Baldwin cites Canada as model for Europe in peace
Earl Baldwin argues in Toronto that Canada shows that long rivalry between French and English can yield harmony and cooperation, offering a peaceful model for Europe. He warns against complacency and warns that democracy must evolve, not become rigid, to preserve a flexible English constitution.
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Toronto
Unies
Canada
Europe
Earl Baldwin
University of Toronto
Convocation
Baldwin
Sir Robert Falconer
Defence Position Debate Sparks War Procurement Board Plan
Canada debated a defence position committee to clarify facts, with General Griesbach proposing a joint house panel and a board chairman seated on the defence council. Senator Dandurand recalled wartime measures to curb excessive profits and framed the bill as a modern effort in that direction.
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Griesbach
Defence Purchasing Board
Banking and Commerce Committee
United Kingdom
Army Council
Raoul Dandurand
War Purchasing Commission
Ottawa outlines plan for national unemployment insurance bill
In the House of Commons Norman Rogers the labor minister said the government is ready to present a national unemployment insurance scheme once the constitutional amendment is secured. Three provinces Quebec Alberta and New Brunswick have refused to accept the amendment.
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Ottawa
Norman Rogers
House of Commons
Quebec
Alberta
New Brunswick
Belgium forms two party cabinet in Brussels
Senator Hubert Pierlot has forged a two party coalition in Brussels after the three party cabinet collapsed within hours. Pierlot’s Catholic party and the Liberals will form the cabinet base while the Socialists refuse to cooperate.
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Brussels
Hubert Pieriot
Pierlot
Vicious Spiral Warns of Tax Burden in Canada
Sir Edward Beatty of Canadian Pacific Railway warned at Montreal that taxation fuels dependence and urges action to break the spiral. He told the Purchas ing Agents Association price parity with western farmers must rise so the farmer can sell wheat and buy other goods, or rates and profits decline.
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Montreal
Edward Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway
Purchasing Agents’ Association of Montreal
Canada
Dominion
Western
Ontario proposes action to curb insulting publications
The attorney general may bring action to stop printing material that insults royal family members. Under a judicature act amendment in Ontario, the supreme court may order defendants to file a bond to refrain from publication. Continued publication after service risks contempt of court.
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Toronto
Ontario
Supreme Court
Britain Builds Bren Guns at Home and Across the Empire
War Secretary Hore-Belisha told the House of Commons that British arms plants are producing Bren machine guns in quantity and capacity is being expanded in Canada. Australia, South Africa and India plan factories as well. The government no longer pays royalties for the Czech designed weapon.
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London
Lealie Hore-Belisha
House of Commons
Canada
Australia
South Africa
India
Czecho-Slovakia
A United Front Must Be Shown by the Empire
Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett urged a united empire stance at a Canada club dinner in London. He warned that neutrality cannot coexist with shared allegiance if one Dominion is at war and another at peace, calling for closer imperial coordination and possible resident ministers in London. Churchill also spoke, praising Canada’s role between Britain and the United States and its Atlantic to Pacific frontier as a global pattern.
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Vincent Massey
Lord Maughan
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Rupert's Land
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Pacific
China Is Hopeful Chungking
Chiang Kai Shek told newspapermen that peace is impossible under current war conditions as China notes Japan’s decline to a second rate power. He warned a lasting Pacific peace rests on Japan’s failure to achieve its aims and doubted future outcomes in the Far East. A Chinese spokesman described elastic ribbon tactics slowing Japanese forces from the South China coast to Mongolia.
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China
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Prorogation expected May 19 in Ottawa
King to prorogue parliament on May 19 after Liberal caucus discussions. If session unfinished an extra month adjournment is possible. Government had planned four day adjournment during royal visit. Conservative caucus also backs prorogation by May 19 to complete work.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Tangier Becomes International Spot Amid Mediterranean Tensions
Tangier, an international zone of 225 square miles with 60 percent population, draws attention from five nations amid the Mediterranean war risk. Britain and France warn dictators against seizing the area while Spain’s Tetuan officials say Franco poses no immediate move. The German fleet plans a May visit, and Italian sailors are housed at the Italian legation. shipping sources say routes skirt the Cape of Good Hope due to higher cargo insurance as fleets concentrate in the region.
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Tangier
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France
Tetuan
Francisco Franco
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Suez Canal
Cape of Good Hope
Britain offers no encirclement pledge as arms drive grows
London reports Britain would not encircle Germany and seeks peace through a broader alliance strategy. Foreign Secretary Halifax defended a live and let live approach while pursuing Soviet air pact talks and denounced plans to divide the world into camps.
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Germany
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Lord Halifax
Nevile Henderson
Berlin
Czecho-Slovakia
Spain
Pyrenees
Gibraltar II
Three Nations Pledged to Stop Aggression in Europe
London reports Britain and France seek Soviet and Turkish support to deter Axis expansion. Sources say Moscow may join a three-nation pact to resist aggression, with Poland Greece and Roumania already promised aid if independence is threatened. Mussolini’s Rome address cited as mild peace talk amid shifting cabinet rumors.
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Europe
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Maxim Litvinoff
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Poland
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Roumania
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Mussolini
Rome
Il Duce
Roosevelt
Lindbergh Goes On Active Duty To Survey U S Aviation
Col Charles A Lindbergh, famed flyer, is called to active duty and will survey American aviation research facilities for the Army Air Corps. He reports to Major General Henry Arnold, Chief of the Air Corps, then plans a confidential report after inspecting the nation’s research centers. President Roosevelt meets advisers on shielding the U S from economic shocks if Europe enters war.
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Charles A Lindbrgh
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Germany
United States
Henry Woodring
Lindbergh
Air Corps
Army Air Corps
Henry Arnold
Arnold
Rooosevelt
Europe
The King's Birthday Ottawa Holiday Dates
Dominion government departments will close May 20 to celebrate King George's birthday. May 24 Victoria Day closure depends on Parliament. skeleton staff if in session, otherwise civil service holiday. King George's birthday is officially December 14, observed in Canada on May 20 this year due to royal visit.
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