Technocracy Lecture Promotes Science as Social Cure
A traveling Technocracy Incorporated organizer argues in Park Hall that democracy and prices fail. science applied to society, not politics, offers a way out. He claims North America holds vast resources and potential prosperity but lacks intelligent coordination amid rising unemployment and insecurity.
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North American
G. D. Roe
Edmonton
Technocracy Incorporated
Park Hall
Koe
Mr. Kove
Japanese land 1200 marines invade Amoy seaport
Shanghai dispatches report a 1,200 strong Japanese marine detachment landing at Amoy under heavy naval and air bombardment to seize the chief Fukien seaport. Concurrently, vast battles rage in central China with nearly a million troops on the Lunghai and Tientsin Pukow fronts as Japan seeks to break the stalemate and control key railway lines.
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Shanghai
C.P
Amoy
Fukien
China
A.P
Lunghai Railway
Tientsin-Pukow
Lunghai
D Efentre
Tientsin- Pukow
Shot Fired Near King Carol in Romania
Reuters reports a shot was fired near King Carol of Romania in Bucharest on May 10. Details are not immediately available.
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London
C.P
Reuters News Agency
Bucharest
Carol
Romania
Grain Exchange backs Turgeon inquiry findings
Winnipeg Grain Exchange president Henry Gauer hailed Mr Justice Turgeon’s inquiry into grain marketing as following a sound line. He noted a quick read of the summary showed approval and that the report found futures trading serving the grain trade’s best interests.
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Winnipeg
C.P
Henry Gauer
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
F. F. A. Turgeon
Grain Exchange
Turgeon
Yankees vs Giants Baseball Game Report
New York 300 002 000 512 1 Chicago 000 010 000-15 O Gumbert and Danning Lee and O'Dea.
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National League
New York
Chicago
O Gumbert
Danning
Lee
O'Dea
Western Canada Group Meeting of B L F and E Held Here
The Ladies Society of Prairie Pride Lodge No 395 and Cascade Lodge No 342 host the fourth Western Canada group meeting in Medicine Hat May 19 20. Delegates attend lodge sessions luncheon group photo banquet and public events with excursions and sports on the program. Local officials merchants and clubs back the event with notable visiting officers from across Canada and the United States.
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Western Canada Group
L.F. and
Prairie Pride Lodge
Cascade Lodge
Western Canada
Medicine Hat
Moose Hall
Canadian Legion Hall
Chapmain
Marjorie Colter
Park Hall
Progress Club
C.P.R. and
Legion
Cascade Lodge No. 342
Revelstoke
Cranbrook
Mackenzie King Intervenes Re pt Gov Bowen
Prime Minister Mackenzie King urged Alberta Premier Aberhart to preserve the office’s dignities surrounding the lieutenant governor. Lieutenant-Governor J C Bowen moved to a Fantonton hotel while Government House is closed due to the Legislature's no-further-expenditure stance. Alberta will supply office space, staff, and a car. final Government House use and retirement for the secretary are undecided.
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Ottawa
C.P
Mackenzie King
Aberhart
King
Government House
Edmonton
J. C. Bowen
Alberta
Famonton
Leutenant
Co. V. Dacre
Franco's Attacks On British Ships Declared Deliberate
A protest to the Foreign Office signed by captains of 12 British vessels denounces deliberate insurgent air attacks on British ships in Spanish ports. The statement cites the sinking of the Greatend as the latest example of ruthlessness.
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London
Havas
Foreign Office
Annual Fish and Game Meeting Set for May 14
The Fish and Game Association will hold its annual meeting on Saturday night May 14 at 7 30 in the Asainiboa hotel.
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The
Fish and Game Association
Asainiboa
Fleven Army Fliers Killed In Britain and France
Six RAF fliers died and two were injured in three crashes in Britain and France. A Blenheim bomber crashed at Wyton air drome during takeoff bursting into flames. the pilot and crew perished. In Lyon near here a French military plane went down killing five airmen.
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Fleven
Britain
France
London
C.P
R.A.F. Fliers
Wyron Airdrome
Cras
Lyon
C. P
League Council Eyes Recognition of Italy's Ethiopian Victory
In a three hour secret session the League of Nations Council approved moves freeing Great Britain and France from the obligation not to recognize Italy's conquest of Ethiopia, despite Soviet Russia opposition. Delegates from New Zealand China and Bolivia joined Litvinoff in opposing the Franco British proposal while others supported it.
