Public works plan eyed to ease unemployment across provinces
Delegates at the Dominion provincial conference discuss a six month timetable to shift unemployment relief to provincial funding, with a large public works program to reduce direct relief. Premiers Bennett Taschereau Brownlee lead talks as harmoniously attendees push for financed schemes and commissions to manage debt and relief.
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Attrwa
Fan
Te Nett
Yaschereau
Taschereau
Ottawa
Dominion
J. E. Brownlee
Alberta
W. A. Gordon
Labor
L. A Taschereau
Mr. Taschereau
Finance Commission
Bennett
Gordon
R. B Bennett
Opinion Declares Federal Reserve Gold Title Constitutional
Attorney General Homer S. Cummings testifies to the Senate banking committee that the government may seize the monetary gold stock under eminent domain and pay just compensation in gold certificates. The measure seeks 40 percent dollar devaluation and a 2 billion dollar stabilization fund. Senator Glass presses for limits on eligible instruments.
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Washington
Homer S. Cummings
Federal Reserve
United States Senate Banking Committee
Carter Glass
Virginia
Roosevelt
Cummings
Supreme Court
Congress
Eugene Black
Federal Reserve Board
Black
House of Representative
Senate
Duncan Fletcher
Banking Committee
Glass
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Garland says CCF ready to run the country
At the United Farmers of Alberta convention in Edmonton the resolution to petition Prime Minister Bennett and resign the federal government was tabled. E. J. Garland MP Bow River responded that if the government resigned the CCF would be prepared to take over control.
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Edmonton
United Farmers of Alberta
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Bennett
C.C.F
E. J. Garland
M.P
Bow River
Bremer Kidnapers Demand 200000 Ransom
St Paul January 23 The early release of Edward G Bremer a wealthy bank owner was predicted today A ransom note received yesterday from the kidnappers demands 200000 dollars for his release allegedly from the same group that abducted him last week
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St. Paul
Edward G. Bremer
Charges Labor Dominates the CCF in Alberta Politics
Edmonton January 18 The C C F faces new pressure as South Castor local members accuse labor domination. The United Farmers of Alberta at its 26th annual convention votes to urge a provincial platform incorporating CCF policies. C F Pals blames affiliation for UFA harm. Norman Priestley denies labor split attempts in the Gary by election.
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Edmonton
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Alberta
C.C.F
South Castor
United Farmers of Alberta
U.F.A
C. F. Pals
Gary
Norman F. Priestley
Calgary
Del
New Norway
Delburne
Eckville
Lacombe
United
Red Deer
Clive Acokgont
Swift
Sylvan Lake Et Ee
Burns
Cochrane
Carstairs
City Dairy
Lethbridge
Taber
Central
Cel
Bashaw Cry
Edder Aes
Jasper Dairy
Metiskow
Rk Pincher Creek i
Nanton Bosie
Aed
Ena Bast
Elnora
Sedgewick Fe
Edgerton
Bernie He A
Oo Donalda
SSG
Salete F
South Edmonton Cry
Ee Eele
Ra Okotoks
Crystal Lethbridge
Crystal Didsbury
Dl Aor
Crystal Macleod
A A Es
Medicine Hat Linen Ser Tee de Ey
Markerville
Innisfail
Sundre
Viking
Hee
Woodland
Witness collapses in Edmonton murder trial
Alice Nusty, 18, fainted in the witness box delaying the trial of her brother William 24 and mother Lily 46 on a murder charge involving her father Fred 48. Justice Boyle ordered a pause after Miss Fusty testified about years of alleged abuse and arson.
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Edmonton
Alice Nusty
William
Lily
Fred
Fler
Justice Boyle
Miss Fusty
Aimee McPherson Faces Mass Walkout in Seattle
In Seattle on January 16 more than 2500 residents rose and walked out as evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson announced her debate opponent Charles Lee Smith could not arrive due to fog. She offered to preach her sermon The Second Coming of Christ and refund tickets to those who left.
