French Cabinet Resigns as Socialist Support Fades
Paris reports Camille Chautemps and his government resigned after nine Socialist ministers withdrew from the coalition. The Socialists led by Vice Premier Blum said the Popular Front was broken, leaving minimal alternative amid labor unrest and global market strain.
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Paris
Camille Chautemps Amit
Popular Front
France
Chautemps
Albert Lebrun
Blum
Daladier
Senate
Farm implement bill to get early Commons consideration
Ottawa plans to bring 50 million dollar yearly farm implement bill to early debate in the House after a committee's exhaustive inquiry. The panel found farmers pay too much and urged tariff and policy action to lower prices.
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Ottawa
Canadas
House of Commons
Mackenzie King
House
Royal commission hearings dates shifted in Canada
The royal commission on Dominion provincial relations announced new dates for Western hearings. British Columbia will hold its hearing in Victoria starting March 9 while Alberta’s session begins in Edmonton on March 21.
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Ottawa
Alberta
British Columbia
Royal Commission On
Commission
Victoria
Edmonton
Scouts Urged To Aid Ottawa In China Relief Drive
Do minion headquarters of the Boy Scouts Association appeals to Boy Scouts nationwide to assist the Red Cross China relief fund campaign. The drive opens on January 23 following a meeting of the association's executive board.
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Ottawa
Red Cross
Dominion
Boy Scouts Association
Arabs Kill British Soldiers Near Jerusalem Patrol Post
In Jerusalem area clashes an Arab attack mortally wounded several British soldiers guarding a patrol post. The exact casualty count was not released at once.
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Jerusalem
Abandon Search For Flyers Fate In Riding Mountain Park
The search for 22 year old Mike Sawdhyn who left Souris Manitoba December 30 for his home at Lifton Manitoba ended as crews concluded the plane may have crashed and burned. Snow and low visibility hid the wreckage so ground and aerial teams suspended operations until spring foliage reveals any remains. A Free-Press chartered plane returned to Winnipeg from Dauphin after a nine day hunt and RCMP announced the ground search was ended until spring.
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Winnipeg
Mike Sawdyn
Riding Mountain National Park
Lifton
Souris
Man
Sawdhyn
Dauphin
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Record livestock sale at Prince Albert yards hits new high
In 1937 the Prince Albert stock yards moved 55 143 cattle calves hogs sheep and horses and set a record, under manager G T Watson of the northern Saskatchewan Co operative Stock yards Limited. The 1928 total was 52 465 with 1936 at 41 718 and 1933 at 20 662. Despite lower prices the 1937 value exceeded 1936 but trailed 1928, with 1927 value at about 885 176 and 1928 around 1 231 404.
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Prince Albert
G. T. Watson
Northern Saskatchewan Co-operative Stockyards Limited
Canned Foods Advocated To Help Ontario Families
R W Arengo-Jones from the central experimental farm Ottawa told the Niagara Peninsula Fruit Growers Association that housewives should not be ashamed to feed their families from cans They urged trained men to tour the country teaching food values He noted government inspected canned produce contains far more nourishment than imported fruit or vegetables harvested weeks earlier for Canadian markets.
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St. Catharines
Ont
R. W. Arengo-Jones
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Niagara Peninsula Fruit Growers Association
United States
Detroit Sees Soon Arrival of Auto Air Conditioning
Detroit reports that the automatically refrigerated automobile to ease summer driving will appear soon. L. W. Child, an air conditioning engineer, spoke in a paper prepared for the annual meeting of the Society of Automotive Engineers.
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Detroit
L. W. Child
Society of Automotive Engineers
Winnipeg drives book aid to Saskatchewan drought areas
The Winnipeg young men's board of trade will reinforce the national campaign by dispatching books to drought regions in Saskatchewan. A J Wishart, the president, announced volumes will be sorted in Winnipeg into libraries of 56 to 75 books before redistribution to needy districts. Libraries will be moved periodically to reach more communities.
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Winnipeg
Saskatchewan Dreuth
Winnipeg Young Men's Board of Trade
A. J. Wishart
Trade treaty with Italy suspended over Ethiopia title dispute
Washington reports the United States has suspended Italo American negotiations for a commercial treaty after Mussolini insisted the preamble name Victor Emanuel as King of Italy and Emperor of Ethiopia. Hull reportedly refused. talks may lapse for months as the issue remains unresolved.
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Washington
United States
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Ethiopia
Mussolini
Hull
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Ciano
Phillips
Rome
Rhodes Funds Canada Education Trust to Aid 90 Students
W H Rhodes of Bradford and London, chairman of Allied Industrial Services, donates 125000 to establish a trust enabling 90 secondary schoolboys to visit Canada each year for ten years. The scheme, under Earl Baldwin’s patronage, follows last year’s 30 boy trip as a coronation gift.
