Realist diplomacy judged as path to war in Spain and Ethiopia
At the League council Spain and Ethiopia dominate debate as Alvarez del Vayo accuses Britain and France of ruined non intervention while Litvinoff warns that intervention fed Europe’s war risk. New Zealand and Soviet Russia push defense of Spain’s right to arms amid sharp reforms calls from Chile.
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Geneva
Spain
League of Nations
Russia
New Zealand
Julio del Vayo
Barcelona
Great Britain
France
Haile Selassie
China
Soviet
Italy
Ethiopia
Agustin Edwards
Chile
Switzerland
Alvarez de Vayo
Viscount Halifax
Lord Halifax
Georges Bonnet
Maxim Litvinoff
Litvinoff
Europe
William J. Jordan
Alvarez del Vayo
League
Jordan
Bonnet
Alvarez Dil Vayo
Britain
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Alvarez del Vaya
Divorce Bill in Ottawa Expands Grounds for Divorce
Rt Hon Arthur Meighen argues in the senate that parliament has jurisdiction over marriage and divorce under the British North America Act. He contends that the act covers all matrimonial elements and that the bill seeks to widen divorce grounds, moving toward third reading after the committee’s report is adopted.
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Ottawa
Arthur Meighen
Senate
Lendrum McMeans
Cons
Winnipeg
Allen Aylesworth
Dominion
Meighen
Great Britain Needs Rain Delays Weather Relief for Farmers
British farmers awaited a ministry crop report as drought pressured vegetable and livestock markets. Potatoes sold at 8 to 10 pounds per ton, up from three weeks earlier, while cabbage and carrot prices rose sharply.
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London
Great Britain
Ministry of Agriculture
British Isles
Newcastle
Durham
Scotland
England
Ethiopia Says Conquest Not Complete Despite Italian Advances
Haile Selassie through Geneva representatives told the League of Nations that Italy has not yet conquered Ethiopia. The report cites ongoing fighting across many areas and revolts in others, with 5,993 Italian and native troops killed in western and northern Ethiopia. Ethiopians still hold much of Gojjam and Shoa. Danakil and Aussa in the south remain unconquered, with only five towns in the vast southern regions under Italian control.
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Geneva
Haile Selassie
League of Nations Council
Italy
Ethiopia
Gojjam
Shoa
Italans
Danakil
Aussa
Mayo composite aircraft completes first trial flight
The Mayo composite craft successfully flew with the normal upper wing load for trans Atlantic service. The separation of the upper plane from the lower powered carrier occurred smoothly during the test with no issues observed.
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London
Mayo
Mine Rock Burst Traps Two Miners at Kirkland Lake
A rock burst at the 2 800 foot level of Lake Shore Gold Mines in Kirkland Lake Ontario injured one miner and trapped two others in a massive cave in. Peter West and Bolan were trapped while Fancel suffered a minor injury and escaped with no danger unless another slide occurs.
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Kirkland Lake
Ont
Lake Shore
Peter West
Bolan
Fancel
Britain protests over Valencia bombing of ships
Great Britain lodged a strong protest to General Franco over an alleged deliberate air bombing of British ships in Valencia harbor. Sir Robert Hodgson at Burgos and Richard Butler announced in the House of Commons that officials would demand a full investigation of the incident.
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Valencia
London
Great Britain
Franco
Robert Hodgson
Burgos
Richard Butler
House of Commons
London Denies Arms Embargo Influence on Spain Aid
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons there is no foundation to rumors Britain seeks to sway the United States against lifting the arms embargo to Spain. Geoffrey Mander pressed the issue as Henderson urged mediation in the Japan-China conflict.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
United States
Spain
Geoffrey Mander
Liberal
Arthur Henderson
Labor
Great Britain
Japan
China
Season's First Crop Report Ottawa Indicates Big Decline
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports 1938 spring grain sown area may drop by about 1.4 million acres from 1937. Spring wheat intended at 24,105,900 acres down 745,500 from last year, with Saskatchewan hardest hit and Manitoba and Alberta gaining. Durum wheat to fall from 2,322,000 to 1,693,000 acres, oats and barley also down about three to five percent, mainly in Saskatchewan.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
Scotland's New Labor Council for Scottish Self Government
A Glasgow based group forms the Labor Council for Scottish Self-Government to seek a Scottish parliament for Scottish affairs. Robert Gibson MP for Greenock chaired the inaugural meeting and described the movement as within the Labour party.
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Glasgow
Labor Council
Robert Gibson
Greenock
Labor Party
Aeroplane Pilots Killed in London Crashes
Four crashes killed eight flyers in London as RAF preparedness deaths rise to 76 from 45 accidents since January 1. The fatalities push the total in the program higher amid ongoing aerial losses.
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London
Royal Air Force
Ottawa debate on preventing railway line duplication
S W Fairweather, CN Rairs economist, urged a budgeting and planning commission with authority over future railway extensions to avoid uneconomic duplication. He cited CP's Quebec line attempt as a wasteful project and argued CNR's expansion and cooperation could save up to ten million annually. He favored mergers of services and selective pooling while noting limits on new corporate structures.
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Ottawa
Senate
Canada
S. W. Fairwellthe
Bureau of Economics
Canadian National Railways
Fairweather
Rouyn-Seneterre
Quebec
C.N.R
Noranda
C.P.R
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific
C. N. Treasury
C. N
CNR
Trafic
Tefore
Duff
Pacificoast Steamships
Hal Bers
Strikes in April Hit Ottawa and Canada Wide
The Department of Labor announced 15 April strikes across Canada causing 17 548 man working days lost and involving 2874 workers, up from the previous month. In April 1937 there were 37 disputes with 112 car workers. Over 80 percent of losses stemmed from taxicab drivers in Toronto, steamship workers on the Great Lakes and St Lawrence, and sawmill workers at Fort Frances Ontario.
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Ottawa
Canada
Forecast New Appointments in London Politics
Havas News Agency reports many political experts expect Malcolm MacDonald to move from the colonial office to the colonial secretary post if Lord Harlech resigns as anticipated.
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London
Havas
Malcolm MacDonald
Aominons
Colonial Office
Lord Harlech
William Ormsby-Gore
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