Prince of Wales welcomed in Northern Ireland amid cheers
The Prince of Wales arrived in Belfast to a record turnout and open armed welcome while objecting nationalists staged protests. Rail lines torn up and mined between Kells and Belfast with banners and red flags, as 12 000 guards watched the five mile parade to Stormont where the Prince dedicated the new Northern Ireland Parliament Buildings.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Prince of Wales
Stormont
Kells
County Meath
Free State
Cavan
Ireland
Irish Guards
Duke of Abercorn
Ulster
Viscount Craigavon
R. Dawson Bates
Home Affairs
Thief Drops Loot Recovered In Vancouver Jewelry Theft
A thief who stole $1,900 worth of jewelry from Mrs. G. M. Hughey fled across backyards and fences, but the dresser drawer he carried was found empty. The jewelry later turned up in an adjoining yard, after the thief dropped it while guarding the hollow drawer in a post-Olympic escape.
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Vancouver
B.C
Grain Shipments Planned Through Saint John Port
A million bushels of grain move eastward for shipment through Saint John New Brunswick early in December. Harbor Commissioner Thomas Nagle announced the purchase for shipment after returning from Montreal where he met railway and steamship officials and major shippers.
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Maritimes
Saint John
N.B
Thomas Nagle
Montreal
Dominion Loan Subscription Report Unclear Details
Montreal reports that Hon. E N Rhodes confirms the new Dominion loan of 80 million dollars is fully subscribed. The central campaign committee has no information on the final over-subscription until all applications are totaled.
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Montreal
Que
E. N. Rhodes
Dominion
Russia Faces Serious Food Shortage Ahead of New Plan
Moscow reports a tightening food situation as the end date of the five year plan nears. Russians endure stringent rations amid shortages of wheat sugar and butter while planners aim to raise living standards and ease hardship with the 1932 harvest and higher industrial output.
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Moscow
Russia
Exports Rise for Ottawa in October 1932
Exports from Ottawa to foreign countries climbed by 1,088,178 in October, led by wheat whose volume more than doubled from a year earlier. October exports reached 56,626,095 with re exports at 534,279, while imports fell to 37,582,206 boosting Canada’s export balance to 19,974,068 and total trade to 94,346,580 versus 101,466,571 in October 1931.
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Ottawa
Ont
Department of National Revenue
Canada
Unemployed Relief Figures in Canada Revealed in Commons
Hon. W. A. Gordon, Minister of Labor, told the House of Commons Ottawa that 800000 men women and children are on relief. About 144000 had not worked steadily since 1919 and 100000 were transients, half of them recent arrivals in the country.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
W. A. Gordon
House of Commons
Gordon
Ottawa income tax receipts rise in seven months
Figures from the Department of National Revenue show income tax collections increasing by 459 454. October 1931 brought in 825 443 while the following month yielded 1 284 898. For seven months the total rose 2 325 998 against the prior year. Year to date totals were 50 546 512 in 1931 and 62 872 510 this year.
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Ottawa
Ont
Department of National Revenue
Beaudry Lemann Calls for Longer Workdays in Montreal
Beaudry Lemann former Canadian Bankers Association president and general manager of La Banque Canadienne Nationale urged the Purchasing Agents Association in Montreal to adopt 12 or 14 hour workdays.
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Montreal
Beaudry Leman
Canadian Bankers’ Association
la Banque Canadiene Nationale
Purchasing Agents’ Association
No Report From Investigation On Portsmouth Penitentiary Riots
Hon. Hugh Guthrie told the House of Commons the Department of Justice has not received any report from the inquiry into the Portsmouth penitentiary riots in Ottawa Ontario.
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Ottawa
Ont
Department of Justice
Portsmouth Penitentiary
Hugh Guthrie
House of Commons
Western relief policy unchanged after Manitoba Saskatchewan meeting
In Ottawa details of unemployment relief for Manitoba and Saskatchewan were discussed by Saskatchewan treasurer M A MacPherson and Manitoba treasurer Ewen McPherson with Harry Hereford director of unemployment relief for Canada. The session followed a prior meeting with Labour Minister W A Gordon where Agriculture Minister George Headley of Alberta attended. No policy changes were decided.
