Embargo Talk Triggers Italian War-Prep Plan
Reported high level sources describe Mussolini’s three point response to an oil embargo. Italy would pull diplomats, quit the League, and deploy a naval air force against Britain in the Mediterranean. The plan aims to break through a blockade by 52 nations, risking broader conflict as League actions loom.
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Rome
League of Nations
Italy
Air Force of the Navy
Mediterranean
London
Mussolini
Ialy
Alberta to license all merchants starting January
Premier Aberhart announced Alberta will license all wholesale and retail merchants from January 1. Merchants reportedly pushed the move as a step toward a merchandising code of fixed prices. License cost has not been decided but is expected to be about three dollars per shop.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Aberhart
Terror Man Sentenced Winchester England
Arthur Charles Mortimer known as a terror man for running down girl cyclists in a stolen car was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death. The six foot tall lance corporal at Aldershot barracks killed Mrs Phyllis Mary Oakes, a private secretary, on August 8.
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Winchester
England
Arthur Charles Mortimer
Aldershot Barracks
Phyllis Mary Oakes
Aviator Promoted Edmonton
C H Punch Dick ins superintendent of Mackenzie river district Canadian Airways Limited promoted to general superintendent of northern aviation for the company. He won the 1928 McKee trophy for outstanding flying, it was learned here.
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Edmonton
C. H. “Punch” Dickins
Mackenzie River District
Canadian Airways, Limited
McKee
Northern Aviation
Canadian quintuplets film production announced in Toronto
Canadian cameramen studio workers and electricians will be employed for Canadian scenes of the Country Doctor featuring the Dionne quintuplets. Minister of Welfare Croll announced the plan.
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Toronto
Croll
Airmail Talks Exceed Ottawa Aim For Trans Atlantic Service
Atlantic discussions in Ottawa among Great Britain the Irish Free State Newfoundland and Canada foresee accelerated Canadian airmail activity next year. The main aim is a trans Atlantic service with heavy subsidies apportioned among Britain the Dominions and the United States. Imperial Airways will handle most technical work as Canada Canada considers required land facilities and funding.
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Ottawa
Ont
Great Britain
Irish Free State
Newfoundland
Canada
Dominion
United States
Imperial Airways
Adventurer Captain Pocock urges RAF as bold career path
Royal Air Force leader Captain Roger Pocock speaks in Toronto during an empire tour. He praises the RAF to young men seeking adventure and danger and notes his role as founder of the Legion of Frontiersmen, a non military group devoted to defense and welfare of the sovereign and dominions.
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Toronto
Roger Pocock
Royal Air Force
Legion of Frontiersmen
Government to mandate consumer protection codes in Alberta
Premier Aberhart announced that Alberta will seek full consumer protection under a national business code. The government will require retailers wholesalers and manufacturers to draft codes together and present proposals for government approval to curb cut throat competition.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Aberhart
Banting lauds health standard in Soviet Russia visit
Sir Frederick Banting praised the high standard of medical work seen in Soviet Russia during a recent Hamilton visit. He noted tuberculosis cases needing bed treatment were rare and cited factory workers being examined by trade union doctors and given immediate care if any disease signs appeared.
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Hamilton
Ont
Frederick Banting
Hamilton Health Association
Soviet
Russia
Profits On Canal Paris Ahead of 1935 Forecast
Canal officials forecast a 35 million franc rise in Suez receipts for 1935 over 1934. Italian military operations were cited as fully responsible for higher traffic, boosting income from January 1 to November 20 to 789 million francs versus 759 million for the same period last year.
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Paris
Edmonton Radio Station Opens In Canadian Airways Offices
C. H. Punch Dickins announces a new private short wave radio station linking northern Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba and extending to Cameron Bay N W T. The station will operate from Canadian Airways Limited premises.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Cameron Bay
N.W.T
Canadian Airways. Limited
C. H. “Punch” Dickins
Chinese Girls Guide Tourists in Shanghai
Modern young Chinese girls are trained as tourist guides by the Shanghai guiding service. The girls, stylishly dressed, come from well to do families and work for 25 cents an hour conducting shop tours sightseeing and social tours for visitors.
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Shanghai
China
Shanghai Guiding Service
Lost Copeland Mine Found Near Hudson Ont
In western Ontario mining country rumors spoke of the lost Copeland land mine once promising rich tides at the turn of the century. An accident uncovered a rusty shovel in denise bush guiding a search that revealed a quartz vein with free gold and abundant rose quartz, strongly suggesting the Copeland discovery.
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Hudson, Ont
Ontario
Copeland
Sakoose
Denise Bush
Abolition Move for Irish Senate Raised in Dail Eireann
Eamon de Valera tabled a motion in the Dail Eireann to send constitution amendment No. 24 to the senate for consideration on December 5. The bill seeks to abolish the senate after an 18 month delay since its prior rejection. If the senate again rejects, the bill can still become law within 60 days under the constitution.
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Dail Eireann
Senate
Government 10 investigates the prison system in Ottawa
The government plans to appoint a royal commission to probe Canada’s penitentiary system. Justice Minister Ernest Lapointe said no announcement yet. Meisner case review, wheat board fate, and Senate vacancies also lack official details.
