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world economic conference held together by sterling committee gold bloc talks unobtrusive withdrawal from con ference sessions london july 9 the world econo mic conference was believed tonight j the threshold of vital developments this opinion wa3 shared throughout the delegations and in the city as fur ther solidification of the sterlingdollar block through a concerted drive for the recovery program was expected to develop in the next few weeks cold bloc quarters were busy over the weekend making a last stand but it was privately admitted they be lieved the sterlingdollar group was about to move forward with a sweep ing price plan powerful forces were working to push great britain from the yet half hearted support of fullfledged partici pation in the wishes of her dominions an important debate in the house of commons on the world economic con ference is scheduled monday which reported sir robert home lauding the uuiled states recovery by inflation and inviting great britain to jump in see boom in commodities in the city financial district it was anticipated such a speech would have a boom effect on london commodity prices british officialdom was understood to be awaiting more definite indica tions from president roosevelt as to how far he wishes to go and also learn of his specific alms the statist a financial review sug gested that the doininous and great britain could adopt a cautious policy or reflation independent of the united states providing the american pro gram proved distasteful expectation that the conference would get somewhere came after it had been pronounced dead by 99 per cent of the delegates the gold bloc while admitting in flationary action now seems possible mantains this would ho nefarious for the entire world the decision of the central gold banks at paris to defend the gold standard was minimized in dominion quarters where it was felt nothing powerful enough can he invented to withstand the priceraising movement once it is under way while the prospect of action poked its head out of the confusion caused by recent conflicts there was every in dication of further trouble ahead with the gold group british pound canadian dollar relation to new york funds causes jubilation at capital ottawa july 9 the strong upward swing of the british pound and the marked advance of the canadian dol lar in relation to new york funds dur ing the past week has been greeted with enthusiasm in government circles not only is the price of wheat great ly advanced but the price of gold as well this metal sold on saturday at 08i an ounce as compared with the par which is 20071s plus the ad vance in the canadian dollar in rela tion to united states funds will make it cisier for canadian debtors to meet their interest and maturity commit ments in new york on saturday the premium on the united states dollar was only 511 cents during the month of july maturing principal and interest of canadian bonds payable in united sates funds total 1s907s15 while the advance in sterling re quires more canadan dollars to meet london commitments these commit ments are largely met by goods and gold which are paid for in the british market in sterling yesterday the pound sterling was at 196 in cana dian funds almost 10 cents above par or approximately two cents on the dol lar cardian regiments get belated boer war honor ottawa thirtytwo years after the peace of vereeniug which brought the boer war to a close twentysix units of the canadian militia have now received the battle honor south africa to be embroidered on their regimental colors announcement to this effect was made from the head quarters of the defence department litre recently approval of this honor by king george has been received by the de partment the units whose color is thus enriched obtain the award under the same conditions as governed that of similar honors to the yeomanry and volunteer regiments of the british army all of the seven provinces of can ada which were in existence at the time of the south african campaign arc represented in the list death separates 92 year old twins brantford out brantfords non- ogenauian twins are at last separ ated by death joseph davidson 02 has died leaving his twin brother jsaac last of a family of 14 children of the 92 years they had been apart lor only 10 about 82- years ago the brothers came from belfast to toronto tak ing seven weeks for the trip to- teother they had homesteaded in northern ontario and in manitoba regatta won by brockvillle winning by 45 points ottawa club second ottawa july 9 brockville rowing club regained possession of the com- stoek trophy when its crew took the aggregate championship of the east ern rowing association regatta here yesterday eight times abbie buetts blue and white clad crews from ihe st