Doubt Cast on Alberta Social Credit Report
Major C H Douglas says he will not disclose report contents. Cabinet ministers keep its contents secret while speculation mounts about constitutional obstacles to social credit in Alberta. Douglas heads home to England after delivering interim remarks in Winnipeg.
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Major Douglas
Winnipeg
Alberta
Edmonton
C. H. Douglas
Social Credit
Economist
England
Douglas
Winnipg
Toronto
Dominion
City Tax Rate Set At Forty One Mills With Offsetting Assessments
The city council set the 1935 mill rate at 41 for public schools and 23.34 for separate schools, up from 38, but assessments fell about 10 percent, offsetting the higher rate. Relief measures include lower electric charges, half the garbage tax, gas meter rental abolition, and reductions in business, rental, and store refuse charges. The arrears interest drops to 7 percent. Treasurer H J Noble reported a revised budget and the finance committee plans full sinking fund payments.
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City
Public School Board
Library
Ald. Black and Baker
Bullivant
Ald
Hole
H. J. Noble
le Landarl
Bouisson Government Ousted by Deputies Vote
France's four day old Bouisson government fell to a 2 vote defeat in the chamber of deputies. The cabinet resigned, while Bouisson pledged severe action to defend the franc as the finance committee urged extraordinary powers by a narrow margin.
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Chamber of Deputies
Bouisson
Chin Her
Ross Praises Hyndman Report on Ex Service Men
Brigadier General Alex Ross Dominion president of the Canadian Legion welcomes Justice Hyndman’s commission findings tabled in the House of Commons. He says the report reflects the Legion’s unemployment investigations for ex service men and supports their basic principles.
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Ottawa
C.P
J. D. Hyndman
House of Commons
Canadian Legion
Alex Ross
Dominion
Roosevelt Plans Cabinet Action to Preserve NRA
President Roosevelt moves to act next day to build structure for the NRA after its court ruling. A special cabinet meeting and subsequent meetings with congressional leaders will be followed by a press conference to outline plans. NRA head Donald R. Swchberg said the Blue Eagle organization would stay in place with 5,400 employees shifted off payrolls by June 16. Ogden Mills in Hyde Park urged voluntary agreements as a substitute, favoring state and regional compacts over federal mandates for wages and hours.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
New Deal
NRA
White House
Roosevelt Deal
United States Supreme
Hyde Park
N. Y
A. P
Treasury
Ogden Mills
Mills
Federal Trade Commission
Five Hundred Died In U S Floods
Canadian Press reports death toll rising to 550 across three midwestern states and Mexico as floods persist. Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri bear heavy losses with 140, 8, and 3 deaths respectively, while property damage nears 17 million dollars.
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Midwestern
Mexico
San Pedro
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas
Running Trades A8 Hour Day Bill Amended In Senate
Ottawa June 4 Railway employees in the running trades will fall under the eight hour day act six months after royal assent under a Senate banking and commerce committee amendment. The Commons had set an exemption until March 31 1936. The act would apply to other industrial undertakings three months after assent.
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Ottawa
C.P
Senate Banking and Commerce Committee
G Man Volney Davis Pleads Guilty to Kidnapping Conspiracy
Volney Davis a key Barker-Karpis mob figure pleads guilty to conspiracy to kidnap Edward G Bremer for 200000. He faces a life sentence when sentenced Friday before Judge M M Joyce as federal officials say he had no link to the Weyerhaeuser case on the Pacific coast.
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ST. Paul, Minn
A.P
Volney Davis
United States Department of Justice
Barker- Karpis
Edward G. Bremer
Davis
M.M. Joyce
St. Paul
Weyerhaeuser
Pacific Coast
Oldest white man in Canada marks 112th birthday
John Birch of Sebastopol born June 4 1823 in Russia celebrated his 112th birthday in North Bay Ontario. He claims the title of Canada’s oldest white man and offers a humorous reason for his longevity saying perhaps there is no room for him in heaven.
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North Bay
Ont
C. P
John Birch
Sebastopol
Russia
Canada
Reid Bill to Remonetize Silver Blocked in Commons
Ottawa June 3 Speaker James Bowmen ruled Thom as Reid's bill out of order in the house of commons. The measure would have increased silver content of the Canadian dollar and made silver currency legal tender for any amount, imposing additional public treasury demands.
