Public Works Plan for Relief Across Canada
The Mal Empire reports a moderate relief work plan with initial expenditures of 50.74 million across eight provinces. Ontario and Quebec receive the largest shares while most funds fund construction of provincial and federal buildings rather than housing or roads. The plan involves 20 regional committees and a Toronto headquarters. Provinces allocations include British Columbia 3.84M, Alberta 3.215M, Saskatchewan 3.975M, Manitoba 4.484M, Ontario 17.56M, Quebec 13.3668M, New Brunswick 2.075M, Nova Scotia 2.425M, Prince Edward Island none allocated yet.
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Toronto
Ontario
Quebec
R. B. Bennett
Canada
British Columbia
Alberta
Sakatchewan
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Mail and Empire
Millions of Cull Dairy Cattle Slaughtered in California Plan
Cull Dairy Cattle in San Francisco California totaling about 12 000 head including surplus dairy cows and steer beef will be slaughtered in the next three months. They will be cooked canned and distributed to the unemployed under state emergency relief direction. The $320 000 expenditure is endorsed by the California Cattlemen's Association and the California Dairy Council as direct stimulus. State administrator KR C Branson said the move will consume most of the available cull dairy cattle in the state.
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San Francisco
California
State Emergency Relief Administration
California Cattlemen's Association
California Dairy Council
KR. C. Branson
Greece Orders Samuel Insull to Leave Athens
The supreme state council and the interior minister ruled Insull must depart Greece and seek a new refuge to avoid extradition to the United States. They denied his request to stay beyond January 31 and ordered him to cover the costs of recent proceedings to preserve U S Greece relations.
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Athens
Supreme State Council
Minister of the Interior
Samuel Insull
Greece
United States
Chicago
Government economy urged as Canada’s cure for low mood
Floyd S. Chalmers editor of the Financial Post told members of the Canadian Construction Association at their convention in Toronto that a government economy guaranteeing national credit and protecting private investors from confiscation of depreciation is the only solution to Canada’s low mood problem.
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Toronto
Canada
Floyd 5S
Chalmers
Financial Post
Canadian Construction Association
More Marriages in Canada as Vital Stats Rise
Reports from 70 cities to the Dominion bureau show marriages up from the previous year while births and deaths declined. Marriage license bureaus and clergymen note brisk activity in Ottawa and across the country.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Fraudulent Sales Tactics Target Winnipeg Customers
The Winnipeg municipal public utility board investigates reports that residents have been harmed by high pressure long distance stock sales pitched by Mani tobans. W R Cottingham KC announced he chairs the inquiry.
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Winnipeg
Municipal
Public Utity Board
W. R. Cottingham
K.C
Mountie Patrol Probes Cannibal Spirit Tale in Barren Lands
The Pas reports a lone Royal Canadian Mounted Police patrol travels 250 miles to Lac du Brochet and remote camps at Burntwood Bay and Reindeer Lake to verify terrifying stories of a demented Indian tied to a dog sleigh and left to die in freezing cold amid fears of a revived Cannibal Spirit murder.
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Pas
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Lac du Brochet
Percy Rose
Burntwood Bay
Reindeer Lake
Northwest Territories
Quebec Premier Hints Lottery Planned for Charity
Premier L A Taschereau told the legislative assembly that Quebec may organize its own lottery for charitable and educational aims. If the house supports it, legislation would be tabled. He urged a conference outcome that could allow the province to hold a lottery under amended criminal code provisions.
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Quebec
L. A. Taschereau
Legislative Assembly
Saskatchewan Waives Compulsory Wheat Acreage Cuts
Premier Anderson says no compulsory wheat acreage reduction law for Saskatchewan. Plan details not yet announced. Attorney General MacPherson to outline how policy aligns with the international wheat agreement. Ottawa reports Canada may lop 4,000,000 acres, with Saskatchewan details to follow.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
M. A. MacPherson
Ottawa
Canada
MacPaerson
Devastation in Monghyr After India Earthquake Toll
The Rajah of Monghyr reports 25000 deaths in Monghyr alone as earthquakes devastate eastern India during Eid al Fitr. He warns it will take months to clear ruins and reveal incalculable bodies. Monghyr district lies in Bhagalpur division, Bihar and Orissa, spanning 3927 square miles and cut by the Ganges.
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Calcutta
India
Monghyr
Eidul Fitr
Northrastern India
Bhagalpur
Bihar
Orissa
Ganges
Cities Of Youth Ottawa Three Rivers and Sydney Among Canada’s Youthful Cities
The Dominion bureau of statistics reports 1931 census shows Ottawa and Three Rivers in Quebec and Sydney in Nova Scotia each with 46 percent of residents under 20. Victoria has the lowest share at 28 percent. Prairie provinces outpace Ontario with Regina at 38.94 percent Edmonton 38.45 Winnipeg 35 Calgary 34 and an overall 36 percent under 20.