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Seattle
Aimee Semple McPherson
Charles Lee Smith
Smith
Portland
Admiral Byrd's Flagship Narrowly Escapes Ice Cliff
Little America, Jan 19. Admiral Richard E. Byrd's Antarctic expedition flagship narrowly escaped destruction when a huge ice cliff toppled into the Bay of Whales. The vessel, carrying most expedition members, was moving slowly through the ice when a 0.5 mile stretch of ice rose 50 to 75 feet and plunged into the water.
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Little America
Richard E. Byrd
Bay of Whales
Icy roads slow city market as farmers miss town
The city market was small due to icy highways hindering farmers from traveling to town. Prices listed include butter 25 cents per pound, eggs 30 to 35 cents a dozen, live chicken 45 cents each, dressed chicken 30 to 40 cents each, dressed turkey 10 cents per 4 pounds, pike 5 cents per pound, white fish 10 cents per pound, cold lake trout 15 cents per pound, and Lake Superior herring 3 pounds for 25 cents.
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Lake Superior
Bombings and arrests mark Austrian Nazi demonstration
Three bombs exploded before Vienna's railway station as Fulvio Surci, Italian Under Secretary of State, arrived to meet Austrian officials. Police arrested 940 people before noon as Nazi demonstrations spread across Austria.
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Vienna
Fulvio Surci
McLennan School Burns In Alberta Loss Estimated At 20 000
A four room stucco McLennan school in Alberta was destroyed by fire on Wednesday night. The building valued at 20000 carried about 18000 in insurance on the structure and contents. cause of the blaze remains unknown. In Seattle a car accident fatally injured Mrs. Fred Sick and injured her husband. they had moved from Calgary three months ago and he is Emil Sick’s brother.
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McLennan
Alta
Fred Sick
Seattle
Here
Calgary
Emil Sick
Seattle Brewing Company
Convicts Escape Kansas State Prison in Hudson Firefight
Seven inmates scaled the walls of the Kansas State prison in Lansing amid a fusillade of shots. They used a long hose as a rope and quickly built a makeshift ladder. No guards were injured.
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Lansing
Kansas State Prison
Alberta Live Stock Conference Seeks National Marketing Board
Alberta farmers, stockmen and industry reps urged Ottawa to form a national marketing board to stabilize livestock prices. The Edmonton gathering also endorsed McMillan banking commission credits and called for a review of stock yards charges while rejecting nationalization. Cattle disease alerts and sugar beet data were reported along with a unique carload of certified Garnet wheat seed owned by the Alberta Department of Agriculture.
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Edmonton
McMillan Banking Commission
Geo. Hoadley
Raymond
Canada
Alberta Department of Agriculture
Tom Jones
Trochu
Sovet
Russia
Alberta Department
Parliament Library a Disgrace Says Calhoun
Calgary library head Alexander Calhoun declared Ottawa’s parliamentary library a disgrace while praising the Actives Branch as a fine contrast. He contrasted it with Washington’s Congressional library, calling that facility a marvel of completeness and efficiency.
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Calgary
Parliamentary
Ottawa
Canada
Alexander Calhoun
Calgary Public Library
Bow Valley Ratepayers’ Association
Congressional Library
4Vaington
Land nationalization debate hits UFA convention
Edmonton delegates clash over land nationalization with changes to the United Farmers of Alberta declaration. The convention endorses socialization of finance and inflation measures while leaving land policy to further study and aligning with the CCF program. Premier Brownlee urges inflation, central bank control, and public works to aid recovery.
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Edmonton
United Farmers of Alberta
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Regina
Robert Gardiner
Norman F. Priestley
Alberta
Brownlee
U.F.A
Geo. Hoadley
Brown- Iees
Ottawa
Canada
Alberta convention backs compulsory health certificates before marriage
The United Farm Women of Alberta urged compulsory health certificates for both spouses before marriage licenses and called for provincial education clinics to inform married women on family limitation. Other talks urged science-based motherhood training, broader state medicine plans, and child education reforms.
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Edmonton
United Farm Women of Alberta
Alberta
Irene Parlby
U.F.W.A
Parlby
H. C. Newland
Department of Lands and Mines
Calgary
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