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London
W. H. Rhodes
Bradford
Allied Industrial Services
Canada
Rhodes
Earl Baldwin
Canada Educational Trust
Illness Ends Baden-Powell's Rhodesia and South Africa Tour
Lord Baden-Powell 81, founder of the Boy Scouts, cancels his Rhodesia and South Africa visit due to illness. The Chief Scout will stay in Kenya and plan return to London in April.
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Lord Baden-Powell
Boy Scouts
Rhodesia
South Africa
Kenya
London
Opposition to state medicine voiced in Windsor address
Dr. Morris Fishbein, editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association, warned the Essex County Medical Association that state medicine would erode medical initiative and degrade care. He argued against communistic or socialized systems and urged maintaining the democratic medical system in North America. He noted public health gains but cautioned state overreach.
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Windsor
Ont
Morris Fishbein
Journal of the American Medical Association
Essex County Medical Association
Fishbein
Canada
United States
Dr. Fishbein
North American
Criminology Study Ties Calgary to Regina Training
Chief Constable Shute seeks expanded criminology training with the RCMP in Regina. Calgary police, already studying twice weekly, train under Sgt. William Eager who is from the Regina school, aiming to boost instructors and modernize policing techniques.
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Edmoonton
Shute
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Regina
R.C.M.P
Calgary
William Eager
Student Safe In Athens After Italian Detention
Robert Musk of Ottawa and Prince Albert Sask was jailed for two days in Italy last December during a tense custody period between Naples and Brindisi. He reported safe arrival in Athens via a cable, after the British consul secured his release amid a claimed anti British climate. Musk, a former Ashbury College and Lisgar student, had departed Canada on a grain boat last July.
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Ottawa
Robert Musk
Prince Albert
Sask
Athens
H. J. Hillyer
Muskos
Lindersea
Ashbury College
Lisgar
Musk
Naples
Brindisi
Canada
Farming Must Be Placed On Sound Basis In Saskatchewan
J C Mitchell president of the Saskatchewan Field Husbandry Association urged government grants and legislative aid to rebuild agriculture on a sound financial footing for Canada. He warned against criticism without constructive plans and stressed conservation, standardization, and rust resistant wheat, with the aim of benefiting the wider economy and employment.
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Saskatoon
Canada
J. C. Mitchell
Saskatchewan Field Husbandry Association
Saskatchewan
Mitchell
W. G. Street
British Isles
S.F.H.A
Wheat Board
Manley J. Champlin
International Crop Improvement Association
Chicago
Champlin
Vote in Ireland Seen as Clever Political Move
London observers view Prime Minister Viscount Craigavon's plan to move Ireland's general election to February 9 as a shrewd step to influence Anglo Irish talks. Eamon de Valera's statement on partition raises issues for the Northern Ireland leadership, while experts doubt partition will dominate discussions focusing on economic disputes and defense. The Irish News advocates removing barriers to improve English Irish negotiations.
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London
Viscount Craigavon
Northern Irland
Eamon de Valera
Eire
Ireland
Northern Ireland
Lord Craigavon
Ulster
The
Irish News
England
Replacing Old Guns at Stanley Park Vancouver
The Department of National Defence will place two new six inch guns on the cones of Stanley Park in Vancouver to replace the old coastal guns. Vancouver Parks Board chairman R Rowe Holland announced the plan noting the guns have protected the harbor entrance since 1914 and will be moved 300 feet back from the foreshore to Ferguson Point commanding parts of English Bay Burrard Inlet and the harbor entrance.
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Vancouver
Stanley Park
Department of National Defence
First Narrows
R. Rowe Holland
Holland
Defence Department
Ferguson Point
English Bay
Burrard Inlet
Ontario Moves to Toughen Traffic Offenses Prosecutions
The attorney general G. D. Conant announced tighter handling of traffic act violations in Ontario. Prosecution will be vigorous, sentences adequate to offences, and patrols increased. Crown attorneys will target intoxicated or reckless drivers.
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Toronto
Ontario
G. D. Conant
Montreal Doctor Dies Serving in Nigeria Leper Colony
From a distant Nigerian leper colony word arrived of the death of Dr. William J. Jotcham, 25, native of Montreal, who left London seven months ago to serve in the white mans grave. Dr. Jotcham was among Mell University's youngest medical graduates.
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Montreal
Nigeria
William J. Jotcham
London
England
White Mans
Jotcham
Mell University
Wheat Exports Fall Sharply in Canada 1937
Canada reports 1937 wheat exports at less than half of 1936, with values nearly halved. Flour exports declined modestly while the value of flour rose.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Unusual Chicago Accident Ends in Fatal Fall
Mrs. Helen Guiltasie aged 33 tied a leash to her dog for a walk. The dog twisted the leash around her legs causing her to fall against a radiator and suffer a fatal skull fracture.
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Chicago
Helen Guiltasie
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