Unemployment Relief Act extended first reading in Commons
In Ottawa the House of Commons approved a first reading of the government bill to extend the Unemployment Relief Act terms to May 1. The vote margin reached 36 to 54 with Liberals and United Farmer-Progressive-Labor opposing Conservatives. The day featured closures and extended debate ending at 4:30 am with adjournment until this afternoon.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Bennett
United Farmer-Progressive- Labor
House
Marta Mot
R. B. Bennett
Hugh Guthrie
Premver Ik. Bb. Bennett
United Farmers
A. A. Aeat
Humphrey Mitchell
J. J. Garland
Bow River
Joseph Thauvette Lid
Vaudreuil- Scuwlange
Canada
Maurice Brasset
Gasper
G. H. Ferguson
London
Kidnapped Girl Returns Home After Ordeal
A 2 year old girl was abducted on a lonely road near Pond's Church between Oakland and North Platedon as two armed men halted John Hess's auto from Philadelphia. The search involved state and local police for Molly Balser. The girl was later found safe at her home, unharmed, after a dramatic incident that drew crowds in Paterson. Ottawa debate over unemployment relief ends in closure after long session.
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Paterson
Nui
Marco
John Hess
Philadelphia
Pond's Church
Akland
North Platedon
Spaterson
Molly Balser
John H. Jeffs
Wdhen
Miss Baker
Wheat and grain car inspections in Winnipeg report
Winnipeg reports Tuesday inspections with 903 wheat cars compared with 657 last year. Oats tally 211 (122), barley 28 (34), flax 4, rye 15 (22). other grains nil.
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Winnipeg
Vancouver Bandit Still At Large Victim Living
Vancouver witnesses say bandit William Bagley remained at large after shooting Detective Levid Maxwell on Saturday night. Maxwell’s bullet-riddled victim is hospitalized. Police chased Bagley from Okalla jail escape and searched the lower mainland with little luck. A separate inmate from Exysondale Mental Hospital was captured after a battle, and a man attacked by police near Boundary road was hospitalized. Mayors call for attorney-general inquiry into police alerts.
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Vancouver
Mar
William Bagley
Levid Maxwell
Gordon Fawcett
Okalla
United States
Waweek
Okalfa
Art
Bagley
Fawcett
Ladner
Maxwell
Hastings Street
Ice
Exysondale Mental Hospital
Boundary Road
Harry Boyle
Burnaby Police
W. J. Devitt
Devitt
A. Wells Gray
New Westminster
L. D. Taylor
British Columbia
Begley
Youth Given Heavy Sentence In District Court Today
Fred Holt stood before Judge Green in a speedy trial at the District Court and was sentenced to one year for perjury. The evidence showed he lied while testifying in a prior case about driving with a young girl and a broken down car. Alex MacGregor led for the Crown with G. M. Blackstock, K.C., for the defence.
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Fred Holt
Green
Holt
Haat
Lo Irvine
Medicine Jail
Alex MacGregor
the Crown
G. M. Blackstock
K.C
Four Die In Ontario Fire After Gasoline Explosion
Gogoma Ont March 29 Four lives were lost when gasoline exploded in a house. The dead include Mrs A Labrie 49 and daughters Bertha 20 Dorothy 8 Clarinda. Joseph Lebrie 18 was severely burned saving his mother and sisters Evelyn survived by jumping from a window.
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Gogoma
Ont
A. Labrie
Bertha
Dorothy
Clarinda
Joseph Lebrie
Evelyn
Bartha
Ontario Forestry Branch
Final Fish and Game banquet meeting outlines Saturday schedule
The final formal meeting of the Fish and Game banquet committee was held last night. Reports from subcommittees say plans are in place for Saturday with dinner at nine oclock. Menu features lake trout moose mulligan buffalo steaks pumpkin pie and more. Principal speaker is C S Blanchard KC and other notables will speak, though prepared addresses are saved for the annual meeting at City Hall at two in the afternoon.
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C. S. Blanchard
K.C
Four Power Conference Fades. MacDonald Tardieu Meet Planned
London reports the Danubian diplomacy effort waning as Ramsay MacDonald and France's Premier Tardieu arrange a Paris to London meeting. Germany and Italy cannot send foreign ministers, so the four power conference likely shifts to Geneva next month with limited participation.
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London
Associated Press
Ramsay Macdonald
Tardieu
France
Paris
MacDonald
Germany
Italy
Geneva
Mobsters Target India in Broad Daylight Crime Wave
In Bombay and other major cities, police blame a well organized gang for a crime wave. Prominent cotton broker Chunilal Nandram was attacked on a street near a bank, beaten, chloroformed and robbed of $5,000 with attackers fleeing. A engineer was kidnapped on Saturday and all his money stolen. An European con artist posing as Maurice Chevalier victimized several people in Bombay and Madras.
