Montreal Board Debates National Economic Unity Plan
The Montreal board of trade hosts Toronto and Vancouver reps to discuss subsidy to Sir William Peterson and central ocean freight rates. All three boards oppose it as they seek a national policy to end Canada’s sectionalism. A plan to gather representatives from across Canada and visit eastern and western centers is explored. Vancouver delegates include A. Melville Dollar and W. E. Payne.
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Montreal
Montreal Board of Trade
Toronto
Vancouver
Sir William Petersen
Dominion
Atlantic
Pacific
Canada
Panama Canal
Toronto Board
Vancouver Board
A. Melville Dollar
W. E. Payne
No Beer At Picnics Edmonton
An amendment to the Liquor Act restricts picnic beer licenses for clubs. Introduced by Mrs. Nellie McClung, the Liberal member for Edmonton, the change requires a one year delay after application with full premises details to satisfy the liquor control board. The aim is to weed out non bona fide clubs seeking licenses for profit.
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Edmonton
Nellie McClung
Liquor Control Board
Fraud Brings Prison Term for Naturalization Scam
Ottawa reports George H. Alexander of Galt Ontario received 18 months in Guelph Reformatory after conspiring with Mihean Mihrakian of Niagara Falls New York to fraudulently obtain a naturalization certificate. RCMP uncovered a plot using old naturalization papers to admit Armenian immigrants contrary to the Immigration Act.
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Ottawa
George H. Alexander
Galt
Ontario
Justice Rose
Assize Court
Guelph Reformatory
Mihean Mihrakian
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Alexander
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Sale of Canadian Vessels in Parliament Record
Ottawa notes L H Martell MP for Hants requested a full return on government vessel sales since armistice. A bulky list shows 282 craft sold from an obsolete cruiser to a canoe, with prices ranging from tens of thousands to as low as 25 cents.
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Ottawa
L. H. Martell
Hants
Soupie
Wheat Pool Officials Meet Winnipeg Policy Stays
The Canadian Co operative Wheat Producers Limited board met in Winnipeg and issued a statement confirming no change to current policy. It deplored market chaos but urged members not to worry, citing the pool's strong position.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Co-operative Wheat Producers
Princess Hermine Returns to Doerr After Operation Recovery
Berlin reports Princess Hermine wife of the former Kaiser has returned to Doerr following a successful operation recovery.
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Berlin
Hermine
Kaiser
Doerr
Women’s National Council passes plan for employment advisory council
At the closing session of the national council of women executives, a resolution calls on the federal government to create an advisory council on employment. The panel would include university economists and labor experts from provincial governments and the national council of women and would hold conferences on industrial research before fall.
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Ottawa
National Council of Women Executive
National Coun
World wheat supply not excessive says marketing expert
Julius H. Barnes, a noted marketing expert, argues world wheat supplies will be tight and needed before the next harvest. He predicts rising North American weekly deliveries and stresses a relatively small world wheat stock.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba Free Press
New York
Julius H. Barnes
Barnes
North America
Edmonton Liberal amendment on Medical Act withdrawn
Strong opposition in the legislature caused Mrs. Nellie McClung to withdraw her amendment to the Medical Profession Act. A new amendment on the same issue will be introduced later, seeking to protect Christian Science practitioners who do not claim medical or surgical knowledge while upholding contagious disease and sanitary laws.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Nellie McClung
Government to Proceed with New Grain Act
Ottawa moves ahead with a revised Grain Act after extensive representations from Western farmers and the grain trade. The bill updates grading weighing and mixing rules and governs private elevators, with passage aimed before session end if committee hearings favor timely action.
Dominion Pays Large Sum For Subsidies
The Dominion of Canada has expended 46 756 599 on mail subsidies and steamship subsidies from 1867 68 to the present time. In an answer to N H McTaggart Progressive Maple Creek Hon A B Copp secretary of state said 33 063 712 had been paid to foreign services and 6 857 653 10 to local services.
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Ottawa
Dominion of Canada
N. H. McTaggart
Progressive
Maple Creek
A. B. Copp
McTaggart
Will Not Discard Army Death Penalty
London report shows the British Labour Party failed to abolish the army death penalty in the House of Commons. An amendment by E Thurtie was rejected 320 to 156 as War Secretary Laming Worthington-Evans notes 11 percent of war sentences were carried out while 89 percent were quashed or reduced.
