British Deficit From Debt Payment Foreseen by Chancellor
London. Neville Chamberlain told the House of Commons that Britain's debt instalment of 95 550 000 pounds will produce a budget deficit of 29 500 000 pounds. He argued a Lausanne outcome ended reparations and warned the United States not to repudiate inter governmental debts. He resisted further payments, saying taxation could cover current revenue and that Britain cannot accept a larger liability.
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London
Eng
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Great Britain
Lausanne
United States
Hoover
Mr. Chamberlain
United Kingdom
Warning For Hunger Marchers In Alberta
Premier J E Brownlee warns hunger marchers moving toward Edmonton from Alberta towns. RCMP ordered to prevent the march at all points and deter agitators deemed a challenge to authority. March planned from Calgary via Red Deer to Edmonton with several participants already en route.
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Edmonton
Alberta
J. E. Brownlee
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Crows Nest
Red Deer Valley
Calgary
Red Deer
Opening of B C House in Victoria in February
Premier S F Tolmie indicated the British Columbia legislature will open early in February. Tolmie will depart for Ottawa around January 10 to attend the unemployment conference of provincial premiers with Prime Minister R B Bennett on January 17.
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Victoria
B.C
British Columbia
S. F. Tolmie
Ottawa
R. B. Bennett
Death of Senator Ross Pioneer of Moose Jaw Dies at Victoria
Canadian senator and Moose Jaw pioneer James Hamilton Ross died in Victoria at age 76 after residing with his daughter. A former Yukon member of the Federal House of Commons, he held territorial posts and served as treasury commissioner of public works and territorial secretary before joining the Senate on September 30, 1904.
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Victoria
B.C
James Hamilton Ross
Moose Jaw
Sask
Ross
J. H. Ross
Yukon
House
Yukon Territory
Liberal Party
House of Commons
Senate
Faith In H B Route Saskatoon Comment
Alexander M Owan Canadian National Railways agent at Glasgow and former Saskatoon Phoenix editor says Scots await Canadians to back the Hudson Bay route and notes limited data on Churchill facilities. He cites Scottish ties to Hudson Bay as a gateway to western Canada and recalls Hudson's Bay Company fur trade era. Vessels from the northwest called at Scottish ports and HBC recruitment flowed from northern Scotland.
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Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Hudson Bay
Churchill
Alexander M’owan
Canadian National Railways
Glasgow
Saskatoon Phoenix
M’owan
Scotland
M'Owan
Mexico to Withdraw From League of Nations Over Costs
Mexico plans to pull out of the League of Nations citing economy as the reason and a heavy annual cost estimated between 60 000 and 90 000 pesos or dollars. An official foreign office declaration is anticipated as the budget tightens.
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Mexico City
Mexico
League of Nations
Foreign Office
British Bandits Sentenced After Euston Station Postman Robbery
At the Old Bailey two of three bandits linked to the October 19 assault on a postman and theft of registered mail at Euston station were punished. Henry Hartman, 22, received 18 months hard labour and 18 strokes of the birch, while Frederick Harris, 47, was sentenced to six years in the penitentiary.
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London
Eng
Euston Station
Old Bailey
Henry Hartman
Frederick Harris
Justice Crockett Refuses Stay in Halifax Deportation Case
Justice A. S. Crockett of the Supreme Court of Canada refused a stay of proceedings amid the Halifax detention of 10 alleged Communists. The detainees may be deported before their appeal to the Privy Council is decided.
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Ottawa
Ont
A. S. Crockett
Supreme Court of Canada
Halifax
Privy Council
Explosion and Fire Ravage Montreal Night Club District
A basement store blast sparked a fire that swept a night club and two other businesses causing 50 000 to 75 000 in damage. A defective furnace is blamed. Firemen contained the blaze after about an hour. Several people narrowly avoided injury. Street traffic on Ste Catharines Street East was delayed.
