Proposal to Reduce Wheat Acreage at Four-Power Talks
London reports the four power wheat conference adjourned to seek production statistics from Australia Argentina and Soviet Russia while outlining a plan to cut acreage by 15 percent for one year and set export quotas. Canada U S and Argentina back small producers and Russia is considered essential to any durable solution as discussions aim to curb world wheat supply.
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London
Eng
Australia
Argentina
Soviet Russia
Canada
United States
Stanley Bruce
United Kingdom
Canberra
Russia
Daily Telegraph
Tariff Talks Move Toward Revision Under Canada UK Pact
London reports the United Kingdom requests Canada review duties on many articles under the Ottawa trade agreement. Canada Tariff Board is already prepared to reexamine tariffs on cotton and textile goods imported from Britain. The Imperial Conference pact allows either country to seek revisions of duties on the other's exports.
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London
Eng
United Kingdom
Ottawa
Canada
Canadian Tariff Board
Britain
Trouble Over Taxes In Polish Galician Districts
Nine peasants and one policeman were reported killed when police tried to stop assaults on tax collectors in Galician districts including Ropczye Rzeszow and Lancut. Sixteen were seriously wounded with many arrests and peasants escaping to forests.
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Warsaw
Poland
Ropczye
Rzeszow
Lancut
Gulls Save Crops In Nova Scotia Meadows
Farmers in Wolfville Nova Scotia watch Fundy gulls fatten on grasshoppers, saving crops in Grand Pre Meadows as pests threatened widespread ruin.
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Wolfville
N.S
Grand Pre Meadows
Fundy
Former President Hoover to Direct Stanford War Library
Herbert Hoover will become librarian at Stanford University as the library building is remodeled to provide an office. He will direct the Gennique Hoover war library from this post.
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Stanford University
Cal
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Gennique Hoover
Navigation aids announced for Hudson Bay route
The federal marine department will build a short wave direction finding station at Chesterfield on the east shore of Hudson Bay to aid navigators in fixing positions. No new navigation lights will be installed this year due to lack of funds and the need for detailed hydrographic surveys.
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Ottawa
Ont
Hudson Bay
Federal Marine Department
Chesterfield
Bay
Churchill
Nottingham Island
Nottingham
Marine Department
Imperial Shipping Committee
German Jews Need Help Says Williams in New York
Michael Williams of the American committee on religious minority rights warned in New York that Nazi persecution of Jews exceeds all other modern oppression. He urged creation of an international body empowered to speak and act for Jews worldwide to rescue and improve their状—position.
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New York
Michael Williams
Germany
American Committee of the Rights of Religious Minorities
Taking Part In Gold Rush The Past Man
Fleets of sailing canoes loaded with freight drift ahead of northern lake breezes signaling a summer gold rush in God's lake. The outboard motor sound spreads across the hinterland as Indigenous people join the rush using canoes to reach the mineralized zone.
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God's Lake
Plymouth Cordage Adds 150 Workers in Welland Plant
With a bumper wheat crop across western Canada raising demand for binder twine the Plymouth Cordage Company plant in Welland Ontario has hired 150 additional men to handle the increased production.
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Welland
Ont
Canada
Plymouth Cordage Company
New Federal Securities Act Limits Foreign Bond Offerings
Washington reports the blue sky law restricts foreign governments and corporations from issuing securities in the United States if they default on obligations. U S investment houses bear responsibility for information truthfulness and all financial data must be filed with the federal trade commission. In Ottawa, John R. Wallace of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police pleaded guilty to stealing 65 in gold coins from the Canadian mint and was remanded for sentence.
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Washington, D.C
United States
Republic
U.S
Federal Trade Commission
Ottawa
Ont
John R. Wallace
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Einstein Receives Doctor Honoris Causa in Brussels
Professor Albert Einstein was awarded the Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Brussels for the faculty of sciences. This honor recognizes his contributions to physics and science.
