Hitler Challenges World In Address to a Million Citizens
Adolf Hitler spoke from Vienna signaling a Pan German surge as crowds estimated at a million roared. He proclaimed the Reich inviolable and pledged unity from Koenigsburg to Vienna amid intense nationalist fervor and rapid Nazification of Austria. Two miners die in Lascar mine from gas after a cave in. three others rescued.
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Hitler
Vienna
Lascar
Alta
Warch
C.P
Harry Buttermur
Eldred Ambury
Ambury
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
W. J. Morgan
W. Mormytuk
Fred Rovere
Buttermur
Morgan
Adolf Hitler
Imperial Hotel
Ringstrasse
Fuehrer
Koenigsburg
Hamburg
Monetary Reform Debate in Canadian House
Ottawa reports a House of Commons session where Local Creditors pressed a national loan of 560 million dollars for roads irrigation and public works to curb unemployment. They urged higher bank reserve requirements to counter inflation as the government faced a confidence motion led by Social Creditists and CCPC member J Coldwell.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
W. O A. Tucker
Lib
Resthern
John Blackmore
Ch. Groumy
Mo J. Coldwell
C.clp
Roselown- Big
Attempt to Link Consuls in Japanese Ship Plot Opens
Defense lawyers tied Chinese consuls in Vancouver and San Francisco to a dynamite scheme to blow up Japanese ships as the Partridge trial began. George Henry Partridge faces illegal possession and transportation charges with conspiracy after the Vancouver drowning of Rolphe Forsythe, who tried to blow up the Hiyo Maru with 369 sticks of dynamite.
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Seattle
A.P
Vancouver
B.C
San Francisco
George Henry Partridge
Partridge
Rolphe Maurice Forsythe
Alberta Budget Debate Intensifies in Alberta Legislature
Edmonton reports Hon Solon Lew, provincial treasurer, to present the budget amid attacks from Social Credit members. Tremblay and others criticize deficits and recall provisions as Liberals and opposition leaders spar over debt, balance, and fiscal policy.
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Edmonton
Solon Lew
Abperta
Tremblay
Grouara
Social Credit
Lac Xte. Anne
C. Dulkee
Rocky Mountain
Mr. Lew
Wingblane
Lew
Treasgaver
MacMillan
MacMillan Garden
German Planes Bomb British Ship in Spanish Waters
British steamer Stanwell was hit by insurgent planes near Tarragona. One British seaman was killed and others wounded. an Danish observer also injured. An insurgent hydroplane was downed with five occupants burned. Officials say those aboard were Germans. The Stanwell burned hours after the raid and nearby Tarragona suffered four bombing strikes.
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Barcelona
Igar Agbers
Ao ‘Bom
Northern Alberta highway plans outlined by ministers
Edmonton March 14. Alberta Public Works Minister W A Fallon and Peace River M U A W J Lampley met with Federal Transport Minister C D Howe to push northern road construction. Howe supported the interview with Mines and Resources Minister T A Crerar and indicated funds would be needed for northern development.
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Hdmonton
Face River
W. A. Fallon
Albberta
W. J. Lampley
M.U.A
Peace River
C. D. Howe
T. A. Crerar
Planes Will Call In Calgary On Trans-Canada Route
Calgary to be a port of call on the Lethbridge Edmonton feeder line. Weather favorable and a regular daily schedule expected soon. Hon. C. D. Howe says Calgary is not a strong field and usable only in good conditions.
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Calgary
C.P
Trans-Canada
Lethbridge-Edmonton
C. D. Howe
Edmonton
New Equipment Ordered by Canadian Pacific Railway
Montreal March 1. The Canadian Pacific Railway placed orders for 35 locomotives and 2,800 freight cars with total expenditure estimated at about 15 million dollars. An informed source valued the cars at roughly 9.34 million and the engines at about 5.66 million, excluding 50 cars built in the company's shops.
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Montreal
C.P
Canadian Pacific Railway
C.P.R
Alberta considers redistribution plan for Legislature
Edmonton March 14 The Premier Abeiket said the 1937 redistribution resolution passed by the Alberta Legislature is under consideration. He noted government work but did not confirm a bill for the present session. The 1937 resolution urged seat reduction changes to constituencies and voting reforms for minority representation, plus cabinet reform proposals.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Abeiket
D. M. Duggan
Duggan
Fred
Parlays Reported Between Spain Government and Franco Representatives
Paris dispatch says talks are under way in Barcelona between the Spanish government and Franco representatives. With Franco forces advancing toward the Mediterranean coast to split government territory, Barcelona is described as grave. Report could not be confirmed.
