charles Nichols
Johns
Horace Prowse
Muskoka
Ionard Lake
Hall
C. W. Bell
W.C
Life Insurance Premiums Are Safeguarded
Ottawa notes two bills read in the house of commons to compel insurers to keep life policies in force while cash surrender value covers due premiums and to limit interest charged on loans. Each bill amends the Canadian and British Insurance Companies Act and the Foreign Insurance Companies Act with the same aim.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Nation
George Coote
U.sa
Macleod
Foreign Insurance Companies Act
Questions Rise Over Duty of Trade Commissioners
Canadian trade commissioners under scrutiny as J. S. Woodsworth questions Prime Minister Bennett in the House of Commons. An Australian newspaper quoted TL. M. Cosgrave claiming a bias toward imperialism, prompting Bennett to promise an inquiry into accuracy amid uncertainty about the role of commissioners.
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Oveawa
S. Woodsworth
R. B. Bennett
House of Commons
TL. M. Cosgrave
Australia
Bennett
Mayor Love warns of Doukho bor trouble in British Columbia
Victoria reports Mayor A. Love of Grand Forks, with the Union of British Columbia Municipalities, met Attorney General Gordon Sloan about the Doukhovor situation after prisoners were released from Piers Island penitentiary. He said trouble had begun with returnees and that the Community Doukhobors would not receive the Sons of Freedom back to their lands, warning of a serious potential clash.
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Victoria
A. Love
Grand Forks
Union of
British Columbia
Gordon Sloan
Piers Island Penitentiary
Love
Island Penitentiary
Sons of Freedom
Rioters clash at Paris police court anniversary service
Paris observers report three hundred angry rioters attacked the prefecture of police court while fascist youths clashed near Notre Dame cathedral on the first anniversary of Bloody Tuesday. Premier Plandin and Prefect Langeron faced jeers as a flag draped casket honored riot victims. A man broke toward the premier but was arrested, claiming he wished to warn the government.
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Paris
Notre Dame Cathedral
Langeron
Proat
Ilandin
Ashe
Reyalist
Place de la Concorde
Vancouver man Jos B. Harkins convicted in Ontario forgery case
Jos B. Harkins of Vancouver was arrested and convicted in Ontario for passing a forged fifty dollar cheque.
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Jos. B. Harkins
Vancouver
Ontario
Pension claims to rise under Canadian pensions commission
Ottawa reports that the Canadian pensions commission will adjudicate an estimated 45 000 to 50 000 pension applications in the next two years as shown in a House of Commons return.
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Ottawa
C.P
Canadian Pensions Commission
House of Commons
England Beats Ireland 2-1 in Liverpool Match
England defeated Ireland 2-1 in an international soccer game at Liverpool. Ireland trailed 1-0 at halftime.
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England
Ireland
Liverpool
Labor’s Recommendations to Govt
Ottawa delegates of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada urged the Dominion government to assume full old age pension payments and to establish a national sickness and disability insurance system. They called for a 30 hour week, amending the British North America Act for wider federal jurisdiction, and immediate expansion of relief works and housing schemes with higher project funding. They also proposed adjusting employer and worker contributions in the unemployment and social insurance scheme.
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Ottawa
C.P
Dominion
Shim
Grades and Labor Congress of Canada Today
Congress
Ottawa House Debates on INA Act and Railway Bonds
Monday in the house featured talks on reform promises and the INA Act with calls for swift action. The Dominion government disclosed CN R railway support of 1.49 million dollars unpaid with bonds guaranteed up to 1.255 billion dollars, a burden borne by taxpayers. Voter lists will be revised May 15 to July 1, and early elections could save one million in reprinting costs. The day covered pensions for the blind unemployment insurance and Empire trade talks, with remarks on Reciprocity and cattle shipments to Seattle amid tariff pressures.
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Ottawa
INA
Anso
Dominion
C.N.R
C.n.rb
King
U.S.A
Alberta
Seattle
Commission to study price spreads and mass buying in Canada
Ottawa officials said the royal commission on price spreads and mass buying will spend about three weeks examining records before issuing likely multiple reports. They anticipate recommendations including minimum wage laws and tighter enforcement, plus codes and a statutory body to supervise industry and commerce.
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Ottawa
C.P
Royal Commission On
Aspirant To Riches Fails In $20000 Estate Claim
Richard A. Patrick of Yorkton Saskatchewan tried to claim a $20,000 estate of Christina G. Head Patrick who died intestate in Vancouver May 17, 1933. He argued a California divorce in 1922 made him a lawful widower, then remarried. The British Columbia Supreme Court ruled he is estopped from challenging the divorce’s validity.
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Patrick
California
Canadian Minister Herridge Meets Bennett in Ottawa
Ottawa date report says Hon. W. D. Herridge, Canadian minister to Washington, conferred with Prime Minister R. B. Bennett and External Affairs officials in Ottawa. The visit carried no special significance.
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Ottawa
C.R
W. D. Herridge
Washington
R. B. Bennett
Department of External Affairs
Crown Prince Dines With Reichsführer in Berlin
Berlin rumors spread that former Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm dined today with Reichsführer Hitler in Hitler's apartment. The meeting was said to be arranged by mutual acquaintances and planned for some time.
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Berlin
Friedrich Wilhelm
Hitler
Plumber says attic board not missing in Lindbergh case
A Bronx plumber testified he examined the Lindbergh kidnapping attic in August 1934 for six or seven minutes and did not see a missing floor board. The State argued a missing board matched a ladder upright used in the crime, with a grain match cited by a wood expert.
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Plemington
Mid
Bronx
Gustave Miller
Hauptmanin
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Flemington
N. J
John Ferris
Associated Press
Britain Soviet Timber Deal Closed
Vancouver report notes signing of a contract between British Timber Distributors Limited and Soviet Russia for 400000 standards this year replacing 350000. The agreement reintroduces the fall clause allowing price undercut by the Soviet. Canadian exporters warn this gives the Soviets an unfair advantage by undercutting all competitors in the British market.
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Vancouver
C.P
British Timber Distributors Limited
Russia
H.R. McMillan
McMillan Export Company
London
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C. P
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Calgary
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Morrison
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Woodsworth
Oye
Wercarial
Prem
Flaundin
Labor
Govt
Dr. Gershaw
Prajadhipok
Ananda Mahidol
Mass Buying Commission
Crown Prince
Dines
Reichsfuerer
Britain
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