Dominion Government Extends Seed Loan Guarantees for Prairie Drought
In Ottawa March 26, Finance Minister Charles Dunning moved to introduce a bill guaranteeing seed grain loans for Alberta and Saskatchewan to restore drought battered crop prospects. Alberta limits rise to 1.9 million, Saskatchewan to 14.5 million, Manitoba none. Policy relies on banks, municipalities, provinces, and federal backing.
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Alberta
Saskatchewan
West
Ottawa
C.P
Canada
Charles Dunning
House of Commons
Manitoba
Dunning
Election in Saskatchewan Seen Likely This June
Regina reports a June election appears practically assured with a possible vote date around June 7. Liberal members favor an early election, but before the first week in June may clash with spring seeding on farms.
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Regina
C.P
Regina Leader- Post
Tuesaday
Alberta approves 100000 for Social Credit Board
Edmonton March 25 A $100000 appropriation under the Alberta Social Credit Act was approved in committee of supply twofold from last year. The bill includes 44240 for the Alberta Social Credit Board 10250 for Public Relations and 15000 for the Provincial Credit Commission. Opposition complained the board's report and subsistence for members were not yet released and pamphlets from Saskatchewan were questioned. The appropriation sits within Treasury estimates as other departments' figures were approved.
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Edmonton
C.P
Alberta
Saskatchewan
House
Public Works Department
Treasury Department
Railways and Telephones
Trade and Industry
Alberta Social Credit Board
Provincial Credit Commission
Gerla O'Connor
Lib
A. G. Barnes
Ind
C. Edmonton
D. M. Ciappan
L. MacLachlan
Goard
Kindersley
Arcola
Estevan
MacLachlan
Social Credit
Pethy Parte
IM. Balad
S.C
Clover
Ove Minada
J. J. Bowlen
Calgary
Solon Low
Cabinet Crisis Averted Over Defense Fund Slash
Paris March 26 A government move won Chamber of Deputies approval for cutting the autonomous defense fund to 4 billion francs from 9 billion sought by Premier Leon Blum. The measure passed after an emergency cabinet session as Blum signaled sending the bill to the Senate to avoid a wider clash.
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Paris
C.P
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Leon Blum
Autonomous National Defence Fund
Scouts Jamboree at Great Falls Declared Off
The Great Falls Jamboree committee announced the event is cancelled due to circumstances beyond control. The invitation to Medicine Hat Scouts Cubs and Guides was withdrawn with the cancellation. It is expected Great Falls may renew the invitation to Medicine Hat youths later.
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Great Falls
CP R Telegraph Extends to 24 Hour City Service
The CP R Telegraph office in the city now offers 24 hour service seven days a week due to the expanded airmail teletype system. An extra repeater man was needed, and staff additions over six months include a teletype man and an operator, bringing total staff to nine.
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Cp.r. Telegraph
Canadian Pacific Telegraphs
Broadcasting Service
Federal Agreements With Prairie Provinces
Ottawa March 25 Clarification of the nine year old Dominion Prairie Province agreements on transfer of natural resources will be introduced in the House of Commons by Justice Minister Ernest Lapointe. The bill aims to settle whether water resources are included and grants Alberta power to legislate oil resource conservation, notably in Turner Valley.
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Ottawa
Prairie Provinces
Ernest Lapointe
House of Commons
Alberta
Turner Valley
Inquest Into Death Of Walter Scott
Ontario report shows Walter Scott suffered a fractured leg and extensive bruises before dying last Wednesday at Homewood sanitarium in Guelph. No decision yet on an inquest. findings sent to Master F. H. Barlow for a general inquiry into the sanitarium affairs.
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Toronto
C.P
Ontario
Attorney- General’s Department
R. E. Frankish
Walter Scott
Saskatchewan
Homewood Sanitarium
Guelph
Attorney-General’s Department
Franklish
Farris Presses BC Case For Equal Terms In Rowell Hearings
Senator J W deB Farris told the Rowell commission that British Columbia fears a beyond the mountain attitude toward the province and seeks no special treatment just equal terms. Premier Pattullo had urged prime ministerial review of BC’s special case as part of national issues. The BC submission includes justifying continuation of a 750000 interim subsidy and determining future funding.