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Paris
C.P
le Temps Today
Barcelona
Franco
Mediterranean
le Temps
Hitler declares Austrian independence and joins Reich as Austria becomes a Gau
Adolf Hitler in Vienna urged Austrian independence while pledging integration into the German Reich. Chancellor Seyss-Inquart hailed the event as Fuehrer and Reichskanzler entering Hofburg. crowds cheered as Austria effectively became a German gau with Heroes Square celebration.
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Vienna
C.P
the Hapsburgs
Adolf Hitler
Heroes Square
Aspern
Munich
Seyss-Inquart
Hitler
Schuschnigg Weds Countess Czernin in Brussels
Former Austrian chancellor Kurt Von Schuschnigg married Countess Czernin in Brussels. The couple had become betrothed about a year earlier, according to a Vienna report cited by Nation Beige.
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Brussels
C. P
Kurt von Schuschnigg
Austria
Czernin
Vienna
Nation Beige
Franco Sweeps On In March To the Sea
Spanish insurgent forces captured Raimondo village cutting the Valencia to Barcelona inland highway. Alcaniz troops took Valdegorfa north of Raimondo, placing Franco’s front about 40 miles from the Mediterranean coast. Government forces retreated toward the sea as insurgents seized crossroads at Raimondo amid light resistance. Paris dispatch notes French reinforce on the Spanish front after secret service reports a new influx of allied troops aiding the insurgents.
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Hendaye
Spain
Raimondo
Valencia
Barcelona
Alcaniz
Valdealgorfa
Franco
Mediterranean
Baimondo
Paris
Deoe
Seontie
Seay
Donerai
Caporta
Allan
Confiscatory Wild Lands Tax Faces Alberta Hearings
Edmonton hears critics of a two per cent per acre wild lands tax shown to raise about 45 000 dollars annually replacing a 1914 act. Spokesmen from British Dominions Land Settlement Corporation Hudsons Bay Company Calgary Edmonton Corporation and others rail against confiscation and burden on poor lands while noting land sales and taxes paid.
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Edmonton
C.P
Agricultural Committee
Alberta
Herbert Greenfield
Calgary
Dominions Land Settlement Corporation
C. J. Joslyn
Winnipeg
Hudson's Bay Company
E. D. Adgins
Calgary and Edmonton Corporation
McCaig
K.C
Theanadian Pacific Railway
P. W. Abbott
Canadian National Always
Greenfield
Adam
Britain Urged to Define Stand Over Austrian and European Threats
In London March 15, MPs pressed Prime Minister Chamberlain to state Britain’s clear line on German and Austrian threats. Chamberlain refused to adopt mass armament policies but warned against mimicking Germany. Sir Archibald Sinclair and Leopold Amery urged a firm pledge to stand with France on Czechoslovakia and oppose German and Italian moves in Spain. Churchill called for a concise policy declared soon.
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London
C.P
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Germany
Samuel Hoare
Eee
Great Britain
Gerry Many
Richard Butler
Butler
Czecho-Slovakia
France
Archibald Sinclair
Czechoslovakia
Spain
Leopold Amery
Maintyres
Czech
Winston Churchill
Feder's Government Grants in Alberta Total 1 900 000
Edmonton March 14 reports the Federal Government will provide 1 800 000 for seed grain rehabilitation in drought areas. Agriculture Minister J G Gardiner and Alberta Minister D B Mullen joined in a conference with provincial officials to set arrangements for distribution under provincial direction.
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Edmonton
Sarch
J. G. Gardiner
D. B. Mullen
Alberta
Gardiner
Ad O. Longman
Mr. Gardiner
Shop Lifter Pleads Guilty At City Court
Philip Humenny appeared at the City Police Court yesterday after noon and pleaded guilty to shoplifting at Safeway Store. He was fined 10 dollars or 30 days in jail. He lifted five packages of toilet soap and other items then caused a disturbance at the exit before being arrested by Inspector J McQueen. Magistrate Ellis commented on a wave of petty crime amid hard times and poverty.
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Philip Humenny
Humenny
Safeway
J. McQueen
W. H. Ellis
Medicine Hat
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