Bomb at Shanghai Victory Parade Hits Japanese Soldier
A bomb exploded on Nanking Road during a Shanghai victory parade. the blast wounded a British civilian and caused scattering as about 5 000 Japanese troops marched through the international settlement. Police and security forces maintained order while tanks, armored cars, and warplanes accompanied the procession.
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Shanghai
Nanking Road
International Settlement
China
Jessfield
Hongkow
Japan
Jellsfield
A. P. D. Telfer-Smollett
Nanking
Hangchow
Chekliang
Hsiaoshan
Flying Boats Carry Mail Between Britain and South Africa
Imperial Airways flying boats Caledonia and Cambria will make round trips between Southampton and Durban under post office terms to carry Christmas mails. First class air mail between Britain and South Africa is carried this season for the first time.
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Britain
South Africa
London
Caledonia
Cambria
Imperial Airways
Great Britain
British Post Office
Southampton
Competition rises as Canadian trade with Ireland favors Dominion 35 to one
James Cormack, Canadian trade commissioner in Ireland, notes trade tilts toward Canada with Ireland now 35 to one in its favor. He warns exporters to improve marketing to beat intensifying competition, urging delivery terms with cost, insurance and freight paid to attract Irish buyers. Cormack also criticizes Canadian timber quality versus Scandinavian wood.
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Montreal
Irish Free State
Dominion
James Cormack
Ireland
Free State
Cormack
Belgium Reaffirms Congo Territorial Integrity Amid Colonial Talks
Belga News Agency issued a semi official communique stating Belgium will never admit any challenge to the territorial integrity of its colonies or the sovereignty of the Belgian Congo. The note responds to reports of German colonial demands discussed by British and French leaders in London for a mandated Congo Angola venture.
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Brussels
Belgium
Belgian Congo
Belga
London
Portuguese Angola
Reich
Paul Goebbels
Congo
Ayrshire Breeders Elect Two Directors in Mail Vote
The Canadian Ayrshire Breeders Association re elected William Brown of Deloraine Manitoba and Saskatchewan for a two year term. Sam H. Shannon of Cloverdale British Columbia was appointed director for Alberta and British Columbia for two years, succeeding John Richards Jr. of Red Deer as director.
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Ottawa
Ayrshire Breeders’ Association
William Brown
Deloraine
Man
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Association
Sam H. Shannon
Cloverdale
B.C
Alberta
British Columbia
Shannon
University of British Columbia
John Richards Jr
Red Deer
Alta
Posthumous bronze cross for heroics in Boy Scouts
Geoffrey R. Milne of Sorel Quebec drowned last spring while attempting to save a companion. He was honored posthumously with the bronze cross by the executive committee of the Canadian general council of the Boy Scouts Association.
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Ottawa
Geoffrey R. Milne
Sorel, Que
Canadian General Council
Boy Scouts Association
Garnet Wheat Reclassified in Canadian Grades
Trade Minister Euler announces Garnet wheat will be removed from grade three northern and will be addressed in a forthcoming 4 bill at the January parliament session. He cites the grain board and Turgeon commission as basis, noting growers should adjust seed purchases for next year. Garnet wheat now excluded from grades one and two northern and proposed to be eliminated from grade three.
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Ottawa
Euler
Board of Grain Commissioners
Delbos tours four capitals to seek pledge for pact
Paris moves to secure loyalty from Poland Romania Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia ahead of talks in Warsaw Bucharest Belgrade and Prague. Britain backs a nine power European pact to curb German influence while France seeks to reassure allies the alliance stands. Daladier asserts France will meet all obligations with ready armed forces.
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Paris
Yvon Delbos
Frances
Warsaw
Bucharest
Belgrade
Praha
Poland
Roumania
Yugosllvia
Czechoslovakia
France
Great Britain
London
Britain
Europe
Germany
Foreign Office
M. Delbos
Italy
Belgium
Russia
League of Nations
Delbos
Edouard Daladier
Army Commission of the
Chamber of Deputies
Captain Wilcockson Nominated for Johnston Memorial Trophy
Captain A S Wilcockson, commander of the Caledonia on six England to North America flights, is recommended for the Johnston Memorial Trophy by the Guild of Air Pilots for the finest aviation feat.
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A. S. Wilcockson
Caledonia
England
North America
Johnston
The
Guild of Air Pilots
War Menace Ottawa
Sir Fabian Ware spoke at the Canadian club outlining war threat perceptions in Europe and Canada. Lord Tweedsmuir attended and Ware noted preps in London to guard against air attacks while counter currents sought peace through British Empire influence and the Imperial War Graves Commission.
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Ottawa
England
Fabian Ware
Imperial War Graves Commission
Lord Tweedsmuir
Fabian
Europe
Canada
London
Losses Are Revealed Winnipeg
Manitoba brief to the Royal Commission on Dominion Provincial relations outlines the severe drop in prairie agriculture from 1925–30 to 1931–36. Estimated production fell from 4.327 billion to 1.997 billion dollars, a decline of 2.33 billion, averaging about 388 million per year. The six-year fall equals roughly two thirds of Canada's national debt and exceeds the Prairie provinces combined debt in 1935.
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Winnipeg
Western
Canada
Manitoba
Prairie Provinces
Egg prices fall in Windsor after peak
Windsor Ontario egg prices have declined from a peak of 45 cents a dozen to a current range of 36 to 40 cents for grade A eggs. Dealers attribute the drop to housewives refusing to pay high prices, a trend echoed by London shoppers.
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Windsor
Ont
Windtsor
London
Manitoba Treasurer Flays Confederation Finance Plan
Manitoba Provincial Treasurer Stuart Garson told the royal commission that the financial plan of confederation does not work for western provinces and municipalities. He urged an alternative scheme to prevent defaults and preserve social services, citing Manitoba’s reliance on Dominion borrowing and rising western insolvency.
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Winnipeg
Prairie
Royal Commission
Stuart Garson
Manitoba
Canada
Garson
Dominion
Italy Not Intimidated by Trade Pacts Says Mussolini
Milan editorial in Popolo D Italia attacks democracies and urges timely wholehearted preparation of spirit and arms against economic war. It claims no military move against dictator ships and criticizes Anglo American accords as a non military defense of peace.
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Milan
United States
Britain
Great Britain
Machiavelli
Times
I Mconom
The
New York Times
Unite States
Popolo D'Italia
Aggressive Health Policy Urged For Canada By CMA Leader
Dr T C Routley of Toronto urged a national health policy at sessions of the royal commission on Dominion provincial relations. He cited nearly 12 000 cancer deaths in 1936 and about 3 000 infantile paralysis cases this year as reasons for unified health responsibility. Albert Matthews was sworn in as Lieutenant Governor of Ontario by Chief Justice F R Latchford in Hepburns office as Ontario cabinet gathered for the oath ceremony.
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Winnipeg
T. C. Routley
Toronto
Canada
Canadian Medical Association
Routley
Royal Commission On
Medical Associates
Albert Matthews
Cuetly
Ontario
F. R. Latchford
Hepburn
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Belciuum
Ayrshire
Nomineapor Trophy
of Aviation
Charles Dunning
Confederation
Quebec
Norman McL. Rogers
Canadian Forum
N. W. Rowell
J. W. Dafoe
Cannon
RED Cross
Canadian Red Cross Society
Rideau Hall
Hull
Norman A. Todd
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