Britain Regrets German Demands Thwart League Return
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald reported that Britain would seek a proportional disarmament framework and a strict control body within the League of Nations. He said Germany cannot rejoin now, given Third Reich power, while Britain favors collective security and loyalty to a League oriented approach amidst Franco British Italian debate at Geneva.
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Villa Barromeu
Britain
Stresa
Germany
League of Nations
Third Reich
League
France
Geneva
Adolf Hitler
MacDonald
John Simon
Drouth Relief Bill Passes Commons Aims Prairie Aid
The drouth relief bill passed the House of Commons within a day. It authorizes 750000 this year and 1000000 annually for four years to fight drought in prairie provinces. Dams, grasses, tree planting, and demonstration stations will guide farmers. An advisory committee will aid federal and provincial agencies.
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Prairie Provinces
Ottawa
House of Commons
Department of Agriculture
John Brown (Ltd
Lisgar
Meinister
Dama
W. R. Motherwell
Lib
Melville
Greek Rebellion Officers and Civilians Sentenced Here and Salonika
Courts martial in Athens and Salonika condemned 29 officers and civilians for participating in the Greek rebellion. Five rebel officers were sentenced to life at Salonike while 12 others received shorter terms. In Athens eight officers and four civilians drew prison terms from two to twenty years. About 250 more prisoners face trial before the naval court martial.
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Athens
Salonika
Ufe
Salonike
Internal clash over selling Doukhobor land in Saskatchewan
A dispute surfaces after J P Shukin announces the sale of 36 000 acres of Doukhobor land in Veregin Kylemore and Kelvington blocks. Veregin district members resist leaving homes after 30 years fueling a rift in the Christian Brotherhood of Universal Brotherhood. Shukin plans to press ahead despite objections raised by local sect members and leader Peter Veregin who is serving a jail term for assaulting his interpreter.
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Winnipeg
Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood
J. P. Shukin
Brotherhood
Saskatchewan
Veregin
Kylemore
Kelvington
Andrew F. Broadoff
Shukin
Peter Veregin
Headingly
Bloodof
Calgary Jubilee Band Offers Free Services For King George Jubilee
E. 8. Harris secretary of the National Musicians of Canada Calgary Branch pledged free services by band members for Calgary celebrations of King George's silver jubilee. The aid comes after US based union musicians demanded pay and city officials including Alderman Dr. W. A. Lincoln said Calgary could not afford fees.
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Calgary
Bandamen
Harris
National Musicians of Canada
United States
W. A. Lincoln
Degree For Bessborough Conferred By UBC Chancellor
The University of British Columbia awards an honorary Doctor of Laws and Letters to the Earl of Bessborough. Chancellor R E McKechnie presides. Lady Bessborough receives yellow roses from student representative Miss Clare Brown. His Excellency praises Canada’s universities and alumni ties.
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University of British Columbia Vancouver
Earl of Heigborough
R. E. McKechnie
University of British Columbia
Bessborough
Clare Brown
Universities of Canada
Jap Nationals Admitted to Canada 1930 34 Report Says
A House of Commons tabled report shows 546 Japanese nationals admitted to Canada in the four years ending March 31 1934. Of these 183 were adult men 195 adult women and 78 children. During the same period 164 British nationals of Japanese birth were admitted.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
House of Commons
Premiers to Meet with Mayors Over Unemployment Relief
Widespread invitation sent to all nine premiers to join a joint conference with the Dominion conference of mayors to press for the federal government to take full responsibility for unemployment relief. The Montreal meeting on April 22 aims to coordinate provincial and municipal action and present a united demand to Ottawa. Prime Minister Bennett tables a motion to address King George V on the 25th anniversary of his reign.
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Montreal
Dominion Conference of Mayors
Dominion
Camillien Houde
James Simpson
Toronto
G. G. McGeer
Vancouver
John Queen
Winnipeg
George Wenige
London
E. J. Cragg
Halifax
Fred Bancroft
Houde
Simpson
Wenige
Bancroft
Ottawa
Canada
George Perley
George
RK. B. Bennett
House of Commons
Paris Spy Ring Leader Arrest in German Case
Police claim to have exposed a German spy nest in Paris with Edward Bernhueber arrested after authorities found on him a list of interrogation questions for a French journalist Armand Arrousart. Bernhueber, deemed among the service's cleverest, held on Judge Benon’s warrant. tear gas found in his flat.
