Canada Mining Prospects Active With Field Surveys
The minister stated Canada’s mining prospecting and exploration will be at peak this year with about 190 field parties employing 1,000 men. Reports rushed to prospector plans indicate areas in Quebec British Columbia Ontario Saskatchewan Alberta Manitoba Yukon and the Northwest Territories will be explored. A virgin Yukon tract and large parts of the Yellowknife region show strong potential for precious metals as valuable geological knowledge is gained.
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Quebec
British Columbia
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Yellowknife River
Advocates Mining Policy Would Cure Canada's Unemployment
Mr Justice A M Manson of the Supreme Court of British Columbia urged a national mining policy at the British Columbia division meeting of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association. He said mining could reduce unemployment by mobilizing capital while proposing stable mining taxes to attract foreign investment and ensure capital recovery in early production.
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Canada
Supreme Court
Vancouver
A. M. Manson
Supreme Court of British Columbia
British Columbia
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Dominion
Justice Manson
Provincial
Ottawa tender results show 25 million treasury bills awarded
Finance Minister Dun ning announced tenders accepted for the full amount of 25 000 000 Dominion of Canada treasury bills due July 15. The average discount price was 99.78138 and the average yield was 5.79 percent.
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Ottawa
Dunning
Dominion of Canada
Treasury
Canada to lead in natural resource development
Dr M Tory, former president of the University of Alberta, told the Womens Canadian Club that Canada’s natural resources should set a new pace over the next 25 years if peace holds. He praised Canada’s land climate unity, railways, and the need to break provincial barriers and boost national leadership in education.
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Canada
M. Tory
Ottawa
University of Alberta
Association of Canadian Clubs
Aad
Womens Canadian Club
Tory
Edward Johnson Feted by Canadian Club in New York
Edward Johnson, manager of the Metropolitan Opera, celebrated his first successful season at a Canadian Club of New York reception and presidents dinner. Club president Ernest W. Appleby shared honors. Johnson outlined plans to advance opera to the masses via press and radio, with the Met's spring season opening in May offering tickets from 25 cents to 1 dollar.
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New York
Edward Johnson
Metropolitan Opera
Canadian Club of
Ernest W. Appleby
Johnson
Met
Sabotage Suspected in Sheffield Steel Plant Incident
The Daily Mail reports a suspected sabotage case in Sheffield aimed at severing ropes on a giant flywheel in a factory making steel and wire for aircraft and torpedo boats. Arthur S. Lee warns that increasing speed undetected could have caused terrible destruction and crushed the entire plant.
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London
Daily Mail
Sheffield
Arthur S. Lee
Alberta Passes Fuel Oil Tax With May First Start
The fuel oil tax act, approved in the recent legislature session, aims to raise about $200 000 in the current year. Effective May 1, it broadens coverage to all lower grades and imposes seven cents per gallon with a six cent rebate for farming or industrial uses.
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Edmonton
Calgary talks collapse on Alberta phone sale to US syndicate
Hon. W. A. Fallon, Alberta’s public works and telephones minister, announced negotiations for selling the provincial telephone system to a United States syndicate have been definitively dropped for at least one year.
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Calgary
Alberta
United States
W. A. Fallon
Dowager Lady Aberdeens Peace Prize Candidate
The Dowager Lady Aberdeen wife of the former governor general of Canada has had her name put forward as a Nobel prize candidate in her role as president of the International Council of Women. Support has come from women’s groups worldwide with nominations from 40 countries where the National Council of Women, under her guidance, has long promoted peace efforts.
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Aberdeen
Canada
International Council of Women
National Council of Women
International Council
Cause of Peace
Compulsory Subjects in Ontario Schools Begin Soon
Duncan McArthur deputy minister of education announced that English social sciences health education and business practice will be compulsory subjects under Ontario’s revised course of study to be introduced in public schools.
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Toronto
Ontario
Duncan McArthur
Ontario Education Association
Fears Of Potato Shortage In Canada After Crop Report
Canada could face a potato shortage as Ottawa cites the lowest stocks since 1930. Dominion bureau data show March 31 farm stocks at 11 047 000 cwt, down from 19 740 000 a year earlier, with 58 percent of the 1935 crop below merchantable quality. Prince Edward Island's M. G. McNeely warned of an imminent famine before May 1 as maritime supplies dwindle and New Brunswick stocks run dry.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
M. G. McNeely
Prince Edward Island
British Columbia Refutes Plan For Provincial Bank
Premier Pattullo arrived home from a brief visit before Ottawa talks resume. He dismissed any idea of creating a provincial bank and said discussions focus on general policies including relief and financing, not a Dominion aid bond issue. London reports the Red Cross received an Ethiopian relief appeal asking for medicine and doctors to treat poison gas casualties.
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British Columbia
Victoria
Pattullo
Ottawa
Alberta
Coast
London
British Red Cross
Parliament set to study railways and pensions reform
Ottawa eyes prorogation time as green chamber and committees prepare for heavy agendas. Radio, railways, pensions, elections, and agriculture form key committees likely to seek sitting permissions, leaving many empty seats. A railway bill aims to restore the director system and revisit Canada National Canadian Pacific control amid huge deficits.
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Ottawa
Italian discontent grows as fascist regime loses support
Giovanni Giglio, ex Rome correspondent, says Italians hostile to Mussolini despite victory in war. He notes that war policy has impoverished the country and Africa mission could ruin it, with prices rising and exports dropping for years.
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London
Giovanni Giglio
Rome
Daily Herald
Giglio
Italy
Mussolini
Il Duce
Regional Leagues Stir Debate Over a Global League
Discussion centers on a proposal by several Latin American nations to form an all American League of Nations. Critics fear disintegration of Geneva, while supporters see regional groups as complementary to a universal League. Officials advocate universal sanctions but support regional mechanisms to resolve disputes and enforce measures if needed.
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Geneva
League of Nations
New Zealand Seeks League of Nations Seat in Geneva
Prime Minister Michael Savage said New Zealand aims to join the League of Nations council in September succeeding Australia. If a New Zealand cabinet minister is in Europe then, he would outrank the high commissioners as the dominion's Geneva representative.
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Wellington
Michael Savage
New Zealand
Council of the
League of Nations
Australia
Europe
Dominion
Geneva
Apostolic Appointment Names Turquetil Superior at Hudson Bay Mission
Vatican City announces Mgr. Turquetil apostolic vicar of Hudson Bay is named superior of the St. Mary Immaculate missionaries in his jurisdiction.
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Mgr. Turquetil
Hudson Bay
St. Mary Immaculate
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