Bennett Seeks Act Reforms to Stamp Out Corporate Evils
Prime Minister R. B. Bennett announces amendments to the Dominion Companies Act to abolish shares of no par value and curb corporate abuses. He defends reforms as necessary, warns critics of radicalism, and outlines plans for a central bank and expanded credit, to be continued in Montreal.
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Ottawa
C.P
Dominion Companies Act
R. B. Bennett
Canada
Bennett
Montreal
Floods and Fog Threaten Regions Across Eastern United States
Unseasonably warm weather brings heavy floods and dense fog from the eastern seaboard to the Midwest. Vermont rivers rise with melting ice. New York highways and homes flood as overflowed streams block roads. Fog disrupts transportation for a fourth day, pushing losses in the New York area beyond $1.2 million in shipping.
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New York
Seaboard
Midwest
United States
Vermont
New York State
Saar Basin divided debate sparks plebiscite tensions
News from Saarbrucken reports anti Nazi protests to the League of Nations as plans surface to divide the Saar if it votes to return to Germany. Nazi anti Nazi clashes and police patrolling underscore mounting disorder in the region. Edmonton also moves to inspect draught beer quality under Mayor Clarke.
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Melvin KK
Whiteleather
Associated Press
Saarbruecken
Saar Basin
A.P
Saar
Germany
League of Nations
The
League
Altenwald
Saarbruecke
Edmonton
C.P
JA. Clarke
Health Board
Clarke
Hope Germany May Rejoin League Council
Britain presses behind the scenes to restore Germany to the League of Nations council after Saar plebiscite results. London reports aim to secure Germany's immediate return with Berlin embassy inquiries ongoing and a hopeful response pending from Berlin.
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London
C.P
Germany
Council of the Leagure of Nations
Geneva
Britain
Berlin
Storm In Europe Causes Loss of Lives In Winter
A winter storm across Europe claimed at least 20 lives. The Edgar Wallace trawler sank near Hull with 15 deaths while five men drowned on the Danube near Belgrade. Black Sea ships faced peril and Yugoslavia suffered rail and telegraph disruption amid cold and fog across France and England.
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London
C.P
Europe
Edgar Wallace
Hull
England
Belgrade
Danube
Black Sea
Yugoslavia
France
Mass Buying Commission Hearings On Farm Implement Losses
Ottawa reports Walter Gordon tells royal commission that Canadian farm implement makers kept costly distribution. Massey Harris shows a 1931–33 deficit while International Harvester, Cockshutt Plow and Frost and Wood post smaller losses as overall sales plunge from 51.97 million to 9.67 million.
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Ottawa
C.P
H. H. Stevens
Royal Commission On
Walter Gordon
Toronto
Massey-Harris
International Worvester
Cockshutt
Frost and Wood
Gordon
Canada
Royal Commission On Mass Buying
Terday
Massey-Harris Co. Ltd
International Harvester Co. of Canada
Cockshutt Plow Co. Ltd
W. R. Drynan
Canadian Canners, Ltd
Hamilton
Dominion
Drynan
Massey- Harris
International Harvester
Cockerhutt
Frost
Woodsworth Endorses Bennett Proposals in Canada Speech
Peterboro Ontario Jan 9 James S Woodsworth CC F leader endorsed Bennett unemployment insurance national health insurance and Old Age Pensions Act amendments with reservations He criticized indefiniteness and urged swift statutory action aligning with Britain style reform while noting past minority party support and long delays.
Ceylon Faces Terrifying Malaria Scourge
Ceylon endures a brutal malaria epidemic that has killed more than 1,000 people in a week. In Kegalle district alone about 5,000 deaths have occurred in three weeks. Cemeteries overflow as funerals fill streets and residents flee to the mainland.
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Colomeo
C.P
Ceylon
Kegalle
Ceylottese
United Farmers Oppose Provincial Sales Tax
The United Farmers of Canada issue a protest against the proposed provincial sales tax meant to fund public works. They argue it is an inequitable levy that would burden those barely subsisting and call for Ottawa to adjust financing methods or tax structures.
