Brownlee Defends Agriculture Amid Western Crisis Talks
Premier J E Brownlee addresses United Farmers of Alberta urging restraint from radical policy shifts and warning against secession and currency reform. He questions selling wheat under Russian models, discusses credit risk, tax arrears, and a potential fixed wheat price to stabilize farming without boosting production.
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Calgary
Alta
Basty
J. E. Brownlee
United Farmers of Alberta
UFA
Radica
Canada
Brownlee
Alberta
Russia
F. W. Beatty
K.C
Ban on Alberta beer parlors urged at UFA convention
The United Farmers of Alberta and its women’s section urged immediate action to abolish beer parlors by legislation or plebiscite. The Alberta Prohibition Association request for abolition was endorsed, with Norman Priestley calling for another blow at this traffic.
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Alberta
Calgary
Alta
United Farmers of Alberta
U.F.A
Alberta Prohibition Association
Norman Priestley
U F.A
Planetoid Eros to Reach Earth for Second Appearance
Planetoid Eros, which nears Earth about every 30 years, is due to appear on the 29th or 30th of this month marking a major opportunity for astronomical research since the century's start, says Prof. H. R. Kingston of Western University.
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Toronto
Seaman Towl Sentenced in Lucia Naval Troublemade
Naval court martial in Devonport sentenced Able Seaman Benjamin Towl to six months hard labor and dishonorable discharge for incidents aboard the submarine depot ship Lucia. He was the second enlisted man tried among thirty involved.
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Devonport
England
Benjamin Towl
Lucia
Rumor Says New Governor General to Fly Own Flag
In Ottawa rumors say the next Governor-General of Canada will have a personal flag with a blue field and gold royal crest, bearing Royal and Dutch inscriptions. The flag would be used as the representative of His Majesty with approval from the King, while Cape Town has its own flag alongside the Union Jack.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Cape Town
South Africa
Earl of Clarendon
Union of
Canada Wheat Surplus Data Revealed by Stats Bureau
Ottawa reports Canada’s wheat surplus at 253,000,000 bushels with other major exporters listed including Argentina 200,000,000 and Australia 165,000,000. The briefing notes limited December foreign figures and mid January Canadian coverage, cites France and Germany as importing trends, and notes India as a new outlet for Australian exports while U S. remains noncompetitive.
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Ottawa
Ont
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Argentine
Australia
United States
Russia
France
Germany
India
Black Sea
Orient
No Official Calls In Cuba Change Necessary In Program
The Prince of Wales and Prince George on an 18 000 mile Spanish America tour will not make official calls in Havana Cuba on January 21 due to limited time and court mourning for Princess Louise The Oropesa sailing from Vigo reports the princes enjoy ship life and will first stop at Hamilton Bermuda before continuing their voyage
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Havana
Prince of Wales
Prince George
Spanish America
Legation
Machado
Pricess Louise
Cuba
Oropesa
Vigo
Spain
Hamilton
Bermuda
Empire dairy council formed to shield butter and cheese
London reports that an empire dairy council with its headquarters in London will be formed by the Royal Empire Society. The council aims to coordinate dairy industry interests across the empire and protect both home and overseas producers from unfair foreign competition.
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Empire Council
London
England
Empire Dairy Council
Royal Empire Society
U F A Proposes Government Takeover Of Wheat Crop
At the United Farmers of Alberta convention Calgary delegates representing over 18 000 farmers supported a plan to have Canada assume the 1930 wheat crop and pay producers in wheat certificates. The certificates would act as trade dollars usable outside Canada for any Dominion commodity. The memo called for tax relief credit reform and tariff revision alongside talks with wheat exporting nations for price stability.
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Calgary
Alberta
Canada
United Farmers of Alberta
George Bevington
Winterburn
Agrarian Authority
Mr. Bevington
Dominion
William Irvine
Wetaskiwin
Britain
U.F.A. Board of Directors
British Policy In India Reflected In London Conference
The Liberty newspaper reports Ramsay MacDonald’s Indian Conference closing remarks hint at introducing popular responsibility in Indian administration. Subhas Chandra Bose, Calcutta mayor and Bengal Congress president, sits as a director. Bose is imprisoned for nationalist activities. The paper says the public will judge any new constitution by its practicality and the reservations offered.
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Calcutta
India
Ramsay MacDonald
London
England
Liberty
Congress
Subhas Chandra Bose
Bengal Congress
Russian Wheat Imports Question Sparks Commons Debate
In London the House of Commons saw a brief outburst over importing wheat from Russia. Christopher Addison, minister of agriculture, said the government was examining the issue and its impact on British farming, but could not say when a statement would be issued.
