Alberta moves to broaden disallowed actions and regulate oils
Edmonton March 30. Alberta legislators introduced six new bills including petroleum pipelines regulation and price fixing for petroleum products. New acts amend Co operative Marketing Act Land Titles Act and Co operative Marketing Association Guarantee Act. A Coal Mines Act adds safety measures with mandatory cage safety catches. A central purchasing agency may be created under director of purchases.
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Edmonton
C.P
Lucien Maynard
Alberta
E. C. Manning
Fyr
Maynard
Manning
McGillivray Royal Commission
Co-operative Association
Co-operative Marketing Association Guarantee
House In Committee of
N. E. Tanner
Japan Sets “Important Statement” On Foreign Trade
Tokyo March 80 Arita invites British French and US ambassadors to hear an important statement at the foreign office. The minister may outline talks with Italy and Germany on the anti comintern pact and signal no change in democracies while noting Russia as the pivot and possible relaxation of China trade limits.
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Tokyo
C.P
United States
Foreign Office
Harchiro Arita
Ialy
Germany
Arita
China
Clearing house weekly returns and year comparison
This week's return totals 123049 dollars while last week shows F1A14dg results. Year over year the previous period tallies 1398470 dollars in the clearing house.
Western Grain Dealers Show Support for 80 Cent Wheat
CALGARY March 29 Special Wm Robertson president of the Western Grain Dealers Association said the association backs Bracken committee work and supports at least 80c for No 1 Northern wheat under a Winns Board to protect Western Canada producers amid international wheat market turmoil. He warned a 60-cent policy would abandon the western barley to disaster and urged Parliament’s agriculture committee to consider justice for western farmers.
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Calgary
Western Canada
Agricultural Committee
House of Commons
Western Grain Dealers’ Association
Parliament
Calgary Edmonton Tax Recovery Bill Amended
Amendments to bring Calgary and Edmonton under the tax recovery act were dropped on third reading after committee review. Mayor Maynard noted removing them would require city title to many properties in tax sale, plans to discuss with the province and possibly new legislation next year.
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Kedmonton
Calgary
Edmonton
Alberta
Lucien Maynard
Andrew Davison
T. E. Garside
Maynard
Civic
Ontario Raises Its Tax On Gasoline
Premier Hepburn unveiled a balanced fifth budget in Ontario raising the gasoline tax by two cents a gallon. The government projects 103,506,910 dollars revenue in the next year, with the gas tax increasing from six to eight cents per gallon. The new levy takes effect at midnight.
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Toronto
C.I
Hepburn
Ontario
Canada
House
Royal Air Force Expansion Hint From Prime Minister
In London on March 30 Prime Minister Chamberlain signaled plans to expand Britain’s navy and air force. He noted the territorial army would double to 340,000, and said a formal navy and air force expansion decision would be announced when conclusions are reached.
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Royal Air Force
Britain
London
C.P
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Wild Duck Shower Reported in Mississippi Downpour
In Greenville Mississippi a heavy rainstorm drenched the area as flying wild ducks reportedly fell from the sky. Clyde Pace said a hail storm drove ducks into the street and he caught one for supper.
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Greenville
Miss
C.P
Mississippi
Clyde Pace
Poland Eyes Danzig Talks With Germany Amid Tensions
Warsaw, March 29 AP Poland reluctant to join Britain and France in a bloc against Germany begins talks with the Nazis to resolve Danzig status. Poland seeks to protect its economic interests while opposing outright German annexation as reports say German troops mass on the Polish border.
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Robert B. Parker, Jr
Associated Press
Warsaw
Poland
Great Britain
France
Germany
Free City of
Danzig
Berlin
Free City
Baltic
League of Nations
Peo
Ple
Weather Outlook With Winds Shifting Through Day
Local forecast notes fair and mild conditions with a slow barometer drop. Winds peaked at 36 mph from the southwest yesterday afternoon and shifted to the north overnight as temperatures fell to 34 at 5:30 am with breezes veering to the west and southwest by noon.
