Italians Oppose Broad Inquiry in Italo Ethiopian Crisis
Italian experts head to Geneva for League of Nations talks with a unified stance to resist a general examination of the Italo Ethiopian dispute. Baron Pompeo Aloisi leads a delegation determined to push only the arbitration commission revival as the issue.
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Rome
C.P
League of Nations Council
Geneva
Italy
Baron Pompeo Aloisi
Arbitration Commission
London
Anthony Isaen
League of Nations
Paris
Eden
Foreign Office
Pierre Laval
France
Iden
Switzerland
Baron Pompeo Alesi
Laval
Russian image of Utopm in Russia ridiculed in Brantford
Melanie Fetler of Petrograd told Brantford today that pictures of an Utopm in Russia under the Soviets are figments of the imagination. He said Canadians face unemployment and hardship while peasants lose crops to export grain to make a world display.
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Brantford
Ont
Melanie Fetler
Petrograd
Russia
Strike fizzled as relief job seekers report for work
Calgary on July 30 under the new cash relief system more men reported to civic relief projects. Commissioner T. D. Riley said the strike has fizzled after last Thursday’s protest by jobless relief recipients.
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Calgary
C.P
T. D. Riley
Slave Lake Devastated by Five-Foot Flood Waters
Five foot waves swept Slave Lake streets at town of Slave Lake, turning it into a Venice like scene. Most residents fled to hills living in tents as water roared over a 90 mile stretch of Lesser Slave Lake. The post office building collapsed and the postmaster escaped with mail bags. Waves threatened the traffic bridge and a hotel lobby flooded while upstairs rooms remained in use. A tented roof dining area was set up for guests.
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Womonton
Slave Lake
Venice
Lesser Slave Lake
Roman Catholi Chared
Strikers Near Napanee After Halfway Ottawa Trek
A 21 mile march from Belleville brought 850 on-to-Ottawa trekkers into Napanee where they camped at Springside park completing about half of the 250 mile trip to Ottawa. They plan to head to Kingston tomorrow as Ottawa offers food and shelter for 1,000 marchers until a government settlement is reached.
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Napaneef
Belleville
Ottawa
Napanee
Springside Park
Toronto
Kingston
Board of Control
Rail Tie-up Hits Northern Alberta Line Amid Storm
Winds along Lesser Slave Lake drive waves onto Northern Alberta Railways tracks for about 90 miles. Trains from Edmonton reached Stith and will return from there. The gale damaged the roadbed in weaker spots while stronger sections withstood the surge.
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Edmonton
C.P
Lesser Slave Lake
Northern Alberta Railways
Stith
Woodsworth Injuries Not So Great as Stated
Banff reports Alpine Club member Charles Woodsworth injured on a descent of Mr Assiniboine rests comfortably at base camp. Doctors Beattie and Whitney say he has sprained right wrist, dislocated little finger, scalp lacerations healing well, no spinal fracture or nerve involvement, able to walk briefly and prepared for a two day horseback trip home pending weather.
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Charles Woodsworth
Pelespine
Banff
Whitney
Canfield Beattie
Portland
Roger Whitney
New Haven
Conn
Quebec election date set but not announced
Premier L A Taschereau said in Montreal the provincial government has chosen the general election date but will not disclose it publicly. The announcement follows lengthy talks and hints of a forthcoming campaign.
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Quebec
Montreal
C.P
L. A. Taschereau
Lutheran church at Ellerslie destroyed by lightning fire
The Ellerslie Lutheran church nine miles south of Edmonton was struck by lightning and burned completely. Valued at 3000 dollars, it was only partially insured.
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Edmonton
Ellerslie
Native Sons urge changes to act over Communist schooling
R W Carr of Kildonan Manitoba told the Native Sons of Canada convention in Hamilton that amendments to the British North America Act should address alleged Communist teachings in Alberta and Saskatchewan schools. He cited Blairmore Alberta where a foreign language was taught and a school holiday observed on the Soviet revolution anniversary.
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Hamilton
Ont
C.P
R. W. Carr
Kildonan
Man
Native Sons of Canada
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Blairmore
Alta
Carr
Ballot Boxes Going To North Alta By Plane
Edmont on July 30 Chief electoral officer John D Hunt announced plans to air two cargoes of ballot boxes to Fort Fitzgerald with further trips by water to relocate containers across Alberta. A motorboat run will move boxes from Peace River to the Vermilion chutes and planes may reach Grouard and Wabiskaw. Wagons trucks and trains will deliver ballots to voting points province wide.
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Emonton
Edmonton
John D. Hunt
Fort Fitzgerald
Peace River
Vermilion Chutes
Grouard
Wabiskaw
Alberta
Relief Camps in Alberta to Stay Open If Harvest Demand
Alberta relief camps for single unemployed men will stay open through harvest if demand for harvest labor remains insufficient for placing men in regular jobs. Labor commissioner Walter Smitten said the situation would self-correct as harvest picks up and available jobs appear.
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Asia
Edmonton
Walter Smitten
Speaine
Rotary Club To Provide Dental Care For Children
A Medicine Hat survey found 240 children unable to access dental care. The Rotary Club will cover 1500 for treatment, with local dentists donating about one third of regular fees. All children are expected to receive attention during the summer holidays.
