Housing Act Expands to Furnish Moderately Priced Homes
Ottawa reports widening use of the Dominion Housing Act to foster low cost housing. As Charles Dunning notes, 1,119 family units have been built by January end at a total of 5,376,000 dollars. A $2,700 model with land could be financed for 14.12 dollars monthly. Miss Macphail argues Canada lags 10 years in housing policy and calls for government action during depression. Lawson suggests adapting Farmers' Creditor Arrangement and Farm Loan acts to protect homeowners from tax seizures.
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Ottawa
Charles, Dunning
House of Commons
Denton Massey
Conn
Toronto-Greenwood
Dunning
Hadeen
Catholics Reopen 14 Churches in Orizaba Crusade
Loyal Catholics resumed possession of Orizaba’s 14 churches closed for 10 years denouncing government socialistic education. Handbills urged freedom of worship while laymen guarded shuttered houses as police avoided action amid clashes. A 14 year old girl was killed during a raid on a secret mass. Two interior department agents joined state authorities to seek a resolution as Catholic opposition to socialist schooling grows.
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Orizaba
sMexico
Miguel Aleman
Department of Interior
Lazaro Cardenas
Tne
Smuts Warns Tariffs Impede World Peace At Trade Fair
General Jan Smuts told a British industrial fair audience that new tariffs hinder world peace more than ideologies. He urged expansion of international trade for peace but warned optimism about recovery is misleading as the global outlook remains dark and menacing since the war.
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Cape Town
Jan Smuts
England
Smuts
Medical Posts Arranged for Coronation Day Ambulance Service
The St John Ambulance brigade finalizes plans for Coronation Day May 12 with 69 surgeons 500 officers 5000 nurses and men 165 Mak ers and 1400 sisters. Seventy five points will host 35 dressing stations to handle serious casualties along the six mile route.
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London
St. John Ambulance Brigade
N.co
Wide Sections Submerged As Rivers Rise Across Regions
Heavy rains push rivers higher in England and France with floods forecast for a quarter century high. Southern England counties flood as swollen rivers push residents from homes. Flood tides reach city streets along the Thames while farmland is inundated and towns contend with rising waters.
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London
England
France
Thames
London Plans Balloon Barrage For Air Defense
In the House of Commons Sir Philip Sassoon announced rapid steps to establish a balloon barrage as an additional layer of London air defense. He declined to reveal how many balloons have already been delivered, saying disclosure would not be in the public interest.
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London
Philip Sassoon
Air
House of Commons
Grade Crossing Funds and Fatalities Across Provinces
Ottawa reports 1200.00 to board for grade crossing elimination and protections, with 646,305 already committed. Provinces list 40,185 Nova Scotia 45,212 New Brunswick 81,436 Quebec 298,067 Ontario 0 Manitoba 97,950 Saskatchewan 30,675 Alberta 4,780 British Columbia. Last year 333 killed in railway accidents and 2,972 injured, with 24,?35 figures in brackets for breakdown by passengers employees others trespassers and highway crossings.
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Board of Railway Commissioners
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitots
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Ottawa debates coronation silver dollar for King George VI
Hon. C. A. Dunning told the House of Commons minting 1,000,000 silver dollars for King George VI’s coronation is not permitted. Martha Black asked if a Yukon token could be minted. 742,000 had been issued for King George V jubilee. Thomas Reid supported a governmental transfer of silver with certificates to help unemployment.
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Ime
Ottawa
George VI
C. A. Dunning
House of Commons
Martha Black
Conn
Yukon
Dunning
George V
Thomas Reid
New Westminster
British Poultrymen Demand Preferential Egg Duties
British poultrymen urge preferential duties on eggs from dominions. They warn the industry, especially small producers, suffers from rising imports and feed costs. The issue was sent to the poultry sub-committee for review. Berlin notes a lighter steel helmet for the Great War era, six ounces lighter, with a smaller visor and rustproof seamless steel.
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London
Imcian Pouregimen
Dominions
Parliamentary Committee
Berlin
Ahrink
Renewal of interprovincial loans to Saskatchewan and Alberta
Hon. A. Dunning, minister of finance, revealed in two orders in council that renewal of provincial loans to Saskatchewan and Alberta, totaling 92,513,019 and 500,000 respectively, has been approved for one year at three percent interest. The provinces were unable to redeem on their recent majority.
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Ottawa
Ottawa plans regulate bus and truck highway traffic
Senate railway committee heard plans to expand the railways framework into a transport commission with powers over shipping air transport and highways. Hon. D Howe argued highway regulation would extend only intra-provincial and Dominion highway traffic, urging provincial alignment to avoid jurisdiction disputes. A Roy Brown opposed some provisions noting tariff reporting costs. J A Wilson said no extra burden would result.
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Ottawa
Senate Railway Committee
D. Howe
Minster of Transport
Railway Commission
Transport Commission
Dominion
Howe
A. Roy Brown
Toronto
Baron von Richthofen
General Airways Limited
United Air Services
Brown
J. A. Wilson
Civil Aviation
Bolt Destroys Ontario Farm Barn in Lightning Storm
A freak bolt of lightning struck Louin Whalen's barn near Kingston Ontario 25 miles northwest, completely destroying the barn and killing a horse and three cattle. The bolt then traveled 50 feet along the ground, toppled boulders and a large elm, crossed a quarter mile of fence, and ripped out stones before sinking.
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Ontario
Ont
Louin Whalen
Thi
Kingston
Arabs Plan London Delegation Over Palestine Findings
Arab leaders announced plans to send a delegation to London to challenge the royal commission report on Palestine disorders. The Arab higher committee said a conference would name the delegation to press for swift action on pro Arab findings, claiming past commissions ignored Arab views amid ongoing disturbances in Palestine.
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Palestine
Jerusalem
London
Royal Commission
Arab Higher Committee
Royal Commisson
England
Britain Offers Help to New York for Flood Animals
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals reported that the Royal SPCA of Great Britain cabled offers of financial aid for medication and rehabilitation of animals in the Ohio and Mississippi river flood regions.
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New York
American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Royal
Spca of
Great Britain
Ohio
Mississippi River
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