London View Next Forty Eight Hours Heavy with Destiny for Europe
London reports a European crisis as Great Britain France Belgium and Italy discuss action against Germany. Unconfirmed rumors say Germany may withdraw troops symbolically while Italy cites Ethiopia as a hurdle. France seeks sanctions and Locarno powers edge toward unity as Hitler returns to Berlin for talks.
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Destiny
Urope
London
C.P
Great Britain
France
Haly
Foreign Office
Germany
Italy
Ethiopia
Garmany
Rhineland
Seeman
Hitler
London Stock Exchange
Soviet Russia
O Wns
Europe
Locarno
League of Nations Council
Berlin
John Evans
Associated Press
Paris
A.P
Chamber Distances Itself From Redcliff Stampede Plans
Medicine Hat chamber of commerce says it will not oppose Redcliff Stampede’s July 1 event. The group plans to form a separate sports day and will meet Redcliff leaders within two weeks to coordinate a different date. A letter from J A King supports the Medicine Hat Shopping Festival.
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Medicine Hat
Chapter of Commerce
Redcliff Stampede Association
Redcliff
Chamber
F. W. Gershaw
G. M. Blackstock
Walter Huckvale
Redcliff Review
Blackstock
Medicine Hat Shopping Festival Association
J. A. King
Road and bridge appeals dominate Alberta estimates
Edmonton reports strong appeals for bridge and highway improvements as the committee of supply reviews the public works estimates. The government was urged to add power equipment to ferries in the Peace River district. Votes approved include 712 325 for main bank maintenance and 80 000 for district highways and local roads, while capital accounts of 532 495 for construction of main and 100 000 for district highways were held over.
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Edmonton
C.P
al Ferta
Committee of Supply
Public Works Department
Peace River
Flood Toll Mounts Across Eastern Canada and U S
Flood waters in eastern Canada and the northeastern United States have claimed at least eighteen lives and caused widespread property damage. In Canada, four Duckles family members drowned at St Tites Quebec and four bodies were found in a Kingston Pennsylvania house. In the United States, floods caused massive property losses and other hazards across New England with trains derailed and roads washed away.
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Toronto
C.P
Canada
United States
Henri Duckles
St. Tites
Que
Kingston
Boston
A.P
Tor
Doctor Ruxton Sentenced to Death in Beeftub Case
Dr. Buck Ruxton a Hindu physician was convicted of the Devil's Beeftub murder of his wife and nursemaid Mary Jane Rogerson and instantly sentenced to death by hanging. The jury found him an emotional violent man who transformed his home into a bloodstained scene as evidence concluded.
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Manchester
Mar
Buck Ruxton
Ruxton
Mary “Dane Rogerson
Justice Singleton
McGeer Urges Development of Tourist Trade
Victoria report cites Mayor G. G. McGeer urging Canada to boost tourism to pay its U S debts. He says attracting American visitors to Canada and converting currency via services and goods can liquidate liabilities and encourage some visitors to settle as permanent residents. He praises maintaining British traditions.
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Victoria
C.P
Canada
United States
G. G. McGeer
Ottawa
Senate approves war department supply bill to raise army to 165000
The United States Senate appropriations committee endorsed an annual supply bill boosting war department funding to 603,230,604 for peace time. Enlisted army strength would rise to 165,000 men and total war department appropriation would reach 58,004,286 above house totals. Most increases target new rivers and harbors projects.
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Washington
A.P
War Department
United States Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Quebec Cabinet Reorganized with Notable Appointments
March 13 Quebec Premier Taschereau announced a cabinet reorganization naming J. E. Perrault as attorney general P. E. Cote to roads Edgar Rochette to labor and fisheries J N Francoeur to mines and public works and Cleophas Bastien as minister without portfolio.
