Span ish Franco border may be fortified soon
The report says General Franco ordered fortification of the Spanish side of the Pyrenees with Italian and German technicians. Mussolini is said to have suggested the move to block arms shipments to Catalan royalists, possibly signaling a new Siegfried line on France’s border. British reports note Loyalists moving government assets to Valencia while insurgent raids push near Calaf.
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France
Maginot Line
Franco
English Channel
United Press
Barcelona
Valencia
Mediterranean
Hendaye
Calaf
Storm-struck Vulcania Passengers Recap Harbor Arrival
Ship buffets storm off Azores injuring at least six passengers as 360 aboard the Italian liner Vulcania face mountainous seas. J M McClelland of the Longview Daily News cites waves over decks, windows breaking, 125 mph winds and widespread hysteria with passengers sick and stewards crawling to serve hot broth.
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New York
Vulcania
Azores
J. M. McClelland
Longview
Wash
Daily News
Bennett denounces CBC ban on Globe and Mail publisher
Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett called the CBC refusal to let George McCullagh, publisher of the Toronto Globe and Mail, buy time for five speeches a mistake. He warned Prime Minister Mackenzie King the act could set a dangerous precedent for arbitrary powers and harm democratic institutions as he ends his Canadian farewell tour before departing for England.
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Ottawa
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
George McCullagh
Toronto Globe and Mail
Rt. Hon
R. B. Bennett
Mackenzie King
Bennett
Canada
England
CBC
Toronto
Farmers Back Chamberlain London
Delegates at the National Union of Farmers booed Prime Minister Chamberlain during the annual meeting. Delegate O A Batten of Sussex led the hostile attack with shouts of no sit down while the chairman urged courtesy toward the prime minister.
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London
Chamberlain
National Union of Farmers
Mr. Chamberlain
O. A. Batten
Sussex
Plea For Refugees In Ottawa Debates Canadian Policy
In the House of Commons M J Coldwell urges admitting a reasonable number of persecuted European refugees to Canada and protests Nazi propaganda at home. He notes Canada exports nickel and chromium to Germany on most favored terms while Nazi terror victims seek admission and calls for a fair quota amid unemployment and low agriculture mood.
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Ottawa
Canada
House of Commons
M. J. Coldwell
CCF
Rosetown-Biggar
Germany
Europe
United Farmers of Alberta urge wheat tax for home use
The convention passed a resolution supporting a tax on wheat processed for home consumption to offset losses from pegged prices. It re elected Robert Gardiner as president and Norman F. Priestley as vice president for the ninth term. It backed a pegged bread price and a compulsory grain board with producer representation. The board would sell all Canadian grain through commercial channels. Delegates praised CBC for strengthening Canada US ties.
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Calgary
The
United Farmers of al
Robert Gardiner
Excel
Norman F. Priestley
Canadian Wheat Board
Fort William
Turgeon Royal Commission
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
United States
Canada
Bombing Planes for British Air Force to Start in Canada
Lewis C. Ord said Canadian Associated Aircraft Limited will start building bombing planes for Britain in Canada within weeks, with production continuing through next year. The English factory will begin output shortly before Canada, and the planes, not named, have been flown in England for about a year. Ord praised the ships as magnificent and hinted they could beat the Vickers Egypt to Australia record.
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Montreal
Canada
Lewis C. Ord
England
Canadian Associated Aircraft Limited
Vickers
Egypt
Australia
Atlantic
Praise For Roosevelt in Le Journal de Moscou
Le Journal de Moscou lauds Roosevelt as the only statesman in the bourgeois world aware of Fascism's threat and brave enough to publicly condemn it.
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Moscow
le Journal de Moscu
Roosevelt
Senate Debates Canada Defence Plans in Nap Time Remarks
Senator Dandurand defended Canada’s defence spending as purely for national security and not for overseas deployment. He warned of potential axis threats from Germany Italy and Japan and discussed cooperation with Britain while denying Meighen’s charges of hypocrisy. The senate adjourned for a holiday to Feb 14.
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Ottawa
Canada
Raoul Dandurand
Senate
Germany
Austria
Mussolini
Brenner Pass
I Duce
Tunisia
Hitler
Italy
France
Sudetenland
Great Britain
Rome
Berlin
Dandurand
Axis
Japan
United States
Arthur Meighen
Atlantic
Pacific
Canada urged defense co operation with Britain and people’s say
Prime Minister King and Rt Hon Arthur Meighen push for closer Canada Britain defense ties. Meighen recalls 1925 safeguard proposal for parliamentary public input if war loomed. Dandurand warns about policy shifts, while Meighen cites UK France cooperation despite changes in administrations.
