Opposition Silence Marks Government Reform Debate in House
Ottawa reports Liberal MPs withdrew from the address debate as Premier Bennett opened the session. With reform pledges and no opposition voice, observers foresee passage without division, hinting at a rare pre election end to a major debate. Speakman defends the Marketing Act, arguing farmers gain sales control and proper licensing supports ethical practice.
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Ottawa
C.P
Bennett
Woodsworths
United Farmer
House
Canada
J. S. Woodsworth
Mr. Speakman
U.F.A
Red Deer
Speakman
Bolton admits role in 1929 St Valentine’s massacre
Chicago report says Byron Bolton of the Karpis Barker gang admitted taking part in the St Valentine’s Day massacre of 1929 and named five accomplices. The killers named include Fred Burke Claude Maddox Gus Winkler Fred Goetz Murray Humphreys and Bolton.
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Chicago
C.P
Byron Bolton
Fred
Burke
Claude Maddox
Gus Winkler
Fred Goetz
Murray Humphreys
Bolton
Meighen Proposes Senate Probe of Hydro Inquiry
Ottawa Jan 23 Senator Arthur Meighen urged any senator to move for a senate committee to investigate his conduct as an Ontario hydro commissioner. He said he would support and appear before the committee if such a motion is made, or dismiss the Ontario hydro inquiry with no attention if not.
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Hydro Commission
Ottawa
Arthur Meighen
Senate
Ontario Hydro Commission
Latchford-Smith
Ontario Hydro
Bank of Canada elects directors at Ottawa meeting
Directors for the Bank of Canada were elected at the general shareholders meeting in Ottawa. In Category A William K. McKean of Halifax and Robert A. Wright of Drinkwater Sask led with votes. Category B saw William D. Black of Hamilton and Robert J. Magor of Montreal elected. Category C elected Joseph Beaubien Montreal Thomas Bradshaw Toronto and W C Woodward Vancouver. The chamber slate carried all seats.
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Ottawa
C.P
Bank of Canada
Canada
William K. McKean
Halifax
Robert A. Wright
Drinkwater
Sask
William D. Black
Hamilton
Robert J. Magor
Montreal
Joseph Beaubien
Thomas. Bradshaw
Toronto
W. C. Woodward
Vancouver
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Not Quite So Cold This Morning Temp Rises From Minus Twenty Six
Temperatures ease from minus twenty six degrees at dawn to around twenty degrees as a milder air mass moves in. Weather officials warn of lingering frost but expect a gradual warmup through the day.
Man Killed in Snow Slide Near North Bend
In the Canadian mountains west of North Bend, a snowslide killed a man named Michelle who was part of 500 workers clearing tracks. The disaster halted rail traffic on both Canadian National and Canadian Pacific lines, the worst slides in history stretching toward Boston Bar, B C, for about 500 miles.
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Calgary
Alta
C.P
Bend
B.C
Kamloops
Michelle
North Bend
Boston Bar
Bandits Take $129000 From U S Mail Truck
Four bandits halted a United States mail truck in Fall River and seized about $129000 in bank notes and silver bound for distribution. Driver Arbert B. Reid, 43, was bound and blindfolded before being placed in a sedan with two accomplices, the truck driven into Swansea.
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Fall River
C.P
United States
Boston
Federal Reserve Bank
Arbert B. Reid
Taunton
Swansea
Reid
Smuggling Charged in Grain Wool Cross-Border Illicit Trade
James H. Moyle, commissioner of customs, charged at a congressional hearing that smugglers brought grain, grain products, and raw wool into the United States from western Canada. The routes spanned Idaho, Montana, the Dakotas, Nebraska, and Minnesota across about 1500 miles of border territory.
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Washington
C.P
United States
Canada
James H. Moyle
Idaho
Montana
Dakotas
Nebraska
Minnesota
Relief Lifts as Cold Spell Weakens Across Regions
Relief arrives as temperatures rise after a three week cold spell. The warmest day in memory showed 20 below zero with a low of 27 below. By late afternoon temps stayed under zero while the barometer fell. A chinook wind from the west could reach the area tomorrow.
Ottawa Estimates Trim Federal Outlays in 193? Budget
Finance Minister E N Rhodes presented main estimates showing a $931,068 year to year drop. Total appropriations reach $351,969,944, with a major $4,259,440 rise for public works nearly offset by a $4,150,475 cut in interest on the public debt. Extra boosts include aviation $738,000 and agriculture $403,595. Public buildings in Alberta total $72.
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Ottawa
C.P
E. N. Rhodes
House of Commons
Royal Canadian Air Force
Alberta
Directors Fees Set for Bank of Canada Meetings
Ottawa January 23 directors at the Bank of Canada will receive 150 dollars for each meeting plus traveling expenses. Directors must attend at least four meetings annually. The maximum annual fee is capped at 20 thousand dollars by statute.
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Ottawa
C.P
Bank of Canada
Promises Must Be Kept Warns Justice Ewing
Justice Ewing warns during the Farmers Creditors Arrangement Act review that farmer debtors who promise to pay a third of crops or another fraction must fulfill those promises or face theft charges. Future debt adjustments based on such promises must be obeyed or risk bankruptcy proceedings.