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London
England
House of Commons
Russia
Christopher Addison
Western Canada Exhibitions elect officers at convention
Western Exhibition Officers Winnipeg Manitoba N W Kerr K C Brandon Man was elected president of the Western Canada Association of Exhibitions at the closing session of the annual convention here. C M Baker Calgary was named vice president and S W Johns Saskatoon secretary treasurer Gibraltar. The British battle cruisers Renown and Tiger have been placed under quarantine because of an influenza outbreak among their crews.
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Winnipeg
Man
N. W. Kerr
K.C
Brandon
Western Canada Association of Exhibitions
C. M. Baker
Calgary
S. W. Johns
Saskatoon
Gibraltar
Renown
Tiger
Hail Insurance Losses Heavier Last Year
Delegates at the Canadian Hail Insurance Companies convention report that hail losses in the prior year were heavier than 1929 but not as severe as 1927 or 1928. Alberta faced several losses prompting company withdrawals and potential further exits if targeted legislation is not enacted.
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Toronto
Alberta
New Roads to Circle the Globe Built by 300000 Workers
About 300 000 workers will build new highways across the United States this year at a cost near a billion dollars. More than 9 000 miles of the projected 25 000 mile network will be paved hard surface, although 11 states could not provide mileage estimates.
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New York
Globe
United States
Winnipeg May Have More Representatives
Winnipeg could gain two additional seats by expanding city representation from ten to twelve. The plan by the Bracken administration would include bringing the suburbs of St. James and Kildonan into the city tally, increasing Manitoba’s capital’s influence in the provincial legislature.
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Winnipeg
Man
Bracken
St. James
Kildonan
MacDonald Government Defeated Over Education Bill Vote
In London the MacDonald government lost a House of Commons vote on an Education Bill amendment 282 to 249. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald pledged to proceed, while Winston Churchill mocked his leadership. The amended bill later passed 256 to 238 and moves to the Lords.
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London
England
MacDonald
House of Commons
Ramsay MacDonald
Winston Churchill
Churchill
House
House of Lords
John Scurr
Mile End
Church of England
French cabinet resigns over wheat price dispute
Paris deputies topple Premier Theodore Steeg's government in a 283 to 283 vote after about five and a half weeks. The crisis centered on a 2 per bushel price stabilizing plan as wheat bread costs surged in Paris while Canada and the United States saw low demand. Victor Boret faced scrutiny as agriculture minister with calls for his resignation.
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Paris
France
French Chamber of Deputies
Theodore Steeg
Chicago
Winni
Pes
Gaston Doumergue
Victor Boret
Steeg
Pierre Etienne Flandin
Andre Tardieu
Flandin
Canada
United States
M. Boret
Boret
Realism Triggers Stampede at Romanian Village Cinema
In Georgvesti Romania motion pictures debut prompts a village stampede injuring 12 spectators, as a cinema scene of a locomotive appears to burst from the screen. Villagers flee causing structural damage amid a panicked rush to exit the hall.
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Georgvesti
Romania
Canada Posts Record Trade Deficit for 1930
Ottawa reports an unfavorable balance of trade totaling 103 million 109 thousand 126 dollars for the year ending December 31 1930. Both exports and imports declined from 1929 with imports at 1 008 479 479 dollars and exports at 885 906 366 dollars. Foreign goods exports stand at 19 463 987 dollars.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Italian government names Elford to Rome congress task
Ottawa reports F. C. Elford Dominion poultry husbandman and past president of the World's Poultry Science Association has been appointed to the Italian executive for arranging the fifth World's Poultry Congress. The event will be held in Rome in 1933.
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Ottawa
Ont
F. C. Elford
Dominion Poultry Husbandman
World's
Poultry Science Association
Italy
Rome
Cromer Refuses Governor Generalship of Canada
Unofficial reports say Earl of Cromer Rowland Thomas Baring offered and declined the governor-generalship of Canada. He has served as Lord Chamberlain since 1922.
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Earl of Cromer
Marc Connelly
Lord Willingdon
Canada
Cromer
London
England
Rowland Thomas Baring
Lord Cromer
Ottawa Parliament Schedule Rumors Quieted by Official Notice
Rumors in Ottawa about a mid March opening for Parliament swirl until an official announcement confirms the schedule. The notice clarifies dates and proceedings for the coming session.
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Joan Pearson
Nancy Pearson
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Bae
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