Liberal Plan Accepted by Labour Party in Commons
In London the House of Commons accepted Liberal proposals for national employment schemes focusing on regional planning housing slum clearance and infrastructure. Sir Herbert Samuel led the motion with Mr Lloyd George present and Prime Minister MacDonald signaled conditional loan funding via economies in expenditure and land value taxes.
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London
England
House of Commons
Herbert Samuel
Sir Herbert
Lloyd George
MacDonald
Britain
Princes Cannot Attend Ship-Board Reception
The Prince of Wales and Prince George will miss a ship-board reception planned in Buenos Aires. The invite came from the Canadian trade delegation to the British Empire Trade Fair and was wirelessed to the steamer Oropesa. The Prince cited only two days in Buenos Aires after the March 14 opening.
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Montreal
Prince of Wales
Prince George
Buenos Aires
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
J. H. Woods
Chamber of Commerce
South America
Edison Celebrates Birthday in Fort Myers Honor Bridge
Thomas A Edison, aged 84, received national birthday congratulations on February 11 at his Florida winter home. He paused from rubber experiments as Florida and Fort Myers dedicated a new 500000 dollar bridge in his honor.
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Fort Myers
Fla
Thomas A. Edison
United States
Florida
British official in Paris meets Massigli on naval truce
Robert L. Craigie of the British foreign office has conferred in Paris with Rene Massigli, a French disarmament expert, on topics believed to concern a Franco Italian naval construction truce. In Mexico, Torreon endures a two year drought.
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Paris
France
Robert L. Craigie
Foreign Office
Rene Massigli
Wheat Exports About Doubled In January 1931
Canada exported nearly twice as much wheat in January 1931 as a year earlier, but cash returns fell by 1.3 million dollars. January exports reached 9,606,552 bushels worth 5,430,682 dollars, while January 1930 saw 4,994,054 bushels for 6,765,033 dollars. Wheat flour exports also declined with 392,256 barrels sold for 1,555,409 dollars versus 502,888 barrels for 3,069,166 dollars in January 1930. London debates deportation of English-born Canadians. J H Thomas says Canada’s government may be asked to respond.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
London
England
House of Commons
J. H Thomas
Dominions
Conservatives Win In Ontario By Elections
In Grenville and Hamilton West by elections Conservatives held the seats with reduced majorities. James E. Sanderson won Grenville by about 1,476 votes over Liberal Percy Barnard, and Alderman Argue Martin carried Hamilton West by 384 votes over Captain Elmore Philpott. The by elections followed resignations and a death in office, drawing wide attention across Ontario. In Tokyo the Hochi reports aviator Seiji Yoshihara will attempt a trans Pacific flight from Tokyo to San Francisco in April.
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Toronto
Ont
Ontario
Grenville
Hamilton West
James E. Sanderson
Oxford Mills
Argue Martin
G. Howard Ferguson
West Hamilton
Alderman Martin
Capt
Elmore Philpott
F. T. Smye
Hamilton
West
Philpott
W. H. Price
M. F. Hepburn
M-P
Liberal Party
Tokyo
Japan
Hochi
Seiji Yoshiharan
San Francisco
Science Of Government Winnipeg
Manitoba legislator J W Pratt of Birtle says parliamentary practice trails an advancing world. He notes no business would run public affairs like legislatures and calls the party system undesirable. He urges fixed terms, official Hansard, expanded proportional representation in rural districts, and speech time limits.
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Winnipeg
J. W. Pratt
Birtle
Manitoba
Earl of Bessborough sails March to Halifax ceremony
Tentative arrangements call for the Earl of Bessborough, Canada's new Governor-General, to sail from Liverpool on March 27 aboard the Duchess of Bedford. An official reception ceremony is expected in the Halifax legislature buildings on April 4 or 5 for the successor to Earl Willingdon.
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Ottawa
Ont
Earl of Bessborough
Canada
Liverpool
Duchess of Bedford
Legislature
Halifax
Earl Willingdon
Boy Bandit Arrested in Fort Frances Bankhold Up
A 16 year old, Robert Kitowski, entered the Dominion Bank during lunch hour in Fort Frances Ontario, leveled a revolver, obtained $1,000 from the clerk, then fled and was captured on the town outskirts and jailed.
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Fort Frances
Ont
Robert Kitowski
Dominion Bank
Soviet Blamed For Woes Montreal
Sir James Dunn a Canadian-born London banker blamed Soviet influence for the world wide low mood. He argued two developments could restore Europe stability the collapse of the Soviet government and a moratorium on war debts. He spoke en route to Bathurst New Brunswick and noted conservatively hopeful views among informed men about better business conditions before year end.
