Italy Holds Readiness as Austria Crisis Looms
Rome reports Austria seeks European guarantees after Mussolini orders wartime mobilization north of Padua. Italy readies 75,000 troops, cancels leaves, and dispatches the first naval squadron from Port Ancona toward the North Adriatic to watch Austrian developments. The German ambassador’s role draws sharp Italian criticism.
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Mussolini
Padua
Adriatic
Trieste
Dollfuss
Italy
Il Duce
Riccione
Popolo Roma
Germany
Austria
England Swept by Heavy Rain and Storm Havoc
Great thunder and rain storms swept England ending a long drought. London faced tropical downpours with several inches of water on roads. Traffic and train services disrupted. Hammersmith bridge struck by lightning. cables ignited briefly. A thunderbolt set a suburban hall aflame. Many houses and shops damaged. several buildings flooded.
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London
England
Hammersmith Bridge
Britain’s Farm Policy seen as challenge to empire
Stanley Bruce Australian high commissioner told the Royal Empire Society summer school that Britain’s drive to boost domestic agriculture raises serious questions for the overseas empire. He said Britain must have healthy agriculture and will have full Dominion cooperation, envisioning Britain as the hub of a group of agricultural economies exchanging farming products for British manufactured goods.
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Oxford. Eng
Britain
Stanley Bruce
Royal Empire Society
Dominions
World Wheat Shortage Forces Reliance on Canada and Argentina
A new statistical survey shows widespread crop damage from weather. Nations including the United States, Danube region, Russia, Australia, and Canada face reduced yields, with prices rising and Britain facing a major export shortfall as 483 million bushels drop by 150 million for domestic use.
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Tical
London
Canada
Argentina
United States
Danube
Russia
Australia
United Kingdom
Credit Corporation to Aid Stock Feeders Through Winter
The Dominion Agricultural Credit Corporation plans advances to stock breeders and farmers to carry young cattle through the winter. Directors meeting in Regina approved a policy expected to place 5 000 to 10 000 cattle on feeder farms mainly in Saskatchewan and Alberta. W W Sharp of Stettler Alberta urged the decision to help breeders with feed shortages and farmers lacking funds to buy cattle. The move aims to unite surplus feed with buyers across all three western provinces.
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W. W. Sharp
Stettler
Alta
Famine in Russia prompts appeal in Montreal
Dr. E. Ammende secretary of the international aid committee spoke in Montreal urging surplus grain aid for famine victims in Russia. Clergymen in Western Canada showed interest as he warned of 5 000 000 deaths since 1933 and a looming, widely admitted famine near the Black Sea ports of Odessa and Rostov.
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Montreal
Russia
E. Ammende
International Aid Committee
Canada
Black Sea
Odessa
Rostov
Indian to Become Priest in Oblate Order
The fourth Cree Indian to join the Oblate priesthood, Rev. Patrick Mercredi, recently visited Montreal on his way to Normandia Alberta for ordination by Mgr. Breynat. Born in Normandia, he studied at Mackenzie district Indian schools, Edmonton, and St. Laurent Manitoba, and has just returned from France where he finished his theological studies.
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Alberta
Desertlike drought grips southwestern Manitoba crops
A Manitoba agriculture summary notes drought extending west of the Red River across a 20 to 40 mile boundary strip with soil drift, grasshoppers, and hot winds. Wheat may yield five to ten bushels per acre while oats and barley struggle for seed. Northern and eastern Manitoba show improvement with better conditions but still need rain.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Red River Valley
Japan Demands Yes or No on Railway Transfer from Moscow
Tokyo demands a definite Moscow answer on the future of the Chinese Eastern railway in Manchukuo. The final offer asks whether the line now jointly operated by China and the Soviet will be transferred to Manchukuo. Negotiations have stretched 13 months and Moscow's reply could end or extend the dispute.
