Saskatchewan farmers reelect leaders and boost fund drive
In Saskatoon delegates of the United Farmers of Canada Saskatchewan section re elected A J Macauley as president and J F Herman as vice president. They pledged to raise 10000 for the association within four months and cut memberships to 2 for families. The group seeks broader farm alliances and reforms to the Debt Adjustment Act.
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Saskatoon
Sask
Organized Farmers of Saskatchewan
A. J. Macauley
Faseca
United Farmers of Canada
Saskatchewan
J. F. Herman
Macauley
Labor Party
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Alberta
Wheat Pool
Debt Adjustment Commission
Comparison Favors Canada in Banking Stability
Treasury official John W. Pole told a congressional committee that 2,290 U.S. banks failed in 1931 while none failed in Canada since 1923. He noted the contrast across the border, saying similar people and conditions produced vastly different banking outcomes.
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John W. Pole
Congressional
United States
Canada
Heavy Grain Shipments Through Vancouver Port
Over the past two weeks about 6.2 million bushels of grain were booked for shipment through Vancouver to the United Kingdom and the continent. The Vancouver Merchants' Exchange reports weekly shipments totaling 3,451,056 bushels, lifting the season total to 43,430,886 bushels, versus 45,511,070 bushels at the same time last year.
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Vancouver
B.C
United Kingdom
Chinese Assist Planes for Shanghai and Germany Talks
Worcester official Harry S. Jue of the Worcester Chinese Aid Committee says Chinese in the United States have bought and ship planes to Shanghai for military use, totaling 75 aircraft. He adds that Chinese leaders are negotiating with German interests to purchase another 100 fighting planes for home use.
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Worcester
Mass
Harrys. Jue
Worcester Chinese Aid Committee
Shanghai
Censoring Reinforcement Movements Amid Shanghai Front
Censorship cloaked Japanese troop movements to the Shanghai front as reinforcements. Only sparse military preparations were disclosed in a handful of newspapers.
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Tokyo
Japan
Shanghai Front
Conservative party to terminate Anglo-Soviet trade pact
London report states the trade and industry committee of the Conservative party urged the government to terminate the Anglo-Soviet trade agreement. They want Britain free to address unsatisfactory industrial conditions and to gain freedom in talks with Dominions at the Imperial Conference in Ottawa next July.
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London
England
Trade and Industry Committee
Conservative
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Dominions
Ottawa
Corn From Africa Reaches Calgary Feed Dealers
A shipment of African corn arrived in Calgary from Vancouver for delivery to local feed dealers. They say the African corn is cheaper than North or South Dakota corn and better suited for poultry feed due to its harder, smaller kernels.
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Calgary
Alberta
Africa
Vancouver
North
South Dakota
United States
Boost Churchill Port Winnipeg
Brig. Gen. R. W. Paterson predicts Churchill Port in Manitoba will open this summer and see extensive use in its first season. He estimates as many as 20 ships may be needed to handle cargoes with half a dozen carrying package freight. Grain and cattle interests in western Canada plan to use the new route. annual On to the Bay Association meeting is set for Moose Jaw on March 23 and 24.
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Winnipeg
Churchill
Manitoba
Hudson Bay
R. W. Paterson
Canada
Quebec Favors Sweepstakes Move Against Ontario
Ontario municipalities condemned sweepstakes as a fund raising method for relief spending. Mayor Houde predicted nationwide sweepstakes, vowing Quebec would take the lead if Ontario failed to cooperate, declaring he would start it in Montreal.
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Hamilton
Ont
Ontario
Houde
Quebec
Montreal
Russian Wheat Shortage Reported by Soviet Grain Decree
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics received a London cable detailing the Molotov Stalin decree on grain. It states 1.926 billion pounds of grain will be sent to collective and state farms for seed and food, focusing on the lower and middle Volga regions, Kazakstan, and western Siberia, with a 5.7 million metric tons spring sowing target to March 10. By Feb 10, 39 percent of the plan was fulfilled, evidencing crop failures and explaining reduced south Russian wheat shipments in recent months.
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Ottawa
Ont
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
London
Grouth
Lower
Middle Volga
Kazakstan
Siberia
Henderson pleads for world children at disarmament talks
Rt. Hon. Arthur Henderson, president of the world disarmament conference, urged delegates to protect children, noting millions suffered in the Great War from tuberculosis and other diseases. His closing address carried a hopeful tone as general discussions ended.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Arthur Henderson
Henderson
Victoria flight ends after six weeks of winter ice
W H Cross of Victoria and Hari Grubbstrom of Montreal completed a trans Canada flight from Montreal to Victoria. They faced six weeks of winter travel with ice and fog and suffered three minor crashes. Cross said no day across Canada was clear.
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Victoria
B.C
W. H. Cross
Hari Grubbstrom
Montreal
Canada
Cross
Sir Malcolm Campbells New World Speed Record Set
Sir Malcolm Campbell, at Daytona Beach, set a new world speed record of 253.96 mph over a mile in his Bluebird car, beating his previous mark of 245.733 mph. He also established new kilometre and five kilometre records, with speeds of 251.240 mph and 241.569 mph respectively.
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Malcolm Campbell
Daytona Beach
Fla
Malcolm
Sir Malcolm
Improvement In Wheat Situation Is Predicted
Cables from Italy Germany and Russia bring encouraging wheat news for Canada. Italy allows more foreign wheat use from March 1 while Germany aims to resume imports. Russia reports seeding shortages in Volga Siberia and Kayakstan. Officials note Spain France may lift import barriers as domestic supplies fall. Canada holds about 185 million bushels for export.
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Europe
Ottawa
Spain
France
Italy
Germany
Canada
Dominion
Murderous attack wounds Blaine Lake area schoolteacher
Miss Olga Wasley a 22 year old Moose Jaw teacher was shot in her bed near a Blaine Lake Doukhobor schoolhouse when a gunman fired twice and shattered a window. Pete Dowlenko, 18, a local Doukhobor farmer's son, was arrested shortly after the shooting.
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Blaine Lake
Saskatoon
Doukhobor
Saskatchewan
Olga Wasley
Moose Jaw
Pete Dowlenko
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