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Bombay
Associated Press
India
Chunilal Nandram
Maurice Chevalier
Mnladras
Dominion of Canada Rifle Assoc Holds Ant. Meeting
Ottawa March 30. The Dominion of Canada Rifle Association reports its 1931 activities as the most successful since the close of the Great War. The annual meeting opened in Parliament buildings under the patronage of the Governor General with staff officers of National Defence present and riflemen from across the country in attendance.
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Dominion of Canada Rifle Assoc
Ottawa
The
Dominion of Canada Rifle Association
Department of National Defence
Parliament
Mysterious Lindbergh note found in Pensacola clue
A bottle with a handwritten message to Colonel Lindbergh about the kidnapped Lindbergh baby was found at Isabela and mailed to Governor Beverley. The pact demanded a large ransom and bore a partly illegible signature resembling Tom Orr dated Pensacola Florida.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Associated Press
James R. Beverley
Isabela
Chas. A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Tom Orr
Pensacola
Florida
Dean Dobson-Peacock
Col. Lindbergh
John Hughes Curtis
Norfolk Boat Builder
Captured $150000 Liquor Supply Off Vessels
Coast Guard patrols seized the British liquor supply boat Game Dock off New London Connecticut with liquor valued at 150000 dollars. Thirteen crewmen were arrested. The vessel was the former navy sub chaser 247 once tender to Sir Thomas Lipton’s Shamrock V during the last International yacht race.
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New London
Conn
Marcog
Aundeyacht 247
Boston
Coast Guard
Navy
Thomas Lipton
Remanded A K Johnson in Aberdeen grocery arson case
The preliminary hearing for A K Johnson proprietor of the Aberdeen Groceteria on arson charges concluded before Magistrate Isis. Johnson was remanded for trial and released on a two thousand dollar bail after witnesses described a basement fire and Johnson seen leaving with a gasoline jug.
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A. K. Johnson
Aberdeen Groceteria
Isis
Thifternoon
Hatcher
McIntosh
Johnson
Alex MacGregor
Mose
C. M. Blackstock
Edmonton A P P Detachments Closing Discussed in Legislature
In Edmonton on March 29 the closing of ten A P P detachments by the R C M P and the transfer of police administration to April 1 was raised in the legislature. Liberal F R Falconer asked for confirmation. Attorney General J F Lymburn said no definite information yet and would consult the commissioner to inform the house of the current situation.
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Edmonton
A.P.P
R.C.M.P
F. R. Falconer
J. F. Lymburn
Kiwanians Discuss School Nursing with Miss Florence Smith
Miss Florence Smith spoke to the Kiwanis Club about school nursing duties including disease screening, home visits, and the need for doctor certificates for readmission. She recounted cases of smallpox, shingles misdiagnoses, and the protocol for quarantines and school exclusion.
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Florence Smith
R.N
Kiwanis Club
Foster's Amendment Carried for $1 An Acre Wheat Bonus
Edmonton reports a legislative debate on extending the five cent wheat bonus. Gordon Forster's amendment proposing $1 an acre compensation for hail or drought losses was carried 35 to 22 amid party splits and strong backing for relief measures.
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Edmonton
W. H. Shield
U.E.A
Macleod
House
Gordon Forster
U.F.A
Brownlee
Hugh C. Farthing
Calgary
West
Shield
Gordon Walker
A.F.A
Nanton- Clacesholm
Hansard
Kh. B. Bennett
Walker
Alberta
P. A. Miskew
Victoria
Gordon Torster
Hane Hills
D. M. Duggan
O. L. McPherson
Lorne Proudfoot
Acadia
Dominion
Gold Find Reported in Liard River Area
Vancouver reports gold struck in the Liard river watershed about 50 miles north of the BC boundary in the Yukon. Thomas Brooks of Carcross says an Indian named Billy Smith arrived March 15 with substantial gold from Wolf Lake area and claims more gold bearing quartz. samples sent for assay.
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Vancouver
Liard River
British Columbia
Yukon
Frank Woodside
Commendation for Local A.P.P. at District Court Session
The District Court session honored the past service of the local A.P.P. force as it closes and is replaced by a new body. Judge Green praised the A.P.P. for splendid service and thanked Sgt. Allan and staff for their cooperation. Local Bar Association representatives echoed praise for efficiency and courtesy shown in court.
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A.P.P
Green
al Ién
Gom
Blackstock
K.C
Old Sheepe man of Cardston passes in Cardston aged 78
Ephraim, a noted Wester sheepman, died in Cardston after a long life that began when he arrived from Utah in 1888. He lived in Cardston and was among the earliest shepherds in the region.
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DAS Lethbridge
March & Dian Press
Soviet Conspiracy Reports Spur Wide European Plots
Paris dispatch cited by Tass reports L Humanite claims Russian White Guards abroad plot against Stalin and anti Soviet conspiracies. The despatch mentions a proposal to assassinate Foreign Commissar and target the German embassy in Moscow. Details unclear and unverified.
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Moscow
Associated: Press
Paris
Tass
L'Humanite
Europe
Joseph Stalin
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Farthing
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Labor
Perren Baker
Percy Davies
Athabasca
W. E. Payne
Red Deer
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Stalin
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