Argentine asks for larger wheat quota at world conference
Argentina pressed for an export quota of 150000000 dushels of wheat for the current crop year at the international conference. Rodolfo Garcia Arias outlined Argentina's case against Canada Australia and the United States while others urged more elasticity in the quota system. The communique signaled cautious optimism on acreage reductions and warned against abandoning international cooperation to manage supply and demand. Canada’s Andrew Cairns noted limited gains in world consumption with France the exception.
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London
Argentina
Rodolfo Garcia Arias
Canada
Australia
United States
Garcia Arias
North America
Andrew Cairns
France
Ontario to Teach Agriculture in Public Schools
Speaking at the Lakehead exhibition in Fort William Ontario Hon Dun can Marshall minister of agriculture announced the new government will teach agriculture in public schools starting with the third book. Education minister is drafting details to train teachers in upper grades. The Hepburn government aims to improve farming through better marketing and education for all schoolchildren.
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Fort William
Quebec Premier Warns of Constitutional Complications
Premier L. A. Taschereau of Quebec warned that any tampering with the British North America Act would cause serious complications. He spoke amid reports that Premier R. B. Bennett planned an inter-provincial conference in the fall to study amendments to the Dominion constitution.
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Montreal
L. A. Taschereau
Quebec
R. B. Bennett
Dominion
Christian pacifist preacher calls for world peace through nonviolence
Rev Leyton Richards of London argues Christianity offers a path to end war by replacing military force with missionary outreach. He claims the British Empire spends vastly more on armament than peace and says England failed the 1914 dilemma by not acting as a Christian nation.
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Edmonton
Leyton Richarrs
London
England
Richards
United Church School of Religion
Christian Church
Canada and Australia Reach An Agreement
Ottawa announces Canada and Australia agreed to stop Australian flour shipments to Eastern Canadian ports while allowing duty free imports to Western ports. Negotiations began last June after Canada warned that Canadian flour sales were harmed by eastern shipments. The west coast market for Australian flour will continue unaffected.
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Ottawa
Canada
Australia
Wheat sales in London tied to Winnipeg market moves
John MacFarland, general manager of the Canadian Wheat Pool, told a closed international wheat advisory committee meeting that British interests in Winnipeg affected Canada's ability to sell its crop. He cited increased Liverpool offerings by Argentine shippers depressing the market and said Winnipeg traders acted to forestall any sudden price rises if Argentine pressure eases.
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London
Winnipeg
Canada
John MacFarland
Canadian Wheat Pool
International Wheat Advisory Committee
Liverpool
MacFarland
Byrd Recovered Steps Outdoors At 61 Below Zero
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, recuperating from illness, walked in the open air at Little America Antarctica 123 miles south of base. Dr. Thomas C. Poulter said Byrd’s health will determine when he returns to the base.
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Little America
Antarctica
Richard E. Byrd
Here
Thomas C. Poulter
Byrd
Navy opens bids for 24 ships to reach treaty strength
Big Navy Washington reports the United States Navy opened bids for 24 fighting vessels including four cruisers, 14 destroyers, and six submarines. Submarines and destroyers will be first vessels laid down under the act authorizing building to treaty strength.
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Washington
United States Navy
Auction Sale Of Ontario Government Cars In Toronto
Premier Mitchell Hepburn announced an auction of nearly 100 Ontario government automobiles on August 28 at Varsity Stadium. The cars, bearing names of former cabinet members, will be reviewed before bidding with placards showing mileage and upkeep costs.
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Toronto
Ontario
Varsity Stadium
Mitchell F. Hepburn
Fear Wet Harvest Scattered Showers Over Dry Areas
Western Canadian farmers face a wet harvest in drought stricken zones as rain moves across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Scattered showers grew into heavy storms with Manitoba receiving a soaking and southern Alberta hit before hail.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Feed Situation Not Greatly Improved
Edmonton reports the provincial government is probing hardships from breath and hail in Alberta. Premier Reid notes relief is needed in dried-out areas and that improvement is only slight, with plans for a comprehensive canvass of the situation.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Reid
Premer
Assistance for Indians in Saskatchewan low per person aid
W Murison Saskatchewan Indian affairs inspector reports 1955 34 cost of assistance per person aided was 4 94 ranking among three lowest in the Dominion. Expenditures covered hospitalization food clothing implements seed grain and other relief. Murison and Dr H W McGill completed three week inspection tour of provincial Indian agencies in Regina.
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Saskatchewan
Dominion
Regina
Sask
W. Murison
Murison
H. W. McGill
Indian Affairs
Ottawa
Government Tightens Controls on Machine Guns Nationwide
The U S government moves to end free circulation of machine guns with a pending registration rule set for next month. Post September 24 any new guns require an order from the commissioner, fingerprinting, and a $200 sales tax. Victoria notes Japan seeks world friendship over territory per K Inabata en route to Belgrade for the inter parliamentary conference.
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Washington
United States
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Victoria
Japan
K. Inabata
House of Peers
Yokohama
Belgrade
Alberta Receives Dominion Plan For Lump Sum Relief Aid
Ottawa outlines a monthly $100,000 grant for direct relief and over $1 million in loans to Alberta cities and projects. Edmonton gets $500,000, Calgary $200,000, Lethbridge $50,000, plus $125,000 for Jasper highway and $150,000 for the Alberta trans-Canada highway. An extra $25,000 supports labor costs at Ponoka mental institution.
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Ottawa
Alberta
George Hoadley
Edmonton
Calgary
Lethbridge
Jasper
Dominion
Ponoka
Devastating Hail Storm Ravages Southern Alberta Crops
A sweeping hail storm across 10 miles by 50 miles in southern Alberta devastates wheat crops from Okotoks to Champion and Carmangay. Estimated losses exceed $500,000 with up to 100 percent damage in places, 12,000 acres affected near Nanton Connemeara, and fields turned to ice covered lakes. Hundreds of birds killed by hail.
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Lethbridge
Alta
Alberta
Okotoks
Azure
Cayley
Nanton
Connemara
Vulcan
Champion
Carmangay
Nanton-Connemara
Entomologists to Survey Insect Crop Across Prairie
Dominion department officials from Lethbridge Alta set out on a three week field survey across Saskatchewan and Alberta to study pale western cutworms and related pests as grasshoppers and other pests threaten crops in 1934.
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Regina
Sask
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Department
Lethbridge
Alta
Ontario cuts 69 provincial police in cost saving move
Ontario government approves a reduction of the provincial police force by 69 officers. Attorney General Arthur Roebuck says the change saves $169,400 annually.
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Toronto
Ontario
Arthur Roebuck
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Admiral Byrd Recovering
John MacNeill
First Baptist Church
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Germany
MacNeill
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Abernethy
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