Plan to Stimulate Tourist Trade via $200000 Federal Campaign
Ottawa debate backs a $200000 immediate federal ad program to boost tourism across Canada. Montreal leaders urge a national marketing office with yearly $500000 advertising, arguing the 1933 tourism value at $100 million and US summer visitors spending $350000 in CN hotels last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Committee
W. H. Dennis
Halifax
Tourist Department of Advertising, Publicity
Montreal
Montreal Tourist Bureau
Morgan
Dominion
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
J. van Wick
Canadian National Hotel Department
United States
Price Accepted for Toronto Orchestra Season Opener
Percival Price Ottawa carilloneur accepts invitation from Toronto Symphony Orchestra to perform his St. Lawrence suite as the 1934 35 season opener. The invitation comes from Dr Ernest MacMillan, the conductor. Price won a $1500 Pulitzer scholarship. Toronto rejected the piece for a doctorate submission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Wilfred C. James
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Percival Price
Ottawa
James
Ernest MacMillan
Price
St. Lawrence
University of Toronto
MacMillan
Roosevelt Reiterates U S Stand On War Debts
President Roosevelt restates the United States position on war debts, insisting on payment by debtor nations while offering to discuss each country's problems separately. Belgium and France envoys then visit the state department to discuss token payments or new settlement terms.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Belgium
France
State Department
Confidence Needed Says Sanford Evans in Montreal
Sanford Evans of Winnipeg, president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and Manitoba opposition leader, told the Montreal Board of Trade that the world’s four year lull came from war and government actions, not a failing economic system. He urged restoring business security to boost recovery while warning against overreliance on planned economies and inflated wartime policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford Evans
Montreal
W. Sanford Evans
Winnipeg
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Manitoba
Montreal Board of Trade
Evans
Canada
Russia
Advice To Nurses Urges Relocation To Smaller Communities
Miss Elizabeth Smellie chief superintendent for Canada of the Victorian Order of Nurses told the Alumnae Association of the Royal Victoria hospital that nurses should reside and practice in smaller places. She noted BC and Alberta legislatures showing public health responsibility and pondered two divisions for medical care and preventive work.
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Montreal
Elizabeth Smellie
Canada
Victorian Order of Nurses
Royal Victoria Hospital
British Columbia
Alberta
Smellie
Proposed crude oil freight rate hikes to Western Canada
The board of railway commissioners will hold hearings on proposed freight rate increases for crude oil from the U S southwest to Western Canadian refineries. Hearings start in Regina on May 22, then Edmonton May 25, Vancouver May 28, Calgary June 1, and Winnipeg June 5, led by Dr S J McLean and J A Stoneman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
United States
Canada
Board of Railway Commissioners
Regina
Edmonton
Vancouver
Calgary
Winnipeg
S. J. McLean
J. A. Stoneman
Siamese King and Queen Lunch at House of Commons
The king and queen of Siam dined in the House of Commons hosted by Captain Vic tor Cazalet, a Conservative MP and Eton contemporary of Prajadhipok. It is believed to be the first time a reigning monarch ate within the Commons precincts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Siam
House of Commons
Victor Cazalet
M.P
Prajadhipok
Old Eton
Resolution seeks government control of key minerals
The Calgary and Vancouver women's clubs endorse a resolution urging government control of critical minerals to prevent war. It will be sent to the League of Nations Society in Ottawa for action.
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Calgary
Vancouver
Russian Student Wins Vancouver Governor General Medal
George Michael Volkoff, a 24 year old Russian student who arrived in Vancouver in 1924, won the governor general s gold medal at the University of British Columbia for the graduating class. He averaged 98 percent with 100 percent in three subjects and first class honors in physics and mathematics. Volkoff was born in Harbin Manchuria where his father is a professor, attended Lord Roberts school, and plans to pursue a master s degree locally.
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Vancouver
George Michael Volkoff
University of British Columbia
Volkoff
Harbin
Manchuria
Polytechnical Institute
Lord Roberts School
Britain criticizes wheat conference and government trade interference
Sir Herbert Robson, head of the London Corn Trade Association, attacks the Rome and London wheat conference for focusing on price and quotas rather than production. He warns against government interference in international trade and notes Dominion stance on Japanese competition. Canada shows a favorable balance with Japan. New Zealand imports little. Textiles rise on London exchange as Japanese bond prices fall amid Britain’s new trade restrictions.
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London
Britain
Dominions
Canada
Japan
New Zealand
London Stock Exchange
Herbert Robson
Herbert
London Corn Trade Association
Liverpool
Commission
Rome
May Visit Canada United States Wheat Expert May Official Trip
Frederick E Murphy a Minneapolis publisher and wheat acreage expert may make an official visit to Canada this year but the plan is held in abeyance He will not visit Argentina this year as previously announced Murphy was a United States Delegate to the London and Rome International Wheat Conferences and was to explain the US acreage reduction program to Argentine officials
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Washington
Frederick E. Murphy
Minneapolis
Canada
Murphy
Argentina
United States
London
Rome
The
Minneapolis Tribune
Salaries Of Bank Employees In Canada Revealed
A House of Commons banking committee statement by Jackson Dodds shows in Canada salaries range from 300 to 13 500 dollars for junior clerks to managers. Junior clerks earn 300 to 1 000, ledgerkeepers 400 to 2 580, tellers 500 to 2 620, accountants 700 to 4 000, managers 1 200 to 13 500, stenographers 300 to 2 000. The report also outlines pension, living allowances and insurance schemes across four banks, names withheld.
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Ottawa
Canada
Banking Committee
House of Commons
Jackson Dodds
Canadian Bankers’ Association
Raymond Morand
Con
Essex
West Canada crop prospects below average in April report
The Dominion bureau of statistics reports April crop prospects for 1934 were below average across Canada with uncertainty on the prairies. Manitoba Saskatchewan and Ontario show the most unfavorable conditions due to soil drift, drought and grasshopper fears. Alberta sees some rain but no overall improvement in prairie conditions.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Prairies
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Prairie Provinces
Forest Fires Sweep Europe Cause Loss Across Nations
European forest fires devastate Poland Romania and France with villages burned 400 houses destroyed multiple deaths reported 5 509 acres of pines burned up to 500 000 dollars in damage and water shortages hinder suppression efforts near Belin Archachon and Campulino Muscel.
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Paris
Europe
Poland
Silesia
Malorska
Roumania
Campulino-Muscel
Buzeu
Silistra
Bordeaux
France
Belin
Archachon
Record Flood Devastates Fort Chipewyan Area
The Peace River rose to 80 feet above normal level 100 miles west of here in a historic flood. No lives were lost but heavy property damage occurred and the event ended the spring muskrat catch for local trappers. Trees over a century old were swept away after an ice jam broke. The sparsely populated area mitigated potential casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Chipewyan
Alta
Peace River
Here
Cape Breton Police Command Restored by Mc Intosh
Inspector John Mc Intosh of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has resumed command of the Cape Breton forces after a six month training period in Regina.
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Sydney
U.S
John McIntosh
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Regina
Cape Breton
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Senate Tourist Committee
Theodore G. Morgan
Canadian Association of Tourist and Publicity Bureaus
of Railway Commissioners
Hugh J. McLeod
Ellis Island
San Francisco
United States Wheat
Duke of
West
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