Talys Seeks Ore Volunteer Air Service in Italy War Effort
Rome calls for 5 700 volunteers for the air service with the air ministry seeking 1 500 officers and 4 200 base experts in what officials term the greatest aerial enlistment in history. Italy regrets bombing a Swedish Red Cross unit but cautions against biased versions of the incident. Reports claim new scientific weapons may be pressed in Ethiopia fighting. Ethiopian losses include six Italian air crew deaths and two downed planes near Kebetia.
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Rome
Italy
Air Ministry
Ethiopia
Dessye
Wat
Red Crows
Dolo
Daggah Bar
Kebetia
Wolkait
Makale
Alberta Basic Dividends plan set for Feb opening
A large Alberta delegation will demand the $25 dividend promised by Premier Aberhart. The Alberta Basic Dividends Association organizer A. S. Shandro says locals will be organized across the province to press the payment as soon as the provincial house opens on February 6.
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Edmonton
Alberta House
Aberhart
A. S. Shandro
Alberta Basic Dividends Association
Shandro
Safety campaigns miss early headway in 1936 auto deaths
Chicago report notes New Year figures show at least 93 traffic deaths on Jan 1 1936 versus 98 on Jan 1 1935, a drop of slightly more than five percent, with data described as incomplete and unofficial.
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Chicago
United States
New Year Honors List Elevates Lords and Promotes Royals
The New Year honors list announces two barons raised to viscount, four new barons, two privy councillors, four baronets, and about eighty knight hoods. The Duke of York receives a triple promotion to vice admiral, lieutenant general, and marshal of the royal air force, while the Duke of Kent gains the Royal Victorian chain. Lord Hanworth and Lord Trenchard are elevated to viscounts. Canada, the Union of South Africa, and the Irish Free State are under represented in the London Gazette supplement.
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London
Canada
London Gazette
Union of South Africa
Irish Free State
United Kingdom
India
Australia
New Zealand
Duke of York
Royal Air Force
Duke of Kent
Lord Hanworth
Imperial Airways Crash Near Alexandria Claims Nine Lives
A City of Khartoum flying boat crashed off Alexandria while en route from Athens to Egypt. Nine passengers and three crew perished. one survivor, Pilot Vernon Gerry Wilson, was rescued in critical condition after five hours in the sea. Engines reportedly cut out as tugs search 13 fathoms for bodies and wreckage.
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London
Mediterranean
Imperial Airways
City of Khartoum
Alexandria
Egypt
Vernon Gerry Wilson
H.M.S. Brilliant
Wilson
Admiralty
Athens
Woman Mushing 700 Miles to Fairbanks Sets Bold Route
Mary Joyce completed the first leg of a 700 mile mail run across Alaska by dog team. She started at Taku on December 20 and reached Tulsequah by December 31, testing if a woman could undertake the trek to Fairbanks.
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Juneau
Alaska
Fairbanks
Mary Joyce
Tulsequah
Taku
Bank of Canada Accepts Treasury Bills Tender
The Bank of Canada announced it accepted on behalf of the finance minister tenders for the full amount of 25 000 000 Dominion of Canada treasury bills due April 1. The average discount price was 99.7054 and the average yield 1.198 percent.
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Ottawa
Bank of Canada
Finance Minister
Dominion of Canada Treasury
Taking No Chances Caire Gas Mask Fund Approved
Egypt plans gas defense measures after the finance minister approves a 125000 dollar appropriation to buy gas masks. The move signals heightened wartime precautions in Cairo and national security planning.
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Caire
Egypt
Conference To Continue Ottawa In Miniature Dominion
A miniature dominion provincial conference will open here this month to continue the work of the main conference held earlier. Several continuing committees will meet to consider financial relations between the Dominion and provinces the British North America Act agriculture mining and highways. The committees are expected to meet as early as possible so the results will be available when parliament assembles.
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Ottawa
Scarlet fever outbreak noted in rural Manitoba
Dr. C R Donovan provincial epidemiologist reports a mild scarlet fever outbreak in rural Manitoba. October 207 cases, November 185, December 160. Roland public gatherings attended by children have been forbidden.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
C. R. Donovan
Roland
Soviet education reforms end penalties for non toilers
The government lifted rules that separated children of non toilers and barred certain groups from Soviet high schools and colleges. Families of former kulaks merchants and members of the political opposition stand to gain most from the order.
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Moscow
McBride is Toronto’s mayor in race with Hunt and Simpson
Mayor of Toronto Sam McBride defeats Harry W. Hunt and James Simpson to lead the city. Complete returns show McBride with 45 723 votes, Hunt 43 036, Simpson 32 636. Ralph C. Day heads the board of control race, with Wadsworth and Robbins re elected and Ramsden returning to the board.
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Toronto
Sam McBride
Chief Magistrate’s Office
Civic Elect
James Simpson
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Harry W. Hunt
McBride
Hunt
Simpson
Ralph C. Day
Board of Control
W. J. Wadsworth
W. D. Robbins
George Ramsden
Reduced Tariff Rates On Cattle Now In Effect
Washington reports that under the Canadian American trade treaty the new cattle tariffs raise or lower duties for cattle and calves. Rates fall for cattle 700 pounds or more from three cents to two cents per pound and calves under 175 pounds from 2 1/4 to 1 1/2 cents. Dairy cows 700 pounds+ see duties drop from three to 1 1/4 cents. Mexico has few cattle in the affected weights.
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Washington
Canada
State Department
Mexico
Germany
Department
Ottawa Levee Draws Large Crowd for New Year
Nearly 1,000 men attended the governor-general’s levee to greet Baron Tweedsmuir and wish him a happy New Year. The event, held in the Hall of Fame at the Parliament Building, was the season’s largest levee. Premier Mackenzie King and Conservative Leader R. B. Bennett hosted major receptions in the afternoon, while foreign legations followed the tradition of morning diplomatic receptions.
