Alaska Route Could Link U S To Canada And Alaska
Washington and British Columbia officials at a conference discussed starting a 2,200 mile highway from the U S northwest toward Alaska with a total cost near 20.9 million dollars. They considered asking Congress for a 15 million loan to fund British Columbia’s share and potential use of public works funds, with no final decision yet. Alaska’s delegate said enabling legislation might be sought as soon as a workable U S Canada formula is found.
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Washington
British Columbia
American Northwest
Alaska
Ickes
T. D. Pattullo
Congress
Anthony J. Dimond
United States
Canada
Vancouver
Hazelton
B.C
Ottawa
Pattullo
Labor
Norman Rogers
Mr. Pattullo
Dominion
Rogers
United States Congress
Labor Department
Hitler Birthday Celebrations Across Berlin Vienna Munich
Germans celebrate Adolf Hitler s 49th birthday with gifts including a 500 000th Daimler Benz automobile and a full set of Mein Kampf. Crowds praise him as architect of world peace and guardian of German culture while parades mark the armed forces display.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Hans Cub
Austria
Germany
Vienna
Munich
Hitler
Berlin University
Daimler-Benz
German Officers Said To Control Pyrenees Front in Spain
The Spanish embassy issued a communique alleging German general staff officers now control insurgent operations along the Pyrenees frontier between Spain and France. It cites shipments and deployments from Berlin to Burgos Seville and Malaga with named generals Prager Wolf and Witerstein.
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London
Pyrenes
Spain
France
Pyrenees
Berlin
Burgos
Wolf
Munich
Seville
Almeria
Malaga
Prager
Hiler
Japan Ships Toys to America Worth 2434699 Dollars
Japan exported toys valued at 2,434,699 dollars to the United States in the previous year, reflecting solid demand for consumer goods in the cross Atlantic trade. The shipment highlights ongoing toy trade between Asia and North America.
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Japan
America
British Aviation Mission Eyes US Plane Purchases and Canada Plants
The British aviation mission to the United States aims to buy 500 US aircraft and explore Canadian plants to supply the Royal Air Force. Observers say Canada could build motors and airframes for shipment to Britain, with possible cross Atlantic flight under consideration. The drive comes as Britain shows interest in aircraft supplies, amid tied to a London West Africa service using four Lockheed planes.
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London
United States
Canada
Royal Air Force
British Isles
Britain
Atlantic
British Airways
Lockheed
West Africa
Mount Asama Eruption Douses Japanese Slopes
Japan’s Mount Asama, the nation’s most active volcano, erupts with a massive ash and rock shower. Stones the size of watermelons rain on nearby villages igniting a forest fire that lasts eight hours as police bar climbers from the slopes.
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Tokyo
Mount
Asama
Japan
Stop Farm Purge Moscow Keeps Sowing On Track
Stalin and Moltov ordered an end to the purge of collective farmers, denouncing mass expulsions as harmful. They warned provincial officials they would be tried unless expulsions stop, as spring grain sowing trails last year by over 13 million acres.
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Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Central Committee
Communist Party
Vyacheslaff Moltoll
Council of People's Commissars
Greater Use of Milk Would Aid Dairy Industry
Ottawa reports that if low income Canadian families drank milk as much as higher income families, milk output could rise by the equivalent of over 200,000 cows producing 5,000 pounds annually and farmers could gain about 15 million dollars in revenue. Dr. W. C. Hopper presented nutrition survey results to the Canadian council on nutrition noting low per capita milk intake in several cities and among certain racial groups while urging diet improvements.
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Ottawa
Canadian Council On Nutrition
W. C. Hopper
Dominion Agriculture Department
R. E. Wodehouse
M. R. Row
Alberta
George Hunter
Edmonton
Hopper
Economics
Department
Canada
Oshawa
Quebec
Calgary
Vancouver
Cattle Prices Holding Ottawa
Canada’s live cattle sector shows cautious optimism after a rough spell. Ontario breeders moved thousands of cattle from drouth regions to finish, with Dec 1 cattle in slaughter prep estimated at 1,463,500, up from 1,256,400 the prior year. Parliament discussed boosting ocean space to aid the cattle trade.
