Belgium Vows Standalone Defense If Needed
King Leopold asserts Belgium would defend its borders alone and withdraw from 1920 mutual aid pacts and the Locarno pact. Parliament to convene an extraordinary session as Rhineland reoccupation underscores need for a strong military deterrent to prevent invasion and sustain peace in Western Europe.
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Belgium
Brussels
Leopold
Germany
Italy
Britain
France
Rhineland
Europe
Ferguson urges senate for London high commissioner
Should Be Senator Toronto. Hon G Howard Ferguson former Canadian high commissioner in London tells the Women's Press Club a senate seat would give the high commissioner a public forum to discuss affairs. He backs Vincent Massey as a senator and says other high commissioners feel the same.
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Toronto
G. Howard Ferguson
London
Women’s Press Club
Canadian Senate
Ferguson
Canada
Vincent Massey
France Seeks Wheat Imports to Stabilize Prices
France plans to import more overseas wheat as its crop underperforms. Trade talks with Canada aim to secure Canada a fair share of any increased imports, while French farmers push back against imports that could lower domestic prices and raise living costs.
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Paris
France
Canada
Mackenzie King
Edmonton minister views Alberta role in defence base plan
Hon Ian A. Mackenzie, minister of national defence, described Edmonton as a reserve supply base in the national defence scheme. He spoke during a pass through Edmonton en route to Ottawa from Vancouver, saying developments in Alberta will suit the province’s position behind the mountain ramparts.
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Edmonton
Lan A. Mackenzie
National Defence
Ottawa
Vancouver
Alberta
Brisk 10 year low in England bankruptcy figures
Official data show the lowest number of bankruptcy cases in a decade in England. Builders lead the list among small traders with average liabilities around £1,500, followed by grocers farmers and milliners. Four brewers failed with average debts about £460,000.
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London
England
Jobless to Alberta Farms Under Bonus Plan
Provincial relief officials report a small flow of unemployed workers sent to Alberta farms under the federal provincial bonus plan. Wages range from 30 to 40 a day, with the movement not heavy.
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Alberta
Fullerton Heads Abroad for Holiday from Montreal
Montreal mayoral figure C P Fullerton former chairman of Canadian National Railways board sails from here for Europe on his first holiday in five years. He is accompanied by Mrs Fullerton.
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Montreal
C. P. Fullerton
Canadian National Railways’ Board of Trustees
Europe
Disturbance-Free Fascist Rally in London Draws Arrests
The British Union of Fascists led by Sir Oswald Mosley held a Victoria Park Square meeting near the east end Jewish quarter with one scuffle causing two arrests. Alfred Duff Cooper and Sir Thomas Inskip criticized Fascists while urging order and consideration of restrictions to curb liberties amid threats from Communists and Fascists.
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London
British Union of Fascists
Oswald Mosley
Victoria Park Square
East End
Alfred Duff Cooper
Thomas Inskip
Watford
Sir Thomas
Ontario Contributions Brantford Sends Aid to Drought District
A carload of food and provisions from Brantford and Brant County heads to Trossachs Saskatchewan to aid drought stricken farmers and villagers. The shipment includes 500 bags potatoes 60 bags cabbages 40 bags onions 200 pounds honey 200 pounds flour 200 pounds sugar 60 bushels apples 30 bags turnips eight bags beans 200 cans pork and beans and other produce.
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Brantford
Ont
Trossachs
Sask
Brant County
Pangman
Build New Churches Despite Drouth In West Montreal
Rev. W.C. Smailey of Edmonton told the 47th annual meeting of the Eastern Ontario and Quebec Women’s Home Baptist Missionary Society that the growth area was greater and hardship increased, yet Canadians in the prairie provinces have built 24 new churches since 1930.
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Montreal
Western Canada
W.C. Smailey
Edmonton
Ontario
Quebec
Womens Home Baptist Missionary Society
Grouth
Prairie Provinces
Japan to Sign Naval Pact Limiting Submarines With 4 Nations
Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita orders Ambassador Shigeru Yoshida to sign an agreement with Great Britain United States France and Italy. The pact retains part four of the London naval treaty aimed at limiting and humanizing submarine use.
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Tokyo
Hachiro Arita
Shigeru Yoshida
London
Great Britain
United States
France
Italy
Edmonton Accepts Prosperity Certificates For City Bills
City council ratified a motion by Ald. Elisha East to allow prosperity certificates as payment for light water and telephone bills and other services designated by council from time to time.
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Edmonton
City of
Ald
Elisha East
Social Credit
Manitoba Pool Elevators reports 1936 surplus and reserves
Directors reported an operating surplus of 345000 for the year ended July 15 1936. From this amount 203500 was paid to the Manitoba government and 37100 on a terminal. The balance was placed in reserves and working capital accounts totaling over 625000. The company operates 153 country elevators in Manitoba and handled 9063021 bushels last season, about 275 percent of the provincial grain delivery.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba Pool Elevators, Ltd
Manitoba
No Lives Lost in Trans Atlantic Flights This Year
A comeback year for trans Atlantic flying with ten aeroplane flights completed, more than any prior year. Not a life lost, a contrast to the 26 fatalities in the nine preceding years.
