Fairness to All in Penitentiary Investigation
Ottawa reports say radicals planned a demonstration on Parliament Hill regarding relatives visiting eight Toronto Communists jailed in Portsmouth penitentiary. Justice Minister Hugh Guthrie declined a public inquiry, promising fair treatment and no political prisoners, with visits to resume after conditions normalize.
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Ottawa
Parliament Hill
Portsmouth Penitentary
Portsmouth Penitentiary
Hugh Guthrie
Canadian Defence League
Minster
Edward Smith
Toronto
Canada
Guthrie
Lasalle Petroleum Withdraws From Russian Barter Deal
Joseph Elie director of Lasalle Petroleum Refinery Company says his firm will not accept further shipments of oil from the three cornered aluminum products deal. He cites dissatisfaction and wishes not to be bothered with the business. Ottawa reports Commons inquiries into Soviet oil quality.
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Montreal
Que
Joseph Elie
Lasalle Petroleum Refinery Company
Elie
Preparatory Conference for Russo Japanese Peace Treaty Held in Tokio
The News Service Nippon Dempo reports a preparatory conference will meet in Tokyo to negotiate a non aggression treaty between Soviet Russia and Japan. Japanese foreign minister Count Yasuo Uchida discussed with premier Makoto Saito and war minister Sadao Araki after Ambassador Hirota’s report on Russian attitude.
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Tokio
Japan
Nippon Dempo
Yasuo Uchida
Makoto Saito
Sadao Araki
Koki Hirota
Uchida
Bruce Named Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
Ottawa announces Dr. Herbert Alexander Bruce will succeed Hon. W. D. Ross as Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. The appointment follows Ross's resignation a year earlier and was announced by Prime Minister R. B. Bennett.
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Ottawa
Ont
Herbert Alexander Bruce
Ontario
R. B. Bennett
Dr. Bruce
W. D. Ross
Canada Sees Big UK Lumber Market Soon
In Ottawa a House of Commons debate centered on Canada’s lumber treaty with the United Kingdom. George B. Nicholson said the potential British market could exceed 1,000,000,000 board feet but full advantage would take three to five years due to current stock levels and competition. A. W. Neill argued Scandinavian goods would still undersell Canada.
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Ottawa
Ont
United Kingdom
Canada
House of Commons
Ontario
George B. Nicholson
Algoma East
A. W. Neill
Comox-Alberni
Nicholson
Russia
Central
Europe
Russian Plan Ahead Of Last Year
Official figures show Russia’s industry for the first eight months of 1932 rose 14.9 percent from the same period in 1931, beating last year but well below the 36 percent annual target and short of the year’s planned 1932 increase.
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Moscow
Russia
Provinces to be aided if they fail to care for the needy
In the House of Commons Hon. W. A. Gordon states the government cannot promise precise unemployment relief but will take adequate action if responsible provincial officials report they cannot meet the needs within their jurisdiction. Ottawa Ont. government stance noted.
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Ottawa
Ont
W. A. Gordon
House of Commons
Montreal Bandits Raid Bank on Cherrier Street
Three unmasked men robbed a Banque Canadien Nationale branch on Cherrier Street Montreal Quebec. They forced the manager and five employees into the vault and escaped with about $12 000 in cash and $1500 in bonds.
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Montreal
Que
la Banque Canadiene Nationale
Cherrier Street
Ottawa Liberal caucus to study tariff schedules
Liberal members and senators in Ottawa met to form committees to study individual tariff schedules impacted by the Canada United Kingdom Trade Treaty. The House of Commons will review each schedule after the treaty is ratified as a whole.
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Ottawa
Ont
House of Commons
Motorist Fined After Doe’s Town Gas Station Misunderstanding
William Mulhall of Detroit sped through Birr at 62 mph and told the court he believed the village was a gas station. He received a fine of $5 plus costs for the traffic offense.
Lloyds Register Signals Shipping Slump Suffocating World Trade
London reports Lloyds register shows a severe shipping downturn with 15 million tons laid up, amounting to about 20 percent of global tonnage and signaling an enduring economic low mood for shippers worldwide.
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London
England
Lloyds Register On Shipping
Noted Economist Resigns in London Over Trade Differences
Sir Walter Layton resigns from the preparatory committee of the world economic conference citing a serious difference of opinion with the British Government. He disagrees with Nevill Chamberlain on actions needed to restore reasonable freedom to international trade and doubts Ottawa framework negotiations will achieve the goal.
