Has Sufficient Prosperity Returned to Allow Doors To Open to Immigrants
Ottawa reports growing pressure on government to admit more migrants as Canada’s economy stabilizes. Prewar targets and 1928 29 peak arrivals contrasted with last year’s 11 103, while experts warn of skilled labor shortages if recovery continues, and some offices in the U S remain closed to migrants.
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Ottawa
C.P
Dominion
Canada
United States
Europe
Edward Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway
London
R. B. Bennett
British Isles
Dominions
United Kingdom
Montreal
Immigration Department
U.S
Britain
Ground Blizzard Grips Region With Bitter Winds
A sharp northwest wind launched a blizzard at 1 a.m. and dumped about a half inch of snow by noon. Temperatures fell, with Medicine Hat near the storm edge and Cypress Hills reporting fierce blizzard conditions. Wind intensified as the day wore on and temperatures dropped to 6 below in the afternoon.
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Medicine Hat
Cypress Hills
Truck Men Hear About Licences From Official
Manitoba news notes a Medicine Hat Transport Association meeting where R M Thomson presided. Topics covered include licence fees for commercial and public service vehicles, permit requirements, and new dues based on monthly receipts or miles driven. Deposits by the Dominion government with the Bank of Canada show a weekly decrease.
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Medicine,Hat Transport Association
R. M. Thomson
Highway Traffic Board
A. A. H. Reilly
Highways Traffic Board
Domiion
Bank of Canada
Locomotive Kills Eight on Mojave Desert Line
A Union Pacific freight locomotive backing up in darkness outside Brant, California, killed eight section crew members who had been called out at 3 am to clear snow on the Mojave desert main line near Las Vegas.
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Los Angeles
Cal
C.P
Mojave Desert
Union Pacific Railroad
Brant
Las Vegas
Nev
Nasty Woman's Tongue Brings Her Trouble
Ernest Aldrich Simpson, ex husband of Mrs Wallis Simpson, files slander suit against Mrs Joan Sutherland over remarks at a London luncheon after King Edward's abdication. Alleged statements claim Simpson received money related to his wife's divorce. Sutherland described as a young godly matron.
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London
C.P
Ernest Aldrich Simpson
Wallis Simpson
Joan Sutherland
Simpson
Sutherland
A. H. C. Sutherland
Pope Pius Leaves Sick Bed for First Time in Months
Pope Pius the twelfth exited his sick bed and was placed in a wheel chair marking his first public appearance in over a month at the Vatican City. The pope suffers from age related complications.
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Vatican City
C.P
Pope_ Pius
Alberta Social Credit plan moves to cabinet for approval
Edmonton dispatch reports the Alberta government caucus completed its discussion on the Social Credit plan. Premier Aberhart did not reveal its fate. sources say the plan is accepted in part and will go to the cabinet, with legislation slated to open February 25. The scheme proposes full control of marketing Alberta farm products, an import export organization with wide powers over trade, setting internal wheat prices, and handling imports and barter with Eastern manufacturers.
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Edmonton
C.P
Alberta
Aberhart
Douglas
Winnipeg
Import-Export Bureau
Aberhart Faces Critique on Alberta Social Credit Plan
Major C. H. Douglas declined full briefing on Alberta's 11 point Social Credit program. He warned it seems to seek a parallel credit system without controlling the existing one. Douglas noted UK Social Creditors would aid the movement but resist independent departures.
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London
C.P
C. H. Douglas
Alberta
Douglas
United Kingdom
Alberta Blizzard Closes Southern Roads Strands Buses
A severe blizzard blankets southern Alberta with 20 year severity, halting highway traffic near Calgary. Buses are marooned south of the city but passengers receive care in farms or nearby towns. rail service continues with difficulty while snow plows clear routes. No heavy stock losses expected.
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Calgary
C.P
Alberta
Relief Worker Robbed Friend of 15 Dollars
James Doherty pleaded guilty at R C M P court to theft from a fellow worker on a Seven Persons district government farm. He was sentenced to 40 days in custody after admitting he took $15 from Ridgwell while the latter was away from their bunkhouse. He agreed to repay $12.18 of the misappropriated funds.
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James Doherty
R.C.M.P
Doherty
Seven Persons
Government Farm
Ridgwell
City Leaders and Kiwanis Host Luncheon Highlights City Finances
City Council and School Board members were guests of the Kiwanis Club at a noon luncheon. Mayor Bullivant spoke on the city's financial health, sinking fund plans for 1944, and unemployment challenges, praising council work. School Board Chair W A Church commended cross‑city cooperation and thanked Kiwanis for providing eyeglasses to needy pupils.