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Moscow
Tokyo
Foreign Office
Japan
Manchukuo
China
BC Minimum Wage Plan Affects Victoria Mercantile Workers
The British Columbia board of industrial relations set a wage scale for wholesale and retail workers in Victoria. Adults must earn at least 15 dollars weekly for 40 or more hours, or 0.40 per hour with a 1.60 daily minimum for under 40 hours. Youths 18 to 21 see graduated rates from 9 to 12.75 dollars weekly over four three month phases, ending at 12.75 dollars until age 21.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Board of Industrial Relations
German Minister Recalled Over Vienna Negotiations
The German government recalled Herr Reith the minister to Austria for negotiating without consent in Vienna. He allegedly led talks ending the Ballhausplatz siege while Emil Fey, then a prisoner, asked for assurances that Nazi plotters would reach the border safely. Reith is said to have then pursued a personal bid to prevent bloodshed at the chancellery.
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Berlin
Herr Reith
Austria
Vienna
Reith
Ballhausplatz
Emil Fey
Alberta wheat pool final payments mailed to members
Cheques covering final cash payment for the 1933-34 voluntary pool were mailed to all participants. No aggregate amount was announced. No. 1 Hard delivered 18.317 cents making 68.317 cents per bushel. No. 1 Northern 15.063 cents making 65.063 cents per bushel. The initial payment for the 1934-35 pool deliveries was set at 35 cents per bushel for the time being.
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Calgary
Alberta Wheat Pool
No. 1
No. 1 Northern
Army bombers consider Bering Sea goodwill flight
Lieut. Col. Henry Arnold, commander of the 10 bombers based in Fairbanks Alaska, says a three week stay will include extensive aerial photography and military surveys. A possible cross Bering Sea flight to Siberia awaits War Department approval.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Bering Sea
Siberia
United States Army
Henry Arnold
War Department
European nerves rise as Austria loses independence
Across Europe capitals show tense reaction to Dollfuss death and Austria's loss of independence. Paris, Rome, London report consultations while France and the Little Entente warn of wider peace risks. Munich notes Storm Trooper activity. Vatican mourns the chancellor.
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London
Europe
Austria
Serbia
Paris
France
Rome
Praha
Czecho-Slovakia
Germany
Berlin
Vatican City
Dollfuss
Munich
Vienna
Bavaria
Italy
Made Clean Sweep Saskatoon Shorthorn cattle show
Stock from H R H Prince of Wales farm High River swept herd classes at the Saskatoon exhibition. In individual classes F H Deacon Unionville Ontario won premier honors securing grand championships in both male and female seniors. E P ranch led in younger animals with reserve grand junior champions and top two year old females. Duncan Campbell Farms Moffat Ontario took reserve female and T A Russell Downsview Ontario the senior reserve male.
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Saskatoon
H.R.H. Prince of Wales
High River
F. H. Deacon
Unionvile
Ontario
E.P. Ranch
Duncan Campbell Farms
Moffatt
T. A. Russell
Downsview
Soil drifting issue discussed by Ottawa agronomist
Dr. E. S. Hopkins of the Dominion experimental farm at Ottawa seeks federal provincial cooperation on soil drifting during a prairie survey. He planned talks with Western agricultural officials and met with Manitoba deputy minister J. H. Evans to discuss the problem.
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Winnipeg
E. S. Hopkins
Dominion Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Prairie Provinces
J. H. Evans
Manitoba
Man crosses Peace Bridge on English bicycle bound for Calgary
R H L Hommodieu rides a specially built English bicycle from Riverhead New York to Calgary en route via Welland Ontario and Prairie provinces. The 2 500 mile journey features a free wheeling system to ease hill climbing along Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta stretches.
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Welland
Ont
Calgary
Riverhead
N.Y
R. H. L'Hommodieu
Peace Bridge
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Plans To Announce Royal Silver Jubilee Celebrations
Acting Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin said an announcement outlining arrangements for the silver anniversary of King George and Queen Mary will be outlined in a House statement before the summer recess. The plan aims to set out celebrations and related arrangements for next year.
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London
King George
Queen Mary
Ministe
Stanley Baldwin
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