Saskatoon Leaders Favor Plan To Tackle Drouth Problem
Dean A M Shaw of the Saskatchewan College of Agriculture endorsed Hon Robert Weir’s drouth proposals for southern Saskatchewan. He praised the data gathering, noted low public cost, and said results may take years. Minister J G Taggart supported fast action while stressing the need for solid evidence, with eight demonstration townships serving about 320 farmers of 40 000 affected by drought. He urged proceeding now while awaiting more data.
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Saskatoon
Dean A. M. Shaw
Saskatchewan College of Agriculture
Robt. Weir
Saskatchewan
Dean Shaw
Robt
Weir
Drouth
Dreuth
Butter Costs in Saskatoon Highlight Production Costs
C V Parker of Ottawa reported on prairie butter costs last year. The average manufacture cost per pound was 3.65 cents with output totaling 348 432 pounds. Large creameries benefited from lower plant costs and higher admin salaries, while overall costs ranged from 2.42 to 6.71 cents. Vancouver attorneys see Sloan appeal refused by Chief Justice Duff on murder convictions.
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Saskatoon
Prairie Provinces
C. V. Parker
Economics Branch
Ottawa
Vancouver
Gordon Sloan
Supreme Court of Canada
British Columbia Court of Appeal
Lyman Duff
Indian fined in Prince Albert first Canadian test case
John Smith Jr a four treaty Indian was convicted of carrying firearms on a game preserve. The hearing was treated as a test case and an appeal was believed likely in the historic Canadian court decision.
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Prince Albert Sask
John Smith, Jr
Byrd Expedition Turns Toward Home From Antarctic
Admiral Richard E. Byrd sails the SS Jacob Ruppert and heads for civilization, ending the 17 month stay at Little America as the expedition returns from the Antarctic
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Admiral Byrd
Jacob Ruppert
Cond
Richard E. Byrd
Little America
Riots in Paris End in Police Sweep and 1200 Arrests
Police dispersed thousands of Communists converging on the Place de la Concorde during anniversary unrest. About 1200 preventive arrests followed as groups from the Red belt and memorial gatherings clashed with officers near the Elysee and Arch of Triumph. A Patriotic Youth march proceeded with police escort and dispersed after saluting the unknown soldier.
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Paris
Place de la Concorde
Elysee Palace
Patriotic Youth Organization
Arch of Triumph
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
Sugar tax revenue in Canada totals over 8.5 million
Ottawa reports 8,546,119 collected from excise sugar tax from April to December 31. Domestic sugar accounted for 8,222,675 and imports 323,444. April rate was two cents per pound, reduced to one cent starting May 1 by the latest budget.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Royal Wedding Gown May Go to London Museum
The bridal gown worn by the Duchess of Kent at her marriage to the Queen's youngest son on November 29 may be placed permanently in the London Museum. The dress was displayed at St James Palace with wedding presents in Paris. Also noted, France may cede a 4 acre strip near Vimy cemetery to Canada for a park and war memorial. Kingston reports Miss Mary Rowland named librarian of the Bank of Canada in Ottawa, starting February 11.
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Duchess of Kent
London Museum
London
St. James Palace
Paris
France
Canada
Vimy
Pas de Calais
Kingston, Ont
Mary Rowland
Queen’s University
Douglas Library
Bank of Canada
Ottawa
D. A. Skelton
Rowland
Pension applications to be adjudicated in two years
The Canadian pensions commission plans to adjudicate about 45 000 to 50 000 pension applications over the next two years, a figure disclosed in a House of Commons return.
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Ottawa
Canadian Pensions Commission
House of Commons
Will Support India Bill Lords Debates Expected Seat
Lord Sinha, India's only peer, is expected to take his seat in the House of Lords soon and will back the British Government's India Bill in the Lords debate. He was previously barred due to missing birth and his father's marriage certificates when his father died. The first baron wed under Hindu custom, and such certificates were not issued in England.
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Lord Sinha
India
House of Lords
England
Dominion Status Policy Outlined For India Bill
Sir Samuel Hoare declared dominion status the ultimate aim of British policy in India as the House of Commons opens debate on a new Indian constitution bill. He argued there is no preamble like 1919 and affirmed the government’s stance following Lord Irwin’s interpretation.
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London
India
Sir Samuel Hoare
House of Commons
Sir Samuel
Lord Irwin
Australian Students Visit Toronto University
Sixteen female students from the School of Science in Sydney Australia arrived at the University of Toronto welcomed by President H J Cody. They intend to study how North American schools handle social problems and gain firsthand knowledge.
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Toronto
School of Science
Sydney
Australia
University of Toronto
H. J. Cody
Ottawa plans a unified Department of Communications
The throne speech foresees merging Ottawa railways and canals, civil aviation, wireless and telephone services, and the Canadian Radio Commission into a single Department of Communications. The move, to be sent to Parliament soon, would control telephone and telegraph rates and remove the need for a separate portfolio. Details remain scarce until the measure is tabled in the House of Commons. Other reforms include an upcoming economic council and related legislation.
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Ottawa
Canadian Radio Commission
Department of Communications
House of Commons
Commission in Ottawa prepares reports on price spreads
Members of the royal commission on price spreads and mass buying sift through a mountain of exhibits and statistics as three weeks of examination loom. Chairman W. W. Kennedy anticipates a majority and two minority reports from the inquiry.
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Ottawa
Royal Commission On
W. W. Kennedy
Sassoon Pledges Trans Atlantic Air Route Ambition
Sir Philip Sassoon, British under-secretary for air, told Plymouth Chamber of Commerce he looked forward to inaugurating a trans Atlantic air route from Britain to the United States and Canada, signaling early postwar aviation ambitions.
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Plymouth
England
Philip Sassoon
Air
Plymouth Chamber of Commerce
Britain
United States
Canada
Kidnaper Is Given Fifteen Year Sentence
David Meisner, a former Cincinnati gambler, was convicted on three counts connected with the kidnapping of John S. Labatt, the London brewer. He received a 15 year penitentiary term on each count, to run concurrently, plus armed robbery charges for the theft of $99. Labatt was abducted near Sarnia on August 14.
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London
David Meisner
Cincinnati
John S. Labatt
Middlesex County Assizes
G. F. McFarland
Meisner
Labatt
Sarnia
Donald Bright
London Cabinet Considers Unemployment Relief Cut Protests Rise
The cabinet discussed altering unemployment relief provisions under the unemployment assistance board amid nationwide protests driven by the need toast rules. Oliver Stanley ordered a standstill on cuts and pledged restoration. clashes in Sheffield left nine police injured and 20 to 30 arrested as thousands protested. Local groups pressed for scale adjustments amid broader unrest affecting dole payments across regions. An estimated 200,000 people attended meetings in South Wales.
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London
Unemployment Assistance Board
Oliver Stanley
Sheffield
Would Destroy Prize Poultry Toronto
Dr. C H Weaver of the Dominion experimental farm Ottawa told the Canadian National Poultry Record Association that all prize birds entered in poultry contests should be slaughtered immediately after the competition to check the spread of infection and contagious diseases among poultry.
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Toronto
C. H. Weaver
Dominion Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Canadian National Poultry Record
Ship Fodder From North Prince Albert
The Prince Albert division ships about 1 500 cars of fodder weekly from area farmers. Roughly 65 percent is exported to the United States while the rest goes to ease drought related feed shortages for local Saskatchewan farmers.
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Prince Albert
Canadian National Railways
United States
Saskatchewan
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