Prime Minister outlines Imperial Economic Conference aims
In Ottawa May 10 Premier Bennett told the Commons the first Imperial Economic Conference will seek mutual advantage across the Empire. Delegations from all Dominions except New Zealand and the Irish Free State are planned, with Bennett heading Canada's delegation. Trade, communications and currencies are the core topics.
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Ottawa
Canada
R. B. Bennett
House of Commons
British Commonwealth of Nations
New Zealand
Irish Free State
Wellington Riots Continue In New Zealand Unrest
In Wellington New Zealand a riot by unemployed crowds led to police clashes injuring ten people hospitalized and twenty with lesser injuries. The mob attacked with sticks and stones during a soap box speech. police charged to disperse them. Parly and nearby shops were stoned the day before with about 150 windows broken and looting reported.
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Wellington
N.Z
Ten Inc
Parliament Building
Miracle wins Newmarket Stakes ahead of Derby entries
Lord Rosberry's Miracle captured the Newmarket Stakes at a mile and a quarter for three year olds, winning by four lengths over Rolling Roc. Aga Khan's Bul andshar finished third, three quarters of a length behind. The Derby at Epsom Downs is set for June 1.
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Newmarket
Eng
Lord Rosberry
Miracle
Elice
Epsom Downs
Today
Mrs. L. Ripley
Aga Khan
Nationalize Radio Proposal Seen by Ottawa Committee
Ottawa May 11 Hon Ray mond Morand chairman of the special radio committee today showed concurrence in the report Its chief recommendation was the eventual nationalization of radio broadcasting
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Ottawa
Raymond Morand
Special Radio Committee
Attempted Overthrow of Jugo Slavia Monarchy Reported
Vienna reports say 16 army officers were arrested for insubordination amid alleged plots to topple King Alexander and establish a republic with federal reorganization. One officer at Marburg died by his own hand. censorship delayed fuller details reaching Belgrade.
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Vienna
Alexander
Jugo Slavia
Reichs
Marburg
Belgrade
Wheat and grains inspections report yields fall from last year
Winnipeg reports Tuesday inspections show wheat 147 cars down from 265 last year. Contract 123 cars, oats 16, barley 21, flax 5, rye 12, other grains 0 with prior counts 1.
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Winnipeg
Grilling For Weir Opens Ottawa Ministerial Scrutiny
In Ottawa on May 10 the House of Commons grilled Agriculture Minister Robert Weir over departmental estimates. Opposition attacks highlighted farmer distress and policy questions from tariffs to bonusing plans, potato inspectors, and wheat grading as Liberals press for action while Conservatives back the minister.
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Robert Gardiner
United Farmers
Farnest Lapointe
Quebec
Bennett
Ottawa
King
Fey
Canada
Crown
Hes
House of Commons
Robert Weir
New Brunswick
City council approves gas rate deal with Lake of the Woods Milling
The Lake of the Woods Milling Co. gains a two cent gas rate until July 31, 1934, the Maple Leaf agreement date, with City approval minus mayoral dissent. The company must pay bylaw rates for water power and light and receive no tax exemptions, while provincial gas taxes remain payable.
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Messrs Geo
Lake of the Woods Milling Co
Anglican Roman Catholic Marriages Declared Valid in Quebec
Rt Rev Lenox Williams, Bishop of Quebec, told delegates at the 39th Diocesan Synod that mixed marriages between Roman Catholics and Church of England members solemnized by Anglican clergy are valid and cannot be annulled. He cited a 1931 Privy Council decision supporting the ruling.
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Quebec
Lan Anglican
Lenox Williams
Church of Rome
Church of England
Privy Council
Thornton denies CN Railways resignation plan
Sir Henry Thornton issued an official statement denying reports he would resign as chairman and president of Canadian National Railways. He said he would continue to administer his official responsibilities as long as services remain acceptable to his employers or health permits.
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Ottawa
Canadian National Railways
Sir Henry Thornton
Henry
All Japanese Troops to Be Withdrawn in Month
Tokyo reports government order to pull all Japanese troops from Shanghai within a month to align with world opinion and show no ulterior motives. About 15 000 troops remain. China is urged to observe the armistice and Allied powers are expected to respond to any breaches.
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Tokyo
Shanghai
Japan
Great Britain
United States
France
Italy
Medicine Hat Fish and Game Association Seeks Members
At a meeting the executive appointed a membership committee and launched a drive to recruit more members to fund work. The $1 fee and ticket sources are outlined. Youths have turned in magpie and crow eggs and legs, with instructions to deliver to Dr. M L Moore. A Alberta delegation met Premier Brownlee in Edmonton seeking a game commissioner and an outside three person advisory board, plus transfer of the Game branch to a different department.
