Royal King Edward May Marry and Redesign Civil List
London reports hint that Edward VIII may marry, with a royal message urging revision of the civil list to cover a potential queen and family. Chamberlain notes a committee will revise the civil list while the king plans possible allowances from the Duchy of Cornwall for the Duke of York and successors.
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London
Edward VIII
England
House of Commons
Edward
Long
Prince of Wales
Neville Chamberlain
Commons
Labor Party
William James Thorne
Chamberlain
Duke of York
Duchy of Cornwall
Sabotage Case Reported in British Navy Yard
Lord Stanley announced a new suspected sabotage case in a private dockyard performing admiralty work. This brings total cases to six. Officials attributed the incidents to cranks rather than foreign agents, noting the damage was slight but potentially serious.
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London
Lord Stanley
Admiralty
House of Commons
Program Should Be Uniform Social Legislation For All Canada Urged In Nova Scotia House
In Halifax the Conservative opposition leader Hon. Gordon S. Harrington urged a Dominion wide social program. He proposed amending the British North America Act to authorize Westminster action for a unified scheme including maternity benefits unemployment and health insurance widows old age and invalid pensions and accident coverage.
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Canada
Nova Scotia
Halifax
Gordon S. Harrington
Dominion
Paraguay Declares Totalitarian State Under Franco
Paraguay's provisional government led by Col. Rafael Franco issues a decree naming the nation a totalitarian regime modeled on German Nazism and Italian fascism. It bans unions not from the state for a year and asserts the "liberating revolution" of Feb 17 as indivisible. The government positions the "liberating army" as the main authority and claims the revolution brings social totalitarian transformation as the state and revolution become one.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Rafael Franco
Europe
Death of Admiral Beatty Revered by Royal Navy Backers
Officers of the Royal Canadian Navy mourn the death of Admiral of the Fleet Earl Beatty. Tributes recall his fearless leadership and adherence to royal navy traditions. Canadian officers who served with him remember the Dogger Bank action of January 24 1915 and its link to H.M.C.S. Aurora.
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Royal Canadian Navy
Earl Beatty
Ottawa
Royal Navy
Beatty
Battle Cruiser
Grand Fleet
Earl Jellicoe
H.M.C.S. Aurora
Canadian cattle shipping plan from Montreal to Britain
About 1000 head of Canadian cattle would be shipped weekly from Montreal to the British market during the next shipping season. R J Large of Stephenson and Large, Birkenhead and London buyers, stated this after a Dominion tour reaching as far west as Saskatoon.
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Montreal
R. J. Large
Stephenson and Large
Birkenhead
London
Saskatoon
Butter Output Rises in Canada Provinces in February
Do minion bureau of statistics reports Ottawa butter production at 7,894,597 pounds for February with a gain of 15,715 pounds or 11.5 per cent. Western provinces show increases from a year earlier: Manitoba 986,581. Saskatchewan 906,792. British Columbia 512,367 pounds, with 755,677, 799,494, and 360,822 in the prior year.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Two Destroyers Launched and Southampton Ship Launched
The 9,000 ton cruiser Southampton was launched at Clyde and is expected to reach 32 knots. At Walker Northumberland two destroyers of the 1934 program, the Hero and the Hereward, were launched and are hoped to attain 35 knots.
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London
Southampton
Clyde
Walker
Northumberland
Hero
Work On Railways Unemployed May Start By April First
Ottawa officials hope 10 000 unemployed will be placed on railway maintenance as early as April 1 in British Columbia with later starts in the midwest and western provinces. Under an agreement with Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railways the railways will spend 1 500 000 each and the federal government 3 000 000 totaling 6 000 000 for a summer maintenance program using relief camp workers.
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Ottawa
British Columbia
Midwest
Rogers
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific Rail
Divided On Rhine Move Berlin
An informed source says several German leaders opposed immediate remilitarization of the Rhineland. Dr Hjalmar Schacht economist Baron Von Neurath foreign minister and Gen Werner Von Blomberg war minister are named in the split. Schacht favored talks with Locarno signatories to modify guarantees. Blomberg argued the army was not strong enough to handle the reoccupations' duties.
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Berlin
Rhineland
Hjalmar Schacht
Baron von Neurath
Werner von Blomberg
Schacht
Locarno
von Blomberg
Western Barley Too Weedy Toronto
In a meeting of the national barley committee Prof Een Crampton of Macdonald College says western feed barley loses value in the east due to weed seeds and other extraneous matter. Lew Hutchinson of Alberta argues for farming improvements and better on farm cleaning to raise yield and profits.
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Toronto
East
National
Een Crampton
Macdonald College
Quebec
Canada
Lew Hutchinson
Duhamel
Alta
Alberta Wheat Pool
Hutchinson
Deaths Rise Among Veterans in Ottawa
Hon. C. G. Power told the House of Commons that a $60,000 grant to the Last Post Fund would aid burial for indigent ex service men. The fund, begun in 1921, has seen burials grow from 83 in 1921-22 to 60 in 1934-35, with further increases expected as veterans age.
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Ottawa
C. G. Power
House of Commons
Last Post
British House Approves Defence Plans Amid Europe Tensions
London leaders debate Britain’s rearmament in light of Germany’s Versailles treaty defiance and Locarno pact breach. The House of Commons passed the defence white paper 71 to 153 after a Labor amendment failed, with warnings from Churchill and calls for coordinated armaments and a new defence minister.
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London
Britain
House of Commons
Europe
Neville Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
Germany
Churchill
Roger Keyes
Baldwin
Herbert Morrison
Labor
Rush Of Tourists To See Dionne Quints
In anticipation of a tourist rush to view the Dionne quints this summer, a health department inspector was sent to Callander to examine local sanitation. Hon. See Pe Faulkner announced the move and said inspectors would conduct further examinations in the north country where many visitors are expected.
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Toronto
Department of Health
Callander
See Pe Faulkner
Ottawa Renews Saskatoon Loans in 1937 Renewal
Ottawa renews one year loans to the province of Saskatchewan totaling 1 024 218 dollars in orders in council and tabled in the House of Commons. The renewal includes accrued interest of 47 390 dollars and uses treasury bills maturing in 1937 as security.
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Ottawa
Saskatchewan
House of Commons
Treasury
Dominion
Lord Mayor of London to Attend Vancouver Jubilee
Lord Mayor of London may attend Vancouver's Golden Jubilee celebrations this year. Secretary of State Cordell Hull likely to represent the United States if President Roosevelt cannot visit. Mayor G. G. McGeer commented.
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Vancouver
London
Cordell Hull
United States
Roosevelt
G. G. MecGeer
Endurance Record Claimed by Air Force Mechanic in Moscow
Red Air Force mechanic I. Golushko set an endurance record in Moscow by wearing a gas mask for 116 hours 45 minutes. He removed the mask for three daily 15 minute intervals to eat, sustaining through the extreme routine.
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Moscow
Red Air Force
I. Golushko
Butter Factory Planned for Chard England
Great Britain's largest butter factory to be built in Chard England will process up to 200 tons of butter weekly. The project signals a major boost for regional dairy production and export potential.
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Great Britain
Chard
England
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