Austria Joins Germany in Unions as Hitler Triumphs
Vienna reports Austria's complete annexation into Nazi Germany after President Miklas resigns and Chancellor Seyss-Inquart assumes power. Hitler tours Linz and Vienna while plans for a plebiscite on April 10 unfold amid celebratory reaction and a shift to the German economic structure.
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Miklas
Seyss-Inquart
der Fuehrer
Austria
Wilhelm Miklas
Linz
Here
Vienna
Engelbert Dollfuss
Domand
Messiges
Hitler
Ling
Mussalini
Rome
Germany
Austre Gcerman
Reich
Eld
Nazi Leader Julius Streicher Departs for Vienna From Berlin
Berlin reports Julius Streicher left for Vienna today as Nazi district headquarters in Munich offered no explanation. Paris dispatch notes Blum's government pledged France would take military action if Nazis extend Austrian coup toward Czechoslovakia per Franco-Czecho treaty.
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Berlin
C.P
Julius Streicher
Bakter
Nuremberg
Vienna
Munich
Paris
Blum
Czechoslovakia
France
Dr Bethune Found Safe Directing Army Medical Mission
Dr Norman Bethune a Montreal surgeon aged 48 and nurse Miss Janet Jiwen from Vancouver were in Hankow February and later moved to Sian. A Communist eighth route army spokesman said Bethune sent a telegram stating the medical mission is established in Sian awaiting large medical supplies from Hong Kong.
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Hankow
China
C.P. Havas
Norman Bethune
Montreal
Sian
Bethune
China Aid Council
Madrid
Eighth Route Army
Hong Tevitap
Janet Jiwen
Vancouver
Members Progress Club Tours Edmonton Midgets in City
The Edmonton Midget Maple Leafs joined the Members Progress Club on a two hour tour of Edmonton to learn about local industry and sights. The visitors, thanked the club for the entertaining educational outing, and gained new perspectives on the city’s scale and resources.
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Edmonton
Apdivine Hot Progress Club
Maple Leafs
Progress Club
Sab
Fedalia
Medicine Hat
National Pruit Co
Assiniboia
O'Theck Cin
Eric Ansley
BM Treece
Dick Hayworth
Metaltu
Ray McDonald
Phillipson
Hungarian Leaders Confer With Hitler
Budapest dispatch reports Count Ernest Sestetics and several Hungarian Nazi leaders traveled to Vienna to meet Hitler. The visit sparked speculation on whether they sought only a friendly call or the return of Burgenland to Hungary in exchange for a German Hungarian alliance.
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Budapest
C.P
Ernest Sestetics
Vienna
Hitler
Spesalistion
Eoland
Hungary
Burgenland
Austria
Central Europe
Trans-Canada Airlines Expands to Edmonton Route
Transport Minister C. D. Howe says Trans-Canada Airlines will fly daily from Lethbridge to Edmonton within weeks after radio beam tests. He notes Edmonton will connect with Montreal on a regular service and hints at expansion toward Yukon Alaska and China.
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Edmonton
C.P
Trans- Canada Airlines
Lethbridge
C. D. Howe
Montreal
Yukon
Alaska
Bering Strait
China
Mr. Howe
Chamberlain hints at conscription in crisis debate
In the House of Commons Chamberlain signaled a possible shift toward national service as Britain faces Germany's Austria annexation. He urged cool judgment and unity, saying no one should feel excluded from national efforts. The Commons responded with cheers. An official clarification was not issued immediately.
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London
C.P
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Germany
Austria
Commons
Charberlain
Stock Exchange Leader Pleads Guilty to Grand Larceny
Richard Whitney, former NYSE president and head of Richard Whitney and Company, pleaded guilty to the grand jury indictment charging grand larceny in New York.
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New York
C. P
Richard Whitney
Richard Whitney and Company
New York Stock Exchange
How About Czecho-Slovakia
Praha reports Czechoslovakia maintains a calm front amid Germanys strengthened hold. German assurances are taken at face value while fears grow that Hitler aims to reshape the region. Conservative factions see benefit in closer ties with Germany despite internal German minority politics.
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Praha
Czechoslovakia
Reich
Austria
Trans-Canada Airliner Forced Down by Weather in Rivers
Inclement weather halted a Trans-Canada Air Lines westbound flight near Rivers Manitoba 170 miles west of Winnipeg. Mail and passengers including Transport Minister C. D. Howe and Agriculture Minister J. G. Gardiner were moved to a train while pilots Art Rankin and Herb Seagram ferried the Lockheed Electra back to Winnipeg. The ministers had planned to alight at Regina, the first stop on the route. Wilfred L Murray, 47, son of the late Nova Scotia Premier George Murray, died at Bridgewater Nova Scotia.
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Rivers
Man
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Winnipeg
C. D. Howe
J. G. Gardiner
Art Rankin
Herb Seagram
Court upholds Alberta education unit consolidation
The Supreme Court of Alberta ruled the 84 Grande Prairie school districts consolidation order valid. Justice Howson dismissed the challenge by Grande Prairie ratepayers who argued lack of proper investigation and notice. Plaintiff Lee Alward warned of potential ratepayer protest if the plan proceeds.
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Edmonton
C.P
Alberta Department of Education
Grande Prairie
Supreme Court of Alberta
Aberhart
W. K. Howson
Department of Education
Minister of Education
C. Jamieson
K.C
Col. Jamieson
Lee Alward
Hitler Proclaims Austria Part of the Reich
The proclamation laments Austrian suffering under non-Nazi rule and describes a historic bond with Germany. It asserts German victory revived Austrian unity, condemns political oppression, economic decay, and religious persecution, and notes the Reich's growing prestige as it seeks to end persecutions.
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Austria i
Berlin
Cp-Havas
Hitler
Austria
Aload
Germany
Reich
Nazi Ascendancy Viewed With Alarm Across Europe
British observers faced a grim outlook as Hitler’s coup and Vienna’s collapse sparked alarm in London Paris and Rome. Eden warned of deteriorating international obligations while Chamberlain sought unity with Italy and Britain. Paris moved to strengthen ties with Czechoslovakia and Blum prepared a Popular Front cabinet to back a revised treaty against German aggression.
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Anthony Eden
Rome
Chamberlain
Fuehrer
Hitler
Eden
Manchester Guardian
Liberal
Austria
Guardian
London
C.P
Hiter’sons
Mr. Eden
Britain
The
Evening Standard
Independent
Europe
Rhine
Czechoslovakia
Paris
France
Popular Front
Leon Blum
Foreign Office
Germany
Appropriations For Seed Feed And Fuel
Letter to Secretary W T Basm an from David Lush M L A Empreas reports post appropriation for seed feed and fuel for spring operations. Ian 5 I Low the provincial treasury returns from Ottawa after a successful rating of an appropriation sufficient to crop land in drought area this year with fieldmen to take sapirations within a week.
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W. T. Basman
Chamber of Commerce
David Lush
M.L.A
Empreas
Ian
E. Low
Ottawa
Premier Aberhart predicts Social Credit sweep in Saskatchewan
Calgary March 14 Premier William Aberhart told the Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute that Social Credit is sweeping Saskatchewan like a prairie fire and predicts a strong contest in next June's provincial election. He urged unity, urged resistance to perceived lies by old-line parties, and argued for economic freedom and higher living standards.
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Calgary
C.P
Social Credit
Saskatchewan
William Aberhart
Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute
Cyril Hutchinson
Institute
Saskatchewan Social Credit League
Kindersley
Alberta
Social Credit Movement
Aberhart
Supreme Court of Canada
Stredkns
Socka Creat
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George Murray
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