Trade in Britain Improves Says Chamberlain at Bankers Dinner
London Chancellor Neville Chamberlain told Bank of England and City bankers that Britain's trade has improved and the sterling will stay independent. He cited the exchange equalization account to smooth currency fluctuations and noted exports rose about 100 million dollars in eight months amid rising international trade barriers. Montagu Norman praised central banks and the Bank for International Settlements as key to global monetary cooperation.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Great Britain
Montagu Norman
Bank of England
Bank For International Settlements
Norman
Dominions
Ontario Schools Plan To Teach Agriculture
Ontario minister of agriculture Duncan Marshall announced plans to include agriculture in the public school curriculum. He cited an agreement with education minister L J Simpson and said scientific agriculture would be taught in all public schools within two to three years, stressing soil knowledge and the value of farming.
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Toronto
Duncan Marshall
Ontario
Departments of Agriculture and Education
Young Men's Canadian Club
L. J. Simpson
Cattle Marketed Through Winnipeg Abattoirs
About 2000 head of under fed cattle from Manitoba and Saskatchewan have been marketed through Winnipeg abattoirs since the first loads arrived September 21, according to a checkup at local packing plants.
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Winnipeg
Grouth
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Labor Party to convene on war stance after conference
The Southport Labour Party delegates voted to form a special convention to decide Labour's position on war and peace. Moderates defeated radical amendments and Arthur Henderson affirmed Labour will refuse to back Britain in any war and oppose any government dragging the country into conflict. The party also greeted Russia joining the League of Nations as a peace move.
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Southport
England
Britain
Labor Party
Arthur Henderson
World Disarmament Conference
Labor
Russia
League of Nations
Henderson
Remembrance Day Observance Rules In Ottawa
Remembrance Day falls on Sunday November 11 this year and the secretary of state notes no automatic Monday holiday for business. Local authorities may decide if a Monday closure applies when Sundays are statutory holidays.
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Ottawa
Department of Secretary of State
Window Washer Fights Hawk at World’s Fair Skyride
William Weber, a window washer on the west tower of the skyride, fought off a large chicken hawk attacking him at 624 feet above the fair. He used his tools and fists, finally striking the hawk away and saving himself from a deadly plunge.
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Chicago
William Weber
Weber
McGill Professors Switch Posts to University of London
Prof. F Clarke, five years at McGill, accepts a staff appointment at the University of London Institute of Education acting as adviser to overseas students and plans to depart for the new post toward the end of January. Dr. H D Southam becomes assistant professor of education at McGill from Vancouver’s normal school.
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Montreal
F. Clarke
McGill University
Institute of Education
University of London
H. D. Southam
British Columbia Normal School
Vancouver
McGill
Alberta claim hearing opens over Dominion natural resources
The hearing into Alberta's compensation claim for provincial natural resources during Dominion administration has opened. The royal commission comprises Justice A. K. Dysart, Judge T. M. Tweedie of Calgary, and G. MacDonald of Montreal.
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Ottawa
Alberta
Royal Commission
A. K. Dysart
T. M. Tweedie
Calgary
G. ©. MacDonald
Montreal
Berlin bans balloon tire bidding to save rubber
An official restriction at Berlin forbids bidding the manufacture of balloon type tires to conserve the nation's shrinking rubber supply. Balloon tires require about twice the rubber of ordinary tires and the policy aims to economize scarce resources.
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Berlin
Dominion Marketing Board Formed To Boost Apple Exports
Dr G H Barton chairs the new Dominion Marketing Board and serves as Deputy Minister of Agriculture. The board will study methods to raise Canada’s apple export trade.
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G. H. Barton
Dominion Marketing Board
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Canada
Plane Crash Kills Seven Near Folkestone in English Channel
A Hillmans Airways plane carrying seven aboard crashed three miles off Folkestone on a misty day en route from Romford to Paris Le Bourget. No witnesses. the Leander captain heard engines then crash. Five bodies recovered by the steamer Biarritz. rain or obscurity hindered identification.
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Folkestone
Eng
English Channel
le Bourget
France
Leander
Biarritz
S.O.S
Croydon
Hillman’s Airways
Romford
Essex
London
Paris
Nobel Peace Prize Seen Heading to Sir Norman Angell
Oslo cable to the New York Times quotes M Olden of the Norwegian Peace Society saying the 1934 Nobel peace prize will probably go to Sir Norman Angell. Angell is an economist author and former British MP who wrote several works on peace and war.
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New York
Oslo
New York Times
M. Olden
Norwegian Peace Society
Norman Angell
Australia urges Britain to publish agriculture goals
Bradford England. Stanley Bruce, Australia’s high commissioner in London, urged Britain to announce its objectives for domestic agriculture and the role of Dominion imports. He called for guiding principles to shape an inter imperial policy for reciprocal trade. Britain’s drive to boost agriculture already affects Dominion exports with standstill deals on meat cattle and eggs under discussion.
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Australia
Britain
Bradford
England
Dominions
Stanley Bruce
London
Bruce
Bradford Textile Society
May Lower Interest Ottawa on Farm Loan Board
An order in council, secured by Hon. E. N. Rhodes, lowers the cost of farm loans to as low as 4 1/2 percent for Canadian farm loan board borrowers. The federal treasury may lend to the board at 4 percent versus 5 percent, and the minister of finance can buy four percent bonds up to 10 million dollars in 100 thousand dollar instalments.
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Ottawa
Canadian Farm Loan Board
E. N. Rhodes
Federal Treasury
Minister of Finance
Relief Lists Lower Victoria Declines Marked Drop in Relief
British Columbia relief registrations have fallen to 29,000, the lowest in two years. Provincial administrator E W Griffiths says consolidation of old and new lists is nearly done, with 10 000 listed in provincial areas and 19 000 in municipalities, excluding dependents. The March total of unemployed on relief has shrunk from 51 000 to 29 000 over several months.
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Victoria
British Columbia
E. W. Griffiths
Connor urges national government for Canada in Winnipeg talk
Rev. Charles W. Gordon author of Ralph Connor told a Winnipeg service club that a national government for Canada is needed to solve the country’s problems, criticizing the inability of one group to address them.
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Chatham
Ont
Canada
Charles W. Gordon
Winnipeg
Ralph Connor
Lower Taxation and Interest Rates Expected
Ottawa reports forecasts of tax cuts and lower interest rates for borrowers in addresses by Prime Minister Bennett in London and Finance Minister Rhodes in Ottawa tied to a $250 million refunding loan. They cite Canada’s recovery, improved revenues, and a shift toward normal rates benefiting bonds, deposits, and national finance.
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Ottawa
Canada
R. B. Bennett
London
E. N. Rhodes
Mr. Bennett
Bennett
Rhodes
Dominion
Canadian National Railways
Experimental farm planned for clay bush area in Melfort
Ottawa reports Saskatchewan will host a 640 acre experimental farm in the Melfort constituency. Located in clay bush country, the project aims to aid farmers in prairie districts with livestock and forage crop focus. Land is already acquired and buildings rise. operations start next year to address Carrot River valley conditions.
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Ottawa
Melfort
Sask
Department of Agriculture
Claybush
Prairies
Saskatchewan
Carrot River
Crop Payment Raised for Alberta Wheat Pool
The Alberta wheat pool raises initial crop payment for 1934 wheat by 15 cents to 50 cents per bushel. Officials cited better prices and stronger demand, up from 35 cents per bushel for the 1933 crop.
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Calgary
Alberta Wheat Pool
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English
Farm Loan Board
Bright
B.C
Sail For
Syd Cozens
Jack Terry
British Isles
Torchy Peden
Ocean
New Farm Station
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