Eyewitness Details of the Guernica Bombardment
Basque canon Father Ren Alerto Onsindia recounts the 1937 air raid on Guernica. He describes a savage attack by multiple planes, machine guns, bombs, and fires, beginning at 4 20 pm and ending around 7 45 pm, with Bilbao firemen rescuing survivors as smoke darkens the city.
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Paris
Guer Bica
Ren Alerto Onsindia
Valliadold
Syers
Guernica
Riachuelo
Bilbao
Lequitio
Farm Rehabilitation Water Conservation Totals by Province
Since 1935 the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation movement completed 1 775 water works. The mix includes 1 004 dugouts 632 stock watering dams and 139 private irrigation systems. Alberta reports 59 dugouts 211 dams 61 schemes Saskatchewan 419 dugouts 398 dams 78 schemes Manitoba 526 dugouts 23 dams.
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Ottawa
Prairie Farm
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Red Cross Appeals for floods relief in western Ontario
The Canadian Red Cross Society launches a 250000 campaign to rehabilitate 1500 homeless families after western Ontario floods. London branch reports 1200 families displaced with homes mired and restrictions on return until inspections and cleanup by health authorities are completed.
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Toronto
Canadian Red Cross Society
Ontario
London
J. L. Biggar
The
Red Cross
Imperial Airways Eyes Ocean Hop Test From Botwood
Imperial Airways plans an experimental flying boat flight during coronation week as part of preparations for Europe to America service. Botwood hosts a large air base near Ganders Lake with direction finding gear and seaplane facilities set to handle the test. ice conditions may shift the schedule before May 9.
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St. John’s
Mid
Imperial Airways
Europe
America
Fraser
Newfoundland
Saxi Ali
Botwowl
Botwood
Ganders Lake
Yukon Territory Transfer Talks Advance in Dominion BC Pact
Senator Dandurand announced that negotiations between the Dominion and British Columbia over the Yukon have progressed to an advanced stage. Premier Pattullo stated BC would acquire the Yukon, with formal approval by both governments before parliamentary ratification, delaying administration transfer by about a year.
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Ottawa
Raoul Dandurand
Dominion
British Columbia
Yukon
Dandurand
Victoria
T. D. Pattullo
Pattullo
Thomas Crerar
London
Higher Education Plan For Deaf Montreal Proposed
Edwin G. Peterson, Saskatchewan School for the Deaf superintendent, outlines a national program for the deaf at a MacKay Institution meeting. The key proposal creates a school of higher education for technical and academic subjects, plus a national employment office and improved teacher training with research education.
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Montreal
Edwin G. Peterson
Saskatchewan School For the Deaf
MacKay
Peterson
Free State Not Represented Dublin At Imperial Conference
President De Valera told the Dail that the Irish Free State would not be represented at the Imperial Conference following the coronation. He said no decision was needed unless representation served the people's interests, and replied that the Free State would not be represented.
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Dublin
de Valera
Dail
James Dillon
Dillon
Free State
Sugar Conference Reaches Global Export Quotas
The London sugar conference agreed national quotas to limit exports in a free world market and planned adjournment after a formal 22 nation treaty. Although country allocations remain secret, the quotas total 3,670,000 tons yearly aiming to stabilize the market and raise prices modestly benefiting producers without harming consumers.
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London
London flood repair plan sets typhoid precautions
London Ontario medical men and the Red Cross outline measures after severe floods. Inoculations will allow daytime return to homes while wards are placarded as safe. A $200000 fundraising target is set as repairs begin including plastering, redecorating, and foundation work.
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London
Ont
Red Cross Society
Col
W. H. Kippen
The
Red Cross
London West
Planning Crow Campaign in Winnipeg Proposed
Edward Pit Blado of the Manitoba Game and Fish Association announced a summer crow killing effort. The government will band 150 crows and pay rewards for returned bands, with additional remuneration for school children collecting eggs.
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Winnipeg
Edward Pitblado
Manitoba Game and Fish Association
Canadian Troops Sail Montreal for Coronation Voyage
The liner Montcalm carried close to 300 militiamen and air force personnel down the St Lawrence to London for King George’s coronation. A large crowd saw troops off as nurses and civilians sailed, including 160 schoolboys from across Canada. Brig Gen Alexander Ross and a legion delegation joined the voyage to London and Berlin.
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Montreal
Montcalm
St. Lawrence
Canada
Dominion
Alex. Ross
The
Canadian Legion
Legion
London
Berlin
German Association of Front Line Fighters
Musical Prodigy Lorne Munro Sent to London for Training
Winnipeg boy Lorne Munro aged 12 claimed top honors at Manitoba's festival for cello and will be sent to London England by a local service club to study under Arthur Benjamin who judged the event. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Wallace Munro and began music at age three with a violin gifted with a leg.
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Winnipeg
Lorne Munro
Manitoba
London
England
Arthur Benjamin
Lorne
Wallace Munro
Grasshopper Campaign Planned by Entomologists
An international campaign against grasshoppers harming grainlands was mapped at a two day conference of entomologists from prairie provinces and U S grain belt districts. Details will be released simultaneously from Washington and Ottawa.
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Lethbridge
Alta
Canada
United States
Prairie Provinces
Washington
Ottawa
Road Building Plan To Provide Work For Jobless
Ottawa approves a federal plan to fund road building across Canada to relieve unemployment. An estimated 7.3 million dollars will be shared with provinces for municipal works including paygrounds and parks, plus relief for workers and youth training. Manitoba receives 493 thousand dollars toward relief projects, with 50 thousand for work-for-relief efforts and the rest covered by direct relief funds.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
Labor Department
T. B. McQuesten
Ontario
Norman Rogers
William Tremblay
Quebec
Manitoba
Rogers
Winnipeg
E. D. Honeyman
W. R. Clubb
Greater
Stirring Appeal for British Faith in Democracy
Arthur I. Morgan former McGill principal urged the Empire Club to reaffirm democracy as liberty’s foundation. He warned against excessive government control, stressing informed public scrutiny and cooperation over top‑down orders in the British commonwealth, France, and the United States.
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Toronto
Arthur I. Morgan
McGill University
Empire Club
British Commonwealth
France
United States
Morgan
Belgium Stays in League as Germany Security Guarantees Weigh
Belgium will not withdraw from the League of Nations in exchange for German security guarantees akin to Britain and France. Brussels seeks an imitation of the league covenant clause allowing passage of foreign troops in war but aims to avoid automatic troop transit over its territory. Automatic passage and past staff agreements are under reconsideration after Locarno changes.
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Brussels
Belgium
League of Nations
Britain
France
Germany
Locarno
Canadian customs hold Coronation Commentary pending review
Canadian customs officers have been ordered to hold up the United States edition of Coronation Commentary by Geoffrey Dennis for examination in Ottawa and to forward a copy to headquarters. The British edition was pulled after a complaint from Edward VIII, while the American publisher plans a continent edition. In New York, ITT said its Milan affiliate received an order to build the world's largest short wave broadcaster in Rome.
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Ottawa
Department of National Revenue
United States
Geoffrey Dennis
Eng!sh
Great Britain
Edward VIII
New York
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
Electrical Apparatus Co
Milan
Italy
Rome
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Sanita Maria
Francisco) Franco
Emilio Mola
Onaindia
Red Cross Campaign
Lantic
Sugar Conference
William Vietch
E. V. Buchanan
Public Utilities Commission
Planning Crow Campaign
Elizabeth Percy
Duchess of Northumberland
Elizabeth
Canadas Expeditionary Force
Hopper
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
S. T. Wood
J. Burnet
Quebec City
Regina
Falen
Brusse’s
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