Labor Victory Claimed In West Fulham By Election
London The Labour party won the first House of Commons seat at stake in two by elections since the foreign secretary reappointment. Labour accused the government of drifting toward war and failing to back the League of Nations as voters cited non intervention in Spain and negotiations with Mussolini.
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London
Labor Party
House of Commons
Anthony Eten
West Fulham
Busby
League of Natior Ket
Italy
Nearomgna
Chamberlain
Dominions
Malcolm MacDonald
League of Nar
Summerskill
Mussolini
Spain
League
Europe
New Durum Wheat Winnipeg Foreshadows Gains Over Standard
The Associated Committee on Grain FH in annual sessions foresees new durum wheat yielding more than current leading bread types. The committee of the National Research Council discussed 16 varieties, with Mintrum durum remaining the commercial standard and best for Manitoba and south eastern Saskatchewan. Farmers shift to Thatcher due to low durum prices, but a price recovery could lift the new durum in rust areas.
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Winnipeg
Associated Committee On Grain
Thatcher
National Research Council
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Railway Inquiry Committee To Examine Road Economies
The inquiry into railway economics discussed whether the Canadian Pacific Railway achieved substantial economies. At its first meeting George P. Graham and P Beaubien were elected joint chairmen. Senator Arthur Meighen urged using the Duff report as the starting point and considered where and how to begin the inquiry.
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Senate
Canadian Pacific Railway
George P. Graham
Lib
Eganville
P. Beaubien
Con
Mentarville
Duff
Arthur Meighen
Standoff in China Hinges on Lunghai Front
News from nine months of fighting shows Japan’s Rising Sun forces stalled after capturing Shanghai and Nanking. Chinese resistance at Lunghai keeps the northern push from securing the east west lifeline. Japanese supply lines are under pressure as Chinese irregulars disrupt rail routes behind the front.
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Nanking
Shanghai
Lower
Yangts
River Valley
Lunghai
United States Demands Austria Debt From Germany
The United States accepts Germany's absorption of Austria and asks Germany to assume Austria's debts to the United States totaling 64,493,480 dollars. Of this, 26,005,480 dollars are Austrian government debts and 33,488,000 dollars are debts of Austrian municipalities and utilities held by American citizens. Ambassador Hugh Wilson presented notes in Berlin announcing the change and the closing of the Vienna legation with a new consulate general established there.
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United States
Germany
Austria
Washington
Berlin
Hugh Wilson
Vienna
U.S
Senate amends Lord's Day Act in third reading
In Ottawa the senate passed a third reading to a bill amending the Lord's Day Act, replacing jail provisions with increased fines for corporations up to 2000 dollars for repeat offences. In Calgary the federal elevator system ships over 100,000 bushels of feed oats and barley to drought districts, signaling big business at the terminal.
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Ottawa
Senate
Calgary
Saskatchewan
Nordic Race Purity Claims Described as Nonsense
London reports that Chancellor Hitler claims Germany preserves racial purity through Nordic strains. British anthropologist Professor FG. Par sons dismisses the claim as nonsense, stating Germany has little Nordic blood, having mixed with Alpine stock, while England retains Nordic lineage and shows no cousinship with Germany.
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London
Hitler
Germany
FG. Parsons
England
Theatre lotteries ruled illegal in police court ruling
Montreal theatre manager Julius Belson was fined $3 on each of three charges for conducting lotteries by holding drawings for cash rewards to customers. Recorder Hughes Semple presided and classed them as lotteries under police court.
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Montreal
Theatre Bank
Hughes Semple
Julius Belson
Land Costa
Soviet Aid and Ambitions to Retake Amur Islands
Tokyo authorities and Manchukuo officials warned Soviet Russia is supplying military aid to China and preparing to press a recapture push for the Amur river islands seized by Japan last June. The reports claim Moscow aims to leverage the conflict to regain territory and expand influence in East Asia.
