British vote approves large defence loan in Commons
In London a Commons committee vote of 329 to 145 backed a government financial resolution authorizing a loan up to 100 million pounds for defensive rearmament. Prime Minister Baldwin defended the plan as essential to Britain and the empire’s security and world peace, rejecting claims it undermines collective security. The motion will be reported and a bill introduced this week.
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Hinouse of Commons
Nutsiig
Jock McGovern
Pr Me
Baldwin
Britain
Raldwin
Eden
France
Belgium
Europe
Germany
Maintai
League
Evacuation of Malaga Described as Nation's Worst
Dr. Norman Bethune of Montreal recalls a 150 000 person exodus from Malaga during the Spanish Civil War. He details harrowing conditions on a five day trek to Almeria, with food shortages, bombardment from air and sea, and the desperate choices faced to save children and mothers amid chaos and tragedy.
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Valencia
Norman Bethune
Montreal
Malaga
Bethune
White Flint
Almeria
Pitchblende Deposits Thirty Year Old Report Leads to Discovery
Ottawa reports a 30 year old geologist’s note spurred Gilbert Kine to Great Bear Lake search for radium bearing pitchblende. Dr Charles Camsell spoke at the Canadian Geographical Society meeting. A deputy minister recalled a 37 year old trip with Dr Mackintosh Bell over the Great Bear region. Bell described calc-spar stringers with chalcopyrite in the Greenstone east of Mc Tavish Bay and shores stained by cobalt and copper green.
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Ottawa
Gilbert Kine
Great Bear Lake
Canada
Charles Camsell
Canadian Geographical Society
Mines and Resources
Mackintosh Bell
Geological Survey of Canada
Great Bear Territory
Bell
McTavish Bay
Volunteers Trapped near Vacamadrid Invasion
Thirteen North American volunteers with government forces were killed or captured in an insurgent cul de sac near Vacamadrid. Thirty soldiers drove two trucks into enemy fire and only three escaped, the rest were killed or taken prisoner. Ottawa reports Justice Minister Ernest Lapointe will introduce a bill to bar Canadians from enlisting in the Spanish conflict.
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Avila
Ottawa
Ernest Lapointe
House of Commons
Ottawa instructs medical faculties on gas attack treatment
The suggestion to teach medical students in Canada modern gas poisoning treatments was sent to all Canadian universities with faculties of medicine. Col. L. R. Lafleche said technical information has been dispatched and responses are pending. The department aims to ensure doctors know current medical science methods for gas poisoning. It notes that Canadian companies have tested gases that could neutralize effects if released during an attack.
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Ottawa
Canada
L. R. Lafleche
National Defence
Canadian Shoes for Queen Shoes at convention plan
National Shoe Retailers Association delegates in Toronto agreed to send Queen Elizabeth a dozen pairs of handmade Canadian size 4% sb shoes. The collection includes three lattice-worked high-cut sandals with diamonds and rhinestones, patent leather pumps, white satin pumps, and pairs in red silver blue and gray with continental heels.
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Toronto
National
Shoe Retailers’ Association
Queen Elizabeth
CN porters allowed to complete runs across border
Ottawa reports Canadian National Railway porters operating on trains crossing the United States border may finish their trips under the supervision of immigration authorities from both countries Transport Minister Howe advised Liberal MP Hugh Plaxton in Toronto during the House discussion.
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Ottawa
Canadian National Railways
United States
Howe
Hugh Plaxton
Toronto-Trinity
Canada Shipping Act’s Effect On Freight Rates Questioned
The Canada Shipping Act has had no apparent effect on freight rates, Ottawa told the House of Commons. Transport Minister C. D. Howe answered W. A. Tucker on grain exports from western Canada, noting prior practice of U S shippers moving grain from the head of the lakes to Buffalo before Canadian carriage. The act proclaimed last August aimed to curb such U S competition by ships using this route.
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Ottawa
C. D. Howe
House of Commons
W. A. Tucker
Lib
Rosthern
Canada
United States
Montreal
Head of the Lakes
Buffalo
Meighen Attacks Overabundance Of Commissions In Canada
Senator Meighen protests in the senate against numerous federal and provincial commissions. He cites grain, textile, penitentiary, and Ontario inquiries, accusing lawyers of profiting from tariff debates and questioning the need for the national employment commission in implementing the home improvement bill.
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Ottawa
Canada
Arthur Meighen
Senate
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Textile Commission
Meighen
Federal Treasury
Ontario
Guelph
Ont
Banking and Commerce Committee
Raoul Dandurand
Catrine Wilson
Lib
Premier Pattullo Talks Health Plan in British Columbia
Premier Pattullo while visiting Toronto said BC health insurance will succeed as in England and go into effect in March though facing medical profession opposition. He estimates initial revenue of 3 to 4 million dollars annually and notes funds for setup plus future costs from levies. Also updates include W A Landreth elected president of the Canadian Produce Association and new eggs grading standards. An influenza epidemic in Calgary has caused 37 deaths in six weeks with 200 hospital cases and many more at home.
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Toronto
T. D. Pattullo
British Columbia
Pacific Coast
England
Pattullo
W. A. Landreth
Winnipeg
Canadian Produce Association
Calgary
Roosevelt backs wide crop insurance plan for nation
President Roosevelt proposes a federal crop insurance system requiring 100 to 150 million dollars to create reserves and cover costs. The plan aims to relieve farmers from crop failure expenditures, contrasting with past 10 years total outlays of about 600 million. He urges constitutional federal action on economic reforms.
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Washington
United States Congress
Roosevelt
Britain’s Defence Plan Met With Mixed Debate In Commons
Neville Chamberlain defended the 7.5 billion dollar five year rearmament program as necessary for peace and security. He rejected domion contributions to a common fund, noting dominions had spent on their own defences. He urged international agreement but warned the total may exceed 1.5 billion pounds, and that peace requires joint effort rather than aggression.
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London
Dominions
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Britain
Chamberlain
Debt Reduction Considered for Alberta Based on Saskatchewan Plan
Alberta officials and the Mortgage Loans Association discuss a debt reduction scheme modeled after Saskatchewan's 1936 plan. It would cancel about 75 million in farm debts, share losses among lenders, municipalities, and governments, and set a 6 percent rural mortgage rate to save farmers tens of millions annually.
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Edmonton
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Mortgage Loans’ Association
Tax Inquiry to Cover All Provinces, King Says
Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced in the House of Commons that a royal commission on taxation and financial relations would cover all provinces. He noted Saskatchewan and Manitoba would receive Bank of Canada assistance, while Alberta protested alleged discrimination after being refused provincial bond relief. The opposition leader also pressed the issue, but Finance Minister Dunning said no discrimination intended and offered to discuss provincial problems.
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Ottawa
Aberhart
Alberta
Royal Commission Inquiry
Mackenzie King
Royal Commission On Taxation
House of Commons
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Bank of Canada
R. B. Bennett
C. A. Dunning
Trade Rise Noted Between United Kingdom and Canada
Hon. Vincent Massey, Canadian high commissioner, praised growing trade between the UK and Canada at the British Industries Fair in Birmingham. He urged more Canadian exhibitors and said interest in the fair’s potential is increasing across Canada.
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Kingdom
London
Vincent Massey
United Kingdom
Canada
Birmingham
Berlin Demands Visits for Citizens Arrested in Soviet Union
Germany demanded at Moscow that its diplomatic representatives be allowed to visit German citizens recently arrested in the Soviet Union, an announcement from Berlin stated.
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Berlin
Germany
Moscow
Soviet Union
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