CBC plots drastic radio cuts if license fees fall
Gladstone Murray of the CBC warned Parliament that a 50 cent cut next year could slash national radio service. Proposed savings include halting new high power stations, shrinking to six hours daily, and replacing Canadian artists with costless imported programs, though staff layoffs and quality concerns loom.
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Naional
Parliamentary Radio Broadcasting Committee
Gladstone Murray
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Gested
CBC Board of Governors
Murray
Sackville
Watrous
Sask
Windsor
Ont
British Columbia
CBC
Czech minister resists German demand over legation
Vladimir Hurban, Czech minister, refused to yield the Czech legation to the Reich’s representative. He demanded a written order from Emil Hacha, the resigned president, after Dr. Resenberg presented a Berlin cable. Hurban said only Prague could authorize relinquishment, not a telegraphic document.
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Washington
Vladimir Hurban
Foreign Office
Karl Resenberg
Emil Hacha
Resenberg
Berlin
Hurban
Prague
Hacha
United Church fund hits $1.48 million in closing books
Toronto Rev. Robert Laird, treasurer, announced the missionary and maintenance fund totalled $1,482,630, $6,130 above budget. Manitoba and Alberta conferences reported higher givings than the previous year.
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Toronto
Robert Laird
United Church of Canada
Manitoba
Alberta
Trans-Canada air mail boosts western letters
Western Canada sends far more letters by the new Trans-Canada air mail than the east. J A Wilson controller of civil aviation at Ottawa told the Canadian section of the Society of Automotive Engineers.
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Toronto
Western Canada
Trans-Canada Air Mail
J. A. Wilson
Ottawa
The
Society of Automotive Engineers
Proud Of Traffic Record Winnipeg
Winnipeg citizens scanned traffic records for 125 consecutive days without a fatal accident. The feat marks a continental record for cities around 2.725 million population.
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Winnipeg
Britain postpones Berlin trade talks in face of German move
Prime Minister Chamberlain postpones a planned Berlin visit by two trade emissaries Oliver Stanley and Robert Hudson after Germany occupies Bohemia and Moravia. He says trade discussions with Germany are still proceeding despite the shock to confidence and calls for unity in government.
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London
Hitler
Chamberlain
Berlin
Germany
Great Britain
House of Commons
Viscount Halifax
Bohemia
Moravia
Lord Halifax
House of Lords
Mr. Chamberlain
Prague
Labor Party
Britain
Anthony Eden
Oliver Stanley
Board of Trade
Robert S. Hudson
Fear In Poland as Nazi Pressure Grows
In Warsaw cabinet ministers consult amid fear that Germany may extend its path of intimidation into Poland. Riots by students from weeks earlier are recalled as forewarnings of German moves to protect a supposed German minority. In Belgrade angry demonstrations erupt with anti Hitler cries as Yugoslav authorities urge military readiness.
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Warsaw
Poland
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Adriatic Sea
Europe
Germany
Hitler
Manitoba Opposition Leaders Set to Receive Salaries
In Manitoba 1940 estimates the province may pay salaries to three opposition leaders for the first time. The joint amount is 2200 dollars, with estimates of about 1222 for Errick F. Willis, 570 for S J Farmer, and 408 for S E Rogers depending on group size.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg
Stuart Garson
Errick F. Willis
J. Farmer
C.c.f.-Labor
Social Credit
S. E. Rogers
Russian diplomat cites British ties as war's pivot
Ambassador Ivan Minsky told British industrialists at the Machine Tool Trades Association dinner that peace or war hinges on British Russian relations. He said the barometer of relations is set at fair and expressed satisfaction with that status.
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London
Ivan Minsky
Russia
Machine Tool Trades Association
Ottawa Labour Minister predicts expansion of employment 1939
In the House of Commons Hon. Norton Rogers labor minister introduced the government relief bill noting January relief rose year over year but long term trends show improvement. He cited lower 1938 relief averages versus 1937 and warned critics while urging confidence in Canada’s recuperative powers amid global recession.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Norton Rogers
Rogers
Denton Massey
Toronto- Greenwood
Roger
Canada
United States
Great Britain
Canada aid figures show progress amid unemployment concerns
The report cites January aid totals in Canada at 978000, down 3.7 percent versus a year earlier and 17 percent from two years ago, with 1938 monthly averages at 314578 and 72193 in separate categories. Minister Rogers warns against enlarging public payrolls if it harms private hiring.
