Pope Pius XI Dies at 81 in Vatican City
Pope Pius XI, aged 81, died peacefully in Vatican City. Cardinals including Cardinal Pacelli oversaw the death procedures as bells tolled from Rome's churches. A conclave is expected within two to three weeks with a funeral planned for St. Peter's Basilica and burial in the Vatican grottoes.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Franco Ratti
Milani
Filippo Rocchi
Cardinal Pacelli
Francesco Cardinal Marchetti-Selvaggiani
Rome
Alberto Serafini
Holy See
Rodrigue Cardinal Villeneuve
Canada
Italy
St. Peter's
St. Peter
Provision For The Press Ottawa Royal Train Coverage
Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced a pilot train to carry newspaper men and press photographers ahead of the royal train during the King and Queen’s Canada trip. Special provision will be made for Canadian journalists and as many from the UK Empire and US as possible with limited space, applications should reach Ottawa soon.
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Ottawa
Canada
Mackenzie King
United Kingdom
British Empire
United States
Sweepstake Tickets Seized by Quebec Police
Quebec provincial police seized sweepstake tickets with a face value of 750000 dollars as they uncovered a large ring of distributors operating in Montreal and its district.
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Montreal
Quebec
Experimental Flights Over Atlantic Hopes Cited
The British government aims to conduct experimental flights over the south Atlantic before year end. Captain Harold Balfour, under-secretary for air, addresses the House of Commons on the matter.
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London
South Atlantic
Harold Balfour
Air
House of Commons
Toronto Doctors Joined Royal College Of Physicians
Dr Neil Baird McGilliv ray and Dr Omand McKillop Sold, both of Toronto, were admitted to membership in the Royal College of Physicians.
British Aid Delays Japanese Assault on Kuling Resort
British diplomats secure evacuation extension for 37 Britons and 28 foreigners stranded at Kuling as Japanese officers delay planned attack. Foreigners, under siege by 4,000 Chinese guerrillas on Lushan, face unclear military commitments amid renewed shipping fears after two British vessels are released at Chefoo.
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Shanghai
Kuling
Lushan
Indo-China Steam Navigation Company
Chefoo
North China
Special Delivery Letters Ottawa Cut to Half Price
Ottawa announces a new special delivery service starting March 1 with a 10 cent fee plus regular postage. Uniformed postal messengers will be hired on annual contracts under civil service rules and may receive promotions. The move aligns Canadian rates with U S levels and coincides with an overnight air mail route between Montreal and Vancouver.
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Ottawa
Norman McLarty
United States
U.S
Air Mail
Montreal
Vancouver
McLarty
Civil Service Commission
Milk Survey Shows Income Link To Canadian Milk Drinkers
Dr J F Booth of the federal marketing service branch told Alberta Dairy men that unskilled laborers drink the least milk while farmers and professionals drink more. A survey of 3213 Canadian families found child milk intake rises with income. relief families’ children are in the low bracket while adults show opposite. Per capita milk consumption averaged 0.74 pint daily.
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Calgary
J. F. Booth
Ottawa
Federal Marketing Service Branch
Alberta Dairymen’s Association
Canada
RCMP transfers Howe to Ottawa. Gilbert takes Saskatoon role
Inspector Joseph Howe is transferred from the Saskatoon sub-division to Ottawa. Inspector C. K. Gray announces the move and states Sergeant J. H. A. Gilbert is now in charge of the Saskatoon detachment, a post formerly held by Howe after his promotion from acting sergeant.
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Saskatoon
C. K. Gray
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Joseph Howe
Ottawa
J. H. A. Gilbert
Howe
Plan to withdraw foreign troops from Spain discussed
Paris reports Britain and France offered wartime credit for a peace plan that would keep Spain purely Spanish in exchange for Franco recognizing the regime. The package includes 10 000 Spanish led expedition to Minorca, amnesty for refugees, and no foreign troops near France or Spanish territories. In Lorient, the Georges Leygues and the destroyer Bison collided, killing two crewmen.
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Paris
Germany
Italy
Spain
Great Britain
France
Franco
London
Minorca
Mediterranean
Balearic
Mallorca
Leon Berard
Burgos
Bank of Spain
Berard
Bonnet
Balearic Islands
Lorient
Georges Leygues
Bison
Planes Directed Rescue Of Fishermen In Caspian Sea
Five planes aided a rescue of 100 fishermen adrift on an ice floe in the Caspian. They directed rescue boats and dropped food as the ice broke away and drifted offshore leaving the men stranded at sea.
