Anglo French Mutual Defence Plan Decided in Talks
London reports that Great Britain and France agreed on a concrete mutual defence program to act as a single front in war. The plan covers immediate air cooperation, potential naval coordination, limited continental troop deployment, and joint stockpiling of iron steel copper fuels and food under Havas disclosure. Daladier hailed broad agreement but kept specifics secret.
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London
Great Britain
France
Chamberlain
Viscount Halifax
Britain
Edouard Daladier
Georges Bonnet
Mr. Chamberlain
Belgium
Netherlands
Daladier
Heroic railway safety praised by Prime Minister
Lucien Gagnon of Hall Quebec earned the personal congratulations of Prime Minister Mackenzie King after he flagged a trans continental Canadian Pacific Railway train, possibly saving many lives. A horse lay across the tracks in London as a historic UK Ireland pact signing at No 10 Downing Street featured Neville Chamberlain and Eamon de Valera. The ceremony ended with the exchange of field glasses from 1916.
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Quebec Bay
London
Hall
Lucien Gagnon
Canadian Pacific Railway
Mackenzie King
No. 10
Downing Street
Rujle Champion
Joseph Chamberlain
Eamon de Valera
Neville Chamberlain
Mr. de Valera
Dublin
Critics Attack Budget as War Prep Amid Public Backing
In the House of Commons the opposition assailed government preparations for war and the most unpopular budget in years. Labor and Liberal members faulted Prime Minister Chamberlain while business figures and the public seemed ready to shoulder higher taxes on incomes tea and oil. Labor leader figures charged armament profits and urged tighter measures to curb tax evasion while warning of higher sacrifices if war continues.
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House of Commons
Chamberlain
Labor
W. W. Stokes
Archibald Sinclair
F. W. Pethick-Lawrence
Commons
Pethick-Lawrence
Labor Party
John Simon
Trans-Canada Air Lines to Start Ottawa Winnipeg Vancouver Service
Express and mail service on a commercial basis will open between Winnipeg and Vancouver May 15 under Trans-Canada Air Lines. Hon. C. D. Howe said eastern expansion depends on equipment delivery and facilities. Two of ten new Lockheed planes have been received with others due by September.
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Ottawa
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Winnipeg
Vancouver
C. D. Howe
Commons’ Railway Committee
Eastern Canada
Regina
Kapuskesing
Ont
Dewdney by-election set for May 20 in Fraser Valley
Voters in the Dewdney riding will cast ballots May 20 to fill the BC legislature vacancy caused by the death of Conservative opposition leader Dr. Frank Hatterson. Nominations close May 16. a three cornered contest is expected.
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Victoria
Fraser Valley
Dewdney
British Columbia
Frank Hatterson
Fort Frontenac Ruins Examined Near Kingston
Officers of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery brigade say they uncovered stone work they believe forms part of the Fort Frontenac ruins at Kingston Ontario. The excavation of the southwest bastion of the fort built by La Salle in 1673 has just been completed.
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Kingston
Royal Canadian Horse Artillery Brigade
Fort Frontenac
LaSalle
Level Crossing Fatality at Sunridge Farm Trip
Five of six Sunridge farmers died when their automobile collided with a freight train at a level crossing. The remaining man was hospitalized with a fractured hip and internal injuries after the collision.
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Sunridge, Ont
Sunridge
Magistrate Fined For Reckless Driving In Ontario
Magistrate H. D. McCrimmon of St. Thomas appeared in court within his jurisdiction and pleaded guilty to reckless driving. He paid a $10 fine and $5.50 in costs. Magistrate C. W. Hawkshaw presided at his own request.
Universities Protest Nazi Purge Urging Books From Vienna Library
Princeton Yale and Brooklyn leaders cabled Chancellor Hitler requesting he spare non Nazi volumes slated for destruction in Vienna National Library. Editor James Clarke of the Daily Princetonian sent a five dollar cable and Yale Daily News chief Belin urged editors elsewhere to join the drive. Raymond Ingersoll also cabled the Austrian librarian.
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New York
Hitler
Vienna
United States
Princeton
Yale
Brooklyn
James Clarke
Princetonian
Gaspard D. A. Belin
Yale Daily News
Harvard Crimson
Raymond V. Ingersoll
Tariff benefits contested by Canadian industry groups
The Rowell commission heard that tariffs mainly favor a minority and central provinces. The Canadian Importers' and Traders' Association cited 1936 data showing 505,000 manufacturing workers versus 1,128,000 in agriculture and other sectors not directly tariffed, urging tariff reductions to fix inequities.
