Britain Soviet Talks See No Conflicts for Europe Security
Moscow reports a joint communique quotes Eden Stalin and Litvinoff backing a European security system based on the London peace plan. Germany and Poland may join the security pact while Russia and Britain deem no current conflict of interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
John Lloyd
A.P
Anthony Eden
Joseph Stalin
Maxim Litvinoff
London
Eden
Warsaw
Germany
Reich
France
Belgium
Russia
Great Britain
Wells Sees American Revolution Not Communist or Fascist
H G Wells, en route across the Atlantic, predicts a coming revolution in the United States but argues it will be wholly American not Communist or Fascist. He says Father Charles E Coughlin of Detroit is preaching a proletarian revolution.
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New York
C.P
H. G. Wells
Atlantic
United States
Wells
Charles E. Coughlin
Detroit
Anti Semitic Crusade Moves Against Romania
In Bucharest on March 31, eleven former Romanian cabinet ministers issued a violent anti Semitic manifesto urging racial correction measures across trade industry government offices and professions. The document follows clashes between Jewish students and ultra nationalist undergraduates who raided a Jewish ball vandalized property and assaulted dancers. The proposed policies echo the Nazi Aryan program and aim to restrict Jewish and minority citizenship and employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucharest
Rumania
A.P
Germany
Relief Camp Workers Deny Plot Charges in Commons
Vancouver April 1. A relief camp workers union committee denies charges of plots to destroy camps made by Hon. Grote Stirling, minister of national defence, in the House of Commons. The statement hints the men will walk out April 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
C. P
Grote Stirling
National Defence
House of Commons
Relief Camp Workers Union
France to Spend 89 Million on Air Force Reorganization
Paris reports the chamber of deputies approved plans to reorganize the French air force making it independent of the army. The measure aims to build parity with Germany and is estimated to cost about 499 million francs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Paris
C.P
Chamber of Deputies
Aisi
Victor Denain
Germany
Airorce
Adriatic Storm Kills 50 Off Italian Coast
A fierce Adriatic storm leaves 50 dead and 20 fishing boats plus 50 crewmen missing. Wreckage blankets the coast as search efforts continue in its aftermath. Probs: Fair and cold. Temp: 188.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
C.P
Adriatic
Germany Moves Toward Pre War Army Strength in 1935
Berlin and London dispatches report Germany plans to revive a pre war army structure with 500 000 under arms and 9 000 000 potential conscripts from 1901 to 1915 classes. The 580 000 1916 class begins medical exams today, with others enrolled in batches. The brownshirt storm troops remain but lose military status while the new national defence council forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Reich
National Council For Defence
Erich Ludendorf
Hans-von Seecckt
China
Berlin
Germaany
Stahlhelm
Rioters Arrested In Relief Camps At Dartmouth
Royal Canadian Mounted Police detained 20 unemployed men at the Eastern Passage relief camp in Dartmouth after a riot. They faced rioting charges while denying links to any plot against relief camps. Officials noted food shortages as the grievance and cited a minor prune theft fine.
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Dartsmouth
N.S
Anvil J
C.P
Royal Canadian Mourfted
Eastern Passage
Bourassa Calls for Peace Pact in Commons
In Ottawa on April 1 Henri Bourassa Independent Labelle urged the House of Commons to reaffirm Canada's adherence to the Paris peace pact. He asked the government to pursue peace through the League of Nations or other means, citing the danger to world peace from the European situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Europe
House of Commons
Henri Bourassa
Labelle
Bourassa
Canada
Paris
League of Nations
Auto Collision at Central Intersection Causes Minor Injuries
A late Saturday night crash at Third St and Fourth Ave involved a car driven by G Henchel colliding with one driven by W Wilson. Wilsons five passengers escaped injury: D Mair L Cray V Marshall E Goff and W Wilson.
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G. Henchel
W. Wilson
Third St
Fourth Ave
Wilson
D. Mair
L. Cray
V. Marshall
E. Goff
Japanese View on Maintaining Universal Peace
A Tokyo government spokesman stated Japan is ready to discuss demilitarization of the Far East with the Soviet Union. He added Japan cannot consider an alliance with Germany and urged European powers to preserve peace in Europe, the Americas, and Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
C.P
Japan
Germany
Europe
America
Americas
Asia
Mrs Kootenai Brown Dies in Alberta Burial Plea Stated
Mrs Kootenai Brown a full blood Cree, wife of the famed John George Kootenai Brown and first superintendent of Waterton National Park, died at Twin Butte near Pineher Creek. She requested burial with full Indian rites before her death.
