Capture of Rum Runner Told In Halifax Courtroom
The Halifax hearing details the pursuit of the Kromhout and capture by the RCMP cutter Stumble Inn amid a December storm. Capt. Mason and seven crewmen face theft charges as the vessel is seized near Cape Breton before heading to North Sydney. The testimony recalls seizing actions, forcible removal of the prize crew, and tense exchanges aboard the seized motor vessel.
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Halifax
Ross Mason
Frank M. McKenszir
Hie Rcmp
Abe Kromhout
St. Pierre
Mason
McKenzie
Stumble Inn
Cape Breton
North Sydney
Murdoch McDonald
McKenziie
McDonald
Laguardia Proposes Municipal Dictatorship to Fix New York
Mayor Fiorello H Laguardia seeks a two year period with sweeping powers to determine economies amid New York Citys financial crisis with an operating budget surpassing 500 million dollars and a deficit of at least 25 million dollars. He argues a municipal dictatorship would streamline decisions and restore fiscal health.
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New York
Fiorello H. Laguardia
Senator Huey Long Seeks Wealth Tax and Pensions
Senator Huey Long of Louisiana proposes a US bill to grant old age pensions to citizens over 60 and to cap annual incomes at 1 million dollars. The measure would bar fortunes over 5 million and property wealth over 50 million, with excess transferred to the treasury in cash or kind.
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Washington
Huey Long
Louisiana
United States
Treasury
Brazilian Coffee Exports Boost Amid Burned Stock Figures
Brazilian coffee growers reported burning 915,065 tons of coffee in 1833 and 1,716,000 tons since July, with the federal coffee department noting stocks have fallen so low that normal exports can resume with the new crop in July.
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de Janeiro
Brazil
Federal Coffee Department
Beads in Tragedy Ends in Childhood Death at Hamilton
An eight year old boy named Daz ud Springstead died in Hamilton Ontario after a shotgun discharged during play with Tichani Collins. The incident occurred as a childhood game of Cowboys and Indians ended with a chest wound.
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Hamilton, Ont
Dazud Springstead
Tichani Collins
Colline
Bright Future Forecast by Dean Inge on Large Populated Nations
The Reverend Ralph Inge, known as the gloomy dean of St. Pauls, predicts a bright future for large nations with small current populations like Canada. He argues Britain will lose relative power but not total strength, and favors emigration or state-directed colonization. He warns Britain may struggle to feed and employ its people and notes US noninvolvement if attacked unless invaded.
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London
Ralph Inge
St. Paul's
Canada
England
Great Britain
Dean Inge
United States
Bilkey
Valuable Painting Destroyed Sparks International Interest
Ottawa report states the Van Dyck canvas Angel's Choir or Concert Des Anges burned at the Gleeson residence. Purchased from C. S. Parsons of Ottawa's mines department, the painting was long treasured, with a tale of Napoleonic shipment and a Greenbush attic discovery fueling global inquiry before the owner fell ill.
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Ottawa
van Dyck
Gleeson
C. S. Parsons
Department of Mines
Nova
Greenbush
N.Y
Parsons
Belgium
Albany
Germany
Viscount Churchill Dies, Noted English Leader and Politician
Victor Albert Spencer, 68, first Viscount Churchill of Wychwood, died of pneumonia in London. He was chairman of the Great Western Railway and a leading Conservative whip in the House of Lords. He leaves Victor Alexander Spencer, his heir, and the widow Kathleen Viscountess Churchill, former wife of Captain Venn Ellig.
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London
Victor Albert Spencer
Viscount Churchill
Wychwood
Victor Alexander Spencer
Victoria
Churchill
Kathleen
Robert Beaven
British Columbia
Venn Ellig
Spencer
Great Western Railway
House of Lords
Queen Victoria
Edward VII
George
Threat Of War Speaker In Winnipeg Sees Signs Of War
Peter Hunter of Hamilton Canada’s sole representative at the world youth Anti war congress in Paris last September spoke to the Winnipeg Youth Anti war congress. He argued that amalgamating the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific railways would speed troop mobilization and cited heavy equipment production and 80,000 Fascist Green Shirts in Montreal as further signs of war.
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Winnipeg
Canadian National
Canadian Pabfic
Canada
Peter Hunter
Hamilton
Hunter
Paris
Winnipg
Montreal
Roosevelt Message Receives Warm Congressional Welcome
President Roosevelt addresses a joint session urging permanent recovery based on his monetary agricultural and industrial policies. He calls for stringent regulatory measures against unethical and criminal financial practices and condemns officials and bankers who harmed citizens and investors. He urges cooperation to restore national well being and to rebuild a modern structure for present problems.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States Congress
Congress
United States
Senate
House
Saskatoon Professor Honored by AAAS Fellowship
Saskatoon professor W. G. Worcester of the University of Saskatchewan, a ceramics scholar, has been named a fellow of the AAAS. He already held fellow status in the American Ceramic Society and belonged to the Canadian Ceramics Society.
