Britain rejects German readmission to League at Stresa
At Stresa Britain declares Germany cannot join the League now due to Reich armament demands. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald outlines a plan for proportional disarmament and a strict control system, while favoring collective security within the League framework. France seeks British Italian backing against German armament, sparking a clash over Hitler's repudiations of treaties.
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Stresa
Italy
Ramsay MacDonald
Britain
France
Germany
Berlin
League of Nations
MacDonald
Villa Borromeo
Third Reich
League
Geneva
Adolf Hitler
John Simon
Anthony Eden
Europe
Drouth Relief Bill Passes in Ottawa
The House of Commons quickly approved a drought relief bill funding 750000 this year and 1000000 annually for the next four years to aid prairie provinces. Dams will store water grasses sown trees planted and demonstration stations set up to educate farmers. An advisory committee will guide the agriculture department with provincial cooperation. Indigenous farmer John Brown urged cultural methods while ministers urged caution about optimistic outcomes.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Prairie
Department of Agriculture
John Brown
Lib
Lisgar
W. R. Motherwell
Lib. Melville
Greeks Rebel Officers Sentenced Across Courts Martial
Courts martial in Athens and Salonika convicted 29 officers and civilians for involvement in the Greek rebellion. Five rebel officers in Salonika received life terms, 12 others shorter sentences. In Athens the court martial handed down 8 officers and 4 civilians prison terms from two to 20 years. About 250 more prisoners await trial before the naval court martial.
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Athens
Salonika
Plan to Sell Doukhobor Land Sparks Internal Clash
Dispute erupts after J P Shukin vice president announces sale of 30 000 acres of Doukhobor land in Veregin Kylemore and Kelvington Saskatchewan. Andrew Bloodoff claims district members resist leaving homes built over 30 years. Shukin says sale will proceed despite opposition and urges ignoring contrary statements.
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Winnipeg
Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood
J. P. Shukin
Brotherhood
Saskatchewan
Veregin
Kylemore
Kelvington
Andrew F. Bloodoff
Shukin
Peter Veregin
Headingly
Bloodoff
Calgary bands pledge free service for King George jubilee
E S Harris secretary of the National Musicians of Canada Calgary Branch said members offer gratis services to accompany children's singing on May 6 for Calgary's celebration. The plan faced risk as U S union musicians demanded pay. Alderman Dr W A Lincoln and the city could not fund the musicians.
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Calgary
E. S. Harris
National Musicians of Canada
United States
W. A. Lincoln
Degree Conferred on Earl of Bessborough at UBC
The Earl of Bessborough received an honorary Doctor of Laws and Letters from Chancellor R. E. McKechnie at the University of British Columbia. Lady Bessborough was presented a bouquet of yellow roses by Miss Clare Brown, on behalf of UBC students. His Excellency praised Canada’s universities for forging strong links during his governorship.
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Vancouver
Earl of Bessborough
R. E. McKechnie
University of British Columbia
Bessborough
Clare Brown
Universities of Canada
Jap Nationals Admitted Ottawa
Canadian government figures show 546 Japanese nationals admitted to Canada in the four years ending March 31 1934. Among them 183 were adult men 195 adult women and 78 children. The period also saw 164 British nationals of Japanese birth admitted. The data were presented in a House of Commons report.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
House of Commons
Premiers Asked to Meet Mayors Over Unemployment Relief
Canadian premiers from nine provinces were invited by wire to meet Montreal Mayors in Montreal on April 22 with the Dominion Conference of Mayors continuing committee. They aim to press for the Dominion government to assume full responsibility for unemployment relief and to organize a joint provincial municipal conference.
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Montreal
Bere Om
Dominion Conference of Mayors
Dominion
Camillien Houde
James Simpson
Toronto
G. G. McGeer
Vancouver
John Queen
Winnipeg
George Wenige
London
E. J. Cragg
Halifax
Fred Bancroft
Houde
Simpson
Wenige
Mr. Bancroft
Bennett Seeks Address to King George for Reign Milestone
Ottawa Prime Minister R. B. Bennett moves a resolution on the House of Commons order paper asking for an address to King George congratulating him on completing twenty five years of reign with the ceremony to mark the milestone.
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Ottawa
R. B
Bennett
House of Commons
George
German Spy Suspect Held in Paris Case
Police claim to have uncovered a spy nest in Paris with the arrest of Edward Bernhueber who posed as a Franco-German rapprochement advocate. A list of military diplomatic and political questions he asked a French journalist named Armand Arrousart was found in his possession. Bernheuber, described as a clever German intelligence member, was held on an arrest warrant by Judge Benon. a search of his flat found tear gas in a pencil case.
