Peace Proposals Accepted by Ethiopia and Italy’s Diplomatic Moves
The League of Nations reports Haile Selassie accepts peace talks within the covenant framework. Italy shows cautious openness while Mussolini engages with Austria’s von Starhemberg on a Danube pact. Triad discussions among Italy Austria Hungary to start March 18.
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Geneva
Haile Selassie
League of Nations
League Secretariat
League
Committee of 13
Italy
Committee of Thirteen
Paris
Rome
League of Nations Committee of 13
Mussolini
Ernst von Starhemberg
Austria
Danube
Hungary
Trade With Australia Shows 1935 Gains for Canada
Canada’s 1935 trade with Australia rose 35 percent in exports and 17 percent in imports, totaling 30.195 million dollars. Imports reached 7.395 million, exports 22.800 million, with autos and paper among leading exports and dried fruits and wool products among top imports.
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Ottawa
Canada
Australia
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Architect Offers Free Finish Of Public Works Project
In Banff Alberta an order to halt a landscaping project called Cascades of Time was resisted by Architect H C Beckett who offered to complete work without pay to prevent spoilage. His unemployed relief workers would finish the project if assured their families would be supported. About 2700 dollars has been spent with one pool remaining. 1100 dollars has already been used on the final pool.
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Banff
Alta
H. C. Beckett
Philadelphia Doctor Awarded John Phillips Medal
Dr. Eugene Markley Landis aged 22 received the John Phillips memorial medal from the American College of Physicians for his work measuring charges in minute blood vessels under the fingernails in Detroit.
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Detroit
Eugene Markley Landis
John Phillips Memorial
American College of Physicians
Canada air mail and freight traffic nearly doubles in 1935
Defence Minister Mackenzie reports Canada's airways carried 26.44 million pounds of freight and mail in 1935 up from 14.44 million in 1934 and 4.21 million in 1933. Aviation firms carried 177,472 passengers, with passenger miles rising correspondingly. Four pilots were killed in 1935, equal to 1934, while six flying men were injured and seven passengers injured. total accidents were 15, up one from 1934 and down four from 1933.
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Ottawa
Canada
S Airways
United States
Defence
Mac
New Road Proposal Aims From Edmonton To Alaska Via Siberia
Calgary Herald reports United States capitalists consider a hard surfaced Edmonton to Aklavik highway linking with a Siberia tunnel project. The proposed system would cost about 500 million dollars and fund itself through highway tolls. Minister W. A. Fallow confirms serious interest from New York and Los Angeles backers.
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Calgary
Calgary Herald
Edmonton
Aklavik
North West Territories
Alaska
Asia
United States
New York
Los Angeles
Herald
Siberia
W. A. Fallow
Fallow
Saskatchewan Winter Fair Prize List Issued at Regina
The Saskatchewan Winter Fair in Regina offers a total prize pool of 5000 with 3000 for horses and the rest for cattle. Cattle entries are closed, horse entries close March 14, and TB testing for cattle exhibits is provided free by the Dominion Health of Animals. Beef cattle may enter the Fat Cattle Auction on March 25 afternoon. reduced railway passenger rates run March 23 to 30.
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Regina
Dominion Health of Animals
Western Canada wildlife conference planned in Saskatoon
Arrangements are set for a western Canada wildlife conference in Saskatoon on March 23. The inter-provincial council of Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta will meet with game commissioners invited from Alberta, Manitoba and British Columbia. Delegates include E B Pitblado K C W J Hill Col Poussette and B W Cartwright for Manitoba and Wyman Fraser L Wize and Arthur Burns for Alberta.
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Saskatoon
Inter-Provincial Council
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan Game Commissioner
British Columbia
E B. Pitblado
K C
W. J. Hill
Col. Poussette
B. W. Cartwright
Wyman
Alberta Fish and Game Association
Norman Fraser
London Abbey to Install New Organ for King Edward VIII Coronation
Westminster Abbey will receive a new organ valued at 100000 pounds to replace a 200 year old instrument that has played at many historic ceremonies. The installation is planned for the coronation of King Edward VIII, expected to be held next year.
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London
Westminster Abbey
Edward VIII
England
George V
Edward VII
Duke of York
Lyons hints Australia to boost defence spending
Prime Minister J A Lyons said Australia would increase defence outlays after the British white paper on expanding Britain’s defences. He warned against promising tax cuts until a defence decision is made. Officials expect Commonwealth defence costs to exceed seven million pounds, about 35 million dollars, and Lyons said the white paper would greatly affect Australian policy.
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Melbourne
Australia
J. A. Lyons
Britain
Commonwealth
Lyons
Police Officers Dismissed Toronto After Commission
Toronto police commission acted on royal commission recommendations dismissing nine officers. Judgments on fifteen others accused of robbery were reserved until a report from Chief D C Draper is received. The commission will decide if the fifteen suspended since December are restored.
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Toronto
Toronto Police Commission
Royal Commission
D. C. Draper
Poultrymen Aim to Expand Market for Canada in Britain
Ottawa associates committee on market poultry met to plan improved Canadian poultry production to boost high quality market poultry exports to Great Britain. Delegates from provincial institutions and trade discussed over 40 papers. study aims to avoid duplication and focus on British demand, with Britain's annual imports at 60 to 70 million pounds and Canada currently at three to four million.
