Britain Builds United Front Against Germany Moves on Czecho Slol vakia
London reports British, French and Russian steps toward a united anti aggression declaration to deter Hitler. Britain blocks German economic moves on Romania and sanctions Czecho Slovakia with embargoes as PM Chamberlain signals speeding up armament and seeking allied consultation.
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London
C.P
Britain
France
Russia
Germany
Europe
Poland
Romania
Yugoslavia
Greece
Turkey
Bulgaria
Hitler
Czecho-Slovakia
Chamberlain
Oliver Stanley
Board of Trade
Rumania
John Simon
Register revolvers under new Criminal Code amendment
Citizens must register pistols or revolvers with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police between March 1 and July 1. Those re-registering must bring the firearms and their registration cards to the RCMP office.
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R.C.M.P
Zurich Frontists Lose Seats in City Grand Council
In Zurich, the Frontist party suffered the loss of six seats in the city grand council as early election tallies emerged. Press commentary framed the defeat as voters signaling commitment to Swiss democratic principles amid a German-speaking canton.
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Zurich
C. P
Frontist
France ready to field 900000 men in case of emergency
Premier Daladier announced immediate measures to strengthen France's armed forces. He ordered 125000 fortress troops mobilized and indicated another 240000 could be called, bringing the total at home and in colonies near 900000. He warned of a serious, potentially dramatic situation and said decrees would push reforms in army, finances, and economy while condemning the Munich treaty as erased by Hitler's Czech expansion. France pursues allied cooperation with Britain to shield Romania from further German moves.
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Hitler
Europe
London
Germany
Czecho-Slovakia
Rumania
Britain
France
Russia
United States
Associated Press
Gbartery
Viscount Halifax
Greece
Yugoslavia
Turkey
Poland
Downing “Street
Whitlebhall
Paris
Ward Daladier
Daladier
Czecho- Slovakia
Sudenland
Munich
Foreign Office
Romania
Canadian Holds Ticket on the Favorite in Grand National
A Canadian ticket holder under the name "Dutch" drew Kilstar the 11-2 favorite for the Grand National at Aintree. The holder, BJ20549, could win £30,000 if Kilstar wins, £15,000 for second, or £10,000 for third, with £530 guaranteed if Kilstar misses the top three. Another Canadian, owner of A78241 as "Ossabdw," drew Royal Daniels the second favorite at 10-1, among 39 Dominion tickets with varied outcomes.
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Dublin
C.P
Kilstar
Aintree
Ossabdw
Royal Daniels
Dominion
Ot’ Drim
Irvine
Adjudicator Errs On Drama Festival Awards
Edmonton March 20 Le Cercle Moliere chosen as Alberta’s second representative at the Dominion Drama Festival instead of Medicine Hat Little Theatre. Adjudicator George Skillan had misread ratings awarding Medicine Hat second for Still Stands the House, later corrected to Les Trois Masques.
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Edmonton
le Cercle Moliere
Aberta
Medicine Hat
George’ ‘Skillan
Alberta
Medicine ‘Hat
Foreign Five-Peso Note Circulates in City Warning Issued
A Sonora five peso bill cashed for five dollars at a local restaurant is now held by police. Chief Taylor warns merchants and the public to watch for this foreign currency. The note resembles a five dollar bill with the same five position marks as Canadian currency.
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Sonora
Taylor
French Mobilizing On Frontier of Rhineland
Paris dispatch says France plans regional mobilization along the Rhineland as a warning to Germany to keep hands off Romania a French ally. Sources indicate Prime Minister Daladier would use dictatorial powers for an armed demonstration should Romania face German threats alone.
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Paris
C.P
Rhineland
Romania
Daladier
Franco Dictates Peace Terms as Spanish Civil War Pressures Rise
Burgos Spain March 20 AP Ramon Serrano Suner nationalist interior minister and propaganda insists on a victorious peace in rejecting the Republican offer to negotiate an end to the civil war. The Republican defence council offered negotiations via radio from Madrid. Serrano Suner broadcast a Zaragoza communiqué saying they desire victorious peace and will show generosity after peace. Officials see Franco using victory terms as a demand for unconditional Republican surrender. Madrid’s move is seen as time buying for flight by leaders blamed for prolonging the conflict. Serrano Suner told Madrid that without peace at Franco dictated terms the Republican campaign would resume to wipe out resistance.
