Fire Clips Border Town In Alberta Mont Corona Loss
Weet Grass Mont and Coutts Alta border town suffered a $100000 fire that gutted much of the business district early this morning. No injuries were reported though debris smolders and a possible flare up is watched. The blaze started from defective wiring at Clube cafe and raged before dawn with the town lacking adequate fire fighting gear.
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WEET GRASS
Mont
Coutts
Alta
Alperta-Montana
Greece Turkey mutual defence talks amid looming invasion
Greece asked Turkey if she would honor mutual assistance treaties should Germany attack from Bulgaria. Turkish position on a possible invasion was sought as Nazi forces mass on the Greek border. Greece warned it will resist invasion and hopes Turkey would strike at Germany’s flank.
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ELGRADE
A.P
Greece
Turkey
Bulgaria
Thrace
Macedonia
Ankara
OFIA
Germany
WIII
Athens
Albania
Salonika
LGOK
Yugoslavia
Walker Denies Split In Ranks Of Independents
EDMONTON March 8. J H Walker leader of the Independent group in the Alberta legislature denies Premier Aberhart’s broadcast claim that opposition MLAs were willing to cross the floor. He states there is no split in their ranks and that they are 100 percent united.
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EDMONTON
C. P
J. H. Walker
Alberta
Aberhart
M.L.A
Mr. Walker
Disease in Hungarian partridges prompts local inquiry
The Left Hand Corner reports five dead Hungarian partridges in snow holes suggesting disease. A Chickadee Notes editor recalls Manitoba’s 1928 33 range expansion for the birds, followed by a steep decline in numbers and range contraction. The commentator notes native grouse also declined, linking causes to starvation disease parasites predators or nesting weather, with no determinate conclusion.
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J. W. Walker
Hartney
Man
Manitoba
Pas
Manitoba-Ontario
Saskatchewan
the
Winnipeg Free
Hand Continued on Page 13
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Alberta minister urges 70 cents bushel guar for shipping points
Agriculture Minister MacMillan announced in the Alberta legislature that a resolution will be proposed to press the federal government for a policy guaranteeing 70 cents a bushel at shipping points for the 1941 wheat crop. Independent leader J H Walker to second the move. current 1940 minimum set by the Wheat Board was 75 cents at Fort William.
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EDMONTON
C. P
MacMillan
Alberta
J. H. Walker
Canadian wheat board
Fort William
Nazi Officers In Morocco Observe Armistice Terms
Madrid dispatch reports over 100 German officers arrived in Casablanca and Rabat to oversee the armistice terms. They would control French Morocco's administration, economy, and politics related to the war, with no disruption in commerce. Demand for prime necessity goods for shipment to France rises.
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MADRID
Spain
Casablanca
Rabat
French Morocco
France
Three German Planes Downed Over England East Coast
London reports three German bombers shot down by fighters over England’s east coast. One bomber crashed at sea near Lowestoft after raiding a town. another fell into the Channel after being chased blazing. the third wrecked five homes in an east coast town before being shot down. A fourth was destroyed when it struck a trawler’s mast, its crew drowning. Isolated raids noted across East Anglia.
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LONDON
England
Lowestoft
channel
East Anglia
Beaten Stanford freshmen trigger police suspensions
In San Francisco two veteran officers were suspended after being identified in a lineup with 68 policemen as suspects in beating two Stanford University freshmen grabbed as skid row vagrants. The incident follows a broader wartime air raid report over Scotland and Wales with raids over the south coast and east Midlands.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Stanford University
Opposition Asks Details Of War Costs in Commons
In Ottawa on March 8 protests marked adjournment over the $1.8 billion war appropriation. Conservative House Leader Hanson urged more detailed estimates while Lib. MP Pouliot attacked use of uniformed officers in routine office work. Finance Minister Ilsley cited secrecy and guesswork limits in details, with quips about pilots and civilian-clad workers. Continued on Page Three.
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FRANK FLAHERTY
OTTAWA
house of commons
House
Hanson
Jean Francois Pouliot
Lib
Temiscouata
Ilsley
Pouliot
army
Canadians warned of looming hardships in coming year
Vancouver report from March 8 states Col. W W C Woodward, aide to Munitions Minister Howe, told the Women's Canadian Club that Russia and Japan will never be friends with Great Britain and warned Canadians they will endure war hardships next year. He spoke as a private individual, not in official capacity.
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VANCOUVER
Col. W.W. C. Woodward
Munitions
Howe
Canadian Club
Russia
Japan
Great Britain
Col. Woodward
Hitler
1941 Wheat Policy To Be Known Soon
Ottawa reports a double announcement on the 1941 wheat policy next week with Trade Minister MacKinnon and Agriculture Minister Gardiner. Officials say the aim is a wheat price that sustains growers yet avoids a large wheat surplus, potentially under War Measures Act powers. The cabinet weighs a summerfallow acreage bonus to encourage hay and fallow use, amid prairie farming patterns.
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R. K. CARNEGIE
OTTAWA
C.P
MacKinnon
Gardiner
prairie provinces
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Turkey Braces Defences as Press Defiant Amid Axis Pressure
Istanbul reports show Turkey reinforcing lines and storing inflammables underground while cities stage air raid drills. Newspapers urge Yugoslavia to resist Axis overtures and question Germany’s plans as Turkish leaders prepare formal foreign policy statements in coming sessions.
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ISTANBUL
Turkey
Germany
Yugoslavia
Ikdam
Salonika
Vatan
England
Italian Warship Sunk in the Mediterranean
Rome reports an Italian medium tonnage warship sunk in the Mediterranean from an unascertained cause. The high command says many crew were saved.
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ROME
A.P
Mediterranean
Ice star Vera Hruba attracts thousands of marriage proposals
In Champaign Illinois on March 8, about 2500 American men offered to marry Czechoslovak skater Vera Hruba to help her avoid deportation after her entertainer passport expired. Hruba said the number of proposals rose after publicity of her plight.
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CHAMPAIGN
Ill
Vera Hruba
Many Planes Reported Over London District
London dispatch reports an air alarm with heavy anti aircraft fire as many planes passed over a district. Bombs shook the area and six or seven waves of aircraft were sighted overhead tonight.
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LONDON
C.P
HARAR
JIBATI
CAIRO
Egypt
A.P
Ethiopia
POLAND
TORONTO
K. B. Karski
Canada
Karski
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