Provincial Party Proposed in Alberta by Independent MLA
F. C. Moyer of Drumheller announced a new Provincial Party to unite independent and cross party supporters against the current Alberta government. The plan emphasizes an independent principle with elected members free to vote their judgment on the floor, aiming for broader representation beyond the existing three independents.
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Drumheller
Alberta
F. C. Moyer
M L.A
Moyer
Mr. Moyer
Ireland's De Valera Budget Ties Taxes to Finance Needs
The first De Valera budget in the Irish Free State proposes a tenpence duty per pound and a two pence package tax on foods cosmetics and medical items packed for sale. Income tax rises from 3s 6d to 5s in the pound to cover a 3 500 000 deficit. Entertainment tax expands to include dancing outdoor sport horse and dog racing. Tobacco duty increases by 1s 2d per pound.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
de Valera
Dailyireann
Toth
Tragic Akron Mooring At Camp Kearny Ends in Rescue
A dramatic landing attempt of the airship U S S Akron at Camp Kearny California ends with two mooring crewmen dead and Bud Cowart saved after dangling on a 300 foot rope for two hours. The crowd watches in horror as the giant dirigible lifts and then pulls away.
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Camp Kearny
Calif
U.S.S. Akron
Bud Cowart
Navy
Cowart
Cowart OK
Akron
Lakehurst
N.J
Robert Edsall
Nigel Henton
San Diego Naval Training Station
Edsall
Henton
Creation Of Federal Farm Board Considered
Ottawa reports a commission of experts will study the feasibility of a farm products marketing board. Minister Robert Weir said in the House of Commons that the government will not establish the board now in light of the Imperial Economic Conference. The board would target exports and stabilize price fluctuations by managing export surpluses.
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Ottawa
Oat
Robert Weir
House of Commons
Farmers gain right to sell cattle in Soviet markets
Russian farmers have been allowed to sell their cattle in retail markets for the rest of 1932, marking a further step in liberalizing the Soviet farm code. The move aims to encourage individual farmers, whether collective or independent, to seek the open market.
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Moscow
Russia
Delegates Sail For Home From Bermuda Trip
British and Canadian delegations to the tri partite conference sailed from Bermuda on May 11 carrying new trade information. The conference work concluded on May 9 as delegates return to their home parliaments.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Delegates to imperial conference announced in Ottawa
Premier Bennett says delegates from all dominions will attend the imperial conference opening July 21 in Ottawa. Committees study trade, communications and currencies with the Prime Minister leading Canada's delegation and others to be named by subject. Most dominions have named their reps except New Zealand and the Irish Free State.
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Ottawa
Ont
R. B. Bennett
Dominion
New Zealand
Irish Free State
Bennett
Tory Urges Informed Canadian Opinion For League
Dr. H. M. Tory president of the League of Nations Society in Canada welcomed delegates to Ottawa for the tenth annual meeting stressing the need to foster an informed public opinion as critical days approach for the League of Nations work.
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Ottawa
Ont
League of Nations
H. M. Tory
League of Nations Society
Canada
Early Aircraft Transport in China Before Railways
China developed commercial aviation ahead of adequate railway systems, making air travel a pioneer transport mode.
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China
Wheat bonus defeated in Canadian House of Commons
In Ottawa the House of Commons rejected a wheat bonus scheme set on bushels and acreage. Two motions failed without a recorded vote, led by farm bloc head Robert Gardiner and Liberal Dr. Thomas Donnelly, highlighting prairie wheat dominance, production costs, and the strain on farmers.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Robert Gardiner
Farm Bloc
Thomas Donnelly
Willow Bunch
Canada
Prairie Provinces
Gardiner
Mr. Gardiner
Goverment to possess Maitangi historic site in New Zealand
Lord Bledisloe and Lady Bledisloe have purchased Maitangi, the historic site where the 1840 treaty establishing British sovereignty was signed, to present it to the nation. The sale blocks an American bidder who had been pressing to acquire the property.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Lord Bledisloe
Bedisloe
Maitangi
United States
Russia grants Canada largest immigrant group in 1931
Airmen from Margate England flew to observe a fire at Sandwich as part of a sequence of reports noting distant events in 1931.
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Russia
Canada
Margate
England
Sandwich
Million Vested in Doukhobor Holdings in West
A 1 million Dominion corporation, the Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood, Limited, is controlled by Peter Veregin and 13 directors. Some 5,000 Doukhobors across three western provinces hold assets valued near 6.5 million with 700 thousand paid in. Veregin faces a three year prison term after a Yorkton jury verdict.
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Victoria
B.C
Peter Veregin
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Veregin
Yorkton
Sask
Dominion Corporation
Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood, Limited
Canada
Brilliant
Supreme Council of Community Economists
Sons of Freedom
Salvage Crews Work On Grain Elevators In Meacham
Salvage crews begin clearing debris after incendiary fires destroyed three grain elevators in Meacham Saskatchewan on May 7. Loss tallies at about 75 000 dollars including wheat. 70 000 bushels destroyed. Rebuilding planned by Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Alberta Pacific Grain and Standard Grain. RCMP still investigating.
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Meacham
Sask
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Alberta Pacific Grain Company
Standard Grain Company
Rcmps
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Ireland
Federal Farm Board
Hion
W. N. Lancaster
Jessie Keith-Miller
Haden Clark
Miami
Florido
Clark
Doumer
France
Senate Chamber
Paris
Doukhobor
West
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