Senate Upholds Rough Passage for Arms Bill Amid Critique
Ottawa reports a tense third reading as opponents assail government arms policy. The bill limits profits to five percent of capital per contract, with some estimates lowering real gains to about two percent after other factors. Senator Meighen warns of War Measures Act implications if war looms.
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Ottawa
Defence Purchasing Board
Senate
Raoul Dandurand
Finance
Defence Department
Treasury
Commons
Arthur Meighen
W. C. Clark
Senate Banking Committee
Dandurand
Meighen
Canada
Public hearings seek views on Alaska Highway route
The commission appointed by the government will hold hearings in British Columbia and Yukon to assess practicability and desirability of a highway from the United States through BC and the Yukon to Alaska. Hen, Charles Stewart, committee chairman, said engineers will survey the land by air. Hearings are set for Prince George Hazelton in BC and Whitehorse in Yukon Territory.
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Ottawa
British Columbia
United States
Yukon
Alaska
Charles Stewart
Prince George
Hazelton
Whitehorse
Yukon Territory
Belgium orders expulsion of German newspaper editor Ehlert
Brussels reports an expulsion order against Herr Ehlert German-Belgian Review editor and Westdeutscher correspondent after a German Labor Front demonstration incident. Kamloops note: Miss Mary Bosanqu et plans a continent crossing on horseback after buying a new horse for the ride across Canada.
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Brussels
Belgium
Herr Ehlert
Westdeutscher
Deutsche Belgisch Rundschaus
Review
German Labor Front
Kamloops
B.C
Mary Bosanquet
Canada
Douglas Lake
Eden Urges Broad Peace Understanding with France and Russia
Anthony Eden told Leamington constituents that a rapid, wide reaching agreement among Britain France and Russia would aid peace. He backed Chamberlain policy but urged inviting Winston Churchill into the cabinet. He wrote that nations must accept an international order or destroy each other.
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Leamington, Eng
Anthony Eden
France
Russia
Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Great Britain
New York
Will Bonus Land London Scheme Boost Arable Acreage
Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith announces a wartime bonus plan to convert 250000 acres of pasture to arable use in 1939. A payment of about 9.35 dollars per acre aims to expand food production, with enrollment for land work and training prepared. Reserves of fertilizers and reorganized wartime distribution of supplies are noted.
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London
Reginald Dorman- Smith
Reginald
Ontario offers rewards for crime prevention in Toronto area
Attorney-General Gordon Conant announced a provincial program to provide cash rewards, honor medals and scrolls for citizens who assist in apprehending or pursuing criminals. He spoke at a chiefs of police conference in Toronto and its suburbs, saying recent crime waves troubled him and prompting the plan to boost cooperation.
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Ontario
Toronto
Gordon Conant
Ontario Goverment
Chiefs of Police
Police Commissions of
Conant
Paris Implements Export Controls on Japanese Goods
A decree effective May 10 places strict controls on Paris Japan trade prohibiting Japanese merchandise entering France unless accompanied by a special certificate issued after visits by French consular agents or the French commercial attaché. Goods shipped from Japan before May 10 may enter under existing regulations. Officials described the move as a commercial regulation replacing former trade measures.
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Paris
Japan
France
Daladier
Vancouver Chinese Celebrate King and Queen Arrival
Vancouver's Chinese community plans a lantern parade of 300 students in native costume on May 28 to greet the King and Queen. Festivities run from dawn to dusk the following day with colorful celebrations across the city.
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Vancouver
Poland and Germany Seek Localized Polish Crisis Settlement
Italy favors Poland remaining a state and favors a quiet settlement of the German Polish dispute. Fascist quarters noted talks at Lake Como between Germany’s Von Ribbentrop and Italy’s Count Ciano. Italy would avoid war over Danzig but would join Germany if Britain and France guarantee Poland.
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Rome
Italy
Poland
Lake Como
von Ribbentrop
Germany
Count Ciano
Danzig
Great Britain
France
Initial price set for wheat at 70 cents a bushel
Ottawa reports amendments to the Canadian Wheat Board Act increasing the guaranteed advance to 70 cents and limiting the amount any producer may sell to the board to 5 000 bushels annually. The measures include extension of the act to eastern producers, penalties for over sales, and revised acreage bonus and crop failure assistance tied to emergency years.
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Ittawa
The
Wheat Board
Canadian Wheat Board Act
Wheat Board Act
Capitan RoyLiner Land Policy and Wheat Board Advances
The article outlines a proposed policy linking land allotment to a farmer’s claim under the Captain Royal Liner act, capping at 200 acres and treating Peace River districts as the same province. It notes bills by Mr Gardiner and Mr Euler proposing emergency-year crop rules and advance payments of 70 cents a bushel to wheat board deliverers, with current 80 cent guarantees for No 1 Manitoba Northern at Fort William. Western legislators argue the initial 60-cent advance is too low and seek parity with 80 cents.
