Peace Agreement Signed With India Ends Civil Disobedience
New Delhi March 4 Associated Press Viceroy Lord Irwin and Mahatma Gandhi signed a peace accord ending years of civil disobedience in India Gandhi ceded scope for probes into police brutality and India gained salt production rights along the seacoast while the British retained broad discretion Gandhi’s negotiation comes as the movement nears its first anniversary and follows rounds of talks with the Congress working committee
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New Delhi
India
Associated Press
Lord Irwin
Mahatma Gandhi
New Melhi
Gandhi
India Office
London
Congress
Gandhi J. Tree
Old Delhi
Congress Working Committee
Mahatma
Rman
Ahamdabad
Dandi
Gulf of Cambay
Gujerat
Jal
Speaker Geo Black Confined for Medical Examination
Ottawa report notes Hon. Geo Black, Speaker of the House of Commons, has entered Civic Hospital for a medical examination and brief rest. He arrived recently in preparation for the parliamentary session and his condition is not serious but warrants evaluation to continue duties.
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Ottawa
Ont
Geo. Hlack
House of Commons
Civic Hospital
Black
Tremendous Expansion in Soviet Grain Production
London reports Soviet grain efforts show 66 million acres slated for cultivation this year up from 27 million in 1930, with state farms expanding and collective farms growing. Estimates put wheat yields around 12.6 bushels per acre on state farms and total grain at 86 million metric tons, amid plans to boost agricultural equipment output.
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London
Soviet Union
Russia
Caucausus
Prietors
Mzures
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Looted C N R Station at Provencher Street
Ban dits blow open the Canadian National Railway station safe on Provencher Street in St Boniface Manitoba stealing about 75 dollars in currency. The robbery was discovered by the agent when he opened the station office this morning.
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St. Boniface
Man
Canadian National Railway
Provencher Street
Shocking Diary Ties Benita Gordon Case to Victim Mother
Audubon police traced a four day diary reading connecting Vivian Gordon to the 16 year old Benita Bischart death. Benita was found unconscious in a gas filled kitchen and died an hour later in Audubon New Jersey. Two men named Harold Doman and Louis Zeno were questioned after entries described a West En avenue address. Vivian Gordon’s body was found last week in a Bronx gully with a ligature. her brother Pierre Franklin of Montreal arranged the funeral.
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Audubon
Audubon Police
Vivian Gordon
Benita Bischart
Franice Risehors
New York
March
Associated Presyi
Vivian Carsion
Idar
Broadway
Vivian
Trevedy
Benita Lisehorr
Harold Doman
Louis Zeno
Bronx
Noman
Miss Gordon
Zeno
Deman
Potter's Field
Pierre Franklin
Montreal
Latvian Cabinet Resigns Before Confidence Vote
Latvia reports the cabinet resigned yesterday ahead of a no confidence vote backed by a non Socialist coalition. The move comes after a tense political standoff amid ongoing government instability.
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Niga
Latvia
McLearn seeds record wheat yield in district
D Arcy Sask March 4 Canadian Press report G McLearn began seeding last week setting a district record. Bert Osborne uses a combine on Clarence Milner farm three miles away. Wheat has been in swathe since last fall yielding 20 bushels per acre and graded No 2.
Dust Storm Rages Across Alberta With Fire and Cold
A late day Alberta dust storm swept from the mountains across the province, blacking out sun and bringing snow and freezing temperatures. In Clear Water Reserve a forest fire destroyed timber and injured a farmer known as Scotty Neilson. In Livingstone Valley fifty gold prospectors faced disrupted camps as winds toppled tents and searchers moved to riskier terrain. Edmonton reports a 45 mph gale chilling the April-like March air and damaging lines, with Ponoka bearing the dust cloud and vision loss beyond 30 feet.
