Churchill Warns Europe Heads for a Climactic Moment
London reports Winston Churchill in the House of Commons warning Europe may reach a climax within the present parliament. He cites Germany's armament surge and debt rise from 1933 to 1936, with Britain urged to stay strong for peace amid rising costs and budget bolstering defenses.
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London
Germany
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Europe
Britain
Churchill
House
Lord Mayor of London to visit Vancouver for Jubilee
Sir Percy Vincent announces acceptance of Vancouver invitation to celebrate the citys charter jubileewith a summer visit. He will unveil the statue of Captain Vancouver founder of the city and then travel to Ottawa. The plan has royal consent and broad backing from Prime Minister Mackenzie King and Dominions Secretary Malcolm MacDonald.
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London
Percy Vincent
Vancouver
Captain Vancouver
British Columbia
Ottawa
Sir Percy
City of London
Mackenzie King
Dominions
Malcolm MacDonald
Doctor Hague Righted in Manitoba Court Ruling
Justice T Dennistoun of the Court of King’s Bench held that Dr Omer Hague the chief medical officer at St Boniface hospital may express opinions on scientific facts. The hospital was ordered to pay Hague three months salary while he had earlier received one month after dismissal for voicing views on mercy deaths. The judge rejected claims that Hague was bound by a moral code and affirmed a professional’s right to express himself on scientific matters.
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Winnipeg
T. Dennistoun
Manitoba Court of King’s Bench
St. Boniface Hospital
Omer G. Hague
Hague
Dr. Hague
Dennistoun
Canada MPs hear messages from King and Queen on King George death
Speaker Pierre Casgrain read messages from King Edward and Queen Mary to the Canadian Parliament praising Parliament for sympathy on the death of King George. Egypt outlines plans to upgrade airports serving Cairo and Alexandria.
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Ottawa
King Edward
Queen Mary
Parliament of Canada
House of Commons
Pierre Casgrain
King George
Egypt
Cairo
Alexandria
Budget hike to fund defence program sparks mixed reaction
Neville Chamberlain unveils the fifth budget with higher taxes to cover defence costs. The plan includes a two pence per pound tea duty rise and a new lager beer duty while raising the married couple tax exemption from £170 to £180 and child exemption from £150 to £60. Conservatives debate timing of defence loan and sinking fund suspension. Credit for the plan is in portraying the defence program’s true cost.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Highway Work Planned From Lethbridge To Banff
Hon. W. A. Fallon announced tenders for a 26 mile standard grade and gravel highway from Lethbridge to Iron Springs via Picture Butte to serve a new sugar factory. He said 31 miles of blotter oil coating and 15 miles of seal coating on the Calgary to Banff route would be completed by July 1 creating a hard surface to the park boundary. Later plans include Calgary Okotoks hard surfacing and rebuilding 50 miles of the Calgary Edmonton highway south to Westaskiwin, with twelve miles on new ground to remove Death Crossing where several fatal accidents occurred.
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Edmonton
W. A. Fallon
Public Works
Lethbridge
Iron Springs
Picture Butte
End Of Dry Cycle Speculation In The United States
Weather bureau experts debate whether the 25 year drought era has ended with remarks only time will tell. The weekly bulletin notes severe drouth in Oklahoma and extreme dryness in western Kansas while Arkansas sees little rain and Texas gets brief relief. Scientists also ponder a possible shift to a cold and wet cycle as last winter proved wet and cold in many regions.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
United States
Weather Bulletin
Oklahoma
Kansas
Arkansas
Texas
Study Of Atrocity Charges In London Examined
Anthony Eden in the House of Commons said the League of Nations has begun a careful study of atrocity charges by Italy and Ethiopian counter-charges over gas. He emphasized distinguishing individual acts from actions by high command and stated the cabinet will push sanctions to uphold collective security.
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London
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
League of Nations
Italy
Coun
Eden
House
Brave rescue from Moose River mine disaster in Canada
Dr D Edwin Robertson and Alfred Scadding were carried to the surface after ten days underground in a caved mine at Moose River Nova Scotia. They helped recover the body of Herman Magill as Draegermen blasted a path to entombed miners and then made the perilous ascent to safety.
