Weir Defends Charges Against His Department in Commons
In Ottawa the Minister of Agriculture Hon Robert Weir defended his department amid accusations of incompetence and inefficiency. He cited few dismissals since taking over and pledged to defend department staff against West articles while defending official records and figures.
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Ottawa
Humboldt
West
W. Motherwell
Weir
Henry A. Mullins
Marquette
Motherwell
Robert Weir
W. RR. Motherwell
Hastings South
W. E. Tummon
Gas Waste Troubles Turner Valley Prompt Action
Dr. G S S Whitby, director of the chemistry division of the National Research Council of Canada, told the opening session of the 14th annual convention of the Canadian Chemical Association that natural gas waste in Turner Valley Alberta remains a problem of extreme seriousness and urgency. Professor A T Cameron of the University of Manitoba was named president at a meeting of the Canadian Institute of Chemistry, subsidiary of the association, with Dr T Thorvaldson of the University of Saskatchewan elected to the council.
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Turner Valley
Alberta
G. S&s. Whitby
National Research Council of Canada
Canadian Chemical Association
Canadian Institute of Chemistry
Association
A. T. Cameron
University of Manitoba
T. Thorvaldson
University of Saskatchewan
Chinese Seek Munitions for Hong Kong Defense
A contract was signed between southern army leaders and a munitions firm for a million dollars worth of shells bombs grenades and rifle ammunition to fight Nationalist Government forces. Heavy shipments from Germany and Japan have been unloaded at Canton. The Kwangtung and Kwangsi armies reportedly have enough munitions to last six months.
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Hong Kong
China
Germany
Japan
Canton
Copyright registration required for Canadian stories
Winnipeg author protection rules require registration in Ottawa or marking the work as copyright in articles. If a newspaper has no grounds to suspect copyright subsists, it may publish the work. Justice Donovan's judgment clarifies the condition for complete copyright protection.
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Winnipeg
Man
Ottawa
Justice Donovan
Swedish Flier Promoted for Greenland Feat
Captain Albin Ahrenberg of Sweden, who helped remove Augustine Courtauki the British meteorologist from the Greenland ice plateau, has been promoted from non commissioned officer to captain in the navy. The rise is noted as an unprecedented distinction in Sweden.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Albin Ahrenberg
Augustine Courtauki
Greenland
Faster Freight Service Boosts Winnipeg Short-Haul Runs
A. E. Warren announces a new experiment to speed freight by using baggage cars on regular passenger trains. The plan carries seas and carload lots between Winnipeg and points along the CN lines. Initiated May 22, routes include Winnipeg Belmont Brandon Virden and a Saskatoon Edmonton line via North Battleford, plus Calgary Edmonton via Mirror.
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Winnipeg
Man
Canadian National
A. E. Warren
Belmont
Brandon
Virden
Saskatoon
Edmonton
North Battleford
Calgary
Cattle Shipments To Britain From Saskatchewan
One hundred head of Saskatchewan cattle were sent to British markets. Thirty steers were from a feed lot near Saskatoon. The shipment marks the first in a series by the Saskatchewan Co-Operative Livestock Producers Limited. The cattle from J. H. Langham’s farm weighed 11 to 12 hundred pounds and were Hereford steers bought under the government feeder scheme.
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Saskatoon
Sask
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Co-Operative Livestock Producers Limited
J. H. Langham
Avenue
Remembrance Day Bill Flighted to November 11 Status
A senate committee passed a bill to fix Remembrance Day on November 11 in Ottawa, separating it from Thanksgiving Day. The bill returns to the senate for final approval, with critics from veterans groups debating separate holiday observances. J R Bowler of the Canadian Legion urged distinct celebrations for Thanksgiving and Remembrance.
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Ottawa
Ont
Senate
Dominion
J. R. Bowler
The
Canadian Legion
Canadians Lose Credit Ottawa Ont
Canadian contributions to the cultural social and economic development of North America are discussed by Professor J Bartlet Brebner head of the Canadian History Department at Columbia University in New York He argues that Canadian inventors scientists artists and professionals carried their ideas to large North American markets but their contributions have often been grouped with the general pattern of living.
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Ottawa
Ont
North America
J. Bartlett Brebner
Canadian History Department
Columbia University
New York
Canadian Historical Association
Bourassa Attacks Canadian Russia Trade Ban In Commons
Ottawa reports Henri Bourassa in the House of Commons denounces the Dominion Government for using order in council to ban coal pulpwood and other Russian imports. He questions government authority and cites alleged private interests and religious motive in Canada Russia trade.
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Ottawa
Ont
Dominion
Russia
House of Commons
Henri Bourassa
Labelle
Parliament of
Canada
Bourassa
London
G. Howard Ferguson
Great Britain
Webster
Herbert Holt
International Paper Company
United States
Gold Seekers Intensify Placer Search Near Okotoks
In Okotoks Alberta prospectors rush holiday weekend gold hunt along Sheep Creek with several claims staked near town. A reported fair sized nugget surfaced though profitability remains unconfirmed as shallow bed allows rapid exploration by a few miners.
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Okotoks
Alberta
Sheep Creek
Minister Of Justice May Go To Britain
Ottawa reports that Hon. Hugh Guthrie the Minister of Justice plans a summer visit to Britain to observe several Privy Council appeals including the natural resources and security frauds act cases. The trip depends on no Imperial Economic Conference this autumn and on an early parliamentary session conclusion.
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Ottawa
Ont
Hugh Guthrie
Old Country
Privy Council
Guthrie
Tornado Wrecks Empire Builder Train Near Fargo
A tornado eight miles southeast of Fargo North Dakota wrecked the Great Northern Empire Builder passenger train. One man, a section worker, died after being pitched through a window as twelve steel coaches toppled. The engine and tender stayed on track and several others were injured.
