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| | “ “KX Chance For Italy | ». Witalyemight’ have -an- opportunity to 1 @ox@mil her reform suggestions in-|anq has had a long record wita the |- + t tr 2 SAY BRITISH SHIPS INFERIOR TOUS.OR JAPAN London, Eng.—British warships “are definitely inferior” to ships of the same category built and being built by the United States and Japan, said the foreword of the 1933 edition of “Janes Fighting Ships,” authorita- tive English handbook of navies of the world just published. “In the United States a well-bal- anced naval program has been put im -hand—somewhat _belatedly—to make .good a, deficiency in crulsers and replace worn out destroyers with the result half a hundred traders outside of shipbu‘lding are busy. again,” the handbook stated. A study of Japanese “secret con- struction” features the book, con- taining 3,000 photographs and’ !Mus- trations. > “Year by year Japanese battle- ships add to their malignant profile,” the work said, commenting it was _diMicult to sze how much battery they “ eould carry, ‘The book's up-to-dateness is shown by its comparison of the United States cruiser /‘Astoria,” completed only this month at Bremerton, Wash., with the latest British cruiser, “Exe- ter,” of the same category. It points out the “Exeter” is of 8,390 tons, has six 8-inch guns, and {s capable of 32.25 knots. : The “Astoria” is of.10,000 tons, has > mine 8-inch guns and can make 32.5 knots. To Curb. Acreage ‘U.S. Farmers Will Limit Production Next ‘Year Washington.—An unexpected psy- chological effect of the United States government's wheat acreage reduc- tion program was seen in the bureau of agricultural economics’ report of winter wheat sown for harvest next summer. + Predictions had been taat farmers |* who did not sign acreage reduction contracts. would increase their acre- age, but the bureau's figures show that the estimated acreage of 41,000,- Co-Operative Conference A Hudson Bay Ports and Other Matters to Be Discussed at Saskatoon Saskatoon, Recommendations. -re- garding development of the Hudson Bay route will'be prominently fe: ured on the agenda of a co-operat conference to be held in Saskatoon beginning Wednesday, January: 10, Frank “Eliason, secretary of the United Farmers of Canada, announ- ces. _ The ‘conference, which is ex- pected to last two. days, will be at- tended by representatives of the var!- ous co-operative organizations in the province,’ the Association of Rural Muntc!palities, the Municipal Hail as- sociation, a mutual fire insurance as- sociation and the United Farmers of Canada. Other business. will include the and relief situation and suggestions for provincial and federal legislation in preparation. for the coming szs- sions of parliament. George H. Smith, former provincial | traffic expert, recently met repressn- ‘tatives of the co-operatives when de- finite recommendations with regard to the’ Hudson Bay route were arriv- ed at... It is expected that he’ will ke present at tae conference. Want Road Work Speeded ST an. x Highway Situation Is Vital Concern In Northern Manitoba The Pas, Man.—In a further effort to connecting The Pas, Man. with the outside world, George A. Children, president of the Board of Trade, will visit. Winn‘peg, January 10, and will represent this town at the meeting of the Associated Board of Trade, Man}- toba. This decision was made at a recent | meeting of the members, when it was ,the unanimous opinion that the high- | way situation {s one of vital concern |in the north at present. | While in Winnipeg, Mr. Children | will also interview executives of d2- \partment, stores and factories with view to shipping of, mossberries for reta!l-sales as well as for manu- \facturing -into jams and jellies, as ;soon as the szason opens next year. | wheat’ agreement, -the feed, fodder |. ! | Grant to Universities | Four Western Provinces “Share In |. _..: 200,000 Carnegie Gitt |” Vancouver: | York has been made to the Univers'- ties of British -Columbia; Alberta.'