Japan election surge prompts demand for cabinet resignation
A 141 member committee of the Democratic People's Front demanded Premier Shidehara's cabinet resign immediately as leftist demonstrations swelled near the premier's residence. They claimed to represent 70,000 people and presented three resolutions including opposition to drafting labor union control during strikes and a demand for cabinet removal. Emperor Hirohito urged voters to participate, while leftwing activity continued on Page Two.
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OKYO
Japan
Democratic People’s Front
Shidehara
United States
Shideharen
Hirohito
voung
Dr. Boyer To Face Trial
Montreal April 8 Mr Justice Lazure fixed bail at 15000 for Dr Raymond Boyer of Montreal a McGill professor and National Research Council employee charged under the Official Secrets Act He had been committed for trial at the next assizes and had posted 10000 deposit earlier The scientist appeared after a preliminary hearing ruled a prima facie case had been made and bail was sought for communications with the Soviet Union
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C.P
Wilfrid Lazure
court of king’s bench
Raymond Boyer
tral
king’s bench court
McGil university
National Research Council
Borer
Soviet Union
Justice Lazure
Rere Theberge
criminal court
Federal plan urges equal prairie representation and water projects
A Canadian offering proposes an interprovincial studies board under a Supreme Court judge to study feasible irrigation for the eastern Rocky Mountain watershed. The goal is to reclaim arid areas in Saskatchewan and promote conservation, with emphasis on irrigation to prevent desertification and boost western land fertility.
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prairie provinces
Dominion
supreme court of Canada
Rocky Mountains
Sassachewan
Canada
Saskatchewan
MacNicol
the commons
Bombay City of Stench Striker Turmoil Grips City
Bombay, April 3. The city of western India, with 1,500,090 residents and 11,000 sweepers on strike for four days, faces sewage backups and stalled drainage. Meat shortages persist as municipal transport drivers join the protest, raising health concerns amid smallpox prevalence.
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BOMBAY
Reuters
India
Social Credit picks Low Again as national leader
Regina April 3. Solon Low former Alberta provincial treasurer and Social Credit leader in the house of commons was reelected president of the Social Credit Association of Canada at the closing convention. He will also serve as national leader of the party. J E Gregoire Laval University professor was reelected first vice president and deputy leader. A H Jukes of Saanichton BC elected second vice president. The convention endorsed resolutions opposing compulsory state insurance and calling for income tax exemptions for those earning 3000 dollars or less. The taxation resolution denounced taxation as you know it and urged non-contributory social dividends to provide family allowances pensions and basic incomes. Continued on page two.
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C.P
Solon Low
Alberta
Social Credit
house of commons
Social Credit Association of Canada
Low
J. E. Gregoire
Gnebec City
Laval Unniversity
Printer Wipes Out Family in Des Moines Killings
A mother, grandmother, and two children were killed in the front yard as police pursued a printer named William C. Irwin who claimed God ordered the killings. A neighbor child was wounded in a gun battle. Irwin was shot in the leg and later held in jail. Names killed include Edith Irwin 38 and Mary Alice Irwin 64 along with John Irwin 8 Henry Irwin 5 and junior Witham 11 who had gone to school.
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DES MOINES
William C. Irwin
Irwin
Edith Irwin
Mary Alice Irwin
John Irwin
Henry Irwin
Witham, Jr
Mrs Gray Dies in Edmonton After Long Canadian ties
Mrs Dorothy Grace Gray 64 wife of William S Gray Alberta government solicitor died in Edmonton. Funeral delayed due to trial of son Donald from Winnipeg. Former Municipal regent of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire she came to Canada in 1903 from London England. She lived in Macleod Lethbridge before Edmonton 1924. Survived by husband son two brothers and two sisters.
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EDMONTCON
Dorothy Grace Gray
Willam S. Gray
Alberta
Donald
Winnipeg
Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire
Gray
Canada
London
England
Harvey Hillbard
Macleod
Lethbridge
Edmonton
Harvey Hillard O.B.E
Thomas Hilliard
Worcester
Macs
Charles Ford
Beatrice Hilliard
China's new army nears Changchun after breakthrough
Reports from Asukden dated April 8 say China's newest army breached Communist lines after a two day clash and moved to within 79 miles of Changchun, capital of Manchuria, under pro government reporting.
