Pact urged by major powers against aggression
Lenion reports Britain France and Russia move toward a non aggression pact with only Poland in doubt. Chamberlain asserts Britain will block Hitler’s expansion while avoiding ideological blocs and warns against coercive demands that threaten independent states.
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Great Britain
France
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Britain
United States
Italy
Germany
Mussolini
Mediterranean
Il Duce
Russia
Eden Calls United Effort To Back European Anti Aggression Front
Anthony Eden urges full national unity and combined industry and manpower to back Britain’s defence drive. His London speech flags potential compulsory service as a means to speed preparations amid rising aggression in Europe.
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London
Anthony Eden
Great Britain
Eden
Association of American Correspondents
Europe
Bata escapes to Jugoslavia as Nazi seizures hit giant shoe empire
The Czech shoe magnate Jan Bata Cerech reportedly fled to Jugoslavia with his wife and nephew after German seizure of the Bata factories. At Zlin Moravia the Bata model city offered high wages and company built housing, with factory walls declaring culture by its bath rooms as 46 000 workers labored.
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Bata
Zlin
Moravia
Batas
Czecho-Slovakia
Sweden Defends Neutrality Amid Aaland Remilitarization
Foreign Minister Rickard Sandler told the riksdag Sweden and Finland will remilitarize the Aaland islands to safeguard neutrality and liberty. Plans agreed in January aim to deter belligerent intervention while both nations pledge to reject outside protection guarantees.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Rickard Sandler
Riksdag
Aaland Islands
Baltic
Finland
Sandler
Musical Festival Winnipeg Adjudicator Praises Young Violinist
British adjudicator George Dodds told a Manitoba audience that performers show a spark of promise as Miss Elsie Jensen, a young Winnipeg violinist, won the intermediate solo with 170 marks. The festival spans two weeks with 13,500 entrants in 150 classes.
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Winnipeg
George Dodds
Manitoba
Elsie Jensen
Propaganda spread in Canada shrouded by foreign ties
In Ottawa propaganda circulates in Canada with some material seeming to reflect foreign government views. Justice Minister Ernest Lapointe told the House of Commons a public inquiry might be needed to investigate sources and financial backing of these propaganda groups. One tactic is to attack Parliament and public leaders.
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Ottawa
Canada
Ernest Lapointe
House of Commons
Wheat supply to feed armies with ready distribution
European armies could march this year on full stomachs as world wheat stocks remain abundant and elaborate distribution systems are prepared to move grain to army cantonments.
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Chicago
Pacific conference to meet in Wellington in April
Auckland reports Prime Minister Savage announced that the Pacific conference of the United Kingdom Australia and New Zealand will meet in Wellington on April 14.
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Auckland
New Zealand
United Kingdom
Australia
Wellington
Savage
Morning Light Best Print In Canadian Salon
Western Picture chosen in Hamilton Ontario from more than 500 entries across Canada. Arthur Keen of Red Deer Alberta photographed the image Morning Light which won best print in the sixth Canadian Salon of Photography sponsored by the Hamilton Camera Club.
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Hamilton
Ont
Arthur Keen
Red Deer
Alta
Hamilton Camera Club
Canada
Compulsory Retirement Debate Narrowed In Commons
The House of Commons civil service committee signaled approval of compulsory retirement ages 65 for men and 60 for women for public servants. They postponed final decision awaiting Emir Feisal's next appearance after inspecting a 2300 passenger airliner at Northolt Airport.
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Ottawa
House of Commons Civil Service Committee
Emir Feisal
Yemen
Northolt
Atlantic coast defences to be strengthened in 1930s plan
Ottawa signals intensified Atlantic air defence spending to counter possible German bases in Iceland. Defence Minister Ian Mackenzie promised aggressive yearlong development of coastal airports, seaplane and land bases in Nova Scotia, with Hawker hurricane fighters poised for Arctic defence and discussions on Icelandic threats amid Greenland routes.
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Iceland
Dominion
Canada
Atlantic
Ian Mackenzie
House of Commons
Royal Canadian Air Force
Nova Scotia
Canadian Vickers
Montreal
R. J. Manion
Arctic
Hudson Bay
North Atlantic
Hudson Straits
Ontario
Manitoba
Manion
International Nickel Company
Sudbury
Ont
Niagara Falls
Abitibi
RC A.F
Prairies
Greenland
Hudson Strait
Labrador
North America
Cape Farewell
St. John’s
New
Iceland distances map out Atlantic security base
The text lists nautical distances from Iceland to Canadian and Atlantic cities. It notes Kings Cove Newfoundland about 150 miles beyond, Sydney Nova Scotia as an iron steel hub 1,660 miles from Iceland, and Saint John Halifax about 1,800 miles away. Central Canada industrial centres like Quebec Montreal Hamilton Ottawa sit 2,000 to 2,500 miles from Iceland.