|" Saskatchewan and Manitoba, to be divided. equally and used for such purposes as the ind:vidual universt- tles. desire, it has bzen announced here. University of British Columbia, made the announcement at a meeting of the, board of governors, A meeting of tie four presidents of the universities affected wilt be held in Vancouver within ‘the next stated. Ontario House to Meet Promier George Henry Announc:s Opening Date Jan. 31 Toronto.—The fifth and last session of the 18th legislature of Ontar‘o will open Jan. -81,/ Premier George S. Henry announced, follow:ng decision of the cabinet.- ~ The date is sct for one week earlier than. the usual opening of the house, but is called at this time in view of Good Friday falling. on March 30. This date will give the house eight weeks in which to conclude its bus'- ness. ‘Whether the session will be tem- pestuous or mild {s “more or léss’in the lap of the gods,” Premier Henry see work spceded on the highway | saiq COOL WELCOME FOR GERMANY’S ARMAMENT PLAN Paris, France.—Chancellor Adolf Hitler's disarmament proposals are receiving -2 cool welcome. They are, {t 1s observed, the antithesis of the French position. France stands. for disarmament with security. Tae Ger- man proposals mean re-armament without security. ° Le -Temps, which the French. official view, says the grant of $200,009; - | by’ the Caitiegie Corporation ‘of New ; Dr. L. 8. Klinck; president of the] month to’ discuss the grant, it. was |_ usually reflects, Of Oakville, Ontar’o, who has been ‘chosen by the Halton County Con-. | servative association as taelr candi- ‘date to contest their riding in the next Ontario Provincial election. Alberta Pool Elevators Syst:m Had Earnings of $997,948 For | Last Fiscal Year Calgary.—For the fiscal year end- ed July-15, Alberta wheat pool's ele- | vator system had net operat‘ng' earn- “ings of $997,948.68, pool officials:an- nounced recently. During the “year 48,390,660 bushels of ° grain’. weré handled compared with °41,591,781 bushels in the previous year; through 439 country elevators. The pool also maintains tare terminal: elevators. Propzrty and ‘liquid assets’ of the: wheat pool were reportéd to be, $15,- 020,817. against liabilities of” $5,225,- 722. Assets of the pool in excess of the Alberta government's $5,694,000 guarantee are reported as $4,146,094: ‘The current’ liquid position “of ‘the pool elevators was improved from $3,261,111 to $3,823,851, an increzse of $562,739. Finish Long Air Trip Lindberghs Arrive Home After 25,000 Mil> Journey New York,—Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, finishing @ dramatic 25,000-mile journey over muca of the tglobe, came home to hang the baby’s stocking up for Christmas. They |duced from two to 25 per cént. _ Pacific Dirigible Line As Passengers Los Angeles.—Paul W. Litchfield, president of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber company states that a trans- Pacific dirigibie line to carry. pas- sengers, freight and mail between California and: Hawaii will be estab- lished as soon as necessary Icgisla- tion {s passed by the United States congress. Litcafield said the Une later would be extended to the Philippines and the Asjatic mainland and that his company is training 25 pilcts for Pacific: service. Dirigibles with cabin -|space for 100 passengers and room for 30,000 pounds of freight ond mail, and.smaller dirigibles will be utilized, he sa‘d. Physical difficulties of such an un- dertaking have been virtually over- come, Litchfleld said, and only iegis- lation Is necessary to make the line ‘a going venture. {Ontario Civil Service Salaries Government: Cancels’ Second Salary ‘+ Cut Made in April Last =” Toronto.—Premier George S. Henry announced that the second salary re- duction for Ontario civil servants, put into, force in April; 1933, had beén cancelled, but that the. original “cut “made in January, 1932, ‘would stand. The ptesént financial situa- tion justified partial restoration of the saldries formerly paid, he said. On Jan. 1, 1982, salaries were re- Last April a reduction was made of five to 25 per cent. Cut In Bank Interest Reduction on Large Current Accounts Effective January First Montreal.