Conference on Reparations Ends in Failure
The second reparations conference failed to agree on a mutual figure for German payments after ten weeks of talks. Dr. Hjalmar Schacht urged a high payment only if Germany gained access to raw materials and borders were revised. The dispute threatens to revert to the Dawes plan with annual payments of 2.5 billion marks, unless a new agreement emerges.
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Paria
Hjalmer Schacht
Danzig
Upper Silesia
Saar Valley
Germany
Lord Revelstoke
Schacht
Dr. Schacht
National Railway report praised by committee chair
The standing committee on Canadian National Railway affairs met and elected General Fiset Rimouski as chairman. Sir Henry Thornton of the CNR hailed the year 1128 as highly satisfactory financially and operationally with 17.61 cents of every dollar traffic revenue available for interest, compared with 15.21 cents on US Class 1 lines. He said CPR earnings set records, CN official called CPR an asset to CN. He noted wheat crop prospects and cycles, rate cuts in 1928, and clarified Hudson Bay Railway not in CN accounts, with CNRA acting as government agents in its construction.
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Ottawa
Standing Committee of Commons
Canadian National Railway
Fiset
Rimouski
Sir Henry Thornton
Canadian National Railways
CNR
United States
Canadian Pacific
CNB
Canadian National
C.P.R
Nova Scotia
Cantley
Pictou
C.ne
Sir Henry
Great Lakes
Canada
Colonel Geary
Toronto
Sir Senry
Hudson Bay
National Railways
C.N.R
Snubbed Australian Visitors Anger Chicago Officials
Young Australian League members planned a Chicago visit for April 22 but were snubbed by Mayor Thompson who sent a generic cable about sights. The $25 trip cost and editorial outrage highlight tensions as British newspapers criticize the conduct. Australian delegates were to be hosted by the local business and civic groups. In Europe, Leon Trotsky seeks asylum in Norway as Germany bars entry.
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Chicago
Thompson
Young Australian League
George V
Big Bill
Association of Commerce
Rotary
Rural credits offices opened in Victoria B C
Offices of the federal farm loan board opened in Victoria B C by George Langste provincial committee chairman. About one thousand rural credits applications already on file.
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Victoria
B.C
Federal Farm Loan Board
George Langste
Proposals Urge Stricter Highway Measures in Manitoba
Manitoba legislators urged prosecution in any case of fatalities from improper driving on highways. Debates stressed bolstering respect for law and reducing serious accidents. A member warned pedestrians were unsafe even on sidewalks while others criticized the high speed push by manufacturers and dealers.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Step Search For Lost Radium in Saskatoon
A two week scientific search for 5000 dollars worth of radium in Saskatoon ends without success. Despite using two loop operated radio sets in the final stage, authorities fail to locate the missing radium. A reward of 500 dollars remains offered for the recovered item and its red para rubber tube.
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Saskatoon
Referendum Question on Nova Scotia Tem perance Act
A referendum will ask Halifax electors if they favor continuing the Nova Scotia Tem perance Act. A special house committee drafted the question to gauge support for a system of government control and sale of liquor.
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Halifax
N.S
Nova Scotia
House of Assembly
Death of Sir Clifford Sifton Noted Canadian Leader
New York report confirms Sir Clifford Sifton KC MG KC, longtime Canadian public figure and former Minister of the Interior, died in New York while talking with his son Harry. He left Daytona Beach with his sons en route to Toronto. heart weakness plagued him for two years but health had been fair. Sifton, born 1861 in Ontario, rose from Manitoba legislator to federal minister in 1896, shaping immigration policy and Northwest Territories governance until resigning in 1905.
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New York
Sir Clifford Sifton
Kc.m.g
K.C
Harry
Clifford
Daytona Beach
Fla
Toronto
Sir Clifford
Florida
Clifford Sifton
K.C. M.G
Ontario
Manitoba
W. J. Sifton
Brandon
Greenway
West
Wilfrid Laurier
Dominion
Northwest Territories
Saskatchewa
Alberta
Yukon Territory
Thorugh
Ottawa
Northwest Territory
House of Commons
Prize Awarded for One Act Play in Imperial Order Contest
The 1929 Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire prize of 100 goes to Don Wetmore of Wolfville Nova Scotia for The House of Laval. Several other entries receive honorable mention including The Lady and the Land by E. E. Checkley of Victoria British Columbia.
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Toronto
Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire
Don Wetmore
Wolfville
N.S
E. E. Checkley
Victoria
B.C
May head grain board chair bid for Canada
Chief Justice J. L. Brown of Saskatchewan has been offered the chairmanship of the Canadian Grain Board. Reorganization of the board is reported as imminent.