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Spain
A.P
Ramon Serrano Suner
Interior and Propaganda
Republican National Defence Council
Madrid
Julian Besteiro
Defence ‘Council
Serrano Suner
Zaragoza
Nho
Franco
Madrid ‘Council
Serrano ‘Suner
Fate of Memel Hangs in the Balance
Berlin reports Juozas Urbsys and Joachim von Ribbentrop discussed Memel fate with a government spokesman stating it was the main issue. Count von Welczek was ordered home to report while Robert Coulondre had been recalled. German editors privately said Memel absorption was nearly assured amid broader European tensions. Troop movements were observed by travelers from northeast Europe.
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C.P
Juozsa Urbsys
Lithuania
von Ribbentrop
Memel
Johannes von Welczek
France
Robert Coulondre
Britain
Czecho- Slovakia
Europe
Canada ready for talks with Britain on European crisis
Prime Minister Mackenzie King described the German conquest of Czecho Slovakia as wanton and forceful and said Canada is prepared at any time to enter conferences with Britain in this latest emergency. Premier Hepburn backed an Ontario legislative resolution urging immediate imperial action in Europe.
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Ottawa
C.P
Czecho-Slovakia
Mackenzie King
House of Commons
Europe
Canada
Toronto
Hepburn
Ontario
Reverend Cameron Nominated for Canadian Presbyterian Mission Secretary
Rev. Ross K. Cameron of Hirst Presbyterian Church Edmondton was nominated by the Edmondton Presbytery to serve as secretary of missions for the Presbyterian Church in Canada.
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Ross K. Cameron
Hirst
Rumania Masses Half a Million Troops on Frontier
Bucharest reports at least 500000 Romanian forces guard the frontier amid tense talks with Germany on trade and economic concessions. The standing army supports reserves as Romania rejects territorial or political concessions and aims to protect oil and wheat lands.
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Bucharest
A.P
Balkan
Carpatho-Ukraine
Czecho-Slovakia
Hungary
Rumania
C.P
Germany
Wohlthal
eReateri
Wolil Siuc
Carol
Prand Council
Trouble Caused By German Interference
Lord Halifax accuses Germany of fomenting racial issues in Czecho Slova kia to create a pretext for destroying the state. He says pre invasion incidents were likely provoked and magnified and that European nations face separatist pressures aligned with German imperial aims.
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Lord Halifax
Germany
Czechoslovakia
London
Czecho-Slovakia
Great Passenger Airliner Crashes in Washington State Killing Ten People
Ten killed when a four motor Boeing passenger airliner plunges during a test flight near Alder Washington. Victims include Dutch Airlines officials and Boeing aviation experts led by Peter Giulonard and A G von Baumhauer. The craft broke apart in flight with pilots straining to control it.
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Washington State
Alder
Wash
Dutch Airlines
Here
Royal Dutch Airlines
United States
St Johns Anniversary Program Celebrates 56 Years
The St Johns Presbyterian Church in Medicine Hat hosts a Saturday evening program for its 56th anniversary. The event features organ and vocal solos, a three minute talk, and a screening of historical church pictures plus a Brides Parade showing gowns from 1788 to 1988. Refreshments follow. Rev W D Grant Hollingworth chairs. Mrs Novak plays the organ for the parade.
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Medicine Hat
St. John's Church
Dr. Elder
Naval
H. O. Duggan
Betty Roche
W. Cousins
Medicine Hut
J. J. Nott
John Hill
W. D. Grant Hollingworth
Russia Rejects German Claims on Bohemia Moravia and Slovakia
Moscow issues a note to Germany denouncing Hitler's absorption of Bohemia Moravia and Slovakia as illegal and aggressive. It condemns Berlin's explanations as false and notes the lack of Czech will, while warning that German action threatens universal peace and cites signals for invasion of Carpatho Ukraine by Hungarian troops.
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Czech
Bohemia-Moravia
Slovakia
Ruthenia
Carpatho-Ukraine
Hungary
Moscow
Russia
Germany
Hitler
Berlin
Czechia
Czecho-Slovakia
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Awenna
Bruenn
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Rhus
Little Theatre
Fate of
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A. G. von Baumhauer
Netherlands State Airworthiness Board
Julius Barr
Boeing
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek
Earl A. Ferguson
Ralph A. Cram
John Kylstra
Willian Doyle
Harry C. West, Jr
St. John’s Anniversary
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