Dominion Special Relief Appropriation May Reach 75 Million
Ottawa reports Premier King told the House of Commons the special relief appropriation could reach 75 million dollars this year, up from an earlier 50 million. The plan covers public works reforestation highways and direct provincial relief with an employment commission to coordinate nationwide efforts.
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Ottawa
C.P
King
House of Commons
Dominion
Rovern
II. H. Stevens
Canada
Employment Commission
Bennett
Train Bombing Kills Many Near Vera Cruz
A night express and mail train derailed by an explosion at a railway bridge near Paso del Ma dod hurling cars into a ravine. The wreckage burned as officials feared about 30 dead. Aboard were several prominent Mexican political figures.
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Vera Cruz
C.P
Sagt Len
Paso del Madod
Vera Cruzvexico
Rilyn Miller Dies This Morning at Doctors Hospital
Marilyn Miller, famed star of Sally and other musical comedies, died this morning at Doctors' Hospital. In private life Mrs Chester O'Brien, she was 38 years old.
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Marilyn Miller
Sally
Doctors’ Hospital
Miss Miller
Chester O'Brien
Tornado Toll Rises as Flood Threat Stirs Alarm
In the wake of fatal twisters sweeping through the South, more than 425 bodies have been recovered and 1,752 people injured. Red Cross reports 3,200 homes damaged as floods loom from rising rivers in states including Mississippi and Georgia, with Tupelo and Gainesville noting parallel losses.
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Gainesville
C.P
United States
Red Cross
Tupelo
Miss
Alberta Bank Move Advances in Quiet Edmonton Session
In Edmonton on April 7 the legislature unanimously adopted a resolution urging steps to establish a provincially controlled bank. Premier Aberhart and Treasurer Cockroft said no action this year as a petition and private bill are required. The bank would not replace Social Credit credits but operate as a regular chartered bank under provincial control.
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Edmonton
C.P
Wberta Provincial Bank
House
Chas
Cockroft
Aberhart
D. M.’ Duggan
Predler Aberhart
Monton
Charlas Cockroft
William Aberhart
Socialredit
World’s Heaviest Mother Weighs 742 Pounds
Mrs Gertrude Karn of Shreveport reportedly weighs 742 pounds and may have gained more after giving birth to her second child Martha Ellis who weighed 9 pounds 11 ounces. Hospital staff reinforced her bed with timbers to support her frame while her husband weighs 305 pounds.
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Gertrude Karn
Shreveport
Martha Ellis
Alberta Social Credit government prorogued after nine-week session
EDMONTON April 7 The first session of the Social Credit government closed when the Alberta house prorogued. Highlights included the Royal Commission bill to study Social Credit, a public debt conversion plan for 160 million, a provincial bank proposal, Trade and Industry Act amendments, and recall legislation. The session saw a break with Major Douglas and a bond default on the 1916 maturity with token interest paid.
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Edmonton
C.P
Social Credit
Alberta
Walsh
Trade and Industry
Dominion
Douglas
Montreal Judge Charles Avila Wilson Dies on Street
Montreal presiding judge Mr Justice Charles Avila Wilson died suddenly at 67 while walking on St James Street. Known as Montreal's hanging judge for sentencing at least 28 people to hang, his death shocks the legal community.
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Montreal
C.P
Charles Avila Wilson
Court of King’s Bench
St. James Street
Wilson
Confidence vote in Baldwin government in Commons
The House of Commons backed Prime Minister Baldwin with a 361 to 145 vote, a 216 majority. Neville Chamberlain denied any plan to cede colonies to Germany as debate covered foreign policy and Italo Ethi opian war criticism. Reports of Baldwin resigning in June were disputed amid coronation timing talks. Raymond Last, 36, was killed by a mine explosion near Perkins Ontario.
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London
C.P
House of Commons
Baldwin
Neville Chamberlain
Britain
Germany
Chamberlain
Daily Mail
Winston Churchill
Alberta default prompts British inquiries in Commons
London reports MPs question Canada over Alberta's bond default and Montreal bond refinancing. Dominions Secretary Malcolm MacDonald says he has not seen Alberta’s April 1 Finance Ministry statement. he notes Britain cannot act for Alberta.
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London
C.P
Alberta
Montreal
House of Commons
W. S. Liddall
Malcolm MacDonald
Dominions
MacDonald
C. A. Dunning
James Maxton
Labor
Glasgow
Newfoundland
Douglas Quits Job After Oct Letter to Premier
London April 7 Douglas Douglas in a Canadian Press letter to Premier Aberhart dated Sept 24 says he will resign his contract with the Alberta government by mutual consent after six months if termination is not possible. He notes the need to safeguard Social Credit interests and suggests possible future advisory role.
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London
Douglas
Aberhart
Major Douglas
R. J
Montreal
Alberta
Social Credit
Alberta Legislature Rejects Plea for Beer Parlors Plebiscite
In Edmonton on April 7 the legislature closed without a recorded division declaring a plan to hold a plebiscite on abolition of beer parlors. The government proposed the measure for next session but was defeated in the closing sitting.
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Edmonton
C.P
Alberta Bill Expands Power To Refund City Debts
Edmonton reports a bill called the Clues Refunding Act introduces wide provincial powers to refund public debts backed by provincial guarantees. Sponsored by Hon. Charles Cockroft the act allows for bonds issued by Alberta cities before 1986 to be exchanged for city bonds with provincial guarantees and outlines gubernatorial authority to back guarantees.
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Edmonton
Charles Cockroft
Alberta
Citizens Protective Association to address city council
A request from the Citizens Protective Association for a three member delegation to discuss increasing relief allowances was presented to the City Council backed by a large local group. The proposal seeks a 40 cents per hour relief rate for unemployed married recipients and the same number of work days as in the present schedule. The council referred the matter to the relief committee, with debate expected at the next relief meeting.
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Citizens Protective Association
City Fathers
Moose Hall
Ald
Hole
Boyd
Pratt
Chamber of Commerce
Canadian Manufacturers Association
Bullivant
Httle
AH. Reilly
Selassie Vows Upward Resistance to Italian Invasion
In Addis Ababa an imperial decree calls all Ethiopians able to bear arms to report for duty as Emperor Haile Selassie vows to resist the Italian invasion to the utmost. London confirms assurances that Italian bombing of Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa will be avoided.
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Addis Ababa
G.P
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
London
C.P
Foreign Office
Diredawa
Eric Drummond
Rome
France Orders Concentration Of Troops To Back Rhineland Talks
Paris reports the French government ordered about 175000 troops held in reserve for the Rhineland crisis negotiations. The move targets soldiers whose terms would end April 15 and aims to bolster security and prestige before Europe. In Dortmund, Germany, a Luftwaffe squadron and additional troops entered the former demilitarized zone after Hitler’s Locarno withdrawal, amid calls for restraint.
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Paris
C.P
Frenc
Rhineland
Fe Stébi
Maginot
France
Europe
Dortmund
Germany
A.P
Bannister Brothers to Pay Penalty for Strange Crime
Two Bannister brothers Arthur and Daniel were sentenced by Chief Justice J H Barry to be hanged June 20 for the murder of Philip Lake in Pacific Junctions bizarre crime. Their mother May Bannister was jailed for 3 1/2 years for harboring the abducted infant, as Frances Bannister testified.
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Dorchester
N.B
C. P
Arthur
Daniel Bannister
J. H. Barry
Philip Lake
Pacific Junction
Ives
Moses
May Bannister
Moncton
Frances Bannister
Crown
Lake
Bannister
Berry Mills Road
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Perkins
Ont
Alta
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Aber
Hart
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Marshall
Citiizeng
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