Chamberlain Defends Britain’s Defence Plan in Commons
In a two day Commons debate Neville Chamberlain rejects any dominion demand for a common defence fund and outlines a £1.5 billion five year programme. He warns totals may rise as circumstances change, emphasizes peace through strength and seeks international agreement while acknowledging disarmament requires wider cooperation.
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London
Dominions
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Britain
Chamberlain
Canada Shipping Act Fails to Change Freight Rates
In the House of Commons, transport minister C D Howe said the Canada Shipping Act has had no apparent effect on freight rates. He was answering W A Tucker who asked how the act affected grain exports from western Canada and whether it curbed U S lines that carried grain to Buffalo before transshipping to Canadian destinations. The measure, proclaimed last August, aimed to stop U S lines from circumventing by routing via Buffalo.
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Ottawa
C D. Howe
House of Commons
W. A. Tucker
Lib
Rosthern
Canada
Canadian
United States
Montreal
Head of the Lakes
Buffalo
Evacuation Described as Most Terrible In Modern Times
Dr. Norman Bethune of Montreal describes the Malaga evacuation in the Spanish civil war. About 130000 people travel on a single road over five days toward Almeria with scarce food and no transport. Bombing by German and Italian planes hits the crowded streets as refugees seek shelter.
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Valencia
Norman Bethune
Montreal
Malaga
Bethune
Barcelona
White Flint
Almeria
Plan Succeeds Says B C Premier On Health Insurance
Premier T D Pattullo on a Toronto visit confident health insurance will succeed as in England and go into effect in March despite medical opposition. He notes many excluded now will join as the plan expands, with farmers and indigents to be admitted later. initial revenue estimated at 3 to 4 million dollars yearly and 100 thousand dollars set up by government machinery. Ottawa. Ernest Lapointe to introduce a bill to bar Canadians from enlisting in the Spanish conflict.
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Toronto
T. D. Pattullo
British Columbia
Pacific Coast
England
Pattullo
Ottawa
Ernest Lapointe
House of Commons
Ottawa proposes medical training for gas attack treatment
Ottawa instructs Canadian medical faculties to teach latest gas poisoning treatments. Deputy Minister Lafieche says technical guidance sent to universities and responses awaited. Unnamed companies reportedly testing neutralizing gases. Calgary reports 37 influenza deaths in six weeks with 200 hospital cases. Berlin demands access to German citizens jailed in the Soviet Union at Moscow.
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Ottawa
Canada
L. R. Lafieche
National Defence
Calgary
Berlin
Germany
Moscow
Soviet Union
Debt Reduction Considered For Alberta Plan
A Saskatchewan style debt reduction model is under study for Alberta after talks between Mortgage Loans Association representatives and the provincial government. The Saskatchewan plan cancels 75 million in brouth area debts, with losses shared by mortgage firms, municipalities, the province, and the federal government, and sets six percent rural mortgage interest.
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Saskatchewan
Alberta
Mortgage Loans’ Association
Brouth
Meighen protests over commissions in Canada
Senator Meighen in Ottawa denounces broad federal and provincial commissions as costly to taxpayers. He cites the Winnipeg Grain Exchange inquiry and a textile commission, plus a Guelph hearing on convicts and a penitentiaries probe, arguing the system wastes money and favors tariff views. He supports a home improvement bill but questions the national employment commission’s machinery.
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Ottawa
Federa
Provincial
Canada
Arthur Meighen
Senate
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Textile Commission
Meighen
Federal Treasury
Ontario
Guelph
Ont
Banking and Commerce Committee
Raoul Dandurand
Cairine Wilson
Lid
Pitchblende Deposits Lords in Canada Shine at Ottawa
Dr Charles Camsell reported to the Canadian Geographical Society that Ottawa's field work traced radium bearing pitchblende deposits in Great Bear Lake. A 37 year old reminiscence by the late Dr Mackintosh Bell recalls Greenstone east of Mc Tavish Bay with carbonate veins and chalcopyrite.
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Great Bear Lake
Ottawa
Gilbert LaBine
Canada
Charles Camsell
Canadian Geographical Society
Mines and Resources
Mackintosh Bell
Geological Survey of Canada
Great Bear Territory
Bell
McTavish Bay
Trade Growth in UK Canada Ties Highlighted at Fair
Hon Vincent Massey Canadian high commissioner praised rising trade between the United Kingdom and Canada during his address at the British Industries Fair in Birmingham. He urged more Canadian exhibitors and noted growing Canadian interest in the fair. Ottawa reports say CN railway porters on cross border trains may finish runs under both countries immigration authorities per Transport Minister Howe in the House of Commons.
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London
Vincent Massey
United Kingdom
Canada
Birmingham
Ottawa
Canadian National Railways
United States
Howe
Hugh Plaxton
Liberal
Toronto-Trinity
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Spain
B.C
Wedgwood Benn
Crown
Gorton
Manchester
W. A. Landreth
Winnipeg
Canadian Produce Association
Tokyo
Harvard University
Samuel Hoare
Admiralty House
Great Britain
National Employment Commission
United
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