Britain bans volunteers for Spain under 1870 act
London reports Britain has banned volunteers for Spain under the Foreign Enlistment Act of 1870. The Foreign Office warned British subjects that engagement with either side in Spain carries up to two years in prison. Government asks Paris Rome Berlin Lisbon Moscow for further ideas on preventing indirect intervention and notes 500 to 1,000 volunteers are currently in Spain. (Continued on Page Five)
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London
George Hambleton
C.P
Great Britain
Spain
Foreign. Office
United Kingdom
Lon
No. 10 Downing Street
Britain
Paris
Rome
Berlin
Lisbon
Moscow
France
Italy
Germany
Portugal
Soviet Union
Resignation of Alberta Mines Minister Over Cabinet Appointment
Calgary January 11 The resignation of Hon C C Ross Minister of Mines and Lands followed a public difference with Premier Aberhart over a proposed cabinet appointment. Ross cited disagreement over a government portfolio and stressed his record as minister remains clean. He did not quit his legislative seat and may sit with Social Credit in the next session.
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Calgary
C.P
William Averhart
C. C. Ross
Mines and Lands
Ross
Aberhart
Athabasca
N. E. Tanner
Tanner
Alberta
Department of Mines
Farmers Demand Open Hearings on Trade Pacts
The National Grange and the National Cooperative Council urged a Senate vote for open hearings on all reciprocal trade agreements. They noted that currently only the President's signature is needed to bind the United States to such pacts.
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Washington
National Grange
National Co-operative Council
Senate
United States
Roosevelt
Local man loses leg at Drumheller
W H Roberts aged 53 of 1001 Balmoral street Drumheller lost his right leg when a freight car passed over it at Hast Coulee while performing duties as a CPR carman. He was treated at Drumheller hospital and was reported making slow but satisfactory progress. He is a brother in law of A Teel and had a wife and four sons.
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H. Roberts
Balmoral
Drumheller Hospital
Wweek-end
Hast Coulee
Roberts
C.P.R. Car Department
A. Teel
Weather snapshot across Canadian provinces
Snow flurries occurred in Manitoba and Alberta with light falls in Saskatchewan. Moderate temperatures prevailed in Alberta and Saskatchewan while Manitoba stayed fair and somewhat colder. Forecasters expect fresh to northerly winds, with partly cloudy skies tonight and Tuesday and possible snow flurries in northern areas.
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Winnipeg
Brandon
Clear
Regina
Loose Jaw
Saskatoon
Swift Current
Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
Calgary
Fximonton
Vancouver
Victoria
Montreal
Fasr
Toronto
Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Canada
Ultra-Violet Floodlight Aims to Curb Flu Epidemics
Harvard School of Public Health researchers William F Wells and M W Wells tested a new ultra-violet floodlight indoors to kill flu viruses and other airborne bacteria as field tests on humans began in Cambridge Massachusetts.
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Cambridge
Mass
C.P
Harvard “School of‘ Public Health
William F
M. W. Wells
Japan Takes a Hand in Spain's War
Reuters dispatches from Gibraltar report Spain's insurgent authorities prepared to receive 5,000 Japanese volunteers expected at Cadiz and Jerez, with 10,000 Italian troops at Seville. The force, assembling at Cadiz, will be dispatched to the Madrid front amid landing boxes of airplanes and Italian aircraft parts.
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London
C.p.havas
Reuters
Gibraltar
Cadiz
Jerez
Seville
Madrid
Soviet Orders for UK Goods Reach 20 Million In Electrical Machinery
The Soviet Union has placed orders totaling 20 million dollars in the United Kingdom for electrical machinery and expects additional orders worth 30 million dollars to be placed soon. The report comes from London dated January 11.
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London
C.P
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
French Army of 100000 In Morocco Plans Ouster With British Aid
Paris sources say a Moroccan force of 100000 could seize most Spanish Morocco within 36 hours if Britain backs them. Berlin denies German territorial claims while Francoist forces might press Germans out with a second protest to Madrid and a direct appeal to Berlin.
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London
C.P
Hitler
Berlin
Germany
Morocco
Paris
Barbary
Havas News’ Agency
Ceuta
Gibraltar
Voelkischer Beobachter
Nazis. Organ
Spain
France
Spanish
Army
Francisco Janco
Mattson Kidnapping Victim Identified in Everett Discovery
The nude battered body of 10-year-old Charles Mattson, kidnapped son of Tacoma physician Dr W W Mattson, was found in snow near a Fairmont service station six miles south of Everett. Police identify the boy and call the case murder as federal investigators join the inquiry.
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Everett
Wash
Charles Mattson
W.W. Mattson
Tacoma
Fairmont
C.P
Charles’ Mattson
James Gowdy
Paul’ Sceva
Relief costs to be cut in 1937 says minister
Toronto report states Norman Rogers, Canada’s Labour Minister, told the Canadian Club relief grants to provinces will be substantially reduced in 1937. He cited expected business recovery, better municipal tax collections, and improved provincial finances as justification and urged Dominion provincial and municipal governments to share the burden.
