Manitoba Legislature to Probe Debt Help for Farmers
The Manitoba Legislature's agriculture committee will investigate debt adjustment schemes to help debt harassed farmers stay on their lands. Farmers creditors economists and professors will testify as two debt adjustment bills move through the legislature. One bill allows a debtor under $800 in debts to file with the county court and pay monthly into court funds. the other extends protection for retired farmers dependent on land revenue.
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Winnipeg
Man
Agriculture Committee
Manitoba
W. J. Major
Debt Adjustment Commissioner
Further Hardships For Chinese People
Shanghai reports of renewed famine and a sweeping smallpox outbreak threaten residents as refugees crowd the city. Dr Wu Lein-Teh warns the epidemic spreads through the Orient while Sir John Hope-Simpson notes severe hunger pushing people to eat tree bark and weeds. Foreigners like E Koechin the French Consul General are among recent victims.
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Shanghai
China
Orient
Wu Lein-Teh
Chinese Maritime Quarantine Service
John Hope-Simpson
China Famine Commission
E. Koechin
Champlain Crew Quells Port Riots in Trinidad Harbor
A Canadian destroyer crew landed at Port of Spain to end fierce clashes between sailors from the Danish ship Stensby and local stevedores. About 35 stevedores on the Stensby clashed over ship bread distribution, two Danes were seriously wounded amid heavy bloodshed.
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Port of Spain
Trinidad
Champlain
Stensby
Trinidad Stevedores
Gar Wood Foresees Fast Boat For Miss America
Gar Wood, Detroit speed boat maker and pilot, predicts a water speed near 120 miles an hour for a new Miss America. The craft is to defend the Harmsworth International trophy this summer on the Detroit River.
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New York
N.Y
Gar Wood
Detroit
Detroit River
Wheat Rust Study Plans Work Session in Winnipeg
The National Research Council Committee on Field Crop Diseases will meet in Winnipeg on April 14 and 15 to discuss control of wheat rust. The Ottawa Ontario announcement notes the annual gathering focuses on wheat rust management.
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Ottawa
Ont
National Research Council
Winnipeg
Central Bureau Proposed In Ontario Insurance Bill
Ontario legislature considers a central insurance bureau to require all provincial firms to file solvency returns. The bill, introduced by Hon. W. H. Price, mirrors western provinces and asks Ottawa to stay hands off. It would allow provincial regulators to issue renewal licenses and enforce rules while awaiting a constitutional settlement.
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Toronto
Ont
W. H. Price
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Price
Alberta announces land settlement plan for jobless
Premier J. E. Brownlee told the Alberta Legislature the province is ready to back a plan to place unemployed on farms. He said specifics depend on federal cost sharing and Dominion support, with Manitoba and Saskatchewan also showing interest and a firm agreement hoped after the session ends.
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Edmonton
Alberta
J. E. Brownlee
Hector Lang
Liberal
Medicine Hat
Brownlee
Dominion
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Bisley NRA Meeting Set for July at Bisley Camp
The National Rifle Association fixed the Bisley Camp meeting for July 4 to 16. Col Lord Cottesloe, chairman, stated fund shrinkage forced cuts to replicas and ammo grants and the prize standards, but no plan to trim the Empire meeting prizes unless essential.
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London
Eng
National Rifle Association
Bisley Camp
England
N.R.A. Council
Lord Cottesloe
Bisley
C N R Steamship to Split Australia and New Zealand Services
Canadian National steamship freight services will separate in spring and summer 1932 to provide a monthly service to and from Australia and New Zealand. The company also announces more frequent departures to the West Indies and a possible fortnightly Atlantic Pacific service if warranted.
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Montreal
Que
Australia
New Zealand
Canadian National Steamships
West Indies
Atlantic
Pacific
No Irregularities Found in Squires Minutes Probe
Sir John Middleton reported no discrepancy or falsification after investigating charges by Peter Cashin accusing Premier Sir Richard Squires of manipulating public funds. The governor's findings were read to the House of Assembly.
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St. John's
Mid
Peter Cashin
Richard Squires
John Middleton
House of Assembly
London
Eng
House of Commons
William Davidson
Truth About Reparations and War Debts Examines Allied Debts
In a bristling book the wartime premier argues Britain has been generous while France and the United States have not paid or reparations, criticizing postwar handling of war debts.
