New Brunswick Argues Provinces Sovereign Yet Seek Ottawa Ties
Fredericton says provinces are distinctly sovereign and urges adjustments in funding be via federal grants, not shifting responsibilities. It proposes closer Dominion provincial cooperation, a state department at Ottawa, and regional tariffs to shield provincial industries while freight rate cuts to central Canada are seen as the practical fix. The province criticizes ignored Duncan Commission rail rate recommendations and the erosion of Maritime Freight Rates Act protections.
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Fredericton
New Brunswick
Dominion
Department of State
Ottawa
Ontario
Quebec
Canada
Duncan Commission
Granted Leave To Foreclose Doukhobor Lands
Supreme Court grants National Trust Company Ltd. leave to file a foreclosure action over a 350,000 debt secured by 5,600 acres in British Columbia 11,000 in Alberta and 13,000 in Saskatchewan owned by the Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood a Doukhobor group.
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Vancouver
A. M Manson
Supreme Court
National Trust Company Ltd
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood
C.C.U.B
Canada
Anton Lang Dies in Munich at 63
Anton Lang a renowned Bavarian potter and longtime Christus in the Oberammergau passion plays died in a Munich hospital at age 63 after an operation for a stomach ailment. Lang portrayed Christ in 1900 1910 and 1922 in the famous pageant.
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Munich
Germany
Anton Lang
Christ
Oberammergau
Lang
Christus
Earl of Egmont Sails for England from New York
The Earl of Egmont, a young Alberta rancher, expressed optimism about western Canadian agriculture as he sailed from New York for England aboard the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Britain.
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New York
Canada
Earl of Egmont
Desertions Reported From British Cruiser Dorsetshire in Australia
British naval authorities report 15 seamen deserted the cruiser Dorsetshire during a port visit to Australia. Four deserters were arrested and confined in Hong Kong as the search continues for the remaining sailors.
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Hong Kong
Dorsetshire
New Naval Base London
Portland Island hosts a developing naval base to guard the western Channel approach once used by the Spanish Armada. The harbor, dockyard, and Verne citadel are being modernized as naval air squadrons move in. Portland will become main anti submarine base with torpedo boats submarines and bombers, while Weymouth Bay coastal defences are remounted.
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London
Portland
English Channel
Miliary
the Verne
Britain
Weymouth Bay
Want Work Guaranteed Vancouver
W R Campbell of the Relief Project Workers Union told the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council that Vancouver’s unemployed want jobs guaranteed before agreeing to transportation back to the prairies. He cited Victoria’s plan to send 1,800 men home and warned it is not acceptable to starve in Vancouver or on the prairies without guaranteed employment.
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Vancouver
Prairies
R. W. Campbell
Relief Project Workers’ Union
Vancouver Trades and Labor Council
The
Cous
Campbell
Victoria
Britain delays air contracts until mission reports back
Commander J G Weir head of the British air mission arriving from Ottawa said no overseas contracts will be let until the mission reports to London. He added the group is in the middle of the job assessing British purchase of aeroplanes in America.
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Montreal
Great Britain
London
J. G. Weir
Ottawa
Weir
America
Fire Boss Broke Rules At Hinton Mine Inquest
William Aitken Sr fire boss at Hinton Colleries testified at an inquest into the March 31 mine explosion that he violated regulations by not using a lockable safety lamp during the day’s inspection. He said an electric battery lamp was used though lockable lamps were available, at least three.
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Hinton
Alta
William Aitken
Hinton Colleries
Aitken
Britain Prepares Massive Postwar Building Program
The government plans a 500 million pound housing and road project to steady employment and trade as rearmament ends. The Health Ministry urges local authorities to draft five year works plans and update annually. The program, dubbed rebuilding Great Britain, likely won’t start before 1940.
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London
Ministry of Health
Great Britain
Japanese Losses Reported in China
The Central News Agency cited an official Japanese statement at Yenchow southern Shantung estimating 135000 Japanese troops killed in China since the war began last July.
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Hankow
Central
Yenchow
Shantung
China
Air dupe blamed in far east air raids
Chinese and Japanese accuse each other of duplicity in the air. The Chinese claim three Japanese planes painted in Chinese colors bombed Liuling on the Hupeh Henan border, killing 30. The Japanese say a Chinese plane painted in Japanese colors over Wuhu dropped cigarettes then machine gunned troops. Wiesbaden reports doctors warn Germany to improve bread and produce as synthetic varieties draw censure.
