Mackenzie King Explains Stand on Reforms in Commons
In Ottawa on March 13 the unemployment insurance bill passed the House after Mackenzie King read a statement outlining the Liberal stance on reform measures. He cautioned that provincial rights and constitutional jurisdiction remain unsettled and urged advisory opinions or amendments to clarify intra vires limits.
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Italy to Refuse Extradition of Venizelos
In AYVEDRENS Greece faces mass court martial for rebels after an eleven day revolt. Italy will refuse extradition of former Premier Venizelos, declaring him a political refugee not subject to treaty provisions.
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C.P
Athens
Greece
MOME
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Venizelos
MacDonald Returns to Downing Street After Illness
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, slightly recovered from a cold, returned to Downing Street from Chequers. Authorities denied any plan for retirement or a cabinet reshuffle.
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London
C.P
Ramsay MacDonald
Downing Street
Monarchs Clash With Garbutts In Morgan Cup Semi finals
Word came to local hockey headquarters that the Monarchs will meet Calgary Garbutts in the Arena Friday and Saturday nights in Morgan cup playdowns semi finals. The Garbutt crew has burned up the ice this year in their league and the weekend clashes promise a top class series.
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Monarchs
Calgary Garbutts
Garbutt
Alberta and Saskatchewan each to get five million
Edmonton reports that Alberta and Saskatchewan will receive five million dollars each as compensation for natural resources alienated under federal administration. The royal commission has issued its report to the government with the awards approved.
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Edmonton
C. P
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Edmonton Journal
Ottawa
Royal Commission
Peter Verigin to Serve 3 Months Jail Sentence
The Manitoba Court of Appeal dismissed Peter Verigin's appeal of a three month jail term for allegedly assaulting his former interpreter Fritz Ammerer. Verigin was convicted in police court December 15 for occasioning actual bodily harm after striking Ammerer in a local Moose Jaw hotel suite, leaving him unconscious. Verigin, a Doukhobor leader, has had a turbulent career since arriving in Canada in 1927 after his father’s death in the 1924 exploding train incident.
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Mar
C.P
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Canada
Dopkhohors
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Manitoba Court of Appeal
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R B. Graham
Ammeter
Columbia
Peter
Lordly" Verigin
Farren
B.C
Yorkton
Sask
Halifax
Curfew Enforced in Havana After Strike Violence
Havana reports a drastic curfew after violence injuring 24. Morning shows calmer streets as workers return to jobs. Government, backing President Mendieta, predicts the strike movement will collapse today.
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Havana
C.P
Carlos ,Mendieta
Western provinces seek royal commission on Alberta and Confederation
A resolution by WG Farquharson of Ribstone proposes a joint Western provinces move in the Legislature to seek a royal commission to study Alberta's status within Confederation. Farquharson argues national tariff policy places a heavy burden on the province.
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Edmonton
C. P
Alberta
WG Farquharson
U.F.A
Ribstone
Farquharson
Manitoba Budget Forecast Sees Balance Next Year
Winnipeg March 12 The Manitoba treasurer E A McPherson presented a budget showing revenue for the year ending April 30 1936 at 14 050 193 and expenditures at 14 083 067 leaving a deficit of 32 874 which is expected to be erased by higher tax returns. He said no new taxes would be imposed.
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C.P
E. A. McPherson
Manitoba
McPherson
Bennett to Take Month Long Rest Cure Amid Political Rumors
Ottawa March 12. Prime Minister R B Bennett to be inactive for at least a month as rest cure ordered by his physician. Bennett rests at home with no visitors, while Sir George Perley handles administrative duties and reform bills move forward in the house.
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Ottawa
C.P
R. B. Bennett
Bennett
Sir George Perley
Murder charge in Pembroke death near burned farmhouse
Leslie Scheunaman of Alice township was held by provincial police in connection with the death of Herbert Berger age 35. Berger's body was found yesterday beside the ruins of his burned farmhouse near Woite station, about 15 miles from Pembroke. Cloudy and colder with a temperature around 46 degrees.
