Italy Is Ready for Any Eventuality in Ethiopian Crisis
Premier Mussolini told the Italian Senate Italy is prepared for any eventuality amid the Ethiopia crisis declaring mobilization may reach 950,000 troops by Friday and that three classes under arms are ready with a fourth in readiness.
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France
Africa
Indicaatad Tadasa
Ethiopia
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Geneva
League of Nations
Auavis Ababa
Communists gain big in Paris municipal elections
In Paris on May 14, Communists won 40 municipal seats, mainly taking from Socialists who joined a single front with them. Only seven gains were in Paris suburbs. Leftist and radical alliances trounced the conservatives. all cabinet members seeking mayorship were elected or reelected.
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C.P
le Jour
le Populaire
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Lawrence in Dorset After Motor Collision
Major General J West called to consult at the bedside of Lawrence of Arabia after a motorcycle bicycle collision. Lawrence remains unconscious as officials report a fractured skull and very serious condition. his brother begins travel home while Shaw is identified among the injured.
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J. West
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Mine Flood Traps 400 Chinese and One Japanese Foreman
A flood from a collapsed rock at the Szechwan coal mine 70 miles west of Tsinan floods shafts and galleries. Four hundred Chinese miners and a Japanese foreman drown as pumps fail and rescue efforts are blocked. The joint Chinese Japanese mine loses power, ending any chance of escape within forty minutes.
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Shantung
China
Szechwan
Here
Stevens Urges Industry Reform In Canada Campaign Stop
Windsor rally hears Hon. H. H. Stevens attack a handful of credit controllers as hindering recovery. He argues for fair wages and opportunity, warns against amalgamation, and proposes three railway zones to improve transportation. He calls on leaders to aid the country rather than focus on self interests.
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Ont
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Hon
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Canada
Essex Cuty
Stevens
Montreal
Henc EU
Maritimes
Mags
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Seeding to Resume in Medicine Hat After Brief Sun Break
Two days of sunshine are needed before seeding resumes across the Medicine Hat division. Work should finish in five or six days after that, based on statements from Canadian Pacific railway agents. Seeding is 30 to 35 percent complete with progress aided by recent rains and improved soil conditions.
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Medicine Hat
Canadian Pacific Railway
Toledo Chevrolet plant workers end strike after vote
Union workers at the Toledo Chevrolet plant voted 722 to 385 to end a strike that had affected about 80,000 others in the auto industry. The decision followed a negotiated proposal by AFL leaders, federal mediators, company officials and labor committeemen. Disorder followed the result as some argued voters misunderstood the question.
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A.P
American Federation of Labor
Federal Labor
Conservatives to Nominate Candidate in Medicine Hat
Conservatives of the Medicine Hat federal constituency plan a 2:30 pm nomination meeting tomorrow at Park hall. Samuel Short will chair the session with speaker R. W. Ward and assistant J. W. Crawford joining in Calgary.
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Park Hall
Samuel Short
Filipinos Vote in Manila Amid Sakdal Disorder
Filipinos vote under heavy guard in Manila as government leaders forecast overwhelming ratification of the 10 year commonwealth government before full independence from the United States amid Sakdalista disturbances.
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Manila
C.P
United States
U S A On Verge Of Ruin Says Johnson
General Hugh S. Johnson former NRA chief warns in a magazine piece that government costs may be so high they require money printing, which would ruin the nation. He criticizes taxes debt and government expenses as the main distress causes and contrasts solutions with demagogic “money magic.”
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New York
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Johnson
Coughlin
Japan Discusses Possible Trade War With Canada
Victoria May 14 Pulp and paper manufacturers warn of a 3 million dollar loss if Japan imposes a tariff barrier on Canadian imports in retaliation for Dominion duties. Premier Pattullo informed acting prime minister Sir George Perley and sought federal inquiry as orders may shift to U S firms. BC trade with Japan last year reached 8.8 million, over half of Canada’s total, with pulp and lumber products key.
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C.P
Dominion
T. D. Pattullo
United States
Japan
British Columbia
Canada
Hitler convokes Reichstag on foreign policy issue
Berlin reports Hitler calls Reichstag to meet Friday at 7 30 p m for a long awaited foreign policy pronouncement. London observers predict his speech will seek to calm fears of rearmament and secure English credits to pay imports, while Bank of England resists new loans.
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Reichstag
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Pilsudski Death Triggers Global Tributes
World leaders and officials from Germany France Italy Britain and the Vatican paid tribute to Marshal Jozef Pilsudski after his death. Hitler Goering Lebrun Mussolini Pius XI Eden and Hungarian circles lauded his leadership and role in Polish history and the fight against Bolshevism.