lawrence flashed home in front roll ing up a total of 45 points for the day with ottawa rowing club second with 81 points and lachine rowing club of montreal last years champions third with 29 points verdel price of brockville won the senior as well as the novice singles leading home cedric liddell of hamil ton leanders in the senior mile the senior fours went to leauders of ham- itoil and the senior eights to ottawa askwith captures diamond sculls henley england july sa cam bridge undergraduate t g askwith today won the diamond sculls con sidered the worlds amateur sculling championship at the royal henley regatta askwith filled a throne long held by canadians joe wright jack guest and bobby pearce this year no canadians competed askwith rowing for trinity hall cambridge covered the course in the good time of nine minutes seven sec onds and defeated n l warren also of trinity hall by two lengths three american competitors were well behind askwith and warren who turned the event into a two man affair the struggle between the two cantabs was close over tho entire distance askwith finally pull ing out for the twolength lead the kent school eight of kent conn won the thames challenge cup by defeating bedford school by two lengths in the flnal race dread germ kills young london boy swimming in polluted pool j is blamed for death i london ont july 9 five days latter ho was stricken by tho dread- il streptococcus hacmolytlcus pre sumably contracted while- swimming in the south branch of tho river thames jfrod kolly 16yoarold son of fred kelly 9- marmora street died sat urday 0 renins in st josephs hos- jpltal v dr m a piatt the attending physl- iclan identified the germ though tho germ is sometimes found in raw hillk tho boy had nothing but pasteur ized milk prior to his illness he had been swimming in a section of the frlvor from which the playgrounds department had transferred lis fcup- orvised pool because of sewage pol lution news broadcast ruling is issued material must come from licensed press service board orders ottawa instructions have been issued to all radio broadcasting sta tions in canada to the effect that from july 17 they will not bo allowed to broadcast news items other than those provided by the canadian press or some other licenced news agency in the dominion of canada beginning on that date the canadian radio broadcasting commission will be furnished with news bulletins for two five minute broadcasts daily including sunday according to the now regulations which the canadian radio broadcast ing commission has circulated to all stations including those not yet taken over by the commission a basic news bulletin service will be distributed from toronto head office of the can adian press to bo augmented by reg ional news items at such centres as halifax montreal ottawa winnipeg and vancouver apply for service these broadcasts will be used on the commissions chain of some 20 stations and made available to all in dependent stations that apply for the service from the nearest canadian press bureau in the maritime provinces the news broadcasts will be at 730 and 1130 pm atlantic standard time in on tario and quebec at c30 and 1030 1 pm eastern standard time in man itoba saskatchewan and alberta 725 and 10 pm central standard time and in british columbia at 5 and 8 pm pacific standard time hollywood cops declare toller skates vehicles subject to all traffic laws so lawabiding judith allen wears headlight tail light and license plate us trade moves forward rapidly orders pour in as unemploy ment goes further down now york july 9 the striking colors which the industrial picture has taken on in united states recent ly became even brighter during the past week as business moved forward with unprecedented rapidity trade reports indicated that orders poured in from unepected sources and for amounts unsurpassed for many a moon a further reduction of unem ployment was shown accompanied in many cases by encouraging announce ments of pay increases it no longer is an opinion that business is on the upgrade it is a fact announces dun bradstroet inc which feels that the weekly in crease in the backlog of unfilled ord ers is unquestioned proof of the perm anency of the general improvement at the same time confusion sur rounding the future value of the un ited states dollar in the wake of the administrations inflationary legis lation im prompting wholesalers as well as retailers to place orders with considerable caution most analysts hold that the success of the fall mer chandise season will largely depend upon the prices at which the farmer will be able to sell his produce to gether with tho relative vitality of mass purchasing power increase shown in cost of living washington the cost of living to wage earners in this country has in creased for- the first time since