Cost of Relief for Canada Would Cost 100 Million Year
Ottawa reports Labor Minister Norman Rogers told the House of Commons it would cost the Dominion Treasury 100 million dollars annually to assume full relief costs in Canada. The current federal share stands at 30 million. He opposed a referendum on abolishing provincial legislatures and warned of tax hikes to cover changes.
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Ottawa
O.P
Dominion Treasury
Canada
Norman Rogers
House of Commons
Toronto-Broadview
Dominion
Iir
Rogen
J. S. Woodsworth
C.c.e
Wien
Leader Denied Entry Into United States
Harold Pritchett 33 year old Canadian president of C I O affiliated International Woodworkers of America was denied entry to the United States on grounds of undesirability by a U S immigration bond examiner. He plans immediate appeals to Frances Perkins and the Washington immigration head after his visitor permit was not extended. Temperature outlook notes a little warmer with 24 and 22 degrees.
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Vancouver
Harold Pritchett
International Woodworkers of America
United States
United States Department of Immigration
Pritchett
Frances Perkins
American Immigration Department
Washington
Seattle
Pupils Strike at Redcliffe School Over Curriculum Change
Redcliffe pupils from grades VII to XI threatened a strike after the School Board ordered immediate changes in the upper grades curriculum and teacher assignments. A pupil committee met the board with Inspector Sweet assisting, and it is understood the curriculum remained unchanged and classes resumed.
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Redcliff
Sweet
California Storm Toll Rises Amid Floods and Collapse
Long Beach reports rising deaths and missing persons as floods surge after cloudbursts. At least ten dead and fifteen trapped in vehicles, with 45 believed on a bridge when it collapsed. Survivors are being watched for bodies as authorities struggle with ruined communications and widespread damage.
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Eale
Seta
Longé
Santa Anna
Long’ Beach
C.P. Tie
Ke. Sno
Ashoure
Jail Transient Jailed for Forgery in Canada
Henry Havelock Burton alias Jack Windsor, 22, pleaded guilty at the city police court to forgery and uttering and was sentenced to three months. He boarded a ship to Vancouver last summer, forged cheques in Lethbridge, bought goods in Medicine Hat, and was later found a prior forgery convict in Moose Jaw. Deportation proceedings have begun.
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Henry Havelock Burton
Jack Windsor
Burton
Manchester
England
Vancouver
Amet Ee
Lethbridge
Russell
Burten
Trial records reveal Krestinsky pleads innocence again
In Moscow on March 3 Nichlis N. Krestinsky, among twenty defendants in a treason trial, suddenly renounces guilt claiming innocence of all crimes. He had previously pleaded not guilty yesterday despite illness. Another defendant, Vladimir Ivanoff, claimed spying for British Intelligence since 1980 and planned timber transfers to Britain to aid overthrow of the Soviet regime. Kasen glotz testified lumber was sold to England at a loss as a show of power.
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Moscow
C.P
Nichlis N. Krestinsky
Hing
Krestinsky
Berlin
Vladimir [Vanoff
Russia
Ivanoff
A. K P. Kasenglotz
England
Small Loan Companies Come Under Commons Scrutiny
Ottawa March 2 The Banking and Commerce committee of the House of Commons hears United States economist Leon Henderson outline how small loan firms serve average families. He notes many families rely on such loans after expenses exceed income, and discusses U S and Canadian rate laws, with Wisconsin’s 2 1 2 percent cap cited as an example. He suggests a maximum paid balance near 2 1 2 percent, while warning against equating small loans with bank loans. He points to credit unions as a safer alternative and notes the study continues with wage eight to follow.
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Otlawa
Smul Loan Company
Leon Henderson
United States
Banking and Commerce Committee
House of Commons
Canada
Russell S4ye Foundation
New York City
Hemdelaon
Henderson
Henderson Saii
Wisconsin
Household Finance Corporation
Wisevensin
J. J. Kinley
Lib
Queens-Lunenburg
Banka
Espionage Suspect Jessie Wallace Remanded in Court
Mrs. Jessie Wallace Jordan a hairdresser was remanded for a week after appearing in court on Official Secrets Act charges. Police and War Office officials seized several documents amid inquiries spanning the continent and the United States.
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DMD
C.P
Jessie Wallace
Jordan
War Office
The
Daily Mail
United States
Red Bobs wheat purified for seed at Alberta farm
Alberta farmers will grow the first generation of a purified Red Bobs wheat strain this spring. Dr. K W Neatby of the University of Alberta notes that 88 bushels were produced by selection over four years with the U of A Agriculture Department and Howard Wright of Airdrie guiding the Elite strain. The 1980s era initializes future crops with these seeds as parents.
