Canada Crow Destruction Week Aims At Prairie Nests
Regina reports Canada's Crow Destruction Week from April 22 as the Fish and Game association of Saskatchewan Manitoba and Alberta aims to curb crow raids. It warns 60 to 80 percent of young ducks and grouse nests may be destroyed as livestock have left cover, exposing nesting sites.
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Regina
C.P
Canada
Fish and Game Association of
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
League
Ethiopia Breaks Off Talks with Italy Says No War Declared
Emperor Haile Selassie told reporters in Addis Ababa negotiations with Italy have ended after Rome declined arbitration and Ethiopia referred the dispute to Geneva. He denied that a state of war exists, insisting no war has been declared.
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Addis Ababa
Associated Press
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Italy
Sheba
Geneva
Yellem
Radium Ore Find Near Bathurst Inlet Spurs Pitchblende Prospect
Edmonton reports a radium ore vein found near Bathurst Inlet about 250 miles east of the Great Bear Lake field. Prospector Gus Desteffany arrived by plane to convey the discovery to officials.
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Edmonton
Arctic
Bathurst Inlet
Great Bear Lake
Gus Desteffany
Toll From Global Disasters Widens With Day Of Tragedy
At least 33 people died in accidents abroad on Sunday reports AP. A racing car crashed into a crowd in Chateau Thierry France killing five and wounding 22. In Copenhagen a rail crash killed 13 and wounded 50 to 60. In Bombay a fireworks factory blast caused a landslide with potential additional fatalities and missing people.
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Associated Press
Chateau Theirry
France
Copenhagen
Denmark
Bombay
India
Retailers Push Real Figures For Senate Trade Bill
Geo S Hougham of Toronto secretariat for the Ontario Retail Merchants Association says he will present a brief to the Senate banking and commerce committee. He seeks actorial principles from the Government employment and social insurance measures as they affect retailers and denies plans to exempt the retail trade from the bill provisions.
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Ottawa
C.P
Geo. S. Hougham
Toronto
Ontario Retail Merchants’ Association
Senate Banking and Commerce Committee
Hougham
Retail Merchants’ Association
Farmers Benefit From Alberta Snow Despite Delays
Alberta farmers viewed six to eight inches of wet snow over the south and lighter falls to the north as a blizzard swept in from the weekend. The storm paused spring work but moisture will improve seed beds and pasture, while heavy drifts delayed transportation and slowed field activities.
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Calgary
C.P
Alberta
Big Setback for Hitler in Danzig Vote
An unofficial Volkstag count from 40 precincts showed Nazis far from a two thirds majority as Catholics and Socialists united to curb the Nazi drive. In 445 of 485 polling places with 213,759 votes cast, total support fell about six and two thirds percent short of targets. Danzig municipality and Zoppot opposed the Nazis, while the Polish vote increased by more than 1,000. In Brentau violence erupted with a Nazi and a Pole shot and another Pole beaten. a Nazi was wounded.
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Free City
Danzig
A.P
Volkstag
Adolf Fitler
Zoppot
C.P. Cable
Brentau
Brentou
Sansas City
United States
Midwest
Macon
Missouri
Iowa
Iinois
Kansas
Springfield
Ill
Oklahoma City
Columbus
Ohio
Colorado
Panhandle
Calhoun
Green River
McLean County
Calhoun Chapter
American Red Cross
Waughington
Priest Claims Inside Lindbergh Kidnapping Story
A grey haired Catholic priest Rev Michael J Kalok says moral duty prompted him to tell details of the Lindbergh kidnapping and challenge Hauptmann alibi He says Hauptmann studied Lindbergh estate plans and rode horses near the estate before the crime and may have been seen on the property. Federal agents arrive to discuss his account with New Jersey police.
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Milwaukick
Wis
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Michael J. Kalok
St. Joseph's
Cudahy
Trenton
N.J
Department of Justice
New Jersey
Heather Kallok
Hopewell
Ite
Hauptmann
L. C.thompson
Lindbergh Estate
Bronx Engrpenter
Bruner
Richard
Wauptmann
Kallek
Windsor Girl Bleeding to Death in hospital
Iyra Knisel a 28 year old Yugoslavian girl in Windsor Ontario is slowly bleeding to death from a rare disease. She first showed symptoms last Thursday with gums bleeding and has undergone four blood transfusions. She is conscious and reportedly not in notable pain.
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Windsor
Iyra Kaisel
Miss Knisel
Relief camp strikes disrupt trains and march toward coast
Vancouver reports say 447 relief camp strikers from Princeton BC halted a westbound CPR train briefly, then rode a freight to Merritt and Spences Bridge. Additional groups from Nelson and Kamloops districts converge on Vancouver as police monitor rallies and possible mine reopenings near Corbin.
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Vancouver
C.P
Princeton
Canadian Pacific
Kamloops
Nelson
Merritt
Spences Bridge
North Bend
Cambie Street
B.C
Granite Road
South Slocan
Brilliant
Muaren
Dominion
Soun Slocan
Nielson
John Macdonald
Corbin
J. G. M. Lock
East Kouteny
Corbin Collieries
Illness of Capt Eden disrupts Stresa conference plans
Captain Anthony Eden's heart strain illness forces rest for four to six weeks and sidelines him from the Stresa talks. With Eden absent, Sir John Simon must present Britain’s proposals second hand, while Mussolini presses for a strong plan to curb Germany. The French seek sharp condemnation of Hitler at the meeting.
