Lloyd George attacks dictatorships over Gibraltar powers
London wartime prime minister David Lloyd George and retired Admiral Sir Roger Keyes clashed in the House of Commons over Gibraltar. Lloyd George warned Mussolini and Germany control sea routes while condemning non intervention as a fraud. Keyes defended British resolve and smoke screens.
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London
David Lloyd George
Roger Keyes
Fortress of
Gibraltar
House of Commons
Lloyd George
Italy
Germany
Sir Roger
Walter Eliott
Scotland
Oliver Cromwell
Spain
Britain
France
Mussolini
Mediterranean
Europe
Reds
North
Africa
Magistrate Edmonds Fines Himself In Traffic Ticket
New Westminster magistrate H. L. Edmonds fined himself 2.50 dollars after confessing guilt for leaving his car more than an hour on the main street. He received the ticket earlier in the week and paid the usual fine in police court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Westminster
B.C
H. L. Edmonds
Britain vows retaliation over Shanghai air attack
In the House of Commons Foreign Secretary Eden warned Japan that Britain would retaliate if the Shanghai post was attacked again while announcing Britain would head the nine power conference delegation. He said the air strike was inexcusable and British troops were justified in firing on the aircraft. The scene included Labour attacks on the admiralty’s refugee rescue policy amid a French Bordeaux arrival of 300 Spanish government supporters from a sinking ship.
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London
Eden
House of Commons
Great Britain
Japan
Shanghai
Arthur Greenwood
Alfred Duff Cooper
Admiralty
Duff Cooper
Spain
High Seas
Greenwood
Southampton
Bordeaux
France
Manitoba Firms Thrive Amid Western Expansion Claims
J. M. Davidson of the Manitoba Industrial Development Board spoke in London Ontario noting the prairie provinces enter a peak expansion era. He cited Manitoba leading growth despite Saskatchewan's drought belt where 30 percent of land is dry. He claimed many firms there are recording record business.
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London
Ont
Saskatchewan
Alberta
J. M. Davidson
Winnipeg
Manitoba Industrial Development Board
Prairie Provinces
Mr. Davidson
Manitoba
Drouth
Train Crash Kills Twenty-One in Yokohama Crowd
A troop train plowed into a cheering crowd between Yokohama and Kangawa, killing twenty-one and injuring many. Tokyo crowds hailed Japanese advances on the Shanghai front, with extra editions and lantern parades marking wartime celebrations.
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Yokohama
Japan
Kangawa
Domei
Tokyo
Shanghai
Hamilton poet John Hamilton to be honored by cairn
The Hamilton Ont Washington John son a Wentworth County school teacher who wrote When You and I Were Young Maggie will be honored in death. The Hamilton branch of the Native Sons of Canada will unveil a cairn here to his memory.
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Hamilton
Ont
Washington Johnson
Wentworth County
Maggie
The
Native Sons of Canada
Industrial payroll climbs in October across Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics returns from 10,398 firms show an aggregate payroll of 1,197,647 in October, up from 1,174,296 in September. The rise signals improving industrial employment and wage activity nationwide.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Visit to India Likely Delayed to 1938 39
London reports the king and queen are unlikely to visit India before winter 1938 39. An official speech confirms the plan will proceed, easing coronation durbar preparations in Delhi. The royal visit, shorter than 1911, is tied to a £1 500 000 funding provision in the last budget.
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London
India
Delhi
King George
Queen Elizabeth
George V
Queen Mary
Britain keeps guard on strategic Balearic Islands
Britain sends the battle cruiser Hood to Mallorca to observe the Balearic islands and to keep the non interventional plan on track as Eden seeks removal of foreign volunteers from Spain. The Hood relieves Despatch with Vice Admiral Cunningham aboard and bases shift near Malta and Alexandria.
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London
Great Britain
Hood
Mallorca
Balearic Islands
Eden
Spain
Gibraltar
Britain
Mediterranean
Franco
Balearic
Minorca
Air France
Sardina
France
Malta
Alexandria
A. B. Cunningham
Bay of Biscay
Stanray
Lloyd's
Aviles
Asturian
Milk Board Cuts Price Gap in Winnipeg Milk Trade
Premier John Bracken spoke to the Winnipeg District Milk Producers Cooperative Association about regulation by the milk control board, noting a reduction in the spread between prices paid to producers and prices paid by consumers in Winnipeg.
