Proposal to Establish Drought Area Board T:
Hon. NE Tanner announces plans for a permanent three man drought area board as Alberta Legislature approves 1939 40 estimates totaling 9 801877. The move accompanies detailed departmental spending and health estimates including a 50 000 wing for Red Deer training school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NE Tanner
Momonton
C.P
N. FE. Tanner
Alberta
W. W. Cross
Red Deer Training School
IL J. Ash
8.C
Olds
Ash
E. L. Gray
D. M. Duggan
Telephones
Relief Department
Motor Car Drivers Warned About Splashing Mud
Police report several complaints of motorists splashing pedestrians with mud at intersections. Chief J M Taylor warns this is reckless driving and future offenders will be prosecuted.
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J. M. Taylor
Hitler Pressures Romania for Economic Split
London reports say Germany demanded full economic cooperation in exchange for guaranteeing Romania’s territorial security. Dr. Helmuth Wohl led the trade mission. Romania rejected the terms, warning threats of punitive action if refused.
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London
CSP
Germany
Helmuth Wohl
Runuania
Rumania
Legation
Bucharest
Nazi War Debt Now Estimated Over 131 Million
A.P. reports that postwar debts from the vanished Czecho Slovakia area add at least 65.97 million and 165.62 million dollars from World War I. Foreign loans include Britain 5.1 million pounds and US bonds 22.55 million dollars while assets in foreign banks total about 104 million Czech crowns, offset by circulating banknotes.
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Earlin
A.P
Semyeny
United States
Germany
Ag Uy
Britain
France
Relative Values of Food For Poultry Debated in Commons
In the House of Commons yesterday MPs discussed poultry feed costs and grain duties. Debate covered barley oats and wheat versus corn and a proposed duty cut on United States corn to lower feed costs, with ministers and farmers’ representatives weighing regional grain supplies and poultry tastes.
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House of Commons
Ompawa
Cooh
United States
Thomas Red
Intiator
Reid
Alia
Perego River
Wraser Valley
Perley
U S Enacts Countervailing Duties on German Goods
The United States treasury department announced a 25 percent countervailing duty on suitable German goods with knowledge of the state department. The action, linked to relief for European tensions, aims to offset subsidies and protect American producers.
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Washington
C.P
United States Treasury Department
Treasury Department
State Department
Germany
Treasury
Winnipeg sets 127 day fatal crash record in safety city
Winnipeg became a safety city for 50 000 plus population as 127 consecutive days passed without a fatal traffic accident within city limits. The milestone was reached at midnight last night signaling strong traffic safety performance in the North American city.
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Winnipeg
C. P
Canadian Legion undertakes nationwide veterans survey
The Canadian Legion with all national veterans associations begins a complete survey of veterans across Canada. The effort has federal approval and stems from the Dominion president’s pledge to aid the government in national emergencies. A special committee oversaw negotiations and local survey details appear in another advertisement in this issue.
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Canadian Legion
Canada
Legion
Minion
Germany Defends Czechoslovak Absorption as Legal
Berlin officials said Germany would meet with the sharpest repudiation of British and French notes condemning the absorption of Czecho Slovakia as illegal. They asserted the annexation was done legally as Hitler moved from Vienna toward the east, with focus on Romanian oil and wheat fields.
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Berlin
C.P
Foreign Office
Germany
Hitler
Vienna
Lord Tweedsmuir Hears Chamberlain Wet Radio
In a Vancouver hospital ship cabin a radio carried Prime Minister Chamberlain’s Birmingham speech to a tent audience during a Columbia coast mission visit. Governor-General Tweedsmuir watched, smiling as Chamberlain spoke with the radio on a table, the umbrella in hand.
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Vancouver
C.P
Columbia Coast Mission
Columbis
Chamberlain
Birmingham
Tweedsmuir
Mr. Chamberlain
Birmingham Unionist Association
Lord Tweedsmuir
Forecast Alberta Wind and Mild Weekend
Fresh to strong west erly winds and mostly fair, mild conditions dominate today and Sunday across Alberta. Light breezes shift to moderate westerlies with daytime highs in the mid-teens and overnight lows near or above freezing.
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Alberta
Neal cites waste and duplication in Canadian rail projects
W M Neal vice president of Western Lines Canadian Pacific Railway told Vancouver Board of Trade that Canada faces costly duplications in rail and transport facilities. He cited Prince Rupert port projects grid Vancouver and unfinished CN terminal in Montreal as examples of poor planning. He praised Vancouver’s unification of railway hotel operations as a model to reduce expenses and taxes, while noting national arrangements still burden taxpayers.
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Vancouver
B.C
Canada
W. M. Neal
Western Lines
Canadian Pacific Railway
Transportation and Customs Bureau
Vancouver Board of Trade
Pacific Coast
Winnipeg
Montreal
Great White Elephant
Canadian National Railways
Neal
Prince Rupert
Canadian National
Burrard Inlet
Prince
Provincial Railway
Uni
Dordnion
Dominion
Lost plane wreck found near Juneau with six aboard
In March 18 AP report Charles Ashby, a prospector, said he found the missing plane wreck opposite Cramp shind on Glass peninsula. He saw two bodies inside and believed all six aboard are dead, including Alonzo Cone, George Chamberlain, John Chappell, Eli and Earl Clifford, and Jack Shkennon. Coast guard Haida will recover the bodies.
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Juneau
Alaska
Charles Ashby
Prospector
Alonzo Cone
Ashby
Crampshind
Glass Peninsula
Coast Guard
Haida
Cope
George Chamberlain
Anchorace
John Chappell
Eli
Earl Clifford
Jack Shkennon
Craig
Britain Leads Diplomatic Push Over Czecho-Slovakia Crisis
The British cabinet met at No 10 Downing Street after invasion of Czecho-Slovakia. Chamberlain and Daladier moved to present notes to Berlin rejecting Germany's changes as a repudiation of the Munich agreement. France prepared a similar démarche while Britons advised urgent consultation with allies.
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Czecho-Slovakia
London
C.P
No. 10
Downing Street
Lord Runciman
Australia
Chamberlain
Birmingham
Committee of Imperial Defence
Krance
Berlin
Foreign Office
Germany
Chamber of Deputies
Daladier
Senate
Britain
Tirmincham
Bitert
Hitler
Slovakia
Habert von Dirksen
Ambbassador
Nevile Henderson
Robert Coulondre
Alberta Marketing Act Under Fire in Legislature
Alberta opposition questions central board control while supporters defend the Marketing Act as producer and consumer protection. Debates stretch beyond session time as leaders from the Conservative and Liberal ranks spar over principle and references to British legislation.
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Alberta
Edmonton
C.P
Cirae
Ki. Duggan
Central Board
E. C. Manning
Bisl
L. Gray
D. Columbia
Manning
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CIVE
U.S
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Hungary
Central
Europe
Joseph Tiso
Jan Surovy
Bohemia
Nd Carpatho-Ukraine
W. M. Neal On Unification
Medicine Hat Lodge
Marcel
Baq
John Read
Lodge Hall
W.M
Knights of Pythias and
D.O.K.K
Jimmie’s Hall
Bro
St. Barnabas Church
L. Pancoast
C.C. R. Worth
R.V
Erta Ranch Boys
Empress Theatre
Granada Hall
Tiockey
Western Canada
Blue Bombers
Regina
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