Hitler vows Rhineland sovereignty and peace offer
Karlsruhe Germany Adolf Hitler told a rally of about 69 000 that Nazi sovereignty in the Rhineland would not be renounced and that German armed forces would not move against France Czechoslovakia or Poland He praised a European peace pact offered as the most magnanimous ever and condemned Soviet interference while noting Locarno treaty implications and unarmed Germans.
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Karlsruhe
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Rhineland
France
Cardoslovakia
Poland
Russia
Europe
Hitler
Thefuehrer
France weighs preventive war as allies mobilize forces
article details a proposed allied army of up to 40,000,000 under France Russia Poland Yugoslavia Romania Czechoslovakia and others. Mobilization within 48 hours could reach about 8,000,000 in the first wave plus 31,000,000 reserves, with thousands of aircraft and a million tons of ships cited.
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Paris
France
Russia
Poland
Roumania
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Ottawa Renews Provincial Loans for Saskatchewan
Ottawa renews one year loans to Saskatchewan totaling 1 024 218 dollars, renewed in orders in council and tabled in the Commons. The loans mature in January and February and are secured by Saskatchewan treasury bills. Renewals include accrued interest of 47 390 dollars. treasury bills maturing in 1937 are accepted as security.
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Ottawa
Saskatchewan
House of Commons
Treasury
Dominion
Canadian cattle shipment plan to Britain outlined
Montreal will ship about 1000 head of Canadian cattle weekly to the British market during the coming shipping season. R. J. Large of Stephenson and Large, Birkenhead and London buyers, announced this after returning from a Dominion tour reaching Saskatoon.
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Montreal
R. J. Large
Stephenson and Large
Birkenhead
London
Saskatoon
Western Barley in East Hindered by Weed Seeds
Prof E W Crampton from Macdonald College says western feed barley loses feeding value and popularity in eastern Canada due to weed seeds and extraneous matter. Lew Hutchinson of Alberta stresses early yield, strong straw, and on-farm cleaning to improve profitability.
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Toronto
National
E& W Crampton
Macdonald College
Que
Canada
Lew Hutchinson
Duhamel
Alta
Alberta Wheat Pool
Program Should Be Uniform Halifax
In Halifax in a sudden adjournment move Hon Gordon S Harrington Conservative opposition leader proposed a Dominion social program via amendment to the British North America Act. Harrington urged Westminster action to allow a nationwide system including maternity benefits unemployment health accident widows and old age pensions and invalidity pensions to be implemented uniformly across Canada.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
Gordon S. Harrington
Dominion
Col. Harrington
Canada
Employment and Social Insurance Commission
Westminster
Deaths Among Veterans Rise With Age in Ottawa
Ottawa reports rising deaths among veterans as Hon. C. G. Power announces a $60,000 grant to the Last Post Fund. The fund, started in 1921 to bury indigent ex service men, has grown from 3 burials in 1921-22 to 606 in 1934-35, with expectations of higher numbers as veterans age.
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Ottawa
C. G. Power
House of Commons
Last Post
Butter Output Rises in Canada Provinces for February
Dominion bureau of statistics reports creamery butter output at 7,894,597 pounds, up 815,715 pounds or 11.5 percent from February 1935. Western provinces totals include Manitoba 986,581 Saskatchewan 906,792 British Columbia 512,367 with prior year figures in brackets.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Two Destroyers and Cruiser Launched in Britain
The 9,000 ton cruiser Southampton was launched at Clyde and is planned to reach 32 knots. At Walker Northumberland the destroyers Hero and Hereward from the 1934 program were launched and are expected to reach 35 knots.
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London
Southampton
Clyde
Walker
Northumberland
Hero
Divided On Rhine Move Reich Opposed In Berlin
A well informed source says German officials blocked immediate remilitarization of the Rhineland. Dr Hjalmar Schacht favored negotiations with Locarno signatories to revise guarantees. Gen Werner Von Blomberg argued the army was not strong enough to reoccupy the Rhineland.
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Berlin
Rhineland
Hjalmar Schacht
Baron von Weurath
Werner von Blomberg
Schacht
Locarno
von Blomberg
British House approves defence plans amid European tensions
The House of Commons endorsed the white paper on rearmament by 371 to 153 after a Labour amendment was defeated. Neville Chamberlain said the situation could shift and defence plans must adapt. Churchill warned Germany faces internal external catastrophe and Keyes proposed Churchill for defence co-ordination post.