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Ottawa
Canada
Department of Agriculture
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Bureau of Statistics
J. G. Gardiner
Mine Explosion at Marcus Mine Kills One Injures Two
An explosion at the Marcus mine surface blacksmith shop nine miles east of here killed John Prisner aged 50 and injured Louis Bourassa 56 and John Dymitruck 56 all Beverly residents. Mine manager Alex Crawford cited possible acetylene gas involvement from tanks in the shop. Prisner was reported sharpening an axe when sparks may have ignited gases.
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Edmonton
Marcus
Here
John Prisner
Beverly
Louis Bourassa
John Dymitruck
Alex. Crawford
Crawford
Prisner
Miner Killed One Injured After Cage Plunge at Beardache Mine
An accident at the Northern Empire gold mine near Beardache Ontario left Joe Barr, 25, dead from internal injuries and multiple others injured after a cage dropped 800 feet. Six men were hurt, including Tony Kril and Joe Karpik, with severe fractures. The mine operated by Newmount Corp was shut for a week as inspector A S Bayne investigated and doctors prepared blood transfusions.
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Port Arthur
Ont
Northern Empire Gold Mine
Beardache
Newmount Corporation of New York
A. S. Bayne
Ontario Department of Mines
Joe Barr
Tony Kril
Joe Karpik
John Karpik
William Dobie
Kenneth Murphy
Stanley White
Canada outlines defence plans for Vancouver area
London Ontario reporting on Honlan Mackenzie minister of national defence outlined Canada’s defence program hardening coastlines and preserving neutrality. He said results would take at least two years and emphasized coastal protection industrial mobilization and broader trade security. In BC naval air forces would patrol and fix coastal defences protect Vancouver and Victoria. In Toronto Liloyd McKenzie 16-year-old novelist rents 1 cent weekly display at the Children’s Aid Society show.
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Vancouver
Honlan Mackenzie
Canada
Atlantic
Pacific
British Columbia Coast Line
Mackenzie
British Columbia
Queen Charlotte Islands
Prince Rupert
Victoria
Toronto
Liloyd McKenzie
Children’s Aid Society
Bobby
Japan Drafts Troops Move to China Sparks Domestic Tension
Tokyo reports large scale troop dispatches to China following recent reverses. Premier Konoye returns after illness amid rumors of resignation and cabinet struggles. Officials warn China campaign dominates domestic political crisis and policy direction.
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Japan
China
Tokyo
Prince Fumimaro Konoye
Need For Clear Vision Stresses Courage in Agriculture
Dr William Allen newly appointed agricultural commissioner for Canada in the United States urged clear vision and courage to carry out projects placing western Canada agriculture on a firm basis. He spoke to the North Saskatchewan local of the Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists, noting scientists must anticipate dangers and propose solutions. Dean L E Kirk of the University of Saskatchewan presented remarks on behalf of CSTA members.
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Saskatoon
Western Canada
William Allen
Canada
United States
Bn Allen
North Saskatchewan
Canadian Society of Technical Agriulturists
Sh Allen
Dean L. E. Kirk
University of Saskatchewan College of Agriculture
D Allen
C.S.T.A
Two Canadian Soldiers Return From Spain
George Hayes of Winnipeg and Jack Lawson of Vancouver stopped in Toronto after a year in Spain fighting with Spanish government troops. Hayes said he fought with the Lincoln Battalion and Lawson with the anti tank troops. Both say they were not injured.
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Toronto
George Hayes
Winnipeg
Jack Lawson
Vancouver
Hayes
Lincoln
Latman
Es Nh
Welsh Nationalist Pressure on Wales Over Home Front Appeal
The Welsh Nationalist party attacks England in a new trade dispute urging Wales to ignore Home Secretary Sir Samuel Hoare's appeal for wire and precaution work. In London a pilot died when an Royal Air Force plane he piloted crashed into the English Channel off Portsmouth and the body was not recovered.
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London
Welsh Nationlist Party
England
Wales
Samuel Hoare
Geoffrey H. Rheats- Hughes
Royal Air Force
English Channel
Portsmouth
Air Ministry
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Francis Floud
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India
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Silver Dawn
Jack Miner
Kingsville
Grey
Nobumasa Sugetsuga
Konoye
Suyttsugu
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