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Commonwealth
Roosevelt
United States
Meighen
Mr. Dandurand
Hamilton
Canada
Great Britain
Arthur Meighen
Senate
Raoul Dandurand
France
United Kingdom
Waterfowl Sanctuaries Urged by Officials at Ottawa Conference
Dr Harrison F Lewis chief migratory bird officer for Ontario and Quebec urged wildlife sanctuaries dedicated to waterfowl. J A Munro Dominion officer for British Columbia described efforts to save the trumpeter swan from extinction and expressed optimism about conservation success.
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Ottawa
Harrison F. Lewis
Ontario
Quebec
J. A. Munro
British Clumbia
Manitoba Scholarships Awarded by United Grain Growers
Sydney Smith president of the University of Manitoba announced two $100 scholarships donated by United Grain Growers Limited. The awards recognize outstanding work at Manitoba agricultural and home making youth training schools.
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Winnipeg
Sydney Smith
University of Manitoba
United Grain Growers, Limited
Manitoba Agricultural and
Governor General Plans West Ottawa Trip Before Royal Visit
The Governor‑General and Lady Tweedsmuir will depart in March for a month in Western Canada as Rideau Hall is prepared for the King and Queen arriving May 17. New furnishings will be added to the official residence, with the Tweedsmuirs staying at Rideau Hall during the four‑day royal visit. Alterations will also be made at the Citadel in Quebec, their Majesties headquarters there.
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Ottawa
Lady Tweedsmuir
Canada
Rideau Hall
Lord
Citadel
Quebec
Majesties
Britain refuses to modify stand on Spanish war
Prime Minister Chamberlain reiterates Britain's policy of non intervention and arms embargo to the Spanish civil war government forces. He warns that changing policy would widen the conflict and be gravely uncertain in outcome. Paris reports say France vows non intervention and vigilant defence of French interests amid debates over aid to Spain.
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London
Chamberlain
Great Britain
Clement Attlee
Spain
Attlee
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Albert Lebrun
Georges Bonnet
France
Transport Plane Crashes in Katherine River Storm
A transport plane en route from Katherine to Adelaide crashed into the Katherine river during a storm. Four persons were killed. The aircraft carried 790 pounds of mail.
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Port Darwin
Australia
Katherine
Adelaide
Katherine River
Prospect of Europe war drives British expeditionary force idea
Captain Liddell Hart argues Britain may need a large expeditionary force to fight on the continent if a new European war erupts. He cites the breakdown of collective security after September and the Franco-German frontier as central to modern strategy and the shift to power units and three to one offensive superiority.
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London
Great Britain
Liddell Hart
United Kingdom
Hart
National Education Conference
Britain
Europe
China
Germany
Czecho-Slovakia
Program Will Be Continued Government To Carry On Youth Training
Ottawa announces legislation to extend the national youth training program for three more years. The plan began modestly and shows progress after two years with provinces reporting 9,890 men and 12,531 women trained in eight months. Many were off relief. others took nonemployment courses while 1,227 men and 1,042 women secured jobs.
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Ottawa
Norman Rogers
Labor
Dominion
Manitoba
Saskatcewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Canada
France joins Britain and United States in not recognizing Japanese order
Paris delivers a note to Foreign Minister Hechiro Arita aligning with the US and UK stance against Japan's East Asia order. A Japanese navy spokesman warns Guam fortifications by the United States signal hostility and questions the need for a distant US navy base network.
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Tokyo
France
Britain
United States
Japan
East Asia
Great Britain
Paris
Hechiro Arita
Guam
United States Navy
New Brunswick Legislature to Open Fourth Session Feb 16
Frederickn Premier Dysart announced the fourth session of New Brunswick's 38th legislature would open on Thursday February 16. A fifth session in 1940 is possible, but an election may be held this year.
C N R Revenue Increase Reported for Week
Canadian National Railways reports gross revenues of 3 115 003 for the week ended January 14 up from 3 067 417 in the same period in 1938 an increase of 47 556.
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Montreal
Canadian National Railways
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Coldwell
Berta
British Air Force
Saskatchewan
International Wheat Board
Regina
A. P. McNab
Patterson
G. H. Williams
C.C.F
N. B
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