British policy aims to prevent spread of war
London The House of Commons defeated Labour's motion to censure the government's Spanish policy by 245 to 130. Eden defended non intervention, noting it aims to prevent the Spanish conflict from spreading beyond Spain's borders. He warned ships in French ports must respect the three mile limit and discussed plans to withdraw foreign volunteers at the next European hands off Spain meeting.
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Spain
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Orth
Eden
Clement Attlee
Archibald Sincair
James Maxton
Mussolini
Reicha
Hitler Eden
Sinclair
Shipa
Govment
Basque
Attlee
Bien
Sir John Simon
Winston Churchill
Ottawa reorganizes agriculture department into four divisions
The Department of Agriculture in Ottawa is being reorganized into four divisions: Marketing led by Dr. A. M. Shaw, Production Services headed by G. B. Rothwell, Experimental Farms under E. S. Archibald, and Scientific Work under J. M. Swayne. Each division will report to three directors under the deputy minister.
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Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Fou
G. Gardiner
A. M. Shaw
University of Saskatchewan
G. B. Rothwell
E. 8. Archibald
J. M. Swayne
Britain Tops World in Combat Planes, 1937 Air Book Says
The 1937 Aircraft Year Book from the Aero Nautical Chamber of Commerce of America ranks nations by combat planes as of January end. Britain leads with 4,000 planes and 4,500 pilots, followed by France 3,600 planes, Russia 3,400, Italy 3,200, Germany 3,000, United States 2,200, and Japan 4,000. notes that combat planes include pursuit bombing and other armed types, with manpower figures alongside.
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Irusa
British Empire
France
Russia
Italy
Germany
United States
Japan
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of ‘America
Great Britain
Must Find Firebands Origin Warne Followers
British Columbia Doukhobor leader Peter Verigin the Younger urged Grand Forks followers to purge "firebug troublemakers" amid bombings of 11 buildings. Speaking through interpreter Wiliam A. Sookaroff in Grand Forks, Verigin warned he would withdraw leadership if troublemakers remained and planned to confer with Premier Pattullo in Victoria after meeting with Mayor T. A. Love.
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B.C
Peter Verigin
British Columbia
Verigin
West Kootenay
T. A. Love
Wiliam A. Sookaroff
Christian Community
Victoria
Pattullo
Douxhobors
Britain facing three months of wheat stock in war time
In parliament Baron Catto questioned UK food supplies. Lord Templemore said rumors of a wheat shortage were unfounded and that public warehouse stocks show a 10 day figure, while millers likely held enough wheat for about three months of consumption.
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London
United States
Peace Move Ties Hitler to Moscow and Soviet Shakeup
The Star reports German ambassador von Ribbentrop to Moscow and Soviet Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinoff to be removed as Hitler seeks peace with the Soviet Union amid Italy's Spain setback. Soviet leaders reportedly back the shift. Separately explosives found on the French vessel Charente among 800 tons of cargo halted at Le Verdon, diverting to Bordeaux for unloading and return to Oslo.
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Moscow
Maxim Litvinoff
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Hitler
Italy
Spain
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George VI
Litvinoff
Charente
le Verdon
Oslo
Norway
Bordeaux
Restoration of Wages End Wage Cuts at Canadian National Railways
Canadian National Railways and 13 000 Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees signed agreements to restore all wage cuts by April next year. Deductions totaling 10 percent will be wiped out gradually over a year, with a two percent raise retroactive to April 1 already in effect. By end of next March all CN employees on wage schedules will have full basic pay restored. Contracts with 18 international unions settled protracted talks for uniform restoration by the same deadline.
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Montreal
Canadian National Railways
Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees
National Road
Smiley Conciliation Board
Ottawa
Alberta Dry Areas Moved 6000 Families From Dry Zone
S Longman Alberta field crops commissioner described to the Turgeon royal rain commission the relocation of about 6000 families from a 7 million acre dry area in east central Alberta. Approximately 2000 families remain to pursue cattle breeding. efforts began in 1925 and slowed in 1929 1930 due to drought and poor grain. Families who left moved mainly to Peace River and northern areas with new locations chosen by the settlers. The government aims to limit dry area population to one person per 40 acres under its land utilization plan, with some progress in cattle breeding development.
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Edmonton
Alberta
S. Longman
Peace River
Mr. Longman
Longman
Aerial Survey Planned For Drought Lands In Prairie Provinces
Ottawa moves to use aerial photography in drouth rehabilitation across Saskatchewan and the Frenchman river area to map soil and moisture. Royal Canadian Air Force to conduct two flights over 11000 square miles for the agriculture department. Gardiner plans a later meeting with land owners and lenders to discuss moving farmers from poorer to better lands within the same district.
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Saskatchewan
Moose Jaw
Frenchman River
Royal Canadian ‘Air Force
Northwest Territories
Department of Agriculture
J. G. Gardiner
Drouth Rehabilitation Organization
John Vallance
Drouth
Gardiner
Trouble On Indian Frontier Troops to be sent to Waziristan
New Delhi authorities decided to dispatch 33,000 additional troops to the northwest frontier region of Waziristan to pacify rebel tribesmen led by the Fakir of Ipi. An ambush last week killed seven British officers, two NCOs, and 20 native soldiers. Large bands of armed natives have conducted marauding expeditions in the Bannu region.
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New Delhi
Waziristan
Ipi
Bannu
Washington curtails government spending this fiscal year
President Roosevelt orders an immediate cut in agency expenditures after tax revenues miss estimates. Secretary Wallace to remove 85 workers from the Agricultural Adjustment Administration payroll by month’s end to help prevent a deficit exceeding the 2.652 billion dollar projection for the year.
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Rresness
Wallace
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Roosevelt
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