Budget details loom as Canada braces for war taxes
The budget likely to be laid before Parliament within two weeks will set out new taxes to fund the expanded war program. Finance Minister J. L. Ralston is expected to outline the fiscal year costs, with about 700 million for war and 448 million for non war activities, to be raised by taxes where possible and borrowed otherwise.
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Ottawa
Commons
J. L. Ralston
Dominion
London
Bank of Montreal
Showers Extend West and North on Tuesday
Reports from the CPR focal offices show a broad rain event Tuesday with 0.12 inch in 20 minutes and total weekly rainfall reaching 0.30 inch. The heaviest shower occurred around 4 p.m. and light rains spread from Medicine Hat to Gleichen and along the Empress subdivision, with lighter showers between Medicine Hat and Maple Creek.
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C.P.R
Medicine Hat
Gleichen
Empress Subdivision
Maple Creek
Boy Scout Ramboree Caps Day of Fun and Football
The Fifth Avenue Pack won the softball cup as Cub Scouts and leaders enjoyed a memorable Ramboree. A grand camp fire on the river capped an afternoon of ice cream, peanuts, and spirited contests with notable speeches from Mr Whitehouse and Mr Backham.
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Fom Allen
Fifth Avenue Pack
Bill Davies
Cuba
Fifth Avenue
Tom Allen
Whitehouse
Akelas
Balcos
Parliament to require passes for all visitors
The Speaker announced new security measures in the Commons requiring passes for all members and others with business in the Houses of Parliament starting immediately.
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London
C.P
Commons
Eire Army Called Up to War Footing
Dublin May 29 Irish forces move to full war footing amid Britain crisis. Volunteers rush to recruiting stations as the national defence committee plans emergency measures in its first session. De Valéra orders immediate full-strength mobilization of the army.
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Eire
Dublin
Britain
National Defence Committee
de Valéra
Italians Cross Isonzo Front as French Advance Near Lille
In the latest war reports from May 29 1915 the Italians drive into Austria across the Isonzo river at several points while French forces push toward Lille and Ablain. German casualties tally around 2000 killed wounded or captured in heavy fighting as the front lines shift under Allied pressure.
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Austriaa
Isonzo River
Ablain
Lille
Ford Offers to Turn Out 1000 Planes Daily
Ford Motor Company could produce 1,000 airplanes daily at standard design within six months with aviation experts and without government meddling. Costs could drop to one eighth current prices, Ford said, comparing the potential output to his earlier car production feat.
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Ford
Detroit
C.P
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
Canada expands shell production for WW II effort
The Department of Munitions and Supply said eight Canadian plants produce 2,250,000 shells with new orders expanding to five or six more firms and lifting output to 4,500,000 shells. Production covers small arms to heavy artillery and anti aircraft munitions including 40 mm and 9.2 inch shells. Do minion arsenals also work for the United Kingdom. Contracts exceed 40 million dollars for munitions and about 30 million is spent enlarging explosives capacity.
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Ottawa
C.P
Department of Munitions and Supply
Canada
Dominion
United Kingdom
Main French Forces Are Intact And In Position To Assist North Army
London May 29 The British Expeditionary Force in Flanders fought a furious opening drive aimed at joining the main French army pressing a rescue from the Somme. Leopold III ordered cease fire jeopardizing thousands of troops and equipment as they face a German wall. Blanchard weighs surrender or sea evacuation. BEF morale remains high though precarious with the main French army intact and ready to assist on the Somme front.
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London
Narvik
Flanders
Eunglish
War Office
Arras
Combles
North Army
J. F. Sanderson
C.P. Cable
Somme
Leopold III
Leopold
Blanchard
B.E.F
First War Savings Subscribers Named in Ottawa
Mrs Consuelo V Bray of Toronto and her children Nona Howard and Ruth are the first subscribers listed for war savings certificates. They purchased nearly 600 dollars worth and received a thank you wire from W H Somerville national War Savings committee chairman for their prompt response.
