General Smuts Reviews International Questions for Press Men
General Smuts outlined international affairs during the Imperial Press conference in Capetown. He warned against fascism and war, urged broader disarmament and expansion of the Locarno system, and called for patience and cooperation amid volatile experiments in Russia Germany Italy and rising tensions in the Pacific region.
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General Smuts
Capetown
Prem
Empire Press Union
Jan Bmuts
South African Institute of International Affairs
Smuts
Europe
Smuta
League of Nations
Britain
France
Russa
Germany
Italy
Santo
Japan
Pacific
Russia
China
United States
Great Britain
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
India
United State
British Commonwealth
Riots In Paris Arrests and Arms Confiscated
Police broke up a last minute influx of Communists converging on the Place de la Concorde. About 1,200 preventive arrests were made and pistols clubs and explosive material were seized. A band of 40 Communists near the Elysee palace were halted. The incident followed memorial services and heightened police vigilance amid clashes with right wing groups and a 3,000 strong Patriotic Youth march to the Arch of Triumph.
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Paris
Place de la Concorde
Elysee Palace
Red Belt
Paria
Place de la Concone
Patriotic Youth Organization
Arch of Triumph
Place de la Concorte
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
London Prisons Veto Amnesty for Jubilee Celebra tions
Secretary Sir John Gilmour rejected a suggestion to grant amnesty to certain classes of prisoners in connection with the silver jubilee celebrations marking His Majesty's accession to the throne.
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London
Prusa
John Gilmour
Canadian pension plan faces large adjudication load
Ottawa anticipates 45000 to 60000 pension applications will require adjudication by the Canadian Pensions Commission over the next two years, a figure shown in a return tabled in the House of Commons. Admiral Byrd Sats For Home SS. Jacob Ruppert, at Sea The second Antarctic expedition of Admiral Richard E. Byrd moved from Little America toward civilization after 17 months at sea.
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Ottawa
Canadian Pensions Commission
House of Commons
Admiral Byrd
Jacob Ruppert
Richard E. Byrd
Little America
Reindeer Trek Herd Of 2500 Ready For Last Lap
A radio message to the Edmonton Journal from Aklavik reports 2500 reindeer waiting at Shingle Point for the 90 mile delta crossing to a permanent Arctic feeding ground. Weather now favorable, but herders await the advancing migrating caribou toward Aklavik near Fort McPherson.
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Edmonton
The
Mackenzie
Delta
Arctic
Edmonton Journal
Aktavik
Fort McPherson
Mackenzie River
Aklavik
Bank of Canada appoints Mary Rowe Ottawa librarian
Mary Rowe of Kingston Ontario a Queen's University graduate and current assistant in the reference department at Douglas Library has been named librarian of the Bank of Canada in Ottawa and assistant to D A Skelton.
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Kingston
Overseas League Members Attend First Wireless Luncheon
Members of Overseas League chaired by Sir Evelyn Wrench held the first wireless luncheon. Debates at the imperial press conference in Capetown linked via 6000 miles. Sir King's Wood welcomed attendees with clear speeches, followed by Hon. C. F. Clarkson of South Africa. Prime Minister Hertzog said delegates would gain closer contact with the people of the union to aid future writing on South African topics.
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Overseas League
Evelyn Wrench
Imperial Press
South Africa
Capetown
McAmages
King's Wood
South Attica
C.F. Clarkson
J.B. Hertzog
Imperial Press Conference
Hertzog
Union
Commonwealth
Legal Battles Over Labour Hours In Ottawa House
Ottawa officials debated constitutionality as Prime Minister Bennett argued the Dominion could set national eight hour day and forty eight hour week if international labor office conventions were ratified. Liberal leader Mackenzie King and Ernest Lapointe challenged federal reach, saying provinces hold exclusive jurisdiction per the British North America Act.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
RB. Bennett
House
International Labor Office
Dominion
Mackenzie King
Ernest Lapointe
Washington
Canada
Dominion status stated as ultimate goal in India policy
Sir Samuel Hoare declared that Dominion status is the ultimate aim of British policy in India as debate opened in the Commons on a new constitution bill. He rejected a preamble like 1919 and defended the viceroy's 1920 interpretation. Sir Tom Sassoon predicted a trans Atlantic air route from Britain to the United States and Canada.
