Garnet Wheat 10 to Get Separate Grade in Future
Winnipeg Garnet wheat will be removed from the higher northern spring Wheat classifications and graded separately under a forthcoming proposal. A new grade 2 CW Garnet will be created alongside 1 and 2 CW Garnet, aiming to boost sales of the popular variety and reflect its distinct quality. Garnet, next to Marquis, is among the prairie provinces’ most widely grown wheat varieties with wide acreage across Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
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Winnipeg
Soil E B. Ramsay
Board of Grain Commissioners
Ramsay
Hion
W. D. Fuler
Prairie Provinces
Searle Grain Company
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Canada Eyes Coastal Defencesand Aircraft Boost
Ottawa reacts to a Toronto Star dispatch warning that without adequate coastal defences the United States could build forts along the boundary to deter invasion. Defence Minister Mackenzie notes Pacific coast fortifications and plans for Esquimault Vancouver and York Island plus rapid air reconnaissance and fighter aircraft to strengthen coastal protection.
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Ottawa
Toronto Star
Canada
United States
Dominion
Mackenzie
Pacific
Toronto
Esquimault
Vancouver
York Island
Canadian Pacific Announces Ten Million Rail Equipment Program
Montreal reports part of a ten million dollar railway equipment program by Canadian Pacific Railway. Tenders are invited for 2,000 40 ton steel-sheathed box cars, 200 twin-hopper cars, 200 4 ft 8 in steel underframe cars, 200 46 ft flat cars and 100 low-side gondola cars. An order for 15 Hudson-type locomotives may follow.
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Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway
Japanese tinsmith Confesses Break-In at British Embassy
A Tokyo tinsmith admitted to police that he broke into the British embassy building and stole $500. The ambassador had planned to use the money as New Year gifts for embassy servants.
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Tokyo
Trouble In Palestine Jerusalem
Coincident with Londons announcement a new commission of inquiry will be sent to Palestine. Terrorist snipers resumed attacks on buses and trains along Jerusalem Jaffa road Hebron Jerusalem road and Haifa region wounding a Jewish police officer and a traveller. Troops and armoured cars deployed to Hebron after residents refused a large collective fine.
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Jerusalem
Haifa
Lydda
Hebron
Costly Foot and Mouth Hit UK on Cattle Losses
The London Gazette reports the United Kingdom paid 75 385 pounds in compensation for animals slaughtered in the last two weeks of December. A total of 7 568 cattle were destroyed, versus 486 in the final two weeks of 1936.
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London
United Kingdom
London Gazette
Plan Has Been Successful Home Improvement Loans
Ottawa reports the home improvement plan has issued 12,850,000 in 32,946 loans as of December 31 under Finance Minister Dunning. Since December 10, 1,712 loans totaling 673,852 were added. Launched November 1936, the program aims for 50,000,000 with federal guarantees up to 15 percent, Ontario leading with 14,355 loans totaling 5,588,000.
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Ottawa
Dunning
Federal Treasury
Ontario
Explosions and Fire Hit Fort William Plant
A string of violent explosions shattered windows for blocks and a fire partially destroyed the Northern Engineering and Supply Company plant. Firefighters faced bitter cold as temperatures neared 22 degrees below zero while nearby residents found shelter in hotels. Estimated loss runs about 150000 with the cause undetermined, suspected boiler blast first and acetylene tanks in the warehouse likely triggering the follow-on detonations.
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Fort William
Northern Engineering and Supply Company
RAF Pilot Officer Clitheroe Killed in Training crash
Acting Pilot Officer T. G. Clitheroe aged 24 believed from Toronto died when his RAF training aircraft crashed near Stoke-on-Trent, after arriving from Canada last year and being stationed at Tern Hill airdrome.
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Stoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire
T. G. Clitheroe
Toronto
Here
Clitheroe
Royal Air Force
R.A.F
Canada
Ternhill
Roosevelt Budget Demands Large US Defence Spending
President Roosevelt proposed a defence budget of 991.3 million dollars for 1939 with 569.8 million for the Navy and 418.5 million for the Army. The plan funds aerial, land, and naval expansion, warns of possible further requests, and notes a projected public debt peak amid a revenue drop.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Panama
Hawaii
Rgular Army, National Guard and
Army Air Corps
War Department
Air Force
Treasury
Strengthen Suez Canal Air Defenses Reported
Quiet moves to strengthen the Suez canal area against air attack surface as reports say the RAF plans a military airport at Geneffa between Port Said and Suez. In London sources claim RAF units are being moved to the canal zone under the 1936 Anglo-Egyptian treaty.
