Yugoslav Army Invasion of Hungary Sparks Frontier Crisis
Yugoslav forces crossed into Hungary near Beeged amid mass expulsion of 27,000 Hungarians from Yugoslavia following King Alexander death. Refugees flood border towns as Hungarian officers restrain violence and diplomatic tensions with Belgrade escalate over claims of complicity.
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Hungary
Sracageny
Yugoslavia
Alexander
Belgrade
Foreign Office
Marzelite
Blav
Boat Trapped In Ice Near Letty Harbor
A Hudson's Bay Co schooner named Margot A. A. lies frozen in Letty Harbor on the Arctic coast between Coppermine and Aklavik with about six crew held since October. The ship reportedly has provisions and little discomfort, while a rescue plane is planned from Cameron Bay to fetch the captain and engineer, leaving some crew aboard to guard the vessel.
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Edmonton
Coppermine
Aklavik
Arctic
Hudson's Bay Co
Margot A
Letty Harbor
Cameron Bay
Outstanding Women of 1934 Named by Arthur Brisbane
Arthur Brisbane names nine outstanding women of 1934 including Mrs Oliva Dionne of Callander Ont mother of quintuplets Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt and six others in a magazine feature praising their contributions and perseverance.
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New York
Ontario
Arthur Brisbane
Oliva Dionne
Callander
Ont
Franklin Roosevelt
United States
Alberta Legislature to convene in February session
The Alberta legislature will be convened for the last session before elections during the first week of February. Hon. J. F. Lymburn, attorney-general, indicated the plan in Calgary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Alberta
J. F. Lymburn
Prince of Wales herd wins seven awards at international expo
The Prince of Wales cattle herd collected seven prizes at the International Livestock Exposition. W L Carlsle of High River Alberta received the rib bon award, with one first, three seconds, a third and two fifth places. Officials noted Canadian entries will be returned to EP ranch and not sold locally. Peter J Lux of Shelbyville Indiana named world corn king, with Lea Lux barred from corn class for three years after multiple titles.
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Thomas E. Wilson
Chicago
Whrle
E.P
Prince of Wales
Carlsle
Peter J. Lux
Shelbyville
Ind
Herman Tre‘le
Wembley
Alta
Lea . Lux
Farm Livestock Shifts Across Canadian Provinces
Canada reports fewer horses and more cattle on farms this year, with sheep rising and swine falling overall. Provincially, horses drop except in Nova Scotia, cattle decline except in Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia, sheep grow in western provinces, swine up only in Quebec, and total poultry rise in Nova Scotia Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia while dropping in Prince Edward Island New Brunswick Quebec Ontario and Manitoba.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Nova Scotia
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Quebec
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
Ontario
Manitoba
New Serum Discovered in London Cancer Research
Dr Thomas Lumaden director of London cancer research laboratories announced a serum that kills cancer cells after removal from the human body while sparing healthy tissue. The scientists stressed it remains experimental and not yet ready for human testing, but say a stage has been reached where isolated cancer cells can be destroyed without harming normal cells.
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London
Thomas Lumaden
London Cancer Research Laboratories
Nominations Closed for Bank of Canada Board
Nominations for the Bank of Canada board are closed with about 40 names expected for seven seats. The list is said to be satisfactory, aiming for a strong, geographically and industrially representative board. Two directors would come from primary industries, two from commercial and manufacturing, and three from other occupations.
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Ottawa
Bank of Canada
Canada
Spear Woman from Blood Reserve Dies in Accident Near Spring Coudee
An aged Indigenous woman from the Blood Reserve, nearly a century old, died after an accident near Spring Coudee. She wore metal bracelets and necklets she received as a child, reflecting tribal traditions.
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Calgary
Biood
Valera Gains Six Seats in Irish Senate Elections
Fianna Fail fails to win clear majority in the 60 member Irish Free State Senate. United Ireland party leads opposition with 30 seats to Fianna Fail's 19, Labor Seven and Independent four. Last chamber had UTP 36, Fianna Fail 13, others 11. Senate seats retire one third every three years and elections use proportional representation by members of both houses.
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Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Fianna Fa‘l
Free State
Pew
United Ireland Party
Fianna Fail
Labor
Independent
U.T.P
Senate
Dal
Premier Reid Seeks Dominion Loan For Alberta
Premier R G Reid of Alberta with George Headley presented to Finance Minister E N Rhodes a request for a Dominion Government loan to the province in excess of 1,000,060 to meet immediate monetary needs. No decision yet awaiting cabinet meeting. provincial ministers confident their wishes will be met in some form.
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Orawa
R. G. Reid
Alberta
George Headley
Hia
Agriculture
E. N. Rhodes
France pledges no troops for Saar plebiscite
In Geneva the French government renounces sending troops into the Saar and Britain offers to help police the vote. If Germany agrees, an international army may march in to ensure fair balloting before the plebiscite set for January 13. Britain backs an international force. Laval cites mutual exclusion.
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Geneva
France
Saar Basin
Great Britain
Germany
League of Nations Council
League
Berlin
Saar
Pierre Laval
Laval
Anthony Eden
New Creditors Act creates receivers nationwide in Canada
Official receivers appointed under the Farmers Creditors Arrangement Act are now operating in every county. Finance Minister E N Rhodes says prairie provinces began Sept 1 Ontario and Quebec Oct 1 and rest of Canada Nov 1. By now 900 applications reached Ottawa and over 3,000 filed nationwide.
