No agreement to control hog prices in Canada
Ottawa reports no pact among meat packers to regulate hog prices in Canada. J. B. McLean of Canada Packers testified that profits in a rising market drive prices, with English bacon prices guiding Canadian hog values. He cited high profits and a Toronto wage case as evidence of broader packer practices.
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Canada
Ottawa
McLean
Canada Packers
House Business Inquiry
Toronto
London
United Kingdom
H. H. Stevens
Chicago
City of Toronto
Lord Aberdeen Dead Veteran Governor General Abedeen Dies
The Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair aged 87 died at the House of Cromar in Tarland Aberdeenshire. John Campbell Hamilton Gordon served as governor-general of Canada from 1893 to 1898 and was succeeded by his son the Earl of Haddo. His wife Ishbel Marjoribanks survives. she supported his public life and activities. He previously held roles as lord high commissioner to the Church of Scotland assembly and lord lieutenant of Ireland, returning to Ireland later in life.
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Edinburgh
Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
Govenor
Canada
House of Cromar
Tarland
Aberdeenshire
John Campbell Hamilton Gordon
Marquess of Aberdeen
Dominion
Earl of Haddo
Ishbel Marjoribanks
Lord Aberdeen
General Assembly
Church of Scotland
Ireland
Rumors Of Coup Shocks Stavisky Case In Paris
Officials probing the Stavisky bond scandal reveal three disclosures: secret symbols marking cheque stubs, the murder of Judge Albert Prince, and rumors that ex interior minister Eugene Frot plotted a coup to seize power amid riots. Frot denies the claims as romance. Police also pursue a possible double of Prince seen near Dijon.
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Paris
Serge Stavisky
Jean Chiappe
Eugene Frot
Stavisky
Frot
Senate OKs Hospital Sweepstakes on Second Reading
The senate approved a bill to legalize hospital sweepstakes on second reading by a 40 to 23 vote. It moves to the committee of the whole, then to the House of Commons, with Premier Bennett promising a wide open debate and free vote. Bennett opposes the measure personally.
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Ottawa
Senate
G. H. Barnard
House of Commons
A. D. McRae
Commons
R. B. Bennett
Dominion
L. A. Taschereau
Quebec
Bennett
Grading Hogs And Eggs Debate in Ottawa Commons
The commons committee on agriculture will study grading hogs and eggs. F H Pickel moved to amend grading laws. After discussion the house sent the question to the committee with Grote Stirling supporting the referral. Pickel charged government hog graders favored packers over farmers. Egg graders were also said to favor farmers against bystanders.
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Ottawa
Commons Committee On Agriculture
F. HE. Pickel
Brome- Missisquoi
House
Grote Stirling
Yale
B.C
Mr. Pickel
Quota For Cattle in Calgary UK Market Seen Exhausting
Western exporter Jack Byers warns Canada will exhaust its 20 200 head cattle quota for the United Kingdom well before six months. So far 8 341 head shipped, Western Canada 3 114, versus 4 798 a year ago. He fears a disaster if UK market closes to Dominion exporters.
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Calgary
Canada
United Kingdom
Jack Byers
Western Canada
Dominion
Mr. Byers
Dominioa
Saskatchewan to hand Prince Albert park to province
A Saskatchewan claim for compensation over Prince Albert National Park prompts a recommendation to transfer park administration to the federal government. The local board of trade approved the suggestion, while Ottawa’s probing commission heard Dominion offers to transfer the park to Saskatchewan.
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Prince Albert
Saskatchewan
Prince Albert National Park
Regina
Board of Trade
Dominion
Ottawa
Parachute saves student in peril during flight
A Canadian student pilot W. B. Soule of Sudbury Ont fell from 4000 feet in an inverted plane during a slow roll with Austrian instructor Hell. His parachute opened after three somersaults and saved him from injury, though the experience was terrifying.
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Bishop Waltham
England
Soule
Sudbury
Ont
Hell
Louie
Ford Tracks War Cause to Munition Makers
Henry Ford blames a small group of men for war through munitions and international distrust. He endorses Senator Borah’s attack on a half‑billion dollar navy program, arguing war rests with about 100 men and that outlawing it depends on the people.
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Ford
Fort Myers
Fla
Henry Ford
United States
William Borah
United States Navy
Correct Abuses in Ontario Packing and Stockyards
The Ontario legislature agriculture committee moved to correct alleged abuses in packing plants and stockyards. It passed a resolution urging the Stevens committee in Ottawa to thoroughly investigate the entire livestock industry. Drovers testified of lack of competition among buyers, post closing bid cuts, direct shipments to abattoirs bypassing bids, and heavy handling charges cutting farmer returns below cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Agriculture Committee
Ontario
Stevens
Ottawa
Fighting Insect Pests Georgetown British Guiana
Entomologists launched a major campaign to eradicate the dread moth bore pest harming British Guiana sugar crops. Dr. J. G. Myers released thousands of Amazon flies and other parasites on five plantations after perilous jungle work to control pests costing the colony millions annually.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
J. G. Myers
Amazon
Better System Proposed for Unemployment Relief in Canada
The Canadian Council on Child and Family Welfare urges immediate action to create a permanent relief system. It calls for contributory unemployment insurance, reform of relief agencies, and targeted relief for sickness, accident, and old age. It also proposes directing unemployed skilled farm workers to agricultural work and addressing urban rural population balance.
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Ottawa
Canadian Council On Child and Family Welfare
Arsenal Montreal raid seizes vast weapons cache
Provincial police in Outremont suburban Montreal struck a major arms distribution case after three months of investigation. They seized 28 loaded revolvers 1000 boxes of cartridges five rifles three shotguns 20 daggers 25 blackjacks and several axes from a house. A man described as a leading underworld figure was arrested though his name was withheld pending arraignment.
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Montreal
Outremont
Louis Jargaille
Canada treasury bills sold for 15 million dollars
Dominion of Canada sold 15 million dollars in treasury bills by public tender at record low rates. Two series included 2.45 million for three months at 2.85 percent and 12.55 million for eight months at 3.12 percent. Dated March 1, they mature June 1 and November 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Dominion of Canada
Treasury
Builders face tougher times in Canada says Anthes
Major L. L. Anthes of Toronto, president of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association, told the Calgary Association of Sanitary and Heating Engineers that construction remains the lone weak sector while other industries see better times across the country.
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Calgary
Canada
L. L. Anthes
Toronto
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Calgary Association of Sanitary and Heating Engineers
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James Grigg
K.C.B
British Board of Inland Revenue
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Brussels
Count Broqueville
Leopold
Switzerland
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