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Paris
Edward Bernhueber
Bernheuber
Armand Arrousart
Benon
Benjamin Bercowitz
Bernhueber
Mystery gold find draws prospectors to White Court area
District prospectors in the White Court area near Edmonton await spring breakup to search for Moostas legendary gold source. The tale of the ancient Indian who died recently with the secret has revived interest from across Canada, drawing interest from afar.
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Edmonton
White Court
Moostas
Canada
Migration Policy Urged at Montreal Speech
Lord Rodney of Fort Saskatchewan Alta urged Canada and Great Britain to devise a definite joint migration policy in a Montreal Royal Empire Society address. The remark highlighted cross Atlantic efforts to coordinate immigration and national planning.
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Montreal
Canada
Great Britain
Lord Rodney
Fort Saskatchewan
Alta
Royal Empire Society
Canadian medals for King George jubilee in Canada inquiry
In Ottawa the finance minister pledged to inform the House of Commons about medals commemorating King George's silver jubilee and their distribution in Canada. The inquiry arose after Lloydminster Saskatchewan asked if 500 medals could be obtained from the Canadian mint for school children.
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Canada
Ottawa
FLN
Rhodes
House of Commons
George
Royal Mint
England
Finance
John Vallance
Lib
South Prattleford
C. H. Cahan
Lloydminster, Sask
Charles £. Bothwell
Swift
Federal plans for rescuing drouth areas outlined in Commons
Ottawa reports a bill proposing 750000 this year and 1000000 annually for four years to rehabilitate prairie drouth areas. A prairie farm rehabilitation advisory committee will guide plans, with five areas in the three western provinces. The program includes demonstration farms, seeds and payments, dam projects, shelter belts, and extensive tree planting.
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Ottawa
Prairie Provinces
House of Commons
Robert Weir
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Advisory Committee
Weir
Saskatchewan
Department of Agriculture
Brouth
Manitoba
Alberta
Mortgage Companies of Canada
Canadian Bankers’ Association
Canadian Pacific Railway Company, Limited
Canadian National Railways
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Montreal Mayors Hear Plan On Unemployment Relief
A letter to Montreal mayor Camil Hen Houde from Sir George Perley signals a forthcoming conference with provincial representatives on unemployment relief. The Dominion plans follow a March 28 meeting and the relief act received royal assent on April 5. Toronto Mayor James Simpson is linked to a proposal to underwrite 75 percent of relief costs, with provinces covering 25 percent.
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Montreal
Domision
Camil- Hen Houde
George Perley
Sir George
Dominion-wide Conference of Mayors
House of Commons
Labor
James Simpson
Toronto
Dominion
Bennett Seen Improving as Easter Campaign Looms
Prime Minister R. B. Bennett, though still at home recovering, is expected to begin light outdoor exercise within days. He is booked to sail from New York for London to attend the King's Silver Jubilee and has conferred with cabinet members on works legislation to employ thousands. Introduction of the bill is anticipated before Easter adjournment.
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Ottawa
R. B. Bennett
New York
London
Bennett
Railway Workers Double Contributions Idea Debated
Senator James Murdock urged the senate committee to require railway engineers conductors and firemen earning two weeks pay in one week under mileage rules to contribute 25 cents for each week earned to the Dominion unemployment insurance fund. He said the measure would aid the underdog railway section men who work six days for seven days and are unemployed.
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Ottawa
Dominion Unemployment Insurance Fund
James Murdock
Senate Banking and Commerce Committee
Liberal
Hotels Show Profit in CN Rail Hotel System
The Chateau Laurier in Ottawa and the Nova Scotian in Halifax were the only two CN Railway Hotel System units to profit on operating revenues last year. Chateau Laurier earned 152000 dollars and Nova Scotian 9500. Total spending on the unfinished Vancouver CN hotel stood at 5544000 with an estimated additional 2700000 needed for completion and furnishings. Germany's sales tax receipts rose compared with a year ago.
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C.N.R
Vancouver
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East
John Buchan
Church
Scotland
Earl of Bessborough
Simon-Hitler
Berlin
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