Fascists Gain Power and A Crisis Expected in Europe
London reports fascist momentum in Italy and Germany amid rising crisis fears. Paris notes France plans vast air force expansion to 6,000 planes by year end, with 3 billion francs in bonds and gas mask programs as part of war defense.
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Italy
Germany
London
George Hambleton
Europe
France
United Kingdom
Paris
Stavisky
Pune
Gaston Doumergue
Britain
Oswald Mosley
Stafford Cripps
Chamber of Deputies
Victor Denain
Air
Amputations Association Opens Dominion Convention in Ottawa
In Ottawa the 12th annual Dominion Convention of the Amputations Association of the Great War opened with a memorial service attended by the Governor General Lady Bessborough Prime Minister Bennett and many dignitaries. About 1 000 people joined the service as veterans who lost limbs heard tributes to the dead and calls to uphold their spirit. There are 1 194 right legs 1 683 left legs 89 right arms 537 left arms 97 both legs and seven both arms broken by the war, with 100 to 200 sightless members in the fellowship. Tea for 1 500 followed. the business sessions begin tomorrow.
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Ittawa
R. H. Jacey
C.mg
Logan-Veneta
A. P. Me Nzies
M.C
Nolan Coll
Captain Lambert
Tiday
Canada
Theis
Bennett
Howson levelled non confidence amendment in Edmonton
Liberal leader W R Howson denounced government miscalculations in estimates that supposedly misstated over 12 million dollars over the past four years. He moved an amendment of non confidence as the budget debate continued in the Legislature. Senate passed three bills to repeal prohibition enforcement laws in Alaska Hawaii Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
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Edmonton
W. R. Howson
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
United States
Senate
Alto License Sales Soar Through Early March
Up to March 1 the sale of automobile plates nearly doubled last year's. For January and February 1934, 986 passenger car plates were sold versus 561 in 1933, and 220 truck plates were issued compared with 116 last year, totaling 1,208 plates this year against 677 in 1933.
Canadian Legion Holds Annual Meeting in East
The Canadian Legion opened its fifth annual conference in Ottawa with Major J S Rope in the chair. Governor General the Prime Minister and Dominion cabinet members attended the opening ceremony. Delegates from every province gathered as the Legion and Dominion Council of the Army and Navy Veterans prepared for sessions under Col W W Wood. The discussions focused on promoting world peace and outlining plans to propagate peace.
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Ottawa
Canadian Press
Canadian ‘Legion
Dominion
Legion
Imperial Vet
Council of the Army
Navy
Co. Wood
Quebec
Earthquakes Rattle Salt Lake City Prompt School Closures
A strong quake struck Salt Lake City shortly after 8 a.m. causing swaying buildings and stopped clocks. A second tremor at 11 19 a.m. led authorities to close all schools. minor damage reported with shocks felt in Pocatello and Idaho Falls, Idaho.
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Salt Lake City
Pocatello
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Here
Madrid city not quiet yet by a long way
Radical laborers set fire to a Catholic kindergarten full of children in Madrid as civil guards stopped the attack and arrested two mob members. Earlier, police clashed with strikers attempting to wreck street cars in Madrid amid a broad wave of strikes across Spain.
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Madrid
Spain
House votes for $2.2 billion soldiers bonus
Washington March 12 The United States House of Representatives approved a cash payment totaling 2.2 billion dollars for soldiers bonus despite Administration disapproval. The measure moves to the Senate for consideration.
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Washington
United States House of Representatives
Empress Of Britain Heads Home on Round America Cruise
Montreal March 9 The Empress of Britain sails home after the Round America cruise segment of Canadian Pacific’s world tour. The voyage includes Barboa Cristobal Havana and California cities with rail passage included to San Francisco or Los Angeles and return from New York. Passengers can return from Havana to New York by steamship within days of the Empress’s Cuba arrival.
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Montreal
Fem
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Barboa
Pacific
Panama Canal
Canal
el Cristobel
Atlantic Gateway
Havana
Americas
California
United
New York
Cuba
Canadian Pacific
Canada
United States
Divorce suit filed against John Ringling in Sarasota court
A divorce action was filed in the circuit court at Sarasota Florida against John Ringling by his second wife Emily. The filing was represented by the attorney for the circus magnate.