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Montreal
Winston Churchill
James Dunn
London
England
James
New York
Bathurst
N.B
Europe
Sir James
Convicts Recaptured After Dartmoor Escape Attempt
John Gasken and John Mullins were recaptured near Dartmoor prison and returned to their cells after a failed bid for freedom. Dartmoor sits in a forbidding region with bogs, no potable water, and guarded roads to the prison. In London Amy Johnson, buffeted by wind, landed at North London airfield after abandoning the London-Peiping plan. she may reattempt in spring.
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Plymouth
England
Dartmoor
John Gasken
John Mullins
London
English Channel
Amy Johnson
North London
Hanover
Germany
Warsaw
Manitoba Election Act Sets New Rules for Vote List
The Manitoba legislature reviewed the new Election Act detailing permanent returning officers a revised registration system and stricter candidate qualifications. It allows adding names on election day if missing from lists and sets nomination and polling dates with quick two day revision by returning officers and limits three deferred elections.
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Winnipeg
Man
Dominion
Alberta
W. J. Major
Rothwell Is Appointed Livestock Commissioner
Ottawa reports George B. Rothwell named acting Dominion livestock commissioner after H. S. Arkell’s resignation to join the Canadian Co-Operative Livestock Association. Rothwell has long directed animal husbandry at the Central Experimental Farm. a department reorganization may change duties, with the appointment described as temporary.
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Ottawa
Henry opens Ontario Parliament as premier with new cabinet
Premier George S. Henry addresses the Ontario Legislature at the first opening of the Assembly under his regime. The Speech from the Throne outlines reforms to the Judicature Act, farm marketing measures, blind workers compensation, and hospital law revisions. G Howard Ferguson is absent for the first time in 25 years. six new ministers join the cabinet.
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Toronto
Georges. Henry
Ontario
W. D. Ross
Supreme Court of Ontario
Henry
G. Howard Ferguson
Alberta party leaders to confer on unemployment policy
In Edmonton the legislature discusses unemployment and unemployment insurance. Premier Brownlee signals a measure to spread the burden over years and hopes for a federal workers conference with provincial participation. Conservative leader Dugan says unemployment insurance is primarily federal. Liberal W R Howson asks about a federal conference with provinces.
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Edmonton
Alberta
D. M. Dugan
John E. Brownlee
W. R. Howson
Liberal
Brownlee
Millions For Dole Budget Reveals Large UK Cost
A British treasury memorandum to the royal commission on unemployment insurance estimates the dole will cost taxpayers between 250 million and 257 million dollars for the coming financial year starting April 1. It notes added gravity as state funds will have funded about 550 million dollars by 1932 through treasury borrowing.
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London
England
Royal Commission On Unemployment Insurance
State Dale Fund
Treasury
Free Port Plan for Churchill Tackled in Manitoba Legislature
A. J. M. Poole of Beautiful Plains urged free entry of British goods via Churchill Manitoba to lift Western Canada from economic woes. He warned of Eastern opposition and proposed a tariff wall east of the Head of the Lakes. Poole, a farmer, urged building the Mafeking shortcut to the Hudson Bay Railway as a relief measure.
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Winnipeg
Man
Western Canada
Churchill
Manitoba
Hudson Bay
A. J. M. Poole
Beautiful Plains
Poole
Canada
Lakes
Boards of Trade
Bennett
Mafeking
Wheat Surplus Still Heavy in Global Markets
Washington reports large wheat surpluses for export and carry over in the United States, Canada, Argentina and Australia, totaling over 100 million bushels above last year. U S figures show 231 million bushels available for export and carry over on January 1, down from 327 million a year ago, with Danube Basin surpluses up and Russia possibly still exporting. Poor foreign quality and low prices may lift domestic use, reducing surpluses.
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Washington, D.C
United States
Canada
Argentina
Australia
United States Department of Agriculture
Danube
Europe
Russia
Mine Disaster in Peiping China Entombs 3000 Miners
Chinese reports from Manchuria say 3,000 miners were entombed in the Fushun mines by an underground explosion. Rescue work began at once, but only a few persons were recovered. Relatives gathered at the pithead in grief as fears of heavy loss of life spread.
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Peiping
China
Manchuria
Fushun
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Mexico
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Horebelisha
Thomas
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Science of Government
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Basil Zaharoff
Monte Carlo
Soviet
Rocky Oak Bay
Straits of
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Oak Bay
Rothwell
H.S. Arkell
Dole
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