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Medicine Hat
Rotary Club
Labor candidates named for Calgary Alberta election
The Canadian Labor Party at a nominating convention named three candidates for Calgary constituency in the Alberta elections on August 22. The nominees are Fred J. White, typographical compositor, A. J. E. Liesemer, school teacher, and W. G. Southern, clerk. A total of 126 votes were cast.
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Calgary
C.P
Canadian Labor Party
Alberta
Fred J. White
A. J. E. Liesemer
W. G. Southern
Mrs. Howson Steps In For Ill Husband On Alberta Campaign
Alberta Liberal leader W R Howson loses his voice to laryngitis and his wife Mrs Mary Howson speaks to voters from CJCA radio and station CFCN. Her inaugural address urges mothers and families to focus on homes and the future as campaign coverage continues across High River Nanton Carmangay Vulcan Lomond Milo.
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Edmonton
W. R. Howson
Alberta
CJCA
CFCN
Howson
Uci
Denmark Peasants Marchers Seek Relief From Government
In Copenhagen on July 30 A P reports peasants who marched on the King's palace prepared to return to their farms after the government promised aid. They delivered a resolution to Premier Stauning asking for minimum produce prices tax relief and a debt moratorium. If unmet their next moves were not announced.
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Copenhagen
Theodore Stauning
Prairie wheat pools pay record pooled prices in 1934 35
Prairie farmers who pooled their wheat received the highest pooled prices in five years. Alberta final payment on the 1934 35 pool was 12.71 cents, totaling 77.7 cents per bushel on No 1 Northern Vancouver basis. Manitoba final payment 15.66 cents, total 30.66 cents per bushel on Fort William basis. Saskatchewan pool final payment cheques exceed 250000 dollars, net 30.005 cents per bushel on No 1 Northern Fort William basis with prior 50 cent initial and 15 cent interim payments. Final decisions on 1935 36 pool operations deferred amid talk of a Canadian Wheat Board, with no pooling deliveries for now.
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Winnipeg
C.P
Calgary
Alberta Wheat Pool
Northern
Vancouver
Manitoba Pool
No. 1 Northern
Fort William
Regina
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Canadian Wheat Board
Fifth broadcast questions risks of Social Credit dividends
The study argues any government pledged to basic dividends would seize real money to back bonds, risking confiscation and inflation. It examines three possible outcomes and asks citizens who stands to gain or lose from Social Credit, including the impact on those with ordinary incomes and exporters.
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Calgary
Aberhart
Will Geo Black Or His Wife Be Candidate
Prince Rupert B C July 29 The Yukon Conservative nomination for the coming election may be contested by either Hon George Black MP or his wife with the other assisting in the campaign The former speaker said his health had improved enough to run again and they left the decision to the voters of the constituency
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Prince Rupert
B.C
C.P
George Black
Yukon
Capt. Black
House of Commons
Britain Completes Davis Cup Rout Over United States
Great Britain finishes the Davis Cup challenge round with a 5-0 record after Fred Perry and Bunny Austin win their second singles. Perry beats Wilmer Allison 4 6 6 4 7 5 6 3 and Austin defeats Donald Budge 6 2 6 4 6 8 7 5 in four sets.
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Wimbledon
C. P
Great Britain
United States
Fred Perry
H. W. “Bunny” Austin
Perry
Wilmer Allison
Austin
Donald Budge
U.S. Tax Bill Advances Big Wealth Redistribution Plan
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a $275 million income tax bill aimed at broader wealth distribution. It expands taxes on inheritances gifts and estate transfers while raising rates on individual incomes corporate excess profits and corporate net incomes.
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Washington
C.P
United States
House
Ways and A Means Committee
Express Train Held Up by Manchukuoan Bandits
A Rengo News Agency dispatch from Hsingking reports bandits pulled spikes on the Hsingking Tumen express about 50 miles east, fatally injuring 11 or 12 passengers including a Russian and four Manchukuoans mistaken for Japanese. The attackers also kidnapped twelve guards as Japanese and Manchukuoan troops moved to rescue them.
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Torio
Rengo
Hsingking
Imamaru
Independent Guard Corps
Kwantung Army
Kirin
Hsinking
Packers Deny H H Stevens Criticism In Canada
Toronto dispatch reports James S. McLean, president of Canada Packers Limited, calling Hon. H H Stevens statements untrue. McLean says packers earned little profit on live stock, that the industry has shown losses over 15 years, and attributes price changes to export market changes rather than packer manipulation.
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Toronto
C.P
H. H. Stevens
Winnipeg
Canada Packers Limited
Canada
James S. McLean
Stevens
McLean
United States
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Palace of Continued
Woodsworth
North
LABOR
W.R. Howson
Denmark
Western
Economic Safety League
Mr. Aberhart
Geo. Black
U.S
Manchoukuans
Yorkton, Sask
Fidelack
Margo
Fidelock
Packers
H.h.stevens
Elm Street School
Hector Lane
M.L.A. Drv
W. Gershaw
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