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Great Britain
France
United States
Butchart Couple Return From Siam Royal Visit
Mr and Mrs Butchart, famed for sunken gardens at Benvenuto near here, returned home from a trip to Siam where they were guests last month of King Prajadhipok and Queen Rambai Barni in Bangkok. They reported strong Siamese hospitality and state functions at their homes. The visit was made at the invitation of the Siamese rulers who were entertained at Benveruto last October.
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Victoria, B.C
Butchart
Benvenuto
Siam
Prajadhipok
Rambai Barni
Bankok
Benveruto
Storm Sweeps Southern States Killings Reach 275 In Death Toll
A devastating hurricane and tornadoes across five southern states leave 275 dead, with Alabama hit hardest. Two hundred twenty people die in Alabama communities, while Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and South Carolina report dozens more fatalities. Ottawa reports no official confirmation of a rumoured $25 million timber export order to Russia.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
South
Score
Georgia
Tennessee
Kentucky
South Carolina
Ottawa
Ont
H. H. Stevens
Tory to testify before Commons civil service panel
Dr. H. M. Tory president of the National Research Council will be called as a witness by a House of Commons committee on civil service. He argues salaries for research council staff often trail civil service levels and that appointments are made by the council with standards set by higher authorities.
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Research Council
Ottawa
H. M. Tory
National Research Council
House of Commons Committee On
Civil Service
J. Earl Lawson
York West
Tory
Civil Service Commission
Newton M. MacTavish
Beatty Commission
Settlement plan inquiries flood Saskatoon mayor says
Dozens inquire about a provincial land settlement scheme placing unemployed on farms. Mayor J E Underwood notes many show farm experience and potential. Action awaits a report from Premier J T M Anderson detailing scheme specifics and city contribution of 100 dollars per settler, with 200 dollars added by province. A later London bill would legalize lotteries for charity and public improvements.
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Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Sask
J. E. Underwood
J. T. M. Anderson
King grants audience to Sir George Perley at Buckingham Palace
His Majesty received Sir George Perley, Canadian cabinet minister and head of the Canadian delegation to the Geneva world disarmament conference, at Buckingham Palace in London. The audience underscores ongoing allied discussions on disarmament and international diplomacy.
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London
England
Buckingham Palace
Sir George Perley
Geneva
Ottawa
Stanley Baldwin
Neville Chamberlain
Lord Hailsham
Walter Runciman
J. H. Thomas
Philip Cunliffe Lister
British Board of Trade
Dominion Gasoline Plot Hinted By Tar Sands Find
Ottawa hearing on gasoline prices notes tar sands along the Athabasca River north of Edmonton containing possible world supply. A. A. G Bury cites Dr. S C Ells on processing to commercial gasoline, while committee chair R Co Matthews limits scope. Testimony adds transport costs cause price variances. Hamilton zone is cheapest in Canada.
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Ottawa
Ont
House of Commons
Canada
Athabasca River
Edmonton
A. A. G Bury
Bury
S. C. Ells
Department of Mines
R. Co. Matthews
Toronto East Centre
H. F E. Spencer
U.F.A
Battle River
C. J. Bothwell
Swift Current
John McNeil
Imperial Oil
Hamilton
Rescue At Sea Near Miami Ends With Fire Lit Wake
Frank Oxenfelt and his companion George Maxey were rescued near Fowey Rock after their small crippled fishing boat drifted and leaked. With no food or water, they kept afloat by pumping until a rag soaked in gasoline and ignited by a storage battery sparked a rescue by a coastguard cutter from the ship Cuyampa of United Fruit Company. The March 12 incident left them saved but adrift at sea.
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Miami
Fla
Hope
Frank Oxenfelt
George Maxey
Cuyampa
United Fruit Company
Fowey Rock
Miraculous Escapes Save Two Calgary Street Car Operators
A Calgary incident details a bandit attempt on a street car where conductor John Macdonald was saved by his steel badge deflecting a gunshot. Samuel Emery was struck in the chest but the bullet lodged in a ticket package, preventing a fatal heart wound. London and Prague briefs accompany, noting UK duties discussion and Trotzky travel permission revocation.
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Calgary
Alberta
John Macdonald
Samuel Emery
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Central Bureau
Ontario
C.N.R. Steamship Service
David Lloyd Grorgfe
Mrs. Butchart
Sunken Garden
Dr. Tory
Motherlandes
Pate
Board of Trade
Lord Scone
Trotzkys
Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
Zeono
Slovakia
Leon Trotzky
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