Water control aid in solving drought problem
Ottawa argues resettlement of western Canada aligns with agriculture and economy. Minister J G Gardiner urges planned settlement, local water control, and soil conservation over large irrigation schemes. Experts say fertile prairie land remains and irrigation could boost population and colonization with market growth tied to prairie industrialization.
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Ottawa
Western Canada
J. G Gardiner
Engineering Institute of Canada
Gardiner
Saskatchewan
Val Marie
Frenchman River
Cypress Hills
Drouth
Prairie Drouth
Canada
G. A. Gaherty
Montreal
Ganerty
California
Tenders Accepted Ottawa May 15 1999
The minister of finance announced that tenders had been accepted for the Dominion of Canada project. The average bid price was 99,834.34 dollars and the average yield was 6.81 percent.
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Ottawa
Minister of Finance
Geneva spanses art stash kept safe in war era move
Unclear report notes that Spainish assets were transported to Switzerland for safekeeping during conflict after a long period of concealment. Geneva acts as a point in the process with the priceless collection now secured in neutral territory while hostilities continue.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Tea supply relies on Ceylon India Java Sumatra
Amenca sources most of its tea from Black Tea countries including Ceylon India Java and Sumatra.
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Amenca
Ceylon
India
Java
Sumatra
Britain unveils vast armament program figures
London reports stating cost and speed of Britain's major rearmament, warning aggressive powers. White paper tallies three year outlay at £1.172 billion with plans for two destroyer flotillas, twenty fast escort vessels, new aircraft carrier, four large six inch cruisers, and doubled borrowing power to £800 million for defence.
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London
Great Britain
Britain
Germany
John Simon
Sikorski Maps Franco Anglo British Strength in War
General Wladyslaw Sikorski argues Britain and France hold stronger position against Germany than appears. He suggests Franco Anglo American triangle will decide, warns nationalist Spain should not align with Italy and Germany, noting Gibraltar and Mallorca bases and Spain’s need for French support under Franco.
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Warsaw
Poland
Great Briain
France
Germany
Italy
Wladyslaw Sikorski
Kurier Warswak Cag St
Gibraltar
Mallorca
Spain
Great Britain
Sikorsie
Franco
Italy signals Libya troop shift amid Mediterranean strains
Reports from London indicate Italy is reallocating forces to Libya as tensions in the Mediterranean rise during the Spanish conflict. Italian officials say the move accompanies increased French naval and land pressure in Tunisia, while British and Maltese officials note Italy may trim Libyan garrisons when regional conditions normalize.
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London
Umesa
Great Britain
Italy
Libya
Livya
Tunis
Perth
Rome
Galeazzo Clane
Tunisia
Chane
Mlala
Tallane
Keren
Farcen
Government fights to save trumpeter swans in Red Rock Refuge
In southwestern Montana Detroit Rock Lake region the U S government engages a last-ditch fight to preserve the trumpeter swan once widespread across North America. A dwindling band of 148 shelters at Red Rock refuge as A V Hull of the Biological Survey warns against civilization encroachment.
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Detroit
Winney Rocklakes
Montana
United States
North American
Red Rock
A.V. Hull
United States Bureau of Biological Survey
Mergers In Canada Ottawa Refusal On Refugee Crossings
In Ottawa the government stated there is no reason to suspect European refugees who recently crossed Canada en route to Australia. Hon T El Crerar, minister of resources, said in an answer tabled in the House of Commons, 2296.
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Ottawa
Canada
Australia
T. el Crerar
House of Commons
Defences urged for Indo-Chinese coast against Japan Siam
Deputy Fiouart Bousquet, vice chairman of the naval affairs committee, warned parliament that Indo-Chinese defences need stronger gunboats seaplanes and coastal artillery after months of inspection. He said Indo-China is isolated with little hope of aid from France as Siam has shown friendliness to Japan.
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Paris
Fiouart Bousquet
Naval Affairs Committee
Indo-China
Siam
Japan
Wheat Board Price Plan Backed By Western Committee
The Western committee on markets and agricultural readjustment, meeting in Saskatoon, endorses federal action 1930 40 to fix a minimum 80 cents per bushel for No 1 Northern wheat at Fort William and to consider crop insurance or similar aid. They also back Manitoba farmers demand to reinstate the Farmers' Creditors Arrangement Act. A special trade problems committee was created.
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Bracken Committee Alve
Saskatoon
Wheat Board
Fort William
Western Committee On
Regina
Bracken
Organized Farmers of
Manitoba
Prairie Provinces
Germany deploys draft power for grand construction
Field Marshal Goering issues a decree enabling indefinite drafting of men and women for national projects such as Kiel canal widening. It halts wage competition by employers and ends the prior policy paying drafted labor the same as skilled artisans. The decree ties workers to specific work locations and supports state policy aims.
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Germany
Berlin
Hermann Goering
Kiel Cans
Goering
Gav Ment
Kiel Canal
Baltic
North Sea
Reich
World Tour Plans By Noted English Prelate
Rt Reverend Bishop H B Sexton of Columbia announced that the noted English prelate retires at the end of July and will make a world tour. Arumur rovey Washington Ingram Bishop of London will visit British Columbia in September.
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Victorias
Arumur Rovey Winchington-Ingram
London
British Columbia
H. B. Sexton
Columbia
Sexton
debate over a distinctive Canadian national flag
Ottawa promised further debate on adopting a unique Canadian flag in Parliament. Ernest Lapointe urged moving beyond opposition to unite the country, arguing Canada should display a distinct flag while remaining loyal to the British Commonwealth. Cameron McIntosh pressed for a committee to study a national symbol, noting the current red ensign anomaly and the Union Jack’s presence in imperial settings.
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Ottawa
Canada
Ernest Lapointe
House of Commons
Mackenzie King
Cameron R. McIntosh
Lib
North Battleford
Toronto
John R. MacNicol
Davenport
T. L. Church
Broadview
Lapointe
Mr. MacNicol
Weare
Commonwealth
British Commonwealth of Nations
Australia
New Zealand
Aemgu
Canada House
London
McIntosh
Mac Nicol
Nazis Collect Installment Of Fine Against Jews In Berlin
Berlin authorities collect the second installment of a 1,000,000,000 mark fine against Jews tied to the 1938 aryanization policy. The decree allows recovery from current owners of former Jewish properties based on the new appraised value, regardless of prior turnover. The measure tags the fine to the shooting of a German diplomat in Paris last November.
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Berlin
Sne Vase Guvernment
Paris
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