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Winnipeg
Milk Control Board
John Bracken
Winnipeg District Milk Producers’ Co-operative Association
Youth In Canada Urged To Guard Empire Legacy
Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett told Saskatoon’s largest Canadian club gathering that empire advancement rests with the nation’s youth. He cited tours of New Zealand Australia and South Africa praising loyalty and the imperial picture while joking at opponents and detailing Britain’s governance legacy.
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Canada
Bennett
New Zealand
Australia
South Africa
Japanese Airman Seeks Ride in Canton with Bloodstained Attempt
A Japanese airman, downed over China, rode a jinriksha in Canton after flashing $50 and promising $1,000 to a coolie for safe transport to Shameen. He carried a pistol and surrendered to police after a week hiding in thickets. He was taken to a police station and identified as the downed airman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Canton
Tokyo Withdraws Nickel Coins for Paper Currency
War measures in Tokyo reduce nickel coin circulation as coins are withdrawn and replaced by paper money. The metal value from returned coins will be redirected to support war industries.
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Tokyo
Canadians Aim for World Peace and Unity
Sir Herbert Marier, Dominion minister to Washington, spoke to the Canadian Club of New York urging peace for all nations and emphasizing the duty to maintain Canada’s unity. He noted 125 years of close US-Canada relations and the goal of living side by side in ideal political, social, and economic contact.
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New York
Canada
Herbert Marier
Dominion
Washington
Canadian Club of
Herbert
United States
Churchill Opposes Concessions to Colonies
Winston Churchill, veteran Conservative MP, argues against conceding colonial claims of poorer nations. He warns peace would not be served if Britain relinquished colonies and plantations and cast them away as helpless to wolves.
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Harlow
Essex
Winston Churchill
Great Britain
British Empire
Japanese Sweep Through Ruins in Chapei Sector
In Shanghai the Japanese advanced through fire blocked ruins of the Chapei sector and toward the Shanghai Hangchow railway bridge over Soochow creek. Refugees surged into the international settlement as British and American forces tried to shield noncombatants amid air and ground attack.
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Chapei Sector
Shanghai
Chapei
Soochow Creek
Brenan
Keswick Road
Admiral Yarnell
United States Asiatic Fleet
United States
Liuho
Shanghai-Hangchow
Soochow
Herbert Philips
Chapel
Protein content urged as factor in wheat grading
Winnipeg reports show farmer Dan Kennedy arguing that protein content, the baking strength index, has become a grading factor for wheat. He claimed Peace River wheat grades poorly under current standards, while James Fraser denied protein content as a grading factor, noting disputes are under board review.
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Winnipeg
Dan Kennedy
Fairview
Alta
Turgeon Royal Grain Commission
Peace River
Kennedy
James G. Fraser
Board of Grain Commissioners
W. F. A. Turgeon
Regina
Ottawa
Fraser
J. L. Ralston
President Roosevelt vows defense while seeking war avoidance
In a navy message to Secretary Swanson, President Roosevelt commits to avoiding war by honorable means and maintaining strong sea defenses amid global re-armament. He lauds the navy’s efficiency and leadership as the fleet grows, noting 366 ships, 1,073,000 tons, 102,000 enlisted, 9,714 officers, and a $516,258,800 appropriation with plans to hit 1,343,000 tons by 1942.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Ltter
Navy
Swanson
Great Britain
Mme Chiang Kai-Shek Injured in Auto Accident
Official release reports Mme Chiang Kai-Shek wife of the Chinese leader sustaining a fractured rib and shock after a tire burst on her car between Nanking and Shanghai. She was thrown 14 feet from the vehicle into a muddy pool and lay unconscious.
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Shanghai
Mme
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nanking
Chiang
Chinese National Air Force
Canadian Delegation Formed for Nine-Power Conference
Senator Raoul Dandurand will represent Canada at the nine power Sino Japanese conference in Brussels. He is joined by Hume Wrong, Geneva League of Nations delegate, as technical adviser, and Pierre Dupuy of the Paris legation as secretary. Dandurand is a minister without portfolio and veteran of League gatherings.
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Ottawa
Raoul Dandurand
Canada
Brussels
Hume Wrong
League of Nations
Geneva
Pierre Dupuy
Legation
Paris
Dandurand
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Great Briiain
Empire
Libya
Abyssinia
Palestine
Red Sea
Canaries
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Gijon
Heror Composer
P. M. Dewan
Oxford County
Ontario
Vasion
Harry Twyford
Copse Hill
Wimbledon
Lady Twyford
Adelaide
U.S
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