Questioning Grain Act Receipts in 1917 18 Canada
Ottawa May 13 An echo of the Great War rose in the House of Commons as MPs debated whether Western farmers received funds from grain sales via Grain Supervisors. The discussion occurred during estimates for the Department of Trade and Commerce. The item of 2 651 000 dollars for the Can fon Grain Act was before the committee, covering expenses of management operation maintenance and equipment of elevators and general administration of the Act.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Canada
Apartment of Trade and Commerce
House
Robert Rogers
Sir Robert Borden
Committee On Agriculture
H. H. Stevens
Johnn Vallance
South Battleford
George Foster
Robert Whiteside
Birdsay, Sask
Whiteside
Vallance
Agricultural Committee
HH. H. Stevens
Paul Doumer Elected President of France After Ballot
Reports indicate Paul Doumer won the French presidency on the second ballot at Versailles, defeating Aristide Briand amid political maneuvering. The Associated Press notes Briand’s candidacy collapse and Doumer’s victory reshaped the ministerial balance as votes spread across factions.
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Versailles
Associated Tesenble
Havagi Faul Deubo
Tecay
Midh Deputie
Associated
Esi
Acistids
Briand
Paul Vasamwer
Paul Dou
Presivon
Miustes
Rommier
Arist ‘de Briand
Brien
Aed
Poe
Montreal drives $260 million conversion loan drive
Sir Charles Gordon, chairman of the 1931 Conversion Loan Committee, reported at noon that applications had passed the $200 million mark and that subscriptions to the government's $260 million conversion loan continued to pour in from all parts of the country.
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Montreal
Charles Gordon
Air Mail Trouble Delays City Service
A Mail plane from the East, due in Medicine Hat at midnight, could not reach the city due to dense smoke and poor visibility. The craft landed about twenty miles east near Union Valley school, was damaged but the pilot escaped injury, and the mail was hauled in by auto while a second plane was sent to assess twenty miles west for repairs. Pilot Kenyon led the operation.
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Medicine Hat
Here
Union Valley School
Kenyon
Fishermen Battle Man-Eating Shark Near British Columbia Port
Ray Petree and Pat Nerere fought a four ton shark off the coast near ucelet British Columbia. Using a five inch harpoon they struck the creature and towed it to a reduction plant. The shark weighed about eight thousand pounds and yielded twenty dollars to the fishermen.
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Petrec
Norton
Commonwealth Bank Bill Passes in Senate Debate
The Australian Senate today passed a bill authorizing the shipment of 9 million in gold abroad to London to meet treasury obligations. The measure faced opposition as Sir Robert Gibson, chairman of the Commonwealth Bank, warned the move could undermine confidence in Australian note values.
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Nberra
Australia
Austral Senate
Commonwealth
Robert Gibson
Commonwealth Bank
London
Treasury
Riots Amid Anti Clerical Turmoil Hit Spanish Cities
Malagas churches and convents burn as anti clerical rioting spreads across Spain. Martial law used in Cadiz Seville and Malaga while authorities move to indict former King Alfonso and other aristocrats. Over 200 people detained as unrest continues.
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Villa Real de Santo Antonio
Portugal
Associated Press
San Fernando
Malaga
Spain
Cordoba
Madrid
Alfonso
Gaim
Prima de Rivera
Gallarza
Luva de Tena
Paris
Nicke Abela Zamora
Jose Albinana
Monarchial Legion Organization
Wascistones
Damaso Berenguer
Cadiz
Seville
Pedro Segura
Toledo
Union
Snowden Relapse Delays Budget Speech
London May 13 A P Philip Snowden the Chancellor of the Exchequer who left a sick bed to deliver his budget speech in the House of Commons has been ordered back to bed by doctors. He is expected to stay at Downing Street for two or three days.
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London
Associated Press
Philip Snowden
House of Commons
Downing Street
Fire kills sixteen in Hokkaido cinema disaster
Tokio reports sixteen people burned to death and thirty injured in a blaze at a temporary cinema shack in Shinamaki village Island of Hokkaido during a film showing. A 200 person audience fled in panic as the fire spread destroying sixteen nearby houses before it was checked.
