Relief costs said to be on the decline in Canada
The Gazette reports a drop in direct relief recipients across the nine provinces, totaling 990,095 by end July. Ontario leads with 300,000. Saskatchewan, British Columbia and Manitoba show notable declines while Saskatchewan surges due to drought.
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Montreal
Canada
The
Gazette
Ottawa
Ontario
Quebec
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Manitoba
Alberta
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
U S Builds New Ships
The U S navy department let contracts for twenty four fighting vessels. Eleven ships to private builders and thirteen at navy yards. Private builders to make two 10 000 ton cruisers six inch guns two destroyer leaders four destroyers and three submarines. Navy yards to build two 10 000 ton cruisers four undersea craft seven light destroyers and one cruiser with six inch guns.
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Washington
United States Navy Department
Navy Yards
Puble
Canadian youths win major Fisher Body scholarships in Chicago
At the Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild international convention two of the six major scholarships, each $5,000, went to Canadian youths. J. Ross Farquharson, 20, of Vancouver and Harold Rasmussen, 15, of Regina were among the winners. Additional Canadian recipients captured six other $1,000 and $500 senior miniature coach scholarships for fine workmanship.
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Chicago
Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild
J. Ross Farquharson
Vancouver
Trafalgar Street
Harold Rasmussen
Regina
Winnipeg Street
Lawrence Drebert
Edmonton
Vernon M. Parish
Medicine Hat
Alta
Mel Tur Dam Opens In Madras For 1,000,000 Acres Of Land
The Mel Tur dam in Madras was opened by Governor Sir George Stanley. The brick faced structure holds 54,000,000 cubic feet of water and forms the world’s largest single block of masonry with a 95 foot waterfall spanning 630 feet.
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Madras
India
Meltur
George Stanley
Fair Wage Act in British Columbia Triggers Dismissals
Victoria reports that youths aged 20 to 71 with years of experience were discharged after BC set a mercantile minimum wage of 12.75 per week. Labor Minister George S. Pearson urged affected workers to contact him and said firms were asked to reconsider dismissals, stressing cooperative effort to raise wages for decent living. About 60 cases were reported, with 20 percent tied to a single firm.
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Victoria
British Columbia
George S. Pearson
Ransom Payment Illegal in Canada Says Attorney General
Toronto commentary notes that paying ransom or blackmail demands is illegal in Canada though no specific ransom law exists. Roebuck cites the criminal code on obstructing justice and English common law viewing paid extortion as aiding a crime.
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Toronto
Canada
Arthur W. Roebuck
England
Selling Wheat Holdings Ottawa
Canada reduces its internal wheat holdings to 185,123,667 bushels for the week ending August 17 from 187,231,597 last week. Canadian wheat in American elevators reaches 10,386,124 bushels, up from 5,262,942 last year. US wheat in Canada stands at two bushels, vs 3,700,660 last year. Wheat in transit on the lakes totals 3,691,531 bushels, down from 4,098,415 prior week and 3,239,639 year-ago week.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
United States
Road To Jasper Edmonton All Weather Highway Plan
Hon J J MacLellan reports start of gravel ling Edmonton Jasper highway work soon. Construction will begin east of Jasper National Park and west of Edson to create an all weather road between Edmonton and Jasper following a federal loan of 125000 dollars.
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Edmonton
Edmonton-Jasper
Jasper National Park
Edson
J. J. MacLellan
Jasper
University leader cites alert police force against kidnapping
Sidney E. Smith president of the University of Manitoba and noted legal authority argues that the best prevention against kidnapping is an alert police force with a strong crime detection record in a Winnipeg discussion on combating kidnapping.
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Winnipeg
Sidney E. Smith
University of Manitoba
Work For The Empire Vancouver Luncheon Address
Baron Tomlin, member of the privy council, spoke at the Vancouver Canadian Club urging Commonwealth cooperation to guide peace and economic stability. He warned of chronic indigestion from over production and rapid invention and noted his role as chair of the Royal Commission on awards to inventors.
