Move to Limit Participation in Spanish War
British and French replies to the Anglo French note push for limits on volunteers and indirect intervention. Germany and Italy demand unconditional on the spot enforcement of prohibitions and removal of non Spaniards. Irish volunteers recruited by General O Duffy fail to sail as Spain crisis deepens.
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Spain
Gomany
Berlin
Italy
Count Clany
Eric Drummond
Blondel
Rome
Foreign Office
International
Volun
Eden
Woermann
Ballwin
O'Duffy
Waterford
Dublin
Germany
Britain
France
Soviet Decrees Strip Two Scientists of Citizenship
The presidium of the central executive committee deprived Professor Vladimir Ipatieff and Alexis Chichibabin of Soviet citizenship by special decree, forbidding their return to the Soviet Union for refusing to fulfill duties to the fatherland. They were expelled from the Russian Academy of Science on December 30 for not returning to Russia to continue their work. Toronto physicians test an anti pneumonia serum announced by Dr George Anglin of Toronto Western Hospital to health officers in June with public reporting planned in the Canadian Medical Journal.
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Moscow
Central Executive Committee
Vladimir N. Ipatieff
Alexis Chichibabin
Soviet Union
Russian Academy of Science
Russia
Toronto
Sbr
George Anglin
Toronto Western Hospital
Medical Health Officers’ Convention
Canadian Medical Journal
Yarmouth Board Backs King George VI Silver Dollar
The Yarmouth board of trade favors minting a Canadian silver dollar to commemorate the coronation of King George VI next May. It will send its recommendation to the federal government and to the Bank of Canada.
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Yarmouth
N.S
Yarmouth Board of Trade
George VI
Bank of Canada
London Stricken as Influenza Epidemic Grips Capital
Public health officials launch a campaign to halt spread as one in four Londoners is affected. Bulletins describe symptoms and prevention. thousands seek inoculations and medical care. Police, theatre figures, and actors like Charlies Laughton and Sir John Martin Harvey fall ill. events in South London and across the city are disrupted.
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London
Charlies Laughton
Paljtadium
John Martin Harvey
Samuel
James Barrie
David
Elizabeth Bergner
Dorothy Dix
Old Vic Theatre
Queen
Premier's Motor License Ottawa Tradition Highlights
The article notes Prime Minister Mackenzie King’s 1937 car registration as 7-W-7 and references a longstanding practice of matching license numbers with the opposition leader. Changes in numbering rules have disrupted this pattern, with King using 987 in prior renewals and Bennett’s usual BB 1 not available last year due to his absence.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
R. B. Bennett
Mr. Bennett
Prediction of continued voluntary recruiting in Britain
Sir Thomas Inskip told Glasgow military associations that voluntary recruiting would continue to meet Britain's defense needs. He warned of increasing air raid threats as aircraft range and speed grow, noting few places remain free from aviation menace.
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Glasgow
Great Britain
Thomas Inskip
City of
Territorial, Army and Air Force Association
Sir Thomas
United Kingdom
Plasterer Grassi Gets Life Non Driving Sentence
Rocco Grassi, 63, found guilty of a hit and run killing of a woman pedestrian, is sentenced by Judge Lester Patterson to life non driving as part of his punishment. He also receives a $200 fine.
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New York
Rocco Grassi
Lester Patterson
Grassi
Manitoba tax notices sent to 3000 Dominion employees
The Manitoba government has issued notices to 3,000 Dominion government employees in the province ordering immediate payment of all amounts due on Manitoba's two per cent wage tax. The employees were deemed liable for the tax after a Privy Council ruling, following their protests.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Dominion
Privy Council
Snowless Winter Hits Nova Scotia Lumber Market
Halifax reports a snowless season reducing timber input as chief lumbering zones see far less snowfall. Analysts estimate total cuts will reach only about two thirds of a normal year, worrying operators reliant on winter supply.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
Open selling system best known grain marketing method says Evans
W Sanford Evans of Winnipeg testified before a federal grain commission that open market selling via grain exchanges remains the best known wheat marketing method. He argued there was no real market collapse and blamed government agencies for dampening conditions after 1929. He favored some regulation but urged retaining all essentials of the open market.
