Britain seeks official Italy stance on Locarno amid European crisis
London reports an informed source says British ambassadors in Berlin and Rome will seek a formal Italy reply on threats to denounce Locarno. The cabinet discussed League questions after Eden’s Geneva trip, with no decision expected until weekend. Labor and Trades unions unite against defense plans amid estimated costs of 1.5 to 2 billion over three years.
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London
Berlin
Rome
Italy
Germany
C.p.havas
League of Nations
All Europe
Anthony Eden
Geneva
France
Great Britain
Rhineland
Eden
Flandin T
Britain
Secret of Back Woods Murder Held by Girk
In Dorchester Massachusetts a 15 year old girl refused to answer prosecutors about the backwoods murder case involving Arthur Bannister and the Lake family. She testified she and her brothers visited a shack on January 25 and described a gunshot and the custody of six month old Betty Lake found in the Bannister home.
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Back Woods
Girk
Dorchester
N.E
C.P
Infin
Arthur
Jances Bannister
Philip Lake
Plope Miaghes
Arther
Jake
Perth
Monelon
Lake Child
Betty
Bannister
Mather Returns From Slide Zone
W. A. Mather Canadian Pacific general manager for western lines Winnipeg and E. D. Cotterell oral superintendent of Alberta district Calgary pressed through Medicine Hat on train No 2 this morning. Mather has spent several days in the Revelstoke division where snowslides caused trouble last week.
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W. A. Mather
Canadian Pacific
Western Lines
Winnipeg
Ef. D. Cotterell
Renoral
Alberta
Calvary
Medicine Hat
Mr. Mather
Revelstoke
Goodyear Ordered to Halt Price Favors to Sears
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. was ordered to cease granting price favors to Sears Roebuck on grounds it harmed competition and risked monopolies. Goodyear officials, idle due to strike, said they would appeal the FTC ruling after two years of hearings in many cities.
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Wastington
Mar. G.A.P
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Sears Roebuck, and Co
Akron
Federal Trade Commission
Alberta opposition warns of tax rise over spending
In the Alberta legislature D. M. Duggan Conservative leader urged curbing government expenditures and criticized the Social Credit government for costly advisers and plans. He argued a balanced debt plan with federal aid could lower interest and fund social services while reducing government machinery.
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Dmonton
C.P
Alberta
D. M. Dugan
Social Credit
R. J
Montreal
Proparty
Aris
Mr. Duggan
Dugan
16 Deaths Accidental Says Jury In Canadian Rail Crash
Revelstoke March 6 A coroner's jury returned a verdict of accidental death with no blame attached to anyone urging utmost caution in poor visibility and use of safety devices after 16 men were killed near Downie on the Canadian Pacific Railway when a derailed locomotive and tender crashed into workers on a mile long two percent grade. Five others remained hospitalized from injuries.
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Revelstoke
B.C
C.P
TE Here
Downie
Here
Free Radium Distribution Urged by Alberta Women’s Institute
At the Southern Alberta Women’s Institute annual conference in Lethbridge a resolution urged the Alberta government to distribute free radium to medical centres in Edmonton Calgary Lethbridge and Medicine Hat. The call followed an address by Dr Stuart M Rose a Lethbridge radiologist.
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Lethbridge
C.P
Alberta
Edmonton
Calgary
Medicine Hat
Southern Alberta Women's Institute
Stuart M. Rose
Bombing of Red Cross Units Sparks Protests
London instructed its ambassador to Rome to protest Italy’s bombing of a British Red Cross unit in Ethiopia. In Addis Ababa Italian planes bombed the Imperial headquarters at Desige, under Crown Prince Asfaw Wassan. Casualties reported as Greeks killed. unknown if the Crown Prince was harmed.
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London
C.P
Rome
Eric Drummond
Italy
Red Cross
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Desige
Emperor Selassie
Mayor orders weight reducing classes for police in Denver
Denver dispatch reports Mayor Ben Stapleton ordered weight reducing classes after surveying the belt line of the police department. At the first weighing, 90 percent of the officers had gained weight, prompting the program.
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Denver
Colo
C.P
Ben. Stapleton
Chicken bone incident leads to court remand in Windsor
In Windsor Ontario March 6 Mrs Ernest Major testifies her husband hurled a chicken leg at her with force fracturing her skull. The magistrate remanded the case for a week.
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Windsor
Ont
C.P
Ernest Major
Condition of Admiral Beatty Still Unchanged in London
London reports Earl Beatty remains in poor health with slight improvement noted earlier, but anxiety persists over the naval hero after weeks of illness. The 65 year old admiral retired from active list in January after reaching the age limit.
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London
Earl Beatty
Admiral Beatty
CCF Members Back Can U S Pact as Debate Narrows
Seven CCF members aligned with the government backing the Canadian American trade pact in Ottawa. Abraham Heaps said CCF MPs would vote for the treaty as a tariff reduction step, not a cure-all, while C H Cahan warned it could bring financial instability for Canada.
