Stamp Named Head of Grain Inquiry for Canada
Sir Josiah Stamp, a leading British economist, is appointed head of a Canadian royal commission to investigate grain trading. The three member panel will include a Grain Exchange representative and a prairie provinces delegate. The inquiry may cover futures trading and broader wheat marketing questions.
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Ottawa
Ont
Britain
Josiah Stamp
Royal Commission
Canada
R. B. Bennett
House of Commons
Josiah
Dan
Dominion
Grain Exchange
Prairie Provinces
J. E. Brownlee
Brownlee
Royal Commission On
Dawes
Repeal Dry Law Moves Through Illinois Legislature
The Illinois Senate narrowly approved a repeal of the prohibition enforcement laws by a 26 to 24 vote. The bill, already passed by the House, would end state enforcement under the Search and Seizure Act and remove state support from federal efforts against illicit liquor production and trafficking.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois Senate
House
Well-To-Do Farmers Discuss Western Canada Farm Credit
Hon. Duncan Marshall former Alberta Minister of Agriculture told advertisers and salesmen in Toronto that the well to do middle class farmer has not disappeared. He said difficulties would be overcome by farmers with generous loans from bankers at low interest rates.
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Toronto
Ont
Duncan Marshall
Alberta
Canada
Oil Test Planned Near Winnipeg in St Boniface Area
An oil company unknown to local officials will spend about 250 000 testing property in St Boniface near Winnipeg to determine oil presence. A 60 day option reportedly was granted on 14 acres at 2000 dollars per acre.
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Winnipeg
Man
St. Boniface
St. Boniface Coue
Wolves Terrorize Settlers Near Sault Ste. Marie
Wolves in large packs from the hills of Moran township east of Sault Ste. Marie are becoming a menace to settlers. Bushmen and others avoid the woods unless they travel in groups, according to word received recently.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Moran Township
Disorder In India Riots Follow Gandhi Arrival At Congress
Turmoil erupted in Cawnpore as Gandhi visited for a Nationalist congress meeting. Communist-leaning groups jeered him and at least 30 rioters were shot by troops amid widespread clashes sparked by last weeks executions of three Indians.
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Karachi
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Congress
Cawnpore
Gandhi
Delhi
Mahatma
Borah proposes gifting US wheat to China to boost wheat bread demand
Senator William E. Borah suggested turning over more than 200 million bushels of surplus wheat held by the National Grain Stabilization Corporation to China. The plan would need congressional action, and Farm Board policy opposes giving away wheat that has been bought and paid for. Borah argued the gift would create a Chinese appetite for wheat bread and expand demand.
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Washington, D.C
National Grain Stabilization Corporation
China
William E. Borah
Congress
Farm Board
Borah
Governor-General to attend Ottawa dinner April 8
The Earl of Bessborough will be the guest of honor at a dinner in Ottawa on April 8 hosted by Premier R. B. Bennett. Attendees will include government members, the opposition leader, and privy council members.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Earl of Bessborough
R. B. Bennnett
Privy Council
Investiture at London Honors Earl of Bessborough
The King vested the Earl of Bessborough with the Grand Cross of St Michael and St George. Governor-General designate of Canada, he and Lady Bessborough lunched with Their Majesties after the investiture ceremony.
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London
England
Earl of Bessborough
Canada
St. Michael and St. George
Lord
Bessborough
France weighs stance on Germany amid Austrian pact
Paris officials informed the Associated Press that France may refuse aid to Germany unless Berlin halts its economic agreement with Austria, signaling a potential policy shift if Germany continues the pact.
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Paris
France
Germany
Austria
Associated Press
No Change In Construction Program In Prince Albert
D C Coleman vice president Western lines Canadian Pacific Railway says there will be no change to the 3 000 000 construction plans in northern Saskatchewan.
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Prince Albert
Sask
Canadian Pacific Railway
Saskatchewan
D. C. Coleman
Winnipeg
Western Lines
Unemployment in Great Britain Falls in March
Government release shows 2,639,635 unemployed in Great Britain on March 16, down 52,104 from February. Total unemployed this year stands at 1,017,875 higher than the same date last year.
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London
England
Great Britain
May Increase Postal Rates On Newspapers
A delegation of over 20 members of the Canadian National Newspapers and Periodicals Association met with Hon. Arthur Sauve in Ottawa to protest a proposed rise in second class mail rates. The post office faces a deficit of five to six million dollars this fiscal year and the proposal aims to help reduce it.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canadian National Newspapers and Periodicals Association
Arthur Sauve
Post Office Department
Rioting in Madrid Over Amnesty Protest Turns deadly
In Madrid at the San Carlos medical school students clashed with police over a parade for political prisoners amnesty. The confrontation left two dead and 14 seriously injured, triggering widespread disorder.
