Wheat Marketing Plans Dominate Week's Talks in Canada
Ottawa aims to shape opinion on grain farmers amid Stamp report scrutiny. Prime topics include a possible wheat board and the Stamp inquiry findings while prairie premiers meet to discuss aiding farmers facing low prices. Cattle trade and live shipments to the U K also feature as talks unfold.
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Ottawa
Canada
Wheat Board
Josiah Stamp
Salford Evans
Sir Josiah
L. B. Pearson
New York
Saskatoon
Prairie Provinces
Robert Weir
Montreal
United Kingdom
House of Commons
John L. Brown
Lisgar
France
Britain
Prairies
John Bracken
Manitoba
J. T. M. Anderson
Saskatchewan
J. E. Brownlee
Alberta
Rebels Seem to Have Advantage Over Federals
In Tegucigas P1 Honduras May 4 Associated Press reports say more than two hundred men died on both sides in a battle near Santa Rosa last week. Civilian leaders including Abraham Bueso and Mariano Luna were casualties and rebels looted stores and destroyed bridges and communications as they retreated toward Octobereque.
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Tegucigas
Honduras
Associated Press
Santa Rosa
Thay
Abraham Bueso
Mariano Luna
Hosto
Hosto Og When the Rebels Retreated In the Yection of Octoepeque
Loye
The Pathfinder Visits the City for Calgary Exhibition Plans
A Stinson Detroiter cabin plane known as The Pathfinder arrived at the local airport noon today. Pilot Jock Palmer carried TL. Comba manager of the All Canadian Tour and Bob Ware assistant pilot. The party aims to arrange a later tour visit and will stay until tomorrow before moving to Lethbridge Fernie and Cranbrook. Evening and Tuesday morning flights over the city will be offered at one cent per pound.
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Jock” Palmer
TL. Comba
Bob Ware
Fred Ware
Calgary
Pathfinder
Lethbridge
Fernie
Cranbrook
Air Mail Services Cut to Save Post Office Costs
Ottawa officials announce June 1 cancellation of three experimental air mail routes Montreal Saint John Moncton Montreal Ottawa and Toronto Buffalo as the.post office chi ef cites economy and a fiscal deficit around six million dollars. Remaining routes from Rimouski Quebec to Calgary and US services continue.
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Ottawa
Montreal-Saint John-Moncton
Montreal-Ottawa
Toronto-Buffalo
Montreal
Post Office Department
Rimouski
Que
Calgary
Air Mail
United States
Alberta crop report shows variable wheat sowing progress
The first fortnightly crop report from the Department of Agriculture of Alberta dated May 2, 1931 notes 40 to 75 percent of wheat sown in areas with adequate moisture and germination conditions. Seeding progresses in the north and west, while eastern districts face insufficient moisture and uneven stands. Planned shifts to coarse grains and fodder crops to feed growing livestock are discussed, with seed supply adequate and minor tractor fuel financing difficulties reported.
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Department of Agriculture
Province of Alberta
Alberta
Seattle
Aji
Weather mixed across Alberta and Saskatchewan brings rain and snow
Across Southern Alberta rain and wet snow delay seeding with 61 percent of wheat and about 60 percent of sugar beets sown. Northern and Central Alberta see rain and snow easing forest fires with optimistic farmers. Regina records light shower with dust lingering, forecasts show more flurries and cool conditions.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
The
Herald
Edmonton
Girl Arrested Charged With Matricide in Rockland
Lucia Goulet, 17, was arrested in Rockland Ontario on a charge of murdering her mother Adelard Goulet, 54. The death was initially ruled a possible suicide before investigators re opened the case. Mrs Goulet was found in the kitchen with two deep neck wounds and a pair of large scissors nearby after Lucia said she discovered the body upon returning home from an errand.
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Rockland
Ont
Adelard Goulett
Lucia Goulet
Heri
Lucia
Goulet
East Rockland
Explosions, Deaths, and Drownings Reported Across Cities
May 4 bulletins from Toronto Philadelphia Cashahocken and Montreal allege deadly incidents. McColl-Frontenac Oil vaporizer blast kills Ted Armstrong 27. injures William Scott. Howard N Kennedy dies of heart attack after saving lives via blood transfusions. Howard C Pedrick banker kills wife then himself over missing funds. In Montreal seven injured after weekend mishaps. two drownings and a streetcar death. missing milkman Omer Jette found.
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Toronto
McColl-Frontenac Oil Company
Ted Armstrong
William Scott
Philadelphia
Howard N. Kennedy
Free Blood Donors’ Association of America
Cashahocken
Howard C Pedrick
First National Bank
Pedrick
Montreal
Que
St. Lawrence
Lachine Canal
Tomasso Pelegrino
Omer Jette
Lachine Cahal
Swedish pilot reaches Greenland after Iceland flight
Captain Albin Ahrenberg, Swedish aviator seeking Augustine Court, landed at Angmagssalik Greenland after a five hour flight from Reykjavik. Ice on the wings forced him to land and halt further progress to Greenland. He had attempted the leg on Saturday but returned due to bad weather and engine adjustments.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Albin Ahrenberg
Augustine Courtauld
Greenland
Angmagsalik
Denmark ‘Strait
Angmagaalik
Ahrenberg
Dornier seaplane DO X lands at Bolama in West Africa
Captain Fredrich Christiansen, commander of the DO X, said the Dornier seaplane landed at Bolama, Portugese West Africa, at three o clock yesterday afternoon after a 950 mile flight from Villa Cisneros. The flight to Bolama continues the voyage toward Brazil with the ocean leg ahead.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Fredrich Christiansen
Bolama
Portugese
Calvin Lawrence Dies at 74 in Ottawa
Calvin Lawrence, 74, longtime member of the Board of Railway Commissioners for Canada since 1921, died at his Ottawa residence this morning. The passing removes a veteran public servant associated with national railway oversight.
