Federal plans for rescuing drouth areas announced
Ottawa reports a bill to fund prairie rehabilitation with 750000 this year and 1000000 annually for four years. A prairie farm rehabilitation advisory committee will guide resettlement, seed supply, tree planting, dam construction, and pasture restoration across five areas in Saskatchewan Manitoba and Alberta with farmer appointees and industry representation.
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Ottawa
Prairie Provinces
House of Commons
Robert Weir
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Advisory Committee
Weir
Saskatchewan
Department of Agriculture
Drouth
Manitoba
Alberta
Mortgage Companies of Canada
Canadian Bankers’ Association
Canadian Pacific Railway Company, Limited
Canadian National Railways
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Mystery gold find draws prospectors toward Edmonton district
District prospectors in the White Court area near Edmonton await spring breakup to pursue the legendary Moostas gold find reportedly hidden by an ancient Indian. Inquiries across Canada revive the mystery story and may attract distant gold seekers.
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Edmonton
White Court
Moostas
Canada
Plan to Sell Doukhobor Land Sparks Internal Split
The Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood faces a rift after J P Shukin proposed selling 30 000 acres of Doukhobor land in Saskatchewan at Veregin Kylemore and Kelvington. Andrew Bloodoff opposes the move claiming local members will not abandon three decades of homes. Shukin met with sect president Peter Veregin who is jailed for assaulting his interpreter.
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Winnipeg
Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood
J. P. Shukin
Brotherhood
Saskatchewan
Veregin
Kylemore
Kelvington
Andrew F. Bloodoff
Shukin
Peter Veregin
Headingly
Bloodoff
Calgary bands pledge free service for King George jubilee
E S Harris Calgary Branch secretary National Musicians of Canada says members will provide gratis performances for children's singing on May 6 to aid the city celebration. Earlier fears arose when U S union musicians demanded pay. Alderman Dr W A Lincoln notes the city cannot afford to pay.
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Calgary
E. S. Harris
National Musicians of Canada
United States
W. A. Lincoln
Held As German Spy in Paris Arrest of Edward Bernhueber
Paris police claim to unmask a spy nest with Edward Bernhueber arrest. They say he posed as an advocate of Franco German rapprochement and carried a list of questions on military diplomatic and political topics answered by journalist Armand Arrousart. A warrant was issued by Judge Benon. A pencil case containing tear gas was found at Bernhueber’s flat. He moved in high political circles.
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Paris
Edward Bernhueber
Bernheuber
Armand Arrousart
Benon
Benjamin Bercowitz
Bernhueber
Degree For Bessborough Vancouver
The honorary degree of Doctor of Laws and Letters was conferred upon the Earl of Bessborough by Chancellor R E McKechnie of the University of British Columbia. Lady Bessborough received a bouquet of yellow roses from Miss Clare Brown on behalf of the students. The governor general praised Canada’s universities for their strong links with his tenure.
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Vancouver
Earl of Bessborough
R. E. McKechnie
University of British Columbia
Bessborough
Clare Brown
Universities of Canada
Jap Nationals Admitted to Canada 1930-34
A House of Commons tabled report shows four year totals ending March 31 1934 for Japanese nationals admitted to Canada 546 with 183 adult men 195 adult women and 78 children. It also notes 164 British nationals of Japanese birth admitted. Germany's sales tax receipts are higher than last year.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
House of Commons
Medals for Jubilee Sales in Canada Questioned
In Ottawa the finance minister E N Rhodes promised to tell the House of Commons whether King George silver jubilee medals would be sold in Canada and if they would be issued from the Royal Mint in England. The issue arose after a Saskatoon telegram asked if 500 medals could be obtained for distribution to school children.
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Canada
Ottawa
E. N. Rhodes
House of Commons
George
Royal Mint
England
John Vallance
Lib
South Battleford
C H. Cahan
Lloydminster
Sask
Charles E. Bothwell
Swift Current
Rhodes
Bennett to sail to London for Jubilee amid recovery
Prime Minister R B Bennett plans outdoor exercise soon after illness that began February 24. A steamship trip from New York at week’s end will take him to London for the King’s Silver Jubilee. Cabinet talks continue on works legislation to create thousands of jobs with the measure due before Easter adjournment. The prime minister is recovering and only a further breakdown could prevent leading the party in the general election campaign.
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Ottawa
R. B. Bennett
New York
London
Bennett
Migration Policy Urged in Montreal Speech
Lord Rodney of Fort Saskatchewan Alberta urged Canada and Great Britain to devise a definite joint migration policy at a Montreal Royal Empire Society meeting. He spoke to the Montreal branch outlining the need for coordinated policy between the two governments.
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Montreal
Canada
Great Britain
Lord Rodney
Fort Saskatchewan
Alta
Royal Empire Society
Man Ma hopes sugar factory move in Manitoba
Negotiations ongoing in Winnipeg between Manitoba natural resources minister J S Mc Diarmid and American Crystal Sugar Company officials to establish a beet sugar factory in Manitoba.
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Winnipeg
J. S. McDiarmid
Manitoba
American Crystal Sugar Company
Premiers to Meet with Mayors in East
Nine provincial premiers were invited by wire to meet April 22 in Montreal with the Dominion conference of mayors continuing committee. They seek joint provincial municipal talks to press for the Dominion government to assume full responsibility for unemployment relief.
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Montreal
Dominion Conference of Mayors
Dominion
Camillien Houde
James Simpson
Toronto
G. G. MccGeer
Vancouver
John Queen
Winnipeg
George Wenige
London
E. J. Cragg
Halifax
Fred Bancroft
Houde
Simpson
Wenige
Mr. Bancroft
Ottawa
Canada
George Perley
Railway Workers Double Contributions From Heavy Earnings
Senator James Murdock told the senate banking and commerce committee that railway engineers conductors and firemen on mileage basis earning two weeks pay in one week should contribute 25 cents for each week earned to the Dominion unemployment insurance fund. He said the double contribution would be fair to the underdog railway sectionman and unemployed railway workers.
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Ottawa
Dominion Unemployment Insurance Fund
James Murdock
Senate Banking and Commerce Committee
Liberal
Address to King George Ottawa Resolution in Commons
R. E. Bennett places on the House of Commons order paper a resolution asking an address be voted to King George congratulating him on completing the first 25 years of his reign.
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Ottawa
R. E. Bennett
House of Commons
George
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