Acceptance of Titles in Canada Open Question
Ottawa discussed whether Canadians may accept titles from the king. Prime Minister Mackenzie King refused to preclude honor titles until Parliament votes on the broader question. Liberal Leader King pressed for Parliament to express views before any life peerage or title is accepted, with future listings unclear.
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Canada
Ottawa
Ont
R. B. Bennett
Mackenzie King
Mr. King
London
Pariament
Lord Wemyss Dies in Cannes France
Lord Wester Wemyss admiral of the fleet and descendant of royal lines died at his villa in Cannes at 69. He signed the armistice for Britain and led the Gallipoli landing in 1915 before withdrawing troops. He served as chief of naval staff at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference and was made a baron in 1919.
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Cannes
France
Wester Wemyss
William IV
George
Great Britain
Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss
Navy
Gallipoli
Economic Council Proposed for Canada by Political Science Association
Ottawa meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association urged the creation of an economic council in Canada made up of about six men of outstanding ability. The body would be a “thought organization” and advise governments on economic and social questions.
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Ottawa
Ont
Economic Council
Canada
Canadian Political Science Association
Liquor Exports Prohibited to United States from Canada
The department of national revenues states that liquor export to the United States is prohibited even for medicinal use. Officials say no beverage over 3.2 percent alcohol can be cleared to the republic.
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Ottawa
Ont
United States
Department of National Revenues
Republic
Snowden Attacks Ramsay MacDonald in Lords Debate
In the House of Lords Lord Snowden launched a harsh attack on Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald a former Labour colleague. He urged government scrutiny of the PM’s conduct in the national interest noting no results from Roosevelt talks and criticizing perceived ignorance and incapacity. The exchange occurred during a debate on the world economic conference opening June 12.
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Viscount Snowden
London
Ickornshaw
Ramsay MaDonald
House of Lords
Lord Snowden
MacDonald
Labor Department
Washington
Roosevelt
World Traveller John A. Clift Reaches Montreal on Return
John A. Clift the Ottawa journalist now living in London is in Montreal on the way home from a world journey. He carried notes on Stromboli’s partial eruption a Hindu funeral procession in Bombay sharks in Fiji and an emu chase in Australia. He notes lower costs in Australia New Zealand and the South Seas and cites the striking coastlines of Vancouver Island and the Washington state mountains.
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Montreal
Que
John A. Clift
Ottawa
London
Mr. Clift
Bombay
Fiji
Australia
New Zealand
South Sea Islands
France
Vancouver Island
British Columbia
Washington
Oxford Group Gathers Changed Canadians for Quebec City Session
Dr. Frank D. Buchman leads Oxford Group members as trains from Vancouver to Ottawa speed eastward with carloads of changed Canadians attending the final session in Quebec City from May 26 to June 5. He says the North American tour since last fall has been remarkable.
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Ottawa
Ont
Oxford Group
Frank D. Buchman
Vancouver
Quebec City
Buchman
North America
Manitoba Moves To Fight Grasshoppers Campaign Opens With Bait Cars
The Manitoba Department of Agriculture launched a grasshopper control drive by sending three tank rail cars of poisoned bait into southern Manitoba. Rain halted egg hatching but entomologists say the time is right to strike the first blow.
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Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Manitoba
Soviet to Attend London Economic Conference
The Soviet government announced its plan to participate in the London economic conference and to publish the delegates. Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinoff was named chairman of the delegation.
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Moscow
Russia
Maxim Litvinoff
Roosevelt
United States
London
Cordell Hull
James M. Cox
Ohio
Key Pittman
Nevada
World Debt Crisis Recurring Jeopardy for France
Belief grows that France will default on the June 15 debt instalment of 40 million 738 thousand dollars. The expectation follows tensions with the United States as government quarters near the due date.