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Ont
C. P
Leslie Scheunaman
Alice Township
Herbert Berger
Berger
Woite Station
Anti Long bloc forms in House to curb Huey Long
Washington March 13 A group led by Representative P L Gassaway Oklahoma plans to blunt Huey Long by direct attack or ridicule. Gassaway said 12 or 15 others join frequent talks, declaring they are the meanest scoundrels in Congress and tired of Huey’s rhetoric.
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Mar
C.P
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Rep
Okla
Gassaway
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Constantine Identified as Escapee in Worthless Cheque Case
Constantine 23 from Regina to stand trial for passing worthless cheques. He is identified as Rodger Van Aken, who escaped New Westminster jail February 9. He traveled with three men and a girl, cashed bad cheques in Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, and Regina, and paid hotel bills with worthless cheques.
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Regina
Rodger van Aken
New Westminster
B.C
Constantine
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Assiniboia
Non-Confidence Vote Defeated in Alberta Legislature
Edmonton reports the Alberta Legislature rejected the non-confidence motion by 36 to 19 after liberal and conservative independents united. The debate featured D. M. Duggan urging a royal commission to review governmental structure and relief policies amid taxation and debt concerns.
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Mar
W. R. Howson
K.C
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U.F.A
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Ottawa church approves women to ministry
The Ottawa presbytery of the United Church of Canada voted 50 to 19 to admit women to the ministry on the same basis as men, marking a social and religious milestone in Ottawa.
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United Church of Canada Today
British Author Arrested In U S For Entry Charge
Evelyn John St. Lee Strachey, British author and former MP, arrested in Chicago on illegal entry charges after delivering a lecture. He posted bond with help from Robert Morss Lovett and said he would fight the charges. Strachey denied Communist ties and claimed no intent to overthrow the U S government.
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C.P
Evelyn St. Lee Strachey
Chicago
United States
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Strachey
British Communist Party
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Cleveland
Hig
Robert Morss. Lovett
London Spectator
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Glencoe
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Great Britain
Alberta bill seeks end to professors political bans
Edmonton March 13 The power of the board to bar professors from politics would be abolished if a bill introduced in the legislature by F J White Labour leader from Calgary is passed It received first reading The board had previously issued an editor staff ban from provincial politics and candidacy for federal riding.
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C.P
F. J. White
Calgary
Baden Powell to Reach Canada April 9 Lord Baden Powell visit details
Ottawa dispatch reports final arrangements for Lord and Lady Baden Powell’s Canadian tour. Arriving in Victoria April 9 they will attend rallies in Victoria Vancouver Calgary Edmonton Saskatoon Regina Brandon Winnipeg and Port William ending May 8. The tour emphasizes light duties for the ailing world chief scout and host duties at Rideau Hall in Ottawa.
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Lady Baden-Powell
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Regina
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Rideau Hall
Mountie charges Ottawa report to probe RCMP actions
A royal commission headed by the New Brunswick chief justice will investigate allegations by former postmaster general Peter Vennot against the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Justice Minister Hugh Guthrie announced the inquiry in the house. Vennot claims Mounties used third degree methods on witnesses in New Brunswick and seized a rum vessel with food destroyed in the presence of relief recipients. The commission will convene immediately and Vennot says he will risk his seat to prove his charges.
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Ottawa
C.P
New Brunswick
Peter Vennot
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Hugh Guthrie
Vennot
Quintuplet Baby Yvonne Teething Featured in C P Report
In Callander Ontario on March 13 the Di donne quintuplets attracted notice as baby Yvonne, nine months thirteen days old, cut her second tooth a lower central incisor breaking through the gums. Annette had first teeth yesterday marking teething among the sisters.
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C.P
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Annette
Ode
British and German Talks Set For March Visit
Foreign secretary Sir John Simon and Lord Eden will travel to Berlin on March 24 to meet with Adolf Hitler on European security. They return March 27 after three days of discussions. The cabinet approved the timing to advance peace efforts in Europe amid disarmament debates in Parliament.
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C.P
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Anthony Eden
Berlin
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