Eden Warns of Unforeseen Risks to European Peace
British Foreign Secretary Eden told the Cutlers' feast in Sheffield that anxiety persists over possible unexpected developments in Europe. He said Britain will aid reasoned action, pursue non intervention in Spain, and stay committed to upholding the terms of the agreement to avert dangerous Spain-related shifts.
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Sheffield
Europe
Eden
Spain
Spirit Of McGill graduates praised for responsibility
W. E. Gladstone Murray praised McGill graduates for seeking an ultimate harmony of existence. The head of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation urged broader diffusion of the McGill spirit. He said holders of the spirit show stewardship and responsibility.
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Montreal
McGill University
W. E. Gladstone Murray
McGill Graduates’ Society
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
McGill
Purchases Girl Pat Georgetown British Guiana
Lady Houston donor of 500000 dollars to England for the Schneider trophy air race bought the Grimsby trawler Girl Pat in Georgetown. Purchaser paid about 16500 dollars with another 2500 for sailing to England. ship had been seized by police in Port Georgetown last June and will be given to its crew.
Calgary Edmonton Air Mail Service Planned For Spring
Hon. C. D. Howe announced during a Ottawa visit that Calgary and Edmonton will gain an air mail service linking Lethbridge to Calgary and Edmonton to the trans Canada route. Passenger service is expected to follow in a later phase.
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Calgary
Lethbridge
Edmonton
C. D. Howe
Ottawa
Strengthen Fortifications Berlin
Lines of concrete fortifications and gun emplacements are rising along Germany’s borders. Ten gun bases are started on Heligoland off Schleswig coast while forts expand on western and southeastern frontiers. Heligoland harbor is being rebuilt. most bases are atop rocky islets with four emplacements ready. Other smaller positions are under construction amid secrecy along the French and Czechoslovakian frontiers.
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Berlin
Germany
Heligoland Island
Schleswig
Heligoland
Heavy Rains Slow Winter Crop Operations Across States
The weekly weather bureau crop report notes heavy rainfall delaying seeding of winter grains, corn husking, potato, bean, and sugar beet harvests, and cotton picking and ginning. Excess moisture leaves topsoil too wet for work in the northern Ohio Valley, central Mississippi Valley, and lower Great Plains.
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Washington
United States
Weather Bureau
Bureau
Ohio Valley
Mississippi Valley
Great Plains
Russia demands blockade of Portugal ports over Spanish conflict
Moscow asserts Portugal ports must be controlled to halt rebel arms shipments to the insurgents. The Russian note to the Spanish non intervention committee urges immediate action by the British and French fleets and a reconvened committee session to consider enforcement.
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Russia
Portugal
Moscow
Commuuunique
Earl of Plymouth
Lon
Spain
Lord Plymouth
Moi Eyevch Kagan
Italy
Germany
Applications for pensions show large increase
Ottawa reports over 10 000 Canadians receive the war veterans allowance as applications surge. A misunderstanding of the 55 age limit has boosted July applicants well above January totals, with new provisions for borderline cases of war theatre service and disability. Unmarried veterans receive 20 dollars a month and married 40, while men are urged to seek gainful work.
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Ottawa
Canada
War Veterans’ Allowance Board
Saskatchewan State Hospital and Medicine League Formed
A new Saskatchewan State Hospital and Medicine League meets to adopt a constitution elect officers and push a state medicine plan for the legislature. Dr S E Moore of Regina is president Alderman C L Dent of Prince Albert is vice president. Directors include L J Waine Saskatoon Rev W G Brown Frank Eliason M B Anderson and J R Near with power to add two women directors.
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Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan State Hospital and Medicine League
S. E. Moore
Regina
League
C. L. Dent
Prince Albert
L. J. Waine
W. G. Brown
Presbyterian Church
Frank Eliason
U.F.C
M. 8. Anderson
Bulyea
J. R. Near
Daring New Zealand Aviatrix Conquers Tasman Sea Hop
Jean Batten, 26, completes a 1100 mile solo flight from Australia to New Zealand, ending a record breaking England to New Zealand journey. She defied air official warnings and veteran advice to attempt the final Tasman crossing from Sydney. Before departure she warned, If I go down in the sea, no one must fly out to look for me.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Jean Batten
Aviatrix
Tasman Sea
Australia
England
New
Sydney
Brief Mutiny on Guardian Net Layer Reported
The Admiralty disclosed a short insubordination incident aboard the Guardian on October 1. The event lasted only minutes and no further details were released. The Guardian is anchored in the Firth of Forth.
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London
Admiralty
Guardian
Firth of Forth
Manitoba to confer honorary degree on Baron Tweedsmuir
The University of Manitoba will award an honorary Doctor of Laws to Baron Tweedsmuir, Canada's governor general, at a special convocation in Winnipeg on December 2. The event marks the conferral of the degree.
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Winnipeg
Baron Tweedsmuir
Canada
University of Manitoba
Riots Among Hindus and Muslims in Bombay Suburb
Riots in the Byoulla area of Bombay left two people dead and 60 injured. Police reports note three British inspectors and five constables among the wounded during the Hindu Muslim clashes.
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Bombay
India
Byoulla
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Robert Charles Wallace
Black Forest
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Ness
Tasman Sea Flight
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