Fixed price proposal for wheat crop by Saskatchewan cooperative
Saskatchewan shoppers heard proposals for a fixed minimum wheat price of 1.06 per bushel. A plan to levy one percent storage charges on farm grain and allow farmers to hold stock for living costs was outlined by A F Sproule. The meeting also backed education efforts in cooperation and urged university courses and lectures tied to farm youth programs.
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Saskatoon
Provincial Conference of Cooperative Trading Associations
A. F. Sproule
la Fieche
Sproule
George Bickerton
U.F.C
Co-Operative Society
University of Saskatchewan
Constable Pickrell to represent Canada in Olympic shooting
Constable R G Pickrell of the Canadian National Railways police in Winnipeg has been chosen to represent Canada and the British Empire in the Rome Olympics shooting matches this September. He previously injured his Wrist at Bisley but still came within one point of the Bisley pistol championship and won the Scottish pistol match at St. Andrews with 97 of 100.
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Montreal
R. G. Pickrell
Canadian National Railways
Winnipeg
Canada
British Empire
Rome
London
Pickrell
Bisley
St. Andrews
Scotland
National Jacques Cartier Society Pushes July 14 Holiday
A mass demonstration on Dufferin Heights supported by the National Jacques Cartier Society urged declaring July 14 as a national holiday to mark Jacques Cartier's discovery of Canada.
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Quebec
Dufferin Heights
Jacques Cartier Society
Canada
Jacques Cartier
Tokyo Seeks Separate Naval Treaty With Britain
A naval office spokesman told Havas that Japan is willing to negotiate a separate naval treaty with Great Britain like Germany did, and believes such an arrangement might be possible.
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Tokyo
Japan
Great Britain
Germany
Naval Office
Havas
Peace And War Over Ethiopia Brings League Of Nations Action
Britain and France press for a direct League of Nations examination of Italy's demand for Ethiopia. Mussolini has not clearly defined demands, but seeks political control. Sir Samuel Hoare says council should address the merits, not dodge responsibility, with possible cooperation with the United States to preserve peace.
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London
Britain
France
League of Nations
Italy
Ethiopia
League
Mussolini
Samuel Hoare
House of Commons
League Council
United States
Higher Duty On Jap Goods
Ottawa reports Canada retaliating against Japan by imposing a 33 1 4 percent ad valorem surtax on all imports from Japan effective Aug 5. Transit goods are exempt. Japan targets 10 items including lumber pulp and paper but excludes nickel lead and zinc. Canada aims to even the trade stance with a nationwide levy on Japanese goods.
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Ottawa
Canada
Japan
Oriental Kingdom
Canadian envoy Rosamond Archibald heads to Oxford Congress
Miss Rosamond deWoiffe Archibald of Wolfville Nova Scotia sails for England to serve on Canada’s international relations committee at the Congress of Education in Oxford August 10 to 17. She will present her teaching methods at Horton Academy and discuss launching a worldwide Goodwill Day essay contest in 1936. Archibald previously represented Canada at the National Council of Teachers of English in Washington last autumn.
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Wolfville
N.S
Rosamond deWoiffe Archibald
England
Canada
Congress of Education
Oxford
Archibald
Horton Academy
National Council of Teachers of English
Washington
Gandhi Through Calgary Says Jinaradasa
Theosophist lecturer C Jinaradasa of Madras India declares Mahatma Gandhi finished as a political agitator He says Gandhi has petered out and is out of commission ending the mischief of rousing antagonisms between peoples
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Calgary
Mahatma Ghandi
C. Jinaradasa
Theosophical Society
Madras
India
Penitentiary Officials Deny Letter Withholding Claim
Ottawa officials say they have no knowledge of any withholding of letters from Norman Red Ryan during his imprisonment in Kingston penitentiary. The report questions the handling of correspondence for the inmate and cites ongoing inquiries.
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Ottawa
Norman “Red” Ryan
Kingston Penitentiary
Saint John urged to appoint royal commission on government spending
A. O. Dawson of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce urged Saint John to form a royal commission to survey all governmental expenditures and identify curtailment. He cited budgets balanced by many municipalities, an $81 million cut in controllable Dominion expenditures from 1931 to 1934, and a $74 million decrease in provincial spending in 1933-34.
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Saint John
N.B
A. O. Dawson
Montreal
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Saint John Board of Trade
Canada
Dominion
Mr. Dawson
Veteran Montreal Printer Dies at 79
Isaac Glennon aged 79, a veteran Montreal printer long known in western Canada, died suddenly last week after returning from a 25 year sojourn in Pas, Manitoba.
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Montreal
Isaac Glennon
Canada
Western Canada
The
Pas
Man
Wants Action Edmonton Flood Protest Urged by Candidate
Liberal candidate L A Giroux warns a northern demonstration on Edmonton unless the government acts on flood relief. He calls for dredging the Lesser Slave Lake mouth sand bank and straightening 11 bends at the Lesser Slave River, estimated as a $9,000 project by engineers in 1930.
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Edmonton
L. A. Giroux
Grouard
Ottawa
Veterans of 1885 Rebel War Attend Saskatoon Exhibition
Representatives from both sides of the last historic struggle reunite at Saskatoon Industrial Exhibition. Mayor Pinder welcomes the veterans on the grand stand as famine for the day. Guests come from Regina Brandon and Victoria to mark the half century since the Saskatchewan clash.
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Saskatoon
Western Canada
Pinder
Saskatchewan
Regina
Brandon
Victoria
B.C
Haliburton Struggles With Elephant Crossing Alps To Rome
American traveler Richard Haliburton aimed to emulate Hannibal by crossing the Alps on an elephant. At Gran San Bernardo frontier, officials demanded a deposit equal to 50 percent of the elephant's value. He returned to Lucerne to raise funds, then faced a veterinary health check before entry into Italy.
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Alps
Rome
Richard Haliburton
Hannibal
Italy
Gran San Bernardo
Haliburton
Lucerne
Switzerland
British Columbia seeks national policy or compensation on trade
The Economic Council urges British Columbia to demand a national policy to place BC producers on par with eastern manufacturers in marketing goods or to receive adequate compensation for its adverse trade position. The report, prepared by Dr. W. A. Carrothers, notes BC buys most manufactured goods from eastern markets and exports primary products worldwide.
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Victoria
British Columbia
The
Economic Council
T. D. Pattullo
W. A. Carrothers
Council
Canada
Floods in China trigger vast death toll and displacement
The Hankow Red Cross reports 30,000 bodies recovered from floods along the Han and Yangtze near Hankow as central China counts the dead. Yellow river floods devastate 10,000 square miles of Shantung. Governor Han Fu Chu says nearly 5 million people are homeless. Hopei Henan Shensi also affected. total losses remain unestimated.
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Shanghai
Hankow
Red Cross Society
Yangtze
China
Shantung
Han Fu Chu
Nanking
Hopei
Henan
Shensi
Voters List Upgraded for Federal Election
Ottawa announces voter lists will be completed by August 15. Col John Thompson, Dominion franchise commissioner, says after revision the lists are printed at 10 ridings daily. They will show six million eligible voters, up 250000 from last year.
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Ottawa
John Thompson
Dominion
Government Bureau
Malaria Epidemic in Ceylon Reaps 74000 Lives
The malaria outbreak in Ceylon from November through April claimed 74,000 lives. Authorities recorded the toll as health workers repeated calls for improved sanitation and mosquito control.
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Ceylon
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Ghandi
Charles W. Gordon
Ralph Connor
Niagara
North
Riel
Mildenhall
Duxford
Red Cross
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