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Canada
Rogers
Crown to travel with King for Canada Parliament visit
The imperial crown of state valued at £500000 will be taken to Ottawa by the King for a formal appearance in parliament to prorogue or grant royal assent to Canadian bills. This is the first time England's state crown leaves the country. The 1838 crown for Queen Victoria houses over 6,000 stones including the ruby of the Black Prince from the Agincourt era.
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Canada
London
Ottawa
England
India
Victoria
Black Prince
Henry V
Agincourt
King to Involve Parliament in Royal Ottawa Visit
Prime Minister Mackenzie King told the House of Commons the King will officiate in at least one parliamentary function during the May visit to Ottawa. If parliament is finished, he will prorogue. otherwise royal assent and ceremonies will proceed with both houses in attendance.
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Mackenzie King
House of Commons
Senate Chamber
John Blackmore
SC. Lethbridge
Canada
Commons
Senate
Supreme Court
Hill
Nazi Occupation of Prague Signals Quiet Victory
Adolf Hitler entered Prague with his troops to a cold reception as Bohemia and Moravia fell under military rule. General Blaskowitz appointed leaders for Bohemia and Moravia while the Gestapo moved in, with several Czech leaders reported arrested or fleeing.
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Moravia
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British United Press
Wencelas Square
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Blaskowitz
Konrad Henlein
Wilhelm List
Fifth Army
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Moravian
Joseph Buerckel Hitler
Austria
Gestapo
Jan Syrovy
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Canada Not Included at Empire Conference
Prime Minister Mackenzie King told the House of Commons that Canada will not be represented at the empire conference in Wellington New Zealand on Pacific defences since she was not invited.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
House of Commons
Canada
Wellington
New Zealand
Australian aircraft output eyed for peacetime wartime rise
The British air mission touring Australia predicts a proposal to raise annual aircraft production from 200 to 400 planes in peacetime and up to 1000 planes in wartime, signaling a major expansion plan.
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Sydney
Worry Over Germanys Eastward Push Across Europe
Budapest reports rising nerves as Germany expands eastward through Bohemia Moravia and Slovakia with goals affecting Hungary Roumania and Yugoslavia. Premier Teleky proclaims Carpatho Ukraine to be part of Hungary while drafting a Jewish control law and Nazi deputies gain access to Hungarian parliament.
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Europe
Germany
Hungary
Czecho-Slovakia
Carpatho-Ukraine
Paul Teleky
Bohemia and
Moravia
Slovakia
Reich
Kingdom of Hungary
Count Teleky
Nicholas Horthy
Ferenc Szalasi
Roumania
Transylvania
Yugoslavia
Eden to propose immediate foreign policy council
Anthony Eden proposes a council of state on foreign policy to aid drafting a broadly acceptable program. The Evening Standard quoted its diplomatic editor noting a cross party panel of eminent figures including Churchill Lloyd George Attlee Sinclair and Viscount Samuel with Halifax as chairman.
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London
Anthony Eden
Council of State On
Evening Standard
Eden
Winston Churchill
David Lloyd George
Clement R. Attlee
Labor
Archibald Sinclair
Viscount Samuel
Viscount Halifax
Dispute Over Fisheries Strain Japan Russia Ties
Tokyo disputes with Moscow over Kamchatka fishing grounds intensify as Japan warns of potential trouble. Japan plans to protect 20 000 fishermen with warships for the annual Kamchatka voyage amid reports of Russian moves to block access. A foreign office note says Japan’s ambassador was rebuffed in a bid to delay fisheries functions. Beiseker Alberta Hutterite colony buys the Huser farm 4640 acres in one of the era’s largest land deals. price not disclosed.
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Japan
Russia
Siberian
Kamchatka
Foreign Office
Shigenori Togo
Maxim Litvinoff
Kamchatka Peninsula
Beiseker
Alta
Huser
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