Pope Pius Dies Peacefully At 81 In Vatican City
Pope Pius XI, 261st head of the church, dies at 81 in Vatican City. Cardinal Pacelli pronounces the death as bells toll through Rome. Officials begin rites and preparations for the conclave to elect a new pope. Funeral planned for St. Peter's Basilica with burial in the grottoes near the tombs of predecessors.
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Vatican City
Pine XI
Franco Ratti
Miani
Filippo Recchi
Cardinal Pacelli
Francesco Cardinal Marchetti-Selvaggiani
Rome
Alberto Serafini
Holy See
Rodrigue Cardinal Villeneuve
Canada
Italy
St. Peter's
St. Peter
Provision For The Press In Ottawa Ahead Of Royal Train
Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced a special provision for journalists and photographers covering the royal visit. A pilot train will carry Canadian reporters plus fixed accommodations for UK and other Empire press and US journalists, with limited capacity requiring early applications to Ottawa.
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Ottawa
Canada
Mackenzie King
United Kingdom
British Empire
United States
Sweepstake Tickets Seized in Montreal In Major Bust
Quebec provincial police seized sweepstake tickets with a face value of 750000 dollars as they trailed a large network of distributors in Montreal and surrounding districts.
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Montreal
Quebec
Tistrict
Experimental Flights Over South Atlantic Planned
Captain Harold Balfour told the House of Commons that the British government aims to conduct experimental flights over the south Atlantic before year end.
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London
South Atlantic
Harold Bsifour
Air
House of Commons
Recognition For Forente Medices London
Dr. Neil Baird MacGillivray and Dr. Omand McKillop Sold, both of Toronto, were admitted to membership in the Royal College of Physicians.
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London
Neil Baird MacGillivray
Omand McKillop Soldandt
Toronto
The
Royal College of Physicians
Attack on Kuling Delayed to Allow Evacuation Efforts
British diplomats failed to contact 37 Britons and 24 foreigners at Kuling causing Japanese officers to postpone a major assault. Evacuation time was extended though no commitments on military actions were made as 4,000 guerillas and Chinese forces girded Lushan. British vessels Mingsang and Taisang freed after seven hours at Chefoo amid shipping worries.
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Shanghai
Kuling
Lushan
Indo-China Steam Navigation Company
Chefoo
North China
Special Delivery Letters Introduced in Ottawa March First
Ottawa will inaugurate a new special delivery service on March 1 with rates cut from 20 to 10 cents in addition to regular postage. Uniformed postal messengers will be employed yearly under civil service and eligible for promotion. The change aligns Canadian and U.S. rates and coincides with overnight air mail service between Montreal and Vancouver.
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Ottawa
Norman McLarty
United States
U.S
Montreal
Vancouver
Air Mail
McLarty
Civil Service Commission
Milk Survey Finds Laborer Milk Intake Lowest
Dr J F Booth Ottawa associate director of the federal marketing service says unskilled laborers drink the least milk while Canada survey of 3213 families shows child consumption rises with income and relief families fall in the low bracket. Adults show opposite pattern with per capita intake at .74 pint daily. Farmers lead in consumption followed by professionals.
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Calgary
J. F. Booth
Ottawa
Federal Marketing Service Branch
Alberta Dairymen's Association
Canada
Booth
Planes Direct Rescue of Caspian Fishermen Drifted Ice
Five planes aided a rescue of 100 fishermen adrift on an ice floe in the Caspian Sea. Planes directed rescue boats and dropped food as the group camped on the ice before it broke loose and drifted toward open water.
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Moscow
Caspian Sea
Man Turns to Electro-Plating Dies Facing Counterfeit Case
A Kurkland Lake, Ontario man, out of work, improvised electro-plating gear to make counterfeit coins. He was arrested after the operation failed and pleaded not to pass the money. The court sentenced him to one year in prison.
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Kurkland Lake
Ont
Italian Soldiers Killings and Losses in Ethiopia Report
Seventy nine Italian soldiers and workers died in Ethiopia in January. Three officers and a police agent were killed in clashes with natives, while 75 soldiers and workers died from accidents or disease.
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Rome
Ethiopia
RCMP transfers Howe to Ottawa Saskatoon detachment changes
Inspector C K Gray announced the transfer of Inspector Joseph Howe from Saskatoon to Ottawa. Sergeant J H A Gilbert now leads the Saskatoon detachment, a post formerly held by Howe after his promotion from acting sergeant.