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Quebec
C.P
Taschereau
Hom J. E. Perrault
P. E. Cote
Edgar Rochette
J. N. Francoeur
Cleophas Bastien
Alberta to license coal mines and tax relief bill introduced
Legislative Happenings reports Alberta will license all present coal mines with no new leases for now. A flood relief bill would allow irrigation district trustees to cancel penalties on arrears as of 1936. The government authorized 4 768 564 for special warrants since April last year, mainly 850 000 for seed relief. Plans to license trades were cancelled though proficiency certificates will be required.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Board of ‘Trustees
U.F.A
Social Credit
House
Medicine Hat Horse Sale Date Corrected
A front page News story corrects a typographical error stating the Medicine Hat horse sale date as March 30. The accurate date is March 20, clarified in a later paragraph of the same article.
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Medicine Hat
Premier Replies To Charges Of St Paul Group
Edmonton March 13 Premier Aberhart denied a St Paul Social Credit group accusation of miserable failure over social credit dividends. He said the group misread the bill and opposed factions within the party. The group urged dividends, while the bill calls for a royal commission to study social credit possibilities.
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Prem
St. Paul Group
Edmonton
CPI
St. Paul
George Bidlake Dies in Fredericton at 74
George Bidlake a former newspaperman and for ten years clerk of the New Brunswick legislature died at his home yesterday in Fredericton in his 75th year.
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George Bidlake
Fredericton
N.B
C.P
New Brunswick
Foreigners Threatened by Extremists in Spain
Extremists in Huelva province threaten all foreigners and target British engineers on the Zafra railway as Nuns and priests flee convents. Authorities pledge protection for British staff while extremists attempt to burn a Madrid church and threaten violence against Britons unless they depart.
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Madrid
Huelva
Spain
Douglas Seeks Alberta Tax Policy Without Higher Taxes
Major Douglas son of Social Credit urged Premier Aberhart to meet Alberta’s budget challenges without raising taxes. He plans to send a technical colleague to Alberta and insisted his prior advice remains best. Aberhart declined comment but cited a cable of mutual cooperation after Social Credit caucus.
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Social Credit
London
C.P
Major Douglas
Aberhart
Alberta
Douglas
Buminton
Marendo
Edmonton
Verdict of Murder and Death by Own Action
In Oloyoo, B C a coroner jury ruled murder and death by own action in the deaths of K Julius Mortinsen, his wife and their three daughters. Evidence showed Mortinsen killed the family as they slept, then slashed his wrists and shot himself with two rifles present. Police and witnesses testified. funeral arrangements not yet made.
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J. O. Howells
Martinson
On to Ottawa Trek Cost Govt. Over 30 Thousand
Ottawa March 13 Dominion government paid 31108 to Saskatchewan and 996 to Als Herta totaling 32104 in disbursement with the on to Ottawa trek last summer. Orders in council tabled in the House of Commons show payments for meals and contingencies during trekkers stops at Calgary Medicine Hat and related expenses.
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Ottawa
C.P
Dominion
Saskatchewan
House of Commons
Norman McL. Rogers
Alberta
Calgary
Medicine Hat
Ottawa hears on dumping duties for US vegetables
Finance Minister Dunning refused in the House of Commons to forecast this year's dumping duties on United States vegetables. Speaking during committee stage of the Canada United States trade treaty, he said policy could not be announced in advance. The treaty limits dumping duties by capping duty valuation at 80 percent above the lowest 1933 to 1935 valuation.
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Ottawa
C.P
Dunning
House of Commons
United States
Alberta R M A leader outlines master code provisions
H T W Forster of Medicine Hat, new president of the Alberta branch Retail Merchants Association of Canada, told Assiniboia hotel directors that cutting off direct wholesale trade could push western Canadian merchants into red. He described a master code being finalized for possible legislature action to curb abuses and ensure fair trade for merchants and customers, with a March 26 general chamber meeting also planned.
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Canada
H. T. W. Forster
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Retail Merchants’ Association of Canada
Hat
Alberta R.M.A
Chamber
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