Orderly Saar plebiscite unfolds amid cautious turnout
Reports from Saarbruecken and Berlin describe the January plebiscite on reunification with Germany. Authorities report high turnout with 97 to 99 percent of eligible voters casting ballots and neutral observers noting a tense, orderly process guarded by Allied troops. Results are expected to be announced next morning.
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C.P
League of Nations
Saarbruecken
Wartburg Hall
Germany
France
Berlin
Wade Werner
Associated Press
Saar
Saar Governing Commission
Neunkirchen
Wav Prawn Tlanlaw
Thia Anna
Svecaly Apa Can Ead
LE Lid VY Pe”Tion
League Council
Plebscite
Wartburg
Havas
United States
Rumors On Cabinet Return For Hon. H. H. Stevens
Ottawa reports swirl over whether Hon. H. H. Stevens will be reappointed to the Bennett cabinet after the throne speech. Cabinet selections were discussed at a Saturday session, with no official word on vacancies or whether Stevens would reenter with or without a portfolio.
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Ottawa
C.P
Commons
Senate
Louis Cote
Red Chamber
Ralph
Blain Lake
Sask
William Earl
R. B. Bennett
Montreal
Mackenzie King
Bennett
H. H. Stevens
Conservative
Milk distribution in Newfoundland schools discussed
The department of health and welfare is considering free milk distribution in Newfoundland schools and colleges to support student nutrition.
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Newfoundland
Department of Health and Welfare
Possible Hiatus in Arthur Cutten U S Grain Market Role
Washington January 13 Arthur W Cutten may be forced to quit U S grain market operations after a Grain Futures commission hearing. Government officials reviewed Cutten's actions including bear raids and large wheat holdings amid price declines in 1980 and 1931.
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Arthur Cutten
U.S
Mit
Washington
C.P
Arthur W. Cutten
Cutten
Arthur M. Hyde
Hoover
Hyde
Tierney
Federal Farm Board
Archdiocese Selects McGuigan as Toronto Metropolitan
Archbishop James Charles McGuigan has been appointed metropolitan of the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical province of Toronto succeeding the late Archbishop McNeil at age 40, becoming the youngest archbishop in America.
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James Charles McGuigan
Toronto
McNeil
America
Cottage of Happy Jack Destroyed in Elkwater Blaze
A fierce fire at Elkwater leveled the cottage of Happy Jack Hart, a cheerful former coal miner who ran boats at the summer resort. In 20 below weather, villagers watched as the dry structure burned to ashes, with only smoldering embers remaining in under two hours. The cottage was among the first built on the Elkwater forest reserve.
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Elkwater District
Happy Jack” Hart
Happy Jack
Medicine Hat
Hartley Block
North Railway Street
Arnold Draudson
Kinnaird
Jack
Elkwater
Hopes For Saar Return To Germany Prominent In Papers
British Sunday newspapers urged quick plebiscite settlement on the Saar as the path to peace. The Times called for immediate return to the Reich with a strong majority seen as easing tensions. The Sunday Dispatch welcomed Saar people going back, hoping to remove incitement to trouble in Europe.
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C.p.havas
Germany
Reich
Sunday Times
Europe
France
Hitler
Amelia Earhart flies solo from Honolulu to Oakland in 18 hours 16 minutes
Amelia Earhart Putnam completed the first solo Hawaii to California flight landing in Oakland at 1 31 p m PST after 18 hours 16 minutes and 2 408 miles from Honolulu amid cheering crowds and bouquets of American Beauty roses.
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California
Econolulu
Oakland
Cal
Louish Ashlock
A.P
Amelia
Earhart Putnam
Pacific
Hawaii
P.S.T
Honolulu
Miss Earhart
Supreme Court Judge McGillivray Taken Ill in Edmonton
Alberta Supreme Court adjourned the MacMillan-Brownlee appeal after Justice A A McGillivray fell ill at noon. He was taken to hospital, with Chief Justice Harvey saying the illness did not seem serious and a return in the morning was expected.
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Edmonton
C.P
A. A. McGillivray
Alberta Supreme Court
MacMillan-Brownlee
Horace Harvey
McGillivray
Man Arrested Under False Pretences Charge
William Hale of Hatton bought cattle from S A Langdon of Schuler for 129 dollars by cheque drawn on the Royal Bank Medicine Hat. The cheque bounced and Langdon reported Hale to RCMP. Hale was found at Pendant d Oreille and pleaded guilty in Medicine Hat court. He was fined 100 dollars and costs and ordered to restitution or one year in Lethbridge jail.
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Hatton
S. ‘A. Langdon
Schuler
Royal Bank
Medicine Hat
Langdon
Hale
R.C.M.P
Léo Hester
Pendant d’ Oreille
RC. M.P
Lethbridge
McPherson Divorce Appeal Delayed to April 8
Edmonton January 12 The appeal against Judge Ford’s ruling to not set aside the divorce of O L McPherson former minister of public works and Mrs Cora McPherson was postponed to April 8 by Chief Justice Harvey. The delay cites the Privy Council appeal and funding difficulties for the appellant.
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Edmonton
C.P
Justice Ford
O. L. McPherson
Evidence Collapses Hauptmann Case With Handwriting Pact
In Flemington New Jersey on January 14 observers report a dress model identifying Bruno Richard Hauptmann as the man seen with Charles Condon in March 1932, and handwriting experts call the ransom-note evidence irresistible. Prosecutors plan more testimony to prove Hauptmann authored all letters while defense challenges the identification.
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C.P
Bronx
Hautpmann
Condon
Hildegard Olga Alexander
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmann
John
Reilly
Defence Staff
N.J
John Ferris
A.P
Albert S. Osborn
Albert D. Osborn
Isador Fisch
Ile de France
New York
United States
Arthur Johnson
New York City
Fisch
Lindbergh
Abe Samuelsohn
John F. Condon
Jassie
Samuelsohn
Lindbergh Ransom
Britain Sees Ripening Moment for German Return to League
London reports Sir John Simon told cabinet in Geneva that disarmament effort should renew. Britain favors Germany rejoining the League on equality if Saar returns and arms limitation pact is joined. Officials say release from Versailles military clauses could follow Germany’s cooperation.
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London
C.P
John Simon
Geneva
Germany
League of Nations
Berlin
Saar Basin
Great Britain
Appeal in Brownlee seduction case opens with law review
Edmonton January 14 Canadian Press Ottawa reports opening the appeal of Miss Vivian MacMillan and her father A D MacMillan Edson against the judgment of Mr Justice W C Ives. Neil Maclean argues the English law on seduction and loss of services with emphasis on the Alberta Seduction Act and Victorian precedent. The court adjourned for lunch after a lengthy discussion of damages and service theories.
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C.P
Vivian MacMillan
A. D. MacMillan
Edson
W. C. Ives
Neil Maclean
Supreme Court of Alberta
Maclean
Brownlee
A. C. Smith
K.C
William IV
Victoria
Edward
Alberta
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