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Madrid
Spain
San Carlos Medical School
Temperance Forces Defeated in British Advertising Bill
Temperance campaigners failed to curb liquor advertising as the House of Commons rejected the proposal by 127 to 112 after their bid to ban advertising flares across towns and countryside in the Isles.
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London
Ergland
Great Britain
Isles
House of Commons
Tourist Traffic in Canada Holds Steady in 1930
Ottawa reports 1930 tourist traffic valued at 280 million dollars, just 28 million below 1929. U.S. automobile tourist numbers rose to 5.4 million, with expenditures totaling about 202 million, while Canadians spent 63.5 million abroad and total overseas Canadian expenditure fell to 113 million.
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Ottawa
Bureau of Statistics
Monte Carlo
United States
Manitoba Pool Elevator Probe Under Way
Winnipeg witnesses and counsel shape a royal commission into Manitoba Pool Elevators Limited operations. Commissioner E. K. Williams allows documentary evidence with cross examination. oral testimony limited by compromise. The hearing follows charges by James R. Murray that spurred the inquiry and involves T. J. Murray KC Travers Sweatman KC and A B Hudson KC. Sixteen Year Old Farm Boy Fails Inolence Appeal To Higher Court.
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Winnipeg
Man
T. J. Murray
K.C
E. K. Williams
Royal Commission
Manitoba Pool Elevators Limited
Williams
Murray
Counse
Travers Sweatman
A. B. Hudson, KC
James R. Murray
Winnipeg Grain Authority
John Bracken
Higher
Must Serve Sentence For Fort Frances Bank Robbery
Toronto Ontario Robert Kitowski 16 must serve five years at Stoney Mountain penitentiary and receive 20 lashes for holding up the Dominion Bank at Fort Frances on February 11. The First Appellate Court of Ontario upheld the sentence after a plea for more humane punishment.
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Toronto
Ont
Robert Kitowski
Stoney Mountain
Cruso
Dominion Bank
Fort Frances
First Appellate Court of Ontario
Osgoode Hall
A. A. MacDonald
Nurse Scott-James, 56, dies. parallels Edith Cavell
It is learned that Miss Anne Scott-James, 56, famed as a nurse in the Great War, died March 21 in Brussels. She followed Nurse Edith Cavell and aided Allied soldiers to cross the Dutch frontier after Cavell was executed by the Germans.
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Brussels
Belgium
Anne Scott- James
Miss Scott-James
Edith Cavell
Miss Cavell
Geologist Denies Platinum Strike Near Edson Alberta
Dr J A Allan head of geology at the University of Alberta states no platinum has been received for test purposes despite reports of a strike at Obed on the CNR west of Edson.
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Edmonth
Alberta
J. A. Allan
Department of Geology
University of Alberta
Obed
C.N.R
Edson
Melody Mike Fan Mail from Across Canada
Letters pour into Canadian Pacific Railway radio offices in Montreal from admirers of Melody Mike. In one day in March 1361 letters arrived and monthly totals near 15000, with year to date nearing 40000. The photograph shows staff handling the heavy fan mail as Melody Mike’s Monday night goodwill broadcast remains a top continental radio feature.
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Prairies
Dominion
Halifax
Victoria
Canadian Pacific Railway
Montreal
Radio Department
Regina Winter Fair crowns top light horse champions
At Regina Winter Fair three grand champion stallions were named. Clydesdales Lochinvar owned by John Falconer of Govan Sask Percherons Colmar owned by C and Bear of Regina Sask and Belgians Goliath owned by C M Rear. Reserve champions went to Hi Black Belle Plaine with Cara doc Footprint, Rainy River Charles by C M Rear, and Paragon Bill by R Thomas Grandora. R Thomas also won best gelding with a Clydesdale over a Percheron entries.
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Regina
Sask
Clydesdales
Lochinvar
John Falconer
Govan
Pe’cherons
Colmar
C. &. Bear
Goliath
C. M. Rear
Hi, Black
Belle Plaine
Narrow escape as bullet pierces ceiling above baby
In Weiland Ontario a .45 caliber bullet fired into the air by an unknown assailant pierced the Oberyk home ceiling and landed on the crib blanket, missing the baby by inches. Police deter mine no arrests yet.
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Weiland
Floryan Oberyk
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Senator Borah
Earl of Clarendon
South Africa
Lord Hyde
Pickering
Lady Hyde
Acme Newspictures
Temperance
Manitoba
William Mulock
Hudson
Pool Elevators, Limited
J. T. Thorson
Nurse Cavell
Melody
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