Larger Market in Britain Aim of Poultrymen
Ottawa report from a meeting of the associate committee on market poultry outlines a program for improved poultry production in Canada to enlarge export output for the British market. Delegates from provincial institutions and trade discussed over 40 papers and a plan to avoid duplication, with emphasis on expanding production for Great Britain which imports 60 to 70 million pounds annually while Canada currently sells three to four million pounds.
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Ottawa
Associate Committee On Market Poultry
Canada
Department of Agriculture
National Research Council
Great Britain
Canada air mail and freight traffic nearly doubles in 1935
Canada’s airways nearly doubled freight and mail traffic in 1935, placing mail tonnage second only to the United States. Freight and express matter carried by air reached 26,439,224 pounds versus 14,441,179 in 1934 and 4,205,901 in 1933. Avation firms carried 17,472 passengers, up from 105,306 in 1934 and 85,006 in 1933. Fatalities: four pilots in 1935, same as 1934. injuries rose modestly. total accidents 15, up one from 1934 but down four from 1933.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
Defence
MacKenzie
Avation
War Just Started Selassie Says Ethiopia Not Beaten
Emperor Haile Selassie declares the war only beginning and warns Ethiopians against trusting Italian reports on victories or casualties. He left Dessye on February 21 for a northern front sector as Italy claims decisive gains. In Paris, Foreign Minister Flandin urges Mussolini to accept League negotiations to avoid jeopardizing France’s European position. Seven thousand English widows surrendered pensions on remarriage in 1934.
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Uiopia
Selassie
Paris
Pierre- Etienne Flandin
Mussolini
League of Nations
Flandin
Rome
Duce
Seource
France
Italy
Geneva
Europe
New Road From Edmonton to Aklavik Surfaces Considered
The Calgary Herald reports United States capitalists back a potential hard surfaced highway from Edmonton to Aklavik linking with Siberia and Alaska. The project would cost about 500 million dollars with tolls funding the route and a Siberia tunnel concept. Minister Fallon said he is confident interest exists and the highway may be built.
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Calgary
Calgary Herald
Edmonton
Aklavik
North
Alaska
Asia
United States
New York
Los Angeles
Herald
Siberia
Faemonton
W. A. Fallon
Publi Works
Fallow
Prize List Issued for Saskatchewan Winter Fair in Regina
Five thousand dollars in prize money is offered at the Saskatchewan Winter Fair to be held in Regina March 24 to 27. Three thousand for horses and the balance for cattle. Cattle entries closed with a deadline of March 14 to allow tuberculosis testing. The beef cattle exhibits may enter the Fat Cattle Auction Sale on March 25 afternoon. Reduced passenger rates announced by railway companies for March 23 to 30.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Dominion Health of Animals
China Announces Nationwide Conscription Policy
Reuters dispatch from Nanking reports the central government orders universal conscription with two years of military training for men aged 18 to 45. In London circles the move is seen as a bold response to Japanese policy in north China.
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London
Reuters
Nanking
China
North
Chi
Kansas Hopes For Crop Believed Dead Revives
In Garden City Kansas greening wheat fields in the dust bowl southwest are reviving farmer hopes for a 1936 wheat crop. Officials report 75 percent of winter wheat survived the cold, with about 50 percent in good condition after early spring rains.
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Garden City
Kax
Kansas
Tom Armstrong
Police Officers Dismissed Nine Toronto Men Lose Posts
The Toronto police commission carried out recommendations of the royal commission which probed Toronto police affairs for dismissal of nine police officers. Judgment on 15 others accused of robbery was reserved pending receipt of a report by Chief D C Draper. The commission will decide whether the 15 suspended since December shall be restored to the force.