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Lethbridge
C. P
Kootenai Brown
John George “Kootenai Brown
Waterton National Park
Twin Butte
Pineher Creek
Old Age Pension Act Applies to Blind People
Ottawa report states the Industrial and International Relations Committee recommends extending the Old Age Pension Act to blind Canadians aged 40 to 70. If adopted, except Quebec and New Brunswick, blind people over 40 would receive a $5 weekly pension with the Dominion paying 75 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada
House of Commons
Industrial and International Relations Committee
House
Quebec
New Brunswick
Dominion
Bow Island Teacher Shot by Former Pupil
Vice Principal T Turner of Bow Island schools was wounded in the leg by a .22 rifle fired by Dick Ferne, 19, a former pupil expelled weeks earlier. Ferne was arrested by the RCMP and later committed to Ponoka mental hospital after a local magistrate found him sub normal. Turner, a well known speaker at Social Credit meetings, is in satisfactory condition at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Turner
Bow Island
Dick Ferne
Turner
Ferne
Fuller
Social Credit
Alberta robberies raise alarms as safe, store loot noted
Calgary reports two daylight robberies with a Western Steel Products safe looted for 300 and a Johnston Drug Company store heist of 152 plus, both tied by police to earlier hold up attempts. A bandit used a long revolver to threaten manager J. T. Clarke and escape with 875.75 and 76.42 respectively. A note bearing a crossed hammer and sickle claimed revolutionary motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
C.P
Western Steel Products Ltd
Johnston Drug Company
Sixteenth Avenue Northwest
J. T. Clarke
Robert Williams
Twelfth Avenue Northwest
Buchan Poised for Peerage as Governor General Prediction
London reports on John Buchan possibly receiving a noble title after being named Governor General of Canada. Newspapers expect either Lord Bedesmuir or Lord Tweedmuir, though Buchan says peerage grants are at the king's discretion and no title has been decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
C.P
John Buchan
Canada
Buchan
Sunday Express
Weekly Dispatch
the Express
Lord Bedesmuir
Dispatch
Lord Tweedmuir
the Observer
Canada considers expanded public works plan for rail and housing
Ottawa cabinet discusses a broader public works bill extending last year’s act to finance rail equipment, housing related actions, and other industrial aid to boost employment. Prime Minister Bennett improves, and the government may adjourn after Easter.
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Ottawa
Canada
Cabinet Council
The
Commons Committee On Housing
R. B. Bennett
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific
Algoma
Sydney
Plan Deadlier Airplanes Clash Over Eastern Locarno Pact
A British expert warns that a future war would unleash advanced aircraft that would outclass current air forces within days or weeks. He cites designer plans for armored planes and stratosphere craft as reasons for Germany's opposition to an eastern Locarno agreement.
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Moscow
C.P
Associated Press
Germany
What's Doing at Edmnton By Hector Lang M L A
Edmonton March 29 The Electors Medicine Redcliff and Dunmore report the Legislature last two weeks budget debate ended 37 to 20. Committee of supply approved 14an 1936 estimates: 50 350 for new public school readers 1 000 000 highway work and a 10 000 000 five year program. Fort McMurray sands urged. Provincial university 399 650 Mothers' allowances 255 315 an increase of 13 500. Continued on page five.
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Edmonton
Medicine
Redcliff
Dunmore
Vincial
Dominion
United States
Athabasca
Fort McMurray
Big Fish and Game smoker and roast antelope supper
Last call for a smoker and roast antelope supper at the Corona hotel hall tonight at 8. Features moving pictures of wildlife and a musical program with free snacks and beer. Admission 75 cents. A pest fund competition draw will be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corona Hotel
Pest Fund
Huey Heads to Lead Democrats or Third Party in 1936
Huey Long said Roosevelt could run as a third party candidate in 1936. He suggested he might not form a new party and blamed the current government as a failing “St. Vitus Dance party” run by the “Blue Buzzard.” Long offered sharp critique while noting possible shifts in leadership.
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Washington
D.P
Huey Long
Roosevelt
Louisiana
Kingfish
St. Vitus
German Forces Concentrate Along Memel Frontier
Warsaw dispatch quotes Iutrowany Codzenny saying German regiments concentrate along Memel border. It reports a Reichswehr division and large formations of storm troopers and Schutzstaffel occupying the region with fortifications actively under construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Warsaw
Iutrowany Codzenny
Memel
Reichswehr
Schutzstaffel
Aberhart Decides Not to Run in Alberta Election
William Aberhart founder of the Alberta Social Credit league says he will not run as a candidate in the June Alberta general elections and has no intention of seeking the premiership. He plans a southern convention to set a platform and discuss entering provincial politics as a new party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
C.P
William Aberhart
Alberta Social Credit League
Alberta
League
Aberhart
C. H. Douglas
United Farmers of Alberta
Edmonton
Alberta Motor Association holds public meeting address on the Motor Age
A.M.A. president A. M. Mackay will speak on The Motor Age at a public meeting in the L.O.C.F. hall next Friday at 8 p.m. Major Selby Walker of the Parks Association will screen moving pictures of Rocky Mountain views rarely seen by visitors to Canada’s scenic playground. The event is under the Alberta Motor Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Mackay
Alberta Motor Association
C.F. Hall
Selby ‘Walker
Parks Association
Rocky ‘Mountains
Canada
Rust Resistant Wheats Are Subject of Research
Ottawa March 31. Progress in rust resistant wheats to be reviewed at Winnipeg by the Associate Committees on grain research and field crop diseases. The two committees meet Tuesday and Thursday for tests on resistant varieties. Dr H M Tory of the National Research Council will participate. Dr E Gussow will inspect department of agriculture laboratories in the west. Dr Anderson plans U S visits on barley studies with European work recently completed. Dr G A Ledingham will go to British Columbia to join Trail smelter injury studies, joined later by A W McCallum. Dr M Katz has been in British Columbia on the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
C.P
Winnipeg
H. M. Tory
National Research Council
Ceed
Department of Agriculture
Anderson
United States
Europe
G. A. Ledingham
British Columbia
Trail
Ledingham
Pope Says War Is Impossible and Prays for Peace
Pope Pius told a secret consistory of 20 cardinals that war is impossible because it would be an enormous crime and a foolish act of fury. He urged destruction of those seeking war and called for three days of public prayer at Lourdes to guide leaders facing a sad future.
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Vatican City
C.P
Pius
Lourdes
France
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I8den
Molotoff
Litvinoff
Organization of Security
Poland
Hitler
Father Coughlin
Lad
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Church of Scotland
Hector Lang
M.L.A
Huey
Democratic
A. Meeting
Pope
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