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London
India
Sir Samuel Hoare
House of Commons
Dominion
Sir Samuel
Lord Irwin
Victoy
Plymouth
England
Sirrnup ‘Sassoon
Air
Plymouth Chamber of Commerce
Will Support India Bill In Lords Debates
Lord Sinha, India's only peer, is expected to take his seat in the Lords and support the British Government's India Bill in the Lords debate. He had been unable to seat due to missing birth and his father's marriage certificates at his father's death.
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Lord Sinha
Inai
House of Lords
India
England
Alberta throne speech forecasts road outlay and legal reforms
The throne speech presented by Lt Governor Walsh to the Alberta legislature foresees higher spending on secondary and market roads, aid for settlers in new homesteads, and court rule revisions. It also mentions establishing a public trustee office, debt adjustment acts, local tax consolidation, a provincial telephone report, and speeding up legal procedures while reducing litigation costs.
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Edmonton
Alberta
W. L.walsh
Office of Public Trustee
Australian students visit Toronto to study social work
Sixteen female students from the School of Science in Sydney, Australia, toured the University of Toronto and met president H J Cody. They aim to observe how North American schools handle social problems and gain firsthand knowledge during their visit.
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Toronto
School of Science
Sydney
Australia
University of Toronto
H. J. Cody
National Commission Plans to Improve Agriculture
A report from the Engineering Institute of Canada calls for an immediate national commission to study Western Canadian agriculture. It urges mixed farming, crop rotation, shelter belts, and irrigation schemes to combat drought and soil drift, with proposed dams on major rivers to irrigate hundreds of thousands of acres.
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Toronto
Canada
Engineering Institute of Canada
Fred A. Gaby
The
Saskatchewan
Grouth
Walter Blue
Gatineau Power Company
Mr. Blue
North Saskatchewan
Red Deer
William Calder
Petroleum and Natural Gas Division of
Alberta
Dominion
D. Maddox
Geological Survey of Canada
Norman Ross
Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
Air Alliance Seen as Path to Peace by MacDonald in Luton
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald hailed the projected European air alliance as an effective move toward peace addressing a government rally in Luton Bedfordshire. He called the Anglo French declaration a deterrent to aggression and urged Germany to rejoin the League of Nations to advance armament limitations.
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Ramsay MacDonald
Luton
England
Bedfordshire
MacDonald
Germany
League of Nations
Fodder Shipments Move From Prince Albert Division
Prince Albert division of the Canadian National Railways ships about 100 cars of fodder weekly. Approximately 65 percent goes to the United States for export while the remaining portion is sent to drought-affected farmers in southern Saskatchewan to ease the feed shortage.
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Fort Wiliam
Unt
Mminor Burts
Canadian National Railways
Kakateka
Len
Here
Steve Eit
Slate River
Ruben Killing
Nolan
Joh Hermangon
Tolvo Nemo
Wolf
North
Lakehead
Kakabeka Falls
Prince Alvert
Prince Albert
United States
Saskatchewan
Commission reviews exhibits for price spreads report
Members of the royal commission on price spreads and mass buying sift a mountainous heap of exhibits and records. They analyze statistics study evidence and compare notes preparatory to writing their reports. Chairman W. W. Kennedy said the examination will take about three weeks and a majority and two minority reports are expected.
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Ottawa
Royal Commission
W. W. Kennedy
Hitler to study arms problem before replying to London and Paris
Adolf Hitler has locked himself away to study the German armaments problem before replying to Anglo French proposals for a European security framework. Berlin seeks to review from start to finish the armament issues and the Versailles limits, amid talks of an air alliance and Geneva terms. Italy signals that eastern and central European treaties could be combined into one diplomatic document, according to ambassador Dino Grandi.
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Hitler
London
Paris
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Hbave
Locarno
Geneva
Reich
France
Italy
Great Britain
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