First Step Toward Amending Bank of Canada Act
Ottawa reports the government plans to amend the Bank of Canada Act to transfer ownership to the state. The move would raise capital stock, allow ministerial purchases from revenue, and add directors to secure government voting control while not ousting current executives. The measure awaits motion after trade debate ends.
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Ottawa
Bank of Canada
House of Commons
Dunning
Liberal Party
Bank of Canada Act
Minister of Finance
Consolidated Revenue Fund
National Commission On
Severe Ontario flood claims one dead and 400 families harmed
Massive floods across central Ontario and Toronto cause one death and near fatalities while over 300 homes are flooded and 14 000 population Belleville faces five feet of water. Property damage tops 20 000 dollars with widespread disruption from dozens of towns and cities. Severe water shortages threaten residents.
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Toronto
Tattern
Ontario
Tiardeo
Ottawa Exemption Seen For Canadian Shoppers
Government to propose exemption for goods bought by Canadian tourists in the United States up to 100 dollars as budget is introduced. Great Britain's largest butter factory planned at Chard England with capacity of 200 tons weekly.
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Ottawa
United States
Great Britain
Chard
England
Payment of On to Ottawa trek expenses listed
Ottawa government records show $32,104 paid to Saskatchewan and Alberta for the On to Ottawa trek last summer. Saskatchewan received $31,108 for sustenance tobacco and transportation from June 12 to Sept. 11, 1985, while Alberta was paid $996 for meals during Calgary and Medicine Hat stops.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Saskatchewan
Alberta
House of Commons
Norman McL. Rogers
Calgary
Medicine Hat
Swift Current
Moose Jaw
Regina
British Columbia
Ottawa Renews One-Year Provincial Loans
Ottawa renews one year of loans to Saskatchewan totaling 1 024 218 dollars, with matured interest 47 390 dollars included. Loans matured in January and February are secured by provincial treasury bills. security includes 1937 maturing bills. government orders in council tabled in the House of Commons. Corporations and the Dominion government renew the loans with renewed interest.
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Ottawa
Saskatchewan
House of Commons
Treasury
Dominion
Butter Output Rises 1.5 Percent Over February 1939
Ottawa report from the Dominion Bureau of Statistics shows total butter output reaching 7,894,507 pounds, up 815,715 pounds or 1 15 percent from February 1939. Western provinces list Manitoba 986,581 (759,677), Saskatchewan 906,702 (799,494), British Columbia 512,367 (360,822).
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Ottawa unemployment relief committee expenses report tabled
The December 2 1935 to January 30 1936 traveling costs of the unemployment relief camps inquiry committee led by R A Rigg, director for employment services in the labor department, total 890 dollars and were covered by fan order in council in the House of Commons.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
R.A. Rigg
Labor Department
Ottawa Tackles Vegetable Tariffs in Trade Treaty
Finance Minister Dunning defends vegetable tariff cuts in the Canada United States trade treaty while Conservatives protest. The pact lowers duties on many vegetables from 30 to 15 percent, with Isley noting government power to block dumping if needed. Some Liberal backbenchers argue regional sensitivities and higher prairie prices require caution.
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Ottawa
United States
Dunning
House of Coinmons
Bennett
Ontario
Isley
Finance
Dld
Prairies
Gordon Ross
Lib
Moose Jaw
Western Barley Must Be Cleaned To Win Western Markets
Prof E W Crampton of Macdonald College says western feed barley remains unpopular in eastern Canada due to weed seeds and extraneous matter in the grain. He argues that modern weed cleaning machinery could remove the seeds, improving feeding value and farmer profitability, while Lew Hutchinson urges better farming and on farm cleaning to boost barley returns.
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Toronto
National Barley Committee
E W. Crampton
Macdonald College
Quebec
Canada
Lew Hutchinson
Duhamel
Alta
Alberta Wheat Pool
Ottawa to Probe Farm Implement Price Increases
The agricultural committee of the House of Commons planned an investigation into 1936 price hikes on farm implements by Canadian manufacturers. It adopted a stance that increases should not take effect until the probe is completed, amid a trade agreement that cut duties on U S imports from 25 to 12 percent.
