Royal assent given to bills before recess in Ottawa
Parliament granted royal assent to a batch of bills including a national employment commission and ratification of the Canadian American trade treaty. A supply bill of 51.2 million was passed, and a Western farmers relief distribution of 6.85 million was approved after senate amendments. The budget date remains unclear with the session likely to stretch into June.
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Ottawa
Duff
National Employment Commission
House
Senate
King
Canadian National Railways
Wheat Stocks Sold by Canadian Wheat Board in East
The Canadian Wheat Board sold 5,000,000 bushels of old crop No 2 Northern wheat to export interests in the east. Officials stressed the move was ownership change, not movement out of the Dominion. Traders see potential demand and expect export when navigation opens.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Wheat Board
Dominion
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
League Probes Italy Poison Gas Claims in Ethiopia
The League of Nations committee plans a jurist sub committee to investigate charges that Italy used poison gas in Ethiopia. It also seeks to learn Mussolini’s terms for peace via President Salvador De Madariaga. Britain’s Anthony Eden supplied the 13 with alleged gas-use occasions.
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League
Italy
Geneva
League of Nations
Committee of 13
Ethiopia
League Council
Salvador de Madariaga
Spain
Mussolini
Baron Pompeo Aloisi
Anthony Eden
Britain
Af 13
McGill Lecturer Wins Carnegie Peace Fellowship
John T. Humphrey, recently named lecturer at McGill University’s faculty of law, has been awarded a 2000 fellowship from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He will study in Paris next year and return to McGill in September 1937.
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Montreal
John T. Humphrey
McGill University
Faculty of Law
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Paris
McGill
Defence of Media London in India frontier speech
Field Marshal Sir Philip Chetwode warned that defending India is madness to skimp on risks. He stressed the Indian frontier is vital due to Russian menace, noting Russia boasts the largest army and air force, and international situations change rapidly.
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London
India
Sir Philip Chetwode
East India Association
Philip
Russia
British War Film Shown After Censorship Lift
A London private screening of a British war film depicted war horrors and public views from businessmen to charwomen. It urged citizens to pressure Parliament to vote against war. Suppression drew criticism, with H. G. Wells calling it outrageous. Lord Crewe will put the film to the ministry of war for approval or rejection.
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London
Marquess of Crewe
H. G. Wells
Lord Crewe
Ministry of War
Ottawa Talks Delay Dominion Provincial Finances
Finance Minister Dunning and British Columbia Premier Pattulla remained non committal after talks on financial questions. No definite steps will be taken on Dominion provincial relations until further discussions among the finance minister and western provincial governments. Conferences await provincial legislature prorogation. Dunning noted no definite plans. The minister has been in touch with provincial premiers.
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Ottawa
Dunning
T. D. Pattulla
British Columbia
Cattle Must Be Treated for Warble Fly Exports
Canada requires cattle exported to England Wales and Scotland from March 15 to June 30 to be treated with a preparative to reduce warble fly risk. Officials of the health of animals branch will supervise treatment at export points and issue certificates confirming cattle have been treated.
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Ottawa
Canada
England
Wales
Scotsland
Department of Agriculture
British Isles
Agriculture Department
Civil List Completed in London Report
The House of Commons select committee finished deliberations on the king's civil list and will report to Parliament. A bill will fund the king, Queen Mary, the Duke and Duchess of York, and other royal members, including contingencies for the king's marriage. Committee figures are kept secret.
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London
House of Commons
House
Mary
Duchess of York
Italy Protests at Geneva Over Ambulance Bombardment
Italy files a protest with Joseph E. Avril secretary general of the League of Nations accusing Ethiopian artillery of bombardment of Italian Red Cross ambulances. The protest was received in Geneva by the League secretary general.
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Geneva
Joseph Avenol
League of Nations
Spain Profits By Sanctions Hit Canada With Goods Form erly From Italy
Ontario Retail Grocers Association committee report says League of Nations sanctions against Italy reduced Canadian imports of olive oil anchovies pistachio nuts almonds fiberts sorrento walnuts lemons limes and maraschino cherries. Sanctions benefited Spain by supplying most listed items.
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Hiew
Canada
Geods
Italy
Toronto
League of Nations
Committee On Import and
Ontario Retail Grocers’ Association
Spain
French troops guard eastern border amid Rhineland crisis
Paris reports the government has ordered 175000 peace time troops to remain in service until further notice as negotiations over the Rhineland crisis continue. The move, linked to partial mobilization, preserves Maginot line readiness and French security aims in Europe.
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Paris
Rhineland
Louis Felix Maurin
Maginot
Adolf Hitler
France
Andre Francois-Poncet
Berlin
Maginot Line
Europe
Relief Camp Workers Seek Higher Pay in Edmonton
A delegation of seven relief camp workers arrived in Edmonton to renew requests for higher pay and increased privileges and to seek interviews with government officials including Minister W. W. Cross.
