Measure 10 repeal sweepstakes ban gains backing in Canada
Senator A. D. MacRae of Vancouver pushes a bill to legalize government controlled sweepstakes for hospital and charitable causes. He cites plebiscite support in Vancouver and endorsements from the BC Hospital Association and municipal unions, arguing proceeds aid the sick and destitute amid hospital debts.
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Ottawa
Canada
Senate
A. D. MacRae
Vancouver
Becmnes
MacRae
British Columbia Hospital Association
Union of
British Columbia
Ireland
Senator MacRae
Vancouver Hospital
May Reduce Number Of Police Magistrates
Edmonton Alberta reports proposed budget cuts in the attorney general department show a 13 758 decrease from last year. The police magistrates appropriation drops from 69 205 to 52 180. Attorney General J F Lymburn says magistrates may be placed on a fee basis or the number employed could be reduced.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Attorney-General
J. F. Lymburn
Kaiser to Cut Household Expenses in Financial Crisis
London reporting notes that the former German Kaiser Wilhelm may be forced to trim household expenditures due to the U S financial crisis. The Doom correspondent also says he watches the Dutch florin exchange rate, fearing a fall that could worsen his finances.
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London
Eng
United States
London Daily
Bill to reorganize British agriculture aims at fair prices
Eng Major Walter Eliott, Minister of Agriculture, introduced in the House of Commons a bill to reorganize British agriculture and raise farm product prices. It would empower the government to protect organized markets by regulating imports through quotas or other means to curb overseas floods.
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Lamson
Eng
Walter Eliott
House of Commons
Abandoned German Throne Claim Reported for Ex Kaiser
A Daily Mail correspondent says Wilhelm Hohenzollern has abandoned ambitions to regain the German throne. The 74 year old ex ruler now seeks privacy at his Homberg Vor Der Hohe castle in Hesse Nassau. A family council at Peora reportedly passed rights to the throne to the ex crown prince.
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Lomis
Eng
Kaiser Wilhelm HL
Imperial Germany
London Daily Mail
Deorn
Holland
Wilhelm Hichenzulfern
Homburg Vor
Daily Mail hails Canada finance powers plan as wise step
London says Canada aims to seek extraordinary powers under peace order and good government. It notes Canada's banking system is centralized with 11 large banks and cooperative control, suggesting strong factors favoring the move for wartime welfare and stability.
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London Daily Mail
Canada
London
Eng
Daily Mail
Bankers’ Association
Hollywood Salaries Cut Across Studios in Eight Weeks
Hollywood, Cal set start of eight week salary reductions across all motion picture studios. The Association of Motion Picture Producers ordered a halt to activities unless workers accept 50 percent cuts for salaries above fifty dollars weekly with a minimum of thirty seven fifty, while those earning less than fifty dollars would face a twenty five percent cut with a minimum of fifteen dollars weekly. The plan retroactive to March.
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Hollywood
Cal
Break Up Parade in Vancouver Dispersed by Police
A parade of several hundred women and some men protesting in front of Vancouver city hall was broken up by police. One man, Gus Carstrong, was struck on the head by a baton and taken to hospital for treatment.
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Vancouver
B.C
Gus Carstrong
British Destroyers Sought By Australia In Naval Pact
Australian Prime Minister Joseph Lyons announces talks with the United Kingdom to replace the Canberra squadron destroyers with four newest type destroyers from the British navy.
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Canberra
Australia
Joseph Lyons
United Kingdom
Japan Plans March 20 Withdrawal From League of Nations
Tokyo reports cabinet approval to Privy Council for a communication notifying the League of Nations that Japan intends to withdraw on March 20. The move marks a formal exit from the international body amid mounting global tensions.
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Tokyo
Japan
Privy Council
League of Nations
First Mate Lewis Noad Earns King’s Approval
The King approved Lewis Noad to be King's Pawn. Noad, once a youth and sailor on ships between London and the East, earned his First Mate's certificate. He later became a successful junior counsel in the Admiralty Court and a Lloyds salvage arbitrator.
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Lewis Noad
Noad
Political disturbances in Germany prompt expulsion warnings
Foreign correspondents report deadly unrest in four German cities. In Breslau, a Nazi died and five were wounded when shots came from a trade union HQ at a 250 strong brown shirt march. Duisburg saw a funeral procession shot at, two Nazis killed and six injured. Wuppertal reported a Reichsbanner member killed and Duisburg a Communist leader shot. A worker was seriously hurt at home. Expulsion measures threaten those misrepresenting the internal situation.