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Ottawa
Farmers’ Creditors Arrangement Act
Canada
E. N. Rhodes
Prairie Provinces
Ontario
Quebec
Bennett signals willingness to seek US trade deal in Brockville
Prime Minister R B Bennett declared readiness to negotiate a fair trade agreement with the United States after reviewing a commission report on price spreads and mass buying. He praised extraordinary government powers for the newsprint industry and argued central banking was Liberal-made, addressing the Eastern Ontario Liberal Conservative gathering in Brockville Ontario.
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Brockville
Ont
United States
R. B. Bennett
Commission
Eastern Ontario
Liberal-Conserative Association
School Reforms Ontario Teacher Favors Intelligence Tests
Trinity College head master B A C Ketchum urges a university board to control matriculation exams across provinces and cut examinations to four. Addressing the annual Old Boys reunion dinner he predicted the end of exams is near but the funeral is far off and backed intelligence tests over periodical examinations.
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Ontario
Toronto
B. A. C. Ketchum
Trinity College Schoola
Imperial Order Scholarships Named for Postgraduate Work
The Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire announces nine overseas postgraduate scholarship winners, one per province, each valued at 1600 dollars. Alberta recipient Beth Carascallen of the University of Alberta and Saskatchewan recipient Neil Barron Hutcheon of the University of Saskatchewan are among honorees in this national program.
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Toronto
Imperial Order, Daughters, of the Empire
I.O.D
Alberta
Beth Carascallen
University of Alberta
Saskatchewan
Neil Barron Hutcheon
Regina
University of Saskatchewan
Turkish Women Win Franchise Rights in Parliament
The national assembly, by unanimous decision, grants suffrage to women over 22 in national elections and allows women over 30 to stand for election to the chamber of deputies. The reforms enable early testing of the new franchise for Turkish women.
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Ankara
Turkey
National Assembly
Chamber of Deputies
Airplane plunges through ice at South Cooking's Jake harbor
An aeroplane loaded with mining supplies including 500 pounds of dynamite sank into six feet of water at South Cooking's Jake air harbour. Pilot William Jewett of Trail B C and air engineer Dave Bishop escaped unharmed.
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Edmonton
South Cooking
Jake Air Harbor
Wiliam Jewett
Trail
B.C
Dave Bishop
Sixty Six Executed by Firing Squad in USSR
Moscow report says sixty six people were executed by firing squad after quick trials in Leningrad and Moscow for alleged terrorist plots against high Soviet officials. Thirty seven died in Leningrad and twenty nine in Moscow. many were foreigners and applicants denied appeals. The executions followed the assassination of Sergei Mironovich Kiroff and accompanied his funeral plans for Red Square.
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Moscow
Fiing
Triaia
Leningrad
Sergei Mironovich Kiroff
Leonid Vaasiliievich Nikolaiev
Soviet Union
Poland
Latvia
Finland
Kiroff
Supreme Court
Red Square
Joseph Stalin
Klement Voroshiloff
Valhalla
Kremlin
Nicolas Lenin
John Reed
Red Terror Riots Reported Across Russia
A Warsaw despatch to the Express says Red terror ran riot in Russia with over 200 killed, including women and children. It reports executions of Ogpu officials, purges of leaders, and Stalin seizing control, with troops deployed nationwide after Kiroff’s slaying.
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RED Terror
Russia
London
Warsaw
The
Express
Jatn
Leonid Nicolaieff
Commun‘al
Serge Kiroff
Nicolaieffa
Apna
Moscow
Ogpu
Union
Joseph Stalin
Kiroff
Yagoda
Red Army
Leningrad Ogpu
Moscow Ogpu
Leningrad
Kiementi Voroshiloff
Stalin
Alberta wheat pool forms soil conservation group
Combat drought measures take shape in Alberta as the annual meeting of the wheat pool creates a soil conservation committee. Alberta delegates will join an interprovincial pool committee on drought, with new members to coordinate waste land halt efforts.
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Calgary
Alberta Wheat Pool
Alberta
Wheat Crop Estimate Released For Western Canada
The Northwest Grain Dealers Association estimates 1934 Western Canada wheat crop at 250,465,800 bushels based on actual returns. The Dominion bureau had earlier set a 263,000,000 bushel figure before threshing data. Ninety six percent of western country points contributed reports for the estimate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Northwest Grain Dealers’ Association
Western Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Credit To Reichsbank By Bank Of England Extended
The Bank of England extended a one year credit to the German Reichsbank totaling £750000 about $3750000. The credit will be placed in a special account under the Anglo German trade cooperation agreement with £400000 about $2000000 to pay British creditors.
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Berlin
Bank of England
Farmer’s Safe Robbed Near Montreal City Edge
An iron safe belonging to a farmer on Côte de Liesse road near the city outskirts was carried away. The thief removed $2,000 in cash and $70,000 in bonds from the safe.
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Montreal
Cote de Liease Road
Re-elected Official Heads Alberta Wheat Pool Meeting
Henry Wine Wood, veteran chairman of the Alberta wheat pool, was re elected to office at the annual meeting held in Calgary. C Jensen of McGrath was named vice president.
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Calgary
Henry Wine Wood
Alberta Wheat Pool
C. Jensen
McGrath
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Reacue
Ota Tieune
Ranch Wine Award
New Bank
Valera
Beane
F. A. Ahearn
Irish Free State Army
Ahearn
Ireland
Alberté
Soldi
Douglas Scott
Earl Haig
Westminster
Alberta Pool
Soil Conservation Committee
Reichsbank
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