Italo German Alliance Said To Be In Prospect
An authority suggested a new Italo German alliance may form resembling the old triple entente. Reports from Florence describe talks among Italian Austrian and German diplomats about a Rome Vienna Berlin accord with three points on tariffs independence and pan Germanism in Austria.
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Bento Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Florence
Ulrich von Hassell
Germany
Italy
Berlin
von Hassel
Fulvio Sovich
Inter
Egon Berger-Waldenegg
Austria
Austria-Hungary
Rome
Vienna
Present Generation Best Equipped to Cope with Difficulties Says Bennett
Ottawa audience of Montreal junior board of trade marked annual visit with Bennett asserting no generation has greater capacity due to invention and experience. Woodsworth recalled Canada’s pioneer days and urged unity. Blackmore Stevens and Tahan spoke briefly. Stevens urged arbitration boards to settle local industrial disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Bennett
Board of Trade of
Montreal
James 8
Woodsworth
CCF
Canada
J. H. Blackmore
Social Credit Group
H. H Stevens
Reconstruction Party
CH. Tahan
Hoard Of Gold Seized In New York Safety Vault
Secret Service agents seized ten thousand $20 gold pieces valued at $338,000 from the safety box of Zelik Josefowitz in New York. The haul, the greatest since the 1934 hoarding act, may be confiscated and the hoarder faces fines up to $10,000 and up to 10 years’ imprisonment. The government may sue for twice the amount in civil court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Secret Service
New York
United States Secret Service
Zelik Josefowitz
William H. Houghton
Ottawa considers higher tariff on U.S. baby chicks
Representations urge the government to raise tariffs on baby chicks imported from the United States. Hon. J. G. Gardiner, minister of agriculture, told the House of Commons the government has made no decision. Ceylon requires business names registration.
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Ottawa
United States
J. G. Gardiner
House of Commons
Snowbound mine horror leaves six dead at Hesperus Fold
Survivors are brought through a blizzard from the Hesperus Fold mine where six were killed and Muree injured by a massive snow slide. Rescue parties on skis reach the wreckage as Alvin Fink recalls the terrible ordeal. The mine above timberline at 11,000 feet saw fifteen survivors after the avalanche that swept across the cliff.
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Mancoa
Colea
Hesperus Fold
Red Arrow
Bout Midway
Alvin Fink
Timberline
Kept Alive Three Years in England S Document
Crosby Halahan, age 65, died February 18 in Chiddingford Surrey after more than three years kept alive by artificial respiration. He could not breathe without aid since 1932. A Times report notes Bragg devised bellows like devices using football bladders and later hydraulic apparatus to sustain him.
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New York
Crosby Halahan
Chiddingford
Surrey
London
New York Times
Sir William Bragg
Times
Halahan
Plot To Kill Selassie Targeted Tampered Plane
Ethiopian authorities hunted a suspected expert mechanic or ace pilot after discovery that Haile Selassie’s personal aero plane had been sabotaged. Investigators found sand in the fuel and damaged motor cylinders and controls, a tampering likely to trigger a fatal nosedive on the next flight.
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Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Income Tax Bill in Ontario Shifts Levy to Province
Ontario faces a second reading on a new income tax bill that would strip municipalities of their right to tax incomes and place the levy with the province. The vote stood 51 to 16 as Premier Hepburn and mines minister Paul Leduc pressed for rapid passage after opposition attempts to delay or censure Speaker N. O. Hipe.
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Ontario
Toronto
Hepburn
Paul Leduc
N. 0. Hipe
Churchill Winnipeg Voyage Outlook Boosted by Shipments
Advance reports from two steamship firms indicate a strong navigation season for Churchill in 1996. Transportation officials note increased bookings from continental ports to Manitoba’s northern seaport, signaling a prosperous year ahead.
