Laval Reforms French Cabinet Names New Ministers
Pierre Laval again heads the French government taking Foreign Minister duties. Andre Tardieu becomes War Minister and departs for Geneva to represent France at the disarmament conference. Pierre Cathala is named Interior Minister and Achille Fould Agriculture Minister as the cabinet crisis ends.
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Paris
France
Pierre Laval
Auvergnat
Aristide Briand
Andre Tardieu
Andre Maginot
M. Tardieu
Geneva
Premier Laval
Interior
Pierre Cathala
Laval
Tardieu
Agriculture Department
Achille Fould
M. Briand
Elysee Palace
Domergue
Maginot
Laval-Tardieu
London
Berlin
Washington
United States
Georges Clemenceau
Drew May Attend Geneva Conference
Toronto reports that Lieut. Col. George A. Drew is being targeted for inclusion in Canada’s Geneva Conference delegation in February. Canadian Legion executives and allied organizations are pressing the government at Ottawa to name a Great War veteran among the delegates.
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Toronto
Ont
George A. Drew
Ottawa
Mail
Empire
Canadian Legion
Senator Says Canada Is Over Governed
Hamilton Ontario Senator George Lynch Staunton K C warned Canada was over governed. He said government meddles in everything at the people’s expense with parasites everywhere and one in five people serving a government. He urged living within our means to avoid suffering.
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Hamilton
Ont
George Lynch-Staunton
K.C
Lynch-Staunton
Canada
Governor General Delays Western Canada Tour to Autumn
The Governor General postpones his western Canada visit from spring to next autumn to allow Lord Bessborough to attend the Canadian Pacific Exhibition in Vancouver. He and Lady Bessborough will stay mostly in Ottawa during the session, with Lady Bessborough departing for England in February. The summer residence in Quebec City is planned for early June.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Rideau Hall
Lord Bessborough
Vancouver
Toronto
Montreal
Lady Bessborough
Bessborough
England
Quebec City
In Favor Of Union Winnipeg Liberals Endorse Union Government
Manitoba Liberal Association at its annual meeting endorsed Dr. Murdock MacKay for approving Premier Bracken's union government plan. Strong opposition to merging Liberal and Progressive forces was voiced, but the motion passed on a standing vote. An amendment for a six months' hiatus failed.
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Winnipeg
Man
Murdock MacKay
Bracken
Manitoba
Manitoba Liberal Association
Dr. MacKay
Ex Kaiser's Sister Dies in Frankfurt Germany
Former Queen Sophie of Greece sister to Kaiser Wilhelm died at a clinic in Frankfurt after a long cancer illness. Aged 61, she had lived in Florence since her husband King Constantine’s exile death in Palermo on January 11, 1923. She visited Frankfurt last November for treatment but the disease was advanced. Her children George Paul Helen Irene were summoned as relapses occurred.
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Frankfort-on-Main
Germany
Sophie
Greece
Kaiser Wilhelm
Florence
Italy
Constantine
Palermo
Frankfort
George
Paul
Helen
Roumania
Irene
Meighen Considered for Senate Leadership Role
The Journal reports the government favors appointing Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen to the Senate in succession to the late Sir George Foster and naming the former Conservative Leader as government leader in the Upper House. Hon. W. B. Willoughby is the current Senate government leader. Senator G. D. Robertson, Minister of Labor, led the government in the Senate last session.
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George Foster
Report
Ottawa
Ont
Arthur Meighen
Canada
Senate
W. B. Willoughby
G. D. Robertson
Labor
Edmonton Rumors Denied on Premier Brownlee Post
Rumors that Premier Brownlee will sever ties with Alberta for an Ottawa post are dismissed. The legislature opens February 4 with no sign of a cabinet shake-up.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Brownlee
Ottawa Post
Manitoba Farmers Appeal for Dominion Aid Funds
Hon. Albert Prefontaine and Hon. Robert Weir discussed Manitoba farmer distress on January 13 in Winnipeg. Prefontaine urged Dominion seed and feed assistance to stave destitution, warning many farmers may sell cattle without support to endure another year.
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Dominion
Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba
Albert Prefontaine
Robert Weir
Canada
Mr. Prefontaine
Trans-Atlantic Solo Flight Plan by Fernie Pilot Nelson
Nelson Gunners, a Fernie British Columbia pilot born in 1896 in England, announces a summer trans Atlantic aeroplane solo attempt with financial backing from England and also a trans Canada run from Montreal to Vancouver. He began flying in 1914 and has worked as a commercial pilot and instructor in Fernie and Cranbrook.
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Nelson
B.C
Eric Redgrave-Gunner
Fernie
Montreal
Vancouver
England
Redgrave-Gunner
Crow
Liberal Leader King Attacks Tariff Policy In Manitoba Talk
Rt Hon Mackenzie King condemned the current administration's protectionist policy and urged MPs to push for a tariff stance modification ahead of the Imperial Economic Conference. At a Manitoba Liberal banquet he criticized waste, unemployment relief, and the lack of a tariff board, denouncing secret railway commission sittings and defending the Canadian National from Bennett era policies.
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Winnipeg
Man
Liberal Party
Mackenzie King
Manitoba Liberal Association
Commission On Transportation
Canada
King
Canadian National
Cost of living fell faster in 1931 says Bureau of Statistics
A Ottawa report notes price levels declined more rapidly in 1931 than 1930 with few exceptions, and suggests wholesale and retail prices must converge before a real business upturn can occur.
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Ottawa
Ont
Bureau of Statistics
Winnipeg Drops Sunday Shows Proposal for Pictures
The plan to hold Sunday moving picture shows in Winnipeg to fund relief for the unemployed was dropped. Mayor Ralph H. Webb cited strong citizen opposition and questioned whether any revenue would justify the effort. Four theatres were to offer Sunday screenings after church, with collections to support relief.
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Winnipeg
Man
Ralph H. Webb
R C M P May Take Over Policing of West
Negotiations continue for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to assume policing in Alberta along Saskatchewan lines. A definite agreement within days is expected as attempts are made to shift Alberta city police to the federal force, with Manitoba open to the idea but cautions on Ottawa word.
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Ottawa
Ont
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Dominion
Calgary
R.C.M.P
Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba
W. J. Major
Canada
Cannot Hold Two Positions Ottawa Article
The Government will ban all government servants from holding municipal posts in future while allowing current officeholders to remain for the rest of the year. The move aims to prevent civil servants from drawing two salaries and conflicts with outside duties, affecting rural post masters and Treasury-funded staff, but excluding elective non paid roles like suburban road commissions or school boards.
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Ottawa
Ont
Fulgence Charpentier
Daniel McCann
Board of Control
Journal
Federal Treasury
Winnipeg Officials Refute Paris Tribune Wheat Tale
Officials at the wheat pool in Winnipeg say they know nothing of a Paris Chicago Tribune report claiming France will buy 20 million bushels of Canadian wheat. Canadian officials in Paris deny any truth to the report.
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Winnipeg
Man
Wheat Pool
Paris
The
Chicago Tribune
France
Canada
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John Simon
Lausanne
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R. K. Larmour
University of Saskatchewan
Japan
OLD Fox
Isuyoshi Inukai
Tokyo
Inukai
Nakako- San
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