Poultrymen Aim for Larger Britain Market
Ottawa reports the associate committee on market poultry approval of a program to boost Canada’s high quality market poultry for the British market. The group, under the agriculture department and national research council, discussed research, government activity, and a plan to expand production and exports. Britain imports 60 to 70 million pounds yearly. Canada’s share is 3 to 4 million pounds.
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Ottawa
Canada
Department of Agriculture
National Research Council
Agrcultural
Great Britain
Ottawa Air Freight and Mail Traffic Nearly Double in 1935
Canada reports air freight and mail traffic rose sharply in 1935, with 26,439,224 pounds carried, up from 14,441,179 in 1934 and 4,205,901 in 1922. Aviation firms carried 117,472 passengers, more than 1934 and 1933. Four pilots were killed, six injured, seven passengers injured, and total accidents reached 15, up one from 1934 but down from 1933.
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Ottawa
Canadas Airways
United States
Defence
Mackenzie
War Belief Shapes Haile Selassie Message From Front
Emperor Haile Selassie says the Ethiopian war has only begun as he leaves Dessye for the northern front to meet Italian advances. Paris presses for quick League peace talks, with France warning it cannot intercede again at Geneva without harming its European position.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Dessye
Italy
Paris
Pierre- Etienne Flandin
Mussolini
League of Nations
Flandin
Rome
France
Geneva
Europe
Seven Thousand Widows Forfeit Pensions After Remarriage
In 1934 a large number of English widows relinquished their pensions upon remarriage. The trend highlights social and welfare policy impacts for elderly women during that era.
New Road Proposed From Edmonton to Aklavik
The Calgary Herald reports a possible hard surfaced highway from Edmonton to Aklavik linking with Siberia, Alaska, and Asia. Backed by New York and Los Angeles capitalists, the $500 million project would be funded by highway tolls and may include a Siberia tunnel. Minister Fallow says he is convinced the plan is in earnest and may be built.
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Calgary
Calgary Herald
Edmonton
Aklavik
North West Territories
Alaska
Asia
United States
New York
Los Angeles
Herald
Siberia
Ww. A. Fallow
Fallow
China announces nationwide conscription in two year service
Reuters from Nanking reports the central government orders two years of military training for all able bodied men aged 18 to 45. London circles see the move as a bold bid to counter Japanese policy in north China.
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London
Reuters
Nanking
China
Saskatchewan Winter Fair Prize List Issued
Regina announces a total prize money of 5000 for the Saskatchewan Winter Fair set for March 24 to 27. Three thousand dollars goes to horse prizes and the remainder to cattle. Cattle entries closed. horse entries close March 14. Cattle tested for tuberculosis by the Dominion Health of Animals. Fat Cattle Auction Sale on March 25 afternoon. Railway passenger rates cut March 23 to 30.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Dominion Health of Animals
Wheat Revival Sparks 1936 Crop Hopes in Kansas
In Garden City and southwestern Kansas farmers report revived wheat prospects after a harsh dust bowl season. Wheat believed dead earlier is pushing through dust cover, with experts stating about 75 percent survived winter and 50 percent in good condition, signaling potential half crop if spring rains arrive.
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Garden City
Kas
Kansas
Tom Produce
Armstrong
Emperor Chooses Hirata as Premier in New Cabinet
Emperor Hirohito names Foreign Minister Koki Hirata to form a new cabinet after Premier Okada’s government was toppled by a military rebellion. Prince Konoye refused the post due to ill health, paving Hirata’s path to the premiership as Treason trials begin for 22 officers involved in the coup.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
Koki Hirota
Keisuke Okada
Konoye
Saionji
Organ Replacement Planned for Westminster Abbey
A new one hundred thousand dollar organ will replace a 200 year old instrument at Westminster Abbey. The historic organ has played at many ceremonies and will be installed in time for the coronation of King Edward VII, expected next year.
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London
Westminster Abbey
Edward VII
Nine Toronto police officers dismissed after royal commission
The Toronto police commission carried out royal commission recommendations and dismissed nine officers. Judgment on fifteen others accused of robbery was reserved awaiting Chief D C Draper’s report, with the commission to decide if the fifteen suspended since December will be restored to the force.
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Toronto
Toronto Police Commission
Royal Commission
D. C. Draper
Parliament to debate farmer aid plan for 1930 wheat
Prime Minister Mackenzie told the House of Commons that legislation to equalize payments to farmers on 1930 poor wheat will be introduced in parliament within a fort night. The early action promises relief amid the wheat shortage.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie
House of Commons
Quebec Premier Outlines Draft for British North America Act Amendment
Premier L A Taschereau announced a plan to draft an amendment to the British North America Act by Canadian authority alone. The draft, to be endorsed or amended by inter provincial conferences, would then go to Ottawa and the Quebec legislature early in the March session for discussion.
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Montreal
L. A. Taschereau
Ottawa
Quebec
Dominion
Britain
Lyons Says Australia to Boost Defence Spending
Prime Minister J. A. Lyons stated Australia would increase defence expenditures after the British white paper on expanded Britain defences. He told a deputation it would delay tax cuts until a defence decision is reached. Officials predicted Commonwealth outlays could surpass £7,000,000.
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Melbourne
Australia
J. A. Lyons
Britain
Commonwealth
Lyons
Aper
Western Tour Planned for Lord Tweedsmuir in Ottawa
Governor General Lord Tweedsmuir will undertake a first western Canada tour this summer leaving Ottawa in late July or early August. The itinerary emphasizes time in pioneer districts with limited stops in major centres to cover western regions.
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Ottawa
Ont
Lord Tweedsmuir
Canada
Redistribution of Ridings Suggested in Commons Debate
Ottawa reports a motion by Hon Ernest Lapointe to refer redistricting to a special committee and shift it from partisan politics to a judicial function. Col John Thompson, administrator of the Franchise Act, is cited as a potential nonpartisan official. No forceful push will occur without cross party consent.
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Ottawa
Ernest Lapointe
Lapointe
John Thompson
Col. Thompson
Committee
Commons
Medical Service Planned in British Columbia Bill
A revised health insurance bill in British Columbia would cover about 125000 employees and their families, plus 300000 others. The plan requires workers to pay 40 cents weekly and offers mandatory benefits including physician, hospital, labs, drugs, and a $20 maternity cash benefit, with additional permissive services if funds permit. The family unit is insured, including dependent wives and children with their wage earner.
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Victoria
B.C
British Columbia
G. M. Weir
Wildlife conference in Saskatoon arranged for March 23
Arrangements completed for a western Canada wildlife conference in Saskatoon on March 23. The inter-provincial council representing Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta will meet and invite attendees from Alberta Manitoba and British Columbia to join. Delegates include E B Pitblado W J Hill Col Poussette B W Cartwright and Alberta’s Wyman Fraser Wize and Burns.
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Saskatoon
Inter-Provincial Council
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan Game Commissioner
British Columbia
E. B. Pitblado
K.C
W. J. Hill
Col. Poussette
B. W. Cartwright
Wyman
Sabotage Reported on Repulse and H-28 Near Portsmouth Portland
The admiralty announced two new suspected sabotage cases involving the battle cruiser Repulse and the submarine H-28. The Repulse was being prepared at Portsmouth to join the Mediterranean fleet, while the H-28 is attached to the sixth flotilla at Portland.
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London
Admiralty
Repulse
Portsmouth
Portland
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Justice Archambault
Quebec Supreme Court
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