sep tember 1930 tho national industrial conference board disclosed in a re cent survey the increase amounting in may to about eighthtenths of one per cent was duo largely to a 3g per cent rise in food prices this in crease is much larger than the usual seasonal advance from april to may tho board reported food prices still are 75 per cent below may last year and 339 per cent under four years ago aged couple robbed by armed bandit ituna sask july 9 entering their home near the village of hub bard sask an armed bandit forced fred hrysak aged 34 and his wito out of bed and robbed the old couple of their old age pension money threatened with death if thoy re fused to give him all the money thoy had in the house old age pensioners gave tho robber a 10 bill and he disappeared new york times in their preoccupation with domestic events many americans are unaware that improvement of prices aud of i business is being made not only in father gives life to help child slips into deep hole near belleville as girl wades to shore a father of five children ho gave his life in an effort to reach his sevenyearold daughter brought to a climax of tragedy a series of drown ing accidents which claimed five lives in ontario over the weekend robert armstrong an irish f armk o7tirwork7otnetowest flgurslatwo who had settled in canada with his eafs wilh the exceition ot one wcek family three years ago was watching j christmas 1931 basic indus his little girl wading in a creek near j tries such a3 buiding construction and belleville when the child appeared to scei ln show the greatest get into difficulties the anxious progresg prices have been rising and father ran out to her assistance slip- lo economists index stood at ped intoa deep hole and sank to his c5 0 at tlie end ot jmie compared with world recovery under way j regina will see and employment increasing at the end y ariegated eliilldltfl ot may with considerable gains io j steel ziu- cement rayon and electric ity cotton spinners are operating at 4 per cent ot capacity and weavers at 70 domestic stocks of goods arej tho united states but in other coun tries where there is less disposition to attribute every gain to fluctuations in exchange evidence of such a move ment is widespread recent figures from england show an increase of em ployment for the fifth consecutive month reducing the number of men death the child waded safely to shore the dead are robert armstrong sidney to- nship paul mailloux 15 tilbury drowned in creek bernard goslin farm em ploye drowned in grand river lawrence davis halifax drowned at sarnia maxwell hall buffalo drowned at albino ont josephine lavalle 12 of massey drowned in sable river near sudbury father gives life belleville ont july 9 robert armstrong laborer employed on the farm of charles massey 5th conces sion of sidney township was drowned in a small creek crossing the massey farm late sunday afternoon in at tempting to rescue his 7yearold daughter who had slipped into the water armstrong unable to swim was wading towards his daughter when ho slid into an 8fcotdeep hole in the stream and was drowned the child was able to wade to safety the body was recovered nearly one hour later by charles clement an employe on the massey farm dr r a flynn of belleville had been called in the meantime and after resuscita tion attempts had failed dr flynn pronounced life extinct armstrong father of five children ranging in age from two months to seven years had been in canada only three years having been born in ire land 5ss on the same date last year in france a more than seasonal de cline of unemployment has been in pro gress for three months iu germany the number ot registered unemploy ed declined in june below 5000000 for the first time since 1931 the official index of wholesale prices at the begin ning of that month stood at 924 com pared with 916 at the end ot 1932 railroad freight traffic is increasing the daily average ot carloadings for the week ended on june 24 being 107- 200 cars against 9ss00 in the corres ponding week last year hours work ed in the steel industry during the first five months ot 1933 are 8 per cent above the figure for the same period of 1932 for the building trade the gain is 1g per cent and for the auto mobile industry 18 per cent from italy agents ot our department ot commerce report industrial activity low gaius of this sort are not limited to dept of agriculture super vising show every branch to have display the combined exhibit of the varioui european countries iu canada a bet- branches of the federal department of termeut iu trade first noted in on- agriculture at the forthcoming worldi tario and the western provinces has grain exhibition aud conference u spread to nova seota and new bruns- be held at ltcgiua from july 24th t wick textile manufactures show a august 5th will