Pope Pius XII to Be Crowned Sunday Ceremony Planned
Vatican announces Cardinal Maglione will become Vatican secretary of state as Pope Pius XII is crowned in St. Peter's. The coronation follows Mass with TV and radio networks broadcasting all night from Rome, with shortwave rebroadcasts planned. The ceremony will last about six hours.
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Vatican City
C.P
Luigui Maglone
France
Vatican
Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli
Pius XI
Magione
Germany
Miglioine
St. Peter’s
Ramon de Valera
Eire
New York
A.P
Pius XII
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
Mutual Broadcasting System
Profit Control Is Limited on War Material
Ottawa reports Defence Minister Ian Mackenzie won Conservative support as he outlined a new defense purchasing board bill to cap profits on war material at five percent through special taxes on non tendered contracts. Prime Minister Mackenzie King praised the plan in Parliament, calling it the harshest profit control in a democratic country. The debate avoided full bill disclosure but signaled broad unity on defense measures.
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Ottawa
Lama
Ian Mackenzie
Defence
Mackenzie King
House of Conyzons
Defence Department
Defence Purchasing Board
Mackenzie
Grote Stirling
Yale
Conservative
Peyce of Canada
R. J. Manion
Public Holidays Proclaimed For Alta
Alberta government will proclaim holidays for the King and Queen visit to Calgary and Edmonton. May 26 will see a southern Alberta holiday south of Red Deer, and a northern holiday north of Red Deer. June 2 marks the Edmonton visit. Proclamations are expected shortly before the royal visit.
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Edmonton
C.P
Alberta
Calgary
Red Deer
Canadian dollar hits year high against U S dollar
The Canadian dollar rose to its highest point of the year against the U S dollar in New York trading on March 11. It was quoted at 3-10 discount before easing to 13-64 discount near close. Sterling and the franc also moved higher.
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New York
CPL
United States
Dominion
Prime Minister Mackenzie King backs defense minister in Bren gun debate
King defended his defense minister during a heated Bren gun contract debate and said the minister had been a victim of persecution in the house and in the press. He urged earlier speeches to avert bitterness and misunderstandings.
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Mackenzie
Mackenzie King
British Vessel Stangate Freed After Destroyers Aid
In Iraneco's blockade of the Spanish republican coast the British freighter Stangate was seized but rescued by two destroyers and escorted to Gibraltar. The Bellwyn, which radioed the incident, refused to submit to the nationalist warship and remained at sea.
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London
Iraneco
Admiralty
Gibraltar
Intrepid
Bellwyn
Cape San Antonio
Great Britain
Viscount Halifax
House of Lords
Auto Crash on Balmoral Street Injures Three
A head on collision at Balmoral Street and Ash Avenue yesterday afternoon injured Walter Ackerman and passengers Emil and Ted Cook when flying glass from a shattered windshield struck inside the car. Albert Newman and Ralph Thomson drove a truck east on Balmoral as Ackerman turned from Ash into the p ase. all three injured were taken to the Clinic for treatment by Dr. F W Gershaw.
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Walter Ackerman
Emil
Ted Cook
Balmoral St
Ash Ave
Albert Newman
Ralph Thomson
Ackerman
Pasengers
F. W. Gershaw
Royal Tour in Ottawa Draws Unusual Invitations and Pranks
Ottawa officials managing the royal visit report a flood of requests and odd offers. A Maritime man proposes his couple as stand ins for the King and Queen during ceremonies. Over a thousand applications seek press train accommodations and social invitations flood cabinet wives and Ottawa society.
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Ottawa
C.P
Maritimes
National scholarships eyed to aid Canadian youth education
Canadian lawmakers discuss national scholarships for university and agricultural college studies. Paul Martin champions the plan, aiming to aid financially burdened students and train future Canadian leaders. Proposals suggest awards from 500 to 1000 dollars with broad Liberal, Conservative, CCF, and Social Credit support. Generous petitions flow from youth groups and the Canadian Youth Congress, signaling rising momentum.
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Ottawa
House
Paul Martin
L.L.M
University of ‘Toronto
Osgoode Hall
Harvard
Cambridge
Geneva
Essex Jéast
Canada
Platfor
C.C.F
Martin
Essex
Canadian Youth Congress
De Valera Leaves Dublin for Papal Coronation
Prime Minister De Valera departs Dublin by boat amid police protection to avert potential attack by Irish Republican Army terrorists en route to the papal coronation in Rome.