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Foundland
Sydney
N.S
Iron and Steel
Iceland
Quebec
Gaspe Peninsula
St. Lawrence
Saint John
Halifax
Canada
Montreal
Hamton
Ottawa
Regent Wheat Ordered By Air Mail From Western Farmers
Hundreds of western farmers rush orders for Regent wheat at Indian Head Saskatchewan from the agriculture department. Regent, formerly No 975, resists stem rust leaf rust and smut and will be distributed for use this summer. About 12 000 bushels are available at western Canada experimental farms. Orders are forwarded to pur chasers by air mail to speed delivery.
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Ottawa
Indian Head
Sask
Agriculture Department
Regent
J. G. Gardiner
House of Commons
Western Canada
Will of Lily Lefevre Leaves $1 Million Estate to Relatives
Mrs Lily Lefevre founder of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire in British Columbia died at her Vancouver home. In probate filing in Vancouver Supreme Court relatives in Vancouver Victoria and eastern Canada share about 1 000 000 with nephews and nieces receiving 137 307 each as residuary legacies. All beneficiaries reside in British Columbia.
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Vancouver
Victoria
Canada
Lily Lefevre
Supreme Court
Imperial Order
Daughters of the Empire
British Columbia
General election plans hinted by Finance Minister Dunning
In the House of Commons Hon. Charles Dunning indicated the government definitely plans a general election this year during debate on the Canada United States trade treaty. He defended delaying a tariff board report while criticizing Liberal claims the 1930 defeat was due to New Zealand butter flooding Canada.
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Ottawa
Charles Dunning
House of Commons
Dunning
Tariff Board
New Zealand
Alberta Would Extend Province to Arctic Ocean
Edmonton reports the Alberta legislature voted 50 to 1 with 11 absent to authorize negotiations with Ottawa to extend Alberta north to the Arctic Ocean. The plan would add about 500,000 square miles, double the province, and include mineral resources. Proponents say Ottawa is distant and that pipelines could feed eastern and western markets from Turner Valley.
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Alberta
Arctic Ocean
North West Territories
Yukon
Alberta-Saskatchewan
W. A. Fallon
E. C. Manning
Fallon
Turner Valley
Calgary
Grants To Provinces Total Aid Paid 1938 39
Grants in aid paid by the Dominion government to the provinces from April 1938 to January 31, 1939 totalled 13,504,348 dollars, per a House of Commons return. Payments include Saskatchewan 2,080.00 dollars Alberta 1,250,000 British Columbia 1,150,900.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Quebec Measure Bans Strikes in Hospitals and Aided Institutions
The Quebec legislative assembly approved a measure prohibiting strikes by workers in hospitals and other institutions aided by public assistance funds. Similar laws already cover police and fire services in the province.
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Quebec
Quebec Legislative Assembly
RAF crash near Kettering claims three pilots in snow
In Northampton England a bomber crashed during a snow storm killing three Royal Air Force airmen Pilot Officer D Shine Sergeant Willis and Pilot Officer H G Lewis.
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Northampton
Eng
Royal Air Force
Kettering
D. Shine
Willis
H. G. Lewis
British General Election Expected This Autumn
London observers believe a general election will be held in the autumn. Prime Minister Chamberlain urges Conservative funds via a letter in the party council annual report, while Labour relies on unions and cooperatives for finances. The current House of Commons was elected November 14, 1935, and could legally last until 1940.
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London
Chamberlain
Counci
Labor Party
Europe
House of Compans
Fight For Italy Frankfurt Paper Supports Italy in Conflict
The Frankfurter Zeitung states Germany is prepared to fight for Italy's vital rights and will back Italy from the first hour if Fascist demands in the Mediterranean lead to war. It denies cooled Italian German relations and pledges strong support for Italy's appeal to France and the world.
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Frankfurt
Germany
The
Frankfurter Zeitung
Italy
Mediterranean
France
Bracken warns Canada must protect wheat markets
Premier John Bracken of Manitoba told the Brandon board of trade that western agriculture would sink to peasantry without regained wheat markets. He urged fair compensation if tariffs aid secondary industries while primary industries face losses.
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Brandon
Man
Canada
John Bracken
Manitoba
Brandon Board of Trade
Canadian Exports to Major Partners in February
Canada exported a total of 61.73 million dollars in February, up from 60.16 million last year. The United States bought 23.79 million, the United Kingdom 22.80 million, Australia 2.62 million, Japan 2.24 million, and New Zealand 1.20 million in February.
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Ottawa
United States
Canada
Minion Bureau of Statistics
United Kingdom
Australia
Japan
New Zealand
Prospector’s Lost Bet Over Royal Family Daughter
A Williams Lake prospector bet on the royal visit to Canada claiming the King and Queen had one daughter. He returned to the hills a loser after believing the King alive, unaware that George V had died.
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Williams Lake
B.C
Canada
King George V
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