Canada reports mining season to be record activity
Ottawa notes 15 preliminary reports from a $1,000,000 geological survey program. About 1,000 field workers in 190 parties will test exploration ideas across Quebec Ontario Saskatchewan Alberta Manitoba Yukon and Northwest Territories. Regions in Yellowknife river area show vast, largely untapped prospecting potential.
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Ottawa
Crerar F
Fend
Canada Mining
Crerar
Quebec
British Columbia
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Yellowknife River
Mining Policy Proposed to Cure Unemployment in Canada
Mr Justice A M Manson told the British Columbia Manufacturers Association annual meeting that a national mining policy is needed to reduce unemployment. He urged a joint Dominion and provincial plan to guarantee return on mining capital, encourage foreign investment, and set tax rates to recover profits from low grade ore.
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Canada
Supreme Court
Vancouver
Manson
Supreme Court of British Columbia
British Columbia
Canadian ‘Manufacturers’ Association
Dominion
Ottawa Finance Minister Dun announces $25,000,000 Dominion treasury bids
The Ottawa finance minister announced tenders were accepted for the full amount of 25 million dollars in Dominion of Canada treasury bills due July 15. The average price of the accepted bids was 90.78138 and the average yield was 8 79 per cent.
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Ottawa
Dunthing
Dominion of Canada
Treasuery
Canada’s Resource Hopment Of Our Natural Resources Will Set New Pace
Dr H M Tory of Ottawa at the Women Canadian Club annual meeting urged optimism for Canada’s next 25 years of natural resource development, citing land, climate, railways, and unity as foundations for a vigorous civilization driven by an educated populace.
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Montreal
Canada
HM. Tory
Ottawa
University of Alberta
Oie
Tory
Edward Johnson Honored by Canadian Club of New York
Edward Johnson manager of the Metropolitan Opera was feted by fellow countrymen at the Canadian Club of New York annual reception and dinner. He spoke of expanding opera love through the press and radio as the Met’s spring season opens in May with tickets from 25 cents to 1 dollar.
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New Orn
Rawara Johnson
Metropolitan Opera
Canadian Club of New York
Ernest W. Appleby
Johnson
Met
Sabotage Suspected in Sheffield Factory Incident
The Daily Mail reports a suspected sabotage case tied to defence work in Sheffield. The attempt aimed to sever ropes of a giant flywheel in a factory making steel and wire for aircraft and torpedo boats, risking total plant destruction if speed rose unchecked. Arthur S. Lee, a plant head, warned of terrible havoc if discovered late.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Sheffield
Arthur S. Lee
Alberta Fuel Od Tax Act Targets Broad Range of Oils
Alberta’s legislature passes a new fuel oil tax act set to take effect May 1. The levy applies to all lower grades of fuel oil and charges seven cents per gallon, with a six cent rate for farming or industrial use. Officials project about $200,000 in additional revenue this year.
Negotiations End Over Alberta Telecom Sale to U S Syndicate
Alberta public works minister W A Fallon announced negotiations to sell the provincial telephone system to a United States syndicate have been definitively dropped after more than a year of effort. The move ends a long pursuit affecting the state owned network and potential privatization.
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Calgary
Alberta
United States
W. ‘A. Fallon
Bere. Au
Paralyzed Betty Snell Wins Private Pilot License
Miss Betty Snell of St. Thomas Ontario, paralyzed since infancy, has earned a private pilot certificate. She is carried to her plane and hoisted into the cockpit as she pursues becoming a commercial pilot.
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Betty Snell
St. Thomas
Ont
Miss Snell
Dowager Lady Aberdeen Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
The Dowager Lady Aberdeen, wife of Canada’s former governor general and president of the International Council of Women, received support from women’s organizations in 40 countries. Her name was submitted by National Councils affiliated with the council, which have advanced peacework under her leadership.
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Lady Aberdeen
London
Canada
International Council of Women
National Council of Women
International Council
Compulsory subjects outlined for Ontario schools
Hon. Duncan McArthur deputy minister of education announced a revised Ontario course of study making English social sciences health education and business practice compulsory. The statement was made to the public school department of the Ontario Education Association.
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Toronto
Ontario
Duncan McArthur
Ontario Education Association
Fears Of Potato Shortage Sweep Canada
Ottawa warned of an implied potato famine as a Dominion Bureau of Statistics crop report shows March 31 farm stocks at 11 17 000 cwt down from 19 740 00 cwt a year earlier. High non merchantable share and regional shortages push fears of March to May shortages across maritime and eastern provinces. Prince Edward Island faces unique deficit with New Brunswick and others exhausted.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Bureau
M. G. McNeely
Prince Edward Island
British Columbia Premier denies plan for provincial bank
Premier Pattullo arrived home from Ottawa for talks with the Dominion government about general policy issues not tied to a $3.5 million bond issue. He said BC has no plan to create a provincial bank and has not considered co operating with Alberta on such a bank. An Alberta suggestion prompted the clarification. The other item notes a London Red Cross appeal for Ethiopian medicine and physicians to help gas casualty victims.
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Alberta
Coast
London
British Red Cross
Parliament Faces Heavy Agenda Before Prorogation
Ottawa reports parliament will divide work between red and green chambers and five committees. Railways radio pensions and agriculture loom large with questions of speaker privileges and election reform likely to dominate without immediate legislation. A key railway bill seeks to restore a director system replacing trustees amid talks on deficits.
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Ottawa
Prorogaon
Italian discontent with Fascist war policy grows in exile comments
Giovanni Giglio, ex Rome correspondent for the Daily Herald, says Italians oppose Mussolini’s regime as war drains the country. He notes rising cost of living and predicts twenty years of negligible Italian exports, highlighting widespread discontent and economic pauperization.
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London
Giovanni Diglio
Rome
The
Daily Herald
Giglio
Italy
Mussolini
Ialy
Geneva Divided Over Regional Leagues
Discussion centers on Latin American moves to form a regional league as part of a broader League of Nations. Some fear this weakens the Geneva structure, while others see regional groups aiding universal cooperation. Officials say universal sanctions are needed, with regional bodies handling local conflicts and enabling military action if required.
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Pers
Geneva
New Zealand Seeks League Seat Ahead of Australia
Prime minister Savage stated New Zealand aims for a September seat on the League of Nations council succeeding Australia. He added a New Zealand cabinet minister in Europe would outrank high commissioners as the island dominion's Geneva representative.
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Weington
Anishael Savage
New Zealand
Council of the
League of Nations
Australia
Zeaand
Europe
Geneva
Turquetil Led St. Mary Immaculate Missionaries
Turquetil, apostolic vicar of Hudson Bay, was famed superior of the St. Mary Immaculate missionaries operating in his vicarate.
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Vatican City
Algr. Turquetil
Hudson Bay
St. Mary Immaculate
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