Germany warns farmers to boost crops and new decree issued
Berlin authorities warned farmers to increase production or lose land to more efficient producers. General Goering announced a vast agricultural adjustment program backed by state financing, tax credits, lower fertilizer prices, and credits for machinery and worker housing. The decree empowers agricultural authorities to replace lagging farmers, compel land use, and extend a nationwide farm statistical system to map output and drive self sufficiency.
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Hermann Goerug
Germany
Benin
Goering
Reich
Third Reich
Mounties Reserve Force Bill to be Introduced in Commons
Hon. Errnest Lapointe announced in the House of Commons a bill to create a Royal Canadian Mounted Police Reserve. The act would appoint and train reserve constables, define pay and pension terms, and allow retirees to maintain or withdraw pension contributions.
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House of Commmons
Ottawa
House of Commons
Errnest Lapointe
R.C
Royal Canartiar Mounted Police Reserve
Permanent Forces of
Canada
Ample London Accommodation for Coronation Visitors Assured
Officials say London and Greater London will provide sufficient lodging for thousands of overseas visitors at reasonable prices during the coronation. A team of 70 inspectors surveyed over 74 000 rooms in smaller hotels boarding houses and private homes, with prices from 1.25 to 15 dollars per night.
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London
Greater London
Great Foritain
Vancouver Plans New Building After Fire Loss
Vancouver Sun officials announce plans to replace the editorial and business offices gutted by fire with an estimated loss of 200000 dollars.
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Vancouver
Vancouver Sun
Government Sees Wheat Prices Staying High
Government grain experts forecast world wheat prices remaining elevated in 1937 38. The Spring Wheat Outlook notes July stocks likely below normal and that small crop drops could push prices higher than 1936 37. US acreage could yield about SHO000 bushels.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Sweden Landrace Pigs Introduced to Canada in 1934
Swedish Landrace pigs were first brought to Canada in May 1934 with 67 imported and later rising to 188 across four experimental farms, mainly in Ottawa. The breed reaches market weight about 4 days earlier and finishes at 212.7 pounds in 184.7 days versus Yorkshire pigs at 209.6 pounds in 186.4 days.
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Ottawa
Canada
J. G Gardiner
J. H. Blackmore
C. Lethbridge
House of Commons
Vatican Encyclical Smuggled to Germany by Plane
A Vatican encyclical by Pope Pius against Nazi doctrine was reportedly smuggled into Germany by air. The document was read to German worshippers in Munich by an unidentified German after a plane flight. Italian papers offered only sketchy details and political circles fear it could strain Italo German relations after the recent accord.
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Vatican City
Pius
Germany
Vatican
Munich
Canadian trade minister arrives in Los Angeles
Hon. W. D. Euler, Canadian trade minister, reached Los Angeles from Australia aboard the Monterey 2196. He refuses to discuss treaty results, stating he will report to Ottawa after returning to his government. Euler finished talks with Sir Henry Gullet days before the commonwealth cabinet resignation.
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Los Angeles
W. D. Euler
Australia
Ottawa
Euler
Henry Gullet
Commonwealth
Monterey
Radio Improvements Montreal Foresees Bilingual Canada
W E Gladstone Murray Canadian Broadcasting general manager told the Canadian Club that radio would foster better mutual understanding and help make Canada bilingual by exposing citizens to both French and English culture. He noted plans for a high power short wave transmitter and said CBC enlisted conductors Sir Ernest MacMillan and Wilfred Pelletier to advise on music. He also spoke of schools gaining reception facilities as part of a new era of understanding. A King George V mosaic floor memorial at Guards chapel Wellington Barracks will be unveiled April 20.
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Montreal
Murray
World Broadcasting
Canada
C.B.C
Ernest MacMillan
Wilfred Pelletier
London
George V
Guards
Wellington Barracks
Brigade of Guards
Slayer Police Seek Man Linked to Winnipeg Child’s Disappearance
Winnipeg police intensified efforts to identify a brown beard and moustache man seen with six year old Julia Johnson when she vanished nine years ago. Investigators reexamined old files and fresh clues to determine if the suspect is the man Julia called the Boogey Man. Chief George Smith said all leads, old and new, are being studied.
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Winnipeg
Julia Johnson
Julia
Julias
George Smith
Higher Salary For Baldwin London
A government bill in the House of Commons would raise the prime minister salary from 5 000 to 16 000 pounds and equalize cabinet ministers at 5 000 pounds while maintaining Viscount Hailsham at 10 000. The bill also proposes a 2 000 pound pension for former prime ministers with Lloyd George and Ramsay MacDonald living former holders. Baldwin plans to retire with a pension and is noted as wealthy.
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London
Treasury
House of Commons
Viscount Hailsham
D. Lloyd George
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Baldwin
Long Arctic Trek From Ottawa Pair Heads North
J F McGinnis former RCMP member and Toronto geologist eke Tibbitt set out by dog team from here for a 1200 mile Arctic crossing. They expect to reunite with the patrol ship R M S Nascopie at Pond's Inlet on Baffin Island's northern coast. The Chesterfield Inlet RCMP dog team arrived carrying mail from northern posts and the British Canadian Arctic expedition at Repulse Bay.
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Mean
J. F. McGinnis
Ottawa
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Eke Tibbitt
Toronto
Arctic Circle
McGinnis
Tibbitt
Pond’s Inlet
Baffin Island
R.C.M.P
Chesterfield Inlet
Repulse Bay
Italians Push for Spain War Policy Stirring European Tense
London dispatch reports Italian ambassador Count Grandi caused a sensation by privately insisting no Italian volunteers would leave Spain until the civil war ends. The remark, deemed unofficial, sparked a furore and drew warnings from the Russian legate about threatening peace. Delegates from France, Sweden, and Germany sought guidance from capitals as the non intervention sub committee pressed for US and European cooperation to maintain neutrality.
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London
Grandi
Spain
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Earl of Plymouth
Eden
Corbin
United States
Sheet Iron Shortage Sparks Tariff Debate in Commons
In Ottawa the House of Commons discussed a potential sheet iron shortage due to the U K rearmament program. Conservative Leader R B Bennett urged temporarily lowering the tariff on black sheets from the United States for galvanizing. Finance Minister A Dunning indicated he would act if Bennett’s facts proved true. The dialogue tied to the Canada United Kingdom trade agreement proposing a five percent duty on UK sheets and a 15 percent minimum against the United States, with the current US duty at 20 percent.
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Ottawa
United Kingdom
House of Commons
R. B. Bennett
United States
A. Dunning
Bennett
Canada
Belgian Pact Seen Securing Neutrality With Britain France
Reported agreement among Belgium Britain and France outlines a pact to guarantee Belgian neutrality. King Leopold to allow transit by foreign forces if war is League sanctioned. Belgium to alert allies to invasions and participate in League sanctions. French approval believed assured.
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London
Leopold
Unr
League of Nations
Belgium
Britain
France
Canadian Boy Chosen for Westminster Abbey Coronation Choir
John Weatherseed aged 12 son of J. J. Weatherseed, choir director from Montreal, has been selected as a coronation chorister for the Westminster Abbey service on May 12. He studies at the School of English Church Music in Chislehurst Kent and may be the only Canadian boy to sing in the coronation choir. St. George's Ang.
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Montreal
John Weatherseed
J. J Weatherseed
Can Church
Westminster Abbey
School of English Church Music
Chislehurst
Kent
St. George's Ang
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