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Vancouver
Canadian Club
Thomas James Cheshire Tomlin
Privy Council
Lord Tomlin
Royal Commission On Awards
Canada
Ottawa moves to regulate hay exports by license
Due to a hay and straw shortage in western Canada and the Maritimes a government move to regulate exports by license is being prepared to shield farmers from speculative buyers. U S duty on Canadian hay of five dollars a ton may be lifted as burnouts in the United States intensify demand.
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Ottawa
Canada
West
Prairie Provinces
Maritimes
United States
Want Regulations Altered Prince Albert
Saskatchewan and Alberta livestock leaders urged immediate changes to halt the direct cattle shipments to Churchill. W. E. Cutt of the Saskatchewan Livestock Pool and Jack Byers of Western Stock Growers Calgary said current rules force a Hudson Bay Junction stop over that adds time and costs. They noted Calgary to Montreal runs take about 40 hours and Churchill could grow if regulations allow direct routes with proper officer treatment.
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Prince Albert
Churchill
Saskatchewan
Alberta
W. E. Cutt
Saskatchewan Livestock Pool
Jack Byers
Western Stock Growers
Calgary
Hudson Bay Junction
Post Office Efficiency Calgary Address Misrouted Letter
A London mailed letter with Third Avenue West Canada on the envelope eventually reached Calgary after erratic routing. Montreal Ottawa Verdun Lachine Ville Ste Pierre failed to locate the addressee before Ottawa’s postal official used Calgary’s street naming system to deliver.
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Calgary
Third Avenue
West
Canada
London
England
Montreal
Verdun
Canada And Naval Defence Should Defend Pacific Coast With Own Navy
The British admiral Sir Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt urged Canada to build and use its own navy to guard the Pacific coast while the Royal Navy would police the Atlantic. He suggested Canada might cede Atlantic duties to Britain and focus on the west coast.
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Canada
Naval Defence
Pacific Coast
Montreal
Pacific
Atlantic
Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt
Montcalm
Attempts to burn elevators in Saltcoats Sask RCMP investigate
Royal Canadian Mounted Police probe attempts to burn the Northern and Wheat Pool elevators at Saltcoats Saskatchewan. Waste soaked in coal oil found in the compressor room under the gangway in both buildings. Fire started but failed due to lack of air. Planks above the waste deposit were scorched.
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Yorkton
Sask
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Wheat Pool
Saltcoats
Wheat report publication debated at international conference
The 1500 word document on the world wheat problem faces possible publication despite strong opposition from Canada United States and Australia and backing from Argentina and Russia. The draft proposes a flexible quarterly export quota, continued annual quotas for the 1954 crop year, acreage reductions, and a world wheat pact extension beyond August 1 1935.
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London
Canada
United States
England
Russians Reach Wrangel Island Colonists After Five Years
A Soviet ice breaker Krassin brought forty four Russian colonists from Wrangel Island after five years of isolation in northern Siberia. Earlier, the Cheliuskin sank while attempting the same island, leaving 102 passengers rescued by air after months on an ice floe north of the Behring Straits. Wireless dispatches say the colonists greeted the relief party with unrestrained joy.
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Moscow
Wrangel Island
Siberian
Krassin
Cheliuskin
Behring Straits
Precious Metal Salvaged by Italian Vessel Artiglio
The Italian salvage ship Artiglio tied up in Plymouth with gold and silver bars worth nearly 1 million dollars salvaged from the steamer Egypt which sank off Ushant fourteen years ago carrying five million dollars in bullion. Four million recovered previously. this year proved harder as the wreck settled deep on the ocean bed after two months of work.
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London
Artiglio
Plymouth
Egypt
Ushant
Ottawa Orders Revision of Narrows Bridge Plans
Ottawa sent back proposed first narrows bridge plans for Vancouver harbor after a cabinet sub committee heard opposing interests. Designers must relocate piers to allow a larger main span amid debates on width and height requirements.
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Ottawa
Vancouver Harbor
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