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Geneva
A.P
League of Nations Council
Great Britain
France
Russia
Italy
Ethiopia
League
New Zealand
China
Bolivia
Maxim Litvinoff
Wilhelm Munters
Latvia
Ato L. Taezaz
Litvinoff
Spain
Japan
Tytus Komarnicki
Poland
Viscount Halifax
Britain
Bennett Opposes Dennas of Western Liberals on Free Farm Implement List
In Ottawa Rt. Hon. R. K. Bennett the Conservative leader told the House that a tariff is essential and warned that removing the farm implement tariff would hurt industry and raise unemployment. Western Liberals urged free listing of farm tools and separators amid debate over protecting Canadian producers and prices.
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Bennett
Dennas
Motherwell
Ottawa
C.P
Canada
House of Commons
R. K. Bennett
W. R. Motherwell
Lib
Melfort
War price gas hits Brantford dealers
Gasoline sold at 13 cents a gallon plus tax in Brantford amid wartime measures. Dealers reported drivers flocked to service stations during the weekend to fill automobile tanks as the price and demand shaped a rationed market.
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Brantford
Ont
C.P
British Air Mission Heads to Canada for Aircraft Purchase Review
A. F. Self of the British Air Ministry joined the Air Mission in Washington to study buying large numbers of American war planes. The mission plans an inspection trip to Canada next, with Earl Winterton stating Britain will arrange U S and Canadian manufacturer inspections if purchases proceed.
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Washington
A.P
A. F. Self
British Air Ministry
Canada
London
C.P. Havas
United States
Royal Air Force
Earl Winterton
Duchy of Lancaster
House of Commons
Privy Council to Hear Alberta Appeal This Month
The Privy Council grants the Alberta attorney-general leave to appeal Supreme Court judgments on taxation credit regulations and press bills. Hearing set for the Tring sittings beginning at the end of the month.
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London
C.P
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Alberta
Supreme Court
Oy Capenda
Tring
Japanese Foreign Minister Sees Hope for Non-Aggression Pact
Tokyo May 9 AP Foreign Minister Koki Hirota in an AP interview voiced fear of the United States among a small section of Americans and suggested Japan might propose a non-aggression treaty. He praised Washington for a well balanced China policy and expected sentiment to fade soon.
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Tokyo
A.P
Koki Hirota
Associated Press
United States
Japan
Washington
U.S
China
No Frost Overnight and Warm Today
Last night saw no frost with a low of 34 at 5 am. Today’s temperatures rose to 58 by noon, about five degrees above Monday at the same hour. Light showers aided growth.
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Ami
New Labor Council for Scottish Self government Formed
In Glasgow on May 10 the Labor Council for Scottish self government was launched as a movement within the Labour party. Robert Gibson MP presided at the inaugural meeting and outlined aims to secure a Scottish parliament for Scottish affairs.
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Glasgow
C.P
Labor Council
Labor Party
Robert Gibson
M.P
Greenock
Turgeon Calls Flax and Other Crops as Wheat Substitutes
Judge Turgeon, in a Royal Commission report on grain marketing, flags a cloudy world wheat market and prompts shifts to alternatives such as durum, flax, oats, and barley in Prairie Provinces. He notes a Scottish market for Canadian barley grades and urges better producer publicity on varieties and cultivation methods. He also reports flax seed as the best Canadian option and notes export prospects, especially to the United States.
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Ottawa
C.P
Judge Turgeon
Royal Commission
Prairie Provinces
Turgeon
Scotland
Canada
United States
Court rules Alberta tax act partly ultra vires
Alberta Supreme Court Justice Ewing declares portions of the 1982 Income Tax Act ultra vires. Income from outside Alberta is not taxable if not used in the province. In Calgary Mrs. I. K. Kerr wins challenge to provincial taxing rights over dividends from Washington investments. Taxable only if cheques are cashed or deposited in Alberta.
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Calgary
Justice Ewing
Alberta Supreme Court
Alberta
I. K. Kerr
Washington
King
Disastrous Derbyshire Mine Explosions Kill and Maim
A Derbyshire explosion disaster at Markham pits leaves seventy two miners dead or missing and forty one seriously injured. Rescue efforts recover twenty seven bodies while forty five miners remain entombed about half a mile down.
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Duckmanton
Derbyshire
Eng
C.P
Markham
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Fish and Game Meeting
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