Bracken Names Three Liberals to Pre Election Cabinet
Premier John Bracken announced three Liberals will join his pre election cabinet. Be A. McPherson Por tage La Prairie will be provincial treasurer J S McDiarmid becomes minister of natural resources and industry and Dr MacKay Liberal leader in Manitoba takes the post of minister without portfolio. Bracken shuffled cabinet without removing any minister as Albert Prefontaine retires from agriculture and D G McKenzie moves to the vacancy.
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Winnipeg
John Bracken
J. D. McGregor
BE. A. McPherson
Br. Murdock Mackay
McPherson
Portage la Prairie
Bracken
For
Winnipeg South Centre
McDiarmid
Natural Resources and Industry
MacKay
Liberal Party
Manitoba
Albert Prefontaine
Agriculture
D. G. McKenzie
Mines and Natural Resources
Prefontaine
F. G. Taylor
Lost Boys in Muskeg North of Athabasca
Two seven and six year old brothers, sons of Nick Tomasniuk, are missing for days in the muskeg region 50 miles north of Athabasca. RCMP, trappers, and Indians search with dogs and pack horses as authorities fear the boys have fallen to wolves, bears, or swarming bull flies.
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Edmonton
Athabasca
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Nick Tomasniuk
R.C.M.P
Nick Tameshiuk
Rock [Sland Lake
Fomasniuk
Pelican Rapids
Lindbergh Case Indictment Reported by Hunterdon Jury
In Flemington May 26 the Hunterdon County grand jury indicted Curtis for obstructing justice in the Lindbergh kidnapping saga. Witnesses were examined for about two hours and five minutes regarding the Norfolk boat bidder's hoax.
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Flemington
Nal
John Ttughes
Curtis
Hunterdon County
Young Calgary broker sentenced for theft
Calgary May 26. T Bruce Taylor former Calgary broker was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment after pleading guilty to stealing 4965 from customers. Crown prosecutor A L Smith KC said the case showed that justice in Alberta must be fairly administered despite personal ties. Judge Mr Justice Ewing stressed the duty to enforce fundamental business ethics.
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Calgary
T. Bruce Taylor
Justice Ewing
K. Bruce Taylor and Company, Limited
Taylor
A. L. Smith
K.C
Smith
Alberta
Ewing
Forty Missing After Yangtse Steamer Sinks
A river steamer belonging to the American Yangtse Rapids Steamship Company struck a rock 235 miles above Ichang on Wednesday and sank. Forty persons are believed missing.
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Shanghai
Fling
Yangtse Rapids Steamship Company
Ichang
Safe stolen from Lethbridge bakery in 1934
Police believe experts carried out the burglary at a Lethbridge bakery last Sunday. Authorities urge merchants to move money from safes to secure locations and to keep safes unlocked only when necessary.
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Lethbridge
R.C.M.P
Empire News Service discussed by editor in Vancouver
Vancouver May 26 Belief that an Empire wide news service could bind the British Commonwealth was voiced by B C Nicholas editor of the Victoria Times in a local service club talk. He cited past imperial press conference talks and noted Canada’s Canadian Press as a model fostering unity and a national spirit.
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Vancouver
South Africa
Nicholas
Dominion
Canadian Pressc
Atlantic
Pacific
Artificial Island to Support Ocean Airplanes
Berlin reports Lufthansa plans a direct Berlin to Pernambus air mail service this year. The route would run via Miedrichshafen and Spain to Bathurst, with a floating catapult station mid ocean to refuel and launch flying boats.
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Berlin
Why
Miedrichshafen
Spain
Bathurst
British Gambia
Africa
South America
Grecian Sinks After Collision With City of Chattanooga
In dense fog off Block Island the small steamer Grecian with a 35 crew collided with the City of Chattanooga and sank with four missing. Eight Coast Guard cutters searched the seas. one rescuer was injured. Bodies of three of the missing were recovered later today per U S destroyer headquarters.
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New York
Grecian
Boston
Norfolk
Chattanooga
Block Island
Diwn
Conn
Kaye Don Abandons Garda Record Attempt
Gardone Italy May 27 Kaye Don British speedboat driver abandons attempt to set a world record on Lake Garda in Miss England II after two way trials reached only 91.37 mph. He plans to return to England to discuss boat modifications with owner Lord Wakefield. Gar Wood holds the 111.712 mph mark.
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Gardonie
Italy
Gar Wood
Detroit
Don
Gardone
Lake Garda
Governor General Sees Imperial Conference as Cornerstone
Lord Bessborough told the Canadian Club in London Ontario that the coming Imperial Conference should be a cornerstone, not a completion. He urged mutual effort to rebuild mood and confidence, noting governments can aid but not make trade, which comes from workers and industry. He warned July 21 in Ottawa is not a magic turning point.