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Ottawa
C.P
Consuelo V. Bray
Toronto
Nona
Howard
Ruth
War Savings
W. H. Somerville
War Savings Committee
Bray
Fined For Not on Drivers Licenses at R C M P Court
David Bartlett of Consul Sask pleaded guilty to driving a truck without a license and failing to dim headlights. He was fined $2 and costs on each count after a collision near Dunnmore with a car from Medicine Hat. Others cited include Leslie Welling and Olaf Wenner fined for licenses and speeding, and Roy Johnson jailed or fined for vagrancy.
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R.C.M.P
David Bartlett
Consul
Sask
Bartlett
Dunnmore
J. C. Demaris
Medicine Hat
Demaris
R.C.M.P. Highway Control
Leslie Welling
Olaf Wenner
Welling
Wenner
Roy Johnson
Western MPs urge wartime closure of grain exchange
Western members in Ottawa pressed Minister James Gardiner in parliament to shut the Winnipeg grain exchange for the war and for the government to assume wheat marketing. Gardiner cautioned he could not commit to taking over all wheat sales while discussing a bill to amend the Co operative Wheat Marketing Act 1939 to allow initial payments and expense calculations.
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Ottawa
James G. Gardiner
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Gardiner
Ottawa Approves 700 Million War Funds Without Vote
The House of Commons passed third reading for a 700 million dollar war appropriation for the next fiscal year. An opposition amendment for a detailed accounting within 15 days of the next session was defeated. Finance Minister Ralston offered to present year end spending figures within two months of the fiscal year close.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Hanson
Ralston
Parliament
Opposition Pushes Ralston for War Government Leadership
In Ottawa the Conservative opposition again urged Finance Minister J L Ralston to replace Prime Minister Mackenzie King as head of Canada's war government. The call came after a prior appeal by Percy Black, with Bruce arguing Ralston as the fit leader. In Parliament King noted government actions to fund war needs and speed aircraft acceptance tests at Malton. Separately in Orillia a public meeting urged a government change to maximize united war effort.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
J. L. Ralston
Mackenzie King
Canada
Herbert A. Bruce
Toronto-Parkdale
Col. Ralston
King
Percy Black
Cumberland
Defence
Norman Rogers
Amherst, N.S
Malton Airport
Toronto
A. R. Adamson
Con
York West
Orillia
Ont
H. G. Peck
The
Legion
Orillia War Advisory Committee
Chain Letter Aims to Move British Children to Canada
Ottawa reports Mayor Stanley Lewis noting a US chain letter soliciting funds to bring British children to Canada during the war. J J Medlin of Los Angeles sent $1 with five copies for circulation, instructing five more to forward funds to start the plan. He has not decided how to handle the money.
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Ottawa
C.P
Stanley Lewis
United States
Canada
J. J. Medlin
Los Angeles
Lewis
Bomb blast at Vernon Legion hall injures none
A home made bomb planted in an ash can exploded at the Vernon Canadian Legion hall as leaders of the Vernon and district volunteer home defence unit met for recruitment. Police say the device used stamping powder in a kettle. windows were shattered at the rear of the meeting room. Premier Pattullo’s travel plans were not disclosed.
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Vernon
B.C
C.P
Canadian Legion Hall
Vernon and District Volunteer Home Defence
Canadian Press War Coverage Secured for 89 Newspapers
W. Rupert Davies of the Kingston Whig-Standard announced at the CP annual meeting that 89 CP member papers will receive complete wartime coverage with vigor and efficiency. The London bureau, 214 years old, is strengthened further for front and Parliament coverage even if London must be left.
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Toronto
W. Rupert Davies
Kingston Whig-Standard
Cooperative News Gathering Organization
Davies
C.P
London
Belgium in exile mobilizes refugees for resistance effort
Paris dispatch reports the Belgian government in exile mobilizing hundreds of thousands of Belgian refugees in France to continue the fight after King Leopold III's surrender. Premier Pierlot and parliamentary leaders oversee ships cash and factory assets as arms and morale rise. The move rejects the surrender as illegitimate and vows continued resistance.
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Paris
CP Havas
Germany
Leopold
Hubert Pierlot
Belgium
Pierlot
Albert I
Albert
Leopold III
Henri Denis
France
Paul Hymans
Sedan
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