Plan for Home Improvements Under Way in Ottawa
A government plan seeks to cut unemployment by funding home repairs. Cabinet members report 865 loans worth over 325000 issued in two weeks, with Ontario to appoint a local chair. Loans allow 3.75 percent bank rate for a year, averaging 6.32 percent interest, based on character and income rather than collateral.
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Ttawa
National Unemployment Commission
Ernest Lapointe
Charles Durming
Norman Rogers
Arthur B. Purvis
Montreal
W. A. MacKintosh
Kingston
Dunning
Purvis
Ontario
Rogers
Canada
Mr. Rogers
United States
Countess Egmont Gives Birth in Calgary Home
Calgary report states the Countess of Egmont and Earl of Egmont welcomed their second son at the maternal home of Mrs. D. Gerald Moodie in Calgary. The heir Viscount Percival Egmont was born there two years earlier. The couple, married in 1932 after the title passed to the Earl, reside with Avon Castle, Hampshire land. The countess has not visited England.
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Calgary
Countess of Egmont
Alberta
D. Gerald Moodie
Viscount Percival Egmont
Earl of Egmont
Countess Egmont
Avon Castle
Hampshire
Land
England
Chamberlain says no immediate talks on war debt with U.S.
In the House of Commons Neville Chamberlain, then chancellor of the exchequer, indicated there were no immediate prospects for reopening war debt discussions between Great Britain and the United States.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Great Britain
United States
Tree Planting Program Proposed for Winnipeg Veterans
Frank Sewell of Neepawa Manitoba spoke to the veterans assistance commission proposing a tree planting program to employ veterans. Neepawa and nearby rural municipalities offered 160 acres each for an experiment if the Dominion government provides funding. Pine trees along main highways were urged as a tourist draw and windbreak plus soil moisture conservation.
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Winnipeg
Veterans Assistance Commission
Frank Sewell
Neepawa
Manitoba Command
Canadian Legion
Sewell
Rosedale
Langford
Lansdowne
Dominion
Work For Unemployed Edmonton Harmony on 1500 Jobs
Agreement between Dominion and provincial governments puts 1,500 unemployed men to work on three projects. Workers will be paid 30 cents an hour on the Peace River highway Jasper highway and the Nordegg connection of the Jasper Banff route. Start immediately and run to March 31 next.
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Edmonton
Dominion
W. W. Cross
Peace River
Jasper
Nordegg
Jasper-Banff
Two Nation Road Link Proposed Between Berlin and Rome
Projected two way concrete highway would connect Berlin and Rome linking the Baltic and Mediterranean Sea. Chancellor Hitler Dr. Fritz Todt and Senator Pietro Turicelli discussed the plan as a practical follow up of the Axis alliance.
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Berlin
Rome
Europe
Hitler
Fritz Todt
Pietro Turicelli
Baltic
Mediterranean
British Moves Probe Volunteers Over Spain Crisis
The British government seeks to ban volunteers in Spain with Lord Plymouth leading the inquiry. Diplomatic notes express regret over Germany’s denunciation of Versailles waterway clauses as European tension eases slightly with Berlin denying plans to withdraw non intervention. A plan to supervise arms shipments at land and sea entry points is sent to Spain's warring parties.
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Foreign Office
Germany
France
Czechoslovakia
Spain
Earl of Plymouth
Lord Plymouth
London
aviator Mollison fails to beat Johnson Cape Town record
Capt James A Mollison and co pilot Edouard Corniglion-Molinier miss the London to Cape Town record by not arriving before 3 57 p m after taking off December 2 from Kimberley Their aim was a 6000 mile dash to beat Amy Johnson s three days four hours 29 minutes record set earlier this year in Cape Town.
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Cape Town
South Africa
James A. Mollison
London
Amy Johnson
Mollison
Edouard Corniglion-Molinier
Kimberley
Britain Stands United Says Labour Leader in Commons
Deputy Labour leader Arthur Greenwood told a London audience that Britain remains united against aggression. He said the country would supply arms to fulfill undertakings for world peace and that 99 percent of the people share this view.
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London
Arthur Greenwood
House of Commons
France to launch vast naval program to counter fleet power
Paris reports France plans a major naval buildup with five 35,000 ton battleships and ten 10,000 ton cruisers by 1943 costing about 572 million dollars. The move follows stated German and Italian naval expansion. The navy seeks funds quickly after study by the superior navy council and adds 4000 sailors immediately. Air Minister Pierre Cot also pledges 1500 new aircraft in 1937.
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Paris
France
Germany
Italy
Chamber Navy Committee
Superior Navy Council
Navy
Air
Pierre Cot
Chamber Finance Committee
Praise For Canadian Press Sydney NS
Gladstone Murray general manager of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation called The Canadian Press news broadcast system highly satisfactory in a Sydney interview. He said development will follow as the wartime situation warrants and emphasized cooperation between radio and the press for public benefit.