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Ottawa
Canada
Department of Agriculture
National Research Council
Great Britain
Medical Service Plan for Victoria BC Aimed at 125000 Workers
The revised health insurance bill to be introduced in the British Columbia legislature would provide mandatory medical care and hospital services for about 125 000 workers and their families, totaling around 300 000 people. The plan requires 40 cents weekly per wage earner, covers physician or surgeon fees, hospital care, labs, drugs, and a $20 maternity cash benefit, with additional permissive services if funds allow. The bill treats the family as a unit including dependent wives and children with their wage earner husbands.
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Victoria
British Columbia
G. M. Weir
Western Tour Planned by Lord Tweedsmuir to Ottawa Visit
Governor General Lord Tweedsmuir will undertake a Western Canada tour this summer. Tentative plans set departure from Ottawa in late July or early August with extended time in pioneer western districts and limited visits to large centres.
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Ottawa
Ont
Lord Tweedsmuir
Canada
Ottawa to Introduce Wheat Aid Parliaments Fortnight
Prime Minister Mackenzie announced in the House of Commons that legislation to equalize payments to farmers under the 1930 poor wheat program will be introduced in Parliament within a fort night.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie
House of Commons
Montreal Debates Draft Bill for Native Amending Act
Premier L. A. Tascheresu announced a draft bill to amend the British North America Act by Canadian authority, then sent to inter-provincial conference and provincial legislatures for discussion. He said Quebec will consider it in the March session and Ottawa would decide next steps depending on the Canadian will.
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Montreal
L. A. Tascheresu
Ottawa
Quebec
Dominion
Japan forms new cabinet after coup and treason tribunal
Emperor Hirohito ordered Foreign Minister Koki Hirota to form a cabinet to replace the Okada government decimated by a military rebellion. Veteran diplomat Konoye declined due to ill health, with Saionji advising. A special tribunal was set to try 22 officers involved in the coup.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
Koki Hirota
Keisuke Okada
Prince Konoye
Saionji
Wheat revival gives Kansas farmers crop hope in 1936
Kansas farmers voice renewed optimism for a wheat harvest as greening fields in the southwest indicate survival of winter wheat. State grain inspector Tom Armstrong reports about 75 percent of wheat survived the cold, with roughly half in good condition, seedings aided by upcoming spring rains.
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Garden City
Kas
Kansas
Tom Armstrong
Redistribution of Ridings Proposed Amid Electoral Reform Debate
Ottawa reports a Commons motion by Justice Minister Lapointe to refer redistribution to a special electoral reform committee. The plan aims to shift redistributions from political control to a jointly trusted judicial official, possibly Col. John Thompson, to ensure nonpartisan action. Agreement from all parties is uncertain and no action is guaranteed.
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Ottawa
Ont
Commons
Ernest Lapointe
Special Committee On Electoral Reform
Lapointe
Col
John Thompson
Col. Thompson
Committee
United States seeks Canadian silver output under Bank of Canada
Secretary Morgenthau announced an agreement to buy Canadian silver through the Bank of Canada, aiming to absorb about 16 million ounces per year. He said the treasury would set the price, higher than New York quotes, and allow similar deals with other silver producers. Ottawa reports about 14 million ounces available through the Bank of Canada for sale to the U S treasury this year.
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Washington
United States Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Bank of Canada
Morgenthau
Treasury
New York
Ottawa
Dominion
United States
War Belief Emperors Says Ethiopian Fight Has Begun
Emperor Haile Selassie declares the Ethiopian war is just beginning from positions on the northern front. He left Dessye on February 21 and warned Ethiopians not to trust Italian reports of victories or casualties. Paris reports Foreign Minister Flandin urged Mussolini to accept quick League peace negotiations to avoid European jeopardy.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Dessye
Italy
Paris
Pierre- Etienne Flandin
Mussolini
League of Nations
Flandin
Rome
Dnce
France
Geneva
Europe
China Starts Conscription Across Nation
Reuters dispatch from Nanking says the central government ordered nationwide conscription with two years of military training for all men aged 18 to 45. London circles view the move as a bold counter to Japan’s actions in north China.
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London
Reuters
Nanking
China
New Zeppelin Tested on Maiden Flight over Lake Constance
Germany's new airship LZ129 completed an apparently flawless maiden voyage over Lake Constance with Dr. Hugo Eckener at the helm. The test marks the first in a series of inspections ahead of mail and passenger Atlantic journeys.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Lake Constance
Hugo Eckener
Atlantic
Sabotage Cases Reported on Repulse and H-28
The Admiralty announced two new suspected sabotage cases aboard the battle cruiser Repulse and the submarine H-28. The Repulse was at Portsmouth preparing to join the Mediterranean fleet while the H-28 is attached to the sixth flotilla at Portland.
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London
Admiralty
Repulse
Portsmouth
Portland
Senate Gives Third Reading to Dominion Franchise Act Bill
The Senate passed the bill amending the Dominion Franchise Act. The House of Commons added a clarifying change delaying the need to revise the voters list by one year.
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Ottawa
Senate
King Inspects Liner Queen Mary at Clydebank
His Majesty conducted a three hour tour of the Cunard liner Queen Mary at Clydebank. The visit was marked by an absence of ceremonial elements during the inspection of the new ship.
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London
Clydebank
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