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London
Labor Party
House of Commons
E. Thurtie
Shoreditch
Laming Worthington-Evans
Proposes Settlement of Mosul Boundary Dispute
The Daily Mail reports Turkey offers to settle the Mosul boundary issue with Great Britain by keeping Mosul and the southern Mosul province, while guaranteeing the southern frontier. The dispute centers on strategic Mosul for Turkey and oil interests for Britain, with Iraq’s formation adding complexity.
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Mosul
London
Daily Mail
Turkey
Great Britain
Mesopotamia
Kingdom of
Iraq
Bombing Plot Charges Filed In Toronto Case
Police seized a dynamite bomb sawed off shotgun bandolier shells cartridges and spark plugs at Rafael Emiglio and Faus tino Manfredo home. They face charges linked to an incident on March 25 when a bomb exploded near A Bernardo home after a ransom demand of 1500 and a threat of a larger blast if unpaid.
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Toronto
Rafael Emiglio
Faustino Manfredo
A. Bernardo
Bernardo
Canadian Bakeries In Merger New York
Six leading Canadian baking companies were acquired by Continental Baking Corporation of New York. George G. Barber, chairman, announced the consolidation. Northern Bakeries Limited, based in Montreal, now controls the Canadian firms operating bakeries in seven eastern cities.
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New York
Canada
Continental Baking Corporation
George G. Barber
Northern Bakeries, Limited
Montreal
Nova Scotia Politician Praises Province Finances
Premier E. H. Armstrong told the legislature that Nova Scotia recorded expenditures of 5,577,872 dollars in the last fiscal year and were lower than those of any other province except Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick. He called the financial status proud and satisfactory.
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Halifax
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
Nova
Record Raid by Mounties in Canada Stuns Counterfeiters
Royal Canadian Mounted Police staged a large raid at a farmhouse three miles beyond L'Assomption in Girard Parish. They seized 150000 dollars in counterfeit ten dollar bills, 560000 cut papers ready for printing, a modern foot and power driven press, and other paraphernalia, arresting seven men.
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Montreal
Canada
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
L’assomution
Girard Parish
Pioneer Doctor Dies in Winnipeg After Illness
Dr. BR. J. Mattice, 78, pioneer medical practitioner of Winnipeg, died March 31 after a four day illness from pneumonia. He had practiced in Winnipeg for 22 years.
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Winnipeg
BR. J. Mattice
Four Soviet Experts Arrive in Paris for Talks
Four Soviet experts have landed in Paris for economic negotiations with the French Government. Ambassador Leonid Krassin requested the government fix the time and place for the first meeting.
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Paris
Leonid Krassin
Unemployment Soars in Austria After War
Mary Idle reports Vienna faces record joblessness with nearly 200000 people out of work amid postwar economic strain in Austria.
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Mary Idle
Vienna
Austria
Snow totals in Calgary winter reach 68 inches
Calgary records 14.5 inches of snowfall in March raising the seasonal total to 68 inches. Moisture equivalent is 6.8 inches. Last winter's moisture from October 1 to March 31 reached 86 inches, or 58.6 inches of snow.
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Calgary
Zionist Ship Arrives in Haifa for Hebrew University Opening
The President Arthur, the first ship to fly the Zionist flag, arrived at Haifa from New York. About 300 American Jews on board attended the Hebrew University opening ceremonies conducted by Lord Balfour.
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Jerusalem
Arthur
Haifa
New York
Hebrew University
Lord Balfour
Champion Wheat Champion J Corbett Mitchell Returns to Canada
J Corbett Mitchell, holder of the World's Wheat Champion title for three consecutive years, and his wife Cahinda Saskatchewan have returned to Canada aboard the Canadian Pacific liner Montrose. Mitchell has been touring Great Britain delivering lectures on Canada’s benefits for settlers.
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J. Corbett Mitchell
Cahinda, Sask
Canada
Montrose
Mitchell
Great Britain
Refund Of Grain Futures Tax Debated By Government
Winnipeg considers refunding 30000 dollars collected as grain futures tax under the act ruled ultra vires by the privy council. Plans to offset revenue loss are under review while repayment methods are undecided. Brokers hold a large portion awaiting litigation results on the act’s validity.
