Reductions of Pensions and Machinery Revision Debated
Ottawa reports a broad plan to cut soldiers pensions, abolish the present tribunal and expand the pensions board. The appeal board stays, pensions timing undecided, and the machinery overhaul is prioritized. Legion officials reportedly reconciled to cuts, but rank and file oppose. removal of the penitentiary branch alarms ex-service men relying on soldiers' preference.
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Canadian Legion
Ottawa
Patricia Perrillj
Board of Pensions Commissioners
France
England
Canada
Legion
Exsarvice
Great Northern Discontinues Manitoba and British Columbia Branch Lines
The Great Northern Railway will permanently discontinue subsidiary branches in Manitoba and British Columbia. W Framilton confirmed the plan citing low revenues. The British Columbia line runs about 60 miles between Similkameen and Princeton, while the Morton Manitoba line extends to the international boundary.
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Winnipeg
Great Northern Railway
Manitoba
British Columbia
W. Framilton
Similkameen
Princeton
Morton
Vancouver Theatre Wrecked By Bomb
Vancouver March 20 The Royal Theatre, at the center of a year long dispute between Vancouver playhouses and the independent Projectionists Union, was wrecked by a bomb demolishing the front and smashing windows. Nell Kennedy a clerk at the Regent Hotel was killed by flying glass. W P Nichols the theatre manager and his wife were uninjured after being hurled from bed. Weather notes follow with milds and light snow or rain forecast for nearby regions.
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Vancouver
Royal Theatre
Vancouver Playhouses
Independent Projectionists Union
Nell Kennedy
Regent Hotel
W. P. Nichols
Attempt Made To Assassinate Hitler In Munich
Munich police said an assassination plot against Hitler by one Corman and two Caromanists was foiled by vigilant citizens and officers. Three men arrived near Hitler’s residence, left grenades and ammo, then escaped by car as onlookers alerted police.
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Munich
Hitler
Corman
Giuseppe Zangara Executed In Electric Chair In Florida
Rufford Florida March 20 Giuseppe Zangara the man who killed Mayor Cermak and wounded four others in an attempted assassination of President Roosevelt at Miami on February 15 was electrocuted today He walked to the chair unaided and after warning capitalists he sat down and the current was started He was pronounced dead a few minutes later
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Rufford
Fla
Giuseppe Zangara
Cermak
Chicago
Roosevelt
Miami
Zangara
Chapman
Agara
Mrs T Eaton Died At Oakville After Illness
Toronto reports the death of Mrs Timothy Eaton widow of Timothy Eaton founder of Eaton Company Limited. She died at her Oakville home after pneumonia four days illness. Funeral services are planned in Oakville and at Timothy Eaton Memorial Church. Born Margaret Wilson Beattie in 1842 the mother of Sir John Eaton, she helped her husband grow a small Ontario store into a major department store empire.
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Toronto
Timothy Eaton
T. Eaton Company, Limited
Oakville
Ont
Eaton
Sir John Eaton
Margaret Wilson Beattie
Woodstock
Joseph Beattie
St. Mary's
Ontario
Treasure seekers fail in quest at Cocos Island
Vancouver reports Col Jack Leckie and five of the 24 expedition members have returned after a year abroad. two others stay on Cocos Island. The party remains hopeful for future treasure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cocos Island
Vancouver
Jack Leckie
I. G. Davidson
Jack Murray-Ure
Colonel Leckie
Admiral Sir Martyn Jerram Dies at 74 in London
London reports Admiral Sir Martyn Jerram leader of the second battle squadron at Jutland died today in London at age 74 or 75. He was one of the era’s most prominent naval figures and commanded major fleets.
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London
Jutland
Martyn Jerram
Jews rally against Hitlerism in New York protest
A call went out for US Jews to observe a mass protest next month at Madison Square Garden. The American Jewish Congress passed a resolution urging Jews to speak out against Nazi outrages as urged by Dr. Wise.
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New York
United States
Germany
Madison Square Garden
American Jewish Congress
Wise
Redcliff Notes Tell of Visits and Local Happenings
Notes from Redcliff detail Miss Va Vinder visiting sister Mira in Brooks and plans to return this week. Local residents Mr and Mrs Sowerby stay in Medicine Hat while Mr and Mrs Lakey prepare for England. C Evans returns home after hospital treatment for a right arm injury. Badminton Club hosts an invitation party at Cameo theatre. Bricks and Coal mine operates short time for a third straight week. A N Collard property on Fifth Street is undergoing repairs. Mrs W Larson builds a 9 inch garage for a Buick. Mrs K Holt departs for England for a holiday lasting months.