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Calgary
Alberta
Scotty” Neilson
Livingstone Valley
Livingstone Range
Edmonton
Ponoka
Four Inches of Wet Snow Falls At Lethbridge
Lethbridge march 4 Canadian Press heavy wet snow fell to the depth of four inches covering the foothills and plains after 107 days without snow in the region. The last snowfall was November 1 with two light rainstorms since then and no February precipitation. Farmers hope the storm starts a wet spring season while seeding advances led by A P Hughes of Percns with four quarter sections of wheat completed Saturday.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
Weather Observatory
A. P Hughes
Percns
Farm Fatality Near Ardill Saskatchewan Believed Accidental
William Servinsky, aged farmer ten miles south of Ardill, Saskatchewan, died after being trampled and struck by a granary skid while moving it on his farm. The deceased, who homesteaded at Ardill sixteen years ago, is survived by his widow.
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Mosse Jaw
William Servinsky
Ardill
Saskatchewan
Bradley Sues Crittenden Over Gift Stock in Suit
The civil action Re F Bradley et al v Mrs J Crittenden opens in the Lae Supreme Court before Justice Ewing. The suit concerns a gift of stock valued around $15,000 allegedly obtained by the defendant from the late G M Goddard by undue influence.
Alberta budget debate in Edmonton Legislature February 1931
Edmonton notes summarize the Alberta Legislature budget debate led by Hon. R. C. Reid. Contingent Wheat Pool liabilities exceed 5.5 million while deficits are forecast for 1931 and 1932. G. H. Webster criticizes expenditure with focus on health and tubercular care, and D. M. Duggan calls for wiser tax policy as auto licenses rise concerns.
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Edmonton
Medicine Hat
Redcliff
Dunmore
R. C G. Reid
Reid
Executive Council
Speaker
William Egbert
Legislative Assembly
Government House
Committee of Supply
G. H. Webster
Webster
D. M. Duggan
Parachute Jumper Sets Record After Delayed Opening
E. S. Spud Manning aged 22 of Los Angeles claimed a new delayed parachute jump record after a barograph indicated he fell 15 425 feet before opening his parachute on the prior Sunday, surpassing Rex Parker’s 9 550 feet set in 1929.
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Los Angeles
Calif
E. S
Spud Manning
Rex Parker
Wheat and grain prices in Winnipeg market report
Winnipeg on March 4 records inspections for wheat at 15s with 459 last year and 72 contracts traded. Oats ranged 44 and 51, barley 16 and 21, rye 0 and 11 with other grains nil.
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Winnipeg
Narley
Ihexs
Edmonton talks on provincial industrial board plans
Preliminary arrangements for forming a provincial industrial board were discussed in the Alberta Legislature, with Premier J E Brownlee signaling a possible pre prorogation meeting of Board of Trade representatives. Debate centered on financing, overlap with existing agencies, and the role of the trade commissioner as the session examined executive council and provincial secretary estimates.
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Edmonton
J. E. Brownlee
Executive Council
Trade Commissioner's Office
Coho CO
Jamieson
Board of Trade
England
Onhiedig
Boards of Trade and Industrial Organizations
Reargee HH. Webster
Liberal House
Brownlee
Wetaskiwin
Howson
Bichnewton
House
Fremier Brownlee
Herbert H. Greenfield
Greenfield
al- Yerta
Ion
Trus
London
Timer Valley
Lincoln
Dominion
Canada
Britain
Japan Hesitates Over New Naval Allocation Report
Paris dispatch notes anxiety that Japan may reject allocations of submarine tonnage under the London Naga Treaty as modified by a British Italian accord. The piece discusses figures for French and Italian quotas and Japan’s potential difficulty in accepting summer tonnage, with stated totals around 80 000 tons for France and broader naval shifts affecting Italy and France.
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Paris
Pres
United States
le Journal
Japan
Italy
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North Oxford Township
Ingersol
C.N.R
Husby
Cynthia Mosley
Lord Curzon
Oswald Mosley
Labor Party
Alta
E. F. Bradley ET AL
Mrs. J. Crittenden
Hector Lang
Nhead
M. Duggan
Chriai Pattinson
Lauber (Edson
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