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Toronto
Rowell Commission
Canadian Importers’ and Traders’ Association
Canada
Ontario Municipal Association
National Construction Council
Eden warns Britain sacrifices needed to preserve democracy
Anthony Eden, returning from two months' political retirement after resigning as foreign secretary on February 20, told a Royal Society of St. George dinner that sacrifices are necessary to counter dictators and protect liberty. He urged a united effort for spiritual and material rearmament of the nation.
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London
Anthony Eden
Great Britain
Royal Society of St. George
Unclaimed Parcel Auction Sums Smaller Than Reported
Toronto police clarified an unclaimed parcel bought for 1 by Mrs. Mabel Bowes at an April 14 auction contained less than 100. Chief Inspector John Chisholm said the case was investigated to check for possible theft.
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Toronto
Ben
Mabel Bowes
John Chisholm
Ottawa bill amends Royal Canadian Police Act
Without debate the House of Commons passed a bill amending the Royal Canadian Police Act and sent it to the Senate. Justice Minister Ernest Lapointe sponsored the measure which adds administrative changes related to pensions discipline retirement and service.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Police Act
House of Commons
Senate
Ernest Lapointe
Alberta Grain Elevator Firms Plan Major Repairs
Encouraged by improved crop prospects, all major Alberta grain elevator companies including Wheat Pool intend an extensive repair and replacement program this year. The total estimated provincial expenditure exceeds $500,000 across about 1700 elevators.
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Calgary
Alberta
The
Wheat Pool
Municipal Borrowing Control Urged For Credit Protection
The Dominion Mortgage and Investments Association urged provincial control of municipal borrowing to protect credit of the province and municipalities. It cited loss of confidence in municipal securities, risk of extravagant projects, and taxpayer exposure from farmer loans as reasons for tighter supervision and prudent funding.
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Toronto
Dominion Mortgage and Investments Association
Association
Royal Commission On Dominion-Provincial Re
Canada
Peaceful solution of the Czech problem discussed
A German cabinet official warned that 3,500,000 Czechoslovak Germans may seek union with Germany without bloodshed while noting Poland could trigger early Polish involvement. He argued Sudeten Germans would press to join the Reich and France and England might stay out if peace is preserved. Hans Krebs, once in Czechoslovakia’s parliament, was named gauleiter for a Sudeten German region.
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Berlin
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Poland
Czeechoslovakia
France
England
Europe
Reich
Hans Krebs
Iglau
Julius Streicher
Franconia
Joseph Buerckel
Saar
Austria
Erich Koch
East Prussia
Krebs
Britain Plans Food Control In Time Of War
A wartime food control plan outlines ration tickets, centralized management, and price regulation across 16 areas. The Food Defence Plans department under Sir Henry French says meat tea and staples would be rationed immediately with retailers licensed and imports safeguarded.
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Britain
London
Food (Defence Plans
Sir Henry French
Ottawa plans Rambouillet flocks to boost western Canadian sheep
The department of agriculture announced two pure Rambouillet flocks to improve sheep raising in western Canada. Each flock includes 1 200 ewes and six rams to provide farmers with a revenue producer during droughts.
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Ottawa
Canada
Drouth
Department of Agriculture
Banting Paintings to Be Shown in American Physicians Exhibit
Two paintings by Sir Frederick Banting will be displayed at the first annual exhibition of the American Physicians' Art Association in June in San Francisco. Banting noted he began painting in London Ontario due to limited duties as a practitioner. Prime Minister Mackenzie King served as an honorary pallbearer at the funeral of John W. L. Forster, 87, renowned Canadian portrait and historical painter, held at Carlton Street United Church.
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United States
London
Eunice
Rosemary Kennedy
Joseph P. Kennedy
U.S
Court of St. James
New York
Toronto
Frederick Banting
American Physicians’ Art Association
San Francisco
Frederick
Mackenzie King
John W. L. Forster
Carlton Street United
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Havas
Continental
Air Mail Service
Vale
Municipal Association
Provinces
John Gilmour
Pollock
Glasgow
R.C.M.P. Act
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