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Paris
Edward Bernhueber
Bernheuber
Armand Arrousart
Benon
Benjamin Bercowitz
Bernhueber
Mystery Story Sparks White Court Gold Seekers
District prospectors in the White Court area near Edmonton await spring breakup to search for the legendary Moostas gold find. Reports from across Canada revive interest as gold seekers anticipate the reputed source and its mystery, tied to an ancient Indian figure who died recently.
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Edmonton
White Court
Moostas
Canada
Migration Policy Urged Montreal
Lord Rodney of Fort Saskatchewan Alta urged Canada and Great Britain to devise a definite joint migration policy in a Montreal address to the Royal Empire Society. He called for consensus on future migration between the two dominions and spoke to the Montreal branch of the society.
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Montreal
Canada
Great Britain
Lord Rodney
Fort Saskatchewan
Alta
Royal Empire Society
Jubilee medals in Canada question distribution plans
Finance Minister E N Rhodes promised to tell the House of Commons whether King George silver Jubilee medals would be sold in Canada and if they would come from the royal mint in England. The debate followed a telegram from Lloydminster asking for 500 medals for distribution to schoolchildren.
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Ottawa
E. N. Rhodes
House of Commons
George
Canada
Royal Mint
England
John Vallance
Lib
South Battleford
C H. Cahan
Lloydminster
Sask
Charles E. Bothwell
Swift Current
Rhodes
Federal plan to rescue drouth areas outlined in Commons
Ottawa plans to rehabilitate prairie drouth and soil drifting zones with a bill for 750000 this year and 1000000 annually for four years. A prairie farm rehabilitation advisory committee will guide the program, with five areas in Saskatchewan and others in Manitoba and Alberta. Large demonstration stations, seed production, dam construction, and shelter belts are included to restore pastures and water supplies.
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Ottawa
Prairie Provinces
House of Commons
Robert Weir
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Advisory Committee
Weir
Saskatchewan
Department of Agriculture
Drouth
Manitoba
Alberta
Mortgage Companies of Canada
Canadian Bankers’ Association
Canadian Pacific Railway Company, Limited
Canadian National
Conference on Relief Problem To Be Addressed Soon
Montreal Mayor Houde received a letter from Sir George Perley stating a conference between the Dominion government and provincial representatives will discuss unemployment relief. The note notes the relief act passed April 5 and that Labour Ministry officials have contact with provinces. Toronto Mayor Simpson was cited as saying Ottawa would offer to underwrite 75 percent of relief costs with provinces paying 25 percent and municipalities freed of expense.
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Dominion Conference of Mayors
Montreal
Ottawa
Dominion
Canada
Houde
Simpson
Wenige
George Perley
Camillien Houde
Sir George Perley
Sir George
Conference of Mayors
House of Commons
Labor
James Simpson
Toronto
Bennett set for overseas trip amid recovery in 1935
Prime Minister Bennett, not yet stepping out, plans outdoor exercise soon and a voyage on a New York sailing steamship to London for the King's Jubilee. He has held cabinet talks on a works bill to create jobs. Introduction of the act is hoped before Easter adjournment as Bennett recovers full strength for the election campaign.
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Ottawa
R. B. Bennett
New York
London
Bennett
Railway Workers Ottawa Contribute To Unemployment Fund
Senator James Murdock told the senate banking and commerce committee that railway engineers conductors and firemen on mileage basis earning two weeks pay in one week should contribute 25 cents for each week earned to the Dominion unemployment insurance fund. He argued the double contribution would be fair to the underdog railway sectionmen and unemployed workers.
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Ottawa
Dominion Unemployment Insurance Fund
James Murdock
Senate Banking and Commerce Committee
Hotels Show Profit in Operating Revenues Last Year
Ottawa reports The Chateau Laurier and the Nova Scotian in Halifax were CN Railways hotels to post operating profit last year. Chateau Laurier earned 152000, Nova Scotian 9500. Fullerton noted 8544000 spent on unfinished Vancouver hotel with an estimated 2700000 more needed for completion. Germany's sales tax receipts rose sharply from the prior year.
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Ottawa
Chateau Laurier
Halifax
Canadian National Railways
Hon
C. P. Fullerton
Board of Trustees
House Railways Committee
Fullerton
C.N.R
Vancouver
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Wuniversity of
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King George
John Buchan
Church
Scotland
Simon-Hitler
Railways
Dominion Department of Agriculture
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