Senate Debates Tough Passage of Arms Bill in Canada
The senate carries the arms bill through third reading amid sharp critique of government policy. Senators challenge the defense purchasing board plans while noting a five per cent profit cap on contracts, with Meighen arguing the bill lacks certainty and warns of War Measures Act implications if war arises.
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Mana
Defence Purchasing Board
Senate
Raeu Dandurand
Finance
Defence Department
Treasury
Commons
Arthur Meighen
WC. Clark
Senate Banking Committee
Dandurand
Meighen
Canada
Alaska Highway hearings planned in BC and Yukon
Public hearings will be held in Prince George Hazelton and Whitehorse to hear local views on the proposed Alaska Highway link from the United States through British Columbia to Alaska. The government appointed commission will tour northern BC and its engineering members will fly the route to assess land conditions.
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Ottawa
British Columbia
United States
Yukon
Alaska
Charles Stewart
Prince George
Hazelton
B.C
Whitehorse
Yukon Territory
Belgium Expels German Journalist After Brussels Demonstration
Belgium orders the expulsion of German newspaperman Herr Ehlert a Westdeutscher correspondent and chief editor of Deutsche Belgisch Rundschau following a German Labor Front demonstration incident. Mary Bosanquet plans a cross Canada horseback journey after buying a horse. she returns to Kamloops from a Douglas Lake cattle ranch.
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Brussels
Belgium
Herr Ehlert
Westdeutscher
Deutsche Belgisch Rundschau
Review
German Labor Front
Kamloops
B.C
Mary Bosanquet
Canada
Douglas Lake
Eden urges wider cabinet invite and speedy peace accord
Anthony Eden told Leamington constituents that peace requires a broad agreement between Britain France and Russia. He backed Chamberlain policy but urged inviting Winston Churchill into the cabinet. He warned that without a global international order nations risk mutual destruction in future conflicts.
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Leamington
Eng
Anthony Eden
France
Russia
Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Great Britain
New York
Will Bonus Land scheme push 250000 acres into production
London Sir Reginald Dorman- Smith announced a bonus scheme to bring 250000 acres of pasture land into production. A bonus of about 9.35 dollars per acre will be paid for grass land ploughed up in 1939 to increase arable land for wartime food production.
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London
Reginald Dorman- Smith
Reginald
Ontario Offers Cash Rewards for Crime Cracking
Attorney-General Gordon Conant announced Ontario will provide cash rewards, honor medals and scrolls for citizens who aid in apprehending or pursuing criminals. The plan aims to boost public cooperation in crime prevention and detection, unveiled at a conference of Toronto police chiefs and suburban police commissions amid recent crime concerns.
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Ontario
Toronto
Gordon Conant
Ontario Goverment
Chiefs of Police
Police Commissions
Conant
France imposes export control on Japanese goods via May 10 decree
Paris enforces strict trade limits on Japan and possessions effective May 10 by decree. Japanese merchandise requires a special certificate issued by French consular agents or the French commercial attache to enter France. Goods shipped before May 10 may enter under existing regulations. Authorities describe the move as a commercial regulation replacing earlier trade measures.
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Paris
Japan
France
Daladier
Vancouver Chinese celebrate royal visit with lantern parade
Vancouver’s Chinese community plans a lantern parade of 300 students in native costume on May 28 to welcome the King and Queen. Festivities run from dawn to dusk and include a colorful celebration across the city.
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Vancouver
Poland Survival and Axis Danzig Dispute Cues
Poland should remain a nation and seek an amicable settlement of the German Polish dispute. Italian fascist quarters cite Lake Como talks between Germany’s Ribbentrop and Italy’s Ciano, saying Italy would avoid war over Danzig but join its axis partner if Britain and France guarantee Poland.
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Rome
Italy
Poland
Lake Como
von Ribbentrop
Germany
Count Ciano
Danzig
Great Britain
France
Initial Wheat Board Payments Raised to Seventy Cents Per Bushel
Ottawa reports amendments to the Canadian Wheat Board Act increasing the guaranteed advance to 70 cents and limiting to 5 000 bushels the amount a single producer may sell to the board each crop year. The changes also empower order in council to extend the act to eastern divisions and adjust acreage bonuses and crop failure assistance in emergency years.
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Ottawa
Wheat Board
Canadian Wheat Board Act
Wheat Board Act
W. D. Euler
Euler
Manitoba Northern
Fort William
Mr. Gardiner
Gardiner
Wheat board advances and emergency crop year plan debated
Discussion centers on Gardiner and Euler measures for emergency years in the Peace River region. Proposals would set wheat producers eligible for 70 cent bushel advances and surplus certificates while current practice pays 80 cent No 1 Manitoba Northern at Fort William. Western critics argue 60 cent plan is too low and demand 80 cent minimum.
