Unified Administration Only Solution of Railway Problem Declares Beatty
Montreal May 2 E W Beatty K C chairman and president of the Canadian Pacific Railway declares unification of administration as the sole solution to Canada’s railway problem. He warns water competition and air transport threaten the system and urges private administration with public control to preserve solvency and efficiency.
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Beatty
Montreal
Canada
E. W. Beatty
K.C
Canadian Pacific Railway
Puere
Canadian Pacific
Sys‘ Securitiess
Goodnes
Beet Growers Urged to Increase Sugar Beets in Alberta
Brig General J S Stewart urged use of the Marketing Act to boost sugar beet production in southern Alberta. growers aimed to plant 28 000 to 30 000 acres, up from 14 000. He noted high yields and sugar content, as Britain showed nine tons per acre, and hoped for a 50 percent Canadian sugar supply from homegrown beets with a sugar cane import quota.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Gon
J. S. Stewart
Lethbridge
Alberta
Great ‘Britain
Gen
Stewart
Colombo Wins Two Thousand Guineas at Newmarket
Lord Glanely's unbeaten colt Colombo won the 126th Two Thousand Guineas at Newmarket on May 2. The hot favorite defeated the French colt Easton with Aga Khan's Badruddin third in a field of 12, winning by a length at 7 to 2 odds.
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Newmarket
Lord Glanely
Colombo
Easton
Aga Khan
Badruddin
Northern air mail service to Fort Chipewyan and Fond du Lac
The post office department announced a regular air mail link between Fort Chipewyan Alberta and Fond du Lac Saskatchewan starting around June 12. It will be the first direct service between these two northern posts.
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Ottawa
Fort Chipewyan
Alta
Fond du Lac
Sask
Post Office Department
Wayne School Strike Over Relief Parents Demand Higher Allowances
Wayne May 2 School children whose parents are relief recipients joined their fathers in a strike. They demand a 50 percent increase in unemployment allowances due to inadequate food and clothing allowances.
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Wayne
Alberta businessmen push for codes and provincial NRA
Edmonton May 1 Hon R G Reid acting premier said Alberta businessmen are pressing for industrial codes. He noted Alberta has passed its own Department of Trade and Industrial Act to be enacted soon. Reid also commented on L L Anthes views about recent price-driven improvements in poultry cattle and hog markets.
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Edmonton
Alberta
R. G. Reid
Toronto
L. L. Anthes
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Canada
Department of Trade and Industrial Act
J. Anthes
Tariff Bill Approved by Senate Finance Panel
The U S Senate finance committee approved the reciprocal tariff bill with an amendment for hearings of affected industries before any tariff reductions take effect. The measure, already passed by the House, empowers the president to negotiate trade agreements with other nations.
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Washington
U.S. Senate Finance Committee
House of Representatives
Ottawa Marketing Bill Clears Second Reading
The government Marketing Bill received second reading in the Commons by 120 to 60. Conservatives were joined by 14 Progressives, two Liberals including former agricultural minister W R Motherwell, and two Independents. The bill went to committee of the whole house immediately.
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Ottawa
Commons
W. R. Motherwell
Election Act Draft Will Be Ready Soon
Ottawa May 1 The Prime Minister R B Bennett said in the House of Commons that a draft Dominion Elections Act would be ready soon He did not know the source of a press dispatch and added he would send the draft to opposition leader Mackenzie King when ready It may be prepared some day this week.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
R. B.bennett
Mackenzie King
Bennett
Ice Jams Forcing Fort Vermilion In Flood Event
Fort Vermilion reports the Peace River ice jams washed a wall of water through the town at 4 a.m. causing five homes to be wrecked and thousands in property and livestock losses. About 200 residents fled to the hills and communications were cut until late Tuesday night.
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Fort Vermillion
Peace River
Usher Empress Heads North Bend Rail Moves
Winnipeg May 1. Changes in the motive power and car department of the Canadian Pacific Railway western lines announced by R A Pyne will shift six positions from Fort William to Vancouver due to the death of Robert Quinn. New assignments include F W Sadler moving to Vancouver and J Usher taking over at North Bend. effective May 1.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific Railway Western Lines
R. A. Pyne
Fort Willan
Vancouver
Robert Quinn
F. W. Sadler
Fort Willian
Mr. Sadler
Fort William
L. Abbey
Brandon
Lakehead
H. J. Reid
Field
B.C
M. Christison
North Bend
J. Usher
Empress
Alta
St Lawrence Seaway Opens To Passenger Traffic This Season
The St Lawrence seaway opens to passenger traffic as two Canadian Pacific liners arrive Montreal with European passengers. The Montcalm, led by Captain W B Coyle, arrives first, followed by the Duchess of Atholl arriving about an hour later under Captain Fitzgibbon-McCombie. The Beaverbrae with freight from Hamburg and London also reaches Montreal early this morning.