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London
Britain
House of Commons
Europe
Germany
Commons
Neville Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Roger Keyes
Baldwin
Herbert Morrison
Labor
Railway jobs to absorb 10000 unemployed in Canada
Government officials expect an early spring break up to place the first of 10 000 unemployed on railway maintenance works. The plan, under Labor Minister Rogers, uses camps for single and homeless workers and a joint program with Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railways. Railways to spend 1.5 million each and the federal government 3 million for a 6 million summer maintenance effort.
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Ottawa
British Columbia
Midwest
Rogers
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific Rail
Sabotage Case Reported in British Navy
Lord Stanley told the House of Commons that a new suspected sabotage case occurred in a private dockyard doing admiralty work. Six cases had been announced previously. Officials said the damage was slight but potentially serious and blamed cranks rather than foreigners for the incidents.
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London
Lord Stanley
The
Admiralty
House of Commons
Visit From Lord Mayor for Vancouver Jubilee
The Lord Mayor of London plans to attend Vancouver's Golden Jubilee celebrations this year. Secretary of State Cordell Hull likely to represent the United States if President Roosevelt cannot visit. Mayor G. G. McGeer commented.
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Vancouver
London
Cordell Hull
United States
Roosevelt
G. G. McGeer
Ottawa Moves to Exempt Tourist Purchases Up to $100
The government plans to introduce budget legislation exempting goods bought by Canadian tourists in the United States up to a value of $100. This prospective policy aims to smooth cross border shopping and reduce tax burden on travelers.
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Ottawa
United States
Fearless Leader Beatty Remembered By Royal Navy Officers
Canadian naval officers voiced sorrow at the death of Admiral Beatty. He led the battle cruiser division under Earl Jellicoe and was praised as an aggressive, efficient, fearless commander. The Dogger Bank action on Jan 24, 1915, opened by H.M.C.S. Aurora, linked to Canada’s naval heritage.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Navy
Earl Beatty
Royal Navy
Beatty
Battle Cruiser
Grand Fleet
Earl Jellicoe
the Dogger Bank
H.M.C.S. Aurora
Health inspectors to check Callander sanitation for Dionne quints visitors
A government inspector was sent to Callander to examine sanitation as tourist crowds surge for the Dionne quintuplets. Hon. J A Faulkner announced the move and said further inspections would occur in the north where many visitors are expected.
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Toronto
Department of Health
Callander
J. A Faulkner
Royal Edward VIII May Marry as King Seeks Civil List Reforms
London reports the bachelor king Edward VIII hints he may wed. A royal message to Commons notes revisions to civil list provisions for the queen and royal family, and for the Duke of York. Chamberlain says a special committee will revise the civil list next week.
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London
Edward VIII
England
House of Commons
Edward
Long
Prince of Wales
Neville Chamberlain
Exchequer
Commons
Chamberlain
Duke of York
Duchy of Cornwall
House Debates Duty on Fruit and Vegetables in Canada
Ottawa discusses arbitrary duty valuations to shield Canadian growers from U S competition. Finance Minister Dunning defends vegetable tariff cuts in the trade treaty while Conservatives criticize dumping duties and price impacts. Revenue Minister Tisley notes broad protective power. no timelines for dumping duties announced.
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Ottawa
United States
Dunning
House of Commons
Bennett
Ontario
Tisley
Prairies
Gordon Ross
Lib
Moose Jaw
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Paraguay Declares Totalitarian State After Revolt
Paraguay's provisional government under Col Rafael Franco issues a decree to model the nation on German Nazism and Italian Fascism. The action proclaims the Feb 17 revolution indivisible from the state and bars unions not emanating from the state for one year. The army is named the main authority as the revolution seeks social totalitarian transformation.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Rafael Franco
Europe
Ottawa committee probes farm implement price hikes
The agricultural committee of the House of Commons plans an inquiry into rose prices of farm implements by Canadian manufacturers. It also urged that increases not take effect until the probe completes. The issue follows the Canada U.S. trade agreement lowering duties to Canada, after which Canadian makers raised prices in 1936 lists. The Commons debated the move and referred the matter to the committee.
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Ottawa
Agricultural Committee
House of Commons
United States
Commons
References To Tariff Board Ottawa
The minister of finance reports 93 references to the tariff board for inquiry since its inception. Eighty references came from Canadian companies or individuals, while thirteen came from the government of the United Kingdom.
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Ottawa
Tariff Board For Inquiry
House of Commons
Canada
United Kingdom
A New Record at Moscow for Gas Mask Endurance
Red Army mechanic I Golushko set an endurance record in Moscow by wearing a gas mask for 116 hours and 45 minutes. He removed the mask for three daily 15 minute periods to eat, maintaining the rest of the time in the mask.
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Moscow
Red Air Force
I. Golushko
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