Reduced Tariff Rates On Cattle Now In Effect
The United States cuts duties on Canadian cattle under the treaty, lowering the rate on cattle weighing 700 pounds or more from three to two cents per pound and reducing the calf and dairy cow duties. Mexican shippers may access these rates, but officials say most weights benefit Canada most, with automatic extension to other nations except Germany.
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Washington
Canada
State Department
Mexico
Germany
Department
Imperial Airways Crash City of Khartoum Off Alexandria
Nine passengers and three crew died when Imperial Airways flying boat City of Khartoum crashed near Alexandria Egypt. Only survivor Pilot Vernon Gerry Wilson spent five hours in the sea before rescue aboard HMS Brilliant. Authorities cite engines cutting out as the probable cause.
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London
Hope
Mediterranean
Imperial Airways
City of
Khartoum
Alexandria
Egypt
Vernon Gerry Wilson
H.M.S. Brilliant
Wilson
Admiralty
City of Khartoum
Athens
Victoria Warned to Ready for Contingencies in New Year
Premier Pattullo of British Columbia urged Victorians to prepare for any contingency from European strife. He called for expanding export markets, launching public works to ease unemployment, and implementing an immigration policy.
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Victoria
Canada
Pattullo
British Columbia
Dominion
Woman Mushing 700 Miles to Deliver Alaska Mail
Mary Joyce completed the first leg of a 700 mile Alaska mail run from Taku on December 20 to Tulsequah arriving December 31. She seeks to prove a woman can undertake the arduous Arctic journey to Fairbanks in the next lap.
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Juneau
Alaska
Fairbanks
Mary Joyce
Tulsequah
Taku
Wauchope Reappointed High Commissioner for Palestine
The reappointment of Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope as high commissioner for Palestine and Transjordania was announced by colonial secretary J. H. Thomas. Sir Arthur, who began his duties in 1931, will serve a second term.
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London
Arthur Grenfell Wauchope
Palestine
Transjordania
J. H. Thomas
Arthur
Riots in Cairo as troops guard government buildings
Cairo sees heavy police and troops around British and Egyptian offices while 2000 nationalist students march shouting Down with England. Nahas Pasha says Britain may negotiate on the Anglo Egyptian question, citing Eden. Bridges closed to curb protests. Cairo University medical school shut. authorities warn of energetic steps if disorders continue.
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Cairo
England
Nahas Pasha
Miles Lampoon
Great Britain
Anthony Eden
Nile
Zamalek Bridge
University of Cairo
Ends Long Railway Service Edmonton
Tom Taylor, a western Canadian National Railways engineer, retired after 47 years in railway work. He drove eastbound continental flier No. 2 from Edson on Dec. 30 and remains in good health, able to pass medical tests, but steps down due to the retirement rule prohibiting work after age 65.
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Edmonton
Tom Taylor
Western Canadian National Railways
C.N.R
Continental
Yorkton Adopts Wednesday Afternoon Half Holidays
From New Year’s Day to August end, Wednesday afternoons will be holidays for Yorkton businesses and workers. City council passed the bylaw after third reading, with only one dissenting vote.
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Yorkton
Sask
Hospital Plane to Ethiopia Sent by British Groups
The first hospital plane fully equipped with medical supplies and space for wounded left Croydon Airdrome for Addis Ababa. The aircraft, presented to Ethiopia by the British Red Cross and the British League of Nations Union, marks a humanitarian mission.
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London
Ethiopia
Crondon
Addis Ababa
British
Red Cross Organization
League of Nations Union
Bank of Canada Accepts Treasury Bills for Dominion of Canada
The Bank of Canada announced it accepted on behalf of the finance minister tenders for the full 25 million dollars of Dominion of Canada treasury bills due April 1. The average discount price was 99.70549 with an average yield of 1.198 percent.
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Ottawa
Bank of Canada
Finance Minister
Dominion of Canada Treasury
Scarlet fever outbreak in rural Manitoba prompts bans
Dr. C R Donovan reports a mild scarlet fever epidemic in rural Manitoba with 207 cases in October 185 in November and 160 in December. Public gatherings for children in Roland are forbidden to curb spread.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
C. R. Donovan
Roland
Regulations Lifted for Children of Non-Toilers in Soviet Schools
Government order lifts bans that barred children of non-toilers and disfranchised individuals from Soviet high schools and colleges. Families of former kulaks merchants and opposition members stand to benefit most from the change.