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Winnipeg
W. Sanford Evans
Turgeon Reral Grain Commission
Evans
Frango Turkish Issue Sent To The League For Decision
With tensions rising over Alexandretta and Antioch, France and Turkey clash as Syria gains independence. The League of Nations considers urgent measures to protect Turkish populations, while Palestine faces Arab rejection of the Peel Commission’s boycott and a possible extended Jerusalem session for Arab testimony.
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London
Near East
Saracen
Crusader
Alexandretta
Antioch
France
Syria
League of Nations
Turkey
League
League Council
Palestine
Peel Commission
Commission
Port Said
Jerusalem
Lost In Woods Aged Trapper Has Harrowing Experience
Seymour Harris, 98, of Black Point Nova Scotia, wandered nine days and eight nights through granite and spruce after getting lost tending rabbit snares. He and rescuers led by the RCMP had given him up for dead, yet he found the path home and survived hunger cold and exhaustion.
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Black Point
N.S
Seymour Harris
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Harris
Spruce
Relief Grants Reduced Toronto Budget Cuts Expected
Ontario relief officials announced a three month cut in Toronto grants by about 630000, lowering January to March aid from 2099615 to 1469725 due to higher employment and lower relief costs. Premier Hepburn will attend King George VI's coronation in May with family, likely sailing in April and returning in June. A Conservative opposition member may also attend.
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Toronto
Ontario
Mitchell Hepburn
Queens Park
Hepburn
England
Textile Tariffs Ottawa Lower Duties Expected
Parliament eyes downward revisions in Canadian textile schedules with cuts in duties on British weeliens artificial silks and higher grade US cottons. Turgeon inquiry profits push support for tariff relief while UK trade talks seek better treatment. Domestic textile output exceeds 350 million this year with imports from Britain and the United States rising.
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Ottawa
United States
Canada
W. F. A. Turgeon
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Shipment Of Arms Washington Time and a technicality thwarted
Congress failed to halt munitions shipments to Spain as a rapid embargo bill rushed through both houses. A Spanish steamer left New York carrying aeroplanes for the Spanish socialists, arranged by Jersey City broker Robert Cuse, despite the administration action.
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Washington
United States Congress
Spain
New York
Robert Cuse
Jersey City
Hitler to retire as chancellor amid Goering rise claims
Berlin reports say Adolf Hitler plans to resign the chancellorship on January 30 with Hermann Goering to succeed him. They claim a new reich constitution and Reichstag dissolution will be proclaimed, while Hitler remains as Der Fuehrer in a symbolic role.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Hermann Goering
Reichstag
Reich
Hitler
Guering
Weimar Republic
Third Reich
Academy of Law
Goering
Prussia
Fuehrer
Germany
Germans Invade Spanish Morocco Said by French Report
A French reports says Germany conducts a large scale invasion of Spanish Morocco. German marines landed at Ceuta, fortifications rise, German engineers supervise, and concessions granted to German interests in Melilla iron ore. Col Beitgeber allegedly commands in Tetuan with German consul contact.
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Paris
Germany
Spanish Morocco
Ceuta
Gibraltar
Melilla
Col. Beitgeber
Tetuan
Royal Wedding in The Hague Crown Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard Wed
The burgomaster unites Crown Princess Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard in a civil ceremony at the town hall followed by a church service. The couple's marriage was witnessed by Queen Wilhelmina and Princess Beatrix guard. A large crowd cheered amid cold windy weather as a telegram from Hitler wished the couple happiness.
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Juliana OF
Netherlands
Prince Bernhard Lippe-Biesterfeld
the Hague
Juliana
The
Prince Bernhard Zu Lippe-Biesterfeld
Royal
Great St. James Church
Bernhard
Blue Hussars
G. R. de Monchy
de Monchy
Wilhelmina
Armgard
Europe
Hitler
Germany
Pride de St Methode Tops Canadian Ayrshire Producers
The Canadian Ayrshire Breeders Association declares Pride de St Methode from La Gorgendiere Quebec the top four year old Ayrshire in Canada’s 265 day class with 18 751 pounds of milk 62 pounds fat and a 4 60 percent test. Four hundred thousand letters are misdelivered weekly in London.
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Ottawa
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Minster of
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