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Edmonton
C.P
Justice Ewing
Food Shortage Feared In Outlying British Columbia Points
Vancouver reports ongoing recovery from a weekend storm with four dead and $100000 in damage. Rural areas face food shortages as snow drifts up to ten feet and roads remain buried. logging camps are marooned and livestock lack fodder amid continued rain. Schools closed and some businesses slow to reopen.
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Vancouver
Dan
British Columbia
Pacific Coast
Curb Exchanges Debate in Canadian Senate
Senator Raoul Danddurand urged curbs on stock exchange activities in Ottawa as he spoke in reply to the throne speech. He suggested measures similar to Roosevelt era legislation to counter dangerous allurements of the exchanges.
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Ottawa
Raoul Dandurand
Oldest Greek Jewish Woman Gracia Adolous Dies at 110
Salonica report says Gracia Adolous aged 110, Greece's oldest Jewish woman, died leaving instructions for no mourning and for singing and dancing at her funeral. Bruce Mines Ontario reports three Saar children perished in a house fire three miles from their home.
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Salonika
Gracia Adolous
Greece
Bruce Mines
Ont
Alex Saar
Hare
Heer
Wood expert testifies ladder wood from Hauptmann home
FLEMINGTON Jan 23 C P Arthur J Koester government wood expert testified the Lindbergh kidnapping ladder wood came from Bruno Hauptmann s Bronx home attic board matched nail holes and grain. Defence objected saying no such expert. Prosecution to rest today with Hauptmann likely to testify tomorrow and defence to close by Thursday Jan 31.
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Flemington
C.P
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Arthur J. Koester
Hauptmann
Madison
Wis
Bronx
Alexander A. Pope
United Farmers of Alberta Launch Campaign Drive
Calgary report notes the UFA will push a large campaign to demonstrate advanced industrial technique and cooperative marketing and organization. Plans, approved by the UFA executive, set the campaign in motion.
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Calgary
Japanese Invasion Report Hits Chahar Province
Chinese despatches from Kalgan to Peiping describe a large Japanese and Manchukuoan assault with planes armor and artillery on eastern Chahar cities. Reports claim invasion from the Manchoukouan border following earlier signs of a shutdown agreement. Unconfirmed wires mention bombings of Tushitku and Tungchetze by eight planes.
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Peiping
Chahar Province
China
Kalgan
Chahar
Shanghai
C.P
Tushitku
Tungchetze
Poisoned By Gas In Calgary Household
A Calgary family narrowly escaped tragedy when a carbon monoxide leak from a basement water heater left all six residents unconscious. Mr and Mrs J Rounce Ronald Rounce eight months old Miss M Reede and Harry Young were affected. Mrs Rounce and the infant plus Young were hospitalized.
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Calgary
C.P
J. Rounce
L. G. Alexander
Ronald Rounce
M. Reed
Strikers In Work Camps Shipped Out
In Cadomin Alta a group of 48 unemployed men who struck at a relief road work camp were moved out tonight in two coaches attached to a freight train escorted by 22 RCMP officers. Another 48 stayed after a 24 hour ultimatum. Premier Reid said liquor purchases for relief recipients are a municipal issue.
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Edmonton
Cadomin
Alta
R.C.M.P
Calgary
Reid
Union of Alberta Municipalities
Family Tragedy At Youngstown
YOUNGSTOWN Alta Jan 23 R C M Police Constable Murphy arrested William Hawryluk a farmer at Hemaruka north of here today and was bringing him here following the death of the farmer's wife last Friday Neighbors reported Hawryluk struck his wife over the head during an altercation last Thursday and drove her out into zero weather He told neighbors today his wife had died and the police started from here late Yesterday Neighbors are caring for the six children.
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Youngstown
Alta
C.P
R.C.M
Murphy
William Hawryluk
Hemaruka
Here
Hawryluk
Five Quebec coal firms fined under Combines Act
Fines totaling 13500 were imposed on five coal companies by Justice Laliberte in the Court of King's Bench. The Scotch Anthracite Coal Company Limited of Medintreal and the Hartt and Adair Coal Co of Montreal were each fined 5000. Montreal Coke and Manufacturing Company 2000 Mongeau and Robert Cie Ltd Quebec 1000 Elias Rogers Co Montreal 500.
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Quebec
C.P
Combines Investigation Act
Laliberte
Court of King’s Benches
Scotch Anthracite Coal Company Limited
Medintreal
Hartt and Adair Coal, Co
Montreal
Montreal Coke and Manufacturing Company
Mon
Ontario Records Coldest Temperature 73 Below at Iroquois Falls
Ontario logged a record cold spell with 73 below at Iroquois Falls, the province s coldest mark ever recorded. The unusually frigid conditions followed by 83 degree swings within 24 hours blanketed the area and slowed regional activity. A chinook arch later appeared in southern Alberta with warmer readings in Blairmore and Lethbridge despite heavy drifting snow.
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Toronto
C.P
Ontario
Iroquois Falls
North Bay
Lethbridge
Alberta
Crow's Nest Pass
Blairmore
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