Canada warned on grain markets by British commissioner
Sir Francis Floud, British high commissioner to Canada, told the Commerce Club of the University of Toronto that Canada risks losing British and European grain markets. He cited price spreads with Argentina, demand for Argentine bread wheat, declining Western population, and Britain’s growing use of cheaper Argentine wheat as factors.
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Toronto
Francis Floud
Canada
Commerce Club
University of Toronto
Dansdalg
Great Britain
Francis
England
Argentina
Sir Francis
Britain
Sir Francs
France
Italy
United States
Scotland
Sir Francia
Interest For Farm Loans Ottawa
The agricultural committee of the Dominion provincial conference reports a general revision of grants for fall and winter fairs. It urges lower interest rates, including lowering the five per cent Farm Loan Board rate. Delays in loan processing are criticized. A representative committee from each province will meet in Ottawa early next year to devise a new grant basis and prevent gaps or overlap in coverage.
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Ottawa
Agricultural Committee
Dominion
Canadian Farm Loan Board
Uniform Company Laws To Be Prepared For Canada
Dominion and provincial officials, under Hon. Ernest Lapointe, will form a committee to draft uniform company laws for all provinces. The aim is a new act or amendments to standardize corporate legislation nationwide for presentation to Parliament.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Ernest Lapointe
Canada
Dominion to ease limits on European immigration
The Gazette reports the Dominion government plans to lift the barrier on European immigration. Officials say railways may bring up to 100 families each from central Europe, but the policy will still favor agriculturally skilled migrants from central and northern Europe amid high unemployment.
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Montreal
Dominion
The
Gazette
Ottawa
Canadian Pacifi Railway
Canadian National Railways
Europe
Provinces Seek Amendments to Canada’s Constitution
Ottawa reports a largely unanimous push among provinces to amend the British North America Act. A subcommittee chaired by Justice Minister Ernest Lapointe discussed changes. Quebec supports some changes but demands protection for minority and provincial rights. Quebec favors amending on a definite list of questions with two thirds of provinces’ approval, while other matters require unanimous consent.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
Ernest Lapointe
Quebec
Mayors Return Home After Ottawa Parley
Civic leaders from Dominion cities fly to Ottawa for a Dominion provincial parley and decide to return home after interviews with Dominion and provincial relief committees. They pledge to assist as a follow up to a proposal urging the federal government to assume the full cost of relief.
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Ottawa
Dominion Mayors
Dominion
King
Chickens Stolen From Ontario College Fed Vitamin B Diet
Ontario Agricultural College reports chickens stolen in the last month were fed special diets possibly dangerous for people. Prof. W R Graham notes a chicken can tolerate high Vitamin B amounts that would kill a dog in eight hours and warns that some stolen birds received concentrated Vitamin B or other research diets.
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Agricultural College
Guelph
Onti
Ontario Agricultural College
W. R. Graham
O.A.C. Poultry Department
Graham
Underground Hangars Urged for Malta Naval Base
Lord Strickland who led the Malta ministry 1927 to 1932 told the house of lords that underground aeroplane hangars are needed on the island to augment defence measures already taken at the naval base in the Mediterranean.
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London
Lord Strickland
Malta
House of Lords
Mediterranean
Cause Of Drouth Tied To Glacial Retreat In Rockies
Dan McCowan a noted Alberta naturalist told Electric club members that gradual recession of Rocky Mountain glaciers is causing drouth in Western Canada. Fires near glaciers now melt ice in 24 hours instead of six, and continued melting could alter flows of the Saskatchewan and other western rivers. He urged reforestation rather than committees debating the glacier issue.
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Rocky Mountain
Canada
Dan McCowan
Baoff
Alta
Electric Club
Saskatchewan
McCowan
Two Men Arrested in Labatt Kidnapping Case
U S agents trap two suspects in Ottawa ending a 14 month North American hunt for John Labatt a wealthy Canadian brewer. The duo were captured after a street chase in downtown Ottawa and confirmed by J Edgar Hoover head of the Bureau of Investigation.
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Ottawa
Til
U.S. Justice Department
John 8. Labatt
North America
J. Edgar Hoover
Justice Department
Bureau of Investigation
Washington
No New Schemes Under Marketing Act for Present
Ottawa reports no new schemes will be considered under the Natural Products Marketing Act. Existing programs will not be expanded while the act’s constitutionality is in doubt. About 22 schemes operate. eight proposed schemes are paused, including livestock and poultry marketing plans across several provinces.
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Ottawa
Dominion Provincial Committee On Agriculture
James G. Gardiner
Canada
Supreme Court of Canada
Gardiner
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
British Columbia
Revenue gains widen Canada’s November totals
Official returns show federal revenues to end of November at 257.97 million dollars, about 13.6 million higher than the previous year. Income tax and excise duties led the increase while ordinary expenditures rose 1.5 million with notable public works and loan programs included.