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Frank D. Adams
Faculty of Applied Science
Logan
McGill University
National Research Council
Washington
Brussels
Belgium
University of Brussels
Albert Einstein
Faculty of Sciences
Aeroplane Tragedy Claims Three Near Emma Lake Sask
Captain B W Broatch and two Brooks Adair mechanics die when a reconditioned Buhl plane spins and crashes into Emma Lake near Brooks Air base 30 miles north of Prince Albert. Forsyth dies. Broatch killed. Brooks body not recovered at time of report.
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Prince Albert
Saskatchewan
Brooks
Emma Lake
Here
B. W. “Bill” Broatch
Hiram C. Brooks
T. D. Forsyth
Broatch
Royal Navy Air Service
France
Dover Patrol
Brooks and
Forsyth
Brooks Ad
R. D. Brooks
Brooks Airways
Snow Slide Victims in Duchesney Pass Named Deam Brothers
Cris Deam 26 and Joe Deam 23 of Banff Alberta were found dead after snowslides in Duchesney Pass while attempting a ski journey from Camp Hector to Field. Swiss guides Rudolph Ammer and C Haesler discovered the bodies as work parties prepared to remove them. Brother Frank, 20, made repeated search trips. parents live in Banff.
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Field
B.C
Cris
Deam
Joe
Duchesney Pass
Banff
Alberta
Camp Hector
Rudolph Ammer
C. Haesler
Frank
Lord Montagu Fined in Victoria Police Court
Lord Edward Montagu second son of the Duke of Manchester was found guilty of common assault on John Forbes on June 15 and fined 20 dollars plus seven dollars costs or ten days in jail. Co defendant C W Brooks was found guilty of assault causing grievous bodily harm and fined 50 dollars plus seven dollars costs or one month in jail. Montagu paid the fine and was released.
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Victoria
B.C
Edward Montagu
Duke of Manchester
John Forbes
George Jay
C. W. Brooks
Montagu
Stabilization of Currency Bone of Contention
London reports Prime Minister J Ramsay MacDonald seeks to remove the monetary stabilization issue from the World Economic Conference agenda. The French delegation threatens adjournment until the US dollar stabilizes while many nations push for stabilization as essential to restore confidence. Leaders from Italy Switzerland Poland Norway Germany Romania and Yugoslavia support stabilization amid debate over easy money policies. Conservative gold standard countries doubt feasibility and warn of dangers.
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London
Eng
J Ramsay MacDonald
United States
Washington
Key Pittman
Italy
Switzerland
Poland
Norway
Germany
Romania
Yugoslavia
Marine Insurance Rates Seen Lower On Hudson Bay Route
The Imperial Shipping Committee reported hull and machinery insurance rates for Churchill trade could not be cut this year but the minimum rate extends to ships leaving Churchill to Oct. 7 from Sept. 30. Optimism remains for lower rates in future years if safety of the Hudson Bay route is shown. The 1932 season saw 10 cargo vessels through Hudson Straits to Churchill, nine successful, one the Bright Fan lost after iceberg strike. The earlier report noted that few voyages could let a single casualty consume premiums.
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Ottawa
Imperial Shipping Committee
Churchill
Department of Marine
Hudson Bay
Hudson Straits
Australian to spend £1,000,000 to strengthen air force
A Canberra despatch to the New York Times reports the Australian government plans to spend an additional £1,000,000 next year to bolster air force and mechanized transport. Defence Minister Sir George Pearce says defense has been starved for three years and will receive nourishment soon.
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New York
New York Times
Canberra
George Pearce
Grasshopper Invasion Threatens Manitoba Crops
Three ten thousand acres of green crops in Winchester municipality Manitoba faced possible destruction as an invasion of grasshoppers swept through the region. The western Canada wheat lands suffered from a heat wave that reduced moisture, worsening the crop danger.
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Winnipeg
Man
Winchester
Manitoba
Canada
Moran of Humane Society of New York Dies at 72
Obituary notes Harry Daniel Moran longtime head of the Humane Society of New York who spent 16 years aiding suffering animals has died. His work supported animal welfare and rescue efforts in New York City.
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New York
Harry Daniel Moran
The
Humane Society of
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