De Valera Gains Labor Party Support in Irish Election
Dublin reports the Labor Party will back President Eamon de Valera’s Republican platform in the January 24 general election. The move follows Cosgrave and Frank McDermott dropping plans for a coalition, and Labor cites de Valera’s stance on national rights and tariffs with the United Kingdom. Nomination totals place government candidates at 98, Cumann na nGaedheal around 100, Labor about 24, and National Farmers’ Union about 30.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
Labor Party
Republican Party
Eamon de Valera
William T. Cosgrave
Frank McDermott
National Farmers’ League
Laborites
Mr. de Valera
de Valera
Bank of England
Cumann Na N Gaedheal
Labor
National Farmers’ Union
Debtor-Creditor Legislation Dominates Alberta Assembly Agenda
Alberta premier John Brownlee said the February legislature opening will focus on debtor- creditor laws and unemployment relief measures. He aims to limit business disruption with minimal departmental changes and no major tax increases, though not ruling out slight readjustments unlike Saskatchewan.
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Edmonton
Alberta
John Brownlee
Brownlee
Saskatchewan
Borah Seeks Bill to Reduce Dollar Value to Aid Farmers
Senator Borah plans a bill to depress the dollar to lift farm prices and improve general economic conditions. He notes 32 nations have abandoned the gold standard, leaving the United States on it and harming farmers seeking real prices for their products.
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Washington
W. E. Borah
United States
Borah
Manitoba staking rush swamps mines office at God's Lake Is land
Manitoba reports a surge of staking in God's Lake and Island Lake mineral fields. About two thousand claims have been staked as prospectors hunt wealth this winter, prompting a resurvey to straighten the record and clear the tangle at the mines branch offices.
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Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba
God's Lake
Island Lake
Manitoba Mines
China and Japan Trade Blame Over Shanhaikwan Fight
Marshal Chang Hsiao-Liang rejected responsibility for the Shanghankwan battle and directed further talks to the Chinese Nationalist Government in Nanking. He blamed Japan for the incident as Chinese forces prepared for another engagement near Shanhaikwan. Chinese officials reported about 1,700 military deaths and heavy civilian casualties from the bombardment, with one battalion wiped out. British authorities took measures to protect interests in the conflict zone.
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Peiping
China
Chang Hsiao-Liang
Shanghankwan
Kotaro Nakamura
Nanking
Shanhaikwan
Jehol
French Liner Atlantique Wrecked Off Cherbourg Fire Claims Many Lives
The luxury liner Atlantique was destroyed by fire in the English Channel en route to Havre for overhaul with no passengers aboard. Of 228 aboard, 211 were rescued by four vessels but many died from smoke and suffocation. The captain escaped last after leaping into the sea. wireless distress failed as the operator suffocated.
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Atlantique
English
Cherbourg
France
English Channel
Havre
Achilles
Burhr
Ford Castle
Romanoff Treasures Exhibit in New York Store
A $1,000,000 collection of Romanoff palaces jewelry and icons, including $15,000 jeweled Easter eggs and a gold diamond quill pen, is shown at a Fifth Avenue department store. The Hammer brothers Armand Victor and Harry amassed the items over nine years while running concessions under the Soviet government. They claim permission to export the treasures after selling their American auto factory to the Soviets.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Hammer Brothers
Armand
Victor
Harry
Expedition to search submerged continent sails for Aden
An expedition to seek traces of a submerged continent once linking India and Africa will depart Calcutta for Aden next August under Colonel R. B. Seymour Snell director of the zoological survey in India.
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Calcutta
India
Africa
Aden
R. B. Seymour Snell
Zoological Survey
Scientist Joins New Port Hope Radium Plant Staff
W. B. Friend, science and physics instructor at Mount Royal College in Calgary, moves to Port Hope Ontario to join the staff of the new radium plant.
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Calgary
Alberta
W. B. Friend
Mount Royal College
Port Hope
Ont
Heirs Challenge Alberta Estate Award to University
English residents Ellen Macley William E Sirrell Arthur Bartlett Catherine Sirrell Arthur James Sirrell John Sirrell and Evelyn Bray sue the University of Alberta governance over an Alberta estate valued at 30000. They contend Henry Sirrell died intestate in December 1929 at Del Bonita and that relativeswere unaware of his death until recently. They seek the estate jointly.