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RCMP
C. K. Gray
Saskatoon
Oficer
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Joseph Howe
Ottawa
J. H. A. Gilbert
Howe
Plan to withdraw foreign troops from Spain outlined in Budapest era notes
British and French officials reportedly sought peacetime credits to reconstruct Spain in exchange for a pledge that Franco would keep Spain purely Spanish. Key insurgent demands included no foreign troops near France, no foreign troops in Spain after civil war, a 10 000 man Spanish expeditionary force for Minorca, acceptance of refugees, and a general amnesty for government refugees in France excluding criminal leaders.
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Germany
Italy
Spain
Great Britain
France
Franco
London
Minorca
Balearic Islands
Mailores
Leon Berard
Burgos
Bank of Spain
Berard
Bonnet
French Warships Collide in Lorient Harbor
The 7600 ton cruiser Georges Leygues and the destroyer Bison, both warships, collided in Lorient harbor. Two sailors were reported killed in the crash and both vessels sustained serious damage.
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Lorient
France
Georges Leygues
Bison
Must Export More Butter to Improve Canadian Market
S C Burton of Regina told delegates at the Canadian Produce Association convention that Canada must boost butter exports by several million pounds to fix stock levels and aid the home market. He noted 1938 year end stocks at 44,630,000 pounds and criticized eastern cooperation while Western creameries fulfilled a 3,000,000 pound export pledge. Burton warned two to three years of painful adaptation may be needed for the industry.
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Montreal
Canada
Canadian Produce Association
S. C. Burton
Regina
W. A. Landreth
Dominion
Burton
East
Japanese Try to Capture No 227 Island in Argun River
The Soviet government reported that Japanese forces attacked the No 227 island in the Argun river near the Siberian Manchoukuo border. The assault was repulsed with 15 total casualties on the Japanese side and one Soviet killed with two wounded.
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Moscow
Argun River
Siberia
Manchoukuo
Tokyo
Manehuli
I.R.A Threat to Increase Violence in Ireland Campaign
The Irish Republican Army warned in a crudely printed note to a Londonderry newspaper that royalty would be targeted next, claiming authorities had cancelled the Duke and Duchess of Kent visit. The message vows to strike English troops and cites security measures at critical facilities as Craigavon’s special constabulary remains alert. The stroke of new laws in Dublin could bring death penalties and military tribunals for I R A conspirators while authorities pursue counterterrorism. A tram conductor found a hand grenade and reported it to Scotland Yard.
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Irish Republican Army
Eire
Londonderry
Northern
Craigavon
Special Constabulary
North Ireland
Lord Craigavon
Dail
I.R.A
London
Scotland Yard
de Valera
LRA
Plan Outlined for Training of Canadian Youth
Ottawa reports the Canadian Corps Association presented a plan to a cabinet sub committee for nationwide youth training centers. The proposal calls for five 5,000-seat centers, two-year service terms, voluntary enlistment, paid pay with half credited for future use, and military discipline integrated with vocational training.
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Ottawa
Canadian Corps Association
Cabinet
C D. Howe
Transport
Norman Rogers
Labor
C. G. Power
Pensions
Canada
C. E. Reynolds
Dominion
Association
F. H. Marani
W. W. Parry
Mackenzie Waters
Toronto
Eric Macdonald
National Defence Department
House Rumpus Over Bren Gun Debate Sparks Uproar
Ottawa report details chaotic House scenes as Hon. Ian Mackenzie defends national defence amid volleys of interruptions. He targets critics and brands a fellow member a “dirty liar” while defending Col. J. L. Ralston and denouncing alleged Tory misdeeds and leftist campaigns.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Ian. Mackenzie
Mackenzie
Mr. Mackenzie
Col. Ralston
Ian Mackenzie
Karl Homuth
Waterloo South
Homuth
R. J. Manion
Large Cargo of Gold Arrives from Britain and Holland
A sizable gold shipment valued at about 15 50 000 dollars arrived in New York from Great Britain and Holland. Bankers delivered the gold for sale to the United States treasury in ordinary foreign exchange transactions.
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New York
Great Britain
Holland
United States Treasury
Canada’s oldest figure skater invited to Toronto carnival
E. J. Heath of Moose Jaw, 72, has been invited to appear at the Maple Leaf ice carnival in Toronto as Canada's oldest figure skater. Heath began skating young and earned early recognition in Toronto in 1882.
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E. J. Heath
Toronto
Canada
Heath
Fiest
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