Freight rate talks reopen over B C lumber shipments
The Canadian board of transport commissioners urged a round table conference among railways and British Columbia timber interests to resolve disputes on special freight rates for moving 400 million board feet of B C lumber to Atlantic ports. Railways want the general 82 cent per 100 pounds tariff. timber interests push 60 cents, arguing large export traffic would still spare small shippers. Montreal representatives for CN and CPR argued railways routinely met waterborne competition with special rates and warned against customers dictating rates.
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Ottawa
Canadian Board of Transport Commissioners
Repre Raff
British Columbia
British Timber Control Board
Atlantic
Panama Canal
J. Rand
George A. Walker
Montreal
Canadian National Railways
Canadian Pacific Railway
Ottawa Imports Jump in December 1939 Across Major Groups
Ottawa reports December 1939 imports totaling 72.109 million dollars, up from 44.286 million in 1938. U S imports rose to 49.108 million from 28.188 million, UK imports increased to 8.459 million from 7.093 million, with gains in agricultural products textiles nets and iron. Farm price index for 1939 40 shows a slight rise from 794 to 804 based on Aug 1 to Feb.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
United States
United Kingdom
Bureau
Spy Arrests Ahead of War: Roos Convicted in France
In Laney France Dr Karl Roos leader of the Alsatian autonomist movement was shot as a spy. A soldier named Lobstein jailed as Roos accomplice had sentence commuted to prison. Roos arrested February 7 1939, seven months before the war. He allegedly provided German agents with troop movements in 1936 and 1938 during Rhineland and Sudetenland crises.
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France
Laney
Karl Roos
Lobstein
Roore
Germany
Rhineland
Sudetenland
Roos
World Peace Talks Begin With 10 Nations At Hague
Delegates from ten nations met at The Hague to discuss world economic reconstruction and social betterment as a potential basis for lasting peace. Represented countries include Netherlands Great Britain France Argentina Australia Belgium Norway Portugal Switzerland and Turkey. An eventual total of 24 nations is planned with six seats for former League of Nations members. The United States was not present but hoped to cooperate if the committee proves fruitful.
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Hague
Netherianas
Netherlands
Great Britain
France
Argentina
Australia
Belgium
Norway
Portugal
Switzerland
Turkey
League of Nations
United States
Loans Under Housing Act totals by Jan 31 announced
Hon. J L Ralston, minister of finance, announced total loans since October 1935 to January 31 amount to 14 180 loans valued at 14 178 969. January 1940 housing act loans total 50 178 365 with 681 family units. Ontario leads with 7 408 loans for 260 units, British Columbia 6 394 580, Saskatchewan 108 261 302, Alberta nil.
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Ottawa
J. L. Ralston
Ontario
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Airport B Buildings Set For Construction In Training Plan
Transport minister Hon. C D Howe announced War Supply Board contracts for training plan buildings to support commonwealth air training. Five coal ing projects totaling 402000 were approved, part of 2783 spent that week. Buildings will be erected at BC, Ontario, and Nova Scotia airfields.
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Ottawa
C. D. Howe
War Supply Board
Commonwealth
RCAF trainees learn cooking for Empire Air Training camps
Sixteen meters of the Royal Canadian Air Force train ing here have a special assignment they are learning to cook. They are the first of a batch of more than 100 officers who will be responsible for feeding the thousands of men taking part in the Empire Air Training Scheme camps across Canada.
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Gueion
Royal Canadian Air Force
Canada
Hungarians and Finns Seen Secretly Leaving Hungary and Finland
Observers estimate that many Hungarians and Finns in Budapest have secretly departed Hungary or Finland, with Hungarian sympathies reportedly leaning toward the Finns. The report notes substantial voluntary movement and uncertainty about the exact numbers.
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Budapest
Hungary
Finland
Air Pay Scale in Ottawa for RAF Instructors
Royal Air Force personnel teaching in Canada under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan receive the same pay scale as equivalent Royal Canadian Air Force ranks. Seventy-one RAF officers and men are in Canada as instructors, with some granted temporary RCAF commissions for the stay.
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Ottawa
Royal Air Force
Canada
Royal Canadian Air Force
United Kingdom
New Zealand
Australia
RAF
Caneada
RCAF
Dominion
Radio Censorship Changes Under Canada Defence Orders
Ottawa censors announce a shift to an honor system for political broadcasts under Defence of Canada Regulations. Radio speeches on free CBC time must be kept on file, with parties responsible for observance. Public platform broadcasts are restricted as speeches at public meetings cannot be verified.
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Ottawa
Amo
Censors
A.p
RP Landry
Dinat
Canada
Colonel Land
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Defence of Canada
CBC
Will Use Light Floats to Protect Lightships
London report shows Winston Churchill announced in the House of Commons that light floats will replace ships in certain cases to shield lightships from German air attacks. He noted lightships have never had special protection in war and were deemed immune from bombing, with crews having suffered fatalities.
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Pritish Admiralty
London
Winston Churchill
The
Admiralty
House of Commons
Churchill
Marches Resume for Canada’s First Division in England
Route marches and outdoor drill resumed by all units of Canada’s First Division in Aldershot after training was halted by England’s worst weather since 1895. Soldiers marched to mouth-organ tunes and songs like Roll Out the Barrel to lift spirits.
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Aldershot
Canada
England
Finnish report cites obsolescence of many Russian planes
A Finnish ministry communique based on air reports asserts nearly 2,000 Soviet planes are obsolete or of low performance. It estimates Russian airforce strength uncertainly between 6,000 and 20,000 planes, notes deteriorating Allied Russian ties, and mentions possible Allied support including planes and volunteers to Finland.
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Beretarque
Aly
Finland
Russia
Great Britain
Fas
Germany
Italy
French Patrols Report Deep Behind German Lines
French patrols reportedly penetrated deep behind German lines west of the Saar and gathered highly important information on German military positions. Army quarters say patrols wormed past German outposts without detection and moved along own lines without being seen.
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Varis
Saar River
British School Children Plight Of Half A Million
Kenneth Lindsay announced in the House of Commons that nearly 500000 British school children have been out of education for six months due to danger areas. Children remaining in danger zones must return to school as soon as accommodations are provided, even on a half time basis.
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London
Kenneth Lindsay
Board of Education
House of Commons
Alberta Oil Gusher at Princess well blows wild
The manager of the British Columbia Standard Oil Company announced a well near Princess blowing wild with an estimated gas flow of 40,000,000 cubic feet daily. Only a small amount of crude was produced alongside the gas. Princess lies about 100 miles east of Calgary.
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Gargevn
British Columbia Standard Oi Company
Princess
Calgary
Westminister merchants threaten blackout over high electric rates
In Westminister BC new installment merchants plan a nighttime blackout to protest steep electric light charges. They warn stores would be left in darkness as an act of protest while defying air raid fears and rallying customers to press for rate reductions.
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Onyeet
Westminister
Inster
Explosion Buckles Sidewalk Near St Martin's Square
An underground electrical short circuit caused an explosion that buckled the sidewalk at the foot of Edith Cavell near St Martin's Square injuring passersby. Investigation traced the fault to a short circuit in an underground electric line.
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Onal
Edith Cavell
St Martin's Square
Mongolia Border Trouble Escalates Amid Exit Reports
An AR army spokesman said two exits occurred recently between troops on the Man choukuoan Outer Mongolia border where intermittent warfare ended last September 16 under an armistice between Japan and Soviet Russia. Tok nges
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Mongolia
O AR
Manchoukuoan
Outer Mongolia
Japan
Russia
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