Move to Set Minimum World Wheat Price
The international wheat commission recommends a minimum world wheat price and a strong propaganda drive to raise wheat consumption. Drafting suggests linking price floors with measures to curb wheat glut, including laws to limit flour output and compel use of green wheat for feed. A. Cairns cites France and Italy as precedents.
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London
International Wheat Commission
Commission
Far East
A. Cairns
France
Italy
Hungerford Named President of Canadian National Railways
Hon. Charles F. Fullerton announces S. J. Hungerford as president of Canadian National Railways. Hungerford had acted as president since July 20, 1932 and has served as vice president in charge of operation. His career began in 1886 at Farnham Quebec as an apprentice, rising to machinist and climbing to lead one of North America’s largest railways.
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Montreal
S. J. Hungerford
Canadan National Railways
Charles F. Fullerton
Hungerford
Henry Thornton
New York City
Southeastern Railway
Farnham
Que
North American
Prospector to Serve Year For Unpermitted Revolver
Edmonton story reports John Morawski, a prospector, jailed for one year after being convicted of carrying a revolver without a permit. He had borrowed the gun to protect himself from bears and from men who allegedly threatened to kill him.
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Edmonton
John Morawski
Mapping Stars London and Miss Bellamy’s Oxford MA Honor
Miss Ethel Bellamy receives an honorary Master of Arts from Oxford University for work on mapping one million stars. At 45 she has served as assistant director of the university observatory for many years.
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London
Ethel Bellamy
Oxford University
Prince of Wales ranch spuds small well near High River
The E P ranch known as Prince of Wales near High River Alberta reports the spudding of a small well half a mile from the princes property line and about a mile and a quarter from the ranch house.
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High River
Alta
Prince of Wales
Here
E-P
Wince
Meighen Urges Canada Study Roosevelt Efforts
Rt Hon Arthur Meighen told the Senate that Canada should study with sympathy the president of the United States efforts to overcome the United States unemployment crisis. He spoke in the address in reply to the throne speech and urged recognition of the serious economic challenges.
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Arthur Meighen
Canada
Otawa
United States
Senate
Meighen
French mining team finds rich iron ore in Arigna valley
French engineers and mining experts employed by the government in Arigna valley County Leitrim report discovery of three rich veins of iron ore while starting coal prospecting. The announcement ties Ireland's fuel independence to wider political goals as the Free State seeks autonomy from Britain.
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Dublin
Ireland
Free State
United Kingdom
Arigna
Leitrim
Titmous Road Help Earns Queen’s Gratitude Letter
Mr and Mrs Percy Titmous of Cambridge receive a letter from Queen Cambridge thanking them for aid when her automobile broke down on the road to Ely. Titmous drove the queen in his sedan from the stalled royal limousine to Cambridge, delivering her to her destination.
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Cambridge
England
Percy Titmous
Ely
Titmous
Ottawa seeks lower grain freight through act amendment
An amendment to the Railway act will be introduced by Thomas Reid to extend Crow's Nest rates from Calgary to the head of the lakes to grain shipments from Fort William to Vancouver. The proposal aims to reduce freight costs on grain moving to the Pacific coast.
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Ottawa
Fort William
Pacific Coast
House of Commons
Thomas Reid
New Westminster
Calgary
Head of the Lakes
Vancouver
Bonus payments to U S farmers in 35 states
Bonus payments under the agricultural adjustment administration program totaled 30,994,785 dollars to 399,762 farmers in 35 states through January 21. Officials plan to issue about 100,000,000 dollars more in this drive.
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Washington, D.C
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
U S urged to join Ottawa League of Nations appeal
Senator Raoul Dandur called for the United States to join the League of Nations in a Senate speech. He served seven years as Canada’s representative to the League and was president of the assembly in 1925. He is the opposition leader in the upper chamber.
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Ottawa
United States
League of Nations
Raoul Dandurand
Senate
Canada
League
Assembly
End Economic War Move Backed by Free State Senate
The Free State senate approved a motion urging the government to seek talks with the United Kingdom to establish a joint commission aimed at ending economic warfare between the two nations.
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Dublin
Free State Senate
United Kingdom
Lord Mayor Opens Relief Fund for India Earthquake Victims
The lord mayor launched a London relief fund for India earthquake sufferers. He cited news suggesting the death toll could exceed earlier estimates by a large margin.
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London
Inda
Notorious Kidnap Suspect Verne Sankey Arrested in Chicago
Verne Sankey once linked to the Lindbergh abduction and other cases was captured by federal agents in a North Side barber shop. He was unarmed and weapons including two revolvers a shotgun and ammunition were found. A tin box contained $3,430 in various bills. A woman named Helen Mattern was arrested with him and denied knowing Sankey’s identity.
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Chicago
Verne Sankey
United States
Melville, Sask
Helen Mattern
Sankey
Victoria Moratorium Sought to Include Interest
Union of British Columbia Municipalities passes a resolution asking the provincial legislature to empower judges to remit interest as well as principal payments at their discretion. The move aims to extend the mortgage moratorium legislation to cover interest.
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Victoria
Union of
British Columbia Municipalities
Wage Investigation Proposed in Ottawa Critique
Hon. Charles Stewart demands a sweeping wage investigation in Canada to curb tariff protected profits and reveal why manufacturers pay historically low wages. He cites Western Ontario silk producers profiting over 200000 dollars this year while workers receive minimal pay.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Charles Stewart
Interior
Alberta
Ontario
Stewart
Titles Resolution Withdrawn in Commons in Canada
Labor member Humphrey Mitchell of Hamilton East withdrew his titles resolution from the house of commons order paper and filed a substitute after Premier Bennett's suggestion. The motion asks the house to oppose recommending titles and honors to British subjects resident in Canada to His Majesty the King.
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Ottawa
Humphrey Mitchell
Hamilton East
House of Commons
R. B. Bennett
Canada
Intercollegiate Debates Toronto Results
Results of four trans Canada intercollegiate debates announced. Dalhousie defeated New Brunswick Laval defeated Ottawa Western Ontario defeated McMaster Saskatoon defeated Manitoba.
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Toronto
Dalhousie University
University of New Brunswick
Fredericton
Laval University
Quebec
University of Ottawa
University of Western Ontario
London
McMaster Universty
Hamilton
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg
British plan calls for ten year disarmament path
London reports a revised British memorandum proposing a ten year program to reduce arms and grant Germany equality in arms. It calls for parity among major powers, acceptance of security measures, and limits on offensive weapons while urging reductions across the board to bridge gaps between Germany and France.
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London
Germany
League
United Kingdom
League of Nations
France
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Tragic Soviet Balloon Flight Crashes Near Moscow
The crew of the Osoaviakhim stratosphere balloon is killed after a hard landing southeast of Moscow near Potiskostrog. After reaching 67585 feet they started descent and could not determine their position. The balloon bag tore free from the gondola, wrecking instruments and killing all three crew members.
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Moscow
Potiskyostrog
Canada Gains From Depression Realignment Of Trade
The monthly crop report for Ontario, compiled by Be Symons, notes that years of depression have realigned trade routes and forged new channels, reflecting Canada's gains in agricultural commerce.
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Toronto
Canada
Ontario Department of Agriculture
Be Symons
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