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Edmonton
W. W. Cross
Queen Mary May Visit Halifax This Summer
Nova Scotia officials hope to have the 80 000 ton Queen Mary call at Halifax during her early or later season voyages. Government ministers say a viewing call is possible later in the season while the liner prepares to challenge the Normandie for Atlantic supremacy with a May 27 departure from Southampton to New York.
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Nova
Halifax
Cunard
White Star Line
Atlantic
Normandie
Southampton
New York
Late Seeding In Alberta Not Likely To Hit Yields
Alberta farmers face a late seeding season possibly the latest in ten years, mainly in central and northern areas. Still, experts say crop yield should not be affected. Much land remains buried under deep snow delaying fieldwork, though warmer weather offers hope of snow-free fields. By April 30 last year eight percent was seeded, with a ten-year average of 35 percent. in 1928 only six percent had been seeded by that date.
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Calgary
Alberta
Resignation of Lieutenant-Governor Fordham Johnson Accepted
Lieutenant-Governor J W Fordham Johnson resigns due to ill health and Pattullo accepts the move. The resignation takes effect at the end of April, three months before the term would normally expire.
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Victoria
J. W. Fordham Johnson
British Columbia
Pattullo
Government House
Coronation Date May 1937 Proclaimed in London
The May 1937 coronation date for King Edward will be proclaimed next month with a ceremony similar to the accession proclamation. Heralds and pursuivants will publicly announce at St James's Palace Charing Cross Temple Bar and the Royal Exchange. The date is expected to be announced in Parliament by Prime Minister Baldwin as the Duke of Norfolk proclaims as lord high marshal.
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London
Edward
College’ of Arms
St. James’ Palace
Charing Cross
Temple Bar
Royal Exchange
Alberta Social Credit Government Ends First Session
The world’s first Social Credit government prorogued its first session on April 7 after a nine week sitting. Lieutenant Governor W L Walsh marked the close as Edmonton’s Alberta legislature added 102 new statutes to the provincial list since February 6.
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Acial Credit
Edmonton
Social Credit
Alberta
W. L. Walsh
Plan to Enlarge News Service Over the Radio
Ottawa delegates urge more frequent Canadian and British news broadcasts over radio through the Canadian Press. They propose daytime national network feeds, with free news bulletins, to supplement the current coast to coast night broadcast. Committee to study after Easter recess.
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Ottawa
Parliamentary Committee On Radio
Radio Committee
Canadian Press
Canada
United States
W. B. Preston
Brantford Expositor
Canadian Radio Commission
E. Norman Smith
Ottawa Journal
J. F.B. Livesay
Toronto
Preston
Commons
Dominion
Baldwin
France Security Plan Receives Mixed European Response
London reports that France’s all Europe security plan drew cautious reviews. The Daily Telegraph calls parts impracticable and urges negotiation led by Britain. The Daily Herald favors integrating French and German ideas into a workable whole. The Times urges examining the plan with German proposals to clear the way for a permanent peace framework.
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London
France
Daily Telegraph
Europe
Daily Herald
Times
Church Hospital in Aklavik Burns Down
The Church Hospital in Aklavik, Yukon Territory, home of the Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada, was destroyed by fire. Patients were moved to other sections of the settlement with no loss of life. Three Toronto trained nurses aided in rescues led by Miss M A Solomon of Toronto. Miss Ruth Hamilton of Peterborough and Miss Hutchison of Hamilton were also graduates at the hospital, which originated as an eight bed facility gifted by Col and Mrs Leonard of St Catharines. It had been expanded in 1931 to 18 beds with an X ray machine and larger operating theatre. Damages estimated at over 25000.
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Aklavik
The
Missionary Society of the Church of England
Canada
Fie
M. A. Solomon
Toronto
Ruth Hamilton
Peterborough
Hutchison
Hamton
Family Seeks Shelter Across Carpathian Border No Man's Land
A father, mother, and child huddled in an old trench in Uscok Pass resisting a snowstorm after being expelled by Poland for being Czech, while Czechoslovakia refuses to accept them, deeming them Polish. Their improvised refuge sits between borders once drawn in the Great War.
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Praha
Czechoslovakia
Ucsok Pass
Carpathian Mountains
Poland
No Man's Land
Imperial Conference Likely in London During Coronation
The Marquess of Hartington told the House of Commons that talks are under way between the government and Dominions about holding an imperial conference in London during King Edward VIIIs coronation in May 1937.
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London
Marquess of Hartington
Dominions
House of Commons
Edward
Shortest Lords Sitting Sets Record Time in London
The House of Lords made history with its shortest sitting. Lord Chancellor Viscount Hailsham took his seat at 4 15 pm and the upper house rose at 5 16 pm after adopting the report stage of a bid without amendment.
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London
House of Lords
Vincount Hailsham
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