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Tokyo
Manchukuo
Soviet
Russia
China
Amur River
Oldest Living Twins William and Charles Wendorf Celebrate Q1st Birthday
Canada’s oldest living twins William and Charles Wendorf, residents of a small cottage they built, marked their first birthday milestone in the quarter first period.
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Hanover
Canada
William
Charles Wendorf
United Kingdom Slaughters 15012 Cattle in Foot-and-Mouth Crisis
Official statistics in The London Gazette show that during the three months ending March 31 the United Kingdom slaughtered 15 012 head of cattle due to the foot-and-mouth epidemic.
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London
United Kingdom
London Gazette
Labour groups press for arms lift to Spain from Britain
Delegations from the General Council of Trades Unions urge Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax to end Britain’s arms embargo on the Spanish government. Labour MPs call an April 23 meeting to discuss aid. The Amalgamated Engineers’ Union asks workers to volunteer overtime to produce non armament goods like ambulances for immediate shipment to Spain.
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London
Th General Council of Trades Unions’ Congress
Viscount Halifax
Great Britain
Lord Halifax
Pariament
Eng Cers
Spain
Mail For Arctic Churchill, Man. Mail north of Hudson Bay post
Constable Rob inson of the Chesterfield detachment of the RCMP led a solitary Eskimo companion on a dog tram journey into the Arctic wastes. They will call at posts as far north as Repulse Bay, 700 miles away, with 300 pounds of first class mail aboard. Ice floes are four miles wide, seals have not appeared, and seal hunting will start about three weeks later than last year.
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Man
Arctic
Hudson Bay
Robinson
Chesterfield
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Atl
Repulse Bay
Mounties May Promote Tourism at Canada Port
Windsor council approved a resolution urging federal authorities to authorize RCMP officers to act as goodwill ambassadors for tourists entering Canada through this port. The measure aims to stimulate tourist traffic by providing a welcoming presence.
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Windsor
Royal Canadian Mounted Poli
Canada
Low Cost Housing Plan Urged in House Debate
In Ottawa the government faced cross party urging to adopt a low cost housing plan. Conservative Massey and CCF’s Heaps backed a plan with federal treasury support, noting delays in committee and comparing Canada unfavorably with the United States. The national employment commission had drafted a bill last session and Norman Rogers said it was under Finance review.
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Ottawa
CEF
Canada
Massey
Toronto
Nwo
AA. Heaps
CCF North
CCF
Federal Treasury
National Employment Commission
Norman Rogers
Finance Department
United States
Canadian Farm Loan Board profits and losses report
In eight years since 1930 the Canadian Farm Loan Board shows profits in five years and losses in three. A finance department return tabled in the House of Commons notes profits from a three year interest deferral on 5 million borrowed. The board posted 69,501 in the year ending March 31, 1930, then profits in 1981 156,423. 192 271,922. 1993 296,844. 1934 109,1630. 1995 59,292, with losses in 1937 126,198 and 42,86. End of 1937 shows Alberta lands valued 59,867 with lease properties valued at 21.
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Ottawa
Canadian Farm Loan Board
House of Commons
Finance Department
J. A. Mark Camrose
Government of Canada
Alberta
Question Is Up Again London Easter Date Plan
For ten years the League of Nations transit group pushes to fix Easter on a set date next year. The Easter Act of 1925 aimed to fix April as Easter. next year it would place Easter on a standard date to avoid calendar shifts. Easter can fall on 25 possible dates from March 22 to April 25 in current cycles. The first Nicene rule from 325 established Easter as the first Sunday after the vernal equinox.
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London
Cnamp
League of Nations
East
Parliam
Parl
Eastor
London Leader Defends Arms Program Continuation
London reports that Nora Nirst, retiring president of the Federation of Hatish Industries, says it is a fallacy to think slump requires the rearmament program’s end. She argues arms must stay up to date while other nations do similarly.
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London
Nora Nirst
Federation of Hatish Industries
Th. Aun Etn
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