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Ottawa
Ont
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
M. A. MacPherson
Ewen McPherson
Harry Hereford
Canada
W. A. Gordon
George Headley
Alberta
Death of Major Sifton secretary-treasurer of Winnipeg Free Press
John Wright Sifton secretary-treasurer of the Winnipeg Free Press died in Toronto on November 15 after a long illness. He was 46 and had lived in Toronto after a long holiday in the southern United States. His widow is Mrs Grace Christine Bell of Montreal.
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Winnipeg Free Press
Toronto
Ont
John Wright Sifton
Sifton
United States
Grace Christine Bell
Montreal
No Benefit Seen in Tariff Reductions for British Exports
Manchester chamber warns that Canadian tariff cuts already announced are unlikely to boost Britain’s cotton, artificial silk, and textile exporters.
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Manchester
Eng
Manchester Chamber of Commerce
Tariff Talk Brings MPs To Pencils And Paper
In Ottawa Liberals probe tariff changes from the Anglo-Canadian treaty. E. J. Young notes British kitchenware tariffs rising from 29 to 47 percent with extra duties, while U S goods face 30 percent. MPs fret over complex calculations as discussions drift into higher mathematics.
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Ottawa
United States
Youths to Be Spanked in Woodshed in Victoria
In Victoria British Columbia youths who drink in beer parlors will be spanked in a woodshed as punishment. The plan, arranged by the attorney-general's department, aims to chastise minors without jail time after two Kamloops youths admitted taking girls to Chase and drinking beer in a beer parlor.
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Victoria
B.C
British Columbia
Attorney-General’s Department
R. H. Pooley
Kamloops
Chase
Winter Fair Winners at Royal Winter Fair grain judging
James Whitehead of Saskatoon won both wheat and barley in grain in sheaves at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto. Carl Schmide took oats, Patrick Shea won the Warrior gelding, Gibbs Brothers held Martin as reserve and Sandy and Martin won Clydesdale and Belgian specials.
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Toronto
Ont
James Whitehead
Saskatoon
Whitehead
Carl Schmide
Carlsruhe
Ontario
Patrick Shea
Winnipeg
Martin
Gibbs Brothers
Lumsden
Saskatchewan
Sandy
Jack Lewis
Delroy
Alberta
Evolve Plan in Europe to Aid Unemployment
Paris reports a Franco British German plan to form an economic consortium to spur prosperity and ease unemployment. Raymond Patenotre would head operations with a first loan of 17 billion francs for rail electrification in Poland Romania Iraq and Portugal, funded by France Britain and Germany.
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Europe
Paris
France
Great Britain
Germany
Whch
Raymond Patenotre
M Pntenotre
Poland
Roumania
Iraque
Portugal
New York Herald Tribune
M. Patenotte
Ottawa Agreements Act Enters Into Force for UK Trade Pacts
The Ottawa agreements bill implementing the United Kingdoms new trade pacts with the Dominions became law. New duties took effect at midnight November 16 replacing those of the Import Duties Act. Treasury orders extended empire preferences and special tariffs, with Ottawa preferences applying to all British Empire countries except Ireland. The act grants treasury and board of trade powers and duties needing no immediate action.
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London
Eng
Ottawa
United Kingdom
Dominions
House of Lords
Commission
Treasury
Irish Free State
Board of Trade
Preference For Canadian Ports Used For Overseas Wheat
Western exporters will favor Canadian Atlantic and Pacific ports for wheat shipments to the United Kingdom. Leading grain shippers told the Canadian Press that whenever feasible Canadian ports are preferred to move grain overseas.
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Winnipeg
Man
United Kingdom
Possible Re opening Ladysmith Smelter for Bri tannia Ore
Victoria officials discussed reopening the Ladysmith smelter on Howe Sound to process copper ores from the Bri tannia mines. The move would allow the mines to operate under British preference and resume production.
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Victoria
B.C
Ladysmit
Britannia
Howe Sound
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N. Ireland
Empire
Morrow Fiance
Aubrey Nic! Morgan
Cardiff
Wales
Elizabeth Morrow
Dwight Morrow
Miss Morrow
Relief Administration
Far West
Major Sifton
George Egerson
Margaret Stella
Ringwood
England
Naval A.D.C
Britain
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