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Moscow
Dunning Thanks Voters after Acclamation in Queen's County
Minister of Finance C. A. Dunning thanked supporters at a Queen's County Liberal banquet after nominations closed with only his papers filed for the by election. Conservatives opted not to contest the seat vacated by J. J. Larabee, allowing Dunning to enter Parliament. He vowed to judge fairly for Prince Edward Island with generosity.
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Prince Edward Island
Dunning
Departments Will Be Added Ottawa
Two departments will be added to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to place the force on a footing with Scotland Yard and the American G Men. A scientific crime detection branch will use ballistic photographic and pathological instruments with university cooperation. A constable training school will teach crime detection police duties and criminal law.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Scotland Yard
James MacBrien
Mayor Sam McBride Re-elected in Toronto Civic Elections
Complete returns from Toronto's 763 subdivisions show Sam McBride elected mayor with 48 723 votes defeating James Simpson 32 636 and Harry W Hunt 43 036. Ralph C Day led the board of control race with W J Wadsworth and W D Robbins also winning. McBride previously served as city controller and alderman for ward three.
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Toronto
Sam McBride
Chief Magistrate’s Office
James Simpson
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Harry W. Hunt
McBride
Hunt
Simpson
Ralph C. Day
Board of Control
W. J. Wadsworth
W. D. Robbins
George Ramsden
Conference To Continue Ottawa Meeting On Dominion Relations
A miniature dominion provincial conference will open here this month to continue the work of the main conference. Committees will meet to consider financial relations between the Dominion and the provinces the British North America Act agriculture mining and highways. Deliberations are expected to be available when parliament assembles.
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Ottawa
Duke of York to Rank as Vice Admiral from January
The Duke of York, second son of the King and a rear admiral since 1932, will be promoted to vice admiral on January 1. He previously served as acting lieutenant in 1916 and was commissioned in 1918. He rose to commander in 1920 and captain in 1925, while holding air vice marshal and major general appointments. He is a personal aide de camp to the King.
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London
Duke of York
Royal Navy
Royal Air Force
Ethiopian protests over Italian bombing a hospital and ambulance
Emperor Haile Selassie demanded punishment of Italy before the League of Nations for alleged poison gas warfare and air raids on a southern front. He cited strikes on the field headquar ters city and a Swedish Red Cross ambulance, with reports of gassing and injuries to officials and natives.
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Desige
Haile Selassie
Italy
League of Nations
Geneva
Red Cross
Ras Desta Demtu
Dolo
Hylander
Ogaden
New Year Honours List Promotes Barons and Dukes
The New Year honors list elevates two barons to viscount, adds four new barons, two privy councillors and four baronets, plus about eighty knight hoods. The Duke of York gains a threefold promotion to senior military and air force ranks, while the Duke of Kent receives the Royal Victorian chain. Lord Hanworth and Lord Trenchard are elevated to viscounts, and Canada drops off the list with South Africa and the Irish Free State unrepresented.
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London
Canada
London Gazette
Union of South Africa
Irish Free State
United Kingdom
India
Australia
New Zealand
Duke of York
Royal Air Force
Duke of Kent
Lord Hanworth
Ottawa Levee Draws Nearly A Thousand For New Year Greeting
Ottawa hosts a record levee as about 1000 men greet Governor General Tweedsmuir in the Hall of Fame at Parliament. Premier Mackenzie King at Laurier House and R B Bennett hold large afternoon receptions. Diplomatic corps hold forenoon events as legations continue the custom.
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Ottawa
Baron Tweedsmuir
Parliament
Mackenzie King
Laurier House
R. B. Bennett
Joseph Conrad Arrives After One-Year Voyage to Melbourne
The wind jammer Joseph Conrad, the world’s smallest full rigged sailing ship, reached Melbourne after a year at sea from New York via the Cape of Good Hope and Singapore. Owned by Alan Villiers, famed sea story writer from Bay Ridge Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Melbourne
Australia
Joseph Conrad
New York
Cape of Good Hope
Singapore
Alan Villiers
Bay Ridge
Brooklyn
N.Y
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