Ottawa plan to aid agriculture advanced in Commons
In Ottawa the House discusses a permanent national agricultural policy centered on a spring wheat acreage insurance plan. Hon G Gardiner outlines measures to support farmers with a 60c initial wheat payment via co operatives, a 1 percent grain levy, and the Winnipeg Grain Exchange regime. The plan targets western Canada and aims to lift agriculture nationwide.
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House of Commons
G. Gardiner
Canada
Gardiner
House
M. J. Cotiwell
CCF
Rosetown-Biggar
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Dominion
Canada Will Run Without Minister to Japan Yet
Prime Minister Mackenzie King told the House of Commons there will be no minister to Japan for the present. Canada is represented in Tokyo by a charge d'affaires after Randolph Bruce’s resignation. He noted the Gen eva office provides valuable European affairs information and League of Nations dispatches aid government decision making.
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Japan
Mackenzie King
House of Commons
Howard Green
Vancouver South
Canada
Tokyo
Randolph Bruce
Legation
Department of External Affairs
Committee of Supply
Geneva
House
R. J. Manion
League of Nations
British Consul Killed in Mosul Riots
British consul G. A. C. Monck-Mason, 53, was killed when a mob surged the Mosul consulate and set it ablaze during mourning for King Ghazi I. Martial law followed, restoring order in four hours. Monck-Mason, a veteran Near East diplomat, served since 1968 with postings in Alexandria and Salonika. The Iraqi king died after a car crash into an electric pole near Baghdad.
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Iraq
A.C. Monck- Mason
Ghazi
Monck- Mason
Monck-Mason
Near East
Alexandria
Salonika
Aleppo
Tigris
Baghdad
Ghazi I
Heaviest Grain Movement From West Reported
Railway officials report a heavy movement of grain from the west with 474 cars arriving at the lakehead during a recent weekend. Wheat stocks in store rose by 2.5 million bushels to 62,134,086, up from 16,000,000 a year ago.
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Port Arthur
Lakehead
Curtis Publishing halts magazine sales in Germany
The Curtis Publishing Company reports it has stopped retail sales of all its magazines in Germany after Nazi censors confiscated several issues of the Saturday Evening Post that discussed European affairs.
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Philadelphia
Curtis Publishing Company
Germany
Saturday Evening Post
Welcome to Royalty Ottawa King and Queen crowds
War veterans, Boy Scouts and Girl Guides should offer services to local mayors to participate in welcome arrangements for the King and Queen. The Prime Minister's office suggests contacting mayors to coordinate cooperation for a smooth community service during the royal visit.
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Boy Scouts
Girl Guides
Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Sug
New British Drill Formations Considered by Canadian Militia
Defence authorities study the British army drill system adapting a three line fall in and marching in column of threes. Canadians already used column of threes in narrow roads. The aim is to reduce brigade and division man strength with tests showing brigades of three battalions forming a nine battalion division.
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Ottawa
War Guilt Trials Begin as Nationalists Move War Crimes
Nationalist justice moves quickly with a summary court martial in Colmenar Viejo charging six suspects over killings at the start of the civil war. In Valencia 21 Syndicalist police agents are executed after a military tribunal verdict for wartime murders. Radio Nacional reports 35,000 dead in Valencia during the war.
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Madrid
Colmenar Viejo
Valencia
Radio Nacional
Moisture Conditions in Western Canada Prepared for Spring Seeding
Prairie farmers anticipate spring seeding as moisture remains generally favorable. Manitoba records show 7.75 inches in the north and west, 7.14 inches in the east, with above normal snowfall boosting soil moisture. Saskatchewan reports normal precipitation with light snow increasing reserves, though recent high winds dry some surface soil.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Canada and U S Prepared to Save Democracy
Ottawa report quotes Denton Massey saying the United States and Canada would intervene to prevent Britain's conquest. He argued public opinion would not restrain aid if Britain faced defeat and subjugation, and that destruction of Britain's power would draw U S involvement. Debate on external affairs resumed as estimates were considered.
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Canada
United States
Ottawa
Great Britain
Denton Massey
Toronto- Greenwood
Europe
France
House
External Affairs Department
Civil Service Rule Ends Outside Work for High Earners
The treasury board ordered full time federal staff earning over 31200 a year may not take outside jobs after May 1 without board approval. The cabinet acted after a report found many employees held other gainful jobs. An exception remains for municipal or civic offices not treated as gainful employment.
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Ottewa
Treasury Board
Cabinet
Canada February imports rise in key categories
The Dominion bureau of statistics reports February imports for Canada were higher than February 1938 in rubber meats petroleum and hides and skins while imports of automobiles auto parts vegetable oils and soaps were lower.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Pilot Bruce Middleton Leaves TCA for Imperial Airways
Capt. Bruce Middleton, an original Trans-Canada Airlines pilot, resigns from TCA and will exit the Canadian service at month’s end to join Imperial Airways in England. He departs to assume a position with the British airline.
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Winnipeg
Bruce Middleton
Trans-Canada Airlines
T.C.A
England
Imperial Airways
Britain rules out consulting Canada on coal exports
In the House of Commons a government spokesman announced that Britain does not plan to consult Canada about expanding anthracite coal exports to the Dominion. The statement clarifies the government's position on trade discussions with Canada.
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London
Canada
Dominion
House of Commons
Royal Seal Move for King During Ottawa Visit
The Dominion government plans to ask Parliament to authorize a royal seal for use by the King if he prorogues Parliament or gives royal assent to any bills during his upcoming visit to Ottawa next month, as indicated by a notice on the order paper.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Britain Moves to Bolster Civilian and Military Defences
London reports government measures to strengthen civilian and military protection against air attack. Sir John Anderson urges swift passage of a civil defence bill enabling local authorities to requisition vehicles and buildings for emergency use, while Hore-Belisha outlines plans for a new armored corps and training for 16,060 reservists.
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London
Great Britain
House of Commons
John Anderson
Leslie Hore-Belisha
House
Toval
Britain
Hore-Belisha
Herbert Morrison
Morrison
John
Sir John
Inflation policy opposed by Graham Towers
F. Graham Towers, governor of the Bank of Canada, told a parliamentary banking committee that issuing currency to finance government expenditures would have “very unfortunate results” like inflation and loss of public confidence. He warned the move would be costly to the public, not costless to the government, and unfairly taxes the people.
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Ottawa
F. Graham Towers
Bank of Canada
Committee On Banking and Commerce
Sai
Canada
United Kingdom
United States
Mr. Towers
Butter Distribution Debate in Canadian House of Commons
Hon. J. G. Gardiner told the House the matter remains under consideration as Mark Senn asks about reports that the federal government would distribute 4,000,000 pounds of butter to the unemployed. John Blackmore presses the issue, arguing such distribution would raise the national debt and echo Social Credit ideas.
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Ottawa
J. G. Gardiner
House of Commons
Mark Senn
Haldimand
John Blackmore
Social Credit
Canada
Blackmore
Social Credit Party
Ernest Lapointe
France
Bank of Canada
Saskatchewan Loan Authorized for Relief Costs 1938 39
An order in council authorized a loan of 2,397,009 to Saskatchewan to cover its share of unemployment relief expenditures from September 1938 to March 1939. The loan is secured by three percent provincial treasury bills.
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Dominion
Saskatchewan
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