Premier Bennett Interferes With Ed Rail Trustees
Ottawa turmoil as Parliament’s railway committee clashed over the Canadian National system. Prime Minister Bennett faced opposition claims that he opposed reducing CN’s capital structure. Trustees chairman Fullerton testified about studying the issue, while Liberal members pressed for clearer actions and governance.
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Ottawa
C.P
House of Commons Railway Committee
Canadian National System
Board of Trustees
R. B. Bennett
R. J. Manion
C. P. Fullerton
Manion
Bennett
Fullerton
Parliament
Ross W. Gray
Lib
Lambton West
W. D. Euler
Gray
Premier Reid Delays on Major Douglas Interim Report
In Edmonton on May 28 Premier Reid and cabinet members have not met with Major L. J. Douglas, originator of the Douglas system and reconstruction adviser, since he handed the interim report on social cvaet feasibility to the premier. No cabinet discussion or interview with Douglas occurred over the weekend or Monday. a brief, preliminary cabinet talk produced no comment.
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Edmonton
R. G. Reid
L. J. Douglas
Major Douglas
INO
Reid
MacDonald Hotse
Votes for men in relief camps of B C
Labour member Angus Macinnis presented a petition in the House of Commons signed by 10 800 people from British Columbia. It requests an amendment to the Election Act so men in unemployment relief camps may vote in this session.
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Ottawa
C.P
Angus Macinnis
Labor
Vancouver South
House of Commons
British Columbia
Outbreak of Prisoner Strike in Prince Albert Penitentiary
Ottawa reports a brief disorder at Prince Albert penitentiary as about 50 convicts went on strike demanding free tobacco Sunday and holiday musicals, baseball during exercise, and doubling of remissions tied to the King's silver jubilee. Officials say the men were locked in cells until work resumed and some remissions were increased. Handball encouraged. prisoners reported satisfaction with food and conditions.
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Prince. Albert Penitentiary
Ottawa
C.P
Prince Albert
Susk
iGbacco
Hugh Guthrie
Dominion
Coast Strike Ends as Vancouver Shipping Workforce Returns
Stewards, deckhands and freight handlers of the Union Steamship Co of British Columbia vote 150 to 6 to resume work tomorrow after a six day strike. The fleet had been idle while union demands for wage scale restoration and dock employment rules were debated, and the Madavia docked from the United Kingdom as crews reported back to duties.
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Vancouver
C.P
Union Steamship Company of
British Columbia
Harold Brown
Di.ster
Shipping Federation of
Vancouver District Waterfront Workers’ Association
Madavia
United Kingdom
Hardington
King Edward
Turner Valley Oil Product Not Available Says Lion Oils Manager
Leon Plotkins of Lion Oils Ltd tells the federal tariff board that small independent refiners struggle to survive due to higher railway freight rates rising brokerage charges and premiums and reports of mysterious agencies that affect crude oil supplies from U.S. fields. He cites Turner Valley as difficult to work with and blames inexperienced management for past development.
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Calgary
C.P
Federal Tariff Board
Leon Plotkins
Lion Oils Ltd
United States
Turner Valley
Aviator Paul Redfern Found After Eight Years
Tom Roche reports the discovery of aviator Paul Redfern who vanished eight years ago while living as a medicine man in Dutch Guiana. Redfern was reportedly found injured after a plane crash, cared for by locals, and asked Roche to deliver a message to his father Dr. Carl Redfern of Washington and his wife Gertrude.
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Paul Redfern
Dutch Guinea
Tom Roche
Nes Daneiro
Redfern
Roche
Carl Redfern
Washington, D.C
Gertrude
Mrs. Rattenbury Takes the Stand at Old Bailey
At the Old Bailey Mrs Alma Rattenbury 38 and George Stoner 18 face charges over the murder of Francis Rattenbury 67. The Crown closes its case as Mrs Rattenbury admits improper relations with Stoner and says her husband knew she would "lead her own life" while denying involvement in the killing.
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London
C.P
Crown
Alma Rattenbury
Old Bailey
George Stoner
Rattenbury
Stoner
Stevens Attacks Patent Bill in Commons Clash with Cahan
Ottawa May 28. Former minister H H Stevens challenges a new Canadian Patent Act with claims that big electrical firms use patents to raise prices and restrict imports. He cites Canadian General Electric Canadian Westinghouse and others, urges a patents commissioner power to revoke abuses, but his amendment remains undecided at day's end.
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Ottawa
C.P
H. H. Stevens
House of Commons
Cahan
Canadian sLay
Lamps
Service Lambp Company
United States
Holland
Stevens
Bennett
Sec
Canada
Consumera of Canada
Mr. Stevens
Patents Commissioner
Strikers Shot at Roan Antelope Mines in Rhodesia Clash
In Southern Rhodesia on May 29, six strikers were killed during a clash with police at the Roan Antelope copper mines. Police opened fire as about 3,000 natives protested a poll tax increase, attacking the compound, offices, and a power house, with 300 more assailing facilities.
