Riots Raze Ethiopian Capital Amid Foreign Deaths
Rioting tribesmen burned looted and sacked Addis Ababa killing twenty one foreigners and injuring many. Emperor Haile Selassie evacuated to Djibouti as Italian columns threaten the city. The gold treasury and Red Cross centers were attacked and several dignitaries wounded. In Canada, the cost of the Vimy Memorial is estimated near 1.29 million dollars.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Thouands
Haile Selassie
Hi Family
Djibouti
N. A. Stadin
Seventh Day Adventist Mission
Gold House
Red Cross
Melley
T. A. Lambie
Toronto
Veteran lumberman Joseph Vipond dies at 74 in Nanaimo
Joseph William Vipond longtime Vancouver Island lumberman and Klondike Gold Rush figure has died at 74 in Nanaimo. Born in Illinois, he joined the Klondike expedition of 1898 with Joseph Claus. Claus was later convicted of murder and died by suicide after his execution was commuted. Vipond testified for the crown after returning from the gold trail. He logged in heavy timber, reputedly cutting a record 12,300,000 feet on a single Cowichan Lake claim before retiring in 1913.
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Nanaimo
B.C
Joseph William Vipond
Yukon
Vipond
Joseph Claus
Klondike
Claus
Stikine River
Britis Columbia
Mr. Vipond
Nesses
Illinois
Vancouver
Pacific Coast
Cowichan Lake
Public Works Plan Aims to Ease Unemployment in Wellington
New Zealand labor government unveils an ambitious public works program designed to reduce joblessness. Minister R Sem plan prioritizes road construction river protection airports railway completion irrigation drainage bridges overhead crossings buildings hydro electric sites and housing while promoting cheap power for gold mining to attract outside capital. In 1935 NZ averaged 38 572 unemployed. Coronation talks at London Privy Council meeting discuss timing of the king's coronation.
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Wellington
N.Z
R. Semplan
New Zealand
Senate reviews unemployment relief bill and blank cheque critique
The Senate gave second reading to the unemployment relief bill and referred it to the banking and commerce committee. Senator Meighen argues against blanket assurances while Senator Dandurand defends government steps to address unemployment with provincial and industrial action.
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Arthur Meighen
Raoul Dandurand
Ottawa
Senate
Banking and Commerce Committee
Meighen
Alberta
Dandurand
Unem
Alpine Maneuvers Stir Rumors Near Austrian Border
Austrian troops conduct Alpine maneuvers near the German border, with Vienna calling them routine. German and French sources trade accusations of propaganda aimed at Britain Italy and the League of Nations, while officials list four infantry battalions two artillery battalions and one armored car unit totaling 1450 troops.
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Europe
Geneva
War Office
Vienna
Germany
League of Nations
Italy
Paris
Britain
Austria
Ottawa debate on veterans pensions split between departments
Lt Col G R Phillips of the Canadian Corps Association urged separating the veterans bureau from the department of pensions and placing it under a national commission. Capt Wilfred W Parry supported making pensions decisions a matter for district and county court judges. Pensions Minister Power noted the proposal echoed the distrust felt by many veterans toward government paid staff.
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Ottawa
Veterans’ Bureau
Department of Pensions
House Pensions Committee
G. R. Phillip
Wilfred W. Parry
Power
Cheese Bonus Discontinued in Export Trade With U S
Ottawa reports the cheese bonus of 1d a pound for the last half of 1935 will be discontinued. Agriculture Minister Gardiner cites a surge in exports to the United States under the new trade treaty as the reason. The Bennett government introduced the bonus to shift milk from butter to cheese, with 1.1 million paid to cheese firms in six months and production rising.
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Ottawa
Gardiner
United States
Bennett
Hamber to Succeed as B C Lieutenant Governor
Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced Eric Hamber will become lieutenant-governor of British Columbia, effective May 1. Hamber, born in Winnipeg in 1880, studied at St John’s College and the University of Manitoba, rose from Do minion Bank positions to manager of its London branch, and later joined the British Columbia Mills Timber and Trading Company after marriage to Alaven Hendry of Vancouver.
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Ottawa
Eric Hamber
British Columbia
Mackenzie King
Hamber
J. W. Fordham Johnson Leutenant
Winnipeg
St. Johns College
University of Manitoba
Dominion Bank
London
England
Alaven Hendry
Vancouver
British Columbia Mills, Timber and Trading Company
Election Broadcasts Spendings by Canadian Parties in 1985
W E Powell of the Canadian Radio Commission testified before the house radio committee that Canadian political parties spent about 175000 in 1985 on radio network broadcasts. Dominion parties accounted for roughly 137000 with Conservatives at 85000 Liberals 46000 Reconstruction 5000 and Co operative Commonwealth Federation 200. He noted these figures exclude single station broadcasts and that the Conservatives still owed 6000 for line services on national network broadcasts.
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Ottawa
Powell
Conservative
Commission
Insurance Act protest before Senate Banking Committee
Canadian life insurers and the Independent Order of Foresters attacked a bill amending the Canadian and British Insurance Companies Act before the senate banking and commerce committee. They opposed raising the minimum profits share for participating policies issued by Canadian stock companies from 90 to 95 percent for policyholders.
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Senate Banking Committee
Ottawa
Independent Order of Foresters
Senate Banking and Commerce Committee
Increased Sales Tax And Other Budget Changes Announced
Ottawa faces a wartime style deficit as Finance Minister Dunning unveils a budget with a sales tax hike to eight percent and higher corporate and income taxes. The plan projects expenses around 908.9 million with revenues near 415 to 417 million, leaving a deficit just under 100 million.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dunning
Uced
United
Federal bill seeks stiffer penalties for careless driving
Ottawa reports a Conservative move to amend the criminal code to raise penalties for careless driving. The proposed law by MP T. L. Church would impose at least 30 days in jail for DUI driving and could extend to one year or a $200 fine for speeding or cutting in. In a separate note, Paris reports a tiny French village with a sole elector, Cheny, amid female voters.
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Federal House
Ottawa
T. L. Church
House of Commons
Toronto-Broadview
Delares
Queen Mary Becomes First Ship Air Conditioned by Steam
The Queen Mary is the first ship to be cooled and air conditioned by steam. The system marks a world first in maritime cooling, joining two other cooling methods on board. The steam plant is one of three, with carbon dioxide and methyl chloride systems also in use, delivering cooling equivalent to melting half a million pounds of ice daily.
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New York
United States
Red Deer Dairy Pool to Build Milk Condenser Plant
Work begins on a milk condenser factory in Red Deer Alberta by the Central Alberta Dairy pool at an estimated cost of 100000 dollars. The plant is expected to be ready for operation in July.
Extension Of the Farm Placement Scheme In All Provinces
A government plan expands the farm placement scheme to all provinces amid debate over rural employment and urban relief. Minister Rogers will tour settlements to decide if the scheme should be retained, expanded, or abandoned ahead of Parliament’s next session.
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Agnes Macphail
Miss Macphail
Sesson
Rogers
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Joseph Vipond
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Cairo
Farouk
Eneral
Jack
Alastair Buchan
Lord and Lady Tweedsaur
Jack Miner
Miner's Sanctuary
Kingsville
Eric Haber
Hon. J. W Fordham Johnson
Insurance Act
Mitchell Hepburn
Ontario
John Bracken
Manitoba
T. D. Pattulo
W. J. Patterson
Saskatchewan
Pauger
Ponceset
Igor Gattmyelon
Ethan Son
Satanine
Albert Cheny
Morteau
Marne-Haute
Cheny
Eany
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