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Va Vinder
Brooks
Mira
Valli
FE. Sowerby
Medicine Hat
W. Lakey
England
C. Evans
Dominion Glass
Third St
Cameo Theatre
5.A.R
A. Sanderson
Broughton
A. N
Fifth St
Trade Parley Is Suspended Between Britain and Russia
London reports that negotiations to renew the commercial treaty between Great Britain and Soviet Russia have been suspended. Under-secretary Captain Jaden said the talks, set to expire next month, could serve no useful purpose in the current circumstances. The move follows diplomatic exchanges linked to the arrests of British subjects in Russia charged with sabotage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Great Britain
Russia
Jaden
Sold His Country For Fifty Pounds
London March 20 The court martial opened against Lt Norman Baillie-Stewart accused of exchanging country for £50 in what Major H Shapcott calls a treacherous act. A letter signed Marie Louise mailed from Berlin and said to contain ten £5 notes was produced. The charge includes passing information to Otto Obst in Berlin potentially aiding an enemy. Baillie-Stewart reportedly admitted £90 received from a Berlin source via a woman in a love affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Norman Baillie-Stewart
H. Shapcott
Tower of London
Shapcott
Baillie-Stewart
Marie Louise
Berlin
Lieut
Baillie Stewart
Otto Waldemar Obst
Obst
Major Shapcott
Fire at Newman Hall Traps Toronto Students in Pyjamas
A blaze at Newman Hall university residence in Toronto trapped 13 students on balconies and windowsills as flames swept from a cellar pile of papers. Firemen retrieved occupants in blankets and pyjamas, aided by Rev Father McGarity and John D. Hunter, with David Steele later found safe below.
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Toronto
University of Toronto
Newman Hall
Fraternity House
Father KE. McGarity
John D. Hunter
Father McGarity
David Steele
Vancouver
Newman Society
Steele
Ship In Distress Near Aleutian II. Canadian Seigneur in peril
The 5767 gross ton steel freighter Canadian Seigneur, en route to Yamashita Shipping, listed badly after cargo shifted off Gray's Harbor on March 2 and sent an SOS from latitude 45 north, longitude 161.35 east. The Empress of Russia stood by in heavy seas but could not render aid. All Japanese crew aboard the Montreal-built vessel, launched in 1919, are accounted for.
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Seattle
Wash
Leff Gray
Aleutian Islands
United States Coast Guard
St. Paul Island
Coast Guard
Russia
Yamashita Shipping Company
Montreal
Mussolini plan aims at world disarmament accord
Rome reports Premier Mussolini seeks a broad disarmament pact involving Britain France Germany and Italy with aims to include all nations and potentially the United States. MacDonald and Sir John Simon confer in Rome to advance the plan tied to Kellogg Pact principles and a no force pledge.
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MacDonald
U. 8
Rome
Mar
Great Britain
France
Germany
Italy
United States
Paris
Deladier
Mussolini
Ramsay MacDonald
John Simon
John
Geneva
Trench
Europe
London
Britain
Roosevelt signs economy bill cuts veterans pay and salaries
Washington March 20 President Roosevelt signed the economy bill authorizing large reductions in veterans' compensation and government salaries. He aims to reduce federal expenses by about 500 million dollars before April 1.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Five Dead In Vancouver Launch Tragedy
Five people including a man and a woman two boys and four girls were found dead today in the launch J B off Granite Falls in the north arm of Burrard Inlet near Vancouver British Columbia.
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Vancouver
B.C
J. B
Granite Falls
Burrard Inlet
Trawler Rammed by Steamer Drowns Eight Sailors
In Edinburgh the trawler was rammed amidships by the Liverpool steamer Atheltarn as it neared Dan Zig. The smaller vessel sank in two minutes with eight crew dead and two survivors. One man climbed the Atheltarn and pulled a friend aboard before the trawler disappeared.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
North Sea
Danzig
Ohio Valley Floods Rage Across Region
The Ohio Valley faces its worst flood since 1913 with Ohio Kentucky and parts of Indiana and West Virginia inundated. Seven deaths are blamed on the flooding as the Ohio River surged eight feet above flood stage near Cincinnati and Newport.
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New York
Ohio Valley
Ohio
Kentucky
Middle West
West
Victoria
Texas
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Cincinnati
Ohio River
West Virginia
Portsmouth
Newport
Covington
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Charles Stephens
Stolen Stamps Reported From Edmonton Cleaning Truck
Edmonton police report $38 in postage stamps stolen from a Trudeau Cleaning and Dye Works truck parked beside the plant. The driver, returning after a short pickup of four parcels, did not notice the loss until driving across the city. Three boys seen near the plant are suspected of the theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Trudeau Cleaning and Dye Works
One Per Cent Tax Plan Discussed for Unemployment Relief
Ottawa reports a potential one per cent levy on all incomes salaries and wages to fund unemployment relief. Government secrecy surrounds the budget proposals while finance officials weigh changes and could alter the earlier plan to hold salaries steady.
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Ottawa
Patricia Terrill
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G.N.R
Guiseppe Zangara
Compton
California
Long Beach
Bellflower
Los Angeles
T. Eaton
Merchant Prince
Jerram
U.S.A
Redcliff
R. Simpson
Dominion Glass Co
W. Larson
R. Rodman
K. Holt
Baillie- Stewart
Aleutian II
Frieghter
C.P.R
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