—Interest 0% curront ac- counts will be decreasec by all Can- adian banks by, onv-hul? of one per cent. according to: an afticial an- nouncement here re‘ently.. The re- duction does not affect savings ar- counts and applies only to those cur- rent accounts which aus to their sub- interest. Tae rates have been trom 1% to tivo per cent. On January 1 they Plan Freight and Mall Line As Well stantial size and lack of activity bear | TEST SHIPMENT WHEAT VIA UNITED STATES Winnip:g, Man.—A: third teat Nhip- | ment of Canadian wheat via Buffzlo and New York -aag-been considered jby British customs authorities to jcomply with the’ Ottawa’ preference j regulations and has been admitted to |England duty free, according to‘un- ' official reports: received at th: grain exchange. . 5a Two previous ‘test shipments had been required: to. pay the six-¢ent duty, because they’ did not ‘ronform to the direct-shipment clause of the Lagreement. | The latest shipment {t 1s under- stood, was made from New York on | the Cunard liner’ “Ausonia” and-was | booked through to Liverpool; the sel- |lers’ on this side -betg Bunge No-th Axserican Grain Corporation 02 New York. It {s believed that a sI'ght change was made’ in the documenta- t'on of the grain, the bills of lading and other documents that accompan- ied previous test shipments: beng ‘augmented by @ letter from-the Eng- |lish company: purchasing the grain. | This Jetter was dated ‘prior to the ‘shipment of the grain from Buffalo and this difference in document2t'or, lit ‘appears, overcomes the’ difficulties in the preference agreement which | made it impossible hitherto for Cana- dian wheat to enjoy th: preference ‘in the British market when shipped via Buffalo and United” States see- jboard ports. * | Limit Cattle Export Canada Agrees To. Arrangement. | With: United, Kingdom, London, Eng.—Canada has volun- tarily agreed to the . United King- jdom's suggestion she should not ex- |port more cattle to. Britain in the first quarter of 1934.than in the same period of 1933, while the government ee arbitrarily restrict imports of cattle and beef from the Irish Free State and foreign countries. This was announced -by Walter Elliott, Minister .of: Agriculture, in the House.of Commons, when he out- 000’ acres'is four pez cent. less than | the 1932 figure of 42,692,000 bushels | and 7% per cent. less than the 44,- | 181,000 bushel average for the bass} period pert ate * | land Mine Property | Farmers wao sign contracts agr:e| The Pas, Man.—Arrangements are * to reduce ‘their production 15 per | bring made to ship 16 teams of cent. below the average for 1929-1981. horses from the prairies to Ilford, ‘Thus those who do not sign contracts | Mile 286, Hudson Bay Railway for still will do half as much toward re- | Work on the prop:rty of the God's ducing the surplus but will not re-/ Lake Gold Mines, Limited, Elk Is- “eeive the benefit payments made to/land, God’s Lake. . ~ farmers who do sign. | At Mile 286 the horses will be un- loaded and will work over the new No Workers Found winter. road into ‘the gold’ fields. The distance is about 130 miles. i'The teams. will be used for hauling Means D-lay on Work at Fort Smith | cordwood to the camp. x Landing Field | Further attention was called to Edmonton.—Because no workers mining. in the north recently when could be found to carry out the pro-| the Board-of Trade of The Pas de- Ject this fall, the proposed new Jand- | cided to take steps ‘to-place mining ing field at Fort Smith, N.W.T., will! values of the north’ before the pub- Shipping Horses North Sixteen Teams To Work’ On Elk Js- French governmeht : will proceed to will be changed to frua one to 1%} closely examine the German suggts- tions. But the figure of: 300,000 f=r the reichswehr—while the Premier Ramsay. MacDonald plan only con- templated 200,000 militia—could not in any case be justified. SER France, Le temps adds, “bas never refused to ‘negotiate with Germany with a view to finding a common ground of understanding. But it must not be. forgotten, however, there is unanimous agreement to the effect there should be general reduction of armament on the’ basis of article eight of the League of Nations cove- nant and that-it is not a question only of the Franco-German problem, but of a general problem in which all interested powers have to take their | responsibilities.” 