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Toronto
C.P
Norman Rogers
The
Canadian Club
Increase Home-Grown Wheat Production Plan Considered
Britain weighs raising the wheat subsidy cap from 27,000,000 to 36,000,000 hundredweight under the Wheat Act. The Conservative agriculture committee backs extending the guaranteed price to support more home grown wheat.
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London, Jan. LL
C.P
Conservative Party Agriculture Committee
Testing new pumping engine by Western Canada Fire Underwriters
J Veitch of Winnipeg inspection engineer tests the new pumping engine today. The machine operated all morning on the river east side of the Finlay bridge under varying conditions. A noon continuous run for volume completed with very satisfactory results.
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J. Veitch
Winnipeg
Western Canada Fire
Underwriters Association
Finlay Bridge
Vancouver Lawyer Appointed to Canadian Senate
Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced the appointment of J. W. DeB. Farris of Vancouver to the Senate. The vacancy comes after the death of Hon. Charles McDonald, reducing official vacancies in the Red Chamber to two, both in Quebec. Alberta Senator Pat Burns remains ill, with potential vacancy noted but unlikely this year.
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Ottawa
Jaf
C.P
Mackenzie King
J. W. Deb. Farris
Vancouver
Senate
Mr. Farris
Chas. McDonald
Red Chamber
Quebec
Alberta
Pat ‘Burns
Burns
Farris
Conservative
Liberal
Man Convicted For Underpaying Employees
Edmonton report states a proprietor received one hour in jail for paying employees less than the legal minimum. Court records indicate the sentence followed a conviction on wage violation charges.
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Edmonton
Prietor
Collision damages settle in Castries harbor case
Damages totaling 1100 were distributed after a collision in Castries harbor between the Swedish steamship Thule and two small craft.
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Castries
Thule
Roosevelt asks Congress for 790 million relief appropriation
President Roosevelt requested a deficiency appropriation of 790 million dollars to fund winter relief programs. The aim is to reach at least 2.58 million unemployed workers, with a net reduction of over 800 thousand since March, and to peg relief rolls near the 2 million mark.
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Washington
C.P
Roosevelt
Congress
Madrid Evacuates 2500 Civilians Under Siege Order
From Madrid to Cordoba, reports reveal a 24 hour evacuation of 2500 noncombatants to the south as 15000 were allegedly ordered shot in the civil war first six months. Deserters claim battalions of German troops joined the insurgents at Seville with full equipment.
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Madrid
Seige
Cordoba
Seville
Stage New Kind of Strike in Calgary
A crowd of destitute Chinese staged a "sit down" protest on Calgary's Eighth Avenue, blocking the street and car tracks as part of a street action. The homeless demonstrators formed a compact mass in the city’s main thoroughfare this afternoon in a bold act signaling economic distress.
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Calgary
C.P
Liftee Hero of Edmonton Is Put to Test
A seven year old boy, Edward Breland, risks his life to save four year old Veronica Delorme who fell through thin ice on the Sturgeon River near St. Albert nine miles north of Edmonton. The rescue occurred on Breland’s seventh birthday and only came to light recently.
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Edmonton
C.P
Sturgeon River
St. Albert
Edward Breland
Calgary Sit-Down Protest Delays Traffic After Fire
A Calgary fire destroyed a block of commercial buildings causing about 3 million dollars in damage. Twenty six people were reported missing after the blaze. A sit-down protest by Alberta Relief Commission workers halted tram and motor traffic until police dispersed them. No arrests were made.
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Peiping
C.P. Cable
Ing
Alberta “ Relief Commission
Calgary
Alberta Legislature Set to Open February 25
Premier Aberhart announced the Alberta legislature will meet February 25 to consider the Social Credit plan for Alberta drafted by a cabinet committee. The caucus will decide to accept or reject the proposal, with key issues including the resignation of Hon. C C Ross and Tabor Social Credit repudiating James Hansen.
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Edmonton
C.P
Alberta
William Abenhart
Caucus
Social Credit
Tabor Social Credit Organization
James ,Hansen
Sthgeing
Dines
Hansen
Aberhart
Stolen Coat and Scarf Case Leads to Multiple Sentences
Emil Deering of Norton was found guilty in city police court for stealing a coat from a local store cloak room and admitted another scarf theft. He received five months. a concurrent string of thirty day sentences followed for related acts. Cecil Franklin pled guilty to operating a motor vehicle with license issues and was fined five dollars plus costs after a Christmas smash. Additional sentences were imposed in separate cases, including a passenger or driver related matter, with multiple minor penalties.
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Emil Deering
Norton
Paneering
Ksen
Cecil
Franklin
Can-Ch
S¢ Vision Avenue
Allen Anderson
Percy Hig
Prigo
Hite
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Unclear OCR Summary of International Wheat and Prices
Fragmentary text mentions wheat prices and European reactions to policy, with garbled names and phrases. Unable to identify a coherent event or entities beyond generic references to wheat prices and European responses.
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