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Ottawa
Canada
Ernest Lapointe
Ontario
David Meisner
Labatt
Lapointe
Canadian Wheat Board
John I. McFarland
James R. Murray
Alberta Pacific Wheat Pool
Charles Murphy
Senate
Frank O’connor
W. T. Kernahan
Toronto
John Gleeson
R. M. Burns
London
J. J. McCann
South Renfrew
C. A. Dunning
Finance
Mr. McCann
Mussolini Reimposes Draft as Oil Embargo Threat Looms
Premier Mussolini recalls 100000 soldiers previously released for farm work and presents a 33000000 naval construction decree to the chamber as Italy faces a potential League of Nations oil embargo. Gasoline rises to 1.08 per gallon and officials say oil stocks are limited while a Chemical Corporation is formed to boost alcohol and benzol production. Italy expands its semi official oil monopoly to tighten market control.
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Rome
Mussolini
Chamber of Deputies
Italy
League of Nations
League
Chemical Corporation
Training German Children for Labor Service Imagined in Third Reich
The Nazi government announced that German children over ten will undergo special training to prepare for compulsory labor service. Boys receive extra prep for obligatory military service after labor camp terms, while both young men and women must serve in labor camps to make the nation physically and mentally fit for crises.
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Berlin
Third Reich
Peace Efforts in Geneva Draw-Eyed Hope for End of War
International observers see France and Britain pushing conciliation to stop Ethiopia Italy hostilities. Laval urges national backing while Italians favor a direct Mussolini Haile Selassie accord. L Oeuvre claims Britain could mediate talks. The League staff studies sanctions with possible oil embargo.
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Geneva
France
Great Britain
Ethiopia
Italy
Laval
Mussolini
Haile Selasse
Paris
L’oeuvre
League of Natons
Ottawa plans national unemployment commission during King's visit
Prime Minister Mackenzie King, while at a Georgia seaside resort, discussed finalizing details of a national unemployment commission as part of the Liberal program. The plan calls for an honorary commission with a salaried executive and aims to be ready before the Dominion provincial conference opening December 9.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Georgia
Canadian Patriotic Fund Commission
Increase In Employment Ottawa
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports Canada added 14 803 employed persons between Oct 1 and Nov 1. Nov 1 payrolls from 9 482 firms totaled 1 012 103, up from 997 300 on Oct 1. The level is the highest since Dec 1, 1930, with gains in logging, construction, mining, retail trade and manufacturing.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Oil Tankers Ordered to Be in Readiness
The Gazette reports Masters of oil tankers owned by the British Admiralty and chartered to commercial interests have been ordered to hold ships in readiness. Several tankers, including the Olna, have been seen in Montreal. These vessels, while publicly operating as oil carriers, are Royal Navy assets that can be recalled for active service and refueling duties at sea.
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Montreal
British Admiralty
The
Gazette
Admiralty
Olna
Waterfont
Royal Navy
Mediterranean
Royal Naval Reserve
Dutch East Indies
Plan to Close All Relief Camps in Coming Year
Ottawa reports the Dominion government plans to shut down all relief camps within the coming year. Labor Minister Norman McL. Rogers announced a three member committee will study problems from transfers of camps from the Defence Department. The committee will visit about 100 camps across Canada, mainly in British Columbia and Alberta, housing roughly 20 000 men. The aim is to reintegrate workers into regular employment and ensure camps provide useful work while operating.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Norman McL. Rogers
Rogers
Department of National Defence
R A. Rigg
Dominion Employment Service
Humphrey Mitchell
Labor
Hampton East
Federal House
E. W. Bradwin
Frontier College
Bradwin
Toronto
Canada
British Columbia
Alberta
Labor Department
Graf Zeppelin Sets New Sustained Flight Record
Berlin reports the German airship Graf Zeppelin established a new sustained flight record. In a wireless from over Pernambuco Brazil the commander said the craft had been aloft 119 hours since departing Friedrichshafen last week. Previous record was 111 hours 44 minutes on a 1928 North America flight.
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North America
Ban Liquor Advertising in Edmonton•
Premier Aberhart announced a provincial regulation stopping all liquor advertising by February 1 across newspapers billboards placards radio and other media. The ban covers hard liquor beer and wine and targets Edmonton with statewide revenue loss estimated around 75000 dollars annually.
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Edmonton
Liquor Control Board
Aberhart
Luncheon Honors Ferguson Former Canadian High Commissioner
A luncheon was held in London to recognize Hon. G. Howard Ferguson for his services to business interests. Sir Hewitt Skinner chaired the event attended by 300 Anglo-Canadian traders who presented Ferguson with a George N. silver loving cup. Mrs. Ferguson received jewelry.
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London
G. Howard Ferguson
Hewitt Skinner
Ferguson
George N. Silver
Motor Fatalities Hit New High in Early 1935
National Safety Council reports 28 760 motor vehicle deaths in the first ten months of 1935, surpassing the prior high of 28 753 for a similar period in 1934, highlighting dangerous highway conditions across the United States.
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Chicago
United States
National Safety Council
Council Statsticans
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Pocock
Suez
de Valera
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George II
Greece
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Helene
Carol of
Labor Service
Earl Winterton
India
William Ormsby Gore
Britain
King
Graf Zeppelin
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