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Peace River
British Columbia
Alberta
Mr. Gardiner
Mr. Euler
Canadian Wheat Board
Wheat Board
Manitoba
Fort William
House of Commons
Governor General Plans Western Trip with Royal Visit
Canada's governor general plans a June departure for a maritime fishing visit with Lady Tweedsmuir, staying at a Nova Scotia camp and then Halifax to bid the King and Queen farewell. In summer they will meet son John Buchan in Churchill Manitoba, then tour the Peace River district in Alberta.
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Ottawa
Canada
Maritimes
Lady Tweedsmuir
Nova Scotia
Halifax
Lord
Alberta Tar Sands Could Fuel British Navy for 100 Years
A. Van Hammerstein, veteran McMurray oil operator, estimates the Alberta McMurray tar sands hold enough heavy oil to supply the British empire for a century if the sand is removed and blended with Turner Valley light oil. The mixture would fit British naval needs, he says.
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Winnipeg
McMurray District
Alberta
Edmonton
British Empire
Turner Valley
A. van Hammerstein
Britain fears outcome of security pact fallout
London reports the removal of Maxim Litvinov amid tense talks among Britain France and the Soviet Union on a broader European security measure. British officials seek a mutual military aid pledge and Soviet non aggression assurances while Moscow shifts to a collective security proposal. Chamberlain signals openness to invite Germany and Italy into an anti aggression bloc if they renounce aggression.
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London
Maxim Litvinoff
Soviet Russia
Moscow
Britain
Poland
Roumania
Litvinoff
Russia
Chamberlain
Germany
Tass
Soviet Union
Molotoff
Council of the People's Commissars
Presidium
Supreme Soviet
France
House of Commons
Italy
British Expel Berlin Journalists in Retaliation
Six British subjects including Hugh Carleton Green, Berlin correspondent for the London Daily Telegraph, were ordered to leave Germany by May 24 in reprisal for Britain’s expulsion of Dr. R. G. Rose and other Germans in Britain. Also exiled were W. L. Dickinson, H Tink, R. P. Smith, H Large, and Parnell from Cologne and Hamburg.
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Berlin
Hugh Carleton Green
London Daily Telegraph
Germany
Great Britain
R. G. Rose
London
National Zeitung
Essen
United Kingdom
Reich
Mr Green
W. L. Dickinson
H Tink
R. P. Smith
Duesseldorf
H Large
Cologne
Mr. Parnell
Hamburg
Britain launches 35000-ton battleship Prince of Wales
The second of Britain’s new 35000 ton battleships was launched under the rearmament program. The Prince of Wales was christened by Princess Royal as the vessel slid down the ways. One anchor broke as she swung, the other anchor dropped and the ship settled safely in the River Mersey.
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Birkenhead
Eng
Great Britain
Prince of Wales
Princess Royal
Mersey
Soviet course in foreign affairs still a mystery
Moscow reports Premier Molotoff replaces Maxim Litvinoff as foreign commissar, centralizing policy under Stalin ally Molotoff. The move, amid Anglo Russian talks on anti aggression lines, sparks mixed diplomatic readings about possible shifts toward Germany or non expansionist blocs. Litvinoff’s fate and Moscow’s next steps remain unclear as presses note only his relief request.
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Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Soviet
Russia
Maxim Litvinoff
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Stalin
Rome-Berlin
Great Britain
France
Kremlin
Molotoff
Britain
Litvinoff
Europe
Germany
Hitler
Nikolai Yezhoff
Yezhoff
Gafencu Sees Peace Possible Without War
Romania's Grigore Gafencu after talks with Mussoni Clano and officials in London Paris Berlin and Warsaw said Europe can solve its problems without war. He noted a shared dislike of war but each country has a different idea of peace and urged a common understanding of what peace means.
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Rome
Roumania
Grigore Gafencu
Europe
Mussoni
Count Clano
London
Paris
Berlin
Warsaw
Gafencu
Roumanian
King George and Queen Elizabeth to receive city key
City Commissioner Melvin Hazen announces that Washington will present a key to the capital to King George and Queen Elizabeth during their visit breaking a long standing precedent. Hazen cites many distinguished visitors as a past obstacle. London keeps one policeman per 1,000 residents.
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Washington
Melvin Hazen
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Hazen
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Lord Tweedsmuir
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