Youth Training Program to Be Extended Three More Years
Ottawa reports government plans to extend the youth training program for three years. Norman Rogers notes progress as 22,421 youths trained in eight months to Nov 30, with 2,419 placements and total instruction days near 448 thousand. Provinces show varied trainee counts including Ontario 339 men 498 women and British Columbia 3,604 men 5,168 women. The conference continued with sectional meetings and Dr. G Fred McNally elected chairman.
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C.P
Norman Rogers
Labor
Dominion
Ref
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Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
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Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Orro
G. Fred McNally
War Secretary Seeks Bond for Panama Canal Locks
War Secretary Harry Woodring recommended a bond issue to finance the third set of Panama Canal locks. The design targets military use and would offer an alternate route across the Isthmus in case of attack.
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Washington
C.P
Harry Woodring
Panama Canal
Teco Opens New Department On Thursday With New Lines
Tomorrow the Teco store will debut newly created departments for draperies furniture electrical supplies radios and more in the space once used by grocer meat sections. Stocks are arriving but enough items exist to spark interest. Mr Johnston, with prior service at Regina and Winnipeg, will oversee the new departments. Arthur F Deimege 82 longtime Ridge town businessman and implement dealer for 53 years has died.
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Faton Company
Regina
Winnipeg
Bracken Advocates Low-Cost Canada Economic Reform
Edmonton January 18 P C Bracken Manitoba premier urged replacing the present financial setup with a low cost structure. He told 200 Edmonton Chamber luncheon the western wheat problem needs national action and that recovery of markets state aid and readjustment of agricultural life offer three main paths. He pressed for Western Canada to present a united case in Parliament and in international relations to secure rational policies.
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Edmonton
C.P
Canada
John Bracken
Manitoba
Edmonton Chamber of Commerce
Bracken
Western Canada
Western
Council of the Nation
Toronto Police Capture Note Bandit Max Yarmo
Police claim to have captured the so called note bandit who terrorized Toronto hosiery shops for two weeks. The suspect, identifying as Max Yarmo, was arrested after entering a shop and demanding cash with a red ink note. He carried a toy pistol during the incident.
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Toronto
C.P
Max Yarmo
Short Appointed City Solicitor by City Council
The council in committee of the whole after reviewing four applications has appointed Mr. S. Short to the vacancy. Short has served as acting city solicitor since the death of former City Solicitor Alex MacGregor.
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S. Short
Short
Alex MacGregor
Insurgents Cross Gaya River Near Barcelona Advance
Insurgent forces marching northeast toward Barcelona crossed the Gaya River after Tarragona fell. Bulletins say two towns on the river’s east bank were captured while government lines held near the river. General Franco led the columns west of Barcelona, facing stiffer resistance.
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C.P
Mediterranean
Barcelona
Gaya
Tarragona
Franco
China Hopeful Of Victory Over Japan, Says Envoy
United States ambassador to China Nelson Johnson, back in Washington, told President Roosevelt in New York that the Chinese were very hopeful of eventual victory over Japan in the ongoing war in the Orient.
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C.P
Nelson Johnson
United States
China
Roosevelt
Orient
New York
Japan
Cabinet reaffirms ban on selling war material to Spain
London reports the cabinet has authoritatively reaffirmed its decision to refuse wartime matériel sales to the Spanish government. The move underscores official policy amid ongoing tensions.
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London
C.P
Canadian Labor Suspends CIO Members
Ottawa January 18 The Trades and Labor Council of Canada votes to suspend all Canadian CIO members for convention action. Four executive council members approved the suspension and announced the move as an official decision.
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C.P
Executive Council
The
Trades and Labor Council of Canada
Congress of Industrial Organizations
C.I.O
Canada
Trades and Labor Congress
Italy and Germany Align Balkans for Rome Berlin Axis
Rome and Berlin push to cement a Balkan bloc with Yugoslavia Hungary and Italy as a tied axis. Ciano plans to visit Yugoslavia to disable French influence and persuade Romania to side with Berlin and Rome.
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Germany
Balkans
Rome
A.P
Balkan
France
Galeazzo Ciago
Yugoslavia
Milan Stojadinovich
Yugosav
Europe
Hungary
Ciano
U F A Rejects Secession At Alberta Convention
Calgary January 18 The United Farmers of Alberta unanimously re elected Robert Gardiner to his ninth term as president Delegates considered resolutions on pegged prices for wheat products and advocating $1.20 per bushel at country elevators A Western secession proposal was defeated amid warnings that unity and funding problems hinder any drastic political action The convention also discussed state medicine and all risk crop insurance while plans for director elections were set for the afternoon Continued on page five.
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C.P
Robert Gardiner
U.F.A
United Farmers of Alberta
Canada
Board of Directors
Excel
Dominion
Vegreville
United Farmers of Canada
Saskatchewan
British Empire
Gardiner
Murder trial of Heipel opens in Regina
Fifteen Crown witnesses testified as the prosecution began its case in King's Bench court in Regina. Harry Heipel, 24, a farm hand, is charged with the murder of J. A. Kaeser, 65, of Moosomin Saskatchewan. Key testimony covered Kaeser's frozen body found on a Sintaluta bluff, expended .38 shells found nearby, and more shells found at an Arcola district farm where Heipel worked. Justice P. M. Anderson presided in his first Regina bench appearance.
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Arcola
Hespel
P. M. Anderson
Regina
Plane Crash Near Katherine Kills Four Aboard
A transport plane en route from Katherine to Adelaide crashed into the Katherine River during a storm, killing four people including three crew members and one passenger. The craft carried 700 pounds of mail.
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Port Darwin
Australia
C.P
Katherine
Adelaide
Katherine River
Transportation Facilities for Alberta
Public Works Minister W. A. Fallon told the Edmonton Junior Chamber of Commerce that adequate transportation facilities are essential to develop Alberta's natural resources. He outlined a winter road plan from the Peace River district to Great Slave Lake and urged timely action. He noted Alberta's agricultural base could support a population ten times larger and urged free access to mineral wealth through a strong, healthy populace.
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Edmonton
C.P
Alberta
W. A. Fallon
France Undecided Over Spain Policy Debate
Paris reports the French cabinet debated the Spain aid issue for two and a half hours with no decision. Foreign Minister Bonnet urged staying aligned with Britain and non intervention while Parliament and press pressed for aid to Barcelona to counter Italian support for Franco. A cabinet faction leans toward this view.
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C.P
Spain
Bonnet
France
Britain
Barcelona
French nobleman in Hollywood plans visit of Duke and Duchess
Elsa Maxwell said a French social secretary known as Mr. Luck is incognito in Hollywood to arrange a March visit by the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Comte Ambrose D. J. Du Bek is identified as the secretary to the Duchess.
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C. P
Elsa Maxwell
Duchess of Windsor
Comte Ambrose D. J. du Bek
Mr. Luck
Bombing Suspects Arrested As Yard Probes Irish Links
London police detained three men at Albany Street as Scotland Yard widens a bombing probe across Britain amid Irish Republican Army links. In Manchester, seven men faced court on explosive possession charges after a fatal blast disrupted electrical services near the ship canal. A civilian found tied sacks and a damaged transmission tower near Barton, Lancashire. A. E. Jukes becomes president of the Vancouver Stock Exchange.
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Albany Street
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North End
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Manchester Ship Canal
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