Protest Lodged by Legion Against Dismissal of 7 Members
A Canadian Legion protest condemns dismissals from civil service on unproven charges of political partisanship. The report cites cases lacking hearing or appeal opportunities. It notes advances in Legion membership and active branches, including U.S. auxiliaries, and details Ottawa adjustment bureau work for veterans.
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C.P
J. R. Bowler
Canadian Legion
Bowier
Bowler
The
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United States
Yukon
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
British Columbia
Quebec
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Adjustment Bureau of the Legion
Ottawa
Calgary janitors seek 1979 salary restoration
Calgary school janitors demand restoration of their 1979 salaries and plan discussions with the school board to pursue the issue.
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Calgary
Boaid
Netherlands Birth of Heir Joyfully Announced
Amsterdam January 31 CP The Netherlands rejoiced at news Crown Princess Juliana gave birth to a daughter heiress presumptive to the throne The bulletin said mother and baby were well and Juliana was very happy A salute of 641 guns was fired in place of the 101 planned for a boy.
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Amsterdam
Juliana
Sengrose plant blast claims 26 dead as rescue ends
Saturday's munitions plant explosion at Sengrose killed 26 with six more workers missing and about 200 injured as rescue teams recovered six bodies from the wreckage.
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Ome
C.P
Sengrose
Insurgents Blast Barcelona in Two Destructive Air Raids
Reports from Barcelona and Teruel describe two major insurgent air raids on January 30 fueling fear of a broader offensive. The government says at least 350 killed and 700 wounded in Barcelona with many victims including children. the January toll exceeds 1,080 killed nationwide. Tanks and planes supported the insurgent advance near Cordoba and along the Badajoz border as government lines retreated.
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Hendaye
C.P
Spain
Barcelona
Cordoba
Badajoz
Ramon Blardony
Associated Press
H.ns
Defence
Indalecio Prieto
Ium
Red Cross
Teruel
Khaustern Spain
Saskatchewan Premier Issues Warning on Socialism Aims
Premier W. J. Patterson told the Saskatchewan legislature that Canadians showed they would not accept socialism or similar aims in recent elections, signaling a political stance amid rising debate.
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W. J. Patteree
Saskatchewan
Premier Aberhart calls for fair deal for all Albertans
Premier Aberhart told Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute followers that Social Credit seeks a fair deal for both rural and urban residents. He criticized grouenitis and urged constructive progress while addressing debt, mortgage moratoriums, and calls for extensions and wider debt relief.
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Calgary
CPP
al- Merta
Social Credit
Abernaii
Aberhart
Alberta
ST Au
Steel strike hits Dorman Long plant in Middlesbrough
A night strike at the Britannia steel works of the Dorman Long Company spread to 1500 workers after management continued employing a non union worker. The stoppage began in the city on January 31 as reported by C P.
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Middlesbrough
C.P
Britannia
Dorman Long Company
League States Will Aid China
China, backing from Great Britain France and the Soviet Union, reached agreement on a League of Nations resolution expressing confidence that member states will individually aid China in its stand against Japanese aggression.
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Geneva
C.P
China
Great Britain
France
Soviet Union
League of Nations
League
Japs Repulsed and 1000 Slain at Mingkwang Front
Chinese dispatches from the Tientsin Pukow railway front report about one thousand Japanese soldiers killed as heavy fighting led to a severe Japanese repulse. Engagements were noted along the railway south of the Lunghai junction near Suchow, with Mingkwang the main action about 125 miles south of Suchow. Japanese lanes bombed Haichow inflicting damage.
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Shanghai
C.P
Tientsin-Pukow
Lunghai Line
Suchow
Mingkwang
Dananese
Haichow
United States Lists Articles for Possible Canada Trade Pact
Ottawa reports Washington issued Friday a list of commodities for tariff concessions in a new Canada trade pact. The list covers goods Canada supplies largely to the United States and notes 50 percent limit on reductions. It discusses live cattle, milk products, cheddar, cedar leaf, fish, canned salmon, whiskey and other items with potential further cuts or quota changes in forthcoming negotiations.
