Britain plans negotiations with Italy to secure European peace
The cabinet drafted terms for Anglo Italian talks with aims to curb Nazi expansion. London signals possible outreach to Germany while labor and union groups demand an immediate general election over Eden’s resignation. Key items include withdrawal from Spain, Libya reductions, Mediterranean armament limits, and Haile Selassie’s status as puppet emperor.
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Italy
Germany
Chamberlain
Great Britain
France
Faurope
Neville Henderson
Berlin
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Britain
Earl of Perth
Lord Perth
London
Rome
Count Clane
Labor Party
Trades Union Council
Eden
Mediterranean
Spain
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Partition Continues To Block Anglo Eire Talks In London
London reports say the joint Anglo Irish talks on Ireland remain stalemated as prime ministers Chamberlain and De Valera restated positions. Delegations failed to reach concessions with a 90 minute plenary session covering partition finance trade and defence. Attending for Britain were Hoare MacDonald Inskip Morrison and Chamberlain. for Eire De Valera Lemass Ryan and Dulanty with Stanley represented by the board of trade.
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London
Partition of Ireland
Chamberlain
de Valera
Sarmuel Hoare
Home
Malcolm MacDonald
Dominion
Thomas Inskip
Sean Lemass
James Ryan
J. W. Dulanty
Eire
Dulanty
W. S Morrison
Ryan
Lemass
Board of Trade
Oliver Stanley
Timmins Department Store Fire Raises Citywide Alarm
A major blaze in Timmins Ontario devastated Sam Bucovetsky’s department store with losses estimated between 150000 and 250000. Firefighters from Timmins and Schumacher saved nearby buildings including a theatre and a combined office block. Four people received hospital treatment for burns after glass shattered from the blast. Several families in the Reid block evacuated as flames threatened the district.
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Timmins, Ont
Sam Bucovetsky
Timmins
Schumacher
Reid Block
Grants To Provinces in Canada 1937 Fiscal Year Totals
Dominion grants to provinces for the year ending March 31 1937 amounted to 84 959 551 dollars. Unemployment relief led with 46 851 727 dollars, up from 41 075 165 the prior year. Old age pensions rose to 21 147 628 dollars from 16 762 828.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Dominion
Road Crossing Accidents in Canada
The seven years ending December 31 1937 saw 1776 highway crossing crashes with 680 deaths and 2383 injuries. Railway accidents totalled 2138 with 340 deaths and 2349 injuries. Seven railway passengers died, 67 railway employees were killed, 122 trespassers died, and 144 others perished.
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Ottawa
Board of Railway Commissioners
House of Commons
Ottawa Exports Rise in January Farm Machinery Trade
Exports from Ottawa Canada for January reached 767696 dollars for farm implements and machinery, up 254145 from January last year. Top destinations included the United States 284371, the United Kingdom 196814, and Argentina 130509.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
United States
United Kingdom
Argentina
Soviet Army Purge Steals Spotlight at Anniversary
The Soviet red army marked its 20th anniversary with martial display and word of purges among officers. General Ivan Fedko became vice-commissar of defence, replacing A I Yegoroff who had succeeded Tukachevsky after his execution. Secret executions of two navy commanders Admiral Orloff and Admiral Sivkoff were disclosed in Vorohiloff’s speech.
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Moscow
Russia
Red Army
Ivan Fedko
Far East
Kiev
A. I. Yegoroff
Mihail N. Tukachevsky
More Planes For U.S. Navy Fight ers
Washington House naval committee probes cost of 1000 additional aeroplanes for the U S Navy. Expected estimates from Rear Admiral Arthur B Cook, chief of aeronautics. Navy already authorized about 2000 planes under fleet buildup limits of abandoned arms treaties. Administration proposes 1000 extra sky fighters pushing program cost above 1.006 billion dollars.
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Washington
House of Representatives Naval Committee
United States Navy
Arthur B. Cook
Navy
Aeronautics Bureau
London
Boundary Extension Talks Denied By Ottawa
In Ottawa the federal minerals minister stated no negotiations have taken place with British Columbia to extend the province eastern boundary into the Mackenzie river district. He noted prior talks about BC taking over the Yukon but put aside any reference to boundary extension.
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Ottawa
British Columbia
Mackenzie River
T.A. Crerar
F Resources
House of Commons
Howard Green
Vancouver South
Pattullo
Dominion
Yukon
Mr. Crerar
Defence Policy Unchanged Prime Minister Replies In House
Prime Minister Mackenzie King stated in the House of Commons that Canada’s defence policy remains as in the last session. He and Ian Mackenzie, minister of national defence, affirmed the policy aims to protect Canadian territory and maintain neutrality, not involve Canada in foreign wars. Grant McNeil of Vancouver North questioned policy as defence estimates were debated in committee of supply.
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Mackenzie King
Ottawa
Canada
House of Commons
Ian Mackenzie
Canadian
Grant MacNeil
C.C.F
Vancouver North
Boston Freshman Claims Half Basil Zaharoff Fortune
Miss Olga Kuzmedina Zaharoff a 19 year old Boston University freshman asserts a claim to half of the wealth left by Sir Basil Zaharoff the famed munitions magnate. She says she is the grand niece and that a will naming her and her sister disappeared. Zaharoff’s estate is valued at least nine hundred thousand dollars.
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Boston
Boston University
Olga Kuzmedina Zaharoff
Si Basil Zaharoff
Zaharoff
Sir Basil
Japa nese Penetration in Moose Jaw Sparks Funding Debate
Chinese refugees benefit jar theft prompts alarm over Japanese capital flowing to aid the effort. In Moose Jaw a locked post office jar containing pennies was emptied. Alderman H D Wi Vancouver warns of subsidized Japanese merchants while Saskatoon urges road projects and Detroit proposes aged car confiscation in a broad, tense report.
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Moose Jaw
Red Cross
Vancouver
Vancouver Son
British Columbia
Ottawa
Wilson
Austria tightens Nazi activity as Vo Schuschnigg weighs speech
Vienna issues a security department decree banning Nazi insignia uniforms and party activity while restricting Nazi songs and the Heil Hitler greeting. The move draws Nazi disappointment as Arthur Seyss-Inquart wields influence and Catholic mayor Richard Schmidtz condemns disorder in Fatherland Front ranks. Praha reports Czechoslovakia prepares to defend itself without outside aid, with a fortified border system and wartime provisioning plans under General Ludwig Krejer’s guidance.
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Vienna
Austria
Kurt Vo Schuschnigg
Th Department of Security
Hitler
Security Department
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Ludwig Jan Krejer
Germany
Sinc
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Bohemia
Se Tion
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Balearic Islands
Libya
North Africa
Near East
Suez Canal
Strait of Gilbraltar
Mussolini
Paul van Zeeland
Belgium
Sudan
Kenya
Ireland
E. A. McCusker
Regina
Canadian Flying Clubs’ Association
U.S
B.C
H. D. Wi
Saskatoon
Detroit
Detroit City Coutici
Works Progress Administration
South Staffordshire Regiment
Tommy Atkins
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