Want Better Enforcement on Motor Laws Ottawa
The first national safety conference urged stricter enforcement of drunken driving laws uniform auto license standards and biannual vehicle inspections. It deplored leniency for intoxicated drivers and called for a national safety week in 1937. Speakers urged standard traffic laws, improved enforcement, and police training to reduce accidents.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Anatole Plante
Montreal
Dominion Automobile Safety Council
Massachusetts
Walter L. Saunders
Ontario Department of Highways
Stanley Lewis
A. H. L. Mellor
Criminal Investigations Branch
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Show Horses Injured at Royal Winter Fair
Western Ontario owners disclosed three injured horses valued near 7000 dollars at the Royal Winter Fair. Horses Bobby Zombro Ceylon Domineer Patricia Volo faced wounds from what officials suspect was a hypodermic needle. Allegations linked to a Toronto stabbing incident were under consideration.
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Toronto
Western Ontario
Bobby Zombro
C. Cole
Delhi
Ceylon Domineer
Innes Stable
Simcoe
Patricia Volo
Earl E. Foster
Galt
RCMP Enlistments Rise as Mountie Romance Noted
Major-General Sir James H. Mac Brien told the Montreal junior board of trade that 4000 to 5000 men seek RCMP enlistment annually but only about 300 are accepted. He noted some romance in the force and that about 125 of 3000 men are active in northern fields.
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Montreal
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
James H. MacBrien
Endorse Trade Pacts Chamber Urges Continuation of Empire Agreements
The Canadian Chamber of Agriculture endorsed a resolution urging continuation of empire reciprocal trade agreements. It called for terms to develop trade and facilitate Canadian agricultural exports, praised the Dominion government for the U S reciprocal trade agreement, and urged extending the Farmers Creditors Arrangement Act to faster farm debt relief. A Toronto delegation planned to present wheat marketing ideas to Hon James Gardiner. J H Wesson elected chair with a slate of directors across provinces.
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Toronto
Canadian Chamber of Agriculture
Dominion
United States
Chamber
James Gardiner
Marketing Wheat Calgary
Five recommendations from the Canadian Co operative Wheat Producers annual report outline steps to aid farmers. Led by L C Brouillette, the Alberta wheat pool meeting proposes extending the Canadian wheat board to coarse grains, creating its own marketing agencies, pursuing international price cooperation, pursuing tariff concessions through trade agreements, and enacting quota deliveries if surpluses remain after efforts.
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Calgary
Canadian Co-operative Wheat Producers
L. C. Brouillette
Regina
Alberta Wheat Pool
Canadian Wheat Board
Canada
Peace Award Angers Nazis in Berlin
The German government called the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Carl von Ossietzky an insult and challenge. It said Ossietzky was a traitor, adding that a direct reply would follow, and distributed the commentary via the German news agency reacting to Oslo’s notice.
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Berlin
Carl von Ossietzky
Ossietzky
Oslo
Germany
Ottawa clears plan for Canada air services next year
Transport Minister C. D. Howe said work on a coast- to- coast air service for Canada is advancing, with no firm details yet published. The government may not run air mail and passengers itself and plans point to strong railway control by Canadian National and Canadian Pacific.
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Ottawa
Trans- Canada Air Services
Dominion
C. D. Howe
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific
Stalin Creates Separate Military Industry Ministry
Joseph Stalin approved a new military industry commissariat as part of a proposed constitution. Observers see it as an effort to accelerate Russian armament while the congress ratifies the constitution. Stalin cast the new constitution as a weapon against Fascism amid Germany Japan anti Communist ties.
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Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Communist Party
Russia
Germany
Japan
Berlin
Tribute to Currie and Monash in Lloyd George memoir
London reports the sixth volume of David Lloyd George memoirs praises General Sir Arthur Currie and Sir John Monash as brilliant wartime leaders. It notes promotions favored seniority and social standing, cites Currie and Monash's civilian origins, and calls Monash the most resourceful British general. It claims Canadians formed the fire hardened point of attack after the Somme.
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London
Arthur Currie
John Monash
David Lloyd George
Currie
Sir John Monash
Monash
Lloyd George
Somme
Drunken Drivers Should Lose Licenses in Canada
Ottawa voices call for car education in schools and parental consent limits on student driving. Recorder Leonce Plante of Montreal urges suspending licenses for drunken drivers and giving judges broader power to revoke. Prof. W D Tait of McGill labels cars at wheel Canada greatest murderer and backs speed zones to allow safe 40 to 50 mph stretches in cities.
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Ottawa
Leonce Plante
Montreal
Canada
W. D. Tait
Department of Psychology
McGill University
Recorder Plante
Nine Die As Steel Train Hits Elevated Car In Chicago
A steel electric train rear collided with a wooden elevated car near a northside station, killing nine and injuring at least 65 as home bound workers rode the eight car train. Chief Deputy Coroner Victor L. Schlaeger announced an inquest, while Chicago Rapid Transit Company General Manager Bernard J. Fallon said the firm would hold its own inquiry.