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Emily
Ringling
Sarasota, Fla
John Ringling
Ponoka Investigation Exonerates Two Attendants
A coroner’s jury in Ponoka absolved two attendants of blame in the death of John Olynyk after a day of testimony by leading Alberta pathologists. The hearing, held at the Ponoka Mental Hospital, featured legal arguments about the treatment of the patient and did not find evidence of undue violence.
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Ponoka
John Olynyk
Olynyk
E. A. Braithwaite
Morton Hall
Royal Alexandra Hospital
Edmonton
J. J. Ower
University of Alberta
Bruce Smith
William Olynyk
Rible
A. L. Smith
K.C
Thomas Dick
Ralph Holness
Braithwaite
Parliament Eyes Committees as Eight Week Session Opens
Ottawa Parliament enters its eighth week with major Government bills safely through second reading and in committee. The banking and commerce committee will review the Bank Revision Act and Central Bank Bill while the mass-buying and civil service committees resume work. Hector Charlesworth to be questioned on the Radio Broadcasting Commission's first year. A possible restoration of civil service salaries to be announced soon.
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Central Bank
Stevens
Ottawa
Parliament
Banking and Commerce Committee
Central ‘Bank
Civil Service Committee
Pyasidie Loe
Cavil Sulvice
Hector Charlesworth
Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission
Committee On Banking and Commerce
C. G Power
Lib
Quebec South
Canada
Parliament Hill
House votes for immediate talk on soldiers bonus
In Washington on March 12 the House moved to consider paying the 2.2 billion soldiers bonus immediately, despite a White House veto promised if enacted. In Myrnam March 12 farmers celebrate a wheat strike and discuss raising egg prices, with no firm plan yet. At San Quentin March 12 three convicts used home made guns in a failed escape. one inmate killed and another, William Bagtey, previously linked to Oakalla escape. John Arbuckle, 20, died when a homemade weapon discharged.
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Myrnam
San Quentin
William Bagtey
Oakalla
Vancouver
Canada
San Francisco
John Arbuckle
Mystery Torpedo Boat Fomozuru Wreck Kills 120 Off Saebo Base
Tokyo March 12 A Japanese torpedo boat named Fomozuru with heavy armament sank in rough seas off Saebo naval base. The Temeturn completed February 26. Rescue efforts were underway with no confirmed survivors.
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Tokyo
Japan
Sa Sebo Naval
Navy Office
Local Wheat Prices From Ogilvie Grain Report
Ogilvie Grain releases price sheet with May and July bids and spot and track values. May 69 split 7-8, July 71 1-4, spot No 1 Nor 67 5-8, track No 1 Nor 68, street 49.
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Ogilvie Grain
Dept
Robbers Hit Two Banks In Atchison Heist
Four machine gun equipped bandits robbed the Exchange National and Exchange State banks in Atchison Kansas, stealing about 21000. Chief of Police Linville was wounded, cashier Ed Iverson beaten and fell from a chair, nine employees were taken as hostages and later released, the bandits sped away.
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Atchison, Kas
Exchange
National
Exchange State Banks
Willard ‘Linville
Ed Iverson
Exchange State Bank
Gar
Linville
Battleship Essential to British Navy
London March 12 Sir Bolton Eyres Monsell First Lord of the Admiralty defended the battleship as essential to Britain's fleet presenting naval estimates. He rejected a 10,000 ton cruiser limit for all naval vessels and asserted a strong UK battle line.
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London
Bolton
Eyres-Monsel
Admiralty
Britain
Bandits battle Japanese troops in Manchukuo clash
A fierce engagement in Manchukuo left fourteen Japanese soldiers dead, including two officers, after a battle with about 500 bandits. Details remain undisclosed.
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Tokyo
Manchukuo
Unclear OCR News Item on Fairbanks Pickford Return
Fragmented report indicates Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford nearing reconciliation. Associated press notes Fairbanks busy with film work and expected to return to the United States in about two months.
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London
Mar
Douglas
Fairbanks
Siz
Hi Mary
Pickford
Associated Press
Wee
Ontario CCF Council Suspended By National Leader
Toronto meeting of the Ontario Cooperative Commonwealth Federation saw President Se S Woodsworth suspend the provincial council. The national executive announced a complete reorganization of the Ontario body after a lengthy discussion triggered by a clubs group resolution urging expulsion from the Labor conference.
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Toronto
Ontario
Thio’ Cooperative Commonwealth
S. Woodsworth
C.F
Woodsworth
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St. John’s
Mahoney
Harmer
Empress of
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British Empire Service
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Sauk
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