5 In the same issue of, Le Temps, alighted in the East River near Col- lege Point, near Queens, at 2:38 p.m. ‘on December 19. The big red monoplane circled low over ‘the East river, while dozens of craft set up a terrible din, and land- ed, near the ramp of an: aircraft company. . The Lindberghs covered the last lap of their historic journey, the 640- mile hop from Charleston, SiC, in just three minutes. less than’ six hours. Autographs Baseball Babe Ruth Is Sending Token to Boy In Edmonton Edmonton.—"Gee, isn’t that swell. Just wait till I tell the: other kids,” excitedly shouted 11-year-old Allan Husband, of this city, when he was not be made until next spring, A. L. lic, | | General Baratier discusses the ques- !tion whether Germany is not already informed that the great “Babe” Ruth Cumming, department of interior, Ot- tawa stated. : i mis present aeroplanes are forced to Has Had Lengthy Service ““tand ‘on the ice three miles below K \ | i “Fort Smith in the winter time and) Chief of Royal Canadian Navy Re- | dog tcams take the pass2ngers into) ° tires January First the scttlement at great Inconven- | Ottawa,—Commodore Walter Hes? | fence. j will retire from the post of director | bate of the nayal service and chief of the | naval staff of the Royal Canadian | navy, on January 1. Announcement | | of-his-retirement was made front the | Might Be Able, to Reform League department of national defence. He | Throngh Medium of Argentina — | retires after a lengthy service in the | Geneva.—Italy.. may get her sought: | British and Canadian navics. Le met aca of Commander Percy W. Nelléa may “through. | be fi >com- SowthicAmoridan nation, Argentina. ! pete esate anya gentine minister of‘fore'gn affairs,| -- be studied by a League OfNations’ | comm'ssion. Unemployed Keep Busy “aimonton.—Cameron Bay, North-| west Territories, Canada’s | mining town, had an unemployed list, but no unemployment problem. There are about 20 men, Great Bear Lake | prospectors all; on-the list but they | | manage to make a living by cutting | | firewood and selling it to citizens of! the settlement, it is reported here. Rounlon of Canadian’ Corps Toronto.—The first Domin‘on-w'de reunion of Canadian Corps since the | ‘war will be held here from Aug. 4 to T next year when Toronto celebrates Its centennial. Sports programs, a military tattoo and parades will in- clude the corps program during the Discover Wreckage of Planz University Grant St. Catharines.—Wreckage of the Edmonton.--Several plans are un-| Plane which carried Bertram Ashley @ér consideration for utilizing the| and Jack Nicholls, Toronto flyers, to $50,000 grant to the University of | their death was) located on the lake | Alberta by the Carnegic Corporat’on ; front a mile west of Port Dalaousle. ef New York, said Dr. R. C. Wallace, |The wreckage was a punctured alu- president of the university. minum pontoon belonging to the = Ww. ON. U. 2026 onto for Fort Erie Dec. 10. jwar at a fixed date. newest f i centennial celebrations. | |» | preparing for war at. a determined) was ‘mailing him tographied date. ; baseball, gestae In ‘certain’ respects, Baratier as-| Last July, when’ interviewed by the inquiring” reporter: of a” local paper, Allan declared’ that “Babe” Ruta was the greatest of all men. Jack Porter, of Edmonton, sent the paper to a friend, John B. Ankcorm, who is the “Babe's barber’ in” New York. ‘Ruth and now a brand new auto- graphed baseball is on its way to serts, evérything is happening as taough ‘Germany 4s organizing. for Military instruction of her future armies seems to have been almost completely realized. Prototypes , of forbidden weapons have been con- structed either. in Germany or in es- tablishments maintained just beyond the frontier. - jonton. ‘A SHORT HALT ON THE WAY TO Moscow, William C. Bull:tt, U.S. Ambassador to Russia, with his daughter, Anne, as they were interviewed by English reporters during their stay at Ply- plane in which the two men left Tor- |mouth waile en route to Moscow, where he inspected several sites for the American Embassy and presented his credentials to President Kalinin. ‘Ankcorm™ turned It ver to |” per cent. ALLEGED SPIES ARE HELD BY PARIS POLICE Paris, France.