May strengthen naval forces in the Far East
British officials debated reinforcing naval power in Chinese waters to deter Japan amid attacks on ships. Press and MPs urged more warships, while the foreign office sought direct evidence of Japan’s response. Viscount Cecil urged China attack as a greater danger to interests.
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Far East
Mediterranean
Orient
United States
House of Commons
Viscount Cecil of
Chelwood
League of Nations
China
Peiping
Japan
Britain
Farm Mortgage Plan Proposed by Saskatchewan Boards
The Saskatoon and Regina boards of trade urged a Dominion run credit agency to absorb farm mortgages, issuing debentures to loan companies at three percent in exchange for settlements of farm debts. They pressed tax shifts to the Dominion and relief from city tax burdens, and called for tariff adjustments to aid western farmers. They suggested federal action to cap interest and debt issues promptly.
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Regina
Dotminion
Saskatoon Board of Trade
Rowell Commission
F. R. MacMillan
Regina Board of Trade
L. A. Thornton
Boards of Trade
Saskatchewan
Dominion
Board of Trade
H. F. Angus
MacMillan
Andrew Leslie
Saskatoon
Leslie
Dr. Angus
Mr. Leslie
West
Britain Not Facing Slump Says Prime Minister
Prime Minister Chamberlain denied in the House of Commons that Great Britain faced an oncoming economic slump. He called such talk exaggerated and dangerous and said the country is in a far better position to meet any temporary decline in trade since the Great War. Unemployment rose by 108,954 between October and November, prompting the question.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Great Britain
Japanese Rear Admiral Mit sunami Relieved Over Panay Bombing
Japanese authorities relieved Rear Admiral Teizo Mitsunami, chief of aerial operations, after the Panay bombing. Domei reports the action fulfills Tokyo’s pledge to punish officers responsible, noting Mitsunami was recalled as most air raids in China were conducted by naval planes.
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Shanghai
Teizo Mitsunami
United States
Panay
Domei
Mitsunami
China
Manitoba legislator hears call for rural land tenure court
J. S. Wood president of the United Farmers of Manitoba urged the Manitoba legislature’s select committee on agriculture and immigration to set up a land court at once. He said the court should outline satisfactory conditions for rural rehabilitation and land tenure and would possess broad administrative powers.
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Winnipeg
J. S. Wood
The
United Farmers of Manitoba
Manitoba
Select Committee On Agriculture and Immigration
Elections in Moscow choose 1143 for supreme Soviet
Latest returns show 855 Communist candidates and 288 non party representatives elected to the new supreme Soviet. Women make up 18 percent of the 1,143 members chosen.
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Moscow
Supreme Soviet
Air School Established in London by Imperial Airways
Imperial Airways announced an Atlantic school at Croydon to train future pilots for mail and passenger routes between the United Kingdom and North America.
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London
Imperial Airways
Croydon
United Kingdom
North America
Howe says Canadian railways far from hopeless
Boston report of Transport Minister C. D. Howe outlines a $40,000,000 federal subsidy need for CN Railways this year while gross earnings exceed $200,000,000. He notes 24,000 miles of Canada’s national system and envisions growth through prairie productivity mining lumber and manufacturing with a new trans Canada air service by July 1 connecting Boston Montreal New York Minneapolis Winnipeg and Seattle.
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Boston
Canadian National Railways
C. D. Howe
C.N.R
Dunning
Howe
Canada
Waltham
Massachusetts
trans-Canada Air Service
Montreal-Vancouver
United States
Montreal
New York
Minneapolis
Winnipeg
Great Falls
Montana
Lethbridge
Vancouver
Seattle
Dominion
British Isles
France
Parliament Opens in Ottawa Amid Trade Bargaining Hopes
Parliament will open January 27 with observers predicting a drawn out session. Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced the date and a Canada Gazette proclamation will follow. The program may include major measures though the government aims for a short session, amid continued trade talks between the United States and the United Kingdom and potential shifts in Imperial preferences.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Canada
United States
United Kingdom
Ontario to challenge federal export ban on power sales
Premier Mitchell Hepburn of Ontario announced that unless the federal government allows the Ontario Hydro to export surplus power to the United States, Ontario with Quebec support will challenge the validity of federal legislation prohibiting exports.
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Toronto
Mitchell Hepburn
Ontario
Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission
United States
Quebec
Fear Seed Shortage Hits Canadian Farms
Ottawa reports a spring seed shortage with alfalfa and red clover seed most scarce. Across the country seed grain remains available only if not sold or shipped before seeding. Saskatchewan and Alberta seed plans call for 6,000,000 bushels of wheat 4,300,000 of oats and 1 100000 of barley.
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Ottawa
Department of Agriculture
Grouth
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
Referendum Drive Pushes War Powers Constitutional Change
Advocates press for an early House vote on a constitutional amendment requiring a peoples referendum before declaring war. Supporters gathered signatures from ten members to move the proposal from the rules and judiciary committees, a measure under intermittent review for over a year.
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Washington
United States
House of Representatives
Advocates of Peace
House Rules and Judiciary Committees
Britain demands halt to Japanese attacks on shipping
London reports Britain has demanded Japan explain steps taken to stop attacks endangering British lives and property in China. Cabinet reviews Far East situation and naval strength while noting incidents at Wuhu and near Nanking. British ships including Ladybird and Bee suffer direct hits and casualties as Japanese forces fire on river traffic.
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London
Great Britain
Japan
China
Eden
Koki Hirota
House of Commons
Canton
Hong Kong
Tokyo
Wuhu
Nanking
Yangtze Command
H.M.S. Ladybird
Ladybird
Suivo
H.M.S. Bee
T. N. Lonergan
Hashimoto
Hsia-Sanshan
Opposition to a central bloc in Canadian provincial talks
Quebec premier Duplessis supports an eastern alliance with Ontario and the Maritime provinces claiming unity against the west. Premiers from Nova Scotia New Brunswick Prince Edward Island and British Columbia deny plans for a central bloc and warn against Ottawa driven agendas.
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Quebec
Canada
Maurice Duplessis
Union Nationale
Shawingan Falls
Que
Dupressis
Shawinigan Falls
Ontario
Maritime Provinces
Atlantic
Pacific
Provincal
Angus L. Macdonald
Nova Scotia
Had Wrong Answers At Alberta Naturalization Hearing
In Alberta supreme court chambers Mr Justice Tweedie tested a Polish immigrant for naturalization. Asked about the weather at his farm home he claimed to have five cows a couple of horses and a harvested a gmt crop. The judge altered the question order and the applicant gave wrong answers. He was told to learn English and reapply in a year.
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Edmonton
Justice T. M. Tweedie
Alberta Supreme Court
Justice Tweedie
Toys Lose Joy as Toylands Grow Serious in New York
Ghost of Christmas Past wanders New York toylands lamenting high stakes growth. Builders plan 2 percent construction blocks with grooves to stay in place. U S Christmas pack valued at 225 million dollars, a seven year peak for the toy industry.
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New York
United States
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Evening Star
Liberal
Evening News
Parablix Credit Corporation
Russia
William E. Dodd
Germany
Hugh Wilson
Switzerland
Parliament
Herald Angels
Royal Navy
Tion
A. A. Dysart
New Brunswick
Thane Campbell
Prince Edward Island
Duplessis
Ontaro
Royal Commission On Dominion
Shawingen Falls
Arthur B. Purvis
National Employment Commission
Purvis
T. D. Pattullo
British Columbia
Pacific Coast
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