Britain moves to bolster defences with civil guard measures
London announces civil defence steps and a bill for peacetime powers to requisition transport and buildings for wartime use. Sir John Anderson urged swift passage as the government plans a Royal Armored corps reorganization and 16,000 reservist trainings amid debate over anti-aircraft policy.
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London
Vernment
House of Commons
John Anderson
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Bax
Royal Armored Corps
Britain
S. Hore-Belisha
Herbert Morrison
Morrison
John
Welcome To Royalty Ottawa Cooperation urged for royal visit
War veterans Boy Scouts and Girl Guides are urged to offer services to local government heads to help plan the royal visit. Communicating with mayors is suggested to determine how groups can cooperate effectively in the community effort.
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Ottawa
War Veterans Boy Scouts
Girl Guides
King and Queen
Ofice
Mackenzie King
Saskatchewan Loan Authorized for Unemployment Relief
Parliament tabled an inter alli to authorize the Dominion government to extend loans totaling 2 397 000 to Saskatchewan to cover its share of unemployment relief expenditures from September 1 1938 to March 1939. The loan will be secured by three per cent provincial treasury bills.
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Saskatchewan
Ottawa
British Consul Killed in Mosul Mob Attacks Consulate
British consul Monck Mason was assassinated by a mob at Mosul as mourners blamed Britons for King Ghazi I of Iraq's death. Martial law restored order within four hours after the consulate was burned amid the king's fatal car crash. Monck Mason, 53, served since 1908 with postings in the Near East and Aleppo before Mosul.
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Man
Iraq
GFAC
Monck Mason
Mosul
Ghazi
Monck- Mason
Monck-Mason
Near East
Alexandria
Salonika
Aleppo
Most
Tigrit
Baghabe
Ghazi I
Baghdad
Bombing Outrages Dubain Broadcast Pattern Revealed
A covert radio transmitter linked to the illicit Irish Republican Army broadcast threats and claims of planned actions in Canada within 10 days. The 21.5 metre wavelength station issued instructions to LRA units across Canada Great Britain and the United States prompting an immediate police investigation.
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Dubain
Irish Republican Army
Canada
LRA
Great Britain
United States
February Canadian imports mix with higher auto parts demand
The Dominion bureau of statistics notes February imports in Canada rose for rubber meats and hides while vehicle parts and vegetable oils fell from January levels. Auto parts and petroleum products show higher import activity.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Royal seat plan to aid king during parliament prorogation
The Dominion government seeks parliamentary approval to authorize a royal seat for the king during his visit to Ottawa next month. The move accompanies a notice of a bill in the House of Commons. The report also notes Curtis Publishing halting retail of magazines in Germany after Nazi censorship actions. Great Britain reports 200000 workers in its used car trade.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Philadelphia
Curtis Publishing Company
Germany
Saturday Evening Post
No Minister To Japan Canada Represented At Tokyo By A Charge D'Affaires
Ottawa reports that Canada will govern without a minister to Japan for the present. Prime Minister Mackenzie King told the House of Commons that Tokyo is headed by a chargé d affaires following Randolph Bruce’s resignation. He said a minister will be appointed later, and noted the Geneva office aids in European affairs and League of Nations dispatches remain useful.
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Canada
Tokyo
Ottawa
Japan
Mackenzie King
House of Commons
Howard Green
Don Vancouver South
Charge Waffaires
Randolph Bruce
Legation
Paffaires
Department of External Affairs
Geneva
RJ. Manton
Hume
League of Nations
Sta
Trials Open For War Guilt Murders Across Spain
A summary court martial at Colmenar Viejo begins proceedings against six defendants charged with killing rightists at the start of the Civil War. In Valencia, 21 Syndicalist agents are executed after a military tribunal conviction for wartime murders. Radio Nacional broadcast that 35,000 people are said to be known to have been slain in Valencia during the conflict.
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Madrid
New Drill Formation in Canadian Militia Attracts Attention
Defence authorities study a new drill pattern for the Canadian militia likely to include a three line fall in and a marching column of threes. The formation echoes wartime practice in narrow roads and aims to reduce brigade and division manpower by using three battalions per brigade, nine infantry per division.
Prairie Moisture Conditions Improve Seeding Preparations
Western Canada reports favorable moisture ahead of spring seeding. Manitoba shows 7.79 inches in fall and winter totals. eastern Manitoba 7.14 inches. Higher snowfall improved soil. Saskatchewan notes normal precipitation with light snowfall increasing reserves. Recent high winds dry surface soils in parts of the province.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Royal Train Winnipeg Engineers Named for Tour
Four Winnipeg engineers will guide the royal train and the pilot train during the King and Queen’s Canadian tour. Engineer Harry Frost Atwell will drive from Kenora to Winnipeg, William D. 8. Mathieson handles the pilot. From Winnipeg to Brandon, William Webb commands the royal train and James Wilks the pilot. They are veterans of the CPR.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Harry Frost Atwell
Kenora Ont
William D
Mathieson
Brandon
William Webb
James Wilks
CPR
Winnipeg Captain Resigns from Trans-Canada Airlines
One of TCA’s original pilots, Winnipeg Captain asruce afiddles ton, has resigned from the airline and will end service at month’s end to travel to England where he has accepted a position with Imperial Airways.
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Winnipeg
Asruce —Afiddleston
Trans-Canada Airlines
TCA
Will Wadion Serviee
England
Imperial Airways
British Government Won't Consult Canada on Coal Exports
In the House of Commons the government said it does not contemplate consulting with Canada to explore increasing British exports of anthracite coal to the Dominion.
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London
Canada
Dominion
House of Commons
Canada and U S Ready to Save Democracy in War Debate
Ottawa and Washington would intervene to prevent the defeat and subjugation of Great Britain. Denton Massey contends Canadians and Americans alike would act to defend freedom if Britain’s power and France’s fell, prompting renewed calls during a House of Commons debate on external affairs estimates.
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Ottawa
United States
Great Britain
Denton Masey
Massey
House of Commons
House
Canada
Britain
Europe
France
External Affairs Department
Butter Distribution Plan Sparks Debt Debate in Commons
In Ottawa Hon J G Gardiner said the matter remains under consideration as Social Credit leader John Blackmore pressed the issue of a proposed 4 000 000 pound butter distribution. Blackmore warned it would add to Canada's national debt then at 3 177 000 000, urging a Bank of Canada funded plan similar to France borrowing from its own bank.
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Ottawa
J. G. Gardiner
House of Commons
Mark Senn
Don Haldimand
Aper
Federal
John Blackmore
Social Credit
Canada
Ter of Agriculture
Blackmore
Social Credit Party
Lapointe
France
Bank of Canada
Grain movement shows heavy westward flow to Lakehead
Port Arthur runway officials report the heaviest movement of grain from the west since the seasonal rush last fall. A total of 474 cars arrived at the lakehead during the recent weekend in stock here. Wheat stocks increased 2,500 bushels to a total of 62,134,086, compared with 16,600,000 a year ago.
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Port Arthur
Ranway
Lakehead
Canada Recognizes Nationalist Government in Spain
The Department of External Affairs states Canada has taken action to recognize the Nationalist government in Spain, aligning with measures taken by Britain and the United States and other nations.
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Ottawa
Department of External Affairs
Canada
Spain
Britain
United States
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