Liberal MP Urges New Deal For Strained Municipalities
Vancouver mayor Gerry McGeer, Liberal MP for Vancouver Burrard, urges a national relief plan to curb municipal bankruptcies. He cites Ontario defaults exceeding 11 million and Montreal debt of 268 million, urging the government to share the burden to avert municipal collapse. Critics from Social Credit and Conservative ranks challenge the employment bill and call for a national dividend and monetary reform.
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House of Commons
Gerry McGeer
Liberal
Vancouver-Burrard
Canada
Pacific Coast
Turdens
Alberta
McGeer
Vancouver
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Quebec
Municipal Commission
Montreal
Arew
Eric Poole
Red Deer
National Employment Commission
Angus Krac Innis
C.C.F
Vancouver East
John R. MacNicol
Toronto-Davenport
Edmonton Nurse Wins London Scholarship for Public Health
Nurse Caroline E. Sage of Edmonton won a scholarship covering four years of tuition at Bedford College University of London. The Canadian Nurses Association announced she will study public health nursing under the Florence Nightingale International Foundation. A University of Alberta nursing school graduate, she is the third Canadian association member to win this scholarship.
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Montreal
Caroline E. Sage
Edmonton
Bedford College
University of London
Canadian Nurses’ Association
Miss Sage
Florence Nightingale International Foundation
School of Nursing
University of Alberta
Canadian Association
Ottawa approves 1.3 million relief advance to Saskatchewan
Cabinet authorizes a 1,300,000 advance to Saskatchewan to cover provincial relief expenditures beyond the monthly grant for January to March. The order-in-council was tabled in the House of Commons. Saskatchewan treasury bills at four percent for one year will serve as security. Belgrade talks end with plans to stabilize currencies and establish a triangular clearing house among Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Romania.
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Ottawa
Saskatchewan
House of Commons
Treasury
Belgrade
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Rumania
Move Was Rejected Edmonton
Efforts in one faction of the Social Credit caucus to legalize lotteries for Alberta hospital funding were spiked and will not reach the legislature. A caucus resolution was not supported and a copy of a Saskatchewan measure was discussed at a Social Credit secret meeting.
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Edmonton
Ue Social Credit
Lotterita
Alberta
Social Credit Caucus
Wan
Social Creditors
Saskatchewan
J. Mildenberger
Maple Creek
Parliament of Canada
Province of Canada
Bracken Agrees In Principle To Dominion Provincial Loan Council
Premier Bracken said Manitoba's government agrees in principle to the proposed loan council but will not commit to participation yet. He noted the details have not been considered and questioned by Conservative leader W Sanford Evans about correspondence between Alberta and Dominion governments.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
John Bracken
W. Sanford Evans
Bracken
Evans
Alberta
Dominion
Metal Shipment Released From Misdescribed Nickel Consignment
Customs freed four carloads of scrap metal billed as Canadian nickel. The material shipped on the Korshold to Hamburg, Germany, amid general metal flows to Europe. An initial 73 cases labelled nickel cathodes were held March 13, delaying the Liberty, before transfer to another vessel bound for Hamburg.
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Germany
Halifax
Korshold
Hamburg
Europe
United States
Liberty
Plan Scientific Survey of Baffin Land by Royal Society Team
A six man expedition led by Thomas A Manning of London will conduct a general scientific survey of Baffin Land and surrounding territory. The project will be carried out under the auspices of the Royal Geographical Society and the British Museum with few details released.
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Ottawa
Baffin Land
Thomas A. Manning
London
Eng
Manning
Royal Geographical Society
British Museum
Plane crash kills Pict and student near Southampton
Pict and student were killed when their aircraft crashed a few miles from Southampton. Nuttall, younger brother of Sir Keith Nuttall, chairman of a major Manchester civil engineering firm, was learning to fly under the tuition of H. C. Buchan, pilot instructor of the Aero Club of Hampshire.
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Southampton
C. Nuttall
Keith Nuttall
Manchester
H. C. Buchan
The
Aero Club of Hampshire
Nuttall
Buchan
Shorthorn Wins Calgary Grand Champion Baby Beef Title
The Shorthorn steer owned by Margaret E. Wilson of Edgewick Alberta topped Calgary spring stock show, weighing 340 pounds and selling to T. Eaton Co. for 40 cents a pound. It marked the ith consecutive year a Shorthorn claimed grand championship in baby beef. T. Raton Co. paid 26 cents a pound for a 630 pound pure bred Aberdeen Angus steer owned by John Henderson of Lacombe, Alberta, which classed as Aberdeen Angus baby beef and reserve champion fat animal.
