Liberal Vancouver MP presses new deal for embattled cities
In the House of Commons Vancouver Burrard Liberal MP and mayor Gerry McGeer urged a national relief plan to ease municipal debt burdens. He cited Ontario defaults over 11 million and Montreal debt at 268 million, warning many cities risk bankruptcy without federal aid. He opposed the unemployment commission plan, noting calls for a national dividend and centralized financial control.
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OtTawa
House of Commons
Gerry MetGeer
Vancouver-Burrard
Canada
Pacific Coast
Alberta
McGeer
Vancouver
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Quebec
Municipal Commission
Montreal
Eric Poole
S.C
Red Deer
a_ loan council
National Employment Commission
Angus MacInnis
C.C.F
Vancouver East
John R MacNicol
Toronto-Davenport
Edmonton nurse wins London scholarship for public health course
Nurse Caroline E. Sage of Edmonton earned a one year tuition scholarship at Bedford College in the University of London. The Canadian Nurses' Association announced she will study public health nursing under the Florence Nightingale International Foundation. Sage, a University of Alberta nursing graduate, is the third Canadian association member to win the award.
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Montreal
Caroline E. Sage
Edmonton
Bedford College
University of London
Canadian Nurses’ Association
Miss Sage
Florence Nightingale International Foundation
School of Nursing
University of Alberta
Canadian Association
Finance Cabinet approves 1 300 000 loan to Saskatchewan relief
Ottawa authorizes a 1.3 million loan to Saskatchewan to cover provincial relief expenditures beyond the monthly grant for January February and March. Treasury bills bearing four percent interest will back the advance. Belgrade discusses currency stabilization and a triangular clearing house among Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia and Romania.
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Ottawa
Saskatchewan
Order-In-Council
House of Commons
Belgrade
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Rumania
Move Rejected in Edmonton Social Credit Lottery Proposal
A Social Credit caucus blocked a plan to legalize lotteries to fund Alberta hospitals. A resolution mirroring a Saskatchewan measure was circulated at a Social Credit secret meeting and not brought to the legislature. It urged Canada to permit provinces to run government controlled lotteries for hospital aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Social Credit
Alberta
Social Credit Caucus
Social Creditors Secret Meeting
Saskatchewan
J. Mildenberger
Maple Creek M.la
Parliament of Canada
Province of Canada
Manitoba agrees in principle on loan council proposal
Premier John Bracken told the Manitoba legislature that the province agrees in principle to the Dominion provincial loan council but is not committed to participation. Opposition leader W Sanford Evans noted published correspondence between Alberta and Dominion governments and urged details be clarified.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg
John Bracken
W. Sanford Evans
Bracken
Evans
Alberta
Dominion
Metal Shipment Released Through Halifax Port
Customs officials release four carloads of scrap metal labeled as Canadian nickel shipped aboard the Korshold bound for Hamburg. The first major shipment of 73 cases nickel cathodes was held March 13 and later sent to Hamburg on another vessel. Ottawa reports a general scientific survey of Baffin Land will be conducted soon by about six men led by Thomas A Manning of London under the Royal Geographical Society and the British Museum.
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Halifax
Korshold
Hamburg
Germany
Europe
United States
Liberty
Ottawa
Baffin Land
Thomas A. Manning
London
Eng
Manning
Royal Geographical Society
British Museum
Plane crash kills two prominent figures near Southampton
Southampton reports the deaths of C. Nuttall, younger brother of Sir Keith Nuttall, and H. C. Buchan, a pilot-instructor with the Aero Club of Hampshire, when their aircraft crashed a few miles from the city. Nuttall was learning to fly under Buchan's tuition.
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Southampton
C. Nuttall
Keith Nuttall
Manchester
H. C. Buchan
The
Aero Club of Hampshire
Here
Nuttall
Buchan
Shorthorn Wins Grand Champion Baby Beef at Calgary Show
A Shorthorn steer owned by Margaret E. Wilson of Edgewick Alberta won the grand championship and fat animal honors at the Calgary spring stock show. Weighing 585 pounds it sold to T. Eaton Co. for 40 cents a pound. The sale's second top price went to a pure bred Aberdeen Angus steer owned by John Henderson of Lacombe Alberta, weighing 620 pounds and selling for 26 cents a pound. The Angus placed first in its class and was reserve champion in both baby beef and fat animal categories.