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ASUKDEN
China
Changchun
Manchura
Unidentified man killed at Canadian Pacific yards
A man about 60 was decapitated Saturday afternoon in the Canadian Pacific Railway yards between Third and Fourth streets when a railway car ran over his neck. Police and Coroner Dr. J. S. Wray investigated. the body, at Martin Brothers funeral parlors, had no identification. Descriptions suggested Central European origin, five feet ten inches tall, about 160 pounds, with grey hair and mustache, a brown birthmark on the right temple, and a wart-like growth on the right arm.
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Canadian Pacific Raiway
J. S.S. Wray
Martin Brothers
Bag Hitler's Secretary Arrest Reported in Woerzberg
The American controlled Dapa news agency reported Frau Marie-Trekla Weichelt Adolf Hitler's private secretary has been arrested in Woerzberg. She helped draft speeches and was said to be close to Hitler until the surrender, though she served as secretary 1934 to 1936. She was arrested last Wednesday in Uettingen near Wuerzburg and handed to counter intelligence.
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Dapa
Frau Marie-Trekla Weichelt
Adolf BWiller
Woerzberg
Frau Weichler
Fuehrer
Dana
Frau Weichelt
counter-intelligence corps
Hitler
Uettingen
Wuerzburz
Big Swindles In Nazidom Revealed By Special Officers
Special investigation officers in the British zone of Germany uncovered two large wartime financial swindles tied to Otto Wolff, a major German steel concern. They show Germany profiting by blocked marks and occupation francs, deceiving French firms and moving funds through neutral countries. The first scheme wiped credits with no cost, and the second used occupied currency to purchase foreign securities, with about 12 million marks traced in Switzerland and the rest possibly hidden elsewhere. Otto Wolff died in 1940.
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SEAGHAN MAYNES
Bra
Reuters
Germany
Europe
Otto Wolff
France
Wolf
Wolt
Stockholm
Bern
Switzerland
Russia demands Iran case dropped from UN council
Moscow demands the Iranian question be removed from the UN Security Council agenda and rejects ongoing reconsideration, citing a bilateral Iran Soviet agreement. Moscow says continued discussion is illegal, while Iran’s premier Qavam signals satisfaction with the accord. The council plans to meet after a long recess as Spain’s Franco issue may surface.
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CHARLES A. GRUMICH
YORK
Russia
United Nations Security Council
Iran
Soviet Union
Moscow
Ahmed Qavam
Stalin
Andrei A. Gromyko
Trvgve Lie
U.N
New York
M. Lie
M. Gromyko
United Nations
security council
Lie
Poland
Hussein Ala
Gromyko
U.S
G.B
Spain
United States
Madrid
Franco
Russa
No Decision Yet By Iranian Govt
Iran has not reached a decision on Soviet demands to withdraw its case from the United Nations Security Council. Prime Minister Qavam’s stance is uncertain, with officials suggesting he may drop the case, while Tehran's ratte insisted the issue remains on the council's docket until May 6. Reports also note a May 6 deadline tied to Russian troop evacuation and a proposed joint Russo Iranian oil venture with Russia holding majority for five years.
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JOSEPH C. GOODWIN
FEHRAN
United Nations Security Council
Pirouz
Ahmed Qavam
Afr
Gromyko
Persia
Russia
Qavam
Tehran
Troops Pull From Gilani Province Reported by Reuters
Russia begins evacuating Gilani province near the Soviet border per a Reuters dispatch dated April. Reports note the move as an authoritative release. Several other items include bail posted for Dr. Raimond Boyer in Montreal on official secrets act charges and new U.S. war gas claims.
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GILANI
TRAN TEHRAN
Aprl
Reuters
Soviet Union
DR. BOYER
MONTREAL
Raimond Boyer
May assizes
court of King's bench
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Patterson
United States
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W. C. Bruce
W. A. Farlow
Alberta
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C.P
Wegrew
Poland
S ¥arsaw
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PORT ARTHUR
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Peninsula Bay
Marathon
Einar Sampson
Toronto
Axel Inkinen
Eino K2ivelin
Viljo Kehtola
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