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D. Edwin Robertson
Alfred Scadding
Dr Robertson
Herman Magill
Dr. Robertson
Robertson
Reynolds
Jack Simpson
Draegermen
R. Davis
Scadding
Magill
Goldenville
Stellarton
Rescued Dr Robertson Gives Report From Mine Drip Hole
Ambulances waited as Draegerman George Morrell reached the drill hole and cut the telephone line. The first stretcher brought up the doctor on the last leg of a long descent. The men, exhausted and pale after ten days, endured water dripping in and climbed to the mouth, then walked out seeking a beef steak as relief.
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Draegerman
George Morrell
Dr. Robertson
Dr. Ed. Gallie
Reid Bill Aims Remonetizing Silver Through Bank of Canada
A private member bill by Thomas Reid would empower the Bank of Canada to add silver to its currency reserve and issue silver certificates. The plan would allow the bank to purchase newly mined silver on ministerial instruction, with Speaker Casgrain to determine if the measure falls within private member competence.
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Ottawa
Bank of Canada
House of Commons
Thomas Reid
Lib
New Westminster
Casgrain
Reid
Heavy public works program outlined in estimates
The Canadian government proposes nearly 60 million dollars for various public works across the Dominion in the current fiscal year. Supplementary estimates total 124.7 million, with 26 million for provincial relief grants and a 39.9 million CN railway deficit for 1936. Funds cover maintenance on railways, homeless camps, park development, mineral surveys, and relief projects, plus defence and harbor plans.
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Ottawa
Dominion
House of Commons
Dunning
Britain vows tough rule as Palestine unrest continues
J H Thomas told the House of Commons Britain will defend law and order in Palestine against rioting and threats. He listed casualties at 16 Jews and five Arabs killed with 75 Jews and 72 Arabs injured, noting higher unofficial counts in Jerusalem. He said Britain tightens arms controls, allowing imports only with district commissioner permits and non-transferable permits.
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London
Great Britain
Palestine
J. H. Thomas
Colonies
House of Commons
Mr. Thomas
Jerusalem
Britain
Canada's Wheat Sales Expected to Be Increased
Ottawa reports a pessimistic world wheat market but Canada with two thirds of exportable supply is likely to supply a higher share of world demand. Australia’s exportable surplus is shrinking while European crops falter and U S forecasts lower winter yields.
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Canada
Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics Monthly
Spain
Italy
Germany
Balkan States
France
Russia
United States
Australia
Total Unemployment Relief Expenditures in Canada
The Dominion government spent 45.82 million dollars on unemployment relief for the year ending March 31. Grants to provinces totaled 26.27 million, with another 7.66 million on Dominion undertakings and 6.59 million on the trans Canada highway. In January relief reached 1.23 million recipients. Since 1930, relief cost 204.84 million, with 126.35 million lent to western provinces and CPR, the latter still outstanding at 2.45 million.
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Ottawa
Harry Hereford
Dominion
Norman Rogers
House of Commons
Canada
Western Provinces
Canadian Pacific Railway
C.P.R
Would Block Italian Ships London
Geoffrey Mander urged Britain to halt the Italo Ethiopian war by closing the Suez Canal to Italian vessels. Viscount Cranborne called the move heroic but not collective and inappropriate for the crisis. Mander also urged Britain to withdraw from the League if France blocks new sanctions against Italy.
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London
Geoffrey Mander
H. N. Paint
Halifax
House of Commons
Britain
Suez Canal
Viscount Cranborne
Mander
League of Nations
France
Italy
Prayer of Thanksgiving at Halifax Legislature
A prayer of thanksgiving rose from the historic speaker's seat in the Nova Scotia legislature as members bowed their heads to thank God for the deliverance of two men from an underground cell at the Moose River gold mine after ten days of imprisonment.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
Moose River
Manitoba to Build First Sugar Beet Refinery at Morris
Manitoba will host its first sugar beet refinery at Morris with construction starting this summer. Louis Veillard of Veillardville Saskatchewan announced the project, and the Manitoba government will guarantee the refinery bonds.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Morris
Louis Veillard
Veillardville
Sask
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