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Calgary
Margaret E. Wilson
Edgewick
Alto
T. Eaton Co
John Henderson
Lacombe
Alta
British Columbia Health Insurance Bill Passed by Legislature
The British Columbia legislature passed the first North American public health insurance bill in its third session by a 29 to 14 vote. The plan funds employee and employer contributions to cover medical care, hospital, labs, and drugs for about 275 000 residents, with government and commission oversight and a prorogation announced by Premier Pattullo.
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Victoria
British Columbia
North America
C.C.F
Pattullo
Power Elected Chairman of Ottawa Pensions Committee
Hon C G Power minister of pensions and national health was elected unanimously chairman of the House of Commons special committee on pensions and returned soldiers problems. The committee named two sub committees for correspondence and witness calling and planned limited testimony. The Canadian Legion offered to present evidence before Easter and the committee aimed to print proceedings for legion branches.
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Ottawa
C. G. Power
House of Commons
Major Power
Canadian Legion
Convicted Spy Metz Case Sentences Outline France
Charles Cridlig, ex aerial defence officer, jailed for working with Germany to obtain Metz defence documents and photographs. France also fines Prof. Philippe Altmeyer 5000 francs and imposes Cridlig a 10 year exile after prison. Cridlig's wife acquitted. Southampton reports the S S Queen Mary achieved 29 knots on a Clydebank to Southampton run and anticipates higher May Atlantic speed.
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Metz
France
Germany
Charles Cridling
Cridig
Philippe Altmeyer
Cridiig
Cridlig
Southampton
Clydebank
Ottawa trims relief grants after winter survey
The Dominion government plans to cut total relief grants by 15 percent and reduce the April grants to provinces to 2 606 286 dollars. Previously the split varied with season, shifting from a 38 percent funding basis to a 28 percent share after August 1 1934.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Department of Labor
Hitler Offers New Plan for European Peace
Berlin reports Chancellor Hitler presented a long program to the British government outlining four months of talks leading to a new Locarno style pact with France and Belgium under a shared frontier commission. He urges plebiscites, no frontier militarization, and a general arms limitation conference with Britain Italy and a neutral power to oversee the process.
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Berlin
Hitler
Europe
France
Belgium
Germany
League of Nations
der Fuehrer
Locarno
Great Britain
Italy
Rhineland
Joachim von Ribbentrop
London
Eden
World Court
King Edward Vht Coronation Set For May In London
London reports Prime Minister Baldwin told the House of Commons that King Edward has approved coronation plans for May with date to be announced. Court circles favor Thursday May 27 as the likely day. The king pledged to serve the empire and promote peace and prosperity at home and abroad.
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London
Edward
Edward VII
George
Prince of Wales
Conference Of Premiers Ottawa Faces Dominion Finance Rift
Ontario Ottawa conference to reopen the dispute over provincial finances with Finance Minister Dunning and western premiers. Premier Pattullo of British Columbia attends with Saskatchewan and Manitoba likely present. Alberta’s Aberhart may join, but his refusal to back the loan council unsettles federal plans. Future Dominion Alberta relations to be decided.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Dunning
Alberta
T. D. Pattullo
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Aberhart
State plans globe circling radio press service
The state department reveals a plan to create a globe circling radio press service to keep American diplomats fully informed. Short wave receiving gear is en route to Sydney Calcutta Santiago London Buenos Aires Rio de Janeiro Lima and Cairo for coverage.
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Washington
State Department
Sydney
Australia
Calcutta
Santiago
Chile
London
Buenos Aires
Rio de Janeiro
Lima
Peru
Cairo
Egypt
Canadian Exhibits Draw Bigger Orders at British Industries Fair
The department of trade and commerce announces that Canadian firms at the 1936 British Industries Fair in London and Birmingham reported substantial order increases over 1935. A Canadian coffee supplier and a new canned soup attracted strong interest, including a single order for 12,000 cases.
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Ottawa
London
Birmingham
Department of Trade and Commerce
Pension suspensions hit three cabinet ministers in Ottawa
In Ottawa ten MPs qualified for war service pensions, with three cabinet ministers named Ian A. Mackenzie C G Power and N McL Rogers having their pensions suspended according to a House of Commons return tabulated by State Secretary Rin fret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
House of Commons
Rinfret
Ian A. MacKenzie
C. G. Power
N. McL. Rogers
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Liberal
Edimonton
Metal Shipment
Plan
B.C
Radio Probe Chairman
A. L. Beaubien
Pensions Probe
League OF Nations Council
Croydon
League of Nations’ Council
von Rubenthrop
Herr von Hoesch
VARI
Western Provinces
Globe-Circling Press Service
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