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Calgary
Margaret E. Wilson
Edgewick
Alto
T. Eaton Co
T. Raton Co
John Henderson
Lacombe
Alta
British Columbia House Passes Health Insurance Bill
Victoria British Columbia the legislature passed the first public health insurance bill in North America by a 29 to 14 vote to provide medical services to about 275000 residents. Employers and employees contribute, and the plan covers care from physicians hospitals labs and medicines with further services possible if funds permit. A commission will manage the scheme with a technical advisory board assistive to government funds.
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Victoria
British Columbia
North America
C.C.F
Pattullo
Hotse
Workmen’s Compensation Board
Power Elected Chairman of Ottawa Pension Committee
Hon C G Power minister of pensions and national health was unanimously chosen chairman of the House of Commons special committee on pensions and returned soldiers issues. He may name two subcommittees for correspondence and witness calling, with few witnesses per subject. The Canadian Legion offered to present evidence before Easter, and the committee planned printing proceedings for circulation among Legion branches.
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Otttawa
C. G. Power
House of Commons
Major Power
Canadian Legion
House
Convicted Spy Case Ties French Officer to German Intelligence
In Metz France former aerial defence officer Charles Cridlig was convicted of working for Germany to obtain and pass documentary aerial defences information. Germany paid 60000 francs for Cridlig’s material and he received ten years exile after a prison term. Professor Philippe Altmeyer was fined 5000 francs for sending Cridlig’s material to German intelligence. Cridlig’s wife was acquitted.
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Germany
Metz
France
Charles Cridng
Cridlig
Philippe Altmeyer
Queen Mary Reaches 29 Knot Initial Run in Southampton
Shipping officials report the S S Queen Mary made over 29 knots on its initial voyage from Clydebank to Southampton with ample power in reserve. The speed is well below the expected top speed for its first Atlantic crossing in May.
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Southampton
Clydebank
Ottawa Plans 15 Percent Cut in Relief Grants
The Dominion government will reduce total relief grants by 15 percent, lowering April grants to 2,606,286 dollars. Since August 1, 1934 the system shifted from percentage contributions to direct grants, with nine provinces receiving 1,751,250 dollars monthly, about 28 percent of total expenditures. The survey indicates winter relief costs exceeded spring and summer costs, prompting the revision announced by the Department of Labour.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Department of Labor
Hitler proposes a new framework for European peace
Berlin reports Chancellor Hitler presenting a 25 year peace plan with France Belgium and Germany re joining the League of Nations. The proposal envisions frontier oversight by a Britain Italy and a neutral power commission followed by plebiscites and a global arms limitation conference.
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Berlin
Hitler
Europe
France
Belgium
Germany
League of Nations
der Fuehrer
Great Britain
Italy
Rhineland
Joachim von Ribbentrop
London
Eden
Locarno
World Court
King Edward IX Approves Coronation Plans For May
Prime Minister Baldwin announces in the House of Commons that King Edward VIII has approved coronation arrangements for May next year. Court circles boost May 27 as the likely date with the ceremony to emphasize peace and empire service.
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London
Edward VIII
Baldwin
House of Commons
Queen Victoria
George V
Edward VII
George
Prince of Wales
Conference of Premiers Ottawa Faces Dominion Financial Debate
The question of Dominion provincial financial relations will be reopened at conferences between Finance Minister Dunning and western provincial heads. Premier T. D. Pattullo of British Columbia will attend, with Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and possibly Alberta represented. Alberta Premier Aberhart’s refusal to commit to the loan council unsettles federal plans.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Dunning
Alberta
T. D. Pattullo
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Aberhart
State department to launch globe circling radio press service
The state department plans an immediate globe circling radio press service to keep American diplomatic and consular officials informed. Short wave receiving gear is bound for Sydney Calcutta Santiago London Buenos Aires Rio de Janeiro Lima and Cairo.
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Washington
State Department
Sydney
Australia
Calcutta
Santiago
Chile
London
Buenos Aires
Rio de Janeiro
Lima
Peru
Cairo
Egypt
Overseas Sales Rise at British Industries Fair
The department of trade and commerce reports Canadian firms at the 1936 British industries fair in London and Birmingham saw substantial order increases over 1935. notable items included Canadian coffee and a new canned soup, with a 12,000 case order secured.
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Ottawa
London
Birmingham
Department of Trade and Commerce
Pensions Entitled to War Service MPs Revealed
Ottawa report shows ten House of Commons members receive pensions for war service with three cabinet ministers Ian A MacKenzie C G Power and N Mel Rogers having pensions suspended.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Rinfret
Ian A. MacKenzie
C. G. Power
N. Mel. Rogera
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Metal Shipment
Plan
Baby Meer
B.C
Radio Probe Chairman
A. L. Beaubien
Pensions Probe
League OF Nations Council
Croydon
League of Nations’ Council
von Rubenthrop
Herr von Hoesch
Edward
Western Provinces
Globe-Circling Press Service
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