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London
Ont
Lord Bessborough
Canada
Ottawa
Internment of Doukhobors to be housed on Gulf islands
Vancouver officials left on the Walderona to locate a site in the Gulf of Georgia for Doukhobors sentenced to three years for nude parading. Dominion architect C. W. Dawson and Ottawa official accompanied the launch as 750 Doukhobors were taken into custody with about 450 sentenced. welfare institutions will care for the children.
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Vancouver
Dominion
Public Works Department
Lounch Walderona
Gulf of Georgia
C. W. Dawson
Victoria
Ottawa
Logan case ends as inquiry into Gypsum Queen fades
Ottawa May 26 Lionel Forsyth K C concludes summing up the Gypsum Queen reparations case inquiry in Canada noting no criminal charge can be based on alleged carelessness by Senator Logan. Commissioner Horace Harvey plans further England inquiries and aims to complete a report before midsummer as Hatfield claims were previously disputed.
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Ottawa
Logan
Lionel 4
Forsyth
K.C
Horace Harvey
Alberta
Wall Lgate
England
Alleger
Nova Scotia
Peter White
K. C
Freeman Hatfield
Parzzsoro
N.S
Errol MacDougall
Montreal
Hance J. Logan
Parrsboro
Hatfield
Senator Logan
Secret Service of the
United States
White
Ursyth
MacDougall
Crow's Nest Strike Ends With Coleman Resumption
Coleman mines resumed work this morning with about 600 men under a new two year pact and no violence reported. Pickets were set at Blairmore and Bellevue after a Mine Workers Union meeting, with 70 on Coleman’s blacklist and several workers signing on by noon as talks dragged on in Blairmore and Bellevue.
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Coleman
Coleman Mines
Mine Workers Union of Canada
Blairmore
Bellevue
Bellévue
International
McGillivray Mines
Unity League
Knights of Pythias
Dis
H. Murphy
M.W.U.C
Micn
Car Stolen From Calgary Hotel Prompting Police Hunt
Calgary May 27 William Harnett of Medicine Hat is stranded as police search for his car stolen from outside a local hotel Wednesday afternoon. He had driven in from Medicine Hat Wednesday morning, enduring rough muddy roads before the theft occurred.
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Calgary
William Harnett
Medicine Hat
Mr.Harnett
Midlands Flood Breaks Through Hidden Barrier
The Trent river overflowed its banks flooding villages near Gainsborough in Lincolnshire, an area previously immune to Midland floods. Water rose into lower floors carrying mud, disruption to bowage systems, and ongoing needs as Doncaster shelters over 600 homeless families with 40 boats aiding travel.
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London
Trent
Gainsborough
Lincolnshire
Midlands
Doncaster
Yorkshire
Speech From the Throne in Ottawa Parliament
The speech from the throne closes the Dominion session praising MPs for careful work. It highlights economy measures, unemployment and farm relief gains, expanded coal output for Maritimes, national ownership of broadcasting, and closer empire ties. It notes civil service reform, enactments on various acts, and approval of shipping and international conventions. Continued on page five.
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Rddfa
Ald
House of ‘Commons
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service
House of Commons
Senate
Wheat moving into consumption says Dominion report
Ottawa reports large international wheat trade and steady movement of surplus stocks into consumption. From August 1, 1931 to May 21, 1932 world shipments of wheat and flour reached 665 million bushels, up from 645 million the prior period and 495 million in 1929 30. Soviet Russia shipped none in past four weeks. Canada and United States increased shipments in six weeks.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Soviet Russia
Canta
United States
Geologists Hint Oil Prospect in Northern Alberta
In Ottawa on May 27 geologists before the Royal Society of Canada described districts including Jouneais Park, Peace River, Vil ingad and Wainwright with marine sediments. They say the areas once formed part of a vast ocean over the prairie provinces. Formations are about 4 000 years old.
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Ottawa
Alberta
Royal Society of Canada
Jouneais Park
Peace River
Viling Ad Wainwright
Aewpok Prairie Provinces
Edmonton May Crop Report Signals Strong Central Alberta Grain Prospects
Edmonton Journal's first monthly crop report notes ample moisture, early wheat green in fields, and progress toward seeding completion after Victoria Day. It cites wheat as the main cash crop with oats and barley showing activity, while farming practices rely on horses and mechanized work to sustain planting and cultivation amid favorable conditions.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Edmonton Journal
Victoria
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