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Winnipeg
Churchill
Manitoba
Attacks on Premier Baldwin in Commons Debate
Sir Austen Chamberlain, a prominent British statesman, attacked Prime Minister Baldwin during a House of Commons debate. He argued against Baldwin’s appointment as head of the Committee for Imperial Defense and pointed to the PM’s errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austen Chamberlain
Premier Baldwin
House of Commons
Baldwin
Committee For Imperial Defense
Pilots Not Qualified Say Not Enough Pilots To Operate Mail Service
Wing-Commander D R MacLaren, manager of the Pacific division of Canadian Airways, told University of British Columbia students that Canadian pilots are not qualified to operate the radio controlled high speed planes used in the US air mail service. He warned that there are not five men in Canada today capable of operating such aircraft and urged training to improve aviation efficiency.
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Vancouver
United States
D. R. MacLaren
Pacificivision
Canadian Airways, Ltd
University of British Columbia
Canada
Dominion
British Bomber Crashes During RAF Night Exercises
Three men were killed and three missing after Royal Air Force night bombing drills caused two crashes. A bomber crashed near Petersfield Hampshire killing two aircraftmen and a sergeant, and another aircraft went down in the English Channel near Le Havre France. The channel crash sank after floating for half an hour. one crewman swam ashore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Air Force
London
Petersfield
Hampshire
English Channel
le Havre
France
Channel
Boost in Export Trade Exports To Britain And United States
Ottawa reports sharp gains in January exports to Britain and the United States. Exports to the United Kingdom rose to 21,682,540 and to the United States to 20,129,564, compared with January 1935 figures of 16,611,096 and 17,029,101 respectively. The minister noted no adverse effect from reciprocity talks, with UK exports expanding faster than US ones.
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Britain
United States
Ottawa
United Kingdom
W. D. Buler
New Mineral Salt Beds Found in North Dakota
New mineral salt deposits uncovered in dried lake beds across Williams Divide and Mountrail counties North Dakota. About 20,000,000 tons of glauder salt or natural sodium sulphate valued at up to 18 dollars per ton, signaling large import replacement for the pulp and paper industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota
New York
Great Dreuth
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
Canada
Williams
Divide
Mountrail
Ottawa committee to study electoral reform proposals
A special House of Commons committee will be formed to study proportional representation the alternative vote in single member constituencies compulsory voter registration and compulsory voting Hon Ernest Lapointe minister of justice will move for appointment of the committee to study the Dominion Elections Act and the Dominion Franchise Act and propose amendments to these statutes
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
House of Commons
Ernest Lapointe
Pensions to start at age sixty urged in Commons
In Ottawa MPs discussed a plan to begin monthly pensions at age 60 for Canadians who retire voluntarily to let younger workers in. Abraham Heaps urged a pension up to $50 monthly, while Woodsworth called for a high, secure pension, and financing ideas included a form of controlled inflation based on national wealth. Prime Minister Mackenzie King pledged action against poverty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
House of Commons
Abraham Heaps
CCF
North Wi
Heaps
Treasury
Woodsworth
Canada
Winnipeg
Dominion
Bennett
Mackenzie King
Liberal Party
Liberal
Cheated Out Of Birthdays Mayor To Celebrate 11th Birthday
Ottawa mayor Stanley Lewis plans an 11th birthday on February 29 despite being 48. Letters from Montreal Halifax and Winnipeg show others share the quirky plight. The celebration, at the citys largest theatre, will offer admission of one new pot or kettle per person, then gifts go to the needy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Stanley Lewis
Montreal
Halifax
Winnipeg
Rose Wansbrough
Wipeg
Extra leave for returned soldiers in government service
Secretary of State Rinfret told the House of Commons that returned soldiers in government service will receive 11 days of extra paid leave this summer to join the Vimy pilgrimage. The leave is in addition to the standard three weeks of ordinary holiday leave.
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Ottawa
Rinfret
House of Commons
Thomas Reid
Lib
New Westminster
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RB. Bennett
Ceylon
Sax
Selassie
House of Lords
Westminster
Prince of Wales
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