Denounces Grab and Tyranny in Canadian Democracy
Sir Edward Beatty, president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, told Calgary Canadian Club members that Canadians reject fascism and socialism and will not abandon democratic government. He blamed public authorities for faults, warned against treasury raids and public pressure that could erode democracy, and urged reform within the present system.
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Calgary
Canada
Sir Edward Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway
Sir Edward
Calgary Canadian Club
Australia In Good Shape New York
Premier B S B Stevens of New South Wales says Australia is nearly fully recovered from previous downturn. In a New York interview Stevens, also colonial treasurer, says internal adjustments have positioned the country to attract and use foreign capital profitably.
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New York
Australia
B. S. B. Stevens
New South Wales
Stevens
Soviet official studies Canadian wheat breeding methods
Winnipeg report records A. Essipov chief of the state plant breeding fund of the Soviet People’s Commissariat of Agriculture in Moscow visiting Canada to study wheat breeding and rust resistant grain varieties. He will also visit Saskatoon and Edmonton.
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Winnipeg
A. Essipov
Soviet People’s Commissariat of Agriculture
Moscow
Saskatoon
Edmonton
Explains How Price Works Winnipeg
The Canadian Wheat Board explains the 1936-37 fixed price for No 1 Northern wheat. If Fort William closes below 90 cents the board fixes 87 1/4 cents for the balance of the crop year, guaranteeing a minimum price to growers.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Wheat Board
Ottawa
Fort William
Must Pass Driver's Test London
Sir Walter Windham long time car owner and foreign service messenger was ordered by Marylebone police court to pass a driving test and display L plates on his car. He was disqualified for a month and fined 3 pounds including costs for driving dangerously while noting his eyes and ears were not as sharp as before. He had never caused an accident prior to the ruling.
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London
Sir Walter Windham
Marleybone
Walter
King
Foreign Service
Whitehall Court
Marylebone
Sir Walter
Unconditional Release of Mrs Atkinson In Poland
Mrs F G Atkinson wife of a Minneapolis business executive was freed in Warsaw from a one year Polish prison sentence for alleged customs violations over foreign currency. Protests by U S State Department representatives accompanied her release after earlier arrest when she crossed into Germany seeking aid and forgot to declare a letter of credit on reentry.
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F. G. Atkinson
Minneapolis
Warsaw
U.S. Department of State
Atkinson
Germany
Ride Above The Clouds Thrills Tweedsmuir Party in Rockies
In Banff Alberta the governor general Baron Tweedsmuir and Lady Tweedsmuir along with the vice rega l party rode through low hanging clouds along the road from Field to Emerald Lake. The sight inspired the governor general to plan an unofficial return next year for a hunting trip.
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Rockies
Banff
Alta
Rocky Mountains
Canada
Baron Tweedsmuir
Lady Tweedsmuir
Western Canada
Emerald Lake
Field
B.C
Normandie Shuns Pennant Waring Atlantic Speed
The French liner Normandie arrives with no blue pennant on its masthead signaling speed supremacy. Captain Pierre Thoreux states there will be no attempt this summer to reclaim the emblem after Queen Mary set the eastward crossing record.
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New York
Pierre Thoreux
Henson Retires From U S Customs Service
Matthew A. Henson, 70, the African American who with four Eskimos helped Admiral Peary plant the U S flag at the North Pole on April 7 1909, retires from the United States customs service in New York.
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New York
Matthew A. Henson
Admiral Peary
United States
North Pole
United States Customs Service
Long Canoe Trip Down Peace River Ends in Peaceful Return
H. S. Drinker of Philadelphia and family completed a 550 mile journey in two canoes down the Peace River from Summit British Columbia. They left by train for home after the voyage.
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Peace River
Alta
H. S. Drinker
Philadelphia
Summit
B.C
Queen Mary Sets Westward Atlantic Record
Cunard-White Star president Sir Percy Bates reported two telegrams from King Edward congratulating the Queen Mary on fastest westward Atlantic crossing and a new low voyage time as she passed Bishop's Rock in under four days. Bates ordered the king's messages posted on officers and crew bulletin boards.