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London
England
Walter Layton
Neville Chamberlain
Walter
Ottawa
Scottish Conservatives oppose Scottish home rule at Commons
Scottish Conservative members of the House of Commons decided not to back any move for home rule in the north of the United Kingdom. At a meeting chaired by Sir Robert Horne they concluded no benefit would come from establishing a Scottish parliament.
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London
England
House of Commons
United Kingdom
Robert Horne
Short Rail Haul and Cattle Exports Debate
Professor A M Shaw dean of agriculture at the Saskatoon Board of Trade meeting argues the prairie rail haul to Churchill makes Hudson Bay route best for exporting cattle to Britain. He notes late navigation limits grain fed cattle movement but eases grass fed cattle export and cites cross bred cattle from University of Saskatchewan aiding Canadian meat competition with Argentina.
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Saskatoon
Sask
Prairies
Churchill
Hudson Bay
A. M. Shaw
Saskatoon Board of Trade
Dean Shaw
University of Saskatchewan
Great Britain
British preference explained for Canadian goods shipped directly
Premier R. B. Bennett explained in the House of Commons that Canadian goods consigned directly to Great Britain will receive the British preference even if they pass through the United States, while goods consigned to the United States and then reconsigned will not. British customs require proof of uninterrupted transit to grant the preference.
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Ottawa
Ont
United Kingdom
Canada
Great Britain
United States
R. B. Bennett
House of Commons
Lose Trade Advantage Washington to London
The Irish Free State will lose imperial tariff preferences in the United Kingdom on November 15. Dominions Secretary J H Thomas told the House of Commons that last year’s tariff act preferences for Dominions will expire, and exports to Great Britain will receive tariff treatment similar to foreign countries due to no trade agreement at Ottawa.
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London
England
Irish Free State
United Kingdom
J. H. Thomas
Dominions
House of Commons
Free State
Great Britain
Huge Grain Inflow Fills Ogden Point Elevator
The Ogden Point terminal in Victoria, BC is rapidly filling as grain pours in from the Alberta Wheat Pool. With a 1,000,000 bushel capacity, about 250,000 bushels are currently stored, and the rise in shipments suggests the capacity will soon be reached.
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Victoria
B.C
Ogden Point
Alberta Wheat Pool
Unemployed Relief Works to Run Across Canada
Ottawa announces public works to aid the unemployed through sewers and waterworks projects valued at 11 to 12 million dollars, plus road building in several provinces and relief camps in the prairies. Boarding of men on farms continues with half the board paid by the Dominion, and $200,000 allotted for national parks emergency work.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Manitoba
Alberta
Prairie Provinces
Dominion
Department of National Defence
Minister of the Interior
National Parks of Canada
House of Commons
W. A. Gordon
Labor
Ian Mackenzie
Federal aid sought for Regina airport charges
City Commissioner R J Westgate travels east for about 10 days to press Dominion assistance with carrying charges on Regina municipal airport. He will attend an Anglican Church meeting in Toronto and visit Ottawa on civic business. The city argues the airport’s development came from air mail service and, since service ended, Dominion should assume part of fixed charges.
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Regina
Sask
Dominion
R. J. Westgate
Westgate
Anglican Church
Toronto
Ottawa
Disease-Infected Needles Used Against European Girls
Calcutta correspondent reports Indian terrorists using disease infected needles on European and Anglo-Indian office girls en route between offices and homes. Thirteen attacks reported to date.
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London
England
Exchange Telegraph Agency
Calcutta
India
Tea Consumption In Canada Survey by T Reid
Canadians drink four pounds of tea per capita annually. Reid of the Ceylon Association, who surveyed the Canadian market, notes Canadians drink two-fifths as much as Englishmen and half as much as Australians and New Zealanders, about five times U S consumption, before returning to England.
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Montreal
Que
New
Lindberghs Name Son Jon Morrow Lindbergh
The World Telegram reports Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh name their second son Jon Morrow Lindbergh. The name honors a Scandinavian ancestor of Col Lindbergh and Morrow is Mrs Lindbergh’s maiden name.
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New York
World-Telegam
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Jon Morrow Lindbergh
Col. Lindbergh
Morrow
Cyclone Ravages Auckland Region in New Zealand
A cyclone swept across the Warkworth district causing widespread destruction. Buildings were razed roofs torn off trees up, and general havoc wrought with no deaths or serious injuries reported.
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Auckland
N.Z
Warkworth
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Home Office
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Lindbergh
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