—A naturalized Cana- dian, Benjamin Bercowltz, and his .|.wife Clara, also.a naturalized 'sub- ject of the Dominion, stand accused by police of serving a great int:rna- sian connections. Along with. the formerly resided at Winnipeg and Vanguard, Sask., the police arrest- ed a young, American..couple and six other men and women of various Canadians, who On Bercowitz, who described him- self as a merchant and native of Iasi, Roumania, police found three envel- opes containing 33,000 francs (about $2,000). This, police declared, was intended as payments to accomplices. ,000 francs sewn into her skirt. The authorities’ said the Canadian seemed to be the principal chief in Paris of the spy syndicate. Berco- the “payoff” man. Subordinates did not know each other, but served said further that all indications were Two alleged accomplices, Mme. Stahl and Martin, were said by offi- | cials to Have made frequent’ and mys- \terious visits to Finland, where the {two fugitive Russians were previous- ly suspected of Spying. The’ recent round-up of suspects. came asa climax to. a two-year search for spies, particularly along the ‘frontiers. Three men were con- victed recently of receiving or giving {information about the forts in the | Metz and Lauter regions. | Police revealed that the case was | brought to a head by discovery of a Soviet espionage affair in Finland, ‘in connection ‘with which Arvid | Jacobson and his wife, formerly of Michigan,! was arrested with 18 | others last October. | French police commissionary scent |to Helsingfors returned with Infor- ; mation which permitted the arrests jin Paris, police said. tional band of spies with Soviet Rus- | nationalities in ‘a series of swift raids. | His wife, according to police, had | witz, the ‘police said, was apparently | through a single contact man, accord- | ing to official statements. The latter that the’ band worked for the benefit ' of Soviet Russia. They were held in- | communicado. | lined steps.taken by the government to protect the market for the doi — jtic producers, whose already abn mally low returns would be enden- gered by any large influx from | abroad. : a | It is understood the move does not | greatly affect Canada as owing ‘to | market conditions the Dominion did |not expzct to ship more ‘cattle than jin the first three months of 1933, | when 7,800 head were shipped. A to- |tal of more than 50,000 head have ;come from Canada ‘this year. | Toronto, ~Ont—No restrictions Ishould be “placed. on cattle ¢xports to the Old Country as farmers are_ in desperate ‘need of money at the present moment according to Tor- | oronto livestock dealers. | “This restriction will déstroy any ‘chance we must have of raising cat- \tle prices,” declared Charles Zeag- man, manager of the livestock de- partment of the United Farmers’ Co- Operative Company Ltd. “Such a |restriction might hunt prices cs much jas $30 to $20 a head. This will mean @ lot to the farmers as they have bezn very hard hit and certainly need the money if anybédy doés.”” With tae export market partly blocked by a quota, more cattle will have to be sold in Canada and this will conszquently tend to depress prices, he concluded. i French. Government Asks Pecple’s Surport Want Nation to Stand Against In- creased Armament for Germany | Paris —The. French ,goverrment, prepared to marshal the entire coun- try. behind its refusal to accept the armament ~ demands of Chazczilor Adolf Hitler, of Germany,i by asking a vote of confidence before the p2r- liamentary new year. An overw-elm- ingly favorable vote was predicted. approving the French and Liftle En: tente stand that Germahy may not increase its armaments by action cut- side thé League of. Nations, trom which it resigned this year. Awaiting Decision | Vancouver, B.C.—British Columbia Supreme Court will not order issu- ing letters probate or administraticn of an estate without payment of suc- | cession duties until the validity of the B.C. Succession Duties Act has | been determined by court of appeal, Mr. Justice D. A. MeDen-ld. az {nounced in court. =
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