LAY PLANS FOR MARKETING OF THE WHEAT CROP
International talks begin on orderly marketing of the 1931 32 wheat crop with delegates from Canada Argentina Australia Bulgaria Hungary India Poland Rumania the Soviet Union Yugoslavia forming groundwork for a possible conference. A motion from Canada's Ferguson urges quick international cooperation and may invite the United States.
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Rome
Italy
Canada
Argentine
Australia
Bulgaria
Hungary
India
Poland
Rumania
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
G. Howard Ferguson
London
England
Dominion
Ferguson
United States
Europe
Health Probe Urged in Manitoba Public Health Inquiry
J W Pratt independent member for Birtle urged a special Manitoba legislature select committee to investigate public health matters in the province. Liberal Dr Murdock MacKay Springfield and Conservative J B Laughlin Killarney backed the request noting a government decision on state medical aid was needed soon.
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Province of Manitoba
Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba
J. W. Pratt
Birtle
Murdock MacKay
Springfield
J. B. Laughlin
Killarney
Ontario May Replace U.S. Grain With West Canada Supplies
Ontario may substitute Western Canada and Ontario grains for U S imports if new legislation passes next year. The Department of Agriculture under Col Thomas Kennedy is investigating. The proposal envisions grain pools elevators and feeders forming a cooperative system across the province.
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Ontario
West Toronto
Western Canada
United States
Department of Agriculture
Thomas Kennedy
Winners In Writing Contest Montreal
A Dominion wide contest in novel writing ends with Raymond Knister of Port Dover Ontario winning 2500 prize money. Second prize 1500 goes to Marcus Adaney of Toronto and Elia B Wallis of Calgary takes 1000. Judges urge publishing several more manuscripts including works by Laura Goodman Salverson Francis Owen and Isobel E Henderson. The aim is to prove Canadian books measure up to international works and to reveal potential Dominion authors.
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Montreal
Raymond Knister
Port Dover
Ontario
Ottawa
Marcus Adaney
Toronto
Elia B. Wallis
Calgary
Laura Goodman Salverson
Port Arthur
Francis Owen
Edmonton
Isobel E. Henderson
Winnipeg
Dominion
Rockne Dies In Plane Crash En Route To Hollywood
Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne and seven others died when a Transcontinental and Western Air plane bound for California crashed near a Kansas farm. Witnesses said a wing failed in fog and clouds before the craft plunged to the ground. Rockne was identified by W. L. White of the Emporia Gazette. he had boarded in Kansas City to finalize film plans.
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Knute Rockne
Notre Dame
Bazaar
Western Air Inc
mid-Kansas
Here
California
Kansas City
Rockne
W. L. White
William Allen White
Emporia Gazette
Hollywood
Lord Stamfordham Dies After Half Century At Royal Service
London obituary notes Lord Stamfordham born Arthur Bigge died at 81 after 50 years as secretary to royalty. He served Victoria and the King, earned the nickname the man behind the throne, and is survived by two daughters. Lady Stamfordham died in 1922.
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London
England
Lord Stamfordham
Arthur Bigge
Queen Victoria
Victoria Eugenie Adeane
Margaret Bigge
Lady Stamfordham
Appointed Lieut Governor Munroe Named Saskatch ewan Lieutenant Governor
Ottawa announces Lt Col Hugh Edwin Munroe M D O B E of Saskatoon is named Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan. Premier Bennett says he succeeds H W Newlands who retired December 31 1930. Munroe is a veteran North West Territories doctor with a notable war record. Sir Frederick Haultain previously served as administrator while illness delayed appointing a permanent successor.
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Ottawa
Ont
Hugh Edwin Munroe
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
R. B. Bennett
H. W. Newlands
Munroe
North West Territories
Frederick Haultain
England Iron and Steel Workers Earn $12.80 Weekly
Report notes earnings in the iron and steel industry in England now average 12 dollars 80 cents per week. The figure reflects wage levels as workers secure income amid industrial activity in the sector.
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Iron and Steel
England
Ottawa Plans Domestic Loan To Meet Large Maturities
Ottawa reports indicate the government is studying financing for large maturities due in the next two and a half years totaling over a billion dollars. Premier Bennett as finance minister is handling the matter and a policy announcement is expected in due course.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
New York
Bennett
Wheat stocks show large drop in Canadian visible supply
Winnipeg report notes visible wheat in Canada fell to 183,489,397 bushels by end of March, down over 12 million from a year ago as stocks declined 2,135,966 bushels in the week to March 27. Ocean shipments eased to 2,906,430 bushels with Atlantic ports at 977,000 and Pacific exports at 1,477,761. Atlantic clearances stood at 531,669.
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Winnipeg
Man
North America
E. A. Ursell
Board of Grain Commissioners
United States
Atlantic
Canadian Pacific
Canadian Atlantic
Earthquake Toll and Panama Rescue in Managua
Hoke Palmer, U.S. Marine aviator, describes Managua’s devastation after a major earthquake. The penitentiary collapsed amid fires. hundreds are reported dead and the city is in ruins. Martial law is in effect, and rescue work proceeds as communications are down.
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S.S
Panama
Corinth Harbor
Nicaragua
Managua
Hoke Palmer
United States Marine Corps
Palmer
Corinth
Ripped Fabric Caused Dirigible Disaster
London reports that the R-101 disaster near Beauvais France last October killed 48 men and was attributed to mechanical causes not human failure. A Simon Commission study cites gas loss in rough weather and possible envelope tare as likely factors, with no firm stance on lighter-than-air navigation's future.
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London
England
Beauvais
France
Simon Commission
Belief Canadian Wheat Prices to Rise Soon
C W Peterson of the Farm and Ranch Review Calgary argues Canadian wheat prices are due for a rise. He says current prices are unsustainable and when they advance Canadian prices will follow. Peterson predicts the United States will exit the wheat market and become a pure importer.
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Toronto
C. W. Peterson
Farm and Ranch Review
Calgary
Alberta
Europe
Peterson
United States
Money Held Pending Home Office Ruling on Irish Sweepstakes Funds
Sums seized by the post office from letters sent from England to Ireland for tickets in the Irish hospital sweepstake are being held up awaiting a British home office decision on how to dispose of the currency. The sweepstake is illegal in this jurisdiction.
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London
England
Post Office Department
Ireland
British Home Office
British Ambassador to Visit Canada in Late April
Sir Ronald Lindsay, Britain's ambassador, will pay his first semi official visit to Canada in late April. He plans to depart Washington around April 28 and travel to Ottawa Toronto and Montreal.
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Sir John Joyce Broderick
Cuba
New York
England
Washington
Associated Press
D.C
Ronald Lindsay
Canada
Ronald
Dominion
Ottawa
Toronto
Montreal
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Frederick
J. T. Brown
Saskatchewan Court of King’s Bench
House of Commons
House
Mackenzie King
Charles Stewart
Edmonton West
King
Commission
Viking
Newfoundland
Fridtjof Nansen
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