be a happy combiua decided increase described by ourtion of artistic conception and actual commerce department as amounting utility through the latter phase of iu almost to boom proportions prices activities the department will demon have been rising and there 13 in- strate its close association not onlj creased production iu nickel steel and with the farming industry but with paper individual countries in latin 1 every man woman and child in the america have profited from tho im- dominion the efforts ot the depart proved outlook for such commodities j meat iu promoting and encouragiui as wheat and copper the same ihjtho best quality of canadian livestock fluences havo benefitted more remote 1 and every other agricultural product producers from singapore the resi dent united states trade commission er reports that general business senti ment is much improved in conse quence ot rising prices for rubber sales of automobiles in may increased and dealers are now placing orders tor american cars there are of course many dark spots a3 well as these brighter one3 in the world economic situation but tho gains now being made are suftl- inspectors or analysts fresh canned ciently widespread to suggest that the j dried vegetables fruits and meats need of replenishing low stocks the j milk condensed powdered or fresh all products of food factories eggs butter cheese the testing ot seeds are more or less generally known bul its work iu safeguarding the food o4 the people of canada and preventing the inroads of disease and foreign pests through the administration and enforcement of the many acts of par lament appertaining thereto is not so well recognized every article of food on sale iu cau ada one way or another comes undei the supervision of the departmenfi rebound of prices from a panic level and the improvement ot confidence are operating contemporaneously in many parts ot tho world it is unfortunate that this forward movement cannot share n full measure the benefit ot a less trammeled international trade martial ties weaken gar veteran is free rochester ny july 9 cupids darts that pierced so fiercely two years ago proved or a 91yearold united states civil war veteran and his 65yearold bride only a momen tary sting charles d carr gar post com mander who as a youth of s9 wooed and won mrs catherine brown 63- yearold widow appeared before su preme court justice william f loe and won an annulment to their mar riage mrs carr did jot contest the suit thunder showers hail storms cool the prairies winnipeg july 9 occasional thuider showers and hail storms broke the oppressiveness of weekend mugginess on the canadian prairies and brought a measure of relief to parched crops throughout the three western provinces temperatures were uniformly high but many sec tions reported cloudy skies broke the force of the suns heat except in southern saskatchewan where the grasshopper plague as sumed menacing proportions again and in southern alberta where rain is badly needed crops were reported in fair condition with few districts experiencing important damage quebec man is drowned at connecticut resort daubury conn july 9 a swim by moonlight cost the life of henry p brumell 36 ot new york member of the british air crops during the war at lake candlewood late last night brumell a native of buckingham que who recently was employed at tho bridgeport plant of the general electric company was a weekend guest of friends who had rented a cottage at the miles from here he and others went for a swim at 11 pm in tho moonlight he was seen to sink and before any of his companions could reach him he van ished from sight his friends ex pressed the opinion that brumell had suffered a cramp canadian exports during may show increase over last year montreal canadas external trade iu may totaled 78502907 as com pared with ss4s3771g iu may 1932 this was the smallest decline on an annual basis in several years ac cording to figures just released by the department of national revenue the improvement is due principally to the expansion in exports from 40 476404 in may 1932 to 45570337 last month the first expansion on such a basis since that shown in june of 1929 imports for the month totaled 32926630 as compared with 44361312 a year ago leaving a fav orable balance for the month of 12649707 against an import sur plus last year of 3ss490s trade revival by advertising london major j j astor mp chairman of the times publishing company speaking at a luncheon of the american chamber of commerce here emphasized the importance of advertising at the present time to bring about a trade revival advertising interests arc making a bold attempt to help towards trade revival by organizing an advertising and marketing exhibition at olympia next month he said it is lurely in times of slump that initiative is like ly to