Expulsion Deadline Shuts Out Jews From Italy
Rome March 11 six thousand foreign Jews faced a midnight deadline to leave Italy. Most lack permission to enter other countries and risk arrest after midnight for violating the expulsion decree issued last fall granting six months to wind up affairs.
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Rome
C.P
Italy
Alberta Legislature votes to study 1939 40 estimates in committee
In Edmonton the Alberta Legislature, after 17 speakers, voted 30 to 5 to send the 1939–40 estimates to committee for detailed review. A redistribution bill cutting Calgary and Edmonton to five members each and trimming rural seats was introduced for first reading along with two temporary taxation acts. A cancer cure investigation bill and hospital act amendments passed second readings, and a Notaries Public Act amendment received third. The house adopted a pegged wheat price resolution at 1 a bushel for No 1 Northern at Vancouver, 45 cents for oats, and 65 cents for barley, with no dissent.
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Edmonton
C.P
Alberta
Committee of Supply
Lucien Maynard
Legislative Assembly
Calgary
E. C. Manning
N. E. Tanner
N. B. James
S.C
Acadia
Vancouver
C.w
Russian Spies Convicted in United States
Hafis Salich and Mikhail Gorin were found guilty by a federal jury of conspiring to obtain and transmit information vital to national defense. Natasha Gorin was acquitted. Salich’s wife fainted as verdicts read. Gorin and his wife showed little emotion. Cloudy and colder with a 36 degree low.
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Los Angeles
Hafis Salich
Ormer U.S. Navy
Mikhail Gorin
Natasha Gorin
Gorin
Salich
Russia
Velma Salich
Olga Bryson
Quints To Visit King and Queen In Toronto
Dr Allan Roy Dafoe says the Dionne quints may travel to Toronto to meet Their Majesties the King and Queen. He notes a royal invitation would override any request to keep the visit in Callander and that a royal command would require presenting the children.
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Quints
Toronto
Ottawa
C.P
Allan Roy Dafoe
Dionne
Callander
Martial Law Enforced in Slovakia by Czech Forces
Czech army and police imposed martial law in autonomous Slovakia after Premier Tiso and two ministers were dismissed by President Hacha. A division entered Slovakia to restore order as protests and counter demonstrations rocked Bratislava.
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Slovakia
Bratislava
Pothe
Ozeps Tiso
Prague
A.P
Emil Hacha
Joseph Tiso
Hacha
Munich
Czecho- Slovakia
Tiso
Slovak People’s Party
Jan Pritasinki
Merdvnana Dirchansky
Josef Sivak
Rome
Pius VII
Budapest
Hungary
Slovak People's Party
Andore Minke
Daffires
Frantiseke Chvalkovaky
Hitler
Germany
Republic
Chinook Brings Warmth as Snow Melts in Noon City
A chinook arrived at 8 a.m. blowing 20 mph and temperatures climbed to 38 above by noon. Lethbridge reached 43 above with a strong south west wind, suggesting a weekend of springlike conditions before a northern cold front nears Swift Current.
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Lethbridge
Republicans advance on Madrid amid city battle
Mobile units of the Spanish republican army moved into Madrid blasting Communist positions near the bull ring as Franco's forces attacked the western front. Government reports say three Communist strongholds remain in the city after intense fighting with tanks mortars and field guns.
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Madrid
C.P
Franco
Miaja
National Defence Junta
A.P
Alrey
Commund
Jose Miaja
Alberta Forecast Winds Shift to Snow Favoring North
Westerly winds bring fair conditions today for Alberta. Sunday turns cloudy and colder with some snow primarily in northern districts.
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Alberta
Legislature urges immediate cut in farm implement prices
The Manitoba Legislature passed unanimously a resolution urging the Dominion government to take immediate steps to lower agricultural implement prices. In Omaha a district court petition asks to change the name of Frank A. Gonr to Goss, stating the current name is embarrassing. Attorney Margaret E H Goos represents the petitioner.
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Manitoba
Frank A. Gonr
Omaha
Goss
Margaret EH
Goos
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