Western grain for livestock industry in east
At the eastern Canada agricultural conference 8 YF Chagnon proposed a national grain marketing policy to feed western surplus into eastern livestock. He outlined benefits including outlet for western grain, potential export of products, job creation, and better eastern agriculture, while warning against permanent bonus schemes. Agriculture Minister J G Gardiner urged closer producer organization to improve dairy and farm conditions without overreliance on government aid.
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Montreal
Nada
Eastern Canada Agricultural Conference
Chagnon
Quebec Department of Agriculture
All Canada
Canada
J. G. Gardiner
Dominion
Pelven
Ottawa ministers raise concern over article attacking confidence
In the House of Commons Hon Charles Duning finance minister cited a Winnipeg Free Press piece alleging commissions paid to a Canadian agency for British aeroplane engines. Hon Tan Mackenzie defence minister called the article similar to recent falsehoods and noted other denyings by Air Marshal Bishop regarding the honorary air council.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Charles Duning
Winnipeg Free Press
Tan Mackenzie
Defence
Honorary
Air Council
W. A. Bishop
Favor Prorogation To End Parliament Before Summer
Conservative members meeting in Ottawa favored prorogation to avoid prolonging the session into the summer. They regretted the apparent purpose of Prime Minister Mackenzie King to push more legislation, and urged deferral of controversial measures to relieve country uncertainty while parliament sat.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Canada Pacific liners eyed under new shipping subsidy plan
In the House of Commons Oliver Stanley outlines a subsidy scheme to fund two 25,000 ton liners for a Canadian Australian service. The ships would be built in British yards at about £3.6 million and would run Vancouver Honolulu Fiji Auckland Sydney. CPR may place further orders to replace Empress of Russia and Empress of Asia as the subsidy aims to halt Britain’s shrinking merchant fleet and revive shipbuilding.
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London
House of Commons
Oliver Stanley
Preside Board of Trade
Vancouver
Honolulu
Fiji
Auckland
Sydney
Edward Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
CPR
Britain
Increase Territorial Army London wartime force announced
Britain raised its Territorial Army to a wartime total of 340000 with enlistment aimed. Prime Minister Chamberlain announced in the Commons that the force would be expanded while conscription remained unlikely, relying on voluntary service to mobilize a field army of about 130000 in peace-time. Queen Elizabeth attended from the Commons gallery as the plan drew mixed signals on public declarations to curb Hitler. United Press reports Britain abandoned a public Stop Hitler pledge and aimed to aid allies if men faced German expansion.
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London
Great Britain
Europe
Chamberlain
Commons
Press London
Elizabeth
House of Commons
British United Press
Britain
Hitler
Bomb Crew Arrests Linked To Hammersmith Bridge Blast
Two men were arrested by Scotland Yard after a bomb attack on Hammersmith Bridge. Detectives searched multiple houses in the Hounslow and Barnes areas while a passer-by saved the bridge by tossing a suspicious package into the river. No injuries were reported though a car driver narrowly escaped when a girder fell. The incident followed the Old Bailey sentencing of nine Irishmen for explosives offences or related bombings.
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Irish Republican Army
Glacier BC Has Heavy Snowfall Far Above Average
Glacier British Columbia reports 437 inches of snow this winter, 40 miles east of Revelstoke. The Selkirk mountain settlement has a record 480 inches, or 40 feet, of snow. This winter's totals approach that benchmark but do not yet surpass it.
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Glacier
Revelstoke
British Columbia
Selkirk Mountain
Be On Guard To Retain Liberty Says Britons Must
Earl Winterton told the National Fire Brigade Association that Europe’s difficulties will not fade this summer and urged Britons to stay vigilant to preserve liberty and living standards. Transport minister Leslie Burgin urged free nations to resist aggression by any insidious form, stressing renewed determination in London.
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Earl Winterton
London
Europe
National Fire Brigade Association
Leslie Burgin
France to Try Proportional Representation System
The French Chamber of Deputies voted overwhelmingly to adopt proportional representation to boost minority voting strength in districts. The move scraps single member constituencies, with broad cross party support though extremes on both sides favor the reform.
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France
Paris
French of Deputies
Chamber
P.R
Franco Wins Control as Nationalists Claim Spain
General Franco's victory ushers Nationalists to control all of Spain ending the war. Valencia Barcelona and Madrid fell within 24 hours. Burgos proclaims end of war and Madrid becomes capital. Jose Miaja and staff flee to Oran via Valencia aeroplane with key officers and civilian officials. Nationalist HQ claims control of all 52 provinces.
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Spain
London
Franco
Great
France
Europe
Valencia
Barcelona
Madrid
Cartagena
Burgos
Associated Press
Jose Minjo
la Senia
Oran
Algeria
Miaja
National Defence Council
Daladier urges Italy to move toward settlement with France
Paris premier Daladier refuses concessions in the Mediterranean and insists on negotiating only under the 1935 accord with Italy. He warns the French people will unite against threats to liberty and sovereignty as totalitarian powers press for fulfillment of natural aspirations and room to live.
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Paris
Jaouard Daladier
Italy
France
Mediterranean
Daladier
Europe
Bill Approved Ottawa Impacts Prairie Farm Act
The senate approved a government bill amending the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act. The act grants the agriculture minister authority to perform duties incidental to the operation of the act.
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Ottawa
Imia Reauing Warnes Py
Senate
Minister of Agriculture
Unification of Railways Proposed to Solve Problems
Canadian senators heard from CW Peterson of Calgary on unifying railways into a single executive board of fifteen. Five reps from each railway plus five chosen by them would come from labor agriculture commerce and technical fields. He urged mutual interests over diversions and cited Britain’s four regional systems as a model. He noted labor initially resisted but now supports consolidation. Dandurand pressed that cooperation had failed and an umpire might be needed. CPR autonomy would be sacrificed under cooperative economies.
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Ottawa
Senate
Navays
Dandurand
Committee On Pal
CW. Peterson
Calgary
Farm and Ranch Review
Peterson
Agriculture
Commerce
Technical
Arthur Meighen
Great Britain
Canada
CPR
Regulate Butter Trade Proposed By Quebec Chamber
J A Marion of the Quebec Chamber of Agriculture urged not giving Canadian butter makers power to regulate their mark. He argued Australian producers regulate prices by exporting surplus monthly and sharing losses, a system he says boosted Australian butter profits by about 20 million dollars.
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Montreal
Eastern Canal Agricultural Conference
J. A Marion
Quebec Chamber of Agriculture
Dominion
Australia
German Regrets Over Cologne Broadcast Sparks Belgium Concern
Brussels reports that the German government expressed regrets to Belgium after a Cologne broadcast in which a German speaker described the Walloon population of Belgium as "our Walloons" prompting diplomatic concern and calls for clarification.
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Brussels
Belgium
Cologne
Belgum
Ottawa Canada's February imports fall to 40380.24 dollars
The Dominion bureau of statistics reports Ottawa Canada's imports in February declined to 40380.24 dollars from 46951 618 in February 1938. The United States was the leading contributor.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
United States
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Germany
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