Germany Ready to Cooperate in Peace Plan
Berlin reports Chancellor Hitler pledges Germany will cooperate to guarantee international security and peace while reaffirming its right to live on equal terms with other nations. He attacks Versailles, supports disarmament with others, and seeks non aggression pacts with emphasis on stabilizing Germany and combatting Communism. Ottawa notes radio commission appointments extend to March 31, 1934, with possible renewals.
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Berlin
Germany
Hitler
Ramsay MacDonald
Roosevelt
France
United States
Europe
Post plans world flight to circle globe from New York
Wily Post announces a solo attempt to beat the round the world record using the Winnie Mae with a robot helper. The route mirrors the 1931 Gatty pass with stops including Edmonton and Berlin as he aims to depart July 1 from New York.
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Oklahoma City
Wily Post
Edmonton
Alberta
Post
Harold Gatty
Gatty
New York
Berlin
Russia
Fairbanks
Alaska
Former Inspector Sentenced for Theft of Luggage Across Railways
Arthur Hay a 45 year old ex inspector of the Canadian National Railways was sentenced to three years penal servitude after being found guilty of stealing suitcases from railway trains nationwide. A railway detective tracked him across 3000 miles. His past includes a 1508 England conviction, work in South America, service with the Royal Northwest Mounted Police and action in the Dardanelles. In 1927 he was jailed in Australia for thefts in Melbourne Sydney and Brisbane and in 1931 he received six months in Manchester for jewelry theft worth 10000 dollars.
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London
Eng
Old Bailey
Arthur Hay
Canadian National Railways
Hay
England
South America
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Dardanelles
Australia
Melbourne
Sydney
Brisbane
Manchester
Henry Declares No Election In June Ontario Brief
Premier George S Hen ry says Ontario Government will not appeal to electors in June. Parliament circles still hint election prep is gathering speed despite the denial. Denison Iowa twelve men pleaded guilty in district court to contempt of court and resisting service. sentenced to one year in state penitentiary with bench paroles.
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Henry
Ontario
Toronto
Ont
George S. Henry
Parliament
Denison
Iowa
Homer A. Fuller
Pioneer Alberta farmer and daughter killed in train collision
Frank Hubka, 65, a pioneer farmer of southern Alberta, and his daughter Miss Mary Hubka were killed instantly near Peacook, Alberta, when their car was struck by a northbound Canadian Pacific Railway passenger train just five miles south of Carmangay.
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Carmangay
Alberta
Frank Hubka
Mary Hubka
Peacock
Here
Canadian Pacific Railway
Prairie Provinces Demand Uniform Federal Relief Policy
Premier John Bracken of Manitoba urged a three province front with Alberta and Saskatchewan to seek a uniform federal relief policy. He announced plans to wire premiers to form joint representations to Ottawa as unemployment rises. He cited 90,000 on relief in Manitoba, with over 60,000 in Winnipeg and St Boniface, noting a jump of 40,090 in the past year.
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Weinnipeg
Sian
Prairie
John Bracken
Manitoba
Bracken
Ottawa
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Winnipeg
St. Boniface
Will Not Resign Ottawa Government Won't Resign Over Senate Defeat
Prime Minister Bennett states the government will not resign after the senate defeated the Judges act amendment. He replies to Liberal S. W. Jacobs that only a joint resolution could prompt a resignation, denying any intention to resign otherwise. The exchange centers on contrasts with a previous railway bill pledge.
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Bennett
Senate
Ottawa
Ont
R. B. Bennett
S. W. Jacobs
Lib
Cartier
Mr. Jacobs
Canadian National
New Labor Minister For British Columbia
William Middleton Dennies of Vancouver sworn in as British Columbia Minister of Labor in Premier Tolmie’s cabinet. A 25 year Vancouver resident and leader in the labor movement, he served overseas in World War I and later worked with the soldiers' civil re establishment board. Dennies was born in England.
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W. M. Dennies
Tolmie
Victoria
B.C
William Middleton Dennies
Vancouver
National Labor Council
All-Canadian
Congress of Labor
British Columbia
S. F. Tolmie
Mr. Dennies
Executive Council
Themalgamated Carpenters of
Canada
Canadian Engineers
Dennies
Soldiers’ Civil Re-Establishment Board
England
Government Says Titles Not Binding on Canada
Premier R B Bennett informed the House that the 1919 motion on honors, adopted by a Liberal majority, is not binding on the king or his government in Canada or on Parliament. He noted Sir George Perley’s promotion followed constitutional practice, suggesting Canadians may still receive titles in future New Year or birthday lists despite the motion.
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Canada
Ottawa
George Perley
Joseph Mercier
Lib. Laurier-Outremont
Mercier
Canadian heiress weds Russian prince in Toronto chapel
Mrs. Harry Ross, Victoria daughter and heiress to the Butchart fortune, marries Prince Andre Chirinsky Chihmatoff in a private ceremony at Horace Smith’s Toronto home. The wedding links Canadian wealth with Russian aristocracy after a Paris meeting.
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Toronto
Ont
Robert Pim Butchart
Victoria
B.C
Old Russia
Horace Smith
Harry Ross
Butchart
Prince Andre Chirinsky Chihmatoff
Olga Chihmatoff
Paris
France
Wheat acreage cut eyed to curb world crisis
Geneva reports the wheat conference of Canada Australia United States and Argentina endorses a possible 10 percent acreage reduction and export regulation. A second London meeting May 29 will frame concrete proposals as international cooperation grows alongside soaring import prices and legal cooperation in the United States.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Canada
Australia
United States
London
Motion Defeated Over German Goods Ban in Commons
In London the Commons saw Geoffrey Mander push a bill to bar German goods under the League Covenant sanctions. Sir Austen Chamberlain appealed for withdrawal, urging action only in an emergency. Mander withdrew the measure after Chamberlain's speech amid cheers.
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London
Eng
House of Commons
Great Britain
Austen Chamberlain
Geofrey Mander
Commons
Sir Austen
Mander
Business Is Improving Change According To Report
Canada sees gradual employment and business upgrades with notable expansion in the west driven by food supply and wearing apparel sectors. Ottawa adds two cents per pound to strawberry import duties from May 25 to July 31 under tariff provisions.
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West
Toronto
Ont
Canada
Ottawa
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Wiley Post
Selo
C.N
Charles P. Fullerton
Canadian National Railways Board of Trustees
Western Provinces
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Whale Island
Olympia
Britain
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