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Ottawa
Agricultural Committee
House of Commons
United States
Commons
Ontario Health Inspector Scrutinizes Callander Sanitation
In anticipation of summer tourist influx for the Dionne quints, a health department inspector visits Callander to assess sanitation. The minister, Hon. J A Faulkner, says inspectors will also survey other north country sites with high visitor numbers. Separately, a customs court ruling grants Mrs P L Garrow landless Indians from St Regis the right to cross the border with household effects without duty.
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Ontario
Callander
Toronto
Department of Health
J. A Faulkner
New York
P. L. Garrow
St. Regis Reservation
Quebec
United States
Program for Uniform Canadian Social Legislation Urged
Nova Scotia opposition leader Gordon Harrington proposed a comprehensive social program for Canada to be enacted by amending the British North America Act. He urged Westminster action to permit immediate adoption of maternity benefits unemployment and health insurance accident and widow and old age pensions across the Dominion.
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Canada
Nova Scotia
Halifax
Gordon. Harrington
Dominion
Divided On Rhine Move Report Says Some Reich Opposed
Berlin reports indicate key German officials opposed immediate remilitarization of the Rhineland. Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, Baron Von Neurath, and Gen. Werner von Blomberg reportedly in the opposing group. Schacht favored aligning with Locarno signatories to alter guarantees. Von Blomberg argued the army was not strong enough for new Rhineland duties. In Moscow, a red air force mechanic claimed an endurance record by wearing a gas mask for 116 hours 45 minutes with three daily 15 minute mask removal periods.
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Reich
Berlin
Rhineland
Hjalmar Schacht
Baron von Neurath
Werner [von Blomberg
Schacht
Locarno
von Blomberg
Moscow
Red Air Force
I. Golushko
Shipment Of Nickel Billed To Germany Held At Halifax
Halifax harbor police guarded a shipment of Canadian nickel bound for Hamburg as customs barred loading. 73 packing cases from Toronto, labeled To Hamburg, were held to enforce economic sanctions amid war fears.
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Germany
Halifax
Harbor
Pier 39
Hamburg
Toronto
John R. Mitchell
F. K. Wareren
Hampton Roads
AMT
Ottawa
Italy
Europe
Deaths Among Veterans Rise in Ottawa Fund Granted
Ottawa reports rising deaths among war veterans as the Last Post Fund receives a 60000 grant. The fund, started in 1921, aids burial for indigent ex service men. deaths increased from 3, to 606 in 1934 35, with numbers still climbing as veterans age. Montreal to ship about 1000 Canadian cattle weekly to Britain next season. Lord Mayor of London may attend Vancouver Golden Jubilee. US Secretary Hull likely to represent if President Roosevelt cannot visit. Vancouver
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Ottawa
C. G. Power
House of Commons
Last Post Fund
London
Vancouver
Cordell Hull
United States
Roosevelt
G. G. McGeer
Magazine tariff repeal places Canadian publications on free list
Ottawa reports that despite Conservative protests the House passed tariff changes returning magazines to the free list in the Canada United States trade treaty. Bennett warned of reduced circulation while Dunning dismissed any national danger, noting possible future relief for machinery and production supply duties for publishers.
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Canada
Ottawa
House
Bennett
Dunning
Relief Camps Costs In Canada 1935
The department of national defence reported 1935 costs for relief camps at 8,084,059 dollars with 75,082 men cared for and an average 97 day stay. The prior year saw 83,307 men aided at a total cost of 7,462,280 dollars.
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Ottawa
Department of National Defence
House of Commons
Hitler vows Rhineland sovereignty amid peace pitches
Adolf Hitler, cheered by about 60 000 at a rally in Karlsruhe, declared that Germany will not renounce sovereignty over the Rhineland while promising France and Czechoslovakia that armed forces will not move against them. He urged a new European peace pact and criticized Soviet policy and moves to influence Olympic ideals. He defended Locarno and linked peace to German strength, interrupted by applause and a coughing fit as he pressed his case.
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Karlsruhe
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Rhineland
France
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Russia
Europe
Hitler
Fuehrer
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Earl Beatty
Rhine
Puerto Rico
Nationalist
Colonel Riggs
Pedro Campos
Harvard
Campos
Paria
Little Entente
Roumanis
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovak
Polans
Roumania
Czechoslovaka
Ent
Last Post
Montreal
R. J. Large
Stephenson and Large
Birkenhead
Saskatoon
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