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Calgary
Alberta
University of Alberta
England
Ellen Macley
William E. Sirrell
Arthur Bartlett
Catherine Sirrell
Arthur James Sirrell
John Sirrell
Evelyn Bray
Bromyard
Herefordshire
Henry Sirrell
del Bonita
University
Directors Elected to Canadian Aberdeen-Angus Association
The 1933 directors are announced by Secretary W Crawford by mail ballot. Manitoba representatives are Harry Leader of Portage and John Hume of Souris. Saskatchewan selects W J F Warren of Belbeck and W D Lyon of Deveron. Alberta and British Columbia choose S J Henderson of Lacombe, E Ward Jones of Calgary, and Roy Balhorn of Wetaskiwin. The annual meeting will be held in Calgary on March 28.
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Winnipeg
Man
W. Crawford
Manitoba
Harry Leader
Portage
John Hume
Souris
Saskatchewan
W. J. F. Warren
Belbeck
W. D. Lyon
Deveron
Alberta
British Columbia
Ss. J. Henderson
Lacombe
E. Ward Jones
Calgary
Roy Balhorn
Wetaskiwin
Saskatchewan government to cancel one year interest on farm loans
Premier J. T. M. Anderson announced a province wide plan to cancel one year's interest on Saskatchewan farm board loans from November 1, 1931, to November 1, 1932. Arrears before November 1, 1931 will be amortized over five years, with other charges and arrears amortized over ten years. Interest on amortized amounts reduced by one and a half percent. The five year plan covers about $1,375,717 and ten year plan about $974,978.38. General lending trends toward extending arrears and delaying principal were foreshadowed by the premier.
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Regina
Sask
J. T. M. Anderson
Saskatchewan Farm Board
City Is Own Banker in Calgary Amid Credit Standstill
Calgary officials guard tax prepayments in city hall vaults to stretch funds and keep services amid a Bank of Montreal credit crisis. Mayor Davison filed a formal request for $750,000 in credit, but the bank demanded $300,000 in US exchange charges for debenture payments exceeding $2,000,000. Tax prepayments rose from $185,000 to $222,976.72, surpassing last year’s two day total.
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Calgary
Alberta
Bank of Montreal
Andy Davison
United States
Railway Workers Seek Readjustment of Hours Across Canada
A petition from the Canadian Re-employment Railwaymen’s Association. Some 7 000 engineers and firemen and 14 000 conductors and brakemen seek readjustment of hours to balance workload. They urge restricting to 26 workdays monthly and assign 100 miles freight as an eight hour day. They ask Governor-General Earl Bessborough to press CPR to adopt the plan and use the Industrial Disputes Act.
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Toronto
Ont
Earl Bessborough
I. E. Weldon
K.C
Canada
C.P.R
Saskatchewan Board Forms Wheat Study Group
C. H. Puckering spoke for the Regina World Grain Show as the local board of trade moved to form a study group on the wheat situation. Thirty Saskatchewan groups now exist and more nations consider similar action to guide plans for the conference with the grain exhibit in Regina next year. Puckering urged Saskatchewan to press Europe to shift from growing wheat to buying Canada’s bread wheat.
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Prince Albert
Sask
C. H. Puckering
Regina
Board of Trade
Saskatchewan
Puckering
Canada
Ontario backs general unemployment insurance push
Premier George S. Henry told a delegation from Ontario’s trades and labor congress that the government supports general unemployment insurance and aims to implement it as soon as possible. The group urged Ontario leadership at the Dominion Provincial Conference in Ottawa and representation for Labor at the conference. The delegation also pressed amendments to the Liquor Control Act allowing beer-by-the-glass.
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Toronto
Ont
Ontario
George S. Henry
Trades and Labor Congress
Tom Moore
Ottawa
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
Dominion
Labor
Henry
Calgary youth jailed five years for bank robbery
Roman Jugwicz a 22 year old from Calgary was sentenced to five years in penitentiary by Magistrate H. H. Scott for the armed robbery of the Canadian Bank of Commerce on Third Street West.
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Calgary
Alberta
Roman Jugwicz
H. H. Scott
Third Street West
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Wages Fixed at 17.50 a Week for NSW Men
The basic wage rate for men in New South Wales has been set at 17 dollars and 50 cents per week. This government adjustment establishes a uniform minimum pay level for male workers across the state.
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New South Wales
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U.S
Romanoff Treasures
Alexander
Yugoslavia
London
Aberdeen-Angus Association
M Boncour
M. Paul Boncour
Elysee
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
M. Herriot
M. Chautemps
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