Changes in the B N A Act May Have to Wait
Ottawa reports constitutional reform plans likely delayed to 1937. Dominion and provinces sought power to amend the British North America Act without Westminster, but current developments suggest no amendments in the present session. A loan council financing proposal may be suspended. with New Brunswick dissenting, earlier talks of reactivating the act or specific amendments appear unlikely this year.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Canada
House
Senate
Westminster
New Brunswick
Plans for New Aklavik Hospital Completed Without Funds
Plans for a new hospital at Aklavik in the Northwest Territories are ready, but Bishop A L Fleming says there is no definite source of funds. About 25000 dollars are needed to replace the hospital destroyed by fire on April 6. Donations come in slowly and time is tight to order materials before the year ends.
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Toronto
Aklavik
Arctic
Northwest Territories
A. L. Fleming
Fleming
War-Type Ships Moved To Gibraltar Amid Tensions
In Geneva tensions rise as the admiralty relocates a new secret anti submarine craft to Gibraltar to defend Mediterranean warships. The admiralty list shows 35 specially designed mine sweeping trawlers arriving at Gibraltar from home ports in the last week. Most sailed from Portland base on Easter Sunday. Five destroyers also arrived at Gibraltar from the eastern Mediterranean.
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London
Geneva
Admiralty
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Portland
Wellington Eyes League Seat as New Zealand Seeks Council Post
Prime Minister Michael Savage said New Zealand aims for a seat on the League of Nations council in September, succeeding Australia. He noted a cabinet minister in Europe would outrank high commissioners as the island dominion’s Geneva representative. Ottawa announced tenders accepted for 25,000,000 Dominion of Canada treasury bills due July 15, with bids at an average discount of 99.78138 and yield of 8.9 percent.
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Wellington
Michael Savage
New Zealand
Council of the
League of Nations
Australia
Europe
Dominion
Geneva
Ottawa
Dunning
Dominion of Canada
Treasury
Canada’s Resources Development Of Our Natural Resources
Dr H M Tory of Ottawa spoke at the Women’s Canadian Club meeting in Montreal predicting that Canada’s natural resources will grow more in the next 25 years if peace endures than in the past 75. He praised Canada’s land and climate, railways’ role, unity, and leadership in intellectual movements.
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Montreal
Canada
H. M. Tory
Ottawa
University of Alberta
Association of Canadian Clubs
Womens Canadian Club
Tory
Premier Pattullo Returns to Ottawa for Policy Talks
Premier Pattullo of British Columbia arrived home briefly before resuming negotiations with the Dominion government in Ottawa. He said talks focus on general policies including relief and financing, not the receipt of Dominion aid for a 3.5 million bond due May 15. He denied plans for a provincial bank and rejected Alberta’s cooperative bank idea.
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Victoria
Pattullo
British Columbia
Ottawa
Alberta
Coast
Geneva Divided Over Regional Leagues in League Talks
Discussion sharply divided in Geneva as Latin American countries push for an all American League of Nations. Some fear disintegration while others see regional leagues supporting a universal League. Officials urge universal sanctions while using regional groups to settle conflicts and apply military measures if needed.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Ethiopian gas casualties prompt British Red Cross aid appeal
London reports the Ethiopian government issues an urgent plea for medicine and physicians to treat poison gas victims. More than 1,000 sufferers are in acute distress due to the government's lack of knowledge for treatment.
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London
British Red Cross
Ontario to make subjects compulsory in revised school plan
Hon Duncan McArthur deputy minister of education told the public school department of the Ontario Education Association that English social sciences health education and business practice would be compulsory under the soon to be introduced revised course of study for Ontario schools.
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Toronto
Ontario
Duncan McArthur
Ontario Education Association
Negotiations Dropped on Alberta Telephone System Sale
Negotiations for selling the Alberta government telephone system to a United States syndicate have been definitely dropped for at least a year. Hon. W A Fallon, provincial minister of public works and telephones, stated this in the province.
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Calgary
Alberta
United States
W A. Fallon
Public Works
Oré Telephones
Advocates Mining Policy Would Cure Canada's Unemployment
Mr Justice A M Lawson told the British Columbia Manufacturers' Association meeting that a national mining policy with federal provincial cooperation could reduce unemployment. He urged tax-stable, long-term mining taxation to attract capital, support development, and recover low grade ore profits while discouraging overseas capital flight.