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Paris
France
United States
Vancouver Scout Eric Liddell Chosen for Arctic Trip
King’s Scout Eric Liddell of Vancouver has been picked by Hudson’s Bay Company to join the supply ship Nascopie this summer. He will visit English and Scottish Rover Scout apprentices at H.B.C. posts during the voyage.
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King’s
Eric Liddell
Vancouver
Hudson's Bay Company
Government launches large scale housing drive in England and Wales
The ministry of health issued circulars to housing authorities and county councils calling for a five year slum clearance plan and cheap rent homes. Subsidies will end except in limited cases, private builders to lead with funds mainly from building societies backing up to 90 percent of value, with guarantees for the remaining 20 percent. Captain Gustave Follemer of Vancouver dies after a month in hospital. famed Arctic ship commander for Hudsons Bay Company.
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London
Eng
Ministry of Health
England
Wales
Vancouver
B.C
Gustave Follemer
British Columbia
Arctic
Catain Follemer
Hudson's Bay Company
Lady Kindersley
Arctic Ocean
Western Canada Game Laws Eye Uniform Regulations
Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba game commissioners in Edmonton pursue uniform fur tax rates and third and big game licenses. They back leasing areas for trapping and will draft changes for July issue and possible next session legislation.
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Edmonton
Ana
Prairie Provinces
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Japan Approves Plan to Acquire Chinese Eastern Railway
Tokyo approves a three step plan to obtain the Chinese Eastern Railway in Manchuria from Soviet Russia. Manchukuo would negotiate a purchase under Japan's guidance, secure a transfer of undoubted control, and buy mining and timber concessions to reduce Soviet influence. Negotiations are expected to open soon in Tokyo.
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Manchuria
Tokyo
Japan
Russia
Manchukuo
Court reserves judgment in Sirrell estate suit in Alberta
The Court of Appeal awaits ruling in a $30,000 Sirrell estate case in Calgary. Seven English residents sue the University of Alberta claiming heirs rights to the estate after Henry Sirrell died intestate at Del Monte Alberta and relatives could not be found.
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Calgary
Alta
Court of Appeal
Sirrell
England
University of Alberta
University
Henry Sirrell
del Monte
France Opposes Destruction of Heavy War Material at World Court
At the disarmament conference in Geneva Foreign Minister Joseph Paul Boncour opposed destroying heavy war material and urged international control via the League of Nations. He revived the Tardieu plan for internationalizing tanks and other offensive weapons and argued supervision must cover privately manufactured armaments. France would not reduce armaments without a mutual assistance system and strong oversight.
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Geneva
France
Joseph Paul Boncour
League of Nations
United States
Italy
Germany
M. Paul-Boncour
League
Prominent Men Named as J P Morgan Customers in Senate Record
A Senate committee examined lists of J P Morgan and Company customers, naming William H Woodin William Gibbs McAdoo Charles Francis Adams Owen J Roberts John R Nutt John J Raskob and Newton D Baker among others. Morgan testified he paid British income taxes for 1931 and 1932 while noting U S losses could be deducted domestically.
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J. P. Morgan and Company
Washington
Senate
William H. Woodin
The
United States Treasury
William Gibbs McAdoo
Charles Francis Adams
Owen J. Roberts
John R. Nutt
John J. Raskob
Newton D. Baker
Great Britain
United States
Woman Lawyer Louise Saunders Welcomed by Judge Morris
Louise Saunders, Newfoundland s first woman lawyer to practice in the courts, appeared in a civil action before Central District Court Judge F J Morris K C who congratulated her on exam success and wished her an extensive practice noting the hope she may reach the wool sack and chief justiceship.
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St. John’s
Mid
Louise Saunders
Newfoundland
Central District Court
F. J. Morris
K.C
Morris
Patrol Boat Seizes Aldeen Near Victoria BC
The RCMP patrol boat Adversus seized the Vancouver gas boat Aldeen on Sunday, marking her first seizure since arrival from the east coast, with 135 cases of Canadian liquor aboard.
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Victoria
B.C
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Adversus
Vancouver
Aldeen
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