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Ottawa
Farm Loan Board
Canadian National Railways
Motor Truck Inquiry Urged at Dominion Conference
A resolution urged the Dominion provincial conference to appoint a fact-finding commission on the motor transit industry. It calls for a board knowledgeable about Canadian operations to investigate conditions, functions, problems, and possibilities. Approved by the Canadian Automobile Chamber of Commerce and Canadian Industrial Traffic League highway committee.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Canada
Canadian Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Canadian Industrial Traffic League
Highway Transportation Committee
King George to Broadcast Christmas Message From Sandringham
Empire listeners will hear the Christmas broadcast from Sandringham with King George introduced by a young girl in New Zealand. Canada’s segment runs 9 30 to 10 00 am EST on Christmas Day via the Canadian Radio Commission network from Ottawa. Other regions will share sound pictures from Britain Ireland Scotland Wales South Africa India and Australia with varied scenes and music.
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Ottawa
Sandringham
George
New Zealand
Canada
E.S.T
Canadian Radio Commission
England
Ireland
Australia
Scotland
Wales
South Africa
India
Best Shipping Season on Great Lakes Since 1929 Ends
Thunder Bay reports a record shipping season ending with ice over the harbor. A total of 402 package freighters arrived in summer and fall at Fort Arthur sheds, up from 397 last season, the best since 1929. Elevators hold 50 million bushels of grain, much stored for winter, with about 187.8 million bushels cleared down the Lakes since navigation opened.
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Great Lakes
Fort William
Thunder Bay
Fort Arthur
London Film Studios to Make Europe’s Largest Complex
London financer H Soskin backs Elstree project costing 2 500 000 dollars to create Europe’s largest studios. The complex will serve independent producers from any country and offer space for 16 simultaneous film productions with advanced technical equipment, aiming to position London as a global film center.
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Europe
England
London
Elstree
Hollywood
H. Soskin
Atlantic air service plans move forward with cross ocean links
Four governments agreed in principle to reciprocal landing rights for a new trans Atlantic passenger and mail service. Pan American and British Imperial Airways plan joint operation using China Clipper type flying boats with routes from the United States to Europe and return, pending Portuguese Azores landing consent.
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Washington
United States
Pan-American Air Lines
British Imperial Airways, Ltd
Azores
Pan-American
Europe
Imperial Airways
North America
Trans-Canada Highway May Be Completed Soon
Ottawa reports that the Dominion provincial conference committee on tourist traffic favors completing the Trans-Canada highway with 50 percent funded by the Dominion and 30 percent by each province within its borders. Completion is expected in two years. The plan also envisions feeder roads, more national parks, and dustless routes to parks to boost tourism.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Canada
Maritime
Extend Drouth Program Ottawa Focuses on Prairie Reclamation
Dominion government considers extending the drouth program to reclaim die out prairie areas. James Gardiner plans a meeting with provincial agriculture ministers to discuss policy. A 750000 dollar act funds a five year plan with annual 1 million expenditures for four years.
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Ottawa
Prairie Provinces
James Gardiner
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Christmas Air Mail Run From McMurray to Arctic Outposts
Three Canadian Airways pilots left McMurray delivering the 1935 Christmas air mail to Ake lavik and other Arctic points. Pilots Lewis Leigh Conway Farrell Matt Berry and W. R. "Wop" May carried heavy loads of mail and luxuries to Simpson Aklavik Fort Good Hope Goldfields and other destinations amid snowbound routes and Arctic conditions.
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McMurray
Alta
Santa Clara
Canadian Airways
Akelavik
Lewis Leigh
Simpson
Conway Farrell
Aklavik
Matt Berry
Fort Good Hope
Arctic
Crete
W. R. “Wop” May
Goldfields
Art Rankin
Marlowe Kennedy
Mackenzie Air Service
Murray to devote full time as Wheat Board chair
J R Murray was named chair of the Canadian Wheat Board and will devote his entire time to duties. He has been granted leave of absence from Alberta Pacific Grain Company Limited where he serves as general manager. Murray also severed ties with other grain firms and cereal traders.
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Winnipeg
J. R. Murray
Canadian Wheat Board
Wll
Alberta Pacific Grain Company, Limited
Murray
Wheal
Varius
Pension cheques on regular dates this year Ottawa
Canadian war pensioners will receive their cheques on the usual monthly dates this year and no advance pension payment will be made for the Christmas holiday according to the department of pensions and national health.
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Ottawa
Department of ‘Pensions and National Health
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