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Moscow
Caspian Sea
Man crafts electro-plating shop makes fake coins dies
In Kirkland Lake Ontario a man out of work built an electro-plating workshop to produce counterfeit coins. He died after the venture began. Authorities later arrested him. he pleaded he did not pass any of the money. He was sentenced to one year in prison.
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Kirkland Lake
Ont
Italian Soldiers and Workers Die in Ethiopia War Report
Seventy nine Italian soldiers and workers died in Ethiopia during January. Three officers and a police agent were killed in clashes with natives and 75 soldiers and workers died from accidents or disease.
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Rome
Ethiopia
Admiral Chatfield to accelerate Britain’s national defense
Admiral Sir Erne Chatfield, former First Lord of the Admiralty and now Minister for National Defense, is moving quickly to coordinate Britain’s defense efforts.
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Erne Chatfield
The
Admiralty
Britain
Must Export More Butter Montreal Ontario Canada
S C Burton told delegates that to improve the home butter market Canada must export several million pounds more butter. He cited 1938 year-end stocks at 44,630,000 pounds and said western creameries met a 3,000,000 pound export target while the east did not, predicting two or three years of painful adjustment ahead.
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Montreal
Canada
Canadian Produce Association
S. C. Burton
Regina
W. A. Landreth
Dominion
Burton
Tokyo Recalls Soviet Clash Over No. 227 Island
Soviet communique reports Japanese attempts to seize No. 227 island in the Argun river near Siberia and Manchukuo repulsed with 15 killed or wounded on Japanese and 3 casualties on Soviet side. The charge d affaires in Tokyo is urged to protest energetically. First clash dated Jan 31 near Manchuli.
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Moscow
Argun River
Siberia
Manchoukuo
Tokyo
Manchuli
Irish Republican Army Threatens More Violence
A crude warning from the LR A sent to a Londonderry newspaper threatens further violence in Ireland as the Dublin government weighs harsh new laws including death penalties and military tribunals for IRA conspirators. The note celebrates the cancellation of a royal visit and warns of English troops, with Craigavon force on alert at critical facilities. A separate incident saw a tram driver find a hand grenade and report it to Scotland Yard.
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Dublin
Irish Republican Army
Eire
Londonderry
Northern
Southern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Duke and Duchess of Kent
George VI
Derry
Lr.a
Craigavon
Special Constabulary
North Ireland
Lord Craigavon
Dail
I.R.A
London
Scotland Yard
de Valera
Plan Outlined for Training of Canadian Youth
Ottawa reports the Canadian Corps Association presented a plan to senior ministers for nationwide youth training centres offering vocational training and military discipline. The proposal envisions five centres for 25 000 youths annually with two-year service periods, pay tied to army rates, and dedicated placement officers to aid job prospects. It argues training is a permanent necessity amid disrupted world conditions and foresees forest preservation and relief-cut offsets.
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Ottawa
Canadian Corps Association
Cabinet
C. D. Howe
Transport
Norman Rogers
Labor
C. G. Power
Pensions
Canada
C. E. Reynolds
Dominion
Association
F. H. Marant
W. W. Parry
Mackenzie Waters
Toronto
Eric Macdonald
National Defence Department
Col. Reynolds
Farove
Scenes in House as Bren Gun Debate Roils Ottawa
In Ottawa the Bren gun debate sparked violent scenes in the House as Han Jan Mackenzie defends defence and heritage. He lambasts critics, defends Col. Ralston and attacks the Tory left, Prussian mentality, and members like Homuth amid uproar and calls for withdrawals.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Han
Jan Mackenzie
Mackenzie
Col. Gorge Drew
Dominie
Mount Royal
W. A Walsh
Weyburn
T. C. Douglas
Rosetown-Biggar
M. J. Coldwell
Ian Mackenzie
Karl Homuth
Waterloo South
Homuth
R. J. Manion
Maclean's Magazine
Col
Drew
Royal Commission
Large Cargo of Gold Arrives from Britain and Holland
A large gold cargo, one of the biggest in months, worth about 15 500 000 dollars, arrived in New York from Great Britain and Holland. Bankers brought the gold for sale to the United States treasury through standard foreign exchange operations.
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New York
Great Britain
Holland
United States Treasury
Canada’s oldest figure skater invited to Maple Leaf carnival
E. J. Heath of Moose Jaw, aged 72, has been invited to appear at the Maple Leaf ice carnival in Toronto as Canada's oldest figure skater. Heath began skating as soon as he could stand and earned his first recognition in Toronto in 1882.
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Moose Jaw
E. J. Heath
Toronto
Canada
Mr. Heath
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J. L. Ralston
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