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Toronto
Force
Toronto Police Commission
Royal Commission
D. C. Draper
Ottawa to introduce wheat payment equalizing bill soon
Prime Minister Mackenzie told the House of Commons that legislation to provide for equalizing payments to farmers for 1980 poor wheat will be introduced in parliament within a fortnight.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie
House of Commons
Emperor appoints Foreign Minister to form new cabinet
Emperor Hirohito selected Foreign Minister Koki Hirota to head a cabinet replacing Premier Keisuke Okada after a military rebellion. Prince Konoye had been offered the post but declined due to ill health. A special tribunal was set to try treason as the emergency liquidation progressed.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
Koki Hita
Keisuke Okada
Konoye
Saionji
Westminster Abbey to Install New Organ for King Edward VIII Coronation
A new sivong organ will replace the 20 year old instrument at Westminster Abbey. It has played at many historic ceremonies and will be installed for the coronation of King Edward VIII, expected to take place next year.
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Lendon
Westminster Abbey
Edward VIII
Taschereau outlines draft bill for constitutional amendment
Montreal Premier L A Taschereau announced a draft bill to amend the British North America Act by Canadian authority. After Ottawa talks, he said the plan would be presented to the Quebec legislature when the session opens March 24, with legislatures returning feedback before Ottawa proceeds. He added Britain would likely not object if a general Canadian will supports change.
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Montreal
L. A. Taschereau
Ottawa
Quebec
Britain
Australia Defence Plan Signals Higher War Spending
Prime Minister J. A. Lyons outlined Australia's defence budget would rise after the British white paper on expanding Britain’s defences. He told a deputation in Melbourne that tax cuts could not be promised until defence decisions are settled. Officials foresee Commonwealth expenditure likely to surpass £7,000,000. Dr Lyons noted the white paper.
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Melbourne
Australia
J. A. Lyons
Britain
Commonwealth
Dr. Lyons
Western tour plans eyed as Tweedsmuir heads west
Ottawa reports that Lord Tweedsmuir the governor general of Canada will undertake his first western tour this summer. The vice regal party will leave Ottawa late July or early August and spend most time in pioneer districts. Visits to large centers will be minimal.
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Ste
Ottawa
Ont
Lord Tweedsmuir
Canada
Western
Pioneer
Redistribution of Ridings Suggested in Commons
Ottawa reports a proposal to remove electoral redistricting from party control and place it under a neutral judge. The plan envisions a jointly trusted official, possibly Col John Thompson, to conduct redistributions under the BNA Act after the 1941 census, with no forceable changes without broad party consent.
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Ottawa
Commons
Ernest Lapointe
Special Committee On
John Thompson
Col.Thompson
Committee
British Columbia to introduce revised medical care bill
The plan covers about 125000 employees and 300000 persons, with mandatory benefits including physician care, free hospital service, lab diagnostics, medicines, and a $20 maternity cash benefit. The average wage earner cost would be 40 cents weekly, with permissive benefits if funds permit, and the bill insures the family unit including dependent spouses and children.
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British Columbia
G. M. Weir
Conference In Saskatoon Invites Western Game Commissioners
Arrangements are made for a western Canada wildlife conference in Saskatoon on March 23. The inter-provincial council representing Saskatchewan Manitoba and Alberta will meet. Saskatchewan invites Alberta Manitoba and British Columbia game commissioners to attend. Delegations include E B Pitblado KC W J Hill Col Poussette and B W Cartwright from Manitoba and Wyman Fraser L Wize and Arthur Burns from Alberta.
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Western Provinces
Saskatoon
Western Canada Wildlife
Inter-Provincial Council
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan Game Commissioner
British Columbia
E. B. Pitblado
W. J. Hill
Col. Poussette
B. W. Cartwright
Wyman
Alberta Fish and Game Association
Norman Fraser
L. Wize
Arthur Burns
More Sabotage Hints Weaken British Fleet
The admiralty reports two new suspected sabotage cases aboard the battle cruiser Repulse and the submarine H-28. The Repulse is being prepared at Portsmouth to join the Mediterranean fleet, while the H-28 is attached to the sixth flotilla at Portland.
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London
Admrany
Repulse
Portsmouth
Sixth Flotilla
Portland
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Justice Archambault
Quebec Supreme Court
King George
England
George V
Edward VII
Duke of York
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