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Ottawa
Calvin Lawrence
Board of Railway Commissioners For Canada
Intoxicated Bees Yield Honey Which Is In Big Demand
Rockland Massachusetts May 4 Emil Kemelstrand a staunch prohibitionist reports his bees return home intoxicated at all hours of day and night They forsake flowers and work a mash pile left by an unidentified local brewer Demand for their honey has risen sharply and police have been unable to locate the malt pile to curb the bees activities
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Rockland Mass
Emil Kemelstrand
Japanese Flier Begins 6,268 Mile Journey to United States
Japanese flyer Shiji Yoshivari started his trans-Pacific trip with a first stop at Numakagi 368 miles north of Tokyo. He aims for the White House destination via the Kurile Islands and Aleutians to Alaska then down the North American coast to San Francisco, planning about 20 fuel stops.
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Tokyo
White House
Washington
Shiji Yoshivari
Numagaki
United States
Kurile Islands
Japan
Aleutians
Alaska
North American
San Francisco
Keho Lake well deepens near Lethbridge shows oil
Keho Lake oil well of the Hudson's Bay Oil and Gas Company reaches 3970 feet twenty miles NW of Lethbridge. It produced around 80 barrels with oil gravity over 30 degrees Beane and a test of the sand was underway.
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Lethbridge
Alta
Keho Lake
Hudson’s Bay Oil and Gas Company
Germany Has Lost Control In Cities
A weekend of brawls between political groups left many injured across several German cities. In Karlsruhe communists and national socialists clashed in a stabbing affray wounding three. In Labou five were shot in a shooting between left wing radicals and national socialists. Dortmund saw a bitter fight with Reichsbanner members. seven badly beaten and several hospitalized.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Karlsruhe
Labou
Dortmund
Major Leather District Fire Devastates Quebec City
A Saturday blaze in Quebec City's leather district caused over 300000 in damage. Four factories and two homes burned, eight houses damaged, and many others affected by smoke and water. Firefighters battled the flames for three hours, with one fireman hospitalized after smoke inhalation.
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Quebec
Quebec City
Old City
Clement Tannery
Arago Street
Leclerc Biscuit
Richmond Last and Shoe Supply Manufacturing Company
Oth
Biscuit
Richard
Blazin
Edmonton Plane Firm Sells to Western Canada Airways
Edmonton Plane Company transfers five aircraft and gear worth 150000 dollars to Western Canada Airways. Commercial Airways, formed three years ago with extensive Arctic flights, dissolves. 18 staff including seven pilots and night mechanics face temporary unemployment. Eastern investors pressed Edmonton men to raise funds within 24 hours to complete the sale.
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Commerci Gnage Limited
Canada Airways
Commercial Airways
Bellanca
Snowden land tax proposal opens heated British campaign
London May 4 The Chancellor of the Exchequer Rt Hon Philip Snowden moves a land tax resolution for 1933 34 and subsequent years imposing one penny per pound sterling on assessed land value with agricultural land exempt until value exceeds its agricultural worth. Valuation units set per property with five year revaluations and a ten shilling relief cap for small landowners.
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London
Associated, Press
Great Britain
Philip Snowden
House of Commons
Great ‘Britain
Snowden
Hia
Educational Horizon Address Highlights Democracy Link
Dr. M. E. Lazerte, head of the University of Alberta School of Education, spoke at Medicine Hat City Hall on how democracy underpins modern schooling. He urged rethinking strict rules as education shifts toward early childhood influence, experimental schools, and broader social cooperation.
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M. E. Lazerte
Fof
School of
University of Alberta
Medicine
Sapurac Ninht
Bullivant
Drwazerte
Medicine Hat
Alexander High School
Idhi Edmon
Lazerte
Nebra State University
Dr. Lazerte
Notable players injured in Canadian accident report
Fragmentary notes indicate injuries to Miss Bertha Lawig and Miss Lewis in a motor car accident near Cambridge hours after a performance involving Gibert Sullivan and Sir Henry Lytton. Sir Henry was not seriously hurt and was taken to a hotel. details remain unclear.
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Gibert
Bertha
Lawig
Sir Henry
Lytton
Canada
Cambridge
Lewis
Edo
Loyalists to Be Featured in May 6 Radio Program
Winnipeg dispatch reports 12000 United Empire Loyalists will be honored as Musical Crusaders go on air May 6 at 7 30 p m CST. The program from Nova Scotia to St John New Brunswick features Loyalist songs and jigs including There Was a Jolly Miller Once The Spinning Wheel and The Banks of Dee with a baritone solo I Cant Help Feeling Lone for the Old Ships That Have Gone By and excerpts from The March Looks to Chicago area stations CIGX Yorkton CHWG CJRW CIRX Edmonton Red Deer and Vancouver Ontario links listed in the broadcast map.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Crusaders
Nova Scotia
Bay of Fundy
Partridge Island
St. John
N.B
Dee
Hrdericton
Bligs
Garman
Sole
Canady
West
CIGX
Yorkton
Edmonton
Red ‘Deer
Vancouver
OFIC
Kamloope
Hillside cemetery holds Sunday ceremony with multiple clergy
A hillside cemetery ceremony followed a moonlit Sunday with a service led by Right Rev M Mard ing and attended by Rev W C Western and Rev T W eReft. The St Barnabas choir conducted by Robert Thomson performed as the congregation joined in prayers and hymns marking the resurrection morning.
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Hillside
M. m. Marding
Barnabas Choir
Robert Thomson
Ton
God
Oftes
Baring
Mr Church
Pais Sonneries
Enon
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