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Fargo
N.D
Great Northern
Empire Builder
Here
Wheat Clearances To Europe Higher This Month
Fort William Ont May wheat shipments to foreign markets surged past 20 million bushels in the month’s first weeks. The week ending May 22 saw 5 055 471 bushels cleared, per E A Ursell statistician Board of Grain Commissioners. US clearance figures were not yet received.
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Fort William
Ont
E. A. Ursell
Board of Grain Commissioners
United States
U.S
No Cause For Damage Claim In U S Cannada Demands
A Washington despatch reports Canada seeks damages for the sinking of the rum-running schooner I'm Alone, 200 miles off the Louisiana coast on March 22, 1929. The United States contends the vessel was American-owned and no just cause existed for a damage claim.
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New York
New York Times
Washington
Canada
Louisiana
United States
Women farmers to gather in Saskatoon for university week
Saskatoon will host the farm women's university week June 9 to 12 with talks on topics of interest to women on the land. Officials expect large attendance as farming women from Saskatchewan participate.
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Saskatoon
Sask
Saskatchewan
Farm Women’s University
Newfoundland Premier Denies Labrador Sale Talks
Halifax cabled Sir Richard Squires, Newfoundland prime minister, saying there is absolutely no truth in newspaper reports that his government is negotiating the sale of Labrador.
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Halifax
N.S
Richard Squires
Newfoundland
Labrador
Toronto honors leaders with honorary degree convocation
The University of Toronto awarded Doctor of Laws to the Earl of Bessborough Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett prime minister of Canada and Hon. George S. Henry premier of Ontario at a special convocation in Toronto Ontario.
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Toronto
Western Bay Cadet Joins Navy Summer Course
Kingston Ontario based E. C. Mayhew of Moose Jaw is among 17 Royal Military College cadets who will join the Royal Canadian Navy on June 1 for a summer course running to August 15.
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Kingston
E. C. Mayhew Moose Jaw
Royal Military College
Royal Canadian Navy
Loss Of Russian Submarine Near Helsinki Described
A Soviet Baltic fleet submarine No 9 sank near Helsinki after an explosion during maneuvers. Russian aircraft and warships circled the spot as Riga reports say no survivors and the crew count is unknown. Moscow dispatches note a potential heavy loss with Baltic forces sustaining a small fleet.
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London
England
Riga
Latvia
Helsingfors
Finland
Moscow
Russia
Baltic
Rum Ring Probe Expansion Urged in Senate
Senator J. J. Hughes urged widening the Quebec St. Pierre Miquelon rum ring inquiry to include the Maritime provinces. He said an order in council would soon set the investigation’s powers. He charged liquor cargo short shipments from St Pierre and Miquelon to Quebec spots. The Treasury was allegedly shorted millions in excise duties, with broader scope than Quebec.
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Ottawa
Ont
Quebec-St. Pierre-Miquelon
Maritime Provinces
Senate
J. J. Hughes
St. Pierre and Miquelon
Quebec
Hughes
Dairy Grant Up for Debate in Commons
In Ottawa a brief Commons debate centered on agriculture estimates with low butter prices featured. A £905 allocation for dairying included a £5,000 grant to the National Dairy Council, prompting calls to cut the total by £5,000. Liberal E. J. Young charged the council with bias, while Minister Robert Weir defended the grant and noted dairy price adjustments with Australia.
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Ottawa
Ont
Agriculture Department
House of Commons
National Dairy Council
E. J. Young
Weyburn
Robert Weir
Weir
Parker Moloney
Canada
Moloney
Bennett
W. R. Motherwell
Motherwell
West prairie nursery stations to continue operations
The Dominion government will keep the Indian Head Saskatchewan and Sutherland Saskatchewan nursery stations in operation through the current fiscal year. The program provides free nursery stock to Western Canadian farmers and was previously run by the forestry branch. Pending provincial control finalization, arrangements are in place to administer the stations through the Department of Agriculture.
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Ottawa
Ont
Indian Head
Sutherland, Sask
Department of Agriculture
T. G. Murphy
House of Commons
W. R. Motherwell
Prairie
Piccard Kipfer Soar to 52500 Feet Alpine Flight
Prof August Piccard and assistant Kipfer claim a new world altitude record of 52500 feet in a giant German built balloon above the Alps near Gurgi Austria. They landed after sunset, salvaged the balloon at 9000 feet, and reported no major damage while gathering stratosphere data for cosmic ray research.
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Innisbruck
Austria
August Piccard
Gurgi
Charles Kipfer
Ober Gurgi
Piccard
Brussels
Augusburg
Germany
Kipfer
Woman Refuses Oath to Bear Arms Delays Citizenship
Oakland woman Minnie E Dauphinee sought final papers but, citing a Supreme Court ruling, her pledge to bear arms in war was refused. The Superior Judge Fred W Wood postponed granting citizenship after she said she would nurse during a war but would not kill.
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Oakland
California
United States Supreme Court
Fred W. Wood
Minnie E. Dauphinee
Dauphinee
Canada
Commons to Probe Farm Product Marketing in Ottawa
The House of Commons agriculture committee will investigate problems surrounding the marketing of farm products in Ottawa. The motion, brought by Hon. Robert Weir, Minister of Agriculture, passed unanimously.
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Robert Gardiner
Left
Progressive Party
House of Commons
Beauharnois Canal
R. B. Bennett
St. Lawrence
Wilfrid Laurier McDougal
Ottawa
Ont
House of Commons Committee On Agriculture
Commons
Robert Weir
Radiophone Enables Conversation 200 Feet Underground
A newly invented radiophone allows talking through solid stone and up to 200 feet underground, signaling a breakthrough in subterranean communication and construction operations.
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