Trelle Aims for More Honors at Grain Show
Wembley Alberta. Grain expert Herman Trelle plans to exhibit in the grains and grasses at the Chicago International Show. His record of three wheat crowns in 1926 1930 and 1931 remains unmatched and may be hard for northern farmers to duplicate.
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Wembley
Alberta
Herman Trelle
Peace River
Trelle
Chicago
Canada
United States
Seager Wheeler
Saskatchewan
Prairie Province
J. C. Mitchell
Dahinda
Wheeler
Manitoba
Samuel Larcombe
G. W. Craft
L. P. Yates
C. Edson Smith
Smith
Trachoma Probe Sought by Alberta Health Officials
Hon. George Headley asks Ottawa to permit Dr. J. J. Wall to conduct a personal inspection of trachoma measures in Alberta. Wall already approved the province's methods and will provide a close-up review for local and federal authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alberta
George Headley
Ottawa
J. J. Wall
Wall
Ottawa C M P promotes two sergeant majors to inspectors
Sergt Major A Patterson of Edmonton named assistant intelligence officer to Col C F Hamilton at Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters Ottawa and promoted to inspector. Sergt Major R G Warnock of Prince Albert to join the remissions branch of the Department of Justice and promoted to inspector.
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Ottawa
Ont
A. Patterson
Edmonton
C. F. Hamilton
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
R. G. Warnock
Prince Albert
Sask
Department of Justice
Shipbuilding Decline on the Clyde in 1931
Glasgow notes that shipbuilding on the Clyde fell to a modern low in 1931 with only 152,663 tons launched, far below 1930's 529,844 tons and the 1913 peak of 756,976 tons.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Clyde
Debt Conference May Move to Lausanne This Month
The proposed international debt conference likely will be held in Lausanne Switzerland on January 20 or 25 instead of January 15 due to clashes with other meetings. British officials deny plans to widen the conference and discuss a potential US participation, with newspapers suggesting a broader global economic scope could be added to appease US objections.
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London
England
Lausanne
Switzerland
Chamber of Deputies
League of Nations Council
Geneva
Laval
France
Ramsay MacDonald
United States
Great Britain
The
Daily Herald
Potatoes Embargo Sought Lift For Britain
Charlottetown officials report Hon. Howard Ferguson is examining lifting Britain's potato embargo. New Brunswick growers want a representative sent to England to press removal. Prince Edward Island urges federal led action with provincial support and recommends Ottawa send an expert to England.
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Charlottetown
P.E.I
Howard Ferguson
London
England
Robert Weir
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
G. Shelton Sharpe
Weir
Ottawa
British Columbia Fir Orders Highlight Australian Trade
The Commercial Intelligence Journal reports Ottawa orders for about 8 million superficial feet of BC fir cut to specifications. A Melbourne based note from Canadian Trade Commissioner D. H. Ross cites lumber for the Broken Hill mines and a trial 4 million foot order leading to a repeat purchase, signaling brighter trade conditions in Australia.
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Ottawa
Ont
Australia
British Columbia
Commonwealth
Commercial Intelligence Journal
Department of Trade and Commerce
D. H. Ross
Melbourne
Broken Hill
Disputed India Disorder Statements From MacDonald
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald criticised Indian agitators as deplorable and dismissed northwest frontier and Bengal disorders as a mischievous movement trampling Indian progress. He argued measures to cope with the disorders did not reflect government policy.
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Lossiemouth
Scotland
Ramsay MacDonald
India
Northwest Frontier
Bengal
Pension Test Case Shapes Ottawa Pension Readjustment
The Pension tribunal ruled that ex soldiers who had committed their pension remain entitled under the 1930 Pension Act even if their current disability is reduced. The case involves a pensioner, the Board of Pension Commissioners and auditor general George Gonthier. The matter proceeds to the Pension Appeal Court whose ruling is final. The decision affects a small number of about 9 000 pensioners seeking readjustment.
