Move to boost and stabilize wheat prices
World wheat experts gather in Rome to discuss an international pact to raise minimum export prices by 25 to 35 percent and stabilize world wheat markets. France Germany and Canada back the plan while the United States seeks acreage reductions first. Canada plans export controls under the August pact with John S. McFarland leading stabilization efforts for Winnipeg.
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Permanent Advisory Commission
Advisory Commission
Associated Press
Great Britain
Canada
Australia
France
Germany
United States
Italy
McFarland
Winnipeg
Canadian Guides Seek First Class Representative for Adelboden Camp
Girl Guide leaders from all provinces were asked to nominate an 18 year old first class Guide for Canada's representative to the international encampment at the Guide chalet in Adelboden Switzerland next July.
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Toronto
Canada
Adelboden
Switzerland
Manitoba Wheat Control Bill Amended In Legislature
Premier Bracken steered the emergency wheat control bill through the amendments committee with one key change. The clause allowing wheat board orders to be reviewed only by fiat remains, modeled after Saskatchewan, and now goes to the committee of the whole. Douglas Campbell will move for a Dominion price guarantee of 63.02 gold cents per bushel basis No 1 Northern grade C J F Liverpool equal to 1.05% at Liverpool.
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Winnipeg
John Bracsens
Manitoba
Wheat Control Board
Bracken
Saskatchewan
Wheat Board
Dominion
Douglas Campbell
Lakeside
C.J.F. Liverpool
Liverpool
Fort William
Manitoba Beer Bill clears third reading in legislature
After three hours of debate the bill to amend the Government Liquor Control Act to permit beer depots for sale by the case in licensed hotels passed third reading in the Manitoba legislature. W. J. Major argued widening beer sales would curb bootleggers while George Dinsdale saw the clause as unnecessary and the motion to delete depots was defeated 30 to 10. No recorded vote on third reading.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
W. J. Major
George Dinsdale
Brandon
Iceland Volcano Eruptions Hurl Ash Across East Region
Skeidararjoekull volcanic activity intensified with ash rain spreading over eastern Iceland. Rumblings were audible up to 155 miles away as explosions arose beneath Media Vatna joekul glaciernorth of the Skeidara river. Nearest village lies 31 miles south of the glacier edge.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Kidd to retire as Ontario House Speaker after dissolution
Hon. Thomas Ashmore Kidd will retire from the Speakership of the Ontario Legislature when the House dissolves. After five sessions of service he was never ill or absent, a record described as enviable and not to be repeated, regardless of the outcome of the upcoming Provincial General Election.
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Thomas Ashmore Kidd
Ontario
Colonel Kidd
Fortune Awaits Disposition of Hudson Estate
A fortune worth millions from James Hudson’s fur trading era in James Bay lies in chancery in England. Heirs Moses Frost of Port Arthur and Mrs. John Peever of Vancouver, grandchildren of the trader, seek settlement after the buckskin will vanished in 1867 delaying the case.
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Fort William
Canada
James Hudson
James Bay
Moses Frost
Port Arthur
John Peever
Vancouver
England
Kitsilano Boys Band to Tour England This Summer
Arrangements completed for the Kitsilano Boys band of Vancouver to spend several weeks in England on tour this summer. The group about 45 members will leave Vancouver June 25 and play in Banff Calgary Swift Current Moose Jaw Winnipeg and Montreal sailing from Montreal July 6 with potential continent engagements.
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Vancouver
B.C
Kitsilano Boys
England
Banff
Alto
Calgary
Swift Current
Sask
Moose Jaw
Winnipeg
Montreal
Alberta Premier Brownlee introduces provincial marketing board bill
Premier J. E. Brownlee introduced in the Alberta legislature a bill to create a provincial marketing board and to enable the government to activate provisions of the Dominion Marketing Act by proclamation. It received first reading.
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Edmonton
Alberta
J. E. Brownlee
Cripps Says Monarchy and Socialism Compatible
Sir Stafford Cripps, leader of the English Labour party, argued here that the English crown and socialism are not incompatible and that England would be better off as a hereditary monarchy even if the country became socialist.
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Montreal
England
Stafford Cripps
Labor Party
Pattullo to Visit Ottawa for BC Matters
Premier T. D. Pattullo announced plans to travel to Ottawa late this month to confer with the federal cabinet on British Columbia affairs.
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Victoria
T. D. Pattullo
Ottawa
Federal
British Columbia
Why science is worthwhile says Dr Tory at Ontario convention
Dr H M Tory head of Canada’s research bureau argues science drives intellectual life social well being and progress. He notes unemployment as a social issue and says overproduction fears ignore progress in economic structure hampered by greed and nationalist policies.
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Toronto
H. M Tory
Research Bureau of Canada
Ontario Educational Association
Tory
National Education Seen as Canada Wide Duty
Dr. G M Weir BC education minister told 1000 delegates at the BC Teachers Federation convention that education is a national responsibility and the BNA Act should be amended without imperial parliament reference. He urged the federal government to fund half of elementary education and called for centralized control of education and finances within 25 years.
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Vancouver
British North America
G. M. Weir
British Columbia
B.C. Teachers Federation
Weir
Alberta Planning Bar On Outside Competition
Premier Brownlee reveals in Alberta legislature that modified code legislation grants power to prevent outsiders from entering the province and competing with local businesses under the Bureau of Trade and Industry Act. Section 15 aims to shield Alberta firms from external competition as the bill moves through second reading.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Brownlee
Bureau of Trade and Industry
Demand For Wheat Fort William Brisk Export Orders Rise
Accumulation of export orders indicates brisk movement as shipping season opens. Local elevators hold 15,000,000 bushels of wheat sold, per N. M. Patterson and Co.
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Fort William
N. M. Patterson and Co
Elimination of Losses Through Research Work
Dr. H M Tory reports Canada’s research bureau cut annual wheat losses to rust in Manitoba and Saskatchewan from 600000000 since 1916 to future relief with new rustimmune strains. The effort cost 250000, includes federal and prairie universities. Additional gains reduced Maritime fish losses and damp grain losses worth millions at modest cost.
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Toronto
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Research Bureau of Canada
H. M. Tory
Ontario Educational Association
Tory
Federal Department of Agriculture
Canada
Research Council
Maritime Provinces
War on bootleggers bill extends liquor board powers
Edmonton moves to curb bootleggers by extending liquor control board powers. The bill allows closing hours to be set for vendors, currently 8 p.m., and revises permit fees from a two dollar yearly and fifty cent single purchase to a single discretionary class set by the lieutenant governor in council.
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Edmonton
Liquor Control Board
Tales Of The North Quebec At CIMM Meeting
The 35th annual Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy meeting recalls Klondike and Yukon odysseys with tales of Sourdoughs and snowshoe days. Prospectors discuss early trials and prospecting symposia recounting hard living in Canada’s northern hinterland.
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Quebec
North Country
Klondyke
Yukon
Canada
Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Pan
Car Prices Advance Detroit
Rising wages and materials costs push automaker prices higher across General Motors units in Detroit.
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Detroit
General Motors , Corporation
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