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Montreal
Ottawa
Toronto
Eterno
Port Arthur
Winnipeg
Regina
Moose Jaw
Saskatoon
Prince Albert
Swift Current
Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
Calgary
Edmonton
Vancouver
Victoria
Prairie Provinces
Great Lakes
Ontario
Senate debate recalls pre war economies in Ottawa
In Ottawa the Senate faced questions about its cost as Sen Randurand cited past savings. He noted a 1915 naval debate and claimed last year’s Senate expense was 577 342 dollars, refuting a 5 million annual figure and highlighting savings from legislation. He argued interest on 35 million would cover Senate costs for years.
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Ottawa
Senate
Raoul Randurand
C. C. Ballantyne
Quebec
Ballantyne
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Treasury
Dandurand
Aye Dandurand
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Great Britain
Trucks Carry Passengers May 26
Secretary F Blackburn was informed by the Highways Traffic Board that permits allowing trucks to carry passengers on May 26 will be granted free of charge for all special cases. Operators must apply to the board for permits to ensure regulations are followed and trucks are driven safely. A supply of application forms will be sent to local offices to facilitate permits.
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F. Blackburn
Highways Traffic Board
Calgary Jews Present Talmud Set to Rt. Hon. Bennett
Eight volumes with an English translation of the Talmud were presented to former Canadian prime minister Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett by Jews of Calgary. Dr. Joseph Hertz, the British chief rabbi, delivered the gift in London. Bennett invited the rabbi to call for the presentation due to his retirement.
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London
C.P
R. B. Bennett
Calgary
Joseph Hertz
United Kingdom
England
Bennett
Hertz
Alberta Premier Aberhart tables ELD report in Legislature
The report by acting provincial auditor O M Plunkett on the Eastern Irrigation District was tabled, detailing loans to the Irrigation Development Land Company and Lakelands Ltd and calling for clearer property plans and livestock proceeds accounting. A separate court filing by E L Gray for damages against Premier Aberhart and the provincial secretary was withheld by Edmonton Supreme Court officials.
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Aberhart
Edmonton
C.P
E. L. Gray
Brooks
Eastern Irrigation District
O. M. Plunkett
E.ld
Solon Low
Plunkett
Irrigation Development Land Company
Bassano Creamery and Produce Company
Lakelands Ltd
Lakelands
Dumluin Vuouin
MaArengv
Hon. E. Co. Manning
Supreme Court
Attorney-General’s Department
George B. O'Connor
K.C
Gray
Staten
R. P. Wallace
Whittaker
Dominions-In Consultation Amid War-Tension Reports
Vincent Massey and other Dominion representatives joined Sir Thomas Inskip in consult tonight as London reported German troop movements along the Polish border. Paris and Romania reached an agreement to double French purchases of Romanian oil today.
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London
C.P
Vincent Massey
Dominions
Thomas Inskip
Paris
France
Rumania
Manitoba Premier Opposes 60 Cent Wheat Price Policy
Premier John Bracken of Manitoba denounces Ottawa’s 60 cent per bushel minimum for wheat saying it harms the West and the national economy. He urges full West input into the House of Commons agricultural committee and warns of far reaching effects if the program fails to meet emergency needs.
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Montreal
C.P
John Bracken
Manitoba
House of Commons
Eastern Canada Agricultural Conference
Prairie Provinces
Agricultural Committee
Canada
West
Chinese Soldiers Die as Living Bombs Stop Tanks
Shanghai dispatch reports 500 Chinese soldiers strapped dynamite to their bodies and hurled themselves at Japanese tanks near Nanchang, destroying the tanks at the cost of their lives. The claim, attributed to Chinese newspapers, could not be independently confirmed.
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Shanghai
Nanchang
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Alta
Japan
Western Grain Dealers Assn
Hitler
Marshal Smigly-Byrz
M. Gafencu
Romania
Joseph Beck
R.B
Abernart
ATT. -Gen. Dept
Premier Bracken
Eastern Agricultural
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