Strong Government Orders Tighten India Nationalist Crackdown
In Bombay and across India, new decrees outlaw 500 Nationalist groups including Anti-Drink leagues and spinning schools. Penalties include two years hard labor for peaceful picketing and tax resistance, with bans on printing inciting notices. Authorities may raid without warrants and seize property while villages face collective fines.
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Bombay
India
Bombay Presidency
Sind
All India
Mahatma Gandhi
Congress
Gandhi
Yerada
Room For Britishers in Maritime Land Settlement Talks
The Maritime district conference of land settlement superintendents met with Ottawa and Fredericton officials in Saint John. T. MacGladery of Ottawa, chairing the Soldiers' Settlement Board, said Canada remains open to British settlers with some capital and hard work, and to others who will not burden the community.
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Saint John
N.B
District Conference of Land Settlement
Maritime Area
Ottawa
Fredericton
T. MacGladery
Soldiers’ Settlement Board of Canada
Canada
Delegates of Farmers' Unity League to Tour Western Canada
The Farmers' Unity League said delegates will tour Saskatchewan and Alberta lecturing about Russia. Carl Axelson will visit Northern Saskatchewan, L. P. McNamee will speak in the south, and Miss Florence Bowes will tour Alberta. Meetings have been addressed in Eastern Canada under Friends of the Soviet Union.
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Saskatoon
Sask
Farmers’ Unity League
Russia
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Carl Axelson
L. P. McNamee
Florence Bowes
Canada
Friends of the Soviet Union
Police Wound Suspects In Vancouver Burglaries
Two alleged burglars were wounded by Vancouver police bullets on city streets and eight other suspects were arrested. Police believe the arrests will clear up a number of burglaries and house breakings reported in the downtown and west end districts in the past weeks.
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Vancouver
B.C
West End
Storms Across Europe Trigger Floods and Six Deaths
Storms from Portugal to Scandinavia and floods across Europe caused six deaths and widespread distress to ships. The Jersey City requested help near the Scilly Islands as its engines failed, while a Thames estuary barge sank but crew were saved. Weather battered ports from Lisbon to London with 80 mph winds and 93 mph gales, flooding England Ireland and Wales and delaying ships and quayside work.
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London
England
Portugal
Scandinavia
Europe
Jersey City
Scilly Islands
Thames Estuary
Alexandria
Dungeness Bay
English Channel
Paris
la Havre
France
Breton
Great Britain
Royal Sovereign
Exeter
Trevaylor
Plymouth
Ireland
Wales
H.M.S
Sheerness
Lisbon
Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
Halberstadt
Germany
Bar-le-Duc
Marne
Newspapers skew school life says Dr Laycock
Dr S R Laycock of the University of Saskatchewan criticizes Wrong Impression Saskatoon and weekly papers for portraying schools as prisons. He notes September comment that children give up freedom on return and June remarks that they are set out from a mythical school prison. He urges newspapers to refrain from adverse commentary.
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Saskatoon
Sask
S. R. Laycock
Saskatchewan University
Laycock
Sunday School Lesson on John 3 16 and 3 1 21
The lesson centers on John 3 1 21 with John 3 16 as the golden text. It outlines the devotional reading from 1 John 5 1 5 and presents the theme of belief leading to eternal life through Jesus.
The Necessity For the New Birth Verses 1 6
Nicodemus a prominent Pharisee and Sanhedrin member sought Jesus at night. He trusted Jesus as a divinely commissioned teacher though he feared scandal that could remove him from synagogue. He believed Jesus’ authority backed by visible signs.
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Nicodemus
Sanhedrin
Jewish Court of Justice
Jesus
Mountie Narrowly Escapes as Trapper Fires on Constable
Constable A W King was shot at a remote Yukon trail cabin but the bullet missed his heart by inches. He is hospitalized and recovering under Dr J A Urquhart care. Inspector Eames leads a patrol 80 miles toward the cabin to arrest Albert Johnson, blamed for tampering with trap lines and the shooting. Constable R G McDowell aided King and transported him to Aklavik.
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Aklavik
N.W.T
A. W. King
Romer
Jonely
Yukon Trail
King
J. A. Urquhart
Inspector Eames
Albert Johnson
R. G. McDowell
Back To the Land Push For Farmers In 1931
Montreal reports 23 000 persons or about 6000 families shifted to the countryside as part of the provinces scheme to return unemployed city farmers to land. Hon. Hec tor Laferte, Minister of Colonization and Fisheries, released the figures for 1931.
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Montreal
Que
Provincial Department of Colonization
Hector Laferte
Colonization and Fisheries
Appointment of Deputy Governor of Hudson's Bay Company
Sir George Ernest May, a director of the British Overseas Park and a well known actuary, is named Deputy Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company in succession to Sir Frederick Richmond who has resigned in London England.