achieve most and that wise prep arations are likely to produce the greatest ultimate return much can 1 j done by good and skilful adver tising now is the time to advertise ralph connor elected president canadian authors quebec dr charles w gordon ralph connor winnipeg is the new president ot the canadian auth ors association having been chosen at the election of officers by the dele gates to the annual convention other officers selected for the en suing years arc vicepresidents mgr camille roy quebec and dr wat son kirkconnel winnipeg honorary secretary howard angus kennedy montreal honorary r treasurer law rence j burpee ottawa export is permitted of war munitions london great britain permitted export of war munitions during tho threo months ended may 31 to three ot the tout nations recently warring in j south america lleutcol davis col- vlllc secretary ot the overseas trade department disclosed in an answer to questions in tho house ot commons export licenses were issued to 12 aircraft gun mountings 12 aircraft machine guns and 139000 cartridges to peru spare parts for six ton tanks to bolivia and 250000 rounds of rifle am munition to paraguay lake tonnage nearly doubled wheat shipments up 40- 000000 bushels iron ore trebled sault ste marie ont july 9 times arent so tough after all is lake resort seven the refrain sailors on the great lakes are humming this year as countless propellers churn up the sea behind from all ports come word ot increased activity ot boats at last moving out after in some eases two years inac tivity the increase in freight tonnago at both the canadian and american soo locks for this year over last year reaches a total ot 3844024 tons so far and the increaso for the canadian canals alone is 79595 tons the total tonnago for all the canals tor the first three navigation months i3 7769190 as compared with 3925024 ton3 last year wheat shipments havo jumped nearly 40000000 bushels and iron ore ton- nage is almost threo times the ton- the markets creamery 20c no sfiipiing saturday sunday quake shocks noted at ottawa ottawa july 9 an earthquake ot moderate intensity was reported at the dominion observatory here the first preliminary tremors arrived at eight hours 42 minutes and 24 seconds eastern standard time the distanco toronto dealers are buying produce at tho following prices eggs prices to fillers and coun try shippers ungraded cases return ed fresh etras 17c fresh firsts 14c seconds lie graded cases free 19 for fresh extras 1gv for fresh firsts 13c for seconds butter no 1 ontario solids 20c no i 20 mc churning cream special 1 19c no 2 lijc fob points i cheese no 1 large colored paraf- fined and government graded hmc twins llic triplets 12c poultry a grade alive 1933 1 spring broilers over 4 lbs 18c over 3 to 4 lbs 10c over 3 to sa lbs 14c over 2i to 3 lbs 12c over 1 to zvz lbs lie fowl fatted over 5 lbs 10c over 4 to 5 lbs 9c over va to 4 lbs 8c over 3 to 3 lbs 7c old roosters 5c turkeys market price squabs per pair 25c pigeons per pair 15c b grade poultry 2c lb less than a c grade 2c lb less taan b grain quotations following are saturdays closing quotations on grain transactions for car lots prices on basis cif bay ports manitoba wheat no 1 hard 87c no 1 northern 85c no 2 do 84c no 3 do 84c manitoba oats no 2 cw 43c no 3 do 40c no 1 feed 40y no 2 do 39c mixed feed oats 25c man barley no 3 cw 50c no 1 feed screenings 10 per ton south african corn 78c ontario grain approximate prices track shipping point wheat 78 to 83c bailey 42 to 45c rye 45 to 47c buckwheat 35c to 37c hay and straw prices toronto dealers are paying for hay and straw baled car lots delivered per ton no 2 timothy 850 no 3 timothy 0 to 7 wheat straw 6 to 650 oat straw g live stock quotations steers up to 1050 lbs good and choice 475 to 5 do med 440 to 4g0 do com 3 to 425 steers over 1050 lbs good and choice 475 to 525 do mod 450 to 475 do com 4 to 425 heifers good and choice 475 to 5 do med 440 to 400 do com 3 to 425 fed calves good and choice 0 to 050 do med 5 to 575 cows good 275 to 3 do med 250 to 275 do com 2 to 225 cannors and cutters 125 to 185 bulls good 250 to 275 do com 2 to 225 stocker and feed er steers good 375 to 4 do com to 350 milkers and springers 25 to 45 calves good and choice veals 450 to 5 do com and mod 275 to 4 grassers 225 to 250 hogs bacon fob 550 to 500 do off trucks 575 to 585 do off cars g to 010 good owe and wether lambs 9 do med 8 to 850 do bucks 7 culls 5 to 550 to the epicentre was 8800 kilometres nago of a year ago grains other than or 5460 miles the time of origin was wheat and soft coal are about tho 830 pm est same as iu 1932 vessel passages aro preliminary tremors ot a second up 593 hero as compared to the same shock arrived at 12 hours 41 minutes period last year and 30 seconds am est today an indication of increased cmploy- tho