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London
Cunard-White Star Line
Sir Percy Bates
King Edward
Bishop's Rock
Percy
Substitutes On Display At Leipzig Autumn Fair
At Leipzig Germany the autumn fair showcases Germany's ersatz substitutes for imports. Among exhibits are synthetic resinous materials Buna rubber substitute and new artificial marble with veining produced by photo mechanical means on glass. Leather imitates reptile skin with claimed imperceptible difference to the eye.
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Germany
Leipzig
The Straight Highway and Canada’s Road Safety
A. A. Smith chief engineer of Ontario highways spoke at the Canadian Good Roads Association convention. He called the straight highway the first step toward safety as delegates from provinces public works and motor vehicle offices gathered for Canada’s three day meeting on highway improvements. Arthur Dixon addressed the delegates as deputy minister of public works British Columbia.
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Charlottetown
A. A. Smith
Ontario Department of Highways
Canadian Good Roads Association
Automobile Association
Canada
Arthur Dixon
British Columbia
May Secure Post Montreal Despatch on Brockington
The Gazette Ottawa dispatch notes Leonard Brockington a prominent Winnipeg lawyer and former Calgary corporation counsel is considered for chair or assistant chair of the new national radio board. His appointment could ease ministerial divisions between supporters of Major Gladstone Murray and Mr Brophy of NBC and Marconi Montreal.
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Montreal
Ottawa
the Gazette
Leonard Brockington
Winnipeg
Calgary
National Radio Board
Brockington
Gladstone Murray
British Broadcasting Company
Brophy
National Broadcasting Company
Marconi Company
Uniform Plan for Marking Roads Urged in Canada
Arthur Dixon deputy minister of public works British Columbia urged uniform highway marking across Canada at the Canadian Good Roads Association in Charlottetown. He called for a Trans Canada route marker one digit provincial name and consistent shape color and location with U S systems. A Dominion provincial committee or Ottawa interprovincial group would handle uniformity. Hugh A. Lumsden suggested educating schoolchildren on driving rules to train future drivers.
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Charlottetown
Canada
Good Toads Association
Arthur Dixon
British Columbia
United States
Dixon
Dominion
Ottawa
Interprovincial Committee
Hugh A. Lumsden
Hamilton
Ont
New Zealand Proposes League Reform for Global Armed Force
Norway Foreign Minister Halvdan Koht told the League of Nations that disarmament and strict anti-war measures in the covenant offer best peace guarantees. A memorandum from Geneva urged creating an international land sea and air force under the league and suggested plebiscites to approve armed contributions and separation from postwar treaties.
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Geneva
New Zealand
League of Nations
League
Halvdan Koht
Norway
League of Nations Secetariat
British official pledges five year cleanup of slums
Sir Raymond Unwin, housing and planning advisor, announced in Halifax that slum districts would be cleared within five years. He and Lady Unwin arrived aboard the Newfoundland from Liverpool as part of a government program to add 3,000,000 homes.
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Halifax
Great Britain
Raymond Unwin
Advisory Committee On
Lady Unwin
Newfoundland
Liverpool
World Youth Congress in Geneva opens with nearly 1000 delegates
The World Youth Congress in Geneva opened with about 1,000 delegates from 33 nations. It aims to unite youth for peace and develop a common plan for international cooperation to prevent war and promote youth led peace efforts.
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Geneva
World Youth Congress
Youth For Peace
British Heritage Toronto Emphasized by Sir Percy Vin cent
Sir Percy Vincent, lord mayor, addressed the Canadian club praising London as the greatest city of the empire. He called the metropolis both “our” city and “your” city, presenting it as part of Canadian heritage.
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Toronto
London
Canada
Percy Vincent
Percy
King George V Memorial Plans Two Statues for Liverpool
Liverpool committee approves two bronze statues of King George and Queen Mary to be erected near the Mersey tunnel as part of the city memorial project.
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Liverpool
King George
Queen Mary
Mersey Tunnel
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