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London
England
George Ernest May
British Overseas Park
The
Hudson's Bay Company
Frederick Richmond
Mail Pouch Disappears On Boston Bound Train
Postal authorities report a mail pouch carrying $100,000 in cheques and securities vanished after being placed on a Boston bound train in Lowell.
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Boston
Mass
Lowell
Lyons outlines imperial trade aim for Australia new government
Prime Minister Joseph Lyons in talking pictures said the Lyons government supports maximum Imperial preferential trade with Britain and Dominions. He urged success at the Ottawa Imperial Economic Conference and announced the cabinet, with revised tariffs to be considered when Parliament meets on February 17. Claude Reading is reappointed to the Commonwealth Bank board.
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Canberra
Australia
Joseph Lyons
Great Britain
Dominions
Ottawa
Lyons
New United Party
United Party
Claude Reading
Commonwealth Bank
Churchill Delivers Address in Nassau Bahamas
Churchill resumes public appearances in Nassau as guest of Bahamas executive and legislative councils. He notes recovery from New York accident, advocates close Canada-Bahamas relations, praises Canadian Prime Minister Bennett, and defends the Empire's durability and Britain's unity.
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Nassau
Bahamas
New York
Winston Churchill
M.P
Executive Council
Legislative Council
House of Assembly of
Charles Dundas
Churchill
Garden
Canada
Dominion
R. B. Bennett
Britain
Mr. Churchill
War on Bookmakers Drastic Campaign in Winnipeg
The report notes Winnipeg bookmakers facing a crackdown after two Provincial Treasury officials were charged with embezzlement over 100 000 and admitted losses at racetrack gambling. Police remain tight lipped as authorities plan a drastic campaign against betting.
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Winnipeg
Treasury Department
Moslem Leader Dies in Lahore at 62
Sir Muhammad Shaff, noted Moslem leader and delegate to the Indian Round Table Conference in London, England, died here at the age of 62.
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Lahore
India
Muhammad Shaff
London
England
British plans for united front at Lausanne reparations talks
London officials indicate Britain seeks a joint British French approach at the Lausanne reparations conference. Viscount Snowden and Sir Frederick Leith-Ross attended a cabinet sub committee on reparations as Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald prepared to return to London to press for a date. Britain favors January 18 or 20 while France suggests January 25.
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London
England
Lausanne
Viscount Snowden
Ickornshaw
Hague
Frederick Leith-Ross
Ramsay MacDonald
Scotland
France
Japs Capture Hulutao Port in Manchuria Campaign
Japanese forces seized Hulutao port south of Chinchow without resistance in a broader drive in South Manchuria. Tokyo says the move aims to curb banditry, with future status of the port to be settled by negotiations involving the Mukden Government and Tsang Shih Yi.
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Mukden
Manchuria
Hulutao
Chinchow
Gulf of Liatotuno
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Chang Hsenh-Liang
Saskatchewan House to Open Legislative Sittings on Feb Fourth
The fourth session of Saskatchewan's seventh legislature will open on Thursday February 4. Premier J. T. M. Anderson announced the date alongside Alberta's legislature and Ottawa's House of Commons. Manitoba's house is expected to convene the same day, though not yet confirmed.
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Saskatchewan
Regina
Sask
J. T. M. Anderson
Alberta
House of Commons
Ottawa
Manitoba
Hen hatched nine chicks in Ontario back porch
A barred rock hen on the Saulte Ste. Marie home of Mrs. Robert Moreland hatched nine chickens under the back porch, surpassing a Saltfleet hen that had hatched six. The Moreland family is reported to be doing well.
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Saulte Ste. Marie
Ont
Robert Moreland
Saulte
Saltfleet
Moreland
Noted Aviator dies in stunt plane crash over Miami airport
Miami Fla Dale Red Jackson co holder of the world endurance aeroplane record was killed when an Amphibian plane he was stunting above the municipal airport fell about 2000 feet to the ground.
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Miami, Fla
Dale
Red) Jackson
Writer Hit By Truck On Hamilton Highway
Clarkson Ontario Sidney H. Preston, a well known author, was struck by a truck while turning his car onto the Hamilton Highway. He lies in critical condition with concussion of the brain.
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Clarkson
Sidney H. Preston
Hamilton Highway
Royalty At Sandringham Stay Through End Of Month
The King and Queen are expected to remain at Sandringham Norfolk where they spent the Christmas holidays until the end of this month.
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London
England
Sandringham
Norfolk
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Cosmo Lang
Canterbury
Church of England
Mountie
Constable
Narrow Margis
Premier Bennett
David Lloyd George
Liberal Party
Megan
East
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