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Fish & Gone Association
Wipple
M.L. Moore
Second Street
A. P. Burns
Alberta Fish and Game Association
Fish and Game Associations
Brownlee
Edmonton
Department of Agriculture
Deportation Case Highlights Canadian Communist Arrests
May 11 report details Frederick Zurcher and nine alleged Communists facing deportation hearings across Canada. Zurcher, secretary of the Canadian Labor Defense League, had habeas corpus denied by Chief Justice Aulay Morrison and was escorted to Halifax.
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Vancouver
B.C
Frederick Zurcher
Canadian Labor Defense League
Aulay Morrison
Supreme Court
Zurcher
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Halifax
Canada
Winnipeg
D. A. Macdonald
Board of Commissioners
R. N. Munroe
Ottawa
Europe
Stefan Worebeck
Montreal
Worebeck
L. A. Ryan
Immigration
Gottfried Zurcher
K.C
Maitlayid
Royal Canadian Mounted
Police Barracks
Oath of Allegianceprompted Irish debate in Commons
In London a fresh Anglo Irish controversy arose as Eamon De Valera's Irish Free State moves to abolish the parliamentary oath of allegiance. Dominions Secretary H Thomas warned that if the bill passes it would be unreasonable to negotiate a new agreement with a government that repudiates an existing one. He tied the issue to the Import Duties Act and its November 15 deadline for continued preferences, noting the 1921 Anglo Irish treaty obligations.
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London
Eamon de Valera
Free State
C. Emmett
Irish Free State
Mr. Thomas
Hich
Mollison Plans New York Flight Before Wedding
London May 11 A Mollison noted British flyer who announced his engagement to Amy Johnson will fly to New York and back to Croydon in under two and a half days. He will depart Dublin for New York, rest briefly, then proceed to Croydon despite his upcoming marriage.
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London
A. Mollison
Amy Johnson
New York
Mollison
Dublin
Croydon
Premier Brownlee appoints commission on Canadian finance study
In Edmonton on May 10 Premier J H Brownlee announced a commission to study Canadian finance and public land leasing replacing homesteading and to examine the Canada Bank Act with a report due before the next Dominion Parliament session. The group will include University of Alberta experts and civil service members with access for Western MPs and Alberta Legislature consideration.
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Edmonton
J. H. Brownlee
Canada Bank
Rremer Browluce
University of Alberta
Civil Service
Alberta
House of Commons
Brownlee
Canada
Lloyd George narrowly avoids death aboard Hampshire
London May 11. David Lloyd George then War Minister had planned to sail with Lord Kitchener to Russia aboard the ill fated Hampshire in 1916. He avoided death and possible fate of Kitchener due to the Irish settlement projection and Asquith urging him to negotiate.
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London
David Lloyd George
Lord Kitchener
Russia
Hampshire
Lord Beaverbrook
Lloyd George
Kitchener
Asquith
Ice Wagon Team Runaway Causes Stir in City
At noon a Medicine Hat Ice Company wagon ran away after a piece of ice struck the team. The wagon plunged into a vacant lot, horses toppled, but rescuers freed them and the wagon was repaired and sent on. Harness was wrecked and a new set was fitted.
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Second St
First Ave
Medicine Hat Ice Company
George Howson
Judge resigns over salary cut in Manitoba surrogates court
Winnipeg May 11 Judge L St G Stubbs resigns from the Surrogate Court in protest at the salary reduction approved by the Manitoba Legislature. He remains as senior County Court judge.
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Winnipeg
L. St. G. Stubbs
Manitoba
Byudge
Confirmation of ancient biblical destruction by archaeology
London May 11 Father Alexis Mallon Jesuit archaeologist at the Pontifical Biblical Institute Rome says discoveries at the Dead Sea site confirm the biblical destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah by fire. He and Father Robert Weppel spent three years excavating to show the cities were contemporary from before 4500 B C to not later than 2100 B C with ash layers and rock formations linked to Lot’s wife legend.
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London
Sodom
Gomorrah
Alexis Mallon
Pontifical Biblical Institute
Rome
Father Mallon
Robert Weppel
Dead Sea
Palestine
Bate
Tikhh
Lot
Civil Service Act Change Ottawa May 10 Retire Three Commissioners
The Commons committee recommends retiring Civil Service Commission head Dr Roche at 70 plus two other commissioners J Emile Tremley and Newton Mac Tavish for long service and granting gratuities. It calls trimming duplication of duties, restricts secretary duties to secretary tasks, and expands post office revenue postmaster exemptions under the Civil Service Act.
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Ottawa
Commons
York West
Dr. Roche
Civil Service Commission
Public Service of Canada
Civil Service
Commission of Canada
J. Emile Tremley
Ee Bey
Newton. MacTavish
Commission
Wits Yam, J
Foran
William J. Farah
Q.H Bland
Commission Oy
Ees
Ani
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