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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 24, 1934
Page
5
Fragmentary reports from London note preparations for negotiations on wartime debts. Officials discuss token June payments and possible amicable settlements while Washington awaits formal notices. British papers warn that U S price controls and transfer rules complicate any debt settlement.
A young Russian student named Volkoff, age 24, won the governor general's medal for the graduating class at the University of Vancouver in 1924. He achieved high averages across all subjects and excelled in three key subjects, reflecting his dedication before entering the university.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a population figure of 214 000 and mention Christians. The text is incomplete, with unclear context or accompanying details.
Opposition in the Manitoba legislature notes Canada’s postwar recovery from April to July last year, warns against planned economy and foreign ideas, and argues war drove currency inflation not the economic system. He cites risks from regulatory intrusion and emphasizes dependence on traditional, market-based methods.
Miss Smellie urges nurses to relocate to smaller communities and practice there as public health responsibility expands. She notes BC and Alberta legislatures show a move toward organized health duties and questions if medical care and preventive work will split into two divisions.
President Roosevelt restated the United States position on war debts and the ambassadors from Belgium and France, both in default, visited the State Department. The plan calls for insisting on payment while offering to discuss each debtor’s problems separately and consider token payments or new settlement terms.
The board of railway commissioners will hold hearings in Refin a May 22 and travel to Edmonton Vancouver Calgary and Winnipeg through June 5 to consider proposed freight rate increases on crude oil from the U S southwest to residences in Western Canada. Dr J Mclean and J A Stoneman will lead the western trip.
Shares on the London Stock Exchange fell sharply following Britain's new trade restrictions against Japan. Early quotations showed a spillover effect as investors priced in the impact of the measures on Japanese markets and global demand.
Sir Herbert Robson president of the London Corn Trade Association voiced the view of Liverpool and London grain traders, condemning government interference with the wheat trade. He criticized the conference and a Rome commission meeting for focusing on price and quota schemes rather than production.
Reports from crop correspondents in Canada at the end of April show crop prospects below average, though conditions improved after May 1. Ontario, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan faced the harshest conditions with soil drift and poor weather. In Manitoba and Saskatchewan, wheat acreage contracted. Alberta saw early spring but dust storms persisted. Further rain fell late April but did not reverse declines. Grasshopper damage looms, and farmer intentions declined despite higher prices.
Frederick E Murphy, Minneapolis publisher and wheat acreage reduction expert, may make an official trip to Canada this year but the plan is on hold. He will not visit Argentina this year as previously announced. Murphy, a US delegate to London and Rome Wheat Conferences, was to explain US acreage reduction details to Argentine officials.
Percival Price of Ottawa accepted an invitation for the Toronto Symphony Orchestra to perform his St. Lawrence suite as the 1934 35 season opener. Wilfred C James announced the plan after Dr Ernest MacMillan extended the invitation. Price won a Pulitzer scholarship of 1500 dollars though Toronto University rejected his doctoral submission.
The king and queen of Siam dined at the House of Commons as guests of Captain Victor Cazalet Conservative MSP a former Eton schoolmate of King Prajadhipok. It marked possibly the first time a reigning monarch ate a meal within the House of Commons precincts.
A resolution backed by the Vancouver Women’s Canadian Club and the Calgary Business and Professional Women’s Club calls for government control of key minerals as a war preventative measure. It will be forwarded to the League of Nations Society in Ottawa for consideration.
Dr Raymond Morand notes junior clerks priced at 800 to 1000, budgetkeepers 400 to 32580, tellers 500 to 2820, accountants 700 to 4000, stenographers 500 to 2000. Four banks’ pension, allowances and retirement schemes described. bank names not disclosed.
In Fort Chipewyan Alta reporters describe a record flood as Peace River rose eighty feet above average at a point 100 miles west. No lives were lost but property damage was heavy and the spring muskrat catch for trappers was ruined. Trees over a century old were swept away after an ice jam broke free. The sparsely populated area spared more severe devastation that would have afflicted a larger farming region.
Theodore G. Morgan urges immediate $200,000 federal ad campaign to promote tourism nationwide. Senators study a national tourist department to augment provincial efforts as summer traffic grows May through August, with potential $500,000 annual ad spend to boost cross border visitors.
The Rome price basis commission outlined a gradual rise in minimum wheat export prices up to 19 percent, expressed in sterling on the CIF basis. Each country sets its own FOB price, but must meet a minimum tied to a mean price fixing committee. Delegates clashed with Sir Herbert Robson, who mocked their grasp of wheat.
Fires scorched Poland destroying two villages in Silesia and Malorska killing three children and injuring many as 400 houses burned. Romanian fires reached Campulino Muscel Buzeu and Ailistra destroying over 60 houses and causing $500000 damage amid water shortages. In France fires burned 5509 acres of pines near Bordeaux threatening turpentine districts before containment.
Hon Iyemasa Tokugawa Japanese minister to Canada told the University of British Columbia convocation banquet that U S Japan trade interdependence makes any war remote and peace in the Pacific likely He urged all Pacific rim nations to pursue accord and cooperation for regional stability
London reports show cabinet divisions and uncertainty about the next step in disarmament talks. No definite British policy announcement is expected until the world disarmament conference reconvenes in Geneva on May 26.
Inspector John Mc Intoah of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has returned to Sydney and resumes command of the Cape Breton forces after six months in Regina for training.
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