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Tokio
Associated Press
Shinamaki Village
Hokkaido
Labor government backs Empire wheat quota plan
Lord Parmoor told the House of Lords the Labor Government has approved the general principle of an Empire wheat quota to secure a share of the British market for wheat-growing Dominions. He said any obstacle is in details to be settled after the Ottawa conference and that both Dominions and government see no impossibility.
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London
Lord Parmoor
House of Lords
Yast
Ottawa
Census 1931: Canada's pivotal decennial stock taking
The census, set for June 1, 1931, will reach every home in Canada with over 15,000 staff and extensive planning. It forms the bedrock for national statistics by measuring the human element—numbers, ages, sexes, occupations, religion—and underpins progress directions and policy decisions. The program costs about 2.5 million dollars for the first year, with thousands of clerks employed in Ottawa to compile results. its significance mirrors the routine business practice of sizing up assets and prospects.
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Canada
Wolfe
Quebec
Bureau of Statistics
Wheat Trade Shaped by Australian Currency Deflation
Ottawa reports deflation of Australian currency allows Australia to undersell Canada in the China wheat market. Hon. H. H. Stevens notes Canada sold 184,000 of 650,000 tons China bought. Australia about 400,000. He cites price, quality preferences, and hopes for a China market revival while outlining department efforts to expand wheat and flour sales and explore exchanges for tea and other products.
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Ottawa
Canada
H. H. Stevens
Trade and Commerce
House of Commons
F. G. Sanderson
Lib
Perth South
China
Mr. Stevens
Australia
Stevens
Manchuria
Department of Trade and Commerce
Ins
J. P. Pouliot
Temiscouta
North
Bombing in Adampur District Kills Official
On May 13 a bomb exploded at Adampur India injuring Congress member Gurdit Singh and killing district secretary Chawan Singh. Police arrested Gurdit Singh and searched the Hoshinpur Congress committee offices.
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Lahore
India
Associated Press
Adampur
All India National Congress Committee
Chawan Singh
Congress
Gurdit Singh
Gurdit
Hoshinpur Congress Committee
Sir Andrew Captures Newmarket Stakes Ride
Sir Andrew owned by W. Woodward won the Newmarket stakes for three year olds at Newmarket. Link Boy and Reveillon finished second and third in the mile and a quarter race featuring the second spring meeting. Sir Andrew won by a length with a head to second.
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New Market
Eng
Associated Press
Sir Andrew
W. Woodward
S. Singer
Link Boy
Sir G. Bullough
Newmarket
CPR First Aid Classes Under Way Across Cities
The CPR First Aid course led by E G Niemi, secretary and instructor, begins a six lecture series at St John’s Ambulance in the CPR center western lines. Lectures run in Lethbridge Mondays Calgary Wednesdays and Thursdays and Monton Fridays with free instruction for CPR employees. Examinations are oral and practical with certificates issued to those passing.
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St. John’s Ambulance
Noble
Soviet Secret Police uncover labor sabotage plot
Moscow reports the OGPU says it has broken a substantial sabotage ring within the railroad sector. Forty six arrests announced and trial of suspects expected soon amid mounting charges of disrupting transport and casting disrepute on the government.
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Moscow
Ogpu
Rot Bing Huridrenz
Ty Cars
Roy Gove Ent
Seeding Conditions Reported Across Provinces
A May 18 report from the Dominion Bureau of Statistics notes April seeding conditions. The Maritime provinces and parts of Canada show generally favorable sowing, with two weeks earlier timing in the Maritimes. Quebec and Ontario report good conditions, while the prairies face moisture shortages and British Columbia experiences variable weather. Seedings in Nova Scotia and Quebec show growth encouraged by plentiful conditions in some areas.
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Ottawa
Ont
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Maritimes
Quebec
Ontario
Prairies
British Columbia
Pangaia
Maritime
Canada
Prairie
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Crow’s Nest
Geo. J. Fox
P.R
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Snowden
Labor Govt
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