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Ottawa
Thomas Reid
House of Commons
James Bowman
New Westminster Liberal
Police suspect foul play in Owen death
Police suspect foul play in the death of Gilbert Michael Owens about 28 whose body was found in a river backwater off Strathona Island. William Nowices reported the discovery and the body was taken to Nott's undertaking parlors. An inquest opened by Coroner Dr. J. R. Patterson proceeded with a jury and adjourned until Tuesday June 11.
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Gilbert Michael Owens
Strathona Island
William Nowices
F. Cresswell
W. McKenzie
Nott
J. R. Patterson
W. Knight
J. L. Trotman
J. D. Fairless
A. E. H. Baker
J. Elliott
J. A. King
Soldier Replaces Scientist As Head Research Council
OTTAWA June 3 Dr H M Tory president of the National Research Council retires after a seven year term at age over 70 Major General A G L McNaughton chief of the General Staff will succeed him and be followed by Major General E C Ashton who served as Adjutant General and Quartermaster General in Victoria after the war.
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Ottawa
H. M., Tory
National Research Council
A. G. L. McNaughton
Department of National Defence
McNaughton
E. C. Ashton
C.B
Military District No. 11
Victoria
B.C
Death of Black Eagle Ranch owner C D Hillman in Seattle
Word reached the city about two weeks after the death of C D Hillman of Seattle, owner of Black Eagle ranch south of Cy press hills. He bought the 55000 acre Black Eagle and the 76 ranch at Dunmore, placed son Wayne in charge, and also owned a California dude ranch and invested in several businesses.
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C. D. Hillman
Black Eagle Ranch
Cypress Hills
Seattle
James English
Dunmore
Wayne
California
King George replies to Canada senate and commons
King George expresses thanks for the joint address presented after the Silver Jubilee. He praises Canada’s wartime alliance and postwar unity with the Empire, urges mutual aid against depression, and wishes happiness and peace for Canadians. Troops were deployed to northern Rhodesia as riots erupted over wage demands by native miners.
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British Empire
Canada
Caillaux Seeks Stabilization Conference for World Economy
Paris June 38 Caillaux new finance minister backs an international monetary stabilization conference to aid global recovery. Bouisson cabinet set for quick vote to grant decree powers for franc defense and economic stabilization. He urges commercial reconstruction and plans a four man financial commission to supervise stock and new issues.
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Paris
C.p.-Havas
France
Joseph Caillaux
Bouisson
Chamber of Deputies
M. Caillaux
Financial Commission
Relief Strike Ends in Edmonton After Five Weeks
Edmonton ends a five week and one day relief strike as the full quota of 150 relief recipients report for duty, restoring normal operations.
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Edmonton
C.P
Britain's Interest In Ethiopia Reported In Italian Statement
An official Italian statement reported a May 31 attack by a nucleus of armed Ethiopians on a native post near the Eritrean frontier, killing 30 Italian troops and stealing cattle. Italy said the assault near Gublei in Italian Somaliland was repulsed by Dubais troops and pledged defense measures. Britain was accused by Italian press of arming Haile Selassie, while Anglo-German naval talks opened in London with hints of a world conference on armaments.
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Rome
Dancali
Gublei
Ital
England
Giornale D'Italia
Britain
Haile Selassie
Italy
Clifford
Anglo-Ethiopian Commission
British Somaliland
London
Ethiopia
United States
Berbera
Britain Opens Talks on German Admission to Naval Conference
London reports Britain would back Germany's invitation to a projected world naval conference. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and Foreign Secretary Sir John Simon met with Joachim von Ribbentrop to discuss limits on German ships, with Berlin demanding global tonnage limits rather than category by category caps. Talks begin tomorrow as Germany weighs a 35 percent tonnage cap versus broader restrictions.
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London
C.P
John Simon
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hitler
Great Britain
Germany
Reich
Asquith
Britain
Ramsay MacDonald
Joachim ‘von Ribbentrop
Adolf Hitler
United States
Japan
France
Italy
Berlin
von Ribbentrop
Bolton Eyres-Monseil
Admiralty
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Bouisson Govt
Ross
Hyndman
N.R.A
Richard L. Turner
U.S
Tacoma
Silver
Owen
Research
The
King George
Senate
R. B. Bennett
St. James Palace
Mr. Bennett
Northern Rhodesia
Haile Selassin
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