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Edmonton
Mar
Alberta
K. W. Neatby
University of Alberta
U. of A. Agriculture Department
Howard Wright
Airdrie
Insurgent Spain Bans Divorce By Decree
The insurgent government revoked the right of divorce for Spaniards in insurgent Spain by a decree submitted to the Council of Ministers by Justice Minister De Rodezno. The canceled law was voted in 13692 by the Gortes after the republicans replaced the monarchy. Civil war fronts remained quiet as new offensives awaited spring weather.
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Hendaye
C.P
Spain
Council of Ministers
de Rodezno
Gortes
Alfonso
British Rearmament Plan To Have Startling Effect On World Relations
London reports confirm Britain will expand the five year arms program to strengthen both Atlantic and imperial defenses. The white paper sets RAF costs at 102.72 million pounds and outlines naval, air and land increases, with 60 new vessels and several capital ships planned. Overall defence spending for 1938-39 rises to 343.25 million pounds plus 8.5 million for air raid precautions, with peak costs expected in 1939-40.
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London
C.P
Great Britain
House of Commons
Royal Air Force
Royal Navy
Admiralty
Chamberlain
United States
France
Japan
British Isles
Gibraltar
Egypt
Hong Kong
Alaska Highway Plan Mentioned By Ickes And Pattullo
Premier T D Pattullo stated he did not know Secretary Ickes plan when Ickes said he would like to drive to Alaska before his term ends. Ickes indicated hope for a Seattle to Fairbanks highway with Canada soon agreeing on plans. Pattullo said he would inquire about the project when he travels west.
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Victoria
T. D. Pattullo
Ickes
United States
Premier Hepburn Pushes Ontario Personal Income Tax Backing
Premier Hepburn announced at a Toronto press conference that a resolution would be introduced in the Ontario legislature to urge the McDemiton government to abandon the field of personal income tax. He did not specify the introduction date.
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Toronto
Hepburn
Ontario
House
M Dcminton
Scouts Invite Jocal Guides to Scout Circus in Great Falls
The Great Falls Montana Boy Scout Association extended an invitation to the Jocal Scouts and Girl Guides to attend the Scout Circus on Saturday April 23. Guides preferred train travel. most Scouts favored motor car transport. Transport plans postponed with WA control committee formed to handle travel, billeting, finance, and publicity duties.
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Great Falls
Montana, Boy Scout Association
Jocal Scouts and
Girl Guides
Montana City
Boy Scout Council
Girl Guides Council
Considera
Guides
Scout
W. A. Davies
S. A. Wallace
T. Murray
J. S. McLeod
J. W. McLane
D. K Bellamy
T. R. Osborne
Beaubien Pushes Unified Railways Board Plan in Senate
Ottawa debate embraces joint management of Canadian National and Canadian Pacific by a 15 member board. Beaubien cites potential annual savings of 60 to 75 million and argues consolidation would reduce duplicate services, keep rail service nationwide, and cut 26 000 jobs gradually via retirements and savings.
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Ottawa
C.P
Canadian National Railways
Canadian Pacific Railway
Senate
C. P. Beaubien
Montreal
Canada
Ute Chamber
C.P.R
Henry Thornton
C.N.R
Edward Beattie
Great Britain
United States
Beaubien
Board of Railway Commissioners For Canada
Beaubien Anid
Detrite
Dominion
Canadian National Rail
Wreck Of Air Liner Still Not Located
Fresno March 3 A P dispatch reports searching parties unable to reach a mountainside wreck about sixty miles east of Fresno where a air liner vanished with nine aboard. Floods and darkness hinder renewed efforts as the swift river and storm debris complicate the search near the presumed crash site.
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Fresno
Calif
C.P
Scar
Austrian Nazi Authority Demands Pledge in Styria
In Graz March 2 authorities impose strict line loyalty on Styrian Nazis. Seyss-Inquart Reports unanimous nationalist support and orders to wear Swastikas in schools and public offices despite Vatican relations tensions. He warns continued but quiet enforcement across Austria to extend Nazi influence.
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Graz
Austria
Styria
Surat
Seyss-Inquart
Celler
Kurt von
Naaistre
Etytic NS i
Canadians reported killed in Ethiopian conflict
Ottawa reports two Canadians believed dead in the Italo Abyssinian war as Prime Minister Mackenzie King told Ernest Hansell. The Sudan Interior Mission agreed to take 960,066 in compensation after Italian forces seized Canadian properties in Ethiopia.
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Ottawa
Ethiopia
Mackenzie King
Ernest G. Hansell
Macleod
House of Commons
Sudan
Ransom Note From Kidnapped Peter Levine Found
A handwritten note allegedly from kidnapped Peter Levine pleads his father to pay $60,000. The note, on the back of another ransom letter, was found on a vacant lot in New York City. Authorities report no known contact between captors and the family.
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Leo Yo
RPP
Peter Levine
Peter
Cather
Murray
Pitta
New York
Bronx
New York City
Heal
Iden
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T. J. Church
California
Britain
Alaska
U.S
Scouts
Unification of Railways
Styria Naze
Vienna
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