Prague Occupied as Hitler Leads German Troops Into City
German troops moved into Prague amid hisses and cheers from crowds as Hitler's army occupied the capital of Czecho Slovakia. Curfew was set, streets patrolled, and Czech resistance echoed in the somber, snowbound march through the city.
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Hitler
Czech-Slovakia
Berlin
C.P
Prague
Eberlin
G.P
Bohemia and Moravia
Slovakia
Czecho-Slovakia
Hlradceny Castle
Bohemia
Pfus
Hrdaceny Castle
North America
Geraas
Rathaus
No Federal Aid In Distribution Of Relief Seed
Edmonton reports that federal aid for relief seed will end while aid for distributed registered and certified seed continues. Finance Minister Dunning declined new legislation, passing decision to municipalities and the province on financing. Seed freight support remains 60 cents per carload pound and 30 cents per hundred for smaller lots.
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Edmonton
C.P
J. Mullen
Mullen
C. A. Dunning
Mindlen
Dominion
Cominion
Police arrest Marcel Cadieux in Maple Creek theft case
Marcel Cadieux, 24, of eastern Canada, pleaded guilty in city police court to theft and possession of stolen property. He received three months and two years, to run concurrently, with police and RCMP tracking aid from Maple Creek leading to his arrest at a local hotel. Cadieux had stolen a bicycle six weeks earlier and sold it in Walsh. authorities recovered the bicycle. Cadieux has prior prison terms and a history of similar offences.
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Marcel Cadiens
Canada
Prince Albert Penitentiary
Cadieux
R.C.M.P. A
Maple Creek
J. McQueen
R.C.M.P
Allen and Crockett
J. Harrigan
Walsh
Ellis
Alberta official outlines game bird policy in legislature
Hon. W. A. Fallow stated the Game Branch aims to remove surplus male pheasants to prevent nesting disruption. The branch currently has no breeding program and releases eggs only under supervision. Surplus males are destroyed when numbers threaten hatch success, with carcasses given to the needy where possible.
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W.A. Fallow
Game Branch
Department of Agriculture
W. A. Fallow
Alberta
Amstering
Gray
Pleasants
Fallon
Brancn
Fallow
Ponako
Crisis background on Czecho-Slovakia disintegration
The three sections of Czecho Slovakia were once part of Austria Hungary. The Munich accord carved out Slovak, Czech and Ukrainian areas, with Sudetenland joining Germany and Magyar portions going to Hungary. Carpatho Ukraine remains non independent amid growing German aims.
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Germany
Bohemia-Moravia
Slovakia
Carpatho-Ukraine
Kingdom of Hungary
Munich
Czecho- Slovakia
Republic
Sudetenland
Hungary
Poland
Soviet Ukraine
Rumania
Greater Reich
Hungary backs ultimatum to govern Carotha Ukraine
Budapest reports the Hungarian government issued an ultimatum to the local Carotha Ukraine territory administration demanding de facto powers for the Hungarian general staff by 8 o clock tonight after occupying the region.
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Budapest
C. P
Carotha- Ukraine
Freight rate inquiry urged by Alberta legislature
A resolution moved by J. W. E Beaudry urged the Federal Board of Transport Commissioners to investigate freight rates and alleged discrimination against Alberta. Debate was adjourned as the Alberta Legislature adjourned until tomorrow, with continued coverage noted on page eight.
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Edmonton
Federal Board of Transport Commissioners
Onc
Alberta
Atterla
J. W. E Beaudry
St. Pauls
Medicine Hat Fish and Game Banquet Returns in March
Medicine Hat's Fish and Game Association announces the annual wild game banquet to be held at Park Hall on Tuesday March 28 with seating for 200. The menu features trout venison buffalo and antelope. An orchestra and films by Russenholt of Ducks Unlimited will screen conservation work in Alberta cities and across Canada. Tickets are 71.50 and sales fast. contact C A Anderson for reservations.
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Medicine Hat
Park Hall
Western Canada
Russenholt
Ducks Unlimited
United States
Calgary
Brooks
Lethbridge
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
C. A. Anderson
Three-Cornered Split Over Carpatho Ukraine Arranged
Bucharest reports a tripartite accord among Romania Poland and Hungary defining interests in Carpatho Ukraine. Romania expected to gain culturally Romanian areas and strategic compensation offsets a northern frontier shift. No Romanian troops have crossed the border. W A Stead named manager of Hotel Vancouver front office.
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Ukraine
Bucharest
Havas
Rumania
Poland
Hungary
Carpathian
Romania
Budapest
W. A. Stead
Windsor Hotel
Montreal
Vancouver
Continued Cold Weather Stays Steady Throughout Day
The barometer stays high as continued cold dominates the day. Temperatures fell to 8 degrees at 6 a.m. and rose to 7 above by noon under a bright sun with a light southwest wind.
Britain Abandons Czecho Slovak Guarantee After Slovakia Declares Independence
Britain says it will not interfere with Germany's occupation of Czech territory and no longer feels bound to defend Czecho-Slovakia. Bank of England to hold the £10,000,000 loan, and Prime Minister Chamberlain orders Sir Nevile Henderson to seek Germany's explanation.
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London
C.P
Britain
Chamberlain
Viscount Halifax
House of Commons
House of Lords
Nevile Henderson
Germany
Slovakia
Bank of England
Prague
Halifax
Czecho-Slovakia
Hitler
Munich
Berline
Nevile
Brockington Defends CBC Policy Against Licence Fee Cuts
Ottawa March 15 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation chairman L W Brockington told the parliamentary radio committee that national radio must expand not contract to enlighten and entertain Canadians. He warned a 50 cent licence fee cut would force program cuts and surrender public domain to private interests, reducing expansion and French Canadian programming. Continued on page eight.
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Ottawa
C.P
National Radio In Canada
L. W. Brockington
Winnipeg
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Parliament Radio Broadcasting Committee
Transport Department
Present Plains
Gladstone Murray
Brockington
Tthe
National Radio
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Berijin
Oliver Stanley
Board of Trade
Stanley
Styles
Hacha
Fuehrer
Elizabeth
Vincent Massey
Queen Elizabeth
Reich
Beauday
Blue Bombers
Rush
Can. Corporation
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