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Kiwanis Club
Walter Huckvale
Bullivant
W. A. Church
Winnipeg man jumps from window to death
J G Macintosh age 60 collapsed after leaping from a 10th floor window in a downtown Winnipeg building where he had come to collect railway waybills. Witnesses said he walked to the window and leapt into the street. There will be no inquest. The body struck the pavement near a passing pedestrian.
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Winnipeg
C.P
J. G. Macintosh
Franco denies German troops in Spanish Morocco
Salamanca dispatch reports General Francisco Franco denying reports of German forces in Spanish Morocco. He asserts the region is open to all citizens to visit and verify the claims, while Madrid fronts face fog halting operations and insurgents hold key heights northwest of Madrid. Thousands of non combatants evacuate Madrid under government order.
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Salamanca
C.P
Francisco Franco
Spanish
Morocco
Spanish Morocco
Madrid
Five Narcotics Peddlers Executed at Temple of Heaven
About fifty thousand onlookers watched five narcotics peddlers executed on the steps of the Temple of Heaven in Peking. The executions marked China's second anti-narcotics action and were carried out with a public display.
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Peiping
Temple of Heaven
China
Simon to Be Elevated at King George Coronation
London January 13 sources say Home Secretary Sir John Simon will be raised to the peerage, succeeding Viscount Hailsham on the coronation occasion. Also noted a former minister for Ogilvie Co. elevators, Gillies, died in Winnipeg.
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London
Havas
John Simon
Viscount Hailsham
George
Join’ Et Gillies
Wuspecs Tor
Ogilvie Co. Elevators
Winalpeg
Explorer Martin Johnson dies in Utah crash near Burbank
Martin Johnson, famed explorer, died from injuries after Western Air Express twin-engine plane crashed in foggy Tehachapi foothills near Union Air Terminal 15 miles from Burbank. Co-pilot Clifford Owens and passenger A L Loomis were critically hurt. Mrs Osa Johnson sustained a concussion. Flight from Salt Lake City bound for Burbank. 13 aboard, 2 killed.
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Los Angeles
C.P
Martin Johnson
Western Air Express Transport
James A. Braden
Cleveland, Ohio
Union Air Terminal
Burbank
Salt Lake City
Clifford P. Owens
A. L. Loomis
Omaha
Neb
Osa Johnson
Johnson
Rockford
England
Cook' Hees
South Seas
Jack London
Esther Jo Conner
Glendale
Arthur S. Robinson
Rochester
N.Y
Western Air Express
Tehachapi
Wheat speculators menace grain market says Winnipeg official
A. E. Darby secretary of the Winnipeg grain exchange told the Turgeon royal grain commission that speculative short selling can occur on the Winnipeg exchange. He argued that absence of a fixed minimum price could push speculators from the market and that open market futures help reduce price risk. He testified the speculative activity serves an essential function while noting potential distortions without a government price floor. (Continued on Page Five)
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Winnipeg
C.P
A. E. Darby
Winnipeg Grain, Exchange
Turgeon Royal Grain Commission
Darby
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Isaac Pitblado
K.C
Coyne
Commission
Canada
J. L. Ralston
Montreal
Pitblade
Mr. Darby
Montreal nurse charged with murder in stepmother death
Geraldine Leitch a 24 year old Montreal nurse was arraigned without bail on murder charges in the death of her stepmother Kath leen Leitch. A coroner s jury found Leitch responsible for the death after testimony about long domestic strife. Witnesses described jealousy accusations and a stair landing scuffle before the fatal hospital death.
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Montreal
Co. P
Geraldine Leitch
Kathleen Leitch
Miss Leitch
Leite
Leitch Hom
Gerald A. E. Leitch
Leitch
Geraldine
Fata Leitch
Star
Dr. Charles
Bathtub slaying case accelerates as suspect seized
New York January 13 investigators seized a 33 year old Harlem Negro and a companion in a Harlem building in a swift move tied to the Mary Robinson slaying case. The arrest follows a rapid inquiry into the bathtub murder, with authorities pressing for answers.
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New York
Mary — “Robinson
Swift
Harlem
Scountany Greene
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Mrs. Simpson
Pope Pius
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Franco
Simon
Devin Se
Olive View Sanitarium
Ess
William W. Lewis
Robinson
George No. Hutchingon
Rideau
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