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Victoria
C.P
Ted
Chainin N. W. Rowell
Farris
British Columbia
T. D. Pattullo
Spe
Canada
Kidnappers Seize Garage Owner in Eastern Ontario
Three armed men abduct Maitland garage owner D Dalglish and an employee known as Scotty from a Maitland area garage. The bandits, in a brown sedan, forced Dalglish into a stolen car and fled toward Ottawa as provincial police pursued along highways and back roads. A second hold up was reported near Algonquin, prompting a district-wide alert for the suspects.
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Ottawa
Ontario
D. Dalglish
Maitland
Scotty
Dalglish
Jones
Toronto
Aegonquin
Roesuck
Spencerville
Brockville
C.P
D. Dalgleish
Dalgleish
Here
James Talbot
Herbert J. Dawson
Algonquin
Edmonton Reporter Freed by Unanimous Assembly Vote
Edmonton March 26 The Alberta Legislature unanimously approved releasing Don C. Brown of the Edmonton Journal from custody after a prior order to detain him for breach of privileges. The warrant was never signed, Speaker Peter Dawson said, and Brown was freed when the House rose at about 11 p.m. The action followed a committee finding Brown responsible for two misrepresentative paragraphs in his column Under the Dome. The debate cited clemency and press accuracy as goals, with Premier Aberhart stressing the need for correct information without suppressing criticism.
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Edmonton
C.P
Alberta
Don C. Brown
Edmonton Journal
Lethbridge
Brown
Peter Dawson
Aberhart
Lucien Maynard
Municipal Affairs
Gerald O’connor
Lib
Onetody
J. L. Robinson
S.C
Medicine Hat
Mr. Brown
Under
Committee On Privileges
O’connor
E. L. Gray
G. F. Powell
Social Credit Board
3Seph Unwin
M.L.A
Edson
Unwin
Powell
Umvin
Maynard
Peter Campbell
Unity Lethbridge
Abberhart
United States Seeks British Help For Austrian German Refugees
Secretary of State Hull asks Britain to cooperate in aiding political refugees from Austria and Germany. The British government is said to give urgent consideration and may respond soon. The Oxford-Cambridge boat race finish at Putney on April 2 will be televised.
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London
Hull
Austria
Germany
Putney
England
Seed Wheat Policy For Medicine Hat Region Confirmed
The Hon. D. B. Mullen provincial minister of Agriculture says seed wheat regulations for this year will mirror last season. He notes the relief branch prepared only a preliminary Cana dian Wheat Board estimate to indicate supply needs and railway distribution for government purchases.
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Chamber of Commerce
D. B. Mullen
Chamber
Department of Agriculture
Hitler Justifies Austria Annexation in Plebiscite Tour
In Koenigsberg Adolf Hitler defends the Austria annexation calling it forced by sham sovereignty. He claims foreign powers sought to keep Germany impotent and notes Austria faced economic doom and high deaths. The speech kicks off a 14 stop tour ahead of a Vienna vote April 9.
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Koenigsberg
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Austria
Hitler
New South Wales Coalition Government Returned for Third Term
Early returns in the New South Wales general election indicate the coalition government led by Bertram Stevens likely secures a third term. Counting in six constituencies is slow, with estimates placing the government around 55 seats to 26 for the opposition.
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Sydney
C.P
New South Wales
Coaliion
Bertram Stevens
Balota
Canadian Experts to Begin Washington Talks on New Trade Pact
Ottawa reports preliminary discussions on a new trade agreement with the United States will start in mid April. Norman Robertson of External Affairs L D Willgress director of commercial intelligence service and M B McKinnon tariff commissioner will join the delegation heading to Washington.
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Ottawa
C.R
United States
Washington
Norman Robertson
External Affairs Department
L. D. Willgress
Commercial Intelligence Service
M. B. McKinnon
First Successful Brain Pineal Tumor Operation Reported
Toronto doctors Dr. E F Brook and Dr. David W Pratt conducted the first successful preoperative diagnosis and operation for a pineal gland tumor in the brain. The patient, Mrs. Fred Barras, reportedly recovered fully after the three year delay in disclosure. The achievement was noted in a report to the American College of Surgeons.
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Toronto
C.P
E. F. Brook
St. Michael’s Hospital
David W. Pratt
Fred Bartas
American College of Surgeons
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