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Saskatoon
W. G. Worcester
University of Saskatchewan
American Association For the Advancement of Science
American Ceramics Society
Canadian Cramics Society
Mussolini Proposes Arms Revision and League Reform
Mussolini suggested to Sir John Simon a measured arms revision to balance powers rather than a total cut. The leaders discussed Franco German disarmament deadlock and League reform, with Mussolini citing ideas from Lavoro on aligning League reforms with the British Commonwealth model and preserving member rights.
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Rome
Italy
Benito Mussolini
John Simon
League of Nations
Mussolini
Lavoro
British Commonwealth of Nations
League
Alberta motor licenses shrink slightly in 1933 figures
Alberta 1933 automobile licenses totaled 85,250, down 260 from 1932. Of these 71,076 were passenger cars and 14,174 trucks. Officials deem the year satisfactory given prevailing economic conditions.
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Alberta
Edmonton
Weather Freeze Delays CN Train In Edmonton
Canadian National Railways line delayed 45 minutes in Edmonton as the giant 6,000 class locomotive froze its webster and bell during a recent cold spell. Railway workers report it as the first such incident in Edmonton railway history.
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Edmonton
Canadian National Railways
Alberta legislature may cut members to 45 or 30
Reduction of the number of Alberta legislature members to 45 or 30 from 63 is expected as a major issue at the coming session. A redistribution committee was named last session to study the problem and report its findings.
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Dmonton
Alberta
Distinct Signs of Business Recovery Noted
Montreal reports in 1933 the Gazette editor notes overall conditions remained below normal but show distinct signs of improvement. Despite European uncertainties and international debt, Canada saw a notable rise in manufacturing activity and prices, with a tentative revival in confidence and a potential government-financed construction surge in 1934.
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Montreal
Paul Bilkey
The
Gazette
Commercial and Financial Review
Prairie Provinces
Mr. Bilkey
Canada
Europe
Dominion
Dictator and British envoy press rapid end to disarmament talks
Mussolini and Sir John Simon declare full accord on abandoning proposals not practically usable now. They insist disarmament talks must conclude quickly and discard any ideals lacking prompt realizable elements. Fascist press urges unity to face Roosevelt’s stance on the League and the Far East threat.
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Rome
Mussolini
Si John Simon
Tr Duce
Sir John Simon
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
League of Nations
Far East
Roosevelts Big Spending Program Seeks Historic Budget
President Roosevelt urged Congress to approve the largest peacetime spending plan in U S history. The fiscal year 1935 budget projects 10.6 billion borrowing in six months and total two year expenditures of 16.5 billion with a 9.3 billion deficit. Public debt would rise to 31.834 billion, a record high. Of disbursements 5.017 billion covers ordinary government expenses while 11.512 billion funds emergency spending to drive recovery.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Aoon
Recepta
Pursuing Wheat Inquiry Status Of Shipment Through New York
The British board of customs pursues its inquiry into a test wheat shipment from Fort William to Buffalo and New York, admitted free after prior consignments faced tariff issues. The current shipment was accepted by customs but the matter remains under advisement.
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New York
British Board of Customs
England
Fort William Vn
Buffalo
Dominions
Board of Customs
Seek Empire Parliament London Plea For Separate Imperial Parliaments
A meeting of empire movement adherents urged an imperial parliament with distinct English Welsh and Scottish houses for domestic affairs akin to Belfast and Dublin. Col T C Moore of Ayr praised Ottawa agreements but urged deeper empire consolidation. Sir Frank Fox pressed renewed empire migration arguing higher density could settle thousands in other Dominions.
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London
Belfast
Dublin
Empire Movement
Col
T. C. Moore
Ayr
Ottawa
Frank Fox
Speker
Dominions
New Zealand
Retire, From Service Montreal
Allan Cersecon oriental manager at Canadian Western Railway and Canadian Pacific Steam ships has retired after more than 45 years with the company. He is succeeded by David Drummond assistant oriental manager at Hong Kong.
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Brasslan
Viscount Churchil
Royal Air Force
Buckingham Palace
Royal Residence
Hyde Park
Marble Arch
C. Shipman
Government Printing Bureau
P. M. Draper
Mr. Shipman
Paul Horsdal
Sir “Sen Sime
Hugo Suma
Empire Parliament
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