Ottawa estimates cut relief costs for new fiscal year
Ottawa outlines supplementary estimates showing relief payments dropping from more than 26 million dollars this year to 19.5 million for provinces monthly grants and 2 million for direct relief, with 1 million for unemployed youth training, plus 2 million for prairie farm settlement and 500 thousand for dried-out-area fodder relief.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Charles Dunning
Prairie Provinces
Norman Rogers
Canadian National Railways
Dunning
CNR
Labor Department
Public Works
Northwest Territories
Board of Railway Commissioners
Veterans’ ‘Assistance Commission
National Battlefields Commission
Federal District Commission
Agreement With Japan To Adjust Perpetual Leases
London reports Britain and Japan near a final accord to surrender by Britons of extraterritorial rights in Japan. Perpetual leases held by British concerns for over 50 years would continue until 1942 before reverting to normal foreign ownership, with property exempt from certain taxes under the lease terms.
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London
Great Britain
Japan
Britain to Spend £23,776,000 More on Navy in 1937-38
Britain announces a substantial rise in naval expenditure for 1937-38, with new construction worth £14,033,000 and large increases for fleet maintenance, repairs, and stores. The program adds three battleships, two aircraft carriers, five cruisers, destroyers, submarines, and other vessels, lifting personnel to 112,000 as total cost reaches £108,065,000. Funding partly comes from defence loans totaling £27,000,000 of the £400,000,000 target.
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London
Britain
Fleet Air Arm
Prince of Wales
Mine collapse at Moose River causes fatalities and blame
A Nova Scotia commission found Mantax Management of the Moose River Gold Mine responsible for the April collapse. It reported ore removal from pillars after a January 1936 reopening weakened supports, leading to the mine’s failure that imprisoned Herman Magill, Dr. D. E. Robertson, and Alfred Scadding. Robertson and Scadding were rescued after ten days. Magill died. The report says additional timber might have provided only temporary relief and blamed management for not taking adequate safety measures.
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Moose River
Mantax
Mapee River
Ita
Nova Scotia
Herman Magill
D. E. Robertson
Alfred Scadding
T Us
Toronto
Robertson
Scadding
Magill
No Change In Defender Of The Faith In Coronation
In London a Telegraph report notes no alteration to the coronation oath wording. A reply from the prime minister's private secretary cites discussions between His Majesty's government and the dominions. Fowler writes of imperial consultations and the king upholding Protestant faith across Britain and the empire.
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Wil Henin
London
Lione Power
Protestant Alliance
Miniter Baldwins
Fowler
Great Britain
Injured Derby Fixes Fort Smith Hero Mushing Mishap
Evans, famed for dog derby victory, was injured in a mine accident at Great Bear Lake. He crushed his right foot and was flown to Fort Smith for treatment. The Arctic dog derby had its inaugural 15 mile race at Cameron Bay in the Northwest Territories, about 1 100 air miles north of Edmonton.
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Evans
Fort Smith
N.W T
Morris Evans
Great Bear Lake Country
Edmonton
Matt Berry
Cameron Bay
N.W.T
Britain to station Territorial Troops in Northern Ireland
London confirms three territorial company postings in County Antrim the first in Northern Ireland. The move, part of a broad defence program, adds artillery engineers and air corps reserves while a recruitment drive expands the ranks to 1,993 officers and 133,668 men though short of authorized strength. In Ottawa a bill to establish free foreign trade zones or free ports moves toward passage after senate approval.
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Britain
Northern Ireland
London
County Antrim
War Office
Nove
Ottawa
Senate
Canada
House of Commons
Fascist council approves seven point program for population growth
Under Premier Musolini, the Larger Families council outlined measures to boost Italy’s birthrate. The plan prioritizes fathers of large families, increases family based salaries, and provides loans for marriage plus dowry aid, with a push to revise laws and abrogate provincial boundaries to reduce public institutes for aging areas.
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Musolisi
Italy
Big Families Association
Caribou Survival Efforts Target Minnesota Import Hope
United States caribou survival hinges on federal action and resettlement for Great Lakes states. Wildlife expert Cox, after 30 years studying the species, notes only four United States caribou remain from a once vast northwest Minnesota herd. He reports Canada offering ten caribou and that import to Minnesota may occur this spring.
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St. Louis
United States
Great Lakes
Cox
Minnesota
Defence Problem Big Issue Before Imperial Parley
London describes the looming imperial conference to be held in Downing Street after the coronation where defence will top the agenda. The 1923 1926 resolutions guide empire defence, urging self sufficiency for local defence, safeguarded sea lanes, naval bases, minimum naval strength, and coordinated air force development across the empire with shared standards and possible common manuals.
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London
Downing Street
Dominions
Canada
W. L. Mackenzie King
King
Conferre
Conference
Great Britain
India
Alberta foresees extension of cooperative marketing facilities
In the Alberta legislature Hon. W. N. Chant, minister of agriculture, foreshadowed extending cooperative marketing facilities. He promised increased attention to marketing problems to help farmers gain a larger share of the consumer dollar. Chant cited the prairie plight as a national issue and noted Alberta’s cooperation with the Dominion in rehabilitation, especially water conservation, as a permanent solution.
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Edmonton
Alberta
W. N. Chant
Chant
Prairies
Canada
Dominion
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Navy
Lord Ancaster
Saskatchewan
Pion
Claude, Ellis
Regina
Ellis
Bryent
Saskatoon
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