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London
Suez Canal
Egypt
Royal Air Force
Geneffa
Port Said
Suez
R.A.F
Canal Zone
Great Britain
Suez Canal Zone
Air Force Casualties London 1937 RAF crashes rise
Air Marshal H G S Mitchell told the Royal United Service Institute that 1937 saw 93 RAF crashes causing 153 deaths due to inexperience and instrument shortages. He warned authorities over rising accidents but expected 1938 to improve with greater production and intensified pilot training.
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London
Royal Air Force
H. G. S. Mitchell
Royal United Service Institute
Beacons Run by Sun at Airports Named
Winnipeg engineer Donald Craig of Trans-Canada Airlines says bea cons will be sun controlled and operate automatically for two months without attention. Each airport will have one beacon and about sixty boundary lights powered by diesel generators that start with night and shut off with daylight.
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Winnipeg
Donald Craig
Trans- Canada Airlines
Federal case on Social Credit power in Alberta reference
Ottawa reports the Dominion and Alberta governments clash over disallowance and reservation powers in a reference to the Supreme Court of Canada. The case centers on three Alberta bills taxing banks regulating credit and newspapers, with Alberta and others contending the bills are constitutional despite earlier Social Credit aims. The Dominion argues the measures form a unified scheme to monetize credit and encroach on federal authority in banking and trade.
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Ottawa
Social Credit
Supreme Court of Canada
Alberta
Dominion
Factum
Dominion Factum
C. H. Douglas
Venice Firemen Fight Canal Freeze Threats
In a record cold snap the city of Venice relied on firemen manning ice breakers to keep the canals from freezing, preventing disruption to communications across northern Italy as subzero conditions persisted.
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Venice
Italy
Defence plans remain unconsidered by cabinet
Ottawa reports defence estimates for the session opening January 27 have not been reviewed by the cabinet. Officials deny any Canada United States defence accord issues. Last year defence spending reached 35 million dollars with much of it revoted due to equipment shortfalls. ships and coastal forts at Esquimalt Vancouver and York Island are being upgraded.
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Ottawa
Defence Department
Canada
United States
Toronto
MacKenzie
Esquimalt
Vancouver
York Island
Pacific
Tribute to Dr Wheeler on 70th birthday in Rosthern
Dr Wheeler honored at Rosthern dinner by Dr L E Kirk and local dignitaries including J G Taggart and Walter A Tucker M P. Speakers praised his prize grain work grain strain development and horticultural experiments. Taggart noted western farmers morale and land potential as Wheeler recalled his family’s hardships when starting in Canada.
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Seager Wheeler
L. E. Kirk
College of Agriculture
University of Saskatchewan
Rosthern
Dr. Kirk
Dr. Wheeler
J. G. Taggart
Walter A. Tucker
Mr. Taggart
R. S. Fleury
Wheeler
Canada
Vanguard Oats Win Rust Resistance Trial in Manitoba
Vanguard oats bred at the Dominion rust laboratory by Dr. C H Goulden shows strong rust resistance and early maturity. It arose from a Banner Hajira cross and outperformed Banner Anthony and Gopher at 20 Manitoba testing stations.
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Winnipeg
Dominion
C. H. Goulden
Banner
Goulden
Manitoba
Anthony
Gopher
French Aviatrix Rescued After Desert Trek in Iran
Maryse Hirsz the French aviatrix, forced down by storms in Southern Iran, reached Jask with Bedouin escort after a two day trek from Karachi. Her plane had been unreported since last seen near the Straits of Ormuz during a Saigon to Paris record attempt. She landed unharmed at Karjonsky about 45 miles from Jask.
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Basra
Iraq
Maryse Hirsz
Iran
Persia
Jask
Karachi
India
Straits of Ormuz
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Palestine
Holy Land
England
Navy
Army
Viscount Craigavon
Northern Ireland
de Valera
Ireland
Republic
Canal Area
Canada House
High Commissioner
House of Commons
Vincent Massey
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Vanguard Oats
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