distanco to the epicentre for this ment is seen in tho vessel passages shock was 4000 kilometres or 2500 for the boats average about 22 men to miles tho time of the origin was 12 a crew thus at least 13046 more hours and 34 minutes am est the mariners arc working this year than ecordlug continued for one hour last on tho upper lake runs alone which includes all cereal crops and incidentally the permission of tho do pavtment befoie a sale of seeds can b effected the prevention of the intro ductlon into canada of live stock an plant diseases the suppression ol foreign insect pests the supervisiot ot stock yards the supply and control ot tho markets intelligence service ol the dominion the registration of liv stock of fertilizers insecticides an fungicides also the analyses ot tin latter tho actual enforcement of ui acts of parliament in short every thing having a bearing direct or in direct on the supply of healthy cana dian stock and pare food for the peo pie these and other activities wil be indicated at the exhibition the dominion seed branch wil have a fully equipped laboratory al work with six analysts busily engaged in testing seed like the other ex hibits the laboratory will serve a double purpose in that while it af fords a public demonstration of its daily work at the same time part ol that work executed on behalf of tha judgesof the exhibition will be the testing for purity and germination ol the seeds of the actual competitors tor j prizes while it is impossible to gauge the full extent ot the havoc wrought by innumerable insects pests the loss to saskatchewan field crops alone in 1931 being estimated at 7200000 tha dominion entomological branch will convey a very clear idea of these field pests which if left alone would reduco the dominion to a wilderness and ot the household pests which would ren der towns uninhabitable if not held in check a most interesting showing will be made by the experimental farms sys tem the cereal division with its sam ples ot grains including grain grown within the arctic circle the poultry division with an impressive rural scene the field husbandry division presenting a wide range of experiment al results dealing with varied topics control of weedssoil moisture coal ot producing wheat management ol range lauds progress in farm ma chinery etc the botanical division showing tho great importance in cer eal crop production ot preventing plan diseases the horticultural division demonstrating that good vegetable seed can be grown in canada in a com mercial way the chemistry division with its intimate help to farmers tho division of bacteriology illustrating among other things clean milk produc tion and the fibre division exhblt- ing by the side of an oldfashioned spinning wheel samples of manufac tured linen yarns twines and cordage will all be seen in appropriate artistic settings last but not least offering amongst its wares the printed word the token of achievement of the other branches will bo the puhlcations branch ot tho department of agriculture it may be said to be the exhibit most at homo in its natural surroundings ot pub- licily for the principal function of the branch is to make available to tho farmers ot canada the vast fund of practical knowledge secured as a re sult ot tho special investigations and studies conducted by tho several branches ot the department at re gina therefore tho publications branch will bring to the very doors ot the farming industry a wide range ot material which embraces the whole field of operative agriculture in bullo- tns pamphlets circulars and special publications dept of agriculture ottawa ont flyer missing since june 15 reports self in siberia moscow james mattern ameri can flier is safe at anadyr in the chukotka peninsula of siberia ac cording to a telegraph message re ceived hero last week direct from mattern himself matterns telegram said safe at anadir chukotka siberia jimmy mattern the message was sent from the town of bocharova at 11 pm on july 5 and was received here in mid- afternoon of july 7 the american fliers message gave no details of his situation and air force and official quarters here were without any information of him anadir or anadyr is a trading post on the anadyr river in the north east siberia north of the kamchatka peninsula near bchring sea and generally along the route mattern the struggle still goes on but for took in attempting to fly from khaba- the moment he mountain has won rovsk to nome alaska against man and his machine everest wins against man and machine london the chairman of tha houston mount everest expedition c g bruce announced recently that as a consequence of continued bad weather the expedition will bo with drawn that does not mean he said how ever that we have given up hopo ot finally 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