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Shanghai
Liuling
Hupeh-Henan
Wuhu
RAF Flyers Killed in Seletar Midair Collision
Two Royal Air Force flyers died when two bombing planes collided in midair over Seletar Straits Settlements. The Air Ministry released the official notice confirming the fatalities and crash circumstances.
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London
Royal Air Force
Seletar
Straits Settlements
Air Ministry
Dominion of Canada Loan Over-Subscribed at Opening
The Dominion of Canada announced a new 140 million dollar loan was over subscribed within 30 minutes of opening. Subscriptions included 90.9 million in conversion and 50 million in cash for six year two percent bonds due 1944 at 99.375 and 20 year three percent bonds due 1958 at 99. Accrued interest yields were about 2.11 percent and 3.07 percent respectively.
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Ottawa
Dominion of Canada
Finance Department
Four Saskatchewanians Win Honors at Manitoba Convocation
Four University of Manitoba graduates from Saskatchewan received degrees and top medals. John M. Parker of Togo won the Lieutenant Governor's Gold Medal in agriculture, Elmer H. Arm of Saskatoon earned the University Gold Medal for education, D. P. Logan of Yorkton took the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Gold Medal, and Helene de Forrest Rothwell of Lang earned the Fletcher Gold Medal for highest standing in education.
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Winnipeg
University of Manitoba
John M. Parker
Togo
Sask
Elmer H. Arm
Saskatoon
University
D. P. Logan
Yorkton
Royal Architectural Institute of Canada
Helene de Forrest Rothwell
Lang
Fletcher
Wheat in Store Ottawa Week Ended May 13
Canadian wheat in store for the week ended May 13 declined by 1,250,115 bushels from the prior week and 25,817,560 from the same week in 1937. Total on hand reached 38,332,878 bushels versus 39,482,993 the week before and 64,150,238 in 1937. Canadian wheat in the United States totaled 516,000 bushels, down from 706,000 the prior week and 8,439,852 last year.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
United States
Bombs for Air Force ordered in Canada
National defence department officials disclosed an order for 20 000 practice aerial bombs placed with the firm Parmeter and Bullock at Gananoque Ontario. The bombs contain no powder and do not explode but are identical in shape and weight with the regular 11 pound type intended for use by the Royal Canadian Air Force.
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Ottawa
National Defence Department
Parmenter and Bullock
Gananoque
Ont
Royal Canadian Air Force
Bare Majority in Senate for the Divorce Bill
The senate approved third readings of a divorce bill by a 33 to 6 vote. Eleven Liberals supported, 12 Conservatives favored, 17 opposed, with all present Roman Catholics in opposition. The bill broadens grounds for divorce beyond adultery to include desertion, cruelty, insanity, extreme immorality, and other conditions.
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Ottawa
Senate
Ledrum McMeans
Winnipeg
Canada
House of Commons
Mermiers
High Court of England
W. M. Aseltine
Saskatchewan
James Calder
Regina
A. B. Gillis
R. B. Horner
H. W. Laird
Ottawa Election Act tightens candidate withdrawals
A new amendment to the Election Act limits candidate withdrawal to 48 hours before polls open, replacing the prior right to withdraw up to closing time. Deputies must inform voters when distributing ballots that the candidate has withdrawn, and the withdrawing candidate loses a $200 deposit. The change, moved by Samuel Factor of Toronto’s Spaulding district, aims to keep fairness as most votes are already cast.
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Ottawa
Samuel Factor
Lib
Toronto
Italy Sets Bread Recipe to Conserve Wheat
Rome orders bakers to use 20 percent corn flour in bread to save wheat. Government says it secures self sufficiency as imports cover shortages. In Canada, Dionne Quintuplets viewings planned at Listen viewings begin May 23 with daily sessions twice daily.
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Rome
Mussolini
Callander
Board of Guardians of the Dionne Quintuplets
Cldren
Agreement Now In Effect London Travel Pact
The Anglo Irish travel agreement took effect on May 19 restoring free movement after Britain had imposed special duties in 1932 and Ireland had retaliatory duties, ending the tariff dispute.
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London
Great Britain
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