Germany Accepts to Join League Talks on European Security
London reports Eden pledged Britain would mediate between France and Germany to craft a new security framework. Hitler accepted the League invitation to discuss the Rhineland crisis, with von Ribbentrop to attend, as Britain proposes a strengthened Locarno framework amid ongoing Franco British-France tensions.
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London
Anthony Eden
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Belgium
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Sitler
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League of Nations
George
Timbleton
Queen Anne's
Palace of St. James
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
St. James’ Palace
Pierre Etienne Flandin
Joaquin von Ribbentrop
Dino Grandi
I. M. Maiski
Paul van Zeeland
Stanley Baldwin
Leopold von Hoesch
Ireland marks St Patrick's Day amid mourning mood
Dublin observes St Patrick's Day as a national mourning occasion with shops closed and flags lowered. A veteran notes the old grand processions are gone and even celebrating seems subdued as beer shops remain closed.
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C.P
Ireland
Hold-up gang trapped after raid on West Side home
New York police arrested seven men and three women in an early morning raid on an upper West Side apartment. Officers confiscated a miniature arsenal including repeating rifles sawed off shotguns and pistols plus thousands of rounds of ammunition. Authorities link the seizure to a $427000 armored car heist in Brooklyn two years ago.
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New York
Upper West Side
Brooklyn
Dunning Declines Comment on Alberta Debt Policy
Ottawa March 17 Finance Minister Dunning declined to discuss Alberta policy on debt conversion while confirming the federal government renewed a one year loan to Alberta of 8 858 000 dollars. He said no comment on Aberhart’s plan to reduce private debt and noted legislation needed to create loan councils.
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Pfinance
Dimming
Dominion
Alberta
Aberhart
Edmonton
Alperta
Joan
Alberta Treasury
Dunning
Lamson Murder Trial Opens In San Jose
In San Jose California on March 16 the prosecution urged the death penalty for David A Lamson formerly of Red Deer Alberta in the Stanford press executive murder case opening a two day 10 hour limit for State and defense arguments.
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San Jose
Cilif
A.P
David A. Lamson
Altai
Stanford Press
Wille
Allan P
Lindsay
Lamson
Exports to United States Rise in February under Trade Treaty
Canada reports exports to the United States climbed by 6.5 million dollars in February, the second month of the Canada United States trade agreement. Finance Minister Dunning defended the pact in the House of Commons noting exports rose from 15.5 million in February 1935 to 22 million in February 1936, the highest February total since 1930.
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Oftawa
C.P
United States
Dunning
House of Commons
Canada
Royal Commission Probes Farm Machinery Price Rise
Ottawa March 17. The commons agricultural committee appoints R. Graham of Swift Current and Walter MacDonald as counsel and auditor to aid the inquiry into the rise in farm machinery prices. The committee approves $50 daily honoraria and $10 daily expenses for each, and calls farm implement firms to send representatives to testify and provide cost figures.
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C.P
R. ©. Graham
Swift Current
Sdék
Walter MacDonald
Commons
Tomb of Peter Verigin Targeted by Dynamite Find
A box of dynamite with fuse was found on the tomb of Peter Verigin former Doukhobor teacher in Nelson British Columbia on March 17 Police think the would be bomber sought notoriety not a serious grave blast attempt It was the second such discovery in under three months with the prior explosive placed days earlier.
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Nelson
B.C
Peter Verigin
No Loan Council Scheme For Mr Aberhart
Edmonton March 17 Premier Aberhart says Ottawa has not replied to Alberta's plea for help with a bond maturity. He rejects any loan council plan that would surrender provincial financial autonomy and warns he would quit if forced into such an arrangement.
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Edmonton
C.pj
Dominion
Ottawa
Aberhart
Crabb v Roth District Court Decision Disposes Claims
The District Court ruled Crabb's claim for $54.90 against Roth dismissed while Roth's counterclaim for $71.25 was allowed. Roth alleged straw pasture, unpaid expenses, a horse sale proceeds, and a paid bill Crabb failed to remit. R. B. Davidson represented Crabb. C. S. Blanchard KC appeared for Roth.
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J. Roth
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C. S. Blanchard K.C
Pony Rescued From Coal Mine After 19 Day Cave-In
In Louis Hollow Crooksville Ohio Guy Brown and his three sons pulled their pony Fannie from a collapsed coal mine after the animal endured a 19 day cave in. Fannie emerged sleepy but unharmed and was reported recovering.
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Ohio
C.P
Guy Brown
Fannie
Louis Hollow
Alberta Legislature sees party lines break on school funding
In an unprecedented committee of supply vote 10 Social Credit members joined five opposition members to oppose a nearly forty thousand dollar cut in school grants. The combined opposition was defeated as treasury back-benchers supported the government, and the 1986 87 budget funding was approved.
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Edmonton
C.P
Alberta
S. A. G. Barnes
Social Credit Mem
Ber
Edmonton Public School Board
Barnes
House
Treasury
Government House
H. J. Ash
S.C
Olds
City Council Awards Garbage Contract After Tender Review
The City Council met as a committee of the whole to review 22 tenders for garbage collection. They eliminated bids and awarded the contract to T. B. Robertson for 4000 dollars for one year. Alderman Hole was named deputy mayor for the second quarter. A provincial labor official noted the unemployment relief grant could not be promised beyond March 31.
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Whess Price
W. Smitten
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Bullivant
Serit
Smitten
Ald. Hole
City Water Turned Soft By Snow Melt Runoff
Spring runoff has made city tap water softer than usual with less soap needed for cleaning though not as palatable for drinking. When drawn in large quantities it appears snow brown in color but remains pure for washing and drinking.
Ethiopian Emperor Leads Guards in Battle Near Jijiga
report from Addis Ababa says Emperor Haile Selassie directs Imperial Guards in a major fight near Mount Alaji as Ethiopian forces resist Italian advances. British and Italian dispatches offer varying claims, with Jijiga reported captured by General Graziani's forces and jubilation in Rome tempered by cautious War Office notes.
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Mount Alaji
Haile Selassie
London
Sydney Barton
Ethiopia
Foreign Office
Rome
C.p.havas
Jijiga
Harar
Rodolfo Graziani
Italy
War Office
Acquittal for Whitecourt Trapper in Northern Alberta Shooting
Otto Schmid, a northern trapper from Whitecourt, was acquitted by a Supreme Court jury in Edmonton after a one day trial over wounding Eric Moeller near Carson Creek on October 30. Schmid testified he found stolen supplies at Moeller’s cabin and claimed Moeller refused entry prompting the confrontation.
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Otto Schmid
Whitecourt
Eric Moeller
Supreme Court
A. Ff. Ewing
Moeller
Carson Creek
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