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Montreal
St. Lawrence Seaway
Montcalm
Duchess of Atholl
Europe
Atlantic
Quebec
W. B. Coyle
G. Fitzgibbon-McCombie
Beaverbrae
Hamburg
London
Baking Industry Faces Disorganization Across Canada
Ottawa May 2 The baking industry has been seriously disorganized with chain stores, said R W Ward vice president of Canadian Bakeries Ltd Calgary before the Stevens mass buying commission. He cited price cutting in Alberta and warned there would be no bread price rise to consumers if chain stores were eliminated.
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Ottawa
R. W. Ward
Canadian Bakeries, Ltd
Calgary
Stevens Mass Buying Commission
Alberta
False alarm ends in Nelson tip at Wisconsin Rapids
Milwaukee reports said George Baby Face Nelson a Dillinger mob member was not found at a Wisconsin Rapids hospital after a sleuth identified him there. Earlier, authorities said a cottage near Wisconsin Rapids had been surrounded, with federal agents sent from Chicago and St Paul, as Nelson and six Dillinger associates fled a prior botched federal trap leaving casualties.
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Milwaukee
George
Baby Face
Nelson
Dillinger
Wisconsin Rapids
Gilmore Layton
Layton
Here
Chicago
St. Paul
Bureaus of Investigation
Wisconsin
Tornado Kills Twenty In Sylhet Assam India May 2
A tornado ripped through Sylhet, Assam, causing heavy loss of life with twenty dead and hundreds injured or missing. Homes were destroyed and small craft sank on the Surma river. Sylhet, a river trade center with about 14 000 residents, sits in India's extreme northeast.
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India
Calcutta
Sylhet
Assam
Surma
Merchants Meeting On New Alberta Industrial Act
A general meeting of all retail merchants of Medicine Hat and district will be held at the Assiniboia hotel at 6 p m on May 9 to discuss the new Industrial Act passed by the Alberta government. It is imperative that every merchant be present to learn what this act means to you.
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Tas Peetea Yy Segees Wan
Board of Railway Commissioners
Beatty
West
Canada
Medicine Hat and District
Assiniboia ‘Hotel
Alberta
Bank committee clash ends with adjournment after McGeer testimony
In Ottawa on May 1 the banking and commerce committee heard Vancouver economist Gerald G McGeer present a four point social credit plan to fix national currency issuing power and curb inflation. The session ended at 6 pm with chairman Hanson adjourned the day’s debate to Thursday.
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New York
Ida M. Tarbell
Abraham Lincoln
Gerald G. McGeer
Vancouver
John Wilkes Booth
Ottawa
G. G. McGeer
National Credit OF Canada
Social Credit
Witness
Banking Committee
British Columbia
BR. B. Hanson
York-Sudbury
Mr. McGeer
K.C
House Committee On Banking and Commerce
Pacific Coast
Economic Control Department
International Trade Control Board
McGreer
Dominion
McGeer
National Credit
Set New Record for Flight From Australia to England
Kenneth Waller and Bernard Rubin set a new record for the England Australia flight, shaving two and a half hours off the previous mark. They departed Darwin on April 23 and landed at Lympne, England after eight and a half days of flying. The team, from Cinque Ports Flying club and an Australian flyer, participated in a proposed England Australia air race tied to Victoria state centenary celebrations.
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England
Australia
State of
Victoria
Port Darwin
Ottawa May Alter Tax on Gold Sales
In Ottawa on May 2, Prime Minister R B Bennett announced changes to the gold tax. The plan exempts companies that did not pay dividends in 1932 or 1933 and those not currently paying dividends, plus placer mine production. The tax shifts from 10 percent of gold sold at the mint to a 25 percent tax on the premium over 20 67 dollars, with no effect if gold sells below 30 dollars.
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Ottawa
Mirileter
R.B. Bennett
Paris Police Battle Communists In Barricaded Street
In early May Day unrest in Paris a four hour clash left four policemen wounded as Communists entrenched behind barricades in a blind alley. Rioters fired from windows while authorities stormed the citadel driving them to cover and making numerous arrests.
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Paris
France
Rue Nationale
13Th
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Ibn ‘Saud
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