Wheat board to pay 70 cents a bushel advance
Ottawa reports amendments to the Canadian Wheat Board Act set an advance of 70 cents per bushel for wheat sold to the Wheat Board. The bill tightens purchase limits to 5,000 bushels per producer per crop year and imposes penalties for overages. It also expands Board operations to the eastern division and outlines emergency year bonuses and crop failure aid with new acreage-based payments.
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Ottawa
Wheat Board
Canadian Wheat Board
Wheat Board Act
W D. Euler
Manitoba Northern
Fort William
Euler
Mr Gardiner
Gardiner
Dill
Peace River
British Columbia
Alberta
Mr. Euler
Eden urges broad peace pact with France and Russia
Anthony Eden tells Leamington constituents Britain should seek a wide peace agreement with France and Russia. He supports Chamberlain policy, urges Churchill inclusion in the cabinet, and cites his new preface in Foreign Affairs warning of no middle course between order and chaos.
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France
Russia
Leamington
Eng
Anthony Eden
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Great Britain
New York
Plans Western Trip Lord Tweedsmuir To Visit Peace River District
Ottawa reports Canada's governor general Lord Tweedsmuir will spend a few days fishing in the Maritimes this summer. He and Lady Tweedsmuir will travel in June to a small Nova Scotia fishing camp as guests of friends before heading to Halifax to bid Their Majesties farewell on June 1.
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Lord Tweedsmuir
Peace River District
Ottawa
Canada
Maritimes
Lady Tweedsmuir
Nova Scotia
Halifax
British Exiles Ordered From Germany in Retaliation
The British government orders six Germans to leave the United Kingdom by May 24 in reprisal for expulsion of Dr. Rosel and other Germans. The group includes W L Dickson, H Tink, R P Smith, H Large, and Parnell, and follows London reports of the Tweedsmuirs and Hon John Buchan voyage plans.
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Hugh Carleton Green
London
Das Telegraph
Germany
Great Britain
R .G. Rosel
National Zeitung
Essen
United Kingdom
The
Reich
Mr. Green
W.L. Dickson
Europe Ready for Peace Says Rome Official
Romania's Grigore Gafencu reports conversations with Mussolini Ciano and officials in London Paris Berlin and Warsaw show four of five capitals agreeing war would ruin all. He notes each country envisions a different peace, but common aim is to solve Europe’s problems peacefully.
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Europe
Rome
Roumania
Grigore Gafencu
Mussolini
Count Ciano
London
Paris
Berlin
Warsaw
Agreafencu
Tam
Unwritten Rule Bans King’s Name Quote in Commons
In the House of Commons speaker Casgrain barred Joseph Needham from quoting from A Prince of Captivity to argue for government control of currency. Needham claimed the quotation came from John Buchan, but was ruled out of order. The standing rule prohibits speaking disrespectfully of His Majesty or the royal family. Denmark has the mast highly organized agricultural industry in the wond.
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House of Commons
Ottawa
House of
PE. Cosgrain
Joseph Needham
Battlefords
Lord Tweedsmuir
Needham
John Buchan
Casgrain
The
Commons
Government of
Canada
Prince of Wales Battleship Launched in Birkenhead
Britain launches the second 35,900 ton battleship under the rearmament drive named the Prince of Wales. Princess Royal christens the vessel as it slides into the River Mersey and briefly breaks an anchor before settling safely in mid river.
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Birkenhead
Eng
Great Britain
Prince of Wales
Princess Royal
Mersey
Wil Boons Land in Hay Scheme To Bring 250000 Acres
London reports Sir Reginald Dorman Smith announces a bonus scheme to bring 250000 acres of pasture into production. A subsidy of about 935 dollars per acre will be paid for grassland ploughed in 1928. Plans aim to enroll workers for wartime labor and to train, with fertilizers and machinery reserves organized for war time.
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London
Reginald Dorman Smith
Reginald
Ontario Offers Rewards for Crime Suppression
Attorney-General Gordon Conant announced a government program in Toronto to provide cash rewards, honor medals and scrolls for citizens who aid in the apprehension or pursuit of criminals. He spoke at a conference of police chiefs and commissions from Toronto and surrounding areas, saying he was troubled by a spike in serious crimes in the province.
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Ontario
Toronto
Gordon Conant
Crimnals
Chiefs of Police
Police Commissions
Conant
Poland Surviving as Nation Seen by Italy and Germany
Rome and Berlin indicate Poland should remain a nation and seek amicable settlement of the German Polish dispute. Italian fascist quarters comment on Lake Como discussions between Von Ribbentrop and Count Ciano. Italy would avoid war over Danzig but would join Germany if Britain and France guarantee Poland.
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Poland
Rome
Italy
Lake Como
von Ribbentrop
Germany
Count Ciano
Danzig
Great Britain
France
Vancouver lantern parade marks Chinese community fest
Vancouver plans a lantern parade on May 28 featuring 300 Chinese students in native costumes to celebrate the King and Queen arriving the following day. Festivities run from dawn to dusk with a colorful display and cultural events.
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Vancouver
English Squire’s Daughter Plans Continental Ride Across Canada
Afiss Mary Bosan quet daughter of an English squire returns from a Douglas Lake cattle ranch and announces she has bought the horse for a horseback traverse of Canada.
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Kamloops BC
Mary Bosanquet
Canada
Douglas Lake
Britain weighs security pact amid Soviet shifts
London reacts to Litvinov's removal in Moscow as Britain seeks a Russia France alliance and guarantees for Poland and Romania. Tass reports Litvinov’s replacement while Chamberlain signals openness to nonaggression guarantees and possible inclusion of Germany and Italy if they renounce aggression.
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Maxim Lityn
Russia
Moscow
Britain
Poland
Romania
London
Litvin
Chamberlain
Germany
Tass
Soviet Union
Molotoff
Council of the People's Commissars
Presidium
Supreme Soviet
Litvinoft
France
Foreign Office
Roumania
France imposes strict control on Japan trade in Paris
The Import Control System in Paris restricts Japan's export trade to France and possessions with a special certificate required for Japanese merchandise. The May decree, issued after Daladier's government vote, permits goods shipped before May 10 to enter France under existing rules. The measure replaces prior port controls as a commercial regulation.
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Paris
Japan
France
Daladier
Washington to Present Key to City to King George and Queen Elizabeth
City Commissioner Melvin Hazen breaks precedent by planning to present a key to Washington to King George and Queen Elizabeth during their capital visit. Hazen notes the long-standing practice limited keys for distinguished visitors and cites previous hesitation.
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Washington
Melvin Hazen
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Hazen
Belgium Expels German Editor After Brussels Demonstration
Belgium orders the expulsion of Herr Ehlert, a German newspaperman and chief editor of the Deutsche Belgisch Rundsauna, following an incident at a demonstration organized by the German Labor front 205.
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Belgum
Herr Ehlert
Westdeutscher
Deutsche Belgisch Rundsenau
Review
Labor Front
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