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Germany
Berlin
Breslau
Duesseldorf
Wuppertal
Duisburg
Consigned To the Sea in Esquimalt Harbor
Four hundred gallons of pure alcohol valued around ten thousand dollars were poured into Esquimalt harbor by Royal Canadian Mounted Police under Ottawa orders. The liquor was seized last summer aboard the American owned gasoline launch Advance captured in the Gulf of Georgia en route to the mainland.
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Victoria
B.C
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Ottawa
Esquimalt Harbor
Mounted Police
Gulf of Georgia
Tribute to Cermak marks hush over Chicago
Chicago mourns Mayor Anton J. Cermak as lilied floral tribute from President and Mrs. Roosevelt graces his casket. A military aide, Lieut Col Campbell B Hodges, represented the president at the funeral. The hearse procession through the Loop to the northwest side drew nearly 100 official vehicles amid a citywide minute of silence.
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Chicago
Anton J. Cermak
Cermak
Loop
Victoria College students vote against fighting for king and country
In a campus debate at Victoria College Toronto the student body rejected joining wartime service by a six vote margin. About one tenth of the 1034 registered students attended the event with roughly half the participants being women. A girl student offered a white feather which was accepted by several male attendees. The League of Nations drew sharp criticism as half-baked idealism and a ghastly failure, while pacifism was labeled a damnable sin by a female student.
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Toronto
Ont
Victoria College
League of Nations
Halifax Lawyer Wins Costs Against Doukhobor Leader
Halifax lawyer J Power KC who argued in supreme court for Peter Veregin received a $661 judgment against the Doukhobor leader. Judge W J O Hearn added $35 costs. After Veregin’s deportation threat was eased, litigation began on Power’s bill with a settlement expected soon.
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Halifax
N.S
J. J. Power
K.C
Supreme Court
Peter Veregin
W. J. O’hearn
Veregin
Russia
Ottawa Purchase Aims To Acquire National Rail Radio Network
The Canadian radio broadcasting commission plans to buy the radio system of Canadian National Railways. The deal is expected to include three stations located in Vancouver Ottawa and Moncton New Brunswick.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commisson
Canadian National Railways
Vancouver
Moncton
N.B
Marshal Chang resigns as commander in chief in China
Peiping China March 1931 news reports Marshal Chang Hsiao Liang has resigned as commander in chief of the Chinese armies in the north. He cites unfitness to command after losses in Jehol and eastern provinces, amid ongoing Japanese advances. Reports say Tang Yu Lin was captured and executed. Chang forces allegedly arrested him near Hsifingkow pass.
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Jehol
Chang
Shang Tso-Lin
Manchuria
Peiping
China
Tang Yu-Lin
Tang
Hsif Fngkow
Great Wall
Railway Problems Debated In Ottawa House
In Ottawa debates over railway transport drew divided views from MPs. Dr Peter McGibbon Conservative Muskoka urged that joint operation of Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railways is the lasting solution. Hon Peter Heenan former Liberal Labor Minister opposed gov plan to implement Duff commission recommendations arguing it creates a joint operation of the railways.
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Ottawa
Uniform truck regulations urged across Canada
In Ottawa the House of Commons heard Hon. R. J. Manon call for uniform regulations for truck traffic to compete with railways. The railway minister signaled further steps to standardize rules nationwide. A questionnaire was issued and provincial officials may be summoned to Ottawa to develop an equitable taxation and rate scheme for buses and trucks.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
R. J. Manon
House of Commons
Empire tariff bill cuts duties on 61 commodities
Canberra schedule reduces substantially duties on 61 commodities from empire exporters. Introduced by Liner Col T W White minister of customs. First instalment under imperial conference agreement covers nine to fourteen inclusive. Main reductions on wool felt fur goods hats socks stockings wireless goods and rabbit traps.
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Canberra
Australia
Empire Exporters
Col
T. W. White
Soviets Refuse League Council Over China Japan Conflict
Moscow declines to join the League of Nations consultative commission on the China Japan dispute citing hostility from the major parties toward the Soviet regime.
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Moscow
Russia
League of Nations Consultative Commission
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Lovat
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R. J. Manion
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