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Montreal
Que
Ste. Catharines Street
Changes Predicted New Business Methods To Be Developed
Vancouver B C Hon H H Stevens minister of trade and commerce predicted great changes in business methods. He said the shift would come gradually from the failure of one system and the rise of another not from a blue print plan but through daily thinking.
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Vancouver
B.C
H. H. Stevens
Third Sugar Beet Growers Payment Issued in Alberta
Sugar beet growers in southern Alberta received a third payment of 175000 dollars on December 20, bringing total beets payments to 675000 dollars this fall and winter. The Lethbridge factory has produced 31 million pounds of sugar to date and plans to operate until January 15.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
Santa Claus
Denies Intention To Murder Ex Kaiser Doorn
Heinrich Fuebker of Neusaer Rhine claimed he entered Doorn House to deliver a letter from Adolf Hitler to the ex Kaiser. He carried a loaded revolver and a 12 inch dagger to protect against dogs or servants, was seized and turned over to German authorities as guards plan stronger defenses and dogs.
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Doorn
Holland
Heinrich Fuebker
Kaiser's Castle
Fuebker
Neusa-on- Rhine
Doorn House
Adolf Hitler
Kaiser’s
Coal Gas Fatal to Three Ottawa Foster Children
Three one year olds died from coal gas inhalation in an Ottawa boarding home run by Mrs. Malvena Kirouac. The children, wards of the city, slept as their foster mother and her own four kids slept upstairs. A faint gas smell woke her. two babies were dead, the third died en route to hospital.
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Ottawa
First Ottawa Look at New Canadian Radio Commission
The new Canadian Radio Broadcasting commission will debut on Christmas Day as a national broadcasting service. The Canadian section of the Empire broadcast from London will fall under commission direction. The inaugural program runs about one hour from 9 to 10 oclock, 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. mountain standard time.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission
London
Commission
Motorman Shot By Bullet In Winnipeg Street Car
A .22 caliber bullet shattered a street car window in Winnipeg wounding Motorman Conductor John Werthe in the arm. The assailant and motive are not disclosed in the report.
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Winnipeg
Man
John Werthe
U S Aroused Over French Debt Default
Washington reports a chorus of denunciations and threats of action from Congress after France’s parliament refused to pay a war debt instalment. Belgium and Poland also indicated possible defaults, provoking swift reactions from officials and lawmakers. Secretary Stimson discussed Belgium’s default with its ambassador. details were not released. Trade talks with France may stall as France faces isolation from official and legislative circles.
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Washington
United States Congress
State Department
France
Harold Knutson
Minnesota
House of Representatives
United States
Henry L. Stimson
Belgium
Proposal Too Indefinite in Chicago Wage Talks
Railway brotherhood delegates rejected managements' call to extend indefinitely the January 31 deadline for the 10 percent temporary wage cut. Alexander F. Whitney, chairing the employees, said labor would not accept vague extension but would discuss one if a definite termination date is set.
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Chicago
Railway Brotherhood
U.S
Alexander F. Whitney
Brotherhoods
Bennett Urges Ottawa Conference Deals Seen As Hopeful
Prime Minister R B Bennett urged that agreements from last summer's Ottawa economic conference be viewed for future promise rather than present gains. He spoke at an informal dinner in London hosted by Sir Robert Horne, former Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer.
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Bennett
Imperial Corf
Alberta relief commission offers work program for youths
The Alberta relief commission chaired by A. A. Mackenzie announced a special work program for unemploy ed youths aged 19 to 21. It would reserve part of the day for educational training and could be set up if public organizations show interest.
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Calgary
Alberta
Alberta Relief Commission
A. A. Mackenzie
Schools May Seek Board Takeover of Roman Catholic Education
London trustees warn that without funding assistance for separate schools the board could ask the education authority to assume control of Roman Catholic schooling soon. Albert H. Murphy chairs the local separate school board and made the announcement.
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London
Eng
Board of Education
Albert H. Murphy
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