King Queen Visit Pushes Canada Tourism Season Earlier in 1939
Royal tour to Canada in May expected to start 1939 tourist season two months sooner than usual. Travel officials say visitors from across the Empire and North America will boost bookings, with Quebec hotels showing strong demand. The New York World’s Fair may attract or deter tourists. special trains route through Canada from Chicago and the U S to lure fairgoers. Canada distributes color film of 2300 mile scenic route for theater showings in the United States, Britain, and France.
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Montreal
Canada
Atlantic
Chicago
United States
Campbell Carroll
Quebec Tourist Bureau
Dominion
Empire
Vernon G. Cardy
Canadian Association of Tourist and
Quebec City
Carroll
North America
Europe
Colin A. Gravenor
Mount Royal Hotel
Quebec
Great Britain
France
Vigilance Advised by Lima Border Crisis Warning
State Secretary Cor dell Hull urged American republics to show the utmost vigilance against the spread of militaristic systems to the hemisphere. He warned of bitterness between nations and the collapse of trust in agreements, calling for peaceful relations and equal collaboration through the Pan American method.
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Lima
Peru
Cordell Hull
Hull
Petition to the King seeks higher unemployment dole
A delegation of unemployed workers obtained a hearing with labor department heads in London. They urged the king to use his prerogative to increase weekly unemployment benefits during winter by half a crown about 60 cents.
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London
Labor Department
Three-Second Montana Earthquake Felt Across Helena
A three second quake struck Helena at 3 53 p m on December 28. The quake was felt across the city and as far as East Helena six miles away with no damage reported.
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Helena
Mont
Federal Weather Bureau
East Helena
World Trade War Berlin Forecast for 1939
Berlin officials forecast a world trade war in 1939 as Nazi Germany seeks to expand its economic influence from the North Sea to the Black Sea. Rudolf Brinkman argues for a South American axis and preferential tariffs for southeastern Europe, while press warnings indict Anglo American moves aimed at sidelining Germany from global commerce.
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Berlin
Economics
Germany
Europe
United States
South America
Far East
China
Rudolf Brinkman
Reich
Berlin Chamber of Commerce
Latin Americas
North Sea
Black Sea
Frankfurter Zeitung
Jap Bombers Improve Shanghai Operations
Neutral observers say Japanese aviators have transformed from poor to skilled bombers over 18 months of the Chinese war. They cite better bomb sights, aircraft construction, and bomb manufacture, noting improved accuracy at Hankow and Shanghai targets from high altitude.
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Shanghai
Hankow
Chiang Kai-Shek
Sinking of the Stancroft amid Barcelona air raids
Insurgent planes attacked Barcelona twice at 10:30 and 12:30. The 1,407 ton Stancroft sank after bombs hit alongside ships New Shabel Lake Wiltel and Flante. Captain Stanley Scott faced past gun running charges in Gibraltar but the court ruled no jurisdiction over the Stancroft cargo. No British casualties reported.
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Barcelona
Stancroft
Newshabel
Lake Wiltel
Flante
Stanley Scott
Gibraltar
Supreme Court
Shanghai Robbery Tops Area Crime in Years
Fifteen foreign men and women were robbed of money and jewels in a major Shanghai holdup. Five Chinese suspects armed with pistols halted seven cars on a route to the city from the American Country Club and robbed the occupants.
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Shanghai
Explorer Loses Life in Arctic Tragedy Near Iglooik
British explorer Churchill Reynold Bray and companion Patrick Bain perished when their small boat was crushed in Fox Channel ice near Iglooik within the Arctic circle. Baird, nephew of Lord Tweedsmuir, survived after escaping, reaching Iglooik with intent to establish a winter base. The trio had departed August 13 aboard the Therese, halted by heavy ice before reaching their Arctic outpost.
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Churchill
Reynold Bray
Patrick Bain
Fox Channel
Iglooik
Arctic Circle
Repulse Bay
Baird
Lord Tweedsmuir
Canada
Manitoba
Therese
Arctic
More Italian Troops Used in Franco Offensive
London AP reports that when Chamberlain visits Rome on January 11 he will urge Mussolini to withdraw more Italian troops from Spain and warn that Britain cannot guarantee neutrality if France is threatened in Africa. Italian Blackshirts’ reappearance and press praise for Franco anger British officials, signaling tension over non intervention and Mediterranean accords. The Foreign Office tracks French and Italian troop movements as Paris briefs on the matter.
