Stevens Probe Expands To Wide Range Of Industries
The Stevens committee in the House of Commons convenes investigators across department stores furniture clothing chain stores and the milling and baking sectors with focus on rubber footwear tobacco and livestock markets. Packets testify on hog pricing fixed differentials and direct shipments. calls for reform include removing fixed differentials and a market to market freight system.
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Ottawa
Stevens
House of Commons
Hon
H. H. Stevens
Angle
H. P. Kennedy
Toronto
Livestock Marketing Board
Gordon Oswin
United Farmers’ Livestock Department
Norman Sommerville
Mr Oswin
Swine Committee
Mr. Oswin
Mr. Sommerville
Ontario
U.F.O
Oswald Freer
St. Boniface
Winnipeg
Boy Scout Cockburn McCallum Wins Hudson's Bay Scholarship
Cockburn McCallum of the 44th Winnipeg troop named King’s Scout and recipient of the Hudson's Bay Company travel scholarship for 1934. He will sail this summer as handyman aboard the supply ship Nascopie into Arctic seas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Cockburn McCallum
Hudson's Bay Company
Quebec joins to complete chain of support for marketing bill
Quebec joined the parade of Canadian provinces signaling support for the Dominion government natural products marketing bill. Quebec completed the chain of support from coast to coast, reinforcing nationwide backing for the measure.
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Quebec
Byrd Antarctic Trek Describes Trials on Ice Barrier
Capt. Alan Innis Taylor led the southern party of Byrd's second Antarctic expedition to lay depots and mark a 100 mile southern road. Frost, blizzards, and wind 31 miles an hour tested dogs and men behind three nine dog teams on the rolling ice barrier. A snow quake on March 16 shook the surface and many dogs died or were shot to ease suffering.
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America
Antarctica
Alan Innis Taylor
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Royal Flying Corps
Rome
Hutterites Move 16-Car Stock Train to Alberta Land Purchase
Alberta border recalls 1909 1910 Sask recollections as a Hutterite colony from Alexandria South Dakota clears customs en route to Well ing near Lethbridge where 5000 acres were bought for 175000 dollars. Holdings in South Dakota sold at a similar price per acre. The group plans mixed farming with corn sugar beets and will rely mostly on horsepower, bringing only two tractors.
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North Portal
Sask
Alexandria
S.D
Welling
Lethbridge
Alta
South Dakota
Alberta
Plans for CCC Entry to Peace Garden Work
A. G. Buckingham announced that 280 Civilian Conservation Corps members will work in the International Peace Garden this summer. The corps will camp at Dunseith, North Dakota, from April 22 to September 15.
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Brandon
United States
Civilian Conservation Corps
A. G. Buckingham
K.C
Peace Garden Movement
Buckingham
Dunseith
N.D
Honor Veteran Secretary Edmonton
Professor George E Day of Guelph, veteran secretary of the Canadian Shorthorn Association, was honored by the Northern Alberta Shorthorn Club with a complimentary dinner and engraved walking stick. J. O. Harvey of Miller was re-elected president and W. Lyle Robinson of Vermilion was named vice president.
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Edmonton
George E. Day
Guelph
Canadian Shorthorn Association
Northern Alberta Shorthorn Club
J. O. Harvey
Miller
W. Lyle Robinson
Radio Salaries Ottawa Report To House Committee
Information on salaries paid to members and staff of the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission and other financial operations will be provided to the House of Commons committee on radio, but specifics will not be public until the committee decides.
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Ottawa
Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission
House of Commons Committee On Radio
Alberta Legislature backs publicly owned Bank of Canada
The legislature adopted a resolution urging the Dominion government to make the central bank a publicly owned and operated institution. Premier Brownlee questioned private share ownership in the Bank of Canada and its guaranteed six per cent dividend. A separate move urged a one-year special freight rate on coarse grains from Alberta to eastern Canada.
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Edmonton
W. R. Howson
Alberta
Central Federal Bank
Bank of Canada
Dominion
Brownlee
Canada
Aviator To Take A Rest In Edmonton
Walter Gilbert chief pilot of Canadian Airways in the Mackenzie River district lands in Edmonton en route east for a holiday after logging 40 000 miles on Junkers freighter flights through the north this winter.
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Edmonton
Junkers
Northland
Walter Gilbert
Canadian Airways
Mackenzie River District
Rescued From Ice Pack Name Alaska Leader Otto Schmidt
Prof Otto Schmidt head of the Wrangel Island expedition was rescued after two months on the Arctic ice when the Cheliuskin sank off northern Siberia. He arrived by plane from Cape Van Karem with 28 others remaining on the ice out of a 100 plus party. Pilot M T Sletneff and rescue leader Prof George Ushakoff helped bring him to Nome for medical care following a 375 mile two hour ten minute flight.
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Name
Alaska
Cheliuskin
Siberia
Otto Schmidt
Cape van Karem
M. T. Sletneff
Sletneff
Schmidt
Nome
Russia
Wrangel Island
Declare Cost Too High Ottawa in Yukon Relief Debate
Pierre Casgrain of Charlevoix Saguenay told the House of Commons that Yukon government costs were excessive for its small population. He cited main estimates at $228,500 and noted $20,000 spent from the Dominion treasury for direct relief in 1930 for a territory with 1800 to 2000 residents. He urged careful scrutiny of Yukon relief expenditures.
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Ottawa
Yukon
Pierre F. Casgrain
Lib
Charlevoix-Saguenay
House of Commons
Dominion
Bennett backs early revision of BNA Act to expand social power
Ottawa Premier R B Bennett endorses an early revision of the British North America Act to widen Dominion control of social legislation. He says changes would come after the next election and cautions against a commission study, noting provinces hold jurisdiction. He hints at potential amendments when politically feasible.
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Ottawa
R. B Bennett
Canada
Dominion
House of Commons
W. D. Euler
National Revenue
Confederation
Transit bill moves second reading in Commons
Senator Catrine Wilson of Ottawa watched from the Dominions gallery as the government advanced the transport bill to its second reading. The measure aims to curb road fatalities with a 30 mile per hour urban speed limit and lower limits for heavy trucks, which must bear distinguishing lights.
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London
Catrine Wilson
Ottawa
Dominions’ Gallery
House of Commons
Road Work Planned for Thunder Bay District
Fort William MLA Frank Spence said 25 000 or more men could be employed on roads in the Thunder Bay district shortly. He returned from Toronto after prorogation and indicated a provincial election was likely in June.
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Fort William
Ont
Thunder Bay
Frank Spence
M.L.A
Toronto
Spence
Empire aviation plan stalls in Commons debate
Sir Philip Sassoon under secretary for air told the House of Commons that no concrete scheme for a trans Atlantic air service to and from Canada has yet been proposed. He spoke during questions on the development of empire aviation.
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London
Canada
Philip Sassoon
Air
House of Commons
Empire Aviation
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Byrd
Hutterites
Peace Garden
Dominion Auditor-General
New Brunswick
L. P. D. Tilley
Urge
Harrison Watson
United Kingdom
Foreign Trade Service
Frederick Hudd
New York
Douglas 8. Cole
Bristol
England
Mr. Hudd
F. H. Palmer
Oslo
Norway
A. S. Bleakney
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Bennett
Bill
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