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Ottawa
Baron Tweedsmuir
Parliament
Mackenzie King
Laurier House
R. B. Bennett
Riots in Cairo as British Egypt talks loom
Police and troops ring government buildings while 2000 nationalist students march shouting Down with Eng and demand negotiations on the Anglo Egyptian question. High Commissioner Lampson and Foreign Secretary Eden hint Britain may negotiate with a constitutional Egyptian government. Bridges shut to curb protests and University of Cairo medical school closed until next week. Authorities warn on energetic steps if disorder continues.
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Cairo
Nahas Pasha
Miles Lampson
Great Britain
Anthony Eden
Nile
Zamalek Bridge
University of Cairo
Ends Long Railway Service Edmonton
Tom Taylor, a western Canadian National Railways engineer, retires after 47 years in railway work. He finished eastbound continental flier No. 2 from Edson on December 30 and remains fit for duty, but retirement rules require railway workers to stop after age 65.
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Edmonton
Tom Taylor
Western Canadian National Railways
C.N.R
Continental
Victoria urged readiness for any European contingency
Premier Pattullo of British Columbia warned Canadians in a New Year message to prepare for potential European strife. He called for expanding export markets, public works to ease unemployment, and an immigration policy.
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Victoria
Canada
Pattullo
British Columbia
Dominion
Duke of York Becomes Vice Admiral on January 3
The Duke of York, second son of the King and a rear admiral since 1932, will rank as vice admiral from January 3. He began as an acting lieutenant in 1916, became lieutenant in 1918, commander in 1920, and captain in 1925. He has held air vice marshal in the RAF and major general in the army since 1932, and serves as a personal aide de camp to the King.
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London
Duke of York
Royal Navy
Royal Air Force
Army
Dunning Thankful for Acclamation in Queen's County
Minister of Finance C A Dunning expressed thanks for the acclamation that will send him to the House of Commons as one of Queen's county's two representatives. Conservatives had declined to contest the seat after J J Larabee resigned. He pledged to serve PEI with justice tempered by generosity.
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Prince Edward Island
Dunning
Ethiopian protests at League over Italian bombing in Ogaden
Imperial Ethiopian Headquarters at Dessye reports Emperor Haile Selassie demanding accountability for Italian air raids on December 6 including the bombing of a hospital and Swedish Red Cross ambulance near Dolo. The Negus cites poison gas attacks on Ras Desta Demtu's southern front and injuries to Dr Hylander.
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Dessye
Haile Selassie
Italy
League of Nations
Geneva
Red Cross
Ras Desta Demtu
Dolo
Hylander
Ogaden
City Declares Wednesday Afternoon Holidays Through August
Yorkton Sask announces Wednesday afternoon holidays for business houses and employees from New Year's Day to end of August after the council passed the bylaw on its third reading. Only one councillor opposed.
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Yorkton
Sask
Hospital Plane Sent to Ethiopia by British Groups
The first hospital plane fully equipped with medical supplies and space for wounded departed from Croydon to Addis Ababa. The British Red Cross and the British League of Nations Union presented the aircraft to Ethiopia.
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London
Ethiopia
Croydon
Addis Ababa
British
Red Cross Organization
League of Nations Union
Britain and France Plan Joint Action for Emergencies
London officials say naval, military and air attaches of Britain and France are crafting joint tactical plans for potential emergencies. Observers note details cannot be divulged yet and emphasize plans focus on reprisals tied to sanctions. France has not requested mutual aid since last September, so aid will be mainly naval for now.
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London
Great Britain
France
Britain
Floods in England Hit Thames Valley Near London
Severe floods sweep the upper Thames valley leaving hundreds homeless and causing multi million dollar damages near London. At Teddington the river neared 40 feet as residents were rescued by police and fire crews by row boat amid ongoing rain and forecasted renewed precipitation. Rail traffic on the Great Western main line diverted as emergency workers bolster a threatened bridge over the Devizes Salisbury road in Wiltshire.
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London
Thames Valley
Teddington
Great Western Railway
Western England
Wiltshire
Devizes-Salisbury
RCMP to Add Two Departments Matching Yard and G Men
Sir James MacBrien announced Ottawa will add two RCMP departments to boost crime detection. A ballistic and scientific division will work with universities, and a training school for constables will teach crime detection police duties and criminal law.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Scotland Yard
James MacBrien
Search for Ellsworth Sails From Dunedin to Antarctic
A British and Australian government ship Discovery II leaves Dunedin for the Antarctic in a bid to locate Lincoln Ellsworth, the U S explorer missing for over a month. The 1036 ton vessel carries Two aeroplanes and large stocks of food and medicine bound for the Bay of Whales in the Ross Sea. If Ellsworth and pilot Herbert Hollick Kenyon are not found, the planes will be used for aerial searches.
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Dunedin
New Zealand
Antarctic
Lincoln Ellsworth
United States
Discovery IL
Bay of Whales
Ross Sea
Ellsworth
Herbert Hollick-Kenyon
Winnipeg
Record High Stratosphere Temperature and Altitude Set
The Dominion meteorological bureau reports a temperature of ninety nine degrees below zero during tests to reach the stratosphere above Canada. They also record an altitude of 97 750 feet, over 15 miles, marking a new high for the period.
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Toronto
Canada
Dominion Meteorological Bureau
Wauchope Reappointed Palestine High Commissioner
Colonial Secretary J H Thomas announces Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope will serve a second term as high commissioner for Palestine and Transjordania, continuing duties begun in 1921.
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London
Arthur Grenfell Wauchope
Palestine
Transjordania
J. H. Thomas
Arthur
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Switzerland
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Croydon Aerodrome
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