British Policy Aims To Prevent Spread Of War
The House of Commons defeated Lakor’s motion urging Spain policy clarity. Eden, defending government policy, said Britain seeks to end the Spanish civil war and prevent wider conflict, offering convoy protection up to the three mile limit if ships proceed to Bilbao despite warnings. Opposition charged cowardice and fear of Mussolini and Hitler.
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London
House of Commons
Lakors
Spain
Bithan
North - Spal
Eden
Henry
Clement Attlee
Archibald Sinclair
James Maxton
Mussolini
Basque
Fiden
British policy debate over Spain neutrality and non intervention
In a terse exchange Eden defends Britain on non intervention and warns against giving belligerent rights to one side. Attlee cites sinking ships by mines while Faden argues present principles differ from the American civil war. The discussion touches on withdrawing foreign volunteers and the hands off Spain committee.
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Eaicis
Britain
Spanish Morocco
Balearic Islands
Canary Islands
Attlee
Faden
Spain
Dominion Agriculture Department Reorganizes Into Four Divisions
The Dominion Department of Agriculture is restructuring into four divisions Marketing Production Services Experimental Farms and Science under a deputy minister. Dr A M Shaw heads Marketing. G B Heathwell leads Production Services. E S Archibald directs Experimental Farms. J M Swayne oversees non experimental scientific work.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
J G Gardiner
A. M. Shaw
University of Saskatchewan
G. B. Heathwell
E. 8. Archibald
J. M. Swayne
Britain Tops World in Combat Planes in 1937 Yearbook
The 1937 Aircraft yearbook ranks nations by combat planes as of January end, led by the British Empire with 4,000 planes and 52,000 personnel, followed by France, Russia, Italy, Germany, the United States, and Japan. It defines combat planes as armed aircraft across roles and notes pilot counts for each nation.
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New York
British Empire
France
Russia
Italy
Germany
United States
Japan
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America
Great Britain
Peace with Russia moves amid German Soviet shifts
The Star reports von Ribbentrop will move to Moscow and Litvinoff will be removed to ease German Soviet ties. Hitler seeks peace with Moscow after Italy's Spain setback, with Soviet leaders reportedly approving changes. In Bordeaux, 50 tons of explosives found on the Charente among 800 tons of cargo halt.
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London
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Moscow
Maxim Litvinoff
Germany
Soviet Union
Star
Hitler
Italy
Spain
von Ribbentrop
George VI
Litvinoff
The
Bordeaux
France
le Verdon
Oslo
Norway
Restoration Of Wages At Canadian National Railways
CN Rail settles a wage dispute with 13 000 members of the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees. Pay cuts are restored in stages with full restoration by end of March next year following Smiley board guidance. A first two percent raise retroactive to April 1 is in effect. International unions signed contracts two weeks earlier for abolition of cuts by the same date.
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Canadian National Railways
Montreal
Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees
National Road
Smiley Conciliation Board
Ottawa
Alberta Dry Areas Edmonton
O. L. Longman Alberta field crops commissioner described to the Turgeon royal grain commission the movement of about 6 000 families from a 7 000 000 acre dry area in east central Alberta. The government aims to limit population to one person per 40 acres while steering efforts toward cattle breeding and grazing with 2 000 families remaining in the area.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Turgeon Royal Grain Commission
O. &. Longman
Peace River
Mr. Longman
Longman
Welsh boycott bid on coronation fails in Bethel village
Cardiff based professor W J Guffydd campaigned for Wales to boycott the coronation but the appeal faltered among Welsh people and did not gain traction even in his native Bethel, Carnarvonshire.
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Cardiff
Wales
W. J Guffydd
Bethel
Carnarvonshire
Doukhobor Leader Demands Ridding Firebug Elements
Grand Forks meeting hears Peter Verigin the Younger pledge action against firebug troublemakers amid bombing and arson in the West Kootenays. He states he may quit leadership if his followers do not purge the group and plans to confer with Premier Pattullo in Victoria.
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Grand Ferris
B.C
Peter Verigin
British Columbia
Verigin
West Kootenay
T. A. Love
Grand Forks
Willam A. Sookaroff
Thew
Christian Community
Victoria
Pattullo
UK Food Supplies in Wartime Debate in Lords
In the Lords, Zaron Catto questioned reliance on US and Canada for essential goods. Lord Templemore rebutted rumors of a British wheat shortage, noting public warehouse stocks reflect only ten days and suggesting millers' stocks could cover about three months of consumption.
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London
United States
Canada
Zaron Catto
House of Lords
Lord Templemore
United Kingdom
Aerial Survey Planned for Drought Lands in Saskatchewan
Ottawa reports an aerial photography program by the Royal Canadian Air Force to survey 11000 square miles south and southwest of Moose Jaw and along the Frenchman river. The goal is to map soil and moisture for resettlement from poor to better lands and guide drought rehabilitation plans.
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Ottawa
Prairie Provinces
Saskatchewan
Moose Jaw
Frenchman River
Royal Canadian Air Force
Northwest Territories
Department of Agriculture
J. G. Gardiner
Drouth
John Vallance
Gardiner
Trouble On Indian Frontier
Indian authorities plan to deploy 33 000 more troops to the northwest frontier region of Waziristan to quell rebellion led by the Fakir of Ipi. An ambush last week killed seven British officers two NCOs and 20 native soldiers as armed bands raid the Bannu area disrupting British and allied tribes.
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New Delhi
Waziristan
Ipi
Bannu
Roosevelt orders immediate agency expenditure cuts
President Roosevelt directs heads of all government agencies to curtail spending for the rest of the fiscal year. Tax revenues miss estimates and 900 workers will be cut from the Agricultural Adjustment Administration payroll by month’s end to prevent a larger deficit than the $2,652,654,060 forecast for the year.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wallace
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
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