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Ottawa
Washington
United States
Canada
Dominion
Congress
Japan
Switzerland seeks full neutrality including League obligations
Switzerland announced it will demand complete neutrality for itself, freeing from all League of Nations obligations. The request will not be pressed at the current Council session and will wait until May.
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Geneva
C.P
Switzerland
League of Nations
Council
Winnipeg Robbery Sees Woman Impersonate Gun-Wielding Hold-Up
A tall dark woman in a heavy coat ordered Harry Posner, 20, owner of a west-end drug store, to hand over the cash and escaped with $9. Detective F. Baird says such a staged holdup by a woman is unprecedented in Winnipeg.
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Winnipeg
C.P
Harry Posner
F. Baird
Niagara River Ice Breaks Up Floods Gorge Across Lake Erie
A large ice sheet more than a square mile in area and 20 feet thick broke from Lake Erie and flooded the Niagara River gorge. The river from the falls to Lake Ontario was choked with ice, posing a serious menace to nearby property and causing damage in the ice packed lower river section.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
C.P
Lake Erie
Niagara River
Lake Ontario
Chinese Losses Reported in Japanese Advances Across Fronts
Shanghai dispatch says Japanese victories across the Lunghai and Yangtse fronts cost about 3000 Chinese lives with thousands more killed or dispersed. Skirmishes west of Shanghai and near Suchow, Minghwang, and Wuhu are noted, with calls that 100 Protestant missionaries near Kaifeng face risk amid air and ground actions.
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Shanghai- Nanking
Soochow
Shanghai
Wuhu
Yangtse
Nanking
Kaifeng
Suchow
Appointment of Sir Hubert Young as Governor in London
Announcement from London states Sir Hubert Young will serve as governor of Trinidad and Tobago. The move confirms a high level diplomatic appointment with oversight of colonial administration and ceremonial duties.
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Hubert Young
Trinidad and Tobago
London
RAF Officers Killed In Four Separate Crashes
Four Royal Air Force fliers were killed in separate crashes today across the United Kingdom. Flying Officer R S Laybourne, an instructor at Lechars R A F school near St Andrews Scotland, died when his plane crashed on railway tracks. A training plane collided near Hanworth Airdrome killing its pilot. Flying Officer T K G Dudley perished in a crash at Ufford Northamptonshire. A fourth airman died in an accident near Stamford Lincolnshire.
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ST. Andrews
Scotland
R. S. Laybourne
Royal Air Force
Lechars
Here
London
C.P
United Kingdom
RM. S. Laybourne
Hanworth Airdrome
T. K. G. Dudley
Uffort
Northamptonshire
Stamford
Lincolnshire
Woman Fatally Scalded at Edmonton Hospital
Edmonton January 31 CP report that a 41 year old city woman, inmate of a mental hospital, was scalded while another patient was being prepared for a bath. She died 24 hours later. Coroner's inquest found the tap was turned on in the deceased patient's bath due to violence of another patient but found no blame attached to anyone.
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Edmonton
R. R. MacLean
Monton
Aceaint
US Satisfied By Apology From Japanese Sentry Incident
TOKYO January 31 Japanese authorities stated the issue of the Nanking incident was settled. A Japanese sentry apologized for the act that injured John M. Allison, senior US embassy official in Nanking. A government spokesman confirmed the apology and resolution.
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Tokyo
C.P
John M. Allison
United States
Nanking
Trefer Office
Chamber Pushes Compulsory Marketing Legislation
The Canadian Chamber of Agriculture urged Agriculture Minister Gardiner to back provincial or federal laws enabling producer controlled marketing. Delegation led by President J. W. Wesson met after the group’s annual meeting to seek power levies for administration and to expand market access for Canadian cattle to Britain and the United States. Gardiner noted the Privy Council ruling on the Natural Products Marketing Act affected federal jurisdiction and suggested pursuing the demand through provinces.
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Ottawa
C.P
Canada
Gardiner
Canadian Chamber of Agriculture
J. W. Wesson
Regina
United States
Egpotta
Britain
Chamber
Privy Council
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