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Italy
Fpeance
Germany
League OF Nations
EFALY
France
London
Harold P. Branianu
A.B
Anthony Eden
Privy Seal
Britain
Foreign Office
Eden
Haly
Stresa
Iden
John Simon
Russia
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Mussolini
Reich
Hitler
Stresau
League Council
John Will
Czecho- Slovakia
Isden
Great Britain
Aimdo
Canada US reciprocity talks idle progress report
Sir George Perley told the House of Commons that negotiations for reciprocal trade with the United States have not progressed enough to yield a definite announcement. He added that no talks are ongoing between Canada and Japan at this time.
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Ottawa
C.P
Canada
United States
George Perley
House of Commons
Japan
Ontario Quebec Premiers to Confer on Hydro Contracts
Premier Taschereau announced that he will meet Ontario Premier Hepburn after Quebec legislature prorogation. They may discuss hydro contracts with Quebec power firms and newsprint prices. location expected in Toronto, while Ontario bill would void the contracts if passed.
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Quebec
C.P
Mitchell F. Hepburn
Ontario
L. A. Taschereau
Taschereau
Toronto
Calgary to Decorate Parker and Ave for Service Medals
A Calgary ceremony on April 12 will honor Capt Parker and Sgt Allen Ave with POC.M-P medals. The list includes Col G E Sanders C M G D S O ex superintendent 28 years in the RCMP and A E C MacDowell ex superintendent with 36 years service. Sanders served in Saskatchewan rebellion and South Africa. MacDowell rose through the RCMP ranks and later served as magistrate in Calgary.
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Calgary
P. Jong
Eart
Bessborough
P.C
G.C
G. E. Sanders
C.M.G
D.S.O
Rclmlp
Kingston Military College
Dumesse
N.w.alp
Saskatchewan
U.S. Army
Sions
Wattleford
Csmlras
South Africa
Whomati
Set
Pryon
Sanders
Iat
City of Calgary
B.C
Alberta Relief Commission
A. E. C. MacDowell
Rc.m.p
Gen. Steele
North
Stresa Conference to Open with British Delegation
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and Sir John Simon announced they will lead Britain’s delegation to the Stresa talks with Italy and France. Mussolini heads Italy’s delegation as Paris reports Florin Din will join Laval. a European security system is outlined. Mussolini reportedly seeks to revise the Locarno pact possibly adding an air accord. Popolo dItalia calls for higher armament levels for Austria Hungary and Bulgaria.
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London
C.P. Cable
Ramsay MacDonald
John Simon
Italy
France
Stresa
Mussolini
Paris
Pierre Etelnne Flandin
Pierre Laval
No. 10 Downing Street
MacDonald
Sir John
Rome
C.P
Germany
Great Britain
Milan
Austria
Hungary
Bulgaria
Popolo d'Italia
Benito Mrussolini
Luchkovich Proposes Defamation Bill in Commons
Ottawa April 8 Michael Luchkovich UF A Vegreville introduced a bill in the House of Commons to make it an offense to utter defamatory words against any race nationality or creed represented in Canada His aim is to foster harmony among Canada’s races New York April 7 Norman Thomas Socialist leader challenged Father Coughlin and Huey Long to debate the issue of American Fascism noting their programs and methods are preparing the way for it.
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Ottawa
C.P
House of Commons
Michael Luchkovich
U.F.A
Vegreville
Canada
Luchkovich
New York
A.P
Norman Thomas
Father Coughlin
Huey Long
Canadian Veterans Visit Vimy Ridge Ceremony
Sixty members of the Canadian Legion led by Hon. Philippe Roy visited Vimy Ridge in France. British Legion representatives joined, with a one minute silence at the memorial and ceremonies in the town battlefield and cemetery. Roy declared peace depends on French and English armies marching together. They recalled Canadian troops’ 1917 assault from the trenches.
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Vimy
France
C.P
Reuters
Canadian Legion
Philippe Roy
Vimy Ridge
British Legion
M. Roy
Price Spreads Report to Reform Canadian Industries
The price spreads commission will propose five commissions to fix unfair business practices across Canadian sectors. Industries to be examined include rubber footwear and tires, tobacco, meat packing, agricultural implements, canning, milling and baking, furniture, textiles, and the fertilizer trade. Chain stores will be analyzed in detail.
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Ottawa
C.P
Price Spreads Commission
Calgary mayor may run as Conservative in Bow River bid
Mayor Andrew Davison a Calgary labor figure and chief magistrate since 1930 said he had been asked to contest Bow River in the federal election but had not decided. In other dispatches B C will offer band loans at 4 percent instead of 41/4.
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Calgary
C.P
Andrew Davison
Davison
Bow River
E. J. Garland
U.F.A
Storm toll rises across states with tornadoes deaths and floods
Tornadoes swept Louisiana Mississippi Texas Alabama and Florida killing at least 34 people and injuring over 100. In Mississippi ten died in Gloster six in Gillsburg three on a Willodville plantation. a houseboat wreck near Lake Providence killed several others. Northeast Louisiana and Texas reported deaths and heavy damage as hail and floods damaged crops and property.
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McClomis
Miss
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Alabama
Florida
Gloster
Gillsburg
Willodville
I Miss
Lake Providence
T. W. Whittington
Whittington
Will Whittington
Luther Whittington
W. Hogue
Natchez, Miss
John Hogue
Sicily Island
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