Bill to curb armed thugs aims five year gun penalty
Ottawa reports the House moved to curb gun toting with a five year maximum for carrying a revolver or sawed off shotgun without a permit. The bill also adds two years to sentences for hold ups or bank robberies. Stakeholders argue enforcement varies, but support centers on stricter permit rules and weapon penalties.
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Ottawa
House of Com Scons
Addtiion
Hom
James Malcolm
Minster of Trade and Commerce
Ontaro
Ontario
James S. Woodsworth
Co-Operative Commonealth Federation
Canada
Thomas Reid
Lip
New Westminster
Vancouver
Wilfred Hanbury
Vancouver-Burrad
J. P. Howden
Bon
Airliner City of Liverpool Crashes Over Belgium
A British Imperial Airways City of Liverpool tri motor crashed near Es sen Belgium. Nineteen aboard perished with nine aboard confirmed dead at scene and two more bodies found nearby. Investigations anticipated as police guard wreckage and officials seek causes. The flight from Cologne to Croydon via Brussels and London ended in tragedy.
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London
Eng
Britain
Imperial Airways
Liverpool
Essen
Belgium
Viciny
Cologne
Germany
Croydon
England
Brussels
Air Line
Campbell Stuart Elected Chairman of Imperial Communications
Sir Campbell Stuart, Canadian born director of Times Publishing, was chosen chairman of the imperial communications advisory committee. The committee is a key empire body representing every government and wields wide authority over telegraphic matters including control of rate changes.
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London
England
Campbell Stuart
Times Publishing Company
Imperial Communications Advisory Committee
Empire
Resentment In Russia Over British Sabotage Charge Policy
Russia objects to Britain and Czechoslovak actions amid sabotage arrests tied to Metropolitan Vickers. Litvinoff accuses Britain of pressuring a Soviet trial, while Sir Esmond Ovey seeks to explain measures. Soviet foreign ministry says no change in trial and warns against outside diplomacy. An embargo on British goods was reportedly considered.
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Britain
Moscow
Russia
Litvinoff
United Kingdom
Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Company
Esmond Ovey
Bresh
Foreign Office
Mexico
Sir Esmond
Mexico City
Government aids horse breeders clubs in prairie provinces
Ottawa Ont The policy of assisting horse breeders clubs in the prairie provinces continues with adjustments to benefit the breed The application date moves to June 1 A promoter for each prairie province is named Carl Roberts Osborne Man J W Dunne Calgary Alberta Lt Col H W Ar rd Saskatoon and Dr Charles Head Regina for South Saskatchewan There are details on where breeders should seek information.
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Ottawa
Prairie Provinces
Robert Wer
Carl Roberts
Osborne
Man
J. W. Dunne
Calgary
Alberta
H.W. Arrd
Saskatoon
Northewan
Charles Head
Regina
South Saskatchewan
Ottawa to Investigate Finances in West Provinces
The Bennett Government orders an inquiry into western finances. Watson Seller, federal comptroller and assistant deputy minister of Finance, departed Ottawa on March 28 for a secret mission. It is unclear whether he will start in Victoria then east or begin in Winnipeg and proceed west.
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Ottawa
Unt
Bennett
Watson Seller
the Treasury
France
Seller
Victoria
Winnipeg
May Shut Down Ferme Coal Mines in British Columbia
Advices indicate the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company may cease operation of the Ferme coal mines in British Columbia, affecting about 5,600 people. Labor members are seeking details and possible alternatives as the situation unfolds in Victoria.
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Victoria
Crow's Nest Pass
Einstein Renounces Prussian Citizenship Amid Nazi Pressure
Berlin report states Prof Albert Einstein, a Jew and 1914 Prussian Academy of Sciences member, sought to renounce his Prussian citizenship as anti Jewish measures by Chancellor Hitler’s regime began. He wrote from Brussels after returning from a trip to the United States for the required consulate information.
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Berlin
Germany
Adolt Hitler
Germy
Albert Einstein
Finstein
Prussian Academy of Sciences
Brussels
United 'S
Appointment of Col F G Taylor as Manitoba judge confirmed
Col F G Taylor long time Conservative leader in Manitoba was officially confirmed as a judge in the Court of King's Bench for Manitoba. The vacancy arose from the resignation of Justice A C Galt who recently turned 80 and left due to ill health after his birthday. The confirmation followed the signing of an order in council by the Governor General.
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Colon Taylor
Mentoba
Ottawa
Col F. G. Taylor
Manitoba
Court of King’s Bench
Justice A. C. Galt
Justice Galt
Dublin blaze at Connolly House roars through Bachelors Walk
Fire in Dublin, Irish Free State, suspected incendiary origin swept Connolly House the Communist Irish revolutionary workers group headquarters and adjacent shops. Hundreds of youths stormed the building, stones flew as police charged, red flag and pamphlets burned in the street while firefighters battled a major blaze easing around midnight.
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Auth
Dublin
Irish Free State
Connolly House
Irish Evolutionary Workers Group
Bachelors’ Walk
O'Connell Street
O'Connell Bridge
Mid- Bight
Connelly House
Bachelors
Alberta bill would spread tax arrears over six years
In Edmonton Alberta a proposed bill would relieve debtors by consolidating and extending payment of tax arrears over six years. It covers land and school taxes and allows entering into a consolidation agreement for instalment payments when arrears exceed one year.
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Alberta
Edmonton
Debate on Electoral Reform in Canadian Senate
Senators urged drastic changes to Canada’s voting system, proposing abolition of registration and polling booths and even House of Commons removal to cut costs. Critics argued such reforms ignore elector turnout and democratic safeguards while noting Canada’s heavy tally of governments and elections.
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Ottawa
Canada
Senate
C. W
Moncton
Himsef
Campass
George Lynch-Staunton
Hampton
Lynch-Staunton
House of Commons
C. E. Tanner
Pictou
Commons
W. E. Poster
Tanner
Lynch Staunton
Dominion
British Officers Kidnapped by Pirates in Manchuria
A Chinese raiding party seized four British officers from the Nanchang merchant ship at Newchang bar in Manchuria. The attackers, emerging from three junks, opened heavy fire and escaped in their junks as the steamer’s captain raised an alarm. British gunboats began an immediate search for the pirates and captives. The abducted men are W. E. Hargrave, A. D. Bue, F. L. Pears, and Charles Johnson.
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Newchang
Manchuria
Nanchang
Newchang, Bar
W. E. Hargrave
A. D. B.ue
F. L. Pears
Charles Johnson
Ottawa approves hospital sweepstakes measure in senate
Canada Senate committee on private bills passes a bill authorizing hospital sweepstakes. The measure sponsored by Senator A. D. McRae of Vancouver received approval as it advances through the Ottawa process.
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Ottawa
Uni
Canada
Senate Committee
A. D. McRae
Vancouver
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