Saar territory falls under Nazi control after plebiscite
Reports from Saarbruecken describe the Nazi takeover of the Saar region following an 80 percent pro German plebiscite. The League of Nations authority waned as clashes killed several and refugees fled to France. Nazi police occupied a socialist welfare center and expelled anti Nazi protesters.
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Saarbruecken
Saar Basin
Adolf Hitler
Saar
League of Nations
League Commission
Common Front
Forbach
France
Bluecoat
Socialist Welfare Centre
Berlin
Germany
Ontario government sells treasury notes at historic low rate
Premier Mitchell F Hepburn announced Ontario will issue 20 million dollars in treasury notes at 2.25 percent, a two year term. The sale addresses a six percent issue maturing February 1, funds refund short term debt and cover capital expenditures.
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Toronto
Ontario Government of Treasury
Mitchell F. Hepburn
France Eyes Saar Plebiscite Victory Amid Anxiety
France fears a Hitler victory in the Saar plebiscite could pacify him or boost his power. Officials noted a weak show for the status quo yet accepted the result, stressing France’s neutrality and calling it a case between Hitler’s allies and opponents.
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Paris
Saar
Adolf Hitler
France
Hitler
Hitch-Hiker Bill Seeks To End Roadside Thumbing
Lansing lawmakers consider a bill to end hitch hiking with a misdemeanor for hitch hikers and a separate misdemeanor for drivers who pick them up. The measure aims to curb roadside solicitations and enforce stricter conduct on highways.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Princess Ales sandro Torlonia Arrives to Mend Spain Royals Rift
The eldest daughter of former King Alfonso of Spain and Queen Victoria plans to seek reconciliation. She and her husband will travel to London in the next few days for a formal presentation to the former queen.
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London
Alfonso of
Spain
Victoria
Alessandro Torlonia
Hamilton mayor urges newspapers for municipal election publicity
Hamilton Ontario Mayor H. E. Wilson urged during a hydro meeting that candidates for municipal offices should rely on newspapers for their best publicity and avoid other advertising methods.
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Hamilton
Ont
H. E. Wilson
Hamilton Hydro
Farm Board Appeals Edmonton Hearing 86 Appeals Under Act
Alberta Farmers Creditors Arrangement Board sits in Edmonton to hear 86 appeals from district farmers. Justice Ewing chairs, with S H McCuaig and H B Macleod. Three cases daily for three weeks, then hearings move to Peace River and Grande Prairie before returning. First batch awards show a general 2 percent rate cut on mortgage interest, some from eight to five percent.
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Edmonton
Board of Review For
Alberta
Farmers’ Ceditors
Justice Ewing
S. H. McCuaig
K.C
H. B. Macleod
High River
North Country
Peace River
Grande Prairie
Re elected Alberta Farm Women President Cheers For Brownlee
Mrs Richard Price of Stettler was reelected president of the United Farm Women of Alberta at the annual convention. It was her third term. Speakers included J E Brownlee M R Bow and J S Grisdale with Zella H Spencer in Edmonton. Cheers welcomed Brownlee as former premier who may return to head of Alberta government.
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Calgary
Richard Price
Stettler
United Farm Women of Alberta
J. E. Brownlee
M. R. Bow
J. S. Grisdale
Zella H. Spencer
Edmonton
Brownlee
Edmonton Chamber bids bounty on timber wolves and cougars
The Edmonton Chamber of Commerce declares war on timber wolves and cougars in Alberta and will request the provincial government to set a bounty. The St Paul Board of Trade notes deer losses to wolves, while reports west of Edmonton cite similar damage by cougars to big game.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Edmonton Chamber of Commerce
St. Paul Board of Trade
Chamber
Viceroy Purchases Large Four-Engined Plane
Lord Willingdon secures a large four-engined aircraft for regular journeys across India after two years of satisfactory travel to various parts of the subcontinent.
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India
Lord Willingdon
Alberta MP calls for universal superannuation over 55
George C. Coote M P for MacLeod urged a non compulsory superannuation plan for all over 55 at the United Farmers of Alberta convention. He proposed employment guarantees for under 55 and farm price stabilization to 1926 levels with a publicly controlled financial system. He said farmers would be included and pensions would total about 50 dollars a month. Many younger men would replace pensioners under the plan.
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Alberta
Calgary
George C. Coote
MacLeod
United Farmers of Alberta
Coote
French Cabin Seaplane Ready for Trans Oceanic Service
A 37 ton French cabin seaplane with six 850 hp motors and a 104 foot length made its first air flight over Lake Biscarosse. Named Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paris, it features two decks and 12 deluxe first class cabins with beds and private bathrooms, plus room for 52 others. Trials aim for North and South American routes after initial tests.