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Chicago
Victor L. Schlaeger
Bernard J. Fallon
Chicago Rapid Transit Company
Missing Airliner Found After Forced Landing in Egypt
An Egyptian air liner missing for two days on a Mediterranean flight was found safe along the Egyptian coast. The craft carried four crew members and passengers including a Japanese businessman and Father Anastase a scholar of Arabic sworn to eternal silence.
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Cairo
Egypt
Anastase
Want Representation Toronto United Farm Women campaign for rural boards
The United Farm Women of Ontario adopted a unanimous resolution at their convention calling for at least one woman to sit on every rural school board. It marks the achievement of the rural woman's right to sit as a school trustee and aims to place one woman on each rural board. Mrs Orval Hind of Bear Line Dover township Kent county was re elected president for a third term.
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Toronto
United Farm Women of Ontario
U.F.W.O
Orval Hind
Bear Line
Dover Township
Kent County
Message From His Majesty on Alberta Rancher Funeral
A sympathy message from King Edward VIII was delivered during funeral services for Joseph Harrison Brown a pioneer Alberta rancher. The private secretary conveyed that His Majesty wished the family of Joseph Brown to receive his sympathies. Brown and Frank Bedingfield purchased the E.P. ranch range in the late 1880s.
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High River
Alta
Edward VIII
Joseph Harrison
Brown
Alberta
E.P
Tweedsmuir
Frank Bedingfield
Germany and Japan sign anti Communist pact
Berlin reports Germany and Japan signed a five year anti Communist Internationale pact at the foreign office. Ribbentrop signed for Germany with Mushakojo for Japan as ambassadors summoned for the ceremony. The agreement calls for consultation, actions against Communists, information exchange, and a joint campaign via a German Japanese commission. Soviet Russia denies it is a military alliance and notes a Siberian fishing pact lapsed with eight year rights.
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Berlin
Germany
Japan
Communist Internationale
Foreign Office
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Great Britain
Hitler
Kintomo Mushakojo
International Communist Organization
Moscow
Soviet
Russia
Siberian
Safety zones established at Barcelona harbor
The admiralty said Franco set safety zones for neutral shipping in Barcelona harbor in response to British demands. Franco moved to reduce tension after pledging to blow up Barcelona if arms shipments continued. A Soviet ship was reportedly fired upon by a fascist sloop in the Straits of Gibraltar amid looming attack forces at Mallorca.
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London
Admiralty
Francisco Franco
Barcelona
Franco
Cyclops
Malta
Spanish
HMS
Arethusa
Mallorca
Straits of
Gibraltar
Reuter
Straits
Europe
News Chronicle
Canadian Flavor Radio Plans Unveiled By CBC
Major Gladstone Murray, CBC general manager, outlines a program to develop radio entertainment with a distinctly Canadian flavor. Directors from coast to coast join staff and industry figures to build a national structure reflecting Canada’s talent and opportunities for growth.
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Ottawa
Gladstone Murray
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Halifax
Vancouver
Murray
Corporation of Canada
Trawler Girl Pat To Return To England From Georgetown
The Grimsby trawler Girl Pat, which ended an illicit voyage around the world and was in Georgetown last June, is to sail back to England under Commander R. W. Lawrence. Lady Houston has chosen a new crew from 500 applicants to sail the trawler, while plans to give the vessel to Capt. George Osborne and the fishermen who accompanied him are announced. Osborne and his brother Jim are serving prison sentences for stealing the trawler.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
Pat
England
R. W. Lawrence
Lady Houston
Lawrence
George Osborne
Europe
Africa
Atlantic
South America
Osborne
Jim
Toronto
Army Team Wins Toronto at Royal Winter Fair Show
Canada's army team swept to victory at the Royal Winter Fair horse show and captured the international officers' team challenge trophy donated by G. Howard Ferguson. The trophy, won in the officers' jumping contests, was contested against army teams from Great Britain the United States the Irish Free State and Chile.
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Toronto
Canada
G. Howard Ferguson
Great Britain
United States
Irish Free State
Chile
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Foster
Innes
R.C.M.P
Chamber of Agriculture
J. H. Wesson
J H. Wesson
W. C. McKenzie
Alberta Co-operative Council
E. E. Hutton
British Columbia
C. H. Bumelil
Manitoba
H. H. Hannam
Ontario
P. A. McIsaac
Maritimes
A. H. Mercer
Canadian Dairy Farmers’ Federation
L. F. Burrow
Canadian Horticultural Council
Wheat Board
Fatend
Trans-Canada Air Service
Sir Arthur Currie
David Williams
Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin
Charles W. Simpson
R.C.A
James Crockart
Canadian Travel Bureau
Canadian National Railways
Canadian Pacific Railway
His
Edward
Army
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