Ottawa outlines new policy for marketing wheat
Hon. James G. Gardiner describes a permanent policy replacing price fixing with an acreage bonus to meet crop failures. The plan aims to promote home building on the Prairies, reduce wheat production incentives, and unfold Turgeon commission recommendations through futures marketing, coop marketing, and targeted aid.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
James G. Gardiner
Fort ,William
Canadian Wheat Board
Prairies
Turgeon Commission
Gardiner
Return Of Democracy Chicago
Dr Edouard Benes former president of Czecho-Slovakia arrived as visiting professor at the University of Chicago He predicted a revival of democracy in Europe and said nations cannot live indefinitely in slavery He cautioned war in Europe might be avoided but did not assure it.
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Chicago
Europe
Edouard Benes
Czecho-Slovakia
University of Chicago
Statesman
Dr. Benes
Dominion cabinet to meet prairie market conference delegates
Dominion cabinet members will meet spokesmen of the prairie market conference in Ottawa on February 28 to discuss western agricultural problems. Delegates from Winnipeg and Sackatoon prepared a program of aids for western agriculture at a December meeting called by Premier John Bracken of Manitoba. Iceland’s order increasing butter price by two cents a pound drew public opposition.
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Ottawa
Dominion Cabinet
Winnipeg
John Bracken
Manitoba
Sackatoon
Goering Decree Allows Draft for Massive German Work Plans
Field Marshal Goering grants legal power to draft men and women for indefinite periods to support giant national construction projects in Germany. The decree also ends wage parity for drafted unskilled workers with artisans and staff, while Kiel canal widening plans are announced the same day as enforcement begins.
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Berlin
Hermann Goering
Kiel Canal
Goering
Baltic
North Sea
Reich
Britain Confirms Italy Sending Reinforcements to Libya
London reports official confirmation that Italy is reinforcing Libya amid Mediterranean tensions tied to the Spanish war. Under the Anglo Italian accord, Italy cut Libyan strength by half earlier, but reports say Libyan forces now total about 60 000, with 30 000 in the post accord setup.
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London
Great Britain
Italy
Libya
Tunisia
Elamor
North
Africa
French Indo China defenses urged in parliament
Deputy Edouard Bousquet urged stronger Indo Chinese defences including gunboats seaplanes coastal batteries and fortified bases. He warned Japan or Siam could attack Indo China which he said is isolated and little likely to receive help from France. Siam has shown recent friendliness to Japan.
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Paris
Edouard Bousquet
Naval Affairs Committee
Indo-China
Siam
Japan
Bank of Canada announces tenders for treasury bills
The Bank of Canada on behalf of the minister of finance says tenders were accepted for 25,000,000 Dominion of Canada treasury bills dated May 15, 1939. The average discount price of the accepted bids was 99.834 and the average yield was 0.681 percent.
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Ottawa
Bank of Canada
Minister of Finance
Dominion of Canada Treasury
Refugees in Canada Now Under Review by Government
Hon. T. E. Crerar said in the House of Commons that Canada has no reason to suspect any European refugees who recently crossed into Canada en route to Australia remain in the country.
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Ottawa
Canada
Australia
T. E. Crerar
House of Commons
Freighter Queen Victoria Quarantined Again Over Suspected Smallpox
The British freighter Queen Victoria returned to the William Head quarantine station after leaving with a clean bill of health following a suspected smallpox case aboard.
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Victoria
William Head
Spanish Art Collection Arrives in Geneva for Safekeeping
The Spanish government confirms its priceless art collection has reached Geneva after more than two years of war related travel. Sworn to protection in Switzerland until the Spanish conflict ends.
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Geneva
Switzerland
National flag for Canada debate heats in Commons
In Ottawa Hon Ernest Lapointe argued a distinctive Canadian flag is overdue and urged including the Union Jack as part of the design. Lib. Cameron McIntosh moved a committee to study adopting a flag symbolizing Canada within the British Commonwealth. Opposing voices came from Toronto Conservatives John Mac Nicol and T L Church.
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Ottawa
Canada
Ernest Lapointe
House of Commons
Mackenzie King
Cameron R. McIntosh
Lib
North Battleford
Lapointe
MacNicol
Commonwealth
British Commonwealth of Nations
Australia
New Zealand
League of Nations
McIntosh
Canada House
London
World Tour Plans by Bishop Foley Win nington-Ingram
Dr Arthur Foley Win nington Ingram, Bishop of London, will visit British Columbia in September, announced by Rt Rev Bishop H E Sexton. The English prelate, retiring at end of July, will undertake a world tour, according to Bishop Sexton. The United States uses sixteen times more coffee than tea.
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Victoria
Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram
London
British Columbia
H. E. Sexton
Columbia
Sexton
United States
Western committee endorses wheat board continuation in 1939 40
The Western Committee on Markets and Agricultural Readjustment, in Saskatoon after a two day session, unanimously recommends continuation of a federal wheat board for 1939-40 with a guaranteed price of 80 cents for No 1 Northern at Fort William and possible crop insurance to ensure minimum income. The panel backs Manitoba farmers on restoring the Farmers' Creditors' Arrangement Act and appoints a special committee to study trade problems.
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Saskatoon
Northern
Fort William
Western Committee On
Regina
Bracken
Organized Farmers of
Manitoba
Farmers’ Creditors’ Arrangement
Prairie Provinces
Stronger Position for Britain and France in Europe
General Wladyslaw Sikorski argues in Kurier Warsawski that Britain and France stand in a stronger position against Germany and Italy than it seems. He predicts the Franco Anglo American triangle will prevail if a test of strength occurs. He notes Gibraltar and Mallorca as German and Italian bases and warns nationalist Spain must consider its own interests before siding against France and Britain.
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Warsaw
Poland
Great Britain
France
Germany
Italy
Wladyslaw Sikorski
Kurier Warsawski
Gibraltar
Mallorca
Ises
Spain
General Sikorski
Nazi Fine on Jews and Aryanization Tactics Expanded
The Nazi regime collects the second 1,000,000,000 mark payment from Jews and extends measures to seize profits from sold businesses. A decree supplements the 1938 Aryanization order, revaluing real estate at up to 100 percent and auditing current worth to tax present owners on the new value versus sale price.
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Berlin
Paris
Water Control Aid in Solving Drouth Problem
Ottawa officials at the Engineering Institute of Canada say resettlement of western Canada may be needed to ease drought. Agriculture Minister J. G. Gardiner urges local water control and soil conservation over large irrigation schemes, noting potential for smaller scale reclamation near Val Marie and Cypress Hills.
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Drouth
Ottawa
Canada
J. G. Gardiner
Engineering Institute of Canada
Gardiner
Saskatchewan
Val Marie
Frenchman River
Cypress Hills
Grouth
California
Eire faces choice on neutrality if war comes
Prime Minister Eamon de Valera told the Dail that Ireland could not stay neutral in a Great Britain war. He warned continued trade with England would make Ireland a combatant and prompt blockades. Defence estimates would fund planes and anti-aircraft guns. Opposition Fine Gael and Labor signaled votes against the plan.
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Dublin
Eire
Great Britain
Eamon de Valera
Dail
England
Ireland
Britain
William T. Cosgrave
Fine Gael (United Ireland
Labor Party
Britain’s Vast Armament Program Outlined in White Paper
A British white paper details a five year armament drive costing beyond the initial 1.5 billion pounds with the first three years at 1.173 billion. It covers two destroyer flotillas, 20 escort vessels, an aircraft carrier and four large six inch cruisers, plus a plan to double borrowing powers to 500 million for defence.
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London
Great Britain
Britain
Germany
John Simon
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