Sixty-six Executed by Firing Squad in Soviet Action
Sixty-six people were executed by firing squad after summary trials in Leningrad and Moscow for alleged terrorist plots against high Soviet officials following Sergei Mironovich Kiroff's assassination by Leonid Vassiliievich Nikolaiev. Thirty-seven were killed in Leningrad and 29 in Moscow. 39 and 32 were tried in the two cities respectively.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Sergei Mironovich Kiroff
Leon'd Vassiliievich Nikolaiev
Soviet Union
Poland
Latvia
Finland
Kiroff
Supreme Court
Red Square
Joseph Stalin
Klement Voroshiloff
Valhalla
Kremlin
Nicolai Lenin
John Reed
Valera Gains Six Seats in Dublin Senate
President Eamon De Valera's Fianna Fail party increases six seats in the Irish Free State senate elections but fails to win a majority. Current standings show United Ireland party 30, Fianna Fail 19, Labor seven, Independent four. previous chamber ULP 36, Fianna Fail 13, others 11. The 60 member senate uses proportional representation with one third retiring every three years.
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Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Fianna Fail
Senate
London Doctor Announces Cancer Killing Serum
Dr. Thomas Lumsden and the London cancer research laboratories report a new experimental serum that kills cancer cells after removal from the body while not harming healthy tissue. They caution it is not yet ready for human tests, but say a stage has been reached in treating extracted cancer cells.
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London
Thomas Lumsden
London Cancer Research Laboratories
Birthday of Ottawa minister Robert Weir noted
Hon. Robert Weir, minister of agriculture, celebrated his 52nd birthday on December 5. Born in Wingham Ontario in 1882 he previously served as a public school inspector in Saskatchewan and was elected to parliament in 1930 representing Melfort before joining the cabinet the same year.
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Ottawa
Robert Weir
Wingham
Ont
Saskatchewan
Melfort
Prince of Wales Herd Wins Seven Awards at International Exposition
W L Carlile of EP ranch High River Alberta received ribbons for the Prince of Wales herd at the International Livestock Exposition. Prizes included one first, three seconds, a third and two fifth places. Canadian entries to be returned to the EP ranch. Lux of Shelbyville crowned world corn king, Trele barred from wheat class until 1936.
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Chicago
Prince of Wales
W. L. Carlsle
Royal EP
High River
Alberta
Carlile
Thomas E. Wilson
E.P
Carlsle
Peter J. Lux
Shelbyville
Ind
Herman Tre‘le
Wembley
Alta
Bennett Talks Trade Pact and Economic Powers in Brockville
Prime Minister R. B. Bennett declared willingness to conclude a trade agreement with the United States on fair terms. He promised action upon the commission on price spreads and mass buying and defended wartime legislation as essential to the newsprint industry. He criticized Liberal policies, claimed central bank missteps, and spoke to the Eastern Ontario Liberal-Conservative gathering in Brockville Ontario.
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Brockville
Ont
United States
R. B. Bennett
Commission
Eastern Ontario
Liberal-Conservtive Association
Wheat crop estimate placed at 250 million bushels
The Northwest Grain Dealers Association issued a 1934 Western Canada wheat crop estimate of 250,465,800 bushels based on threshing returns. The Dominion Bureau of Statistics had set a prior estimate of 263,000,000 bushels. Ninety six percent of western Canada points reported for the estimate.
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Winnipeg
Northwest Grain Dealered Association
Western Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Spear Woman of Blood Reserve Dies After Spring Coulee Accident
An elderly Blood Tribe woman, known as Spear Woman, died in an accident near her Spring Coulee home. She was nearly 100 and still wore the metal bracelets and necklets placed on her as a child.
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Calgary
Spear Woman
Blood Reserve
Spring Coulee
New Creditors' Act Appoints Receivers in All Counties
Official receivers appointed under the Farmers' Creditors Arrangement Act operate in every Canadian county. Finance Minister E. N. Rhodes said prairie provinces started Sept 1, Ontario and Quebec Oct 1, others Nov 1. Up to now 900 applications received in Ottawa and an estimated 3,000 nationwide have been filled.
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Ottawa
Farmers’ Creditors Arrangement Act
Canada
E. N. Rhodes
Prairie Provinces
Ontario
Quebec
Turkish Women Win Full Franchise for Elections
The national assembly in Ankara decided unanimously that women over 30 may be elected to the chamber of deputies and that all women over 22 can vote in national elections. The newly emancipated women will be given an early opportunity to test their franchise.