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J. L. Brown
Saskatchewan
Canadian Grain Board
Salaries Inquiry Names Three to Probe Civic Service Pay
Ottawa selects E. W. Beatty Sir George Carneau and Dr. Murray to investigate salaries for technical and professional civil servants. Finance minister Roob announces the panel in the House of Commons. The civil service commission urges graduated flat increases from 240 to 420 dollars per year for 1,936 staff, costing 750000 dollars total.
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Ottawa
E. W. Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway
George Carneau
Quebec City
Murray
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
J. A. Roob
House of Commons
Robb
Civil Service Commission
Germany offers one billion marks less per year in reparations
Germany presents a counter plan to Allied reparations negotiators headed by Dr H Schach. It proposes annual payments one billion marks lower than demanded and a total lasting thirty seven years instead of fifty eight. Annuit ies would start at 1 1oo000000 marks and rise to 1 450000000 marks.
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Paris
Germany
H. Schach
Committee Advances Unemployment Insurance Report Plan
Ottawa The industrial and international relations committee of the House of Commons prepared steps toward a report on unemployment sickness and invalidity insurance. Members largely supported A W Neill that the report could not be definite due to provincial attitudes.
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Ottawa
of Industrial and International Relations Committee
House of Commons
A. W. Neill
Ind
Commox-Alberni
Immigrant term shifts as seven new arrivals travel by ship
The piece contrasts the historic meaning of immigrant with seven girls photographed aboard the Canadian Pacific Duchess of Richmond. The women, recent arrivals to Toronto, face a future as domestics, a contrast to the hardships their ancestors endured, even aboard a comfortable liner.
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Toronto
Radio Links Arctic and Antarctic Zones
A cablegram from Mount Evans Greenland reports the first radio link between the Arctic and Antarctic zones. Commander Byrd's Antarctic broadcast was heard clearly over 10 000 miles away. Gasoline reserves have been sent to Camp Lloyd for planned Swedish American trans Atlantic flights next summer.
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Copenhagen
Antarctic
Arctic
Exstrabladet
Mount Evans Greenland
Mount Evans
Richard FE. Byrd
Camp Lloyd
Antiquated Grain Inspection System Cited By Dealers
John Gillespie, a grain dealers’ representative, told Parliament’s agriculture committee that Canada’s grain inspection is outdated. He argued annual samples set by the chief inspector exceed Grain Act minimums, lowering cargo grades and harming growers, with cases of misapplied grades for barley and wheat and inconsistent provincial standards.
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Ottawa
John Gillespie
Grain Standards Board
Agricultural and Colonization Committee
House of Commons
Gillespie
New Scheme to Settle Peace River District
Bowen Utilities proposes settling 1500 families in the Peace River District under a $10,000,000 plan. British settlers would be brought in, with mills and a rail track, roads, land clearing, and a house and barn on each quarter section. Start with 50 settlers this year if Alberta approves. Ottawa ready to reserve if permitted.
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Edmonton
Peace River District
Bowen Utilities Corporation Limited
Alberta
Old Country
A. D. Bowen
D. and B. C
Aggie
Sturgeon Lake
Ottawa
Bowen
Japan Seeks Clearer Wording on Kellogg Pact
Tokio reports Katsuji Debuchi, Japan’s ambassador to Washington, is to obtain understanding from the United States on the phrase their respective peoples in the Kellogg peace pact. The issue conflicts with Japan’s constitution which places sovereignty in the emperor. If the US rejects reservations Japan will issue a statement saying ratification is impossible while endorsing the pact’s spirit. Reservations may call for deleting the phrase or requiring a revision with unanimous consent.
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Tokio
Katsuji Debuchi
Washington
America
Japan
Lower Postal Rate With France Arranged
Ottawa officials Hon P J Veniot and deputy minister L J Gaboury plan to sign a new Canada France postal convention. The rate will drop from eight to three cents an ounce, aimed at easing communication between the two nations after prolonged negotiations.
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Ottawa
P. J. Veniot
Postciehat
Claims Large Amount For Customs Taxes
Ottawa reports that $2,370,782.51 has been recovered in three years from individuals and corporations for customs and excise tax defaults. Outstanding and claimed as due to the government is $7,114,492.73, disclosed in reply tabled in the House of Commons by Hon. W. D. Euler, minister of national revenue.
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Ottawa
Royal Customs Commissions
Department of National Revenue
House of Commons
W. D. Euler
National Revenue
Ulster Parliament to be dissolved. elections set for May 22
Belfast reports the parliament prorogation ceremony and an official announcement that the Ulster parliament will dissolve on May 2. Elections are scheduled for May 22, with campaigning beginning immediately.
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Belfast
Ireland
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Henry Thornton
Norway
Oslo
Leon Trotzky
W. NL
Arctic and
Antarctic Zones
James Malcom
United Kingdom
Golespie
Board of Grain Commisioners
France
Ulster
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