Britain outlines limited future airship policy in Commons
In a House of Commons debate Prime Minister Rameay MacDonald announced Britain's airship program will focus on scientific research. The R-100 ship remains for experimental use and Cardington base will stay for research. Mooring masts at St Hubert Montreal Ismailia and Karachi will stay pending Canadian consent. Arguments urged Canada to boost helium production but F Montagu cited cost and hydrogen’s dominance as decisive.
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London
Great Britain
Rameay MacDonald
House of Commons
Britain
Cardington
5&1 Hubert Airport
Montreal
Ismailia
Egypt
Karachi
India
St. Hubert
F. Montagu
Air Ministry
Montagu
Supreme Court clears indemnities from income tax
Ottawa insurance indemnities are not liable to Dominion income tax. In the British Columbia Fire and Cedar Lumber case the Supreme Court allowed the appeal, ruling that insurance payouts for fire damage and plant shutdowns are not income subject to tax. The National Revenue Department and the provincial court had argued otherwise.
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Ottawa
Supreme Court of Canada
British Columbia Fire and Cedar Lumber Company
National Revenue Department
British Columbia Court of Appeal
Second Round Table Conference Planned for India
The article notes a tentative November start for the second round table conference in London on Indian constitutional status. It mentions a federal structures committee meeting in London in September, aiming to finish by Christmas with self governance safeguards for 350 million people and over 100 delegates including Mahatma Gandhi.
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Simla
India
London
Federal Structures Committee
Mahatma Gandhi
Rival Aces Meet Montreal War Heroes
Canada’s top WWI ace, credited with more victories than any allied pilot, met Major Hugo Koenig ex‑CO of Manfred von Richthofen’s unit. Wing Commander William Bishop V C greeted the German flyer and recalled Arras battles from 1917, Koenig calling Bishop highly respected by Germans at home.
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Montreal
Canada
Hugo Koenig
Baron von Richthofen
William Avery Bishop
V.C
Arras
Koenig
Bishop
Richthofen
Carry On Thriving Trade Ottawa Ont Islands Rise in Trade
When the Islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon were ceded to France after Canada’s conquest by the British, they would rank ninth among nations in total trade with the Dominion. In the last fiscal year Canada saw $11,064,479 in trade with the islands, mostly liquor, surpassing Australia Ireland Argentina Brazil China Mexico Sweden and Denmark.
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Ottawa
Ont
St. Pierre and Miquelon
France
Canada
Dominion
Islands
Australia
Ireland
Argentina
Brazil
China
Mexico
Sweden
Denmark
Riots in Madrid Spain Prompt Confiscation of King’s Property
After anti clerical riots in Spain martial law is in effect and the government orders confiscation of King Alfonso’s private property while investigations proceed. Cardinal Segura has left Spain heading toward France and possibly Rome as churches are burned and officials face replacement.
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Alfonso
Madrid
Spain
Primate Segura
Toledo
France
Rome
Armament reduction urged at Ottawa League meeting
At the ninth annual Ottawa gathering of the League of Nations Society in Canada women and organized labor pressed disarmament. A petition will be presented to next year’s Naval Disarmament Conference urging cuts in war instrument manufacture. Tom Moore noted rising global armament spending while calling for more social investment. Speakers included Mrs. C Field Robertson, Mrs. J A Wilson, and Miss Agnes MacPhail reporting for the United Farmers of Ontario.
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Ottawa
Ont
League of Nations
League of Nations Society
Canada
Dominion
Tom Moore
Dominion Trades and Labor Congress
C. Field Robertson
Federated Women's Institute
J. A. Wilson
National Council of Women
Agnes MacPhail
M.P
United Farmers of Ontario
Television interview with Mrs Snowden from Downing Street
The Daily Herald reports the first television interview featuring Mrs. Snowden and the interviewer. Mrs. Snowden says Chancellor Philip Snowden has had a setback but not serious and that illness temporarily impaired his mobility. Doctors have ordered him back to bed as he had recently prepared the budget for the House of Commons.
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London
England
Philip Snowden
The
Daily Herald
Snowden
House of Commons
Siam King Prajadhipok Improves After Cataract Surgery
Dr John M Wheeler reported the Siamese monarch King Prajadhipok showing further signs of improvement after cataract removal from his left eye on Sunday. A second dressing showed no signs of infection.
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Purchase
N.Y
King Prajadhipok
Siam
John M. Wheeler
Employment figures for Dominion relief program in Canada
Latest figures show 272 690 persons were given employment in Canada up to April 30 under the joint federal provincial municipal program of public works. The data covers the Dominion Government unemployment relief scheme and reflects nationwide job creation.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Scottish Woollen Trade Mission Sees National Spirit Abroad
Members of the Trade Mission visiting Canada and the United States reported an intensely nationalistic feeling in Canada driven by a push to foster domestic secondary industries and buy at home. They said such sentiment did not exist in the United States and urged Scottish manufacturers to improve publicity and establish a stronger selling organization in both countries.
