New Nazi cash conscription drives German wartime finance
Adolf Hitler authorizes broad powers for Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk to seize liquid assets across Germany. Banks and private holders can be pressed for loans as Berlin aims to fund public works, with a potential 1 billion mark loan under patriotic public subscription. Citizens must register foreign holdings with the Reichsbank.
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Lutz Schwerin-Von Krosigk
Fuehrer
von Krosigk
Reichsbank
Hitler
Italy assures war readiness as 4000 troops sail to Africa
Italy's supreme defence council headed by Benito Mussolini pledged the nation would not run short of war supplies. In its fifth session the council said it has prepared indispensable measures for any eventual warlike effort and assured victory under the current Italo-Ethiopian tension.
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Rome
Italy
Supreme Defence Council
Mediterranean
Africa
Benito Mussolini
Depletion Of Waterfowl In Winnipeg Report Warns
Federal authorities warn of duck depletion in Manitoba and possible extermination of some species. The report to the Manitoba legislature by Minister J. S. McParmid says solutions lie mainly in U S measures as birds are hunted along their migratory path to Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic marshes.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
J. S. McParmid
Natural Resources
United States
Gulf of Mexico
Governor Cancelled Bermuda Visit Due to Australia Delays
Sir Astley Cubitt Bermuda governor confirms to Duke of Gloucester the visit to Bermuda must be cancelled because H M A S Australia faced delays while rushing to aid the schooner Seth Parker off Tait.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Astley Cubitt
Duke of Gloucester
H.M
Relief fraud refunds credited to Hamilton treasury
Hamilton mayor H. E. Wilton announced the city treasury collected 1451 from exposure last week. One family returned 1000 and another 451 after city reimbursement. Both had substantial funds remaining in their bank accounts.
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Hamilton
Ont
H. E. Wilton
Trade level maintained Geneva 1934 compared to 1933
World trade volume stayed at the 1933 level in 1934, per data from the League of Nations secretariat. It had dropped to 74 percent of 1929 in 1932, then rose modestly in 1933 before remaining steady in 1934.
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Geneva
League of Nations Secretariat
Cockroach Soup Banquet Sentences Midlevel Soviet Officials
Five men including M Sosnin former secretary of the Communist party committee at Isakogorzky harbor were sentenced for taking part in a cockroach banquet. They allegedly forced restaurant staff to eat cockroach soup after a customer found a cockroach in his meal. Sosnin was removed from his political post and received a three year prison term.
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Archangel
Ussr
M. Sosnin
Communist Party Committee
Isakogorzky Harbor
Sosnin
Uniformity Of Wages In Manitoba Planned
Premier John Bracken is expected to introduce legislation in the Manitoba legislature to standardize wages and working hours across Quebec Ontario and Manitoba. The aim is to curb unfair industrial competition from provinces with lower wages and longer hours, ensuring no province can undercut neighbor’s production costs.
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Bracken
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Quebec
Ontario
John Bracken
Provinces Fail to Submit Relief Plans
In Ottawa Hon. W. A. Gordon says provinces have not submitted concrete relief operation plans or stated requirements from the Dominion government. He told the House of Commons that no definite government policy can be stated until such plans are received, as the committee of supply reviews labor department estimates.
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Ottawa
House
W. A. Gordon
House of Commons
Committee of Supply
Labor Department
Gordon
Wolves Becoming Menace in Prince Albert Park
In the House of Commons A F Totzke asks about damage by timber wolves near Prince Albert National Park. He says wolves are forming packs and causing great damage to trap lines and slaughtering wildlife in districts adjacent to the park. Interior Minister Murphy says a report is awaited and a statement will follow.
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Ottawa
Prince Albert National Park
Sask
House of Commons
A. F. Totzke
Humboldt
T. G. Murphy
Interior
Totzke
Mounties Back Coastal Guard Plan For Canada
Major-General J H Mac Brien, RCMP commissioner, urged creating a regular coast guard from the force's marine section. He said the service assisted 76 vessels from April 1932 to present, and national benefit would follow.
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Ottawa
J. H. MacBrien
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
The
Canadian Geographical Society
Three new members added to BNA Act study committee
Prime Minister R. B. Bennett moved to appoint three new members to the House of Commons special committee examining methods for amending the British North America Act. The appointees are Hon. Peter Vennot Lib Gloucester J S Stewart Cons Lethbridge and Henri Bourassa Ind Labelle.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Peter Vennot
Gloucester
J. S. Stewart
Lethbridge
Henri Bourassa
Ind
Labelle
R. B. Bennett
Plea for Lower Tariff on Mining Machinery
In the House of Commons Colin Campbell Lib Frontenac Addington urged lower tariffs on mining machinery. He argued rising taxation has strained the industry though engineers’ research has cut operating costs and kept mining viable.
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Ottawa
Colin Campbell
Lib
Frontenac-Addington
House of Commons
Likely to Retain Mr Justice Taylor as Pension Chief
The government plans to keep Mr Justice Fawcett Taylor as head of the Canadian pension commission beyond his temporary term. Appointed last July for a year to clear marriage case issues, he prepared a full report on pensions operations. The senate passed the bill to add temporary commissioners, with four new members expected to serve until congestion decreases.
