Brave Rescue From Moose River Mine Disaster
In Moose Fiver Nova Scotia heroic Draegermen and rescued miners endured ten days underground at the Moose River gold mine after a cave in Easter Sunday night. Dr D B Robertson aged 62 and Alfred Scadding led a perilous ascent to the surface through a water drenched shaft, carrying the body of Herman Magill and surviving to tell the tale. The long perilous operation ended with cheers as the rescuers reached daylight and medical care awaited above.
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Moose Fiver
D. Bawin Robertson
Alfred Scadding
Moose River
Draegermen
Bor Roberton
Herman Magill
Dr. Robertson
Robertson
Reynolds
Jack Simpson
Scadding
R. Davis
Draegerman
George Morrell
Scad- Ging
Dr. Ed. Gallie
Egypt to upgrade airports near Cairo and Alexandria
Egypt outlines plans to upgrade two key air hubs near Cairo and Alexandria to boost regional connectivity. The initiative targets expanded runways, expanded passenger facilities, and improved security and efficiency across the national airport network.
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Egypt
Cairo
Alexandria
Defence budget taxes raise cost of living in Britain
Neville Chamberlain's afth budget raises income tax and tea duties to fund a vast defence program. The plan drew mixed reactions in parliament with some Conservatives urging earlier defence loan action or sinking fund suspension. The government argues the move makes the defence program affordable, while small income groups gain higher exemptions for married men and for children.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Eden Defends League Probe of Italian Atrocities
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the Labor benches in Parliament that the League of Nations has begun a careful study of atrocity charges by Italy and Ethiopian counter-charges alleging gas usage. He said it is vital to distinguish between individual acts and high command actions while confirming the cabinet will push sanctions to uphold collective security without being anti Italian.
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League of Nations
London
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
League of Nations Hd
Italy
Eden
House
Doctor Wins Salary Restitution For Expressing Scientific Opinion
Justice T Dennistoun of the Manitoba Court of King’s Bench ruled Dr Omer Hague at St Boniface Hospital may express views on scientific facts. The hospital must pay Hague three months extra salary after firing him last November for voicing views on mercy deaths. Hague’s claim for a year’s pay was partly allowed. The decision found no evidence he was bound by a moral code to refrain from expressing opinions.
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Winnipeg
T. Dennistoun
Manitoba
Court of King's Bench
St. Boniface Hospital
Omer G. Hague
Hague
Dr. Hague
Dennistoun
Pension Adjustment Anomalies Probed by Ottawa Panel
Capt C P Gilman Dominion adjustment officer of the Army and Navy Veterans in Canada urged a board of consultants to study pension adjustment problems before a house committee. He offered to supply medical authorities at his own expense and cited cases costing his group from $20 to $200 to establish. Sir Eugene Fiset attended.
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Ottawa
House
C. P. Gilman
Dominion
Army and Navy
Canada
Eugene Fiset
National Defence
Gilman
End Of Dry Cycle Rumors Stir Weather Experts
Washington weather bureau experts speculated that the United States twenty five year growth cycle might have ended with time remaining the only judge. The bulletin noted severe drought in Oklahoma and western Kansas with Arkansas dry and Texas seeing temporary relief from rain. Scientists ponder a possible shift to a cold and wet cycle while recalling last winter was wet and cold, fueling debate on drying trends.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
United States
Oklahoma
Kansas
Arkansas
Texas
Mostareas
Going Back To Germany New York
Mrs Anna Hauptmann plans to return to Germany in late June and then come back to America to haunt some people in New Jersey until the Lindbergh kidnapping is resolved.
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New York
Anna Hauptmann
Germany
America
New Jersey
Unemployment Relief Costs Canada Over Forty Million
The Dominion government spent 45.82 million on unemployment relief for the year ended March 31. Grants to provinces accounted for 26.27 million, with 7.66 million on Dominion undertakings and 6.59 million on trans Canada Highway projects. In January relief reached 1.23 million people. Since 1930, 204.84 million has been spent. 126.35 million loaned to western provinces and CPR, with CPR portion 2.45 million.
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Canada
Ottawa
Harry Hereford
Dominion
Norman Rogers
House of Commons
Western Provinces
Canadian Pacific Railway
CPR
Edmonton minister announces highway tenders to Banff plan
Edmonton public works minister Fallon says tenders are out for a 26 mile standard grade and gravel highway from Lethbridge to Iron Springs via Picture Butte to serve a sugar factory. He states 31 miles of platter and 15 miles of seal coating on Calgary to Banff will be completed by July 1, delivering a hard surface to the Calgary Banff road to the park boundary. Plans also include later hard surfacing of the Calgary Okotoks highway and rebuilding 50 miles on the Calgary Edmonton highway south to Westaskiwin, with 12 miles on new ground to remove Death Crossing where several fatal accidents occurred.
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Edmonton
W. A. Fallon
Public Works
Lethbridge
Iron Springs
Picture Butte
Public Works Program Receives $124.7 Million Supplement
Canada’s supplementary estimates authorize nearly $60 million in diverse public works for the current year and set aside $26 million for monthly relief grants to provinces. A Canadian National Railway deficit of up to $39.9 million for 1936 is funded to support employment and maintenance, with total supplementary spending at $124,748,743.
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Youawa
Dominion
House of Commons
Canadian National Railway System
National Harbors Board
Department of National Defence
Department
Britain urged to close Suez Channel to Italian ships
Geoffrey Mander proposed in the British House of Commons that Britain halt the Italo Ethiopian war by blocking the Suez Canal to Italian vessels. Viscount Cranborne called the move heroic but not collective or apt for the current crisis. Mander also urged Britain to quit the League if France blocks new sanctions against Italy.
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Suez Canal
London
Geoffrey Mander
H. N. Paint
Halifax
House of Commons
Britain
Viscount Cranborne
Mander
League of Nations
France
Italy
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Mexico
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Oxford
Cambridge University
Cambridge
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Talpend
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