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Regina
Jan. S
C.P
United Farmers of Canada
Ottawa
German Nazi Putsch Fears Loom in Austria
Vienna reports Italian troops concentrated along the Austrian frontier ready to act if a German Nazi putsch follows the Saar plebiscite. Both Austrian and Italian governments tighten precautions as hundreds of known Nazis and sympathizers are arrested in Tyrol near the German border.
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Vienna
Saar
Tyrol
Family of Seven Perishes in Somerset Fire
An entire Harper family of seven died in a blaze that consumed their two room cabin 16 miles east of Somerset Kentucky Neighbors recovered the charred remains identifying Or Harper 35 Nellie Harper 34 and their five children The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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Somerset
C.P
Here
Or. Harper
Nellie Harper
Vancouver Mayor Seeks 50 Percent Bond Interest Cut
Vancouver city council voted nine to four to ask bondholders to accept a 50 percent reduction in interest. The resolution requests provincial power to suspend half of the interest payments and urges amendments to the Vancouver Incorporation Act. A Calgary mayors meeting plan follows.
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Vancouver
C.P
British Columbia
Province of
Ottawa
Victoria
G. G. McCeer
Calgary
McGeer
G. C. Miller
J. J. MlcRae
McRae Ha
To Study Eskimos
Miss Sue Thorn a UC Berkeley anthropology graduate will undertake an intensive study of Eskimo language culture and folklore starting next summer. She arrived in Edmonton and now plans to travel by river boat down the Mackenzie to Aklavik in June to test the theory of Arctic origins via Behring Strait.
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Edmonton
C.P
Orient
Behring Strait
Sue Thorn
University of California
Berkeley
Cal
Aklavik
Mackenzie River
Hauptmanns Counsel Fails to Shake Condon Story in Court
In Plemington on January 10 the cross examination of Dr John F Condon failed to alter his testimony on the Lindbergh kidnapping. Prosecutors pressed Condon over claims of a gang and a ransom transfer while defense attorney Edward J Reilly probed inconsistencies and memory gaps.
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Plemington
C.P
John F
Jassie) Condon
Tireh
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
New York
John
Hauptmann
Jassie
Reilly
Condon
Ferrari
Tories Block Mass-Buying Commission
Ottawa January 16 Minister of Labor W A Gordon Loday refused to release to the mass buying inquiry reports on gasoline coal radio tubes rubber and other items. He said the reports are confidential and not prepared by a commissioner under the Act, and urged the commission to obtain evidence from knowledgeable parties itself.
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Ottawa
C.P
W. A. Gordon Loday
Revel Commission
AL McGregor
Bank President On Modification Of Capitalism
M. W. Wilson, president of the Royal Bank of Canada, told shareholders that capitalism may need changes to avoid major depressions. He said the system evolves and alterations have occurred before, with further modifications possibly necessary to rid the economy of deep depressions.
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Bank
Montreal
C.P
M. W. Wilson
Royal Bank of Canada
Harry Mason Returned to Penitentiary After Vagrancy Arrest
Ottawa reports Harry Mason, once released on ticket of leave in 1925 after a life sentence for murder, must return to prison as his license is canceled for violating release terms. He was re-arrested in Calgary on vagrancy charges after associating with criminals. The note records updated conditions amid winter weather.
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Ottawa
C.P
Harry Mason
Calgary
Department of Justice
Mason
Stony Mountain Penitentiary
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Mussolini Moves to Fast Track Africa Expansion
Rome reports Mussolini prepares to seize newly ceded African territories as De Bono plans to sail to Eritrea to oversee the union of Somaliland and Eritrea under one administration. A conference proposal hints at German disarmament talks tied to a France Italy accord.
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Rome
A.P
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Africa
France
Germany
Enilio de Bono
Eritrea
Red Sea
de Bono
Mussolini
Somaliland
League of Nations
Europe
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LGE. OF Nations
JS. Woodsworth
Great Britain
Woodsworth
Women’s Masons
Order of St. Remins
Westminster
Seton- Challen
Honourable
Fraternity of Ancient Freemasons
Seton-Challen
Centrei
Boswell-Reid
G. M
United Farmers
Gerry McGeer
Calgary Conference OF Western Executives
Hopewell
Lindberghs
Williamsburg
Tories
the Royal
Duce
Philharmonic
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