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W. D. Euler
Euler
Manitoba Northern
Fort William
Gardiner
Peace River
British Columbia
Alberta
Mr. Gardiner
Mr. Euler
Canadian Wheat Board
Wheat Board
Manitoba
House of Commons
Governor General Plans Western Canadian Visit in 1936
Ottawa reports the governor general and Lady Tweedsmuir will begin a June maritime fishing visit in Nova Scotia staying with friends then travel to Halifax to bid farewell to King and Queen. They will visit Churchill Manitoba to meet their son John Buchan returning from the Nascopie, then proceed west to the Peace River district in Alberta.
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Ottawa
Canada
Maritimes
Lady Tweedsmuir
Nova Scotia
Halifax
Lord
Alberta Tar Sands Winnipeg
In the McMurray district Alberta 250 miles northeast of Edmonton heavy oil could supply the British empire for 106 years if sand is removed and mixed with Turner Valley crude. A Van Hammerstein, veteran McMurray oil operator, says the blend would suit use in the British navy.
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Winnipeg
McMurray District
Alberta
Edmonton
Turner Valley
A. van Hammerstein
McMurray
Britishers Expelled Berlin Over Diplomatic Row
Six British subjects including Hugh Carleton Green Berlin correspondent for the London Daily Telegraph Conservative press were ordered to leave Germany by May 24 in reprisal for Britain expelling Dr. R. G. Rosel London correspondent of the National Zeitung of Essen and other Germans in the U K. The group also includes W L Dickinson a merchant H Tink a professor of English R P Smith an engineer all of Duesseldorf H Large a Cologne manufacturer and Mr Parnell head of a Hamburg corporation.
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Berlin
Hugh Carleton Green
London Daily Telegraph
Germany
Great Britain
R. G. Rosel
London
National Zeitung
Essen
United Kingdom
The
Reich
Mr. Green
W. L. Dickinson
H. Tink
R. P. Smith
Duesseldorf
H Large
Cologne
Mr. Parnell
Hamburg
Prince of Wales Battleship Launch Amid Mermaid Year
Britain launched the second 35,060 ton battleship under its rearmament program named the Prince of Wales. Princess Royal christened the ship and, after sliding down the ways, she briefly broke an anchor before being steadied in the River Mersey.
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Birkenhead
Eng
Great Britain
Prince of Wales
Princess Royal
Mersey
Britain faces uncertain outcome of security pact talks
London reports say the fate of British French Soviet discussions on European security hangs after the sudden removal of Maxim Litvinov. Moscow sources say Molotov takes over as foreign minister while Britain seeks a mutual military aid pact and promises of Soviet help to allies, amid talks on non aggression with Germany.
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London
Maxim Litvinoff
Soviet Russia
Moscow
Britain
Poland
Roumania
Litvinoff
Russia
Chamberlain
Germany
Tass
Soviet Union
Molotoff
Council of the People’s Commissars
Presidium
Supreme Soviet
France
Foreign Office
Soviet foreign policy shakeup signals uncertain Moscow course
Premier Molotoff replaces Maxim Litvinoff as foreign commissar amid a Kremlin reshuffle that places Stalin's ally at the helm of diplomacy. Diplomats weigh whether Moscow will move toward Germany or deepen anti aggression alliances as Britain and France seek a new European line up. Litvinoff's future remains unclear as the press notes only a brief release and back page report.
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Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Soviet
Russia
Maxim Litvinoff
Vyachesiaff Molotoff
Stalin
Molotoff
Litvinoff
Europe
Germany
Hitler
Nikolai Yezhoff
Yezhoff
Romania’s Gafencu Sees Peace Possible Without War
Romanian Foreign Minister Grigore Gafencu, after visits to London, Paris, Berlin, Warsaw and Rome, said Europe can resolve its crises without war. He noted a shared dislike of war but each nation has a different idea of peace, and urged a clear, common understanding to achieve peaceful solutions.
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Rome
Roumania
Grigore Gafencu
Europe
Mussolini
Count Ciano
London
Paris
Berlin
Warsaw
Gafencu
Roumanian
Freedom of City Washington Key Gift to Royal Visitors
City Commissioner Melvin Hazen announces that King George and Queen Elizabeth will receive a key to Washington during their visit, breaking a long standing precedent. He notes prior hesitation due to numerous distinguished visitors. The piece contrasts London’s policing with Washington’s ceremonial gesture.
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Washington
Melvin Hazen
Kng George
Queen Elizabeth
Hazen
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