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Ankara
Turkey
National Assembly
Chamber of Deputies
Farm Livestock In Canada Ottawa Report
Dominion bureau of statistics reports fewer horses and more cattle on farms this year, with sheep up and swine down. Provincially horses fall except in Nova Scotia, cattle decline except Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia, sheep rise in the west, swine rise only in Quebec, and poultry up in Nova Scotia Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia while down in Prince Edward Island New Brunswick Quebec Ontario and Manitoba.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Nova Scotia
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Quebec
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
Ontario
Manitoba
Overseas Post Graduate Scholarships Awarded in Canada
The Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire announces nine winners of the 1.0.D.E. war memorial overseas post graduate scholarships, one per province. Recipients include Beth Carscallen of Alberta at the University of Alberta and Neil Barron Hutcheon of Saskatchewan at the University of Saskatchewan for a $1,600 award each.
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Alberta
Saskatchewan
Toronto
Imperial Order, Daughters of the Empire
Beth Carscallen
University of Alberta
Neil Barron Hutcheon
Regina
University of Saskatchewan
School Reforms Ontario Teacher Favors Intelligence Tests
B A C Ketchum head master of Trinity College schools urged a university board to control matriculation exams in all provinces and cut examinations to four. He spoke at the annual old boys reunion dinner saying the end of exams is near though the funeral is a long way off and that intelligence tests should replace periodical examinations.
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Ontario
Toronto
B. A. C. Ketchum
Trinity College Schools
Alberta Wheat Pool Forms Drought Soil Committee
Directors at the annual meeting create a soil conservation committee. Alberta delegates will join an interprovincial pool committee on drought now forming to halt waste land spread in drouth areas.
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Calgary
Alberta Wheat Pool
Alberta
France Renounces Saar Troop Deployment Amid Plebiscite Tensions
Geneva reports France will not send troops into the Saar basin and Britain offers to police the area during the plebiscite. The League of Nations weighs an international force if Germany agrees, while Laval notes Paris cannot join an international army. Eden suggests deploying such a force before the vote.
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Geneva
France
Saar Basin
Great Britain
Germany
League of Nations Council
League
Berlin
Saar
Pierre Laval
Laval
Anthony Eden
Nominations Closed for Bank of Canada Board
Ottawa reports nominations for the Bank of Canada board are closed with about 40 names likely to be submitted for seven seats. The list is described as satisfactory and aimed at a geographically and industrially representative board. Two directors would come from primary industries, two from commercial and manufacturing sectors, and three from other occupations.
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New Bank
Ottawa
Bank of Canada
Canada
Alberta seeks federal loan to meet urgent needs
Premier R G Reid of Alberta and Minister George Hoadley presented to Finance Minister E N Rhodes a Dominion loan request exceeding 1 million dollars to settle immediate monetary requirements. No decision was possible until a cabinet meeting, but provincial ministers were confident their wishes would be met in some form.
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Ottawa
R. G. Reid
Alberta
George Hoadley
E. N. Rhodes
Aviators Narrow Escape at South Cooking Lake
An aircraft carrying mining supplies including 500 pounds of dynamite sank through the ice at South Cooking Lake air harbor near Edmonton. Pilot William Jewett of Trail British Columbia and air engineer Dave Bishop escaped with injuries minor, after the plane plunged into six feet of water.
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Edmonton
South Cooking Lake Air Harbor
William Jewett
Trail
B.C
Dave Bishop
Farmer Robbed Near Montreal Seizing Safe and Bonds
A farmer on Cote de Liesse road outside Montreal reported an iron safe removed from his property. The raid yielded about $2,000 in cash and bonds valued at $70,000. Police investigation underway.
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Montreal
Cote de Liesse
City
Communists to contest all Toronto municipal seats
The Communist movement announced it would contest every Toronto municipal seat in the upcoming elections, including the mayoral post.
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Toronto
Pool official re elected Calgary Henry Wise Wood veteran chairman
Alberta wheat pool veteran chairman Calgary Henry Wise Wood was re elected at the annual meeting. C Jensen of McGrath was named vice president.
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Valera
Lux
U.S
Bennett
F. A. Ahearn
Irish Free State Army
Captain Ahearn
Ireland
D.E
Alberta Pool
Douglas Scott
Earl Haig
Westminster
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