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Ottawa
Fawcett Taylor
Canadian Pension Commission
Senate
Nationwide building plan urged by former Canadian minister
Hon. H. H. Stevens urged a Dominion government mortgage loan corporation to fund a vast nationwide construction program. The plan would issue bonds in Canada, possibly guarantee them, and aim to provide affordable housing while shifting power to farmers and other producers through a federal commission of industry and commerce. Stevens said credit is controlled by too few men and costs are too high. He recalled warning of economic cancer a year earlier and pledged to push the movement forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Dominion Government
H. H. Stevens
Stevens
Federal Commission of Industry and Commerce
Soviet acceptances condition peace pact on full implementation
The Soviet Union advised Great Britain and France it supports a general European peace pact in principle but only if all terms are fully carried out. Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinoff told London and Paris envoys that regional pacts, including an eastern Locarno, are essential to preserve peace, challenging Germany’s aggressive stance.
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Soviet
Russia
Moscow
Great Britain
France
London
Maxim Litvinoff
Paris
Locarno
U.S.S.R
Europe
Germany
Atlantic
Lieut. de Vaisseau
United States
Henri de la Grange
Gasoline Tariff Inquiry May Open In Regina
The tariff board may open hearings on gasoline tariffs in Regina marking a first for the board to hear outside Ottawa. West’s complaint is high prices due to tariffs and the question is whether to bring witnesses east or send the board west. The board aims to report for the budget within three weeks and then begin the gasoline probe. Edmonton hosts talks to form a Canadian coal committee to boost Alberta coal markets and consumption.
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Ottawa
Tariff Board
Regina
Prairies
Edmonton
Alberta
Boards of Trade
Greenock declines to take part in king's silver jubilee
Greenock Town Council votes 12 to 10 not to participate in jubilee celebrations citing unemployment in the town. Bailie Mrs McLeod calls the king a "wee, nice man" and praises his father Bailie Scott opposes celebrating while tying in unemployment concerns and new industry prospects.
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Greenock
Scotland
The
Clyde
Bailie
Four More Communist Rebels Executed in Stam Mission Murder
The foreign office announced four additional Communist rebels were captured by Anhwei authorities and executed for the December murder of U.S. missionaries Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Stam. Earlier, two weeks after the tragedy, four others were reported put to death and the alleged leader was said killed in battle.
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Shanghai
United States
J. C. Stam
Anhwei Province
Foreign Office
Andwer
Quartette
Starn
Bluenose Readied for Trans Atlantic Schooner Race
The proposed race pits the Canadian champion Bluenose of Lunenburg against the Gertrude L Thebaud of Gloucester. E Fenwick Zwicker released cables showing the Royal Ocean Racing Club of England ready to go, signaling certainty of the event.
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Lunenburg
N.S
Gertrude L. Thebaud
Gloucester
Mass
E. Fenwick Zwicker
Royal Ocean Racing Club of England
Canada House debates farm education over land grants
In Ottawa Liberal John Vallance objects to a farm settlement plan by Joseph Bradette, urging education over buying farms. Vallance says tailor land aid by selective recruitment and schooling to attract young farmers, while Perley notes the motion will go to the agricultural committee for study.
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Ottawa
Swivelchair
House of Commons
John Vallance
South Battleford
Sas
Katchewan
Joseph Bradette
North Temiskaming
Cochrane
Ont
Bradette
Saskatchewan
George Perley
Agricultural Committee
House
Vallance
Canada
Mr. Vallance
Public Control of Radio Favored by the Premier
Premier R B Bennett voiced support for public ownership of radio while acknowledging strong public opinion against it. He told the House of Commons that reports of abolishing the radio commission and privatizing broadcasting were unfounded. He argued the government must appoint a capable commission and accept responsibility for its administration even amid opposition.
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Ottawa
R. B. Bennett
House of Commons
W. D. Euler
Liberal
Waterloo North
Radio Commission
Bennett
Manitoba Minister Albert Prefontaine Dies at 74
Hon. Albert A. Prefontaine, Manitoba cabinet minister in John Bracken’s Progressive government since 1923, died in hospital after a long illness at 74. Born in Quebec in 1861, he moved to Manitoba in 1880 and served Carillon in the legislature from 1903 except for two defeats.
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Winnipeg
Albert A. Prefontaine
Manitoba
Progressive
John Bracken
Bracken
Upton
Que
Mr. Prefontaine
St. Agatha
St. Pierre
Carillon
Coal Import Rules Debate in Canadian Parliament
Isaac D. Macdougall, Conservative MP for Inverness, urged Ottawa to bar coal imports from any country denying workers the right to collective bargaining. He argued Canada could regulate unemployment insurance and working hours, and should block “scab coal” while Nova Scotia and western mines could meet domestic demand.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
Isaac D. Macdougall
House of Commons
Inverness
Parliament of Canada
Macdougall
Nova Scotia
Western Canada
Relief Loans Ottawa And Camps Employment Totals by Province
At end of January, 14 715 unemployed men worked in relief camps run by the National Defence. They were housed in 102 camps with provincial totals: Nova Scotia 16 New Brunswick 1016 Quebec 2564 Ontario 5977 Manitoba 1166 Saskatchewan 1605 Alberta 2881 British Columbia 6859.
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Ottawa
Department of National Defence
House of Commons
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Salvage Plan Aims to Recover Gold From Huslar Wreck
Simon Lake, famed submarine designer and salvage engineer, expects to begin raising the cargo next week from the Hus sar wreck in the Fast river, hoping to recover about 4,000,000 dollars in gold believed sealed in the vessel.
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New York
Simon Lake
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Ethiopia
Mounties
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Taylor
Pension Commission
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T. B. McQuesten
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Sioner
U.S
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