Trade treaty between Canada and U S endorsed in Commons
In the House of Commons Oliver Slaney, new president of the board of trade, endorsed the Canada United States trade treaty while MPs debated imperial preference. Stanley warned against treaties outside empire policy, Amery urged defense of empire trade, and others favored a cautious approach to any US accord.
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London
House of Commons
Oliver Slaney
The
Board of Trade
Walter Run
Stanley
Canada-United States
Great Britain
United States
Archibald Sinclair
Ottawa
Leopold Amery
Dominions
Amery
Britain
H. B. Lees-Smith
United Kingdom
F. J. Bellenger
Canada
Edward Grigg
West Indies
John Simon
New Gold Discovery Near Prince Albert
News of a new gold discovery in Lac la Ronge prompts multiple aeroplane parties to a Northland area site 24 miles northeast of the village. Adolph Studer, who staked a prospect two years ago, found samples valued from 11.55 to 10.35 per ton and traveled by air after reporting the find in Regina. Assays were conducted by the British Columbia government assayist at Nelson, B.C.
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Prince Albert
Sask
Lac la Ronge
Northland Village
Adolph Studer
Studer
Regina
British Columbia
Nelson
B.C
Forger Khan Receives 15 Year Add-On Sentence
Georgetown reporting that Chiragally Khan, a 30 year old former lawyer's clerk described as the master mind of elaborate fraud, is given a further 15 year term for forging wills while in prison. He already faced a 10 year sentence for forgery begun four years ago. He allegedly plotted with confederates to exploit hospital patients and collect estate proceeds after deaths.
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Bombay
Ipi
Arsal Kot
Waziristan
Dis Fier
Northwest Frontier Province
Georgetown
Guiana
Supreme Court
Chiragally Khan
Khan
Baldwin Enters Upper House To Continue Parliamentary Career
An aged British statesman follows in the footsteps of Quith Balfour and Disraeli by taking a seat in the House of Lords as Viscount Samuel swears the oath. The Liberal opposition leader, ousted in 1935, says his peerage will not change his push to abolish hereditary privilege in the upper chamber.
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Baldwin
London
Anley Baldwin
Asquith
Balfour
Disraeli
House of Lords
Viscount Samuel
Herbert Samual
Commons
Survey team to search Manyberries region for fossils
A National Museum of Canada party led by C. M. Steinberg plans a summer expedition in the Manyberries district of southeastern Alberta near the Saskatchewan border to recover prehistoric mammal specimens. The team joins six others exploring oil and gas resources, while parallel groups study water resources and underground structures in the same area.
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Regina
National Museum of Canada
C. M. Steinberg
Manyberries
Alberta
Saskatchewan
L. S. Russell
Canucks Receive Degrees at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Five Canadians are listed among MIT degree recipients. James William Montgomery from Wetaskiwin Alberta earned a Master of Science in mining engineering while Harry Carlton Swan from Moose Jaw received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Watford Couple Tours United States and Canada by Taxi
Mr and Mrs Francis Smith of Watford England rode a Washington taxi into Montreal and kept touring the city for days. Newspapers traced the story as Mrs Smith explained they met the driver in Washington and chose to continue the cross border ride to see the United States and Canada.
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Montreal
Francis Smith
Watford
England
Washington
Ethiopian Emperor Sues Italy Over Railway Stock Sale
Haile Selassie, claiming Ethiopia’s government ownership of stock in the Addis Ababa Djibouti railway, files suit in French courts via attorney Paul Weill to establish his right to sell his holdings after losing his country to Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Emperor Haile Selassie
Italy
Paul Weill
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Djibouti
French Somaliland
Westlake Proposes Canadian Flag Without Union Jack
Ju Westlake of Swift Current submits a new Canadian flag design to the secretary of state. The red field bears a royal blue shield with a maple leaf and crown, nine green maple leaves represent the provinces, and the design omits the Union Jack to reflect heraldic tradition.
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Swift Current
Ju Westlake
Westlake
Ottawa
British Commonwealth of Nations
Commonwealth
Canadians In London Outline Active Overseas Group
Canadians in London form a group at Overseas House with Mrs. R. W. D. Sandford as secretary. Lord Goschen, chairman, outlines the Overseas league program for Canada. The aims include creating a focal point for Canadian interests, aiding home members to meet Canadians, arranging discussions on Canadian problems, and linking Canadian London residents with other dominion groups.
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London
Overseas House
R. W. D. Sandford Pinner
Middlesex
Overseas League
Canada
Lord Goschen
League
Eclipse Captured in Films by Brown Professor
Pictures taken in Huaraz Peru during a 1200 year solar eclipse show three films by Prof. Charles H. Smiley of Brown University. He notes a clear sky near the sun and hopes the films reveal corona extent and whether its light is emitted or reflected. Smiley expects observations were successful despite undeveloped films.
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Huaraz
Peru
Charles H. Smiley
Brown University
Smiley
British blame Spanish insurgents for destroyer Hunter mine
The British government blamed Spanish insurgents for a mine off Almeria that damaged the destroyer Hunter on May 13, causing eight deaths and 24 injuries. A protest was sent to General Francisco Franco via ambassador Sir Henry Chilton. The incident was called an accident, though reports point to insurgent mines. Repairs in Gibraltar will cost over £140,000 and take about a year.
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London
Hunter
Almeria
Francisco Franco
Foreign Office
Henry Chilton
Spain
Hendaye
France
Salamanca
Gibraltar
Widow Joins Relief Work Gang in Nairn Centre Canada
Ann Sofia Tenho a 70 year old widow in Nairn Centre Ontario joined a relief work gang to earn a five dollar relief slip. She worked three days graveling a railroad approach with a wheelbarrow and shovel insisting she needed to work to eat in winter. Councillor George Thurlow noted her name among workers though women were not required to earn relief. She wore men’s overalls and boots and traveled three miles to the crossing to work.
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Nairn Centre
Ont
Ann Sofia Tenho
George Thurlow
Sudbury
Representative argues against 40 hour week at Geneva
Alexander R. Goldie of Galt Ontario told the international labor conference that workers must choose between higher incomes and more leisure. He opposed the 40 hour week, urging focus on middlemen profits and production increases to lift living standards, rather than reducing hours while wages stay the same.
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Geneva
International Labor Conference
Alexander R. Goldie
Galt, Ont
Goldie
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Ciman
India
Forger
Dominion
Westminster Abbey
L. PD. Tilley
Supreme Court of New Brunswick
Justice Tilley
Australia
Haile Selassie
Southampton
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