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Bulawayo
Southern Rhodesia
C. P. Cable
Roan Antelope Caper
Cigarette Prices Slashed in New York Stores
Price wars across New York department stores follow NRAA restraint lift. Crowds form as shoppers buy cigarettes at 72 cents per carton, down from 50 cents per two packs in some displays, reflecting a rapid market shift.
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New York
C.P
Saskatchewan to not challenge Farmers Creditors Act in court
Regina reports that on May 29 Attorney General T. S. Davis announced Saskatchewan will not pursue a BC style court challenge over the operation of the federal Farmers Creditors Arrangement Act.
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Regina
C.P
T. S. Davis
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Farmers’ Creditors Arrangement
France Faces Debt Crisis as Flandin Government Seeks Dictatorship
Paris reports show the chamber of deputies finance committee voting 25 to 15 against the Flandin governments bill for emergency powers to defend the franc. The cabinet could resign or call new elections as devaluation looms amid opposition from the radical Socialist party led by Edouard Herriot.
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Paris
C.P
Chamber of Deputies
Flandin
Alexander H. Uhl
Associated Press
Friends
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
Chamber Finance Committee
Edouard Herriots
Radical Socialist Party
Louis Germain-Martin
France
Edouard Herriot
Germain Martin
Germany
Belgium
Chamber Committee
Gaston Doumergue
Pierre Laval
NRA wreckage stirs prices strikes after Supreme Court action
Washington May 29 A P G uerilla price cutting and a threatened nation wide coal strike ride the NRA wreckage as President Roosevelt meets advisers without conclusions Labor leaders meet at AFL headquarters with William Green pessimistic after assessing the blow Negotiations between United Mine Workers and coal operators collapse and a June 17 strike is prepared Officials report 20 big firms will keep wages and hours unchanged despite NRA collapse
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Washington
A.P
NRA
New Deal
Roosevelt
Supreme Court of the United States
William Green
American Federation of Labor
NBA
John JL . Lewis
UMW
National Association of Manufacturers
Richberg
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
National Manufacturers’ Association
A. F. of L
W. Green
TIRADE BOARD TO MEET THURSDAY IN MEDICINE HALL
Dominion drought official L B Thomson will address Medicine chamber of commerce at Hotel Cecil noon Thursday. Regents in Regina discussed drought rehabilitation projects including flooding an old canal system north of Suffield to water 300000 acres. No definite word on discussion of the drought commission or chamber proposal.
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L. B. Thomson
Dominion
Manyberries
Federal
Western Canada
Medicine Chamber of Commerce
Cecil
Thomson
Regina
Robert Weir
Suffield
Canada Land and Irrigation Co
Dominion Government
Chamber of Commerce
Grasshoppers to Be Fought with Aeroplanes
Edmonton report says Alberta plans aerial combat against grasshoppers using two specialized planes, one in Edmonton and one in Lethbridge, to drop chemical preparations at about 10 cents per acre. Minister F S Grisedale studies feasibility though no decision yet. The plan aims for speed and efficiency in distribution with the late season delaying hatching.
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Edmonton
F. S. Grisedale
Lethbridge
Press censorship debate at Canadian women's press convention
Mrs Elizabeth Bailey Price national president of the Canadian Women's Press Club urged the seventh triennial convention in Ottawa to protest Alberta’s recent press freedom limits. She asked if this was the thin edge of the wedge of press censorship in Canada.
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Ottawa
C.P
Alberta
Elizabeth Bailey -Price
Vancouver
Canadian Women’s Press Club
Canada
Free State to Abolish Office of Gov General
Dublin report states the Dail voted 24 to 23 to approve expenses for the Governor General while signaling steps toward abolition. Eamon de Valera said costs would be trimmed to minimum and the government may remove passages in the constitution if the opposition does not cooperate. Frank McDermott argued a junior clerk could handle duties and noted the salary of £2000 remained from central funds.
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Dublin
C.P
Reuters
Dail
Eamon de Valera
Free State
Frank McDermott
Central Fund
McDerbott
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Irvine
Winnifred
Thelma
Redcliff
Medicine Hat
Duff Commission
Grand Trunk
Col. Geary
Euler
Touche and Company
Walerss
Maj
Douglas
Govt. Caucus
B. Columbia
Mrs. Rattenbury
HH. Stevens
Nr.a
Manufacturers’ Association
Hear Thomson
Commission
West Canada
Phyllis Moorhead
Empress Theatre
Cte
Sruens
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