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Canada
Supreme Court
Vancouver
A. M. Lawson
Supreme Court of British Columbia
British Columbia
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Dominion
Justice Manson
Parliament to confront railways radio pensions and more
Ottawa dispatch notes parliament will allocate time to red and green chambers and key committees including railways radio pensions and agriculture with expected sit ins and reduced seats. Election reform may be discussed though no new legislation is anticipated this session. A railway bill seeks to restore the director system replacing trustees.
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Ottawa
Feted Met Opera Manager by Canadian Club of New York
Edward Johnson, manager of the Metropolitan Opera, was honored at the Canadian Club of New York annual reception. Club president Ernest W. Appleby shared honors and Johnson spoke of spreading opera’s love via press and air. The Met’s spring season opens in May with ticket prices from 25 cents to $1.
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New York
Edward Johnson
Metropolitan Opera
Canadian Club of
Ernest W. Appleby
Johnson
Met
Dowager Lady Aberdeen Named for Peace Prize
The Dowager Lady Aberdeen wife of Canada’s former governor general and president of the International Council of Women has been proposed for the Nobel Peace Prize. Support spans 40 countries where national councils under her guidance have advanced peace for years.
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Lady Aberdeen
London
Canada
International Council of Women
National Council of Women
International Council
Fears Of Potato Shortage In Canada Report
Dominion bureau of statistics reports March 31 potato farm stocks at 11,047,000 cwt about half the 19,740,000 cwt a year earlier. 5.6 percent of the 1935 crop was unmerchantable, up from 5.1 percent in 1934. Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick face dwindling supplies. an official worries of a looming famine before May 1.
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Otttawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
M. G. McNeely
Prince Edward Island
Italian People Discontented London War Policy
Italian people grow hostile to the Fascist regime as Mussolini’s Africa venture raises fears of ruin. Giovanni Giglio, ex Rome correspondent, says war will pauperize Italy for at least 20 years with negligible exports and higher living costs fueling discontent.
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London
Giovanni Giglio
Rome
The
Daily Herald
Giglio
Italy
Canada mining season seen as most active in history
Ottawa reports Mines Minister Crerar announced completion of 15 preliminary reports from last year's 1,000,000‑unit geological survey program. The coming season will test exploration projects, with about 1,000 field personnel and four provinces plus Yukon and Northwest Territories featured.
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Ottawa
Crerard
Canada Mining
Crerar
Quebec
British Columbia
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Yellowknife River
Surveys to be conducted on a wide scale
Ottawa reports the Dominion Mines Department will extend its intensive summer surveys this year. About 800 undergraduates were employed last season with 200 experienced men. 2020 figures unknown. The program runs from Atlantic to Pacific with a single fatality and several injuries. One project aims to map water supplies in sections of Saskatchewan.
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Ottawa
Dominion Department of Mines
Atlantic
Pacific
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Sabotage Suspected in Sheffield Engineering Plant
The Daily Mail reports a suspected sabotage case at a Sheffield factory making steel and wire for aircraft and torpedo boats. Aiming to sever the ropes of a giant flywheel in the engine room, the act could have caused terrible havoc if unchecked, says Arthur Lee of the company.
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London
Daily Mail
Sheffield
Arthur
Lee
Baying
Ethiopia Seeks Public Loan To Aid War Effort
A public loan of £500000 to support Ethiopia in its war against Italy will be floated soon. The Bank of Ethiopia will service the debt, bonds carry six percent interest, issued at £95 each, with £100 nominal value and a 1941 maturity.
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London
Ethiopia
Italy
Bank of Ethiopia
Alberta Fuel Oil Tax Act Sets May First Start
Alberta introduces a broad fuel oil tax in the new act passed by the legislature. The measure aims to raise about 200000 in additional revenue this year and takes effect May 1. It applies to all lower grades of fuel oil with a seven cent per gallon levy and a six cent rebate for farming or industrial uses.
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Edmonton
Newspaper Man John Westwood Oliver Dies at 74
The Glasgow announce the death of John Westwood Oliver in London at age 74. Fifty years ago he helped pioneer Canadian travel by rail across Canada on the newly built Canadian Pacific Railway and wrote descriptive articles for Scottish newspapers.
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London
Glasgow
John Westwood Oliver
Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway
Apostolic Appointment in Hudson Bay Vicariate
Mgr Turquetil apostolic vicar of Hudson Bay was named superior of the St Mary Immaculate missionaries serving in his vicariate, reflecting a central church leadership change.
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Vatican City
Mgr. Turquetil
Hudson Bay
St. Mary Immaculate
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