Reduced Radio Service If License Fees Are Lowered
Gladstone Murray of CBC warned Parliament of drastic radio service cuts if license fees drop by 50 cents next year. A $60,000 revenue loss could trigger suspensions of new high power stations at Sackville and Watrous and other programs. Proposals include a six hour day and staff cuts saving about $200,000, with potential $500,000 savings from using recorded content, though jobs and Canadian artistry would be affected.
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Parliamentary Radio Broadcasting Committee
Gladstone Murray
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
CBC Board of Governors
Murray Sail
Sackville
N.B
Watrous, Sask
Windsor
Ont
British Columbia
Murray
CBC
Czech minister resists German demand on legation handover
Vladimir Hurban, Czech minister, refused to yield the Czech legation to Germany without written orders from Emil Hacha. Dr. Resenberg read Berlin’s cable, but Hurban demanded a signed, written instruction from Prague confirming the transfer of authority to the Reich.
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Washington
Vladimir Hurban
Foreign Office
Karl Resenberg
Emil Hacha
Resenberg
Berlin
Hurban
Prague
Hacha
United Church Missionary Fund Surpasses Budget Total
Toronto Reverend Robert Laird, treasurer, announced the church’s missionary and maintenance fund closed at 1,482,630 dollars, 6,130 dollars above the budget. Manitoba and Alberta conferences also reported increased givings over last year.
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Toronto
Robert Laird
United Church of Canada
Manitoba
Alberta
Westerners Use Air Mail Toronto
Western Canadians send far more letters by the new Trans Canada air mail than easterners. J A Wilson controller of civil aviation at Ottawa told the Canadian section of the Society of Automotive Engineers.
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Toronto
Western Canada
Trans-Canada Air Mail
J. A. Wilson
Ottawa
Society of Automotive Engineers
Proud Of Traffic Record In Winnipeg City
Winnipeg citizens report 125 consecutive days without a fatal traffic crash matching a continental record for cities of about 225000 people. Authorities note the milestone reflects policing efforts and road safety measures in place.
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Winnipeg
Berlin Trip Postponed Amid German Occupation Moves
Prime Minister Chamberlain canceled a planned Berlin visit by trade emissaries Oliver Stanley and Robert Hudson after Germany seized Bohemia and Moravia. In Commons and Lords he condemned the action as a shock to confidence while insisting trade talks with Germany continue.
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London
Hitler
Chamberlain
Berlin
Germany
Great Britain
House of Commons
Oliver Stanley
Board of Trade
Robert S. Hudson
Fear and unrest spread across Europe as Germany eyes expansion
In Warsaw fear grows that Germany may extend its drive from Czechoslovakia to Poland as cabinet ministers meet in hurried talks. In Belgrade anger flares with protests against Hitler and state leaders order military precautions amid regional nervousness.
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Warsaw
Poland
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Adriatic Sea
Europe
Germany
Hitler
Manitoba opposition leaders to receive salaries
In Manitoba's 1940 estimates Provincial Treasurer Stuart Garson lists a 2200 grant as joint salaries for three opposition leaders. Expected allocations include Errick F. Willis about 1222, S. J. Farmer about 70, and S. E. Rogers about 408, reflecting a historic move to compensate opposition chiefs.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Stuart Garson
Errick F. Willis
S. J. Farmer
C.c.f.-Labor
Social Credit
S. E. Rogers
Russia Britain ties center of war issue says ambassador
Ambassador Ivan Minsky told British industrialists the peace or war outcome hinges on British Russian relations. Speaking at the Machine Tool Trades Association annual dinner he said the barometer of relations is set at fair and he is glad.
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London
Ivan Minsky
Russia
Machine Tool Trades Association
Relief by Labor Minister forecast for 1939 unemployment aid
In the House of Commons Hon. Norman Rogers labor minister moved for the annual bill to authorize relief for unemployment. He cited improving long term relief trends, despite higher January figures, and contrasted Canada’s position with the U S and Britain. He blamed shrinking international trade and warned critics who seek retrenchment or urgent work schemes.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Norman Rogers
Rogers
Denton Massey
Toronto- Greenwood
Roger
Canada
Canada Aid Figures Show Mixed Progress Despite Unemployment Decline
The minister cited January aid totals of 978 600 in Canada, down 3.7 percent from a year earlier and 17 percent from two years ago, with 1938 average monthly aid at 872 103, down 9.7 percent from the prior year. He warned that expanding public payrolls could hinder private payroll growth while noting overall progress.
