Government urged to probe farm implement prices in Alberta
In Edmonton on March 22 Alberta legislators urged a government inquiry into farm implement and repair prices to curb high costs and farming debt. J A Wingblade cited Alberta farmer indebtedness with estimates of 317.8 million in 1931 and a 395 million debt by 1936, including 21 million tied to implements.
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Edmonton
C.P
Alberta
J. A. Wingblade
S.C
Wetaskiwin
C. I. Tade
Athabasca
Wingblace
Tade
Roy Taylor
SC Pincher Creek
Taylor Wes
Dawson
A. E. McLellan
Ind. SC
Innisfail
Charles Cockroft
Stettler
D. M. Duggan
Taylor
D. B. MacMillan
SC Lacombe
J.J. Bowlen
Lib
Calvary
Unemployed march on the Alberta Legislative Building
About 200 unemployed marched to the Alberta Legislative buildings in Edmonton demanding a work and wages program with relief. They spoke at a market square meeting and were blocked from interviewing Dr W W Cross, who would meet delegates tomorrow. Police stated the rally and parade were orderly.
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Edmonton
Simonton
Alberta
W. W. Cross
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Criss
Do‘“Mntor
Snesenes
Market Square
Unemployed Married Men’s Association
Gs A. Barnes
Ind
S.C. Edmonton
A.K. MacLellan
SC Innisfail
Rev .T. Stephens
Bissell Memorial Institute
Douglas Jonson
Jack Cochrane
Jack Nicholson
Jack Corrigan
Joe Gonoise
Hart Campbell
Pat Burke
Jack Crew
John Dydy
Bill Dydy
Memel Ultimatum Threatens Lithuanian Control
Lithuania reports Germany issued a virtual ultimatum demanding Memel cession and threatening troops to restore order if disturbances occur before transfer. Lithuanian officials say evacuation, guarantees of frontier and port access may be negotiated, while Jews flee Memel and German troops mass in East Prussia ahead of a key Diel meeting.
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Kaunas
Lithuania
C.P
Germany
Baltic
Memel
Berlin
Hitler
Duetschland
Swinemuende
Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Victor Gailius
Lithania
Gailius
Rathmanian
Yiell
Getall
Giulius
East Prussia
Independent Radio Stations Seek Independent Chain in Canada
Montreal March 22 Canadian Association of Broadcasters led by Aime Geoffrion petitions the CBC governors for permission to form a chain of independent radio stations to compete with CBC outlets. The Star notes requests include shortwave, television and facsimile broadcasts, use of transcriptions 7 30 to 11 pm and advertising price mentions.
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Montreal
C.P
The
Star
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Corporation
Aime Geoffrion
K.C
Canadian Association of Broadcasters
Gelatine Drink Boosts Men’s Muscular Endurance
A new drink from Long Island College of Medicine uses one third cup daily of dry gelatine dissolved in orange and lemon juice. In tests, six men doubled endurance after about a month of gelatine plus bicycle training, while four women showed no benefits. The amino acid glycine, also called gelatine sugar, is the active ingredient.
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New York
Howard W. Blakeslie
A.P
Long Island College of Medicine
G. R. Ray
J. R. Johnson
M. M. Taylor
Mn Trammme
R. M. Wilder
Mayo Clinic
Germany seeks air bases in Iceland amid republics privilege dispute
Icelandic Premier Herman Jonasson told the Althing that Germany invoked old treaties and the most favored nation clause to gain air base rights on Iceland. He said Iceland cannot grant such rights selectively and will decide after the German cruiser Emden visits. Iceland’s sovereign status and distance from Britain and North America are noted.
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Reykjavik
C.P
Germany
Iceland
Herman Jonasson
Althing
Jonasson
Emden
Denmark
Christian XI
Scotland
London
Labrador
London and Berlin Military Edges in Brief News
Last minute notes report German army bans dancing the Lambeth Walk in uniform due to perceived lack of dignity. Hitler sails aboard the Deutschland toward Memel as weather prospects predict mild conditions with some southwest winds and possible snow flurries in northern districts. Samia rejects a plan for a municipal artificial ice arena.
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Fross
Berlin
Czech Pilots Make Getaway from Occupied Czechoslovakia
The Daily Express reports about 1000 Czech war planes that fled Czecho Slovakia after German occupation, crossing into Poland Romania Yugoslavia and Russia. Pilots defied President Hacha orders to surrender war material and reportedly fled before the occupation.
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London
C.P
The
Daily Express
Independent
Poland
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Russia
Hitler
Czecho-Slovakia
Ismil Hacha
Canadian Club Dinner Speakers on National Unity
Members are urged to wake reservations for a dinner meeting at the Cosmopolitan hotel tomorrow evening. Rev. W D Grant Hollingworth of St Johns Church will speak on Canadians and National Unity. The talk follows Europe crises and aims to discuss unity in the Dominion.
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Cosmopolitan Hotel
W. D. Grant Hollingworth
St. John’s Church
Europe
Grant Hollingworth
Prospector Mistakes Royal News in Heated Wager
A Williams Lake prospector argued about the King and Queen’s Canadian visit claiming the royal couple had only one daughter. The dispute ended with a wager and the man returning to the hills as the loser after learning King George V was dead.
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Williams Lake
B.C
Canada
George Vo
Romania and Germany Sign Trade Pact
Bucharest and Berlin announced a trade agreement today. Romanian officials hailed that political and economic independence would be preserved under the pact's terms.
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Bucharest
Germany
Romania
Public Stockyards to Be Operated by Alta Government
Alberta legislature introduces bills creating public stockyards and regulating hairdressers. The stockyards bill enables government to establish and operate public livestock markets, while the hairdressing bill seeks training standards. Debate notes extend welfare relief provisions and earnings deductions, with penalties for false information.
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Alta
Edmonton
Alberta
Bureau of Relief and Public Welfare
D. B. Mullen
Anderson
British Columbia
House In Committee
J. H. Unwin
Edson
Britain weighs League meeting over Memel crisis
Sir Samuel Hoare told the House of Commons Britain may call a League of Nations special meeting to discuss Germanys march toward European domination. The cabinet had decided to take no action over Memel and noted replies from European governments seeking more than moral support against German expansion. Britain says no obligation to aid Lithuania if Memel is attacked. A Montreal patrol officer was fined 85 dollars for speeding and related offenses.
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Prezidentas Smetona
Memel
Finance Ministry
London
Great Britain
Russia
France
Poland
Viscount Halifax
Britain
Hitler
C.P
Council of the
League of Nations
Germany
Samuel Hoare
House of Commons
Samuel
Chamberlain
Lithuania
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Social Credit Board
Czechoslovakia
Joseph Tiso
der Fuehrer
Swinnemuende
Reichsfuhrer
Deutschland
Samia
Prague
Express
Sudetenland
Skoda
Prospector
King George V
Roland Brunet
Blair
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