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Winnipeg
Privy Council
Bracken
Geophone Used In English Mine Disaster
Military engineers brought a geophone to Chatham to listen for signs of life from 38 miners trapped by a water rush at Montague Colliery in Scobwood. No sounds were heard, reinforcing fears that all were dead. The device, used in World War I, marked its first mine disaster test today.
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Newcastle
England
Chatham
Montague
Scobwood
St Pauls Cathedral Closes Interior for Safety Work
The People of London saw the interior one last time as the dome area transept choir and Jesus Chapel close from March 1 for strengthening. Future services move to the western nave and St Dunstan’s Chapel until safety is ensured.
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London
St. Paul's Cathedral
Jesus Chapel
St. Dunstan's Chapel
Anxiety over Japanese shipyard activity in Pacific
London dispatch reports British officials fear a rapid Japanese naval buildup in shipyards with submarines and cruisers under construction. Foreign Minister Austen Chamberlain warned Secretary Kellogg Britain seeks an early arms conference and closer U.S.-Britain naval cooperation in the Pacific.
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Committee of Imperial Conference
Pacific
Austen Chamberlain
Frank B. Kellogg
United States
England
Great Britain
Predictions of Opening Navigation in Port Arthur
Port Arthur Ont. harbors remain iced with a 1 mile ice field delaying opening of navigation. Captain cusins, veteran navigator, expects no opening to the head of the lakes until April 3. Ice extends to Isle Royal, with thick barrier not reaching Thunder Cape.
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Port Arthur
Ont
Fort William
Cusins
Isle Royal
Thunder Cape
Restrictions Proposed to Bar Japanese Invasion of British Columbia
A. W. Neill in the House urged general restrictions to limit Japanese in Canada mirroring California laws. He said Japanese women and boys entered BC without restraint and that a gentleman's agreement on adult male influx was not enforced. He claimed unfair competition in fisheries and canneries, noting women worked with babies strapped to their backs.
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Ottawa
Canada
California
British Columbia
A. W. Neill
Comox Alberni
Mr. Neill
Buffalo shipments planned to northern reserves by barge
Waterways to build two barges by May 10 to start moving about 2,000 Wainwright buffalo to northern reserves. Each barge will carry four cars of buffalo, aiming to 200 animals per trip. Buffalo will be released 20 to 40 miles south of Fort Fitzgerald on a vast wood bison reserve.
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Edmonton
Fort Fitzgerald
May Discuss Peace River Railway Conference
In Ottawa a possible second conference of Canadian railway heads was discussed to map a route for the Peace River Railway. Responding to a D. M. Kennedy question, Hon. G. P. Graham said he would withhold opinion on any probability of agreement until he receives a report. If no suggestion arrives soon, he may convene another conference to revisit the matter.
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Ottawa
Peace River
D. M. Kennedy
Progressive
West Edmonton
G. P. Graham
New Instruments To Forecast Earthquakes
Announcement that the federal government will install new scientific instruments at St. Anne de la Parade Quebec to determine in advance if earthquakes will occur in the Saguenay River district was made by E A Hodgson seismologist of the Dominion Observatory to members of the Royal Astronomers of Canada.
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Ottawa
St. Anne de la Parade
Qnt
Saguenay River
E. A. Hodgson
Dominion Observatory
Royal Astronomers of Canada
Freight Advance Delayed by I C C Hold
The interstate commerce commission stopped a planned freight rate increase on all canned goods including condensed and evaporated milk. The proposed March to April move from Minnesota Michigan Illinois Wisconsin to Canadian and eastern destinations is postponed to July 30 while an investigation is conducted.
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Washington
Minnesota
Michigan
Illinois
Wisconsin
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railway Revenues Fall in January Across Canada
Ottawa reports January gross revenues on Canadian railways declined by 2,969,469 dollars or 5.9 percent. Lighter freight loadings and reduced passenger traffic affected both lines. Canadian National runs an operating deficit of 126,952 dollars while Canadian Pacific records a decline of 171,296 dollars in net operating revenues.
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Ottawa
Bureau of Statistics
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific
Air Hero D'Oisy Rescues Passengers After Teodte Flight Crash
Captain Petrefree D' Oisy and two passengers survived when his plane crashed into the sea near Nice France. The wreck was described as beyond repair and the trio were rescued by nearby vessels.
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Nice
France
Petrefree D’ Oisy
Paris-to- Teodte
D'Oisy
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St. Paul’s Cathedral
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