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Wilhelm Goering
Reich
Germany
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Pilsudski
Benito Mussolini
Rome
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Anthony Eden
London
Marshal Pilsudski
Preparing Market ing Legislation
OTTAWA May 14 Legislation carrying out the royal commission on price spreads and mass buying is in finishing touches this week and will be ready for presentation when the house of commons resumes sittings next Monday. A cabinet council Tuesday will study the measures further and advance changes in administering the Canadian Farm Loan Act. Rhodes practically recovered from laryngitis and complications but will stay home for recuperation. Hart and Hoadley were in Ottawa to discuss financial assistance for their provinces.
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C.P
Royal Commission
House of Commons
E. N. Rhodes
John S. Hart
British Columbia
George Hoadley
Alberta
Rhodes
Belgium Seeks Full Recovery After Early Gains
Belgium has won the first phase of its financial and economic recovery, premier Paul Van Zeeland said. He outlined five key areas monetary policy banking securities price control and unemployment next focus will ease taxes and interest rates while avoiding market shocks. The devaluation of the Belga was necessary to protect banks and currency.
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C.p.havas
Belgium
Paul van Zeeland
Foreign Press Association
Labor Troubles Grow at Coast
Vancouver waterfront workers plan a ballot to decide on a sympathy strike with relief camp strikers. The vote follows a meeting of the Vancouver and District Waterfront Workers Association, with no date set for any strike and indefinite duration. A sharp skirmish near Prince George sparks fears of a broader general strike affecting 6,000 gillnet fishermen if sockeye pay demands fail. Canners offer 60 cents Fraser river and 50 cents in northern areas, with a 500-fishermen meeting next Sunday to decide and a negotiating committee to meet with canners.
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C.P
Vancouver and District Waterfront Workers Association
British Columbia
Prince George
W. Gray
B.C. Fishermen's Protective Association
New Westminster
Fraser River
Philippine plebiscite shows strong support for constitution
Early returns from Manila indicate a large majority approve the proposed Philippine constitution, which would move the Philippines away from United States supervision. The nationwide plebiscite results favor the measure as officials announce initial tallies tonight.
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Manila
Philippines
United States
Assets of Dionne Quintuplets Quadruple in Six Months
The Dionne quintuplets assets have grown sixfold since guardians took over their care. From about $27,000, the estate reached $175,000 in three months with minimal expenditure. Ottawa reports a new effort to rally Roman Catholic groups in Ontario and Quebec to return the children to their parents.
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C.P
Ontario
David Croll
Croll
Ottawa
The
Ottawa Journal
Quebec
Dardanelles Issue Threatens Complications in Rearmament
London reports that Turkey seeks permission to fortify the Dardanelles as part of new rearmament plans. At Bucharest talks Greece Romania and Yugoslavia back Turkey against demilitarizing the straits with aims tied to Rome conference decisions.
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Romania
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Turrisn
Aeamle Anamaluninea
Dominion of Canada to issue $60 million bonds
The Dominion of Canada announces a public offering of a new $60,000,000 bond issue to fund general needs. It will be sold in two series eight and twenty years with coupons of 2 1 2 and 3 percent, denominated in $500 and $1,000 and $1,000 respectively for the eight year issue.
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Ottawa
C.P
Dominion of Canada
N. Rhodes
Social Credit Leader Declines Candidacy in Alberta Vote
Calgary May 14. Alberta Social Credit League head William Aberhart will not seek provincial election seats. Calgary nominating convention nominates 27 candidates with six to carry the party banner. Aberhart plans to tour the province and will meet British economist C H Douglas in Edmonton May 22 23 to discuss applying social credit in the province.
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C.P
William Aberhart
Alberta Social Credit League
Social Credit
Aberhart
EH. C. Manning
Alberta
Douglas Calgary
Willian Aberhart
Social Credit League
C. H. Douglas
Edmonton
Douglas
Laval and Stalin Discuss European Peace Prospects
Laval of France met Joseph Stalin in Moscow for over two hours to discuss European peace prospects and the potential role of a Franco Russian mutual aid treaty as a basis for an eastern Europe security system. They reviewed proposals to supplement the pact with non aggression and consultation clauses amid Poland’s position and broader eastern security ideas.
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Pierre Laval
France
Joseph Stalin
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Litvinoff
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Marshal Pilsudski
Poland
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Reich
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