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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Mar 18, 1938
Page
1
Reports say a British flagged freighter was torpedoed and set ablaze near the Spanish port of Llansa. The ship reportedly drifted ashore in flames while crew evacuated. wreckage burned all day.
Dominion Housing Act loans total 13 832 980 from Oct 1935 to Feb 28 1938 supporting 3 262 family units. F W Nicolls says 1987 Canadian residential construction about 56.2 million of which 21 percent financed under the Dominion program. 60 percent loan from lending institution and 20 percent borrower. Brantford township offers no relief for able bodied men as March ends.
TRY FOR FLIGHT RECORD PORT DARWIN Australia March 18 Flying Officer Clouston landed after a fast England to Australia flight but missed the record by eight hours. Penang Malaya March 18 Flying Officer A E Clouston and Victor Rickett reached Penang en route to Batavia after flying Allahabad India the leg took 9 hours 29 minutes.
Greta Garbo and Leo S. Stokowski stated they do not intend to marry. In the villa library they vacationed in Stokowski denied plans, Garbo urged privacy amid world events and said she wants to see beauty before it vanishes.
Rev Mgr E J McCoy opens remarks at the St Patrick dinner in the Park Palace, praising Patrick as Ireland’s missionary founder. He recalls Patrick’s sale as a slave, monastic calling, and tireless evangelism, noting how Christianity spread after earlier ruins. The program includes Betty Desharnais piano, Lorraine Smith and Anna Marie Kane solos, and a production by Medicine Hat Little Theatre.
Reports from Vilno indicate Polish and Lithuanian tensions near the border with a commander styled to lead the Polish army if war breaks out. Berlin cites German concessions on Danzig in exchange for Polish acceptance, while Memel and Danzig may hinge on Lithuania's response. Paris and Moscow agree to parallel pressure to seek a peaceful settlement.
In the House of Commons Prime Minister Chamberlain denounced General Franco’s raids on Barcelona as horrifying and urged restraint. He noted six raids reported by the British ambassador in Barcelona and said Britain was in close touch with Poland and Lithuania over ultimatums.
London dispatch reports Prime Minister Chamberlain prepared to present a clear foreign policy statement to the House next week amid cabinet dissent led by Hore-Belisha and MacDonald. Rumors claim dissidents demand pledges on Czechoslovakia and Spain, with Churchill and Boothby poised to cross the aisle if unsatisfied.
VANCOUVER March 18 Three grand slams were bid in a single bridge hand and no one scored. Players were Mrs Bruce Robinson Mrs W M Chandler Mrs J N Kennedy and Mrs A E Weat. One pair of partners held all red cards and the other all blacks.
Adolf Hitler, before the Reichstag, urged extending the German nation and asked for four more years to finish plans for a greater Reich He claimed Austria's annexation saved lives and warned neighbors against mistreating German nationals Goering lauded Hitler proclaiming unity and victory for Germany.
Senator J W de B Farris told the Rowell Commission that Dominion income tax was bleeding British Columbia dry and could not be sustained. Premier Pattullo argued BC bears a trade deficit and pays more than it can afford, while Rowell pressed on whether exemptions or tariff incidence alter the burden.
Mike Cassidy arrived late for work on St. Patrick's Day saying he waited for a green streetcar while three orange cars passed by. The quote appeared in a Kansas City report dated March 18.
Market remained light with eggs more ample than last month. Grade A eggs 2 dozen for 45 to 25 cents each, Grade B 20 cents per dozen. Butter ranging from 30 to 35 cents per pound. Parliament faces a major job ahead.
Ottawa March 18 budget will be presented to the House before the Easter adjournment. Hon Charles Bunning minister of finance told St Wan Bennett Conservative leader yesterday he promised to announce the date far in advance as pages.
Ottawa officials indicate proposed increases will apply to through rates from United States points and some haul rates within Canada. The changes aim to parity with US rates, with a formal announcement expected soon.
Washington March 18 The House of Representatives showed strong support for preparedness and rejected an effort to remove the provision for three new battleships from the administration’s naval expansion program worth 1,000,600,000 dollars.
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Mackenzie King declined to confirm a Edmonton statement by Agriculture Minister J. G. Gardiner that the government would achieve complete control of currency and credit by 1945. King would not comment until verifying the press report and noted the sessional program remains unfinished.
The readable lines mention U S and Soviet topics with references to discussions and government action. The fragment is incomplete and lacks concrete names, dates, places, or outcomes.
In Ottawa on March 17 Prime Minister Mackenzie King told the House of Commons Canada will not involve itself in Europe and Asia. He refused to engage in debates on foreign policies of the United Kingdom or embargo changes on army shipments to Spain, Italy, or Germany, saying the government must avoid actions that imply contrary aims.
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