Neutral observers urged to monitor Spanish war armaments
The European non intervention committee renewed calls for neutral observers to check arms and imports to Spain. Britain urged 27 members to halt foreign enlistments by Jan 4, with plans to fund and deploy observers at key points and along frontiers. The plan would cost about $3 million annually.
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Lemdon
European Non-Intervention Committee
Spain
Britain
Burgos
Valencia-Madrd
Francisco Franco
Valencia
Havas
Great Britain
Berlin
Rome
Moscow
Lisbon
London
Toronto raid seizes 42 slot machines in 23 stores
Fifty plainclothes officers raided downtown Toronto shops including Dundas Queen and Gerard streets seizing 42 slot machines valued about 22000 dollars. Inspector Charles Scott led the operation claiming to follow a new special squad rather than the police commission action. Names of stores and operators were recorded for Crown submission.
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Toronto
Charles Scott
Dundas
Queen
Gerrard
Yonge Street
Police Commission
Scott
Commission
Vatican protests Nazi attack on German Catholic bishops
The Vatican formally protested to the German foreign office over Julius Streicher’s attack on German Catholics and bishops in a Cologne speech. Cardinal Schulte, Archbishop of Cologne, protested to the papal nuncio in Berlin, who conveyed the representations to Wilhelmstrasse after talks with Foreign Minister von Neurath.
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Berlin
Vatican
Foreign Office
Julius Streicher
Nuremburg
der Sturmer
Cologne
Streicher
Karl Cardinal Schulte
Mgr
Cesare Orsen
CBC Announces Regional Control Centres for Canadian Broadcasting
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation outlines five regional control centres to cover Maritime provinces Quebec Ontario the Prairies and British Columbia. A three to five year engineering program aims to improve coverage and decentralize management. A ban on religious wars on air accompanies plans for a distinctly Canadian program scheme and closer ties with commercial broadcasting.
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Ottawa
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Gladstone Murray
Maritime Provinces
Quebec
Ontario
Prairie Provinces
British Columbia
CBC
Five Children Die In Ottawa Fire At Lower Town Home
Fire destroyed a two storey frame dwelling in Lower Town Ottawa killing five children. Parents Adelard Giroux 40 and Mrs Giroux 38 escaped with injuries after leaping from an upstairs window. The father who carried his infant daughter out, and Bernard 14, fled to the street. An inquest will be held to determine the cause which is undetermined.
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Ottawa
Lower Town
Adelard Giroux
Bernadette
Bernard
Giroux
German Civil Mobilization in Berlin War Preparations
Civil mobilization for war emergencies affects groups previously exempt. Mechanics chauffeurs and specialized workers are ordered to report for instructions on mobilization day two. Women are expected to occupy work roles. The plan emphasizes civil anti aircraft defense on a massive scale coordinated by the general staff.
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Berlin
Canadian sculptor Allward to design Mackenzie memorial
Walter S. Allward of Toronto, famed sculptor of the Vimy Memorial, has been commissioned to design a memorial for William Lyon Mackenzie, leader of the 1837 rebellion in Upper Canada.
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Toronto
Walter S. Allward
William Lyon Mackenzie
Upper Canada
Britain to convert five overage cruisers into anti air ships
Great Britain announced plans to convert five over age cruisers into anti air ships using the London treaty escalator clause. The ships will be saved from scrapping and will receive lighter anti aircraft armament. Britain notified the United States and Japan after Tokyo said it would retain submarines of similar tonnage for five years of peace.
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London
Great Britain
Britain
United States
Japan
Germans urged to save bread and boost fish consumption
Berlin urged housewives to conserve bread crusts to ease food shortages and reduce imports while promoting fish as a native resource. Franz Hagler announced a campaign to boost fish sales, with high seas fishing expanded and training for fish cooks and salesmen. Krupp agreed to provide onions for barter, and a bridge across the Nile was proposed for Egyptian payments.
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Berlin
Germany
Franz Hagler
Retail Food Dealers’ Federation
High Seas
Earth
Hayler
Krupp Works
Krupp
Nile
Frankfurter Zeitung
Ontario deputy minister rejects wholesale sterilization plan
Dr. B T McGhie of Ontario argues wholesale sterilization of mental defectives would have no wholesale effect since feeble mindedness has many causes. He supports voluntary sterilization but notes most cases are never identified and counts 60 000 to 70 000 defectives in Ontario with only a fraction in institutions.
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Toronto
B. T. McGhie
Ontario
Canadian Public Health Association
Barter Companies Reach Backing From Britain and Germany
Government approval was secured in Britain and Germany for two barter companies designed to swap German manufactures for raw materials from British colonies. Germany also created a special ministry to expedite the operations. Financial circles say the plan may expand to Italy and other nations.
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London
Britain
Germany
Italy
London Standard Urges Restraint After Abdication Controversy
The London Evening Standard calls for restraint and patience as the nation deals with the abdication crisis. It praises King George VI’s acceptance and rejects sensational appeals, noting published fealty to constitutional norms and Baldwin’s Commons speech as vindication.
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London
Lord Beaverbrook
Evening Standard
Edward
York
George
Standard
Baldwin
House of Commons
First Winter Mail Reaches Churchill By Dog Team
The first winter mail arrives in Churchill from the north carried by a dog team led by Constable Robinson of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at Eskimo Point. The 1,000 pounds of mail came from distant points. Northern post men forecast a fair to good fur catch and a white fox run near Big River. Caribou are reported inland, with timber wolves following the herd.
Neutrality plan blocked as Spain aid talks stall
London reporters note German and Italian resistance again blocks strengthening of the hands-off Spain neutrality scheme. A detailed plan to control Spanish frontiers against contraband arms awaits full committee approval before Spain. Franco’s reply to mediation proposals ends prospects for speedy action.
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London
Spain
Germany
Italy
Francisco Franco
Lord Plymouth
Ivan Maisky
Moscow
Maisky
Reich
Rebellion in China Gains Ground as Government Hesitates
Reports from Nanking describe Marshal Chang Hsuan Ling’s insurgents expanding in Shensi and approaching Sian-Fu with up to 150000 fighters. Chiang Kai-Shek seeks his release via the premier’s wife Mei Ling Soong and her brother T. V. Soong, while a three day truce is proclaimed and raids around Sian-Fu continue.
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Nanking
Chang Hsenh-Liang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Sian-Fu
Mei- Ling Soong
T. V. Soong
Chihshiachen
Shensi
Chang
Kansu
Hinghsia
One-Year Extension of Fishing Rights Between Russia and Japan
The Soviet Union granted Japan a one-year extension of fishing rights, a temporary measure to ease tensions after the Japanese German anti Communist pact. The original eight year renewal planned from 1937 was halted on November 9. A communique says the extension was a stop gap as negotiations for a new convention stalled. Ambassador Shigemitsu proposed prolonging the old accord until December 31, 1937.
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Moscow
Russia
Japan
Foreign Office
Shigemitsu
Soviet Automobile Plan Falters Under Spare Parts Shortage
Soviet officials disclosed a 1936 program for car production is failing. Fifty percent of trucks are idle due to spare part shortages and broken down cars rise steadily. The Gorky plant, reorganized to build the first all Russian passenger car, yields only 15 to 20 units daily against a 5 per day target, with 2,500 units forecast for 1936 instead of 12,000.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Gorky
War Minister May Resign in January Rumors
London rumors revive that War Minister Alfred Duff Cooper plans to resign early in January. The reports cite private reasons linked to his support of King Edward during the constitutional crisis.
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London
Alfred Duff Cooper
Edward
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