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London
Associated Press
Chamberlain
Rome
Mussolini
Spain
France
Africa
Franco
Il Duce
Mediterranean
Foreign Office
Paris
Roosevelt approves broad youths aviation mechanics plan
President Roosevelt reportedly approves a far reaching program to train large numbers of youths as aviation mechanics. The initiative aims to expand the nation's base of skilled workers for aircraft maintenance and development.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Plans Pilot Training For 20 000 Students
President Roosevelt announced a program to provide 20 000 college students annually with pilot instruction to produce more United States pilots. The Civil Aeronautics Authority joined in stressing civil aviation focus and potential boosts to aircraft factory productivity.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Navy
Chinese Army Casualties Report From Sino-Japanese Conflict
Imperial headquarters released a communique summarizing the first 17 months of the Sino-Japanese conflict through November 30. It reports Chinese casualties over 2,000,000 with 823,300 killed and 47,133 Japanese deaths. It claims Japan occupies 47 percent of China proper and a population of 170,000,000 in the occupied territory.
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Tokio
Imperial Headquarters
China
China Resists in Chungking Declares Continued Defense
General Chiang Kai-Shek told the Kuomintang assembly that China will not capitulate and rejected Konoye’s peace plan for an anti Communist pact. He vowed to abolish extraterritorial rights and said Japan cannot gain interior rights while Chinese sufferings continue.
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China
Inner Mongolia
Japan
Chiang
Zona Gale Dies in Chicago at 65
Zona Gale novelist famed for Miss Lulu Bett died in Chicago at age 65 from pneumonia. The Portage Wisconsin author, wife of manufacturer W. L. Breese, lived in Portage and was regarded as the town’s first citizen. Her work focused on small midwestern towns.
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Chicago
Zona Gale
United States
Portage
Wis
W. L. Breese
Lulu Bett
Middle West
Canadian unemployment pattern noted by Dominion statistician
R. H. Coats told the American Statistical Association that Canada faces a two class job market with a growing gap between seldom employed and seldom unemployed. He cited 1931 versus 1921 employment per capita, wage earners, and industry shifts while noting large cross-border Canadian-born workers in the United States and a lighthearted final remark.
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Detroit
Canada
R. H. Coats
Dominion Statistician
American Statistical Association
Mr. Coats
United States
France to negotiate with Italy without ceding land
A government source says France may grant limited colonial concessions to Italy to preserve peace, while refusing to yield any territory. Daladier’s regime warns of Italian expansion but signals possible talks on Tunisia status, Addis Ababa Djibouti railway, and Suez canal influence. French ships and Senegalese troops move toward Djibouti amid rumors of threats to French Somaliland.
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Paris
France
Italy
Europe
Daladier
Djibouti
Rome
Tunisia
Addis Ababa-Djibouti
London
Berlin
Munich Assembly
Czecho-Slovakia
Ottawa Budget Hints Cut Sales Tax to Aid Trade
Rumors circulate in financial circles that the coming budget will cut the eight per cent sales tax to six per cent and reduce other duties. The government aims to encourage trade by early budget introduction after Parliament convenes January 12.
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Ottawa
War Commander Hugh M Dyer dies after two weeks illness
Brigadier General Hugh M Dyer veteran of the Great War dies at 79 after a two week illness. Born in County Dublin Ireland he settled near Brandon Manitoba and later served as second in command of the 7th Infantry Battalion and commanded Canadian troops in England. Survived by four sons two in Canada one in British Columbia.
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Minnedosa
Man
Hugh M. Dyer
County Dublin
Ireland
Royal Naval School
New Cross
London
Canada
Brandon
Sth
7Th Infantry
Deaford
England
Harry
British Columbia
De Valera to Visit White House and New York Exhibit
Prime Minister De Valera, after accepting President Roosevelt’s overnight White House visit on May 7, will travel to New York on May 10 to open the Irish exhibit at the world’s fair. He will then visit several U.S. cities during a four week stay. Legation attaches said no political significance is attached to the visit, planned since 1934.
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Washington
de Valera
Roosevelt
White House
New York
United States
Legation
Chaos In Nanking Report On Occupied Region
M S Bates of Nanking University describes armed chaos in the Nanking region after the Dec 12 1937 Japanese occupation. He reports extensive plunder privation and life maintained at a distressingly low level, a pattern seen in other Japanese occupied areas.
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Shanghai
M. S. Bates
Nanking University
Nanking
Bates
International Relief Committee
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Boston
A. A. Dysart
New Brunswick
U.S
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Chiang Kai- Shek
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