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Bordeaux
France
Lieutenant de Vaisseau
Paris
Lake Biscarosse
North
South America
Roosevelt Urges Senate to Ratify World Court
President Roosevelt sent a special message to the Senate urging ratification of American adherence to the world court in a form that preserves the objective of peace. He said sovereignty would remain undiminished and noted bipartisan party support for adherence across eras. He emphasized the current moment as crucial for global peace.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States Senate
United States
Drouth Study Plan Okayed by Manitoba Land Surveyors
A permanent federal commission to study the drouth problem in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta and direct corrective measures was approved at the annual meeting of the Association of Manitoba Land Surveyors. It was suggested the area might be divided into zones for grazing cultivation or removal from cultivation based on soil and water supply.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Association of Manitoba Land Surveyors
Shark Stranded on Stanley Park Shore in Coal Harbour
Ten feet six inch shovel-nosed shark found stranded by the ebbing tide on Stanley park shore in Coal harbour. Three men cutting wood on the beach spotted the giant fish near death and attempted to aid it.
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Vancouver
Stanley Park
Coal Harbor
Fox Fur Farming Meeting West of Toronto
Forty delegates from all provinces attended the 16th annual meeting of the Canadian National Silver Fox Breeders Association in Saskatoon. It was the first industry meeting held in a city west of Toronto, with George Callbeck of Summerside PEI presiding as president. The 1933 meeting was held in Quebec City.
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Saskatoon
Canada
Toronto
George Callbeck
Summerside
Radio For Fire Chiefs Winnipeg Proposal
Fire Chief D A Boulden proposes equipping district fire chiefs with radios to transmit calls via police short wave gear, aiming to save time and improve response in Winnipeg.
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Winnipeg
D. A. Boulden
Henderson Named Bank of Canada Securities Chief
The Bank of Canada announces the appointment of K. A. Henderson of Toronto as head of the securities division. Henderson is 31, born in Ontario, educated at Gale Collegiate Institute and McGill University in Montreal.
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Ottawa
K. A. Henderson
Toronto
Bank of Canada
Henderson
Ontario
Gale Collegiate Institute
McGill University
Montreal
Doole Celebrates 78th Birthday in Thistletown
Edward C. T. Doole, veteran of the Riel rebellion and former guard, enters his 78th year in Thistletown Ontario. He arrived in Canada from Northern Ireland over six decades ago and celebrated his 77th birthday at home on January 14.
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Thistletown
Ont
Edward C. T. Doole
Riel
Regina
Doole
Canada
Northern Ireland
Trade Treaty Urged In House By Duff
Liberal MP William Duff for Antigonish Guysboro will push again this season for a trade treaty with the United States in the House of Commons.
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Ottawa
United States
House of Commons
William Duff
Antigonish- Guysboro
League lifts arms embargo against Bolivia in Chaco split
Geneva reports the League of Nations reinforced the arms embargo on Paraguay for rejecting the peace plan and lifted it on Bolivia which accepted the plan. Bolivia may buy arms while embargoing nations may sell. Paraguay has until Feb 24 to decide on the peace plan details.
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Paraguay
League
Chaco
Bolivia
United States
American Congress
Bandits Fire Through Three Counties in Illinois Bank Raid
A party of gunmen battled across a 30 mile front with 65 participants as they tried to loot the Leonore State bank in Illinois. Bank official Charles Bundy and Sheriff Glenn Axline were killed, a bank cashier and a robber died, and four others were wounded in the three county gun battles. Melvine Leis killed himself as the posse closed in near McNabb after the botched raid.
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Melvine Leis
McNabb
Amendment of Company Laws Urged by Stevens in Montreal
Hon. H. H. Stevens urged a drastic reform of company laws and practices in Montreal. He proposed a Dominion commission of industry and commerce to administer all related laws, drawing on his experience as former minister and former chair of the House of Commons mass buying and price spreads committee.
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Montreal
Dominion Commission of Industry and Commerce
Canadian Club
H. H. Stevens
Fire Destroys Mall Edmonton
Fire in the second mail and baggage car of a Northern Alberta Railways train to Water ways on Jan. 15 destroyed mail baggage and express. Loss believed small. Salvaged mail was returned by motor truck to the post office here by Postal Inspector Riley who was a passenger.
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Edmonton
Northern Alberta Railways
Lossig
Riley
Deutschland class cruisers terrorize future naval battles
Germany’s 10,000 ton Deutschland type cruisers are described as overwhelmingly powerful and very fast. Brassey’s Naval and Shipping Annual 1935 asserts no contemporary battleship could counter or stop them, signaling a transformative shift in naval balance.
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London
Germany
Brassey
Naval and Shipping Annual
May Enter House of Lords Derby Meeting Hints
At a Derby meeting presided by the Duke of Devonshire speculation rose that J. H. Thomas, secretary for the dominions, may enter the House of Lords if the Lords reform idea gains support.
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House of Lords
Derby
Eng
J. H. Thomas
Dominions
Lords
Duke of Devonshire
Canadian Institute of Surveying Names New President
Colin S. Macdonald of the Dominion Department of the Interior was named president of the Canadian Institute of Surveying, succeeding J. L. Rannie of Ottawa. The move places Macdonald at the helm of the national surveying body.
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Ottawa
Colins. Macdonald
Dominion Department of the Interior
The
Canadian Institute of Surveying
J. L. Rannie
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