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London
England
Canada
United States
Bennett defends Canadian banking system in Commons
In Ottawa Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett says Canada’s banking system meets national needs and needs no change. He notes safe deposits, adequate borrowing facilities, and cautions on future expansions, while G G Coote pushes for a nationally owned central bank to assume broader duties.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
House of Commons
R. B. Bennett
Finance
Mr. Bennett
Bennett
G G. Coote
U.F.A
MacLeod
Alta
Estimated Wheat Acreage in Canada Drops From 1930 Levels
Dominion Bureau of Statistics report May 12 shows spring wheat acreage in Canada at 22,152,300 for this season, down 1,930,000 from 24,082,900 in 1930. Regional variances range from Alberta 89% to British Columbia 102%, with overall Canada at 92% of last year.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
British Columbia
Prince Edward Island
Education In Penitentiaries Urges Expansion
In Ottawa Miss Agnes MacPhail urged greater educational expansion for inmates of Canada’s penitentiaries. She attributed rising inmate numbers to prevalent depression and unfavorable home conditions, speaking before an Ottawa service club.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Agnes MacPhail
House of Commons
Airman carries sealed letter to Canada’s prime minister
Seiji Yoshihara, a Japanese airman attempting a solo flight from Japan to the United States via Canada, carries a sealed letter from Canadian Minister Her bert Marler in Tokyo to Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett, prime minister of Canada, on his north Pacific crossing.
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Tokyo
Japan
Seiji Yoshihara
Canada
The
United
North Pacific
Herbert Marler
R. B. Bennett
Senator push for joint Remembrance and Thanksgiving in Senate
Senator John Stanfield introduces a motion to celebrate Remembrance Day and Thanksgiving together in Ottawa. He noted the bill already fixes Remembrance Day on November 11, shifting from Armistice Day, and the Senate committee will review the proposed amendment to the holiday date.
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Ottawa
Ont
Senate
John Stanfield
House of Commons
Stanfield
Made In West Campaign Aims Prairie Goods Label
Winnipeg manufacturers meet to launch a Made in the West campaign for prairie produced goods. A distinctive identification mark will appear on all articles to show western labor origin, with close cooperation between manufacturers and retailers.
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Winnipeg
Empire wheat quotas approved by Labour government in Lords
London reports the Labour government backing a general principle of empire wheat quotas to reserve a share of the British market for Dominions. Lord Parmoor signals possible detail after Ottawa conference, while Lord Arnold criticizes the plan as crude and potentially harmful to prices.
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London
England
Lord Parmoor
House of Lords
Ottawa
Britain
Lord Arnold
Economic Committee
Imperial Conference
R. B. Bennett
J. H. Thomas
Efforts to Promote Sale of Wheat Abroad
In the House of Commons Hon. H. H. Stevens said Canada has endeavored to widen wheat markets and counter European resistance. He noted past European moves favoring Argentine wheat, steps to build new markets in other regions, and improved attitudes in Great Britain. He warned it would take years to fully rectify.
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Bertram Pollock
Norwich
Lord Arnold
Parmoor
Stevens
Canada
Europe
North America
Argentina
Germany
France
Switzerland
Mr. Stevens
Columbia
Great Britain
Idle On Land Plan Aims At Farming For Jobless In Manitoba
Winnipeg scheme by J G Alexander and J P Simens proposes using unemployment relief funds to place 1100 families on government owned land priced at one to one fifty dollars per acre. Families would farm permanently and repay advances to gain title to the land.
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Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba
J. G. Alexander
J. P. Siemens
Production Not Excessive in Ottawa Beef Market Review
The eleventh annual Livestock Market and Meat Trade Review notes Ottawa beef and meat production are not excessive and Canada’s meat output is currently on a comparatively low basis. It cautions low production may not guarantee sustained good prices this year.
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Ottawa
Livestock Market and
Dominion Livestock Branch
Canada
Fire Ravages Hay's Dairy Farm Near Calgary
Fire destroyed the main barn at Hay's dairy farm near Calgary Alberta, causing 40600 in losses partly covered by insurance. The blaze swept through feed and hay as 100 prize cattle were exercised nearby 15 minutes before the fire began. seven cattle were saved by employees.
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Calgary
Alta
Hay
Here
Iployees
Ottawa honors 88th birthday of former North West Territories lieutenant governor
Hon. C. H. Mackin tosh, once lieutenant governor of the North West Territories in 1893, marked his 88th birthday at home in Ottawa. He is slowly recovering from a severe attack of neuritis and rheumatism.
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Ottawa
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