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Ottawa
March
C.P
C.C.F
Abraham Heaps
C.cle. Group
Canada
C. H. Cahan
Bennett
Gullible Victim Details Card Confidences Near Calgary
Calgary report states Arthur M. Hampson was cheated in a card game by two confidence men who won $200 then sold his car for $175 in Okotoks Alberta. They then won back the $175 in another card game and provided enough funds for him to travel to Vancouver.
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Calgary
Arthur M. Hampson
Okotoks
Alta
Vancouver
Eight Year Holiday In Heavy Cruiser Construction
London report says four power naval conference technical sub committee drafted a qualitative limitation plan including an eight year halt on building heavy cruisers between 8 000 and 17 500 tons and an eight year ban for class A cruisers over 10 000 tons to take effect upon treaty signing.
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London
C.p.havas
Naval Conference
Greek government crisis sparks navy stand by and officer detentions
In Athens on March 6 Greek war vessels were ordered to stand by after 15 junior officers suspected of plotting against the regime were guarded. The officers were not arrested and their movements watched. Gen Metaxas named war minister amid resignations by Ven Platis and Gen Panaras, seen as curbing hardline military influence.
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Athens
C.p.havas
Jon Metaxas
War Ministry
Alexander Panaras
Ven. Platis
Alberta to seek Ottawa help on bond issue
Premier Aberhart said Alberta has not funds to meet the 3.2 million dollar bond due April 1 and will request Ottawa's aid again by letter. If negotiations by mail fail, officials may travel to Ottawa to pursue the matter. Major Douglas has replied to a renewed Social Credit request to visit by March 30.
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Edmonton
C.P
Alberta
Ottawa
Aberhart
Douglas
Social Credit
Market slows as bad roads halt farmers market
Muddy roads kept farmers at home today and as a result the market was almost dead with only two or three wagons in sight. No eggs were shown though city grocers reported buying fresh eggs from district farmers. Butter sold at 25 cents a pound and dressed chickens at 60 cents each.
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U.S
Social Credit Measures Act Introduced By Premier Aberhart
Premier Aberhart introduced Social Credit Measures Act in the Alberta legislature. The bill provides for royal commission investigations into the Social Credit field and business circumstances, with no explicit enactment or social dividends specified. Debates noted the bill’s enabling language and lack of direct social credit terms.
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Social Credit Measures Act
W. Aber
Edmontc.i, Mar. O
C.P
Verta
Aberhart
Executive Council of
Social Credit
Royal Commission
C. H. Douglas
Department of Trade and Industry
Legislative Assembly
Cossar To Be Buried In East
Body of D. D. Cossar, Canadian Pacific division master mechanic at Revelstoke, now on train No 4 for burial at Kenora Ontario, accompanied by Mrs. Cossar. Cossar was among 16 men killed when a tender rolled back on the crew at Revelstoke early Monday.
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D. D. Cossar
Canadian Pacific Division
Revelstoke
Medicine Hat
Kenora
Fallow Denies Capital Flight From Province
Edmonton March. Capital is seeking investment in Alberta, says Hon. W. A. Fallow, minister of public works, denying opposition claims of capital flight since Social Credit took power. He notes he has been offered more money for Alberta than exists in the Dominion.
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Edmonton
Mar. G
C.P
Alberta
W. A. Fallow
Dominion
Mr. Fallow
Miller Succumbs After Highway Crash Near Airdrie
Calgary reports Sam Miller aged 22 died in hospital after an automobile skidded and rolled 300 feet on a highway near Airdrie Alto. Funeral services were held for William Oliver Smith the car’s driver who was killed instantly. An inquest into both deaths will be held Saturday.
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Calgary
Sam Miller
Airdrie
Alto
William Oliver Smith
Premier Stogradinovich survives Belgrade assault
In Belgrade deputy Damian Arnantovich fired at Premier Milan Stogradinovich as United States minister Charles B. Wilson watched from the diplomatic gallery. The gunman was seized by gendarmes. shots hit the wall and floor as deputies clashed and the session briefly paused before resuming.
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Belgrade
Mar
C.P
Milan Stogradinovich
Charles B. Wilson
United States
Yugoslavia
Damian Arnantovich
Stoyadinovich
Wilson
Chamber of Deputies
New York Cloud Dwellers Hit by Building Strike
New York City faces a major building service strike as workers walk out affecting 1,536 buildings in Manhattan and the Bronx. Union leader James J. Bambrick says the action will extend to Grand Central, Brooklyn, and Queens with possible National Guard or extra police protection requested.
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New York
C.P
Manhattan
Grand Central Zone
Brooklyn
Queens
Muar
A.P
National Guard
Ex ‘Tra
Ers
Washington Heights
Harlem
Union
James J. Bambrick
Bronx
mid-Manhattan
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Cotterell
D.M. Duggan
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Quorum
CCE
Can.u.s. Pact
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Province
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East
Hat Rail
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