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Sydney
N.S
Gladstone Murray
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Murray
Armament Orders Placed in Dominion for Britain Supply
Sir Thomas Inskip told the House of Commons that armaments orders totaling £400,000 were placed in a dominion for supply until Britain would provide the required output. The orders covered parts of scientific instruments and shell bodies and progress on rearmament was generally on schedule.
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London
Thomas Inskip
House of Commons
Dominions
Great Britain
Thomas
Launch National Appeal for Red Cross drought relief
Norman Sommerville of Toronto announced a national appeal by the Canadian Red Cross Society for 750000 to aid western farmers and their families facing long drought. He noted over 150000 in hand and 100000 in goods donated, with 50000 from W. J. McConnell of Montreal, and urged urgent action as crops failed for years.
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Ottawa
Norman Sommerville
Toronto
National Council of the Canadian Red Cross Society
Mr. Sommerville
W. J. McConnell
Montreal
Sommerville
Germany Plans for League Conference on Resource Sharing
Germany shows a special interest in the League of Nations plan for an equitable raw materials conference. Britain has explored U S and Japan involvement for a January convocation. Hitler and Nazi leaders insist colonies lost after the Great War must be regained to avert economic famine, as the four year plan to rehabilitate the Reich proceeds via internal resource conservation.
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Geneva
Germany
League of Nations
Great Britain
United States
Japan
Hitler
Reich
Canadian short story contest announced by Toronto club
The Women's Canadian Club of Toronto announced a short story contest open to professionals and non professionals. Submissions must address some recognizable aspect of Canadian life and be received by February 1 1937. First prize is $50.
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Toronto
Women’s Canadian Club of
1936 Corn King World Crowned At Chicago Show
William H. Curry of Tipton Indiana was named 1936 corn king after judges at the International Live Stock and Grain Shows praised his Reid Yellow Dent ears measuring 104 inches in length and 7 inches in circumference. G. Page of Oklahoma A M College led the winning Aberdeen Angus herd.
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Chicago
William H. Curry
Tipton County
Indiana
Curry
Walter Biggar
Scotland
G. Page
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Stillwater
Okla
Alexander MacLaren
Buckingham
Que
James Turmer
Cadboro Bay
B.C
Edwards Brothers
Watford
Ont
Canada must buy more to sell Canadian wheat
C D Davidson secretary of the Canadian wheat board told the Turgeon royal grain commission that Canada must increase purchases from wheat importing nations, especially continental Europe, to boost exports. He compared five year export averages, showing steep declines to Europe and noting misreporting of UK shipments as inflating totals.
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Winnipeg
Canada
C. D. Davidson
Canadian Wheat Board
Turgeon Royal Grain Commision
Europe
W. F. A. Turgeon
Regina
Davidson
Continental
United Kingdom
Dominion
Orient
Mr. Davidson
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Poison gas used in Spanish Civil War report
Madrid reports medical witnesses describe gas exposure among government troops in Madrid front. Testimony cites green cross gas causing asphyxia and eye swelling as Belgian veteran and others were gassed. Franco warns British on raids near Alicante and Malaga with neutral zones noted.
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Madrid
Spain
Hans Fraenkel
Government International Brigade
Stern and
Regier
University City
Fraenkel
Hans Beimler
Thaelmann
University City Front
Kremlin
Moscow
London
Great Britain
Francisco Franco
Alicante
Malaga
Cartagena
Atlantic Air Service Paris Could Fly Mail Across Atlantic
French air minister Pierre Cot told the chamber that a joint company of Air France the French Line and the state may operate a trans Atlantic mail service as early as next year. He said annual costs could reach 60 million francs and that winter routes via the Azores and summer routes via St Pierre and Miquelon are under study with seaplane bases at call stops.
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Paris
United States
Pierre Cot
Aviation Affairs Committee
Chamber of Deputies
Air France
Compagnie Generale Transatlantique
Cot
Azores
St. Pierre and Miquelon
Newfoundland
Smuts Calls for South Africa to Ready Defences
General J C Smuts told a Fornt to don foresight that war may not be imminent but nations must tidy their houses. He said South Africa should rely on Britain for defense while building land and air defenses to repel invaders. Oswald Pirow noted the commando system is being strengthened with machine guns and airplanes.
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Britain
General Smuts
Oswald Pirow
Russian Ships Searched Odessa Controversy Probed
The Black Sea Steamship Company reports the Russian embassy in Rome protested to Italy over alleged searches of four vessels at Italian ports during recent touchings in Odessa Soviet port calls.
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Odessa
Ussr
Black Sea Steamship Company
Rome
Appointment of Major MacKay as Indian affairs commissioner
Ottawa announces Major D. M. MacKay of British Columbia Cariboo elected resident commissioner of Indian affairs for the province. The appointment was declared by Hon. T. A. Crerar minister of mines and resources.
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Ottawa
D. M. MacKay
British Columbia
Cariboo
T. A. Crerar
Mines and Resources
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