British Columbia Opposes Dominion Powers Over Treaties
Premier Pattullo told the Rowell commission BC rejects Dominion control of treaties in local or private matters. He says Canada should act jointly with provinces only where issues are provincial and cautions against expanding Dominion power via federal measures and labor conventions.
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Vitoria
Columban
Lunt Aiken
Privy Council
Canada
T. D. Postullo
Rowell Commission
Dominion
BNA
Pattullo
British Columbia
Provet
Camp near Calgary to host large training this summer
Sarcee camp on the borders of the Sarcee Indian reserve five miles west of Calgary will be the scene of large scale military exercises this summer. Nearly 2000 infantry and cavalry troops will train there for war and defence, compared with about 730 last year, it was learned at military district 13 headquarters.
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Calgary
Military District 13
Broadcasting race commentary shifts in Near East reach
The British Broadcasting Corporation deepened counter propaganda by hiring an Arabian horse expert to provide a running account of the Grand National steeplechase at Aintree, aiming to broaden listening audiences in the Near East.
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Londo
British Broadcasting Corporation
Near East
Aintree
Regina editor and politician Scott dies at 70
Regina editor and publisher Regina was elected to the federal house as Liberal for Assiniboia West at age 33. He led the Liberal party to victory in Saskatchewan's first provincial election in 1905, served as premier until 1916, and later held public works and education portfolios before retiring to Victoria. He traveled widely after leaving politics and never returned to public life.
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Regina Laskier
Walter
Gina
Guelph
Lib
Assiniboia West
Assiniboia
Saskatchewan
Regina
Federal House
Scott
Alberta
Liberal Party
Frederck Haultain
Northwest Terriories Land
Canada
Victoria
B.C
Ottawa
Northwest Territories
Prairie
Denials Over Panicky Feelings In Austria Vienna
Authoritative offices issued long denials denying foreign reports of panicky feeling among Austrians since the Nazi entry. They cited March 12 to March 22 personal crisis reports totaling 96 in Vienna with 50 linked to political change. The Gestapo arrested 64-year-old Archduke Josef Ferdinand at Mondsee for humiliating utterances, drawing public indignation.
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Austria
Vienna
Germany
Gestapo
Mondsee
Archduke Josef Ferdinand
Granduke
Ferdinand
Tuscana
German Parties Rally in Czechoslovakia Amid Realignment
A new political shift in Czechoslovakia sees German parties, long outside the Nazi orbit, joining Konrad Henlein’s Sudeten German group as cabinet resignations hint at a Czech Slovak led transition. Erwin Zajicek of the German Christian Socialist party is expected to join the Henlein camp, possibly while maintaining a separate existence.
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Czechoslovakia
Praha
Konrad Henlein
Erwin Zajicck
German Christian Socialist Party
Henlein
Zajicek
German Socialist Party
Ambitious Coin Discovery At Home In England
A 1799 American cent valued up to 400 dollars was found by the young son of J Bidwell Houger in his home. Joseph P. Kennedy, newly minted U S envoy to the Court of St James, left Buckingham Palace with Sir Sidney Clive after presenting credentials to King George.
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County
Asia
J Bidwell Houger
Arti Jsue
Joseph P. Kennedy
United NS
Comrey
Court of St. James
Buckingham Palace
Sey
Medicine Hat
Sidney Clive
RCMP promotes three to executive posts in Ottawa
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police announced promotions of three senior officers to executive posts from the chief commissioner’s office. Assistant Commissioner Denis Ryan becomes acting deputy commissioner, Charles H. King moves to director of the criminal investigation department, and Thomas Dann is named director of police training. Cadiz will take Dann’s Winnipeg post, while Hill succeeds Cadiz in Vancouver.
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Ottawa
Royal Canada Mounted Police
Denis Ryan
Regina
Charles H. King
Criminal Investigation Department
Thomas Dann
Winnipeg
R. L. Cadiz
Vancouver
Dann
C. H. Hill
Cadiz
Italy Presses for Early Anglo Italian Accord
The Daily Mail says Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano may visit London to sign the Anglo Italian agreement now negotiated. The New Chronicle notes Italy is more eager than Britain to conclude the accord, and Mussolini aims to have it completed before Hitler’s May 9 Rome visit.
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Port
Italy
London
The
Daily Mail
Indpendent
Galeazzo Ciano
Tome
Britain
New Chronicle
Libral
Mussolini
Hitler
Rome
Agreed Freight Rates in Canada Move to Regulate Railways
Hon. C. D. Howe announces a bill to establish a transportation commission with powers over railways inland shipping and air traffic. The bill, sent to the railway committee, proposes agreed rates as a new feature for North American transport. Safeguards prevent discrimination between large and small shippers. agreed charges require approval by the Secretary of Transport.
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Ottawa
C.D. Howe
House Railway Committee
Ameri
Mexico Marks Expropriation as Oil Industry Becomes Nationalized
In Mexico City thousands of workers lawmakers and businessmen joined a Jubilee march led by the CMLT praising President Lazaro Cardenas for seizing the oil properties of 17 British and US firms valued at about 40 million dollars. Observers estimated up to 200000 participated in the Independence Square demonstration. The rally framed the move as economic liberation.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Lazaro Cardenas
Independence Square
Confederation of Mexico Workers
CMLT
United States
Mexic
Arms Race to Arm Spain in Civil War Involves Europe
London sources say a two way race to supply arms to warring Spain is under way with Italy and Germany aiding the insurgents and France aiding the Spanish government. Estimates put Franco’s air power large but disputed, and fears grow of foreign planes used against France if war widens.
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London
Spain
Italy
Germa
France
Gisaid
Spac
Mier Blum
Prince Chamberlain
Freco
Italis
Rome
Tin Spur
Fasc
Rever Red
Mystery Plane Disappearance Tied to North Sea Wreckage
Air Ministry says wreckage found near Karma island Norway identifies a Vickers Welles bomber linked to the February 2 disappearance of a plane off the British Isles during a test for a long distance non stop flight. Crew listed as Flight Lieutenant F Gardner Flying Officer G J D Thomson and Sergeant George Hite.
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London
Air Ministry
Vickers-Welles
North Sea
Karma
Norway
Australia
Darwin
Egypt
Sts
Moscow
Jacinto
Cal
Visit to Gor Potters Harnagsin Fraternal Delegation
The article states an upcoming wartime delegation plan to visit Germany to fraternize with German veterans. It asserts no change in plans despite the Hitler coup in Austria and emphasizes cementing hot relations between the Allied country and Germany.
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Potters Harnagsin
Germany
Austia
Germar
US seeks damages over Panay bombing claims and deaths
The United States demanded compensation from Japan for the Panay bombing incident of December 12, 1987, citing three deaths and injuries as well as losses to American shipping. The demand seeks a payment amounting to 2,214,007.36 dollars.
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Washington
Psment
United State
James
Japan
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