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Canada
Rogers
Crown to Travel With King for Ottawa Parliament
The imperial crown valued at £500000 will be taken to Canada with the King for a formal appearance in Ottawa parliament to prorogue or grant royal assent. This marks the first time the English state crown leaves England. The 1838 Victoria crown holds over 6000 stones including the Black Prince ruby linked to Henry V at Agincourt.
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London
Canada
Ottawa
England
India
Victoria
Black Prince
Henry V
Agincourt
King George to Prorogue Parliament if Session Ends
Prime Minister Mackenzie King told the House that during the King and Queen’s Ottawa visit in May the monarch will officiate at at least one parliamentary function. If work is complete, he will prorogue. if not, he will assent to bills in the senate.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
House of Commons
Senate Chamber
John Blackmore
Supreme Court
Parliament Hill
Prague falls to German occupation as Nazi troops enter
Adolf Hitler and a blue-clad Wehrmacht entered Prague signaling military rule over Bohemia and Moravia. General Blaskowitz and List took civil authority while Gestapo arrests began. Czech crowds hissed and sang their anthem in defiance as leading figures fled or faced detention.
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Prague
Adolf Hitler
Bohemia
Moravia
Hradcany Castle
Fuehrer
Bohemia and
Hitler
Bismarck
Third Reich
Germany
British United Press
Wencelas Square
Johannes Blaskowitz
Blaskowitz
Konrad Henlein
Wilhelm List
Fifth Army
Vienna
Moravian
Joseph Buerckel
Austria
Gestapo
Jan Surovy
Canada declines empire conference invitation
Ottawa Prime Minister Mackenzie King told the House of Commons that Canada will not be represented at the empire conference in Wellington New Zealand on southern Pacific defences because she has not been asked to attend.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
House of Commons
Canada
Wellington
New Zealand
Australian Air Output Seen Rising in Peace and War
The British air mission predicts Australia's aircraft industry will expand from 200 to 400 planes per year in peacetime and up to 1,000 annually in wartime. The forecast accompanies a consultative report during the mission visit.
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Sydney
Germany Push Sparks Panic in Southeastern Europe
Budapest reports nerves as Germany drives east amid the collapse of Czecho-Slovakia. Hungary proclaims Carpatho-Ukraine part of Hungary and pushes self rule while adopting Jewish control laws. Horthy meets Nazi MPs. Szalasi fate discussed. Romania fears Transylvania, Yugoslavia moves on Croatian autonomy talks.
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Budapest
Europe
Germany
Hungary
Czecho-Slovakia
Carpatho-Ukraine
Paul Teleky
Bohemia and
Moravia
Slovakia
Reich
Kingdom of Hungary
Count Teleky
Nicholas Horthy
Ferenc Szalasi
Roumania
Transylvania
Yugoslavia
Eden Proposes Nonpartisan Foreign Policy Council
Anthony Eden plans an immediate formation of a council of state on foreign policy to aid the government in drafting a broadly acceptable program. The proposal aims to include eminent nonpartisan figures such as Churchill Lloyd George Attlee Sinclair and Halifax as chairman to span party lines.
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London
Anthony Eden
Council of State On
Stanard
Siti Fden
Winston Churchill
David Lloyd Geore
Clement R. Attlee
Archibald Sinclair
Viscount Samuel
Viscount Halifax
Dispute Over Siberian Fisheries Strains Japan and Russia
Tokyo blames Russia for ongoing Siberian fishing rows and presses for restraint. Tokyo seeks to shield 20 000 Japanese fishers as annual Kamchatka voyages loom while Soviet refusals to delay auk tions of Kamchatka fishing lots intensify tensions. Beiseker colony buys Huser farm in Alberta in a major land deal. price not disclosed.
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Tokyo
Japan
Fusia
Russia
Kurrchatka
Foreign Office
Shigenori Togo
Maxim Litvinoff
Beiseker
Alta
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