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Ottawa
Ont
Pension Tribunal
Board of Pension Commissioners
George Gonthier
Pension Appeal Court
MacDonald says new Cunard liner work likely paused until near Easter
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald indicated in a statement that there would probably be no resumption of work on Cunard's gigantic steamship until about Easter. The Cunard Company halted construction a few weeks earlier but soon announced it would proceed regardless of further government aid.
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London
England
Ramsay MacDonald
Cunard Lines
Cunard Company
May Mean Dearer Bread in Liverpool Trade
The Liverpool Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution praising government plans to aid domestic and empire wheat growers while lamenting the chosen quota system. J. J. Swindell of the Liverpool Corn Trade Association warned the quota would raise bread prices as the futures market suffers its smallest trading in 40 years due to uncertainty over fixed Dominion quotas.
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Liverpool
England
Liverpool Chamber of Commerce
J. J. Swindell
Liverpool Corn Trade Association
Dominions
Farm Imports Drop Ottawa Ont
The Bureau of Statistics shows rising Canadian production reducing imports of milk products. Butter imports for the year ended November 1931 fell to 3,224,750 pounds from 44,469,181 pounds. Milk and related products valued at 1,440,704 dollars, down from 15,062,476 dollars. Eggs in the shell imported year ended November totaled 73,487 dozen, down from 2,910,872 dozen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Bureau of Statistics
Turner Valley Oil Field Shock as No 2 Well Produces
Sterling Pacific No 2 well in Turner Valley Calgary Alberta came into production as a large naphtha well producing 250 barrels in 24 hours. Experts had warned Turner Valley doomed by forecasts of limited life for the field. Oilmen see the strike as a reply to doubts about piping gas to Vancouver or Regina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Alberta
Turner Valley
Sterling Pacific
Vancouver
Regina
Edmonton City Council Urges Immediate Economic Conference
Edmonton city council passes a resolution urging the Federal Government to call an economic conference on unemployment. Copies will be sent to Canadian cities over 10,000 population for endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alberta
Gandhi seeks meeting with Viceroy to press for peace in India
Mahatma Gandhi dispatches telegrams to Lord Willingdon requesting a meeting to discuss peaceful methods for Indian independence. He may join a British appointed committee on a new Indian Federation while warning that emergency acts threaten peaceful relations. Patel vows continued struggle.
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Bombay
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Lord Willingdon
Gandhi
Indian Congress
Congress Party
Vallabhai Patel
Patel
Ramsay MacDonald
London
Back To the Land Plan in Manitoba Endorsed
Dr F W Kerr told the Winnipeg Board of Trade that the Back To the Land plan has federal approval with the government to cover one third of the total cost. The program, backed by City Council and the Provincial Government as unemployment relief, aims to settle about 200 families on farms in Manitoba with initial support until they become self sufficient.
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Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba
F. W. Kerr
Board of Trade
Kerr
Ottawa
Dominion Cabinet
Annual Livestock Meet Set in Saskatoon for January
W D Mackay, president of the Canadian Livestock Co Operative Ltd, announces the annual meeting will be in Saskatoon on January 12 with three follow days. Delegates from federated pools across Canada will attend, Saskatoon chosen for its Saskatchewan pool abattoir work now operating smoothly.
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Canadian Livestock Co-Operative, Ltd
Saskatoon
Sask
Saskatoow
Federated Pools
Canada
W. D. MacKay
MacKay
Saskatchewan Pool
Winnipeg linemen volunteer seven percent wage cut
More than 100 linemen employed by the city hydro electric system volunteered to accept a seven per cent wage cut. The hydro manager J. G. Glassco called it a splendid gesture the hydro is deeply grateful.
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Winnipeg
Man
Hydro
J. G. Glassco
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Paul Gerlach
R. A. Wiler
Foothills
Henry Holmes
G. G. L. Strange
Joseph H. B Smith
B.C. Lumber
Winston S. Churchill
New York
Britain
Turner Valley Oil
Somme
Thiepval
Prince of Wales
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