Federal House Powers Debate At Ottawa Commons
In Ottawa the House of Commons heard Hon Norman Rogers urge ending intergovernmental bickering over constitutional responsibilities. He argued for flexible amendment and better transfer of taxing powers while preserving unity, noting dual financial responsibility harms social programs and proposing reassessment after the Rowell commission.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Norman Rogers
Ita National
Oscar Boulanger
Lib Bellechasse
Boulanger
Canada
Rogers
Poulanger
Rowell Commission
Britain US May Seek Arbitration Over Canton Enderbury Isles
London officials say Britain will offer sovereignty terms on the South Sea Canton and Enderbury islands and press for arbitration if Washington rejects. Chamberlain affirms British rights to the Phoenix group while proposing a joint aviation facility plan to resolve the dispute and maintain sovereignty. Sir Ronald Lindsay is instructed to inform the United States that recent actions do not alter the legal situation.
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London
Chamberlains
House of Commons
Great Britain
United States
South Sea
Canton
Enderbury
Britain
Chamberlain
Phoenix Group of Islands
Red States
Canton and
Sir Ronald Lindsay
Washington
United Kingdom
Anton Island
Sir Ronald
Phoenix Group
Vancouver Emerges As Pacific Strategic Commercial Capital
Pierre Auge acting consul general told a service club that Vancouver is a pivotal Pacific commercial center amid Far East developments. He cited rapid growth of the Canadian port and its status as a Pacific commercial capital, noting his past service at the French consulate in Vancouver.
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Shanghai
Vancouver
Pierre Auge
Pacific
Vast Park Plan Proposed by Quetico Watershed Report
President Roosevelt said at his press conference he forwarded to the State Department a report from the Quetico superior committee recommending a vast wilderness park in Minnesota and Ontario. The report calls for federal land acquisition in the United States and a treaty with Canada for the Canadian side of a 10 000 000 acre park spanning Rainy Lake and Pigeon River watersheds. It estimates 1 250 000 dollars would be needed to purchase the land.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United State State Department
Quetico Superior Committee
Minnesota
Ontario
United States
Canada
Rainy Lake
Pigeoniver
Austrian Crisis Deepens as Heimwehr Mobilized
Major Emil Fey, ex-Heimwehr leader, urged the historic militia to defend Austrian independence. He claimed he could mobilize 8,000 armed men in two divisions and place the reorganized Heimwehr at the Chancellor’s disposal during the Nazi threat to seize political control.
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Austria
Emil Fey
Heimwehr
Fey
Heould
Honor Bragg Receives Institute Medal in London
Sir William Bragg, eminent scientist, is awarded the Institute of Metals medal for outstanding services to the metal industry in science and technical work. W R Barclay lauded Bragg’s X ray analysis of matter as influential beyond applied science boundaries.
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William Bragg
London
Institute of Metals
W. R. Barclay
Institute
Sir Willams
of Applied Scie
British Cabinet Changes Free Viscount Halifax Of Duties
Prime Minister Chamberlain ordered a minor cabinet reorganization to free Viscount Halifax for foreign affairs. Lord Maugham entered the cabinet as lord chancellor and speaker of the Lords, succeeding Viscount Hailsham as lord president. The Lords representation rose from six to seven as Eden’s resignation prompted Halifax’s move.
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Viscount Halifax
London
Chamberlain
Lord Maugham
Lord
For Appeal
House of Lords
Viscount Hailsham
Lord Halifax
Forl Stanhope
Board of Education
Anthony Eden
Composite Planes in First Off Test At Medway River
Spectators and engineers hailed Britain s two piece plane a success in its initial off test over the Medway river. Test pilot JL Parker reported four cockpit lights showing secure lock and status while Mercury s pilot H L Piper coordinated by telephone as Maia split from Mercury at about 800 feet and 110 mph with Mercury soaring and Maia dropping under opposite banked turns.
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Rochester Bmg
Ps of
Parker
Mercury
H. L. Piper
Maia
Planes For Survey Work Five Being Sent For Federal Operations
The Royal Canadian Air Force will deploy five planes for survey work in the western regions. Ten planes are allocated to photographic duties for government departments. The four-part plan includes trouth Saskatchewan and Alberta after snow melt, continued detachment surveys until Great Slave Lake ice breaks, then floatplane operations to Yellowknife, and eventual return to the prairies via Lake Athabasca to map a new mining area.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Air Force
National Defence Department
Trouth
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Great Slave Lake
Yellowknife
Peer Leaves Labor Party in London Resignation
Lord Sanderson, a peer, resigns from the Labour Party claiming a Labour government would threaten peace. His move follows a week after Lord Arnold, paymaster general in the Labour government, also left the party.
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London
Lord Sanderson
Labor
Lord Arnold
Speaking Tour Suggests Canada Flag Design
Grey Owl, the Indian naturalist touring Canada, proposed a national flag featuring two sevens on the left and nine maple leaves on the right to symbolize the provinces, stating it would be a fitting Dominion flag.
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Ottawa
Grey Owl
Canada
Consent Not Necessary in Anglo Italian Talks
In the House of Commons Arthur Jenkins pressed that Premier Chamberlain refrain from supplying telegrams and exchanges with Dominion governments on Anglo-Italian negotiations. Jenkins claimed Chamberlain indicated Dominion consent was unnecessary until active obligations arose in Rome talks.
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London
Chamberisin
House of Commons
Arthur Jenkins
House
Chamberlain
Rome
British Labor Party denounces Moscow trials and urges release
The Independent Labor party in Britain condemns the Moscow trials as barbarous injustice. A TLP statement to the Soviet ambassador argues the confession methods are false, calls for end to executions, and urges freeing political prisoners to restore the USSR’s place as a force for workers’ unity.
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London
Independent Labor
Upomment
Ivan Maisky
Moscow
Lenin
Britain
U.ss.r
Chamberlains
Halifaxes
Soviet Union
Ussr
Governors to be Questioned Over CBC Activities
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation governors will face a House of Commons select committee inquiry. Arthur L. Beaubien chaired the organization meeting, with the annual CBC session set for March 21 22. Committee members may submit written questions to the chairman for officials to answer.
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CBC
Ottawa
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
House of Commons
Arthur L. Beaubien
Lib
Provencher
Gladstone Murray
Unify Efforts Reorganization Of Canadia Offices In Britain
Hon W D Euler trade minister announced unification and centralization of Canadian exhibition publicity and film activities in the United Kingdom to improve efficiency of promoting Canadian goods. An unidentified Indian fisherman faced a scare as killer whales bumped his small boat, forcing shoreward escape while one whale grounded briefly.
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Britain
Ottawa
W. D. Euler
United Kingdom
Canada
Victoria
Jan
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