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Ottawa
Three Rivers
Quebec
Sydney
Nova Scotia
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Victoria
Prairie Provinces
Ontario
Regina
Edmonton
Winnipeg
Calgary
Britain Asked For Suggestions To Break Disarmament Stalemate
A German reply to British arms inquiries last month reportedly urged London to seek definite suggestions aimed at resolving the disarmament stalemate. Officials avoided comment while some circles saw acceptance as an effort to bridge gaps between French and German positions.
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London
Mounties Meet Old Timers Calgary
Members of the North West Mounted Police from 1874 saluted the Royal Canadian Mounted Police of 1934 at the Southern Alberta Pioneers and Old Timers Association annual round-up. Col James Walker G King and John Heron greeted Red coats from the Calgary barracks. Mrs Alex Matheson of Garfield headed the pioneers roll call, arriving in Alberta in 1869.
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Calgary
North West Mounted Police
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Southern Alberta Pioneers
James Walker
King
John Heron
Plains
Alex. Matheson
Garfield
Pioneers
Alberta
Prospecting By Air In Desert Quest By Campbell Cobham
London reports Sir Malcolm Campbell and Sir Alan Cobham plan an aerial expedition to the waterless Kalahari Desert seeking gold. They will land in the desert and use the plane as a base to explore on foot with a geologist accompanying them. Seattle notes an aircraft with foldable wings may travel highways, seen as a precursor to a combined car and plane, described by Prof. John W. Miller.
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London
Malcolm Campbell
Alan Cobham
Kalahari
Daily Mail
Seattle
John W. Miller
University of Washington
Earthquake Hits Shanshi and Suyuan Provinces
A quake struck Shanshi and Suyuan in China causing building collapses and people buried in debris. Semi official reports say damage extent unclear but loss of life believed small.
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Shanghai
Shanshi
Suyuan
Inherits Large Estate for English Return to Norfolk
Vancouver man Kellett Long, 58, plans to fly to England to claim a Norfolk estate valued over 150000 dollars. He arrived in Canada in 1890, lived on a Saskatchewan farm, mined near Atlin, and has resided in Vancouver for 25 years. The inheritance includes Demstain Hall, four miles from Norwich, plus 3555 acres of farmland and 32000 pounds.
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Vancouver
England
Cyim
Kellett Long
British Columba
Fortescue Kellett Long
Long
Canada
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Atlin
Demstain Hall
Norwich
Norfolk
Treasury Opens Federal Mints to Soviet Gold Trade
Secretary Morgenthau ordered federal mints open to Soviet Russian gold as part of three key trade shifts with newly recognized Russia. The actions also lifted bans on Russian lumber and pulp wood tied to convict labor concerns and on Russian matches due to dur line production.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Russia
Naval officials deliberate on vital problems in Singapore
British naval leaders aboard the cruiser Kent at the Singapore base discuss Singapore’s future as a naval hub. The talks center on maintaining imperial communications with England, Australia, New Zealand, and the Far East, with a likely move to modernize Singapore as a key base without altering local defense policy.
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Singapore
Straits Settlements
Kent
England
Australia
New Zealand
Far East
Admiralty
London
Sweat Shop Charges Stir Toronto Convention Speech
Hon. H. H. Stevens, minister of trade and commerce, criticized sweat shops and mass buying practices by large firms at the shoe manufacturers of Canada convention in Toronto. His remarks sparked a flood of telegrams supporting his stance, with many communications reaching the department daily.
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Ottawa
H. H. Stevens
Toronto
Department of Trade and Commerce
Uniform Companies Act Aimed Across Provinces
Hon W J Major reports a uniform Companies Act likely after a Ottawa conference with legal officers. The act may be introduced in Parliament soon, with several provinces expected to pass it in their 1954 sessions following a Hamilton Ottawa agreement.
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Winnipeg
Dominion
Ottawa
W. J. Major
K.C
Garage Roof Collapse Buries 35 Cars in Winnipeg
Snow with heavy load collapsed a public garage in Winnipeg trapping 35 automobiles. Dun can E Campbell and Fred Bull risked injury to rescue 15 cars before the roof failed. A fire caused by a short circuit after the collapse caused several thousand dollars in damage and was brought under control.
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Winnipeg
Duncan E. Campbell
Fred Bull
Cancer Menace Rising in Montreal Warns Doctor
Dr. J. E. Gendrea of the Radium Institute in Montreal warns that cancer is increasing and humanity faces a losing battle. He cites radium institute work as the best means to fight the disease and urges establishment of the institute.
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Montreal
J. E. Gendrea
Radium Institute of
Radium Institute
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Derson
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Roy Maxwell
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Germany
China
Newfoundland
Cyril Harmer
St. John’s
Great Britain
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R. Harmer
House of Commons
Uniform Companies Act
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