Britain Plans Enlarged Civilian Defense in War Preparations
London reports the government will expand civilian defense with splinterproof shelters and mass evacuation plans amid air raid fears. In Commons, Hore-Belisha defended reforms, noting shortages but promising rapid improvements and new anti-aircraft guns by summer 1939.
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John Anderson
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Great Britain
Hore-Belisha
Britain
Hore- Belisha
Samuel Hoare
Home Secretary
Hugh Dalton
Herbert Morrison
Labor Front Bench
Dalton
War Office
Germany Ireland trade pact reached in Dublin
Germany and Ireland completed a commercial agreement to replace a three year old pact expiring December 31. Details will be published soon as Nazi officials sought the new terms amid shifting trade after the Anglo Irish agreement and defence tensions.
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Dublin
Germany
Eire
Cevere’s
Defence
Retail Sales Back in Ottawa Upswing Seen
General index of retail sales across 12 lines of business rose 16 percent in September from August but remained three percent below September 1957 levels, according to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Spanish Nadir Sinks Cantabria Near British Waters
The insurgent motor vessel Nadir shelled and sank the Cantabria just outside Britain's three mile limit in the North Sea. Survivors aboard Cromer reported 37 on board including three women and five children. 11 rescued by Pattersonian. Cantabria owned by Mid Atlantic Shipping Co of London, home port Santander.
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Insurgent Held
Mid-Atlantic Shipping Company of London
Pattersonian
Newcastle
Great Yarmouth
Australia Orders 50 Bombers as Defence Move
Premier Joseph Lyons announced in Parliament that Australia will order 50 bombers similar to 200 planes Britain ordered from the United States. He said the move is necessary insurance against possible delays in British deliveries and that militia numbers will rise to 70000 with further defence steps planned.
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Canberra
Joseph Lyons
House of Representatives
Australia
Great Britain
United States
Lyons
Britain to supply capital for China after war
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons that Britain will still be needed in London to fund China’s postwar development even if Japan wins and dominates the east Asiatic mainland. He said China cannot be developed into a real market without substantial capital, and war losses will require even greater investment after hostilities end.
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China
Japan
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Chamberlain
House of Commons
Camsell Honored At St John’s College Anniversary
Dr Charles Camsell deputy minister of mines and natural resources was made an honorary fellow during ceremonies for the 72nd founding anniversary. The event also conferred the doctor of divinity on Bishop Joseph Lofthouse of Keewatin, a college graduate.
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Winnipeg
Charles Camsell
Mines and Natural Resources
St. John's Anglican College
Joseph Lofthouse
Keewatin
Buckingham Palace Denies King Letter to Roosevelt
A Buckingham Palace spokesman denied a London Daily Herald report that the King sent a letter to President Roosevelt accepting an invitation to visit Washington after a Canada trip next year 2280.
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Buckingham Palace
London Daily Herald
Roosevelt
Washingon
Canada
Hungary Gains Vast Territory in Czech Award Settlement
Mediators redrew borders, giving Hungary about 4 875 square miles and 860 000 people from Czechoslovakia. Budapest gains Uzhorod and Ruthenia railway access, while Bratislava and Nitra stay with Prague. Hungary to complete occupation by November 10 under a joint committee plan.
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Final Trial Flight Ends as LZ-130 Lands at Frankfort
Germany's latest airship the LZ-130 carrying 80 aboard landed without incident in Frankfurt after a final trial flight of about 24 hours before transfer to the Zeppelin Company.
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Frankfort-on-Main
Germany
Zeppelin Company
Canada's Wheat Policy Emphasized by Growers Chief
R. S. Law, president of United Grain Growers Limited, told 300 delegates from 30,000 shareholders that Canada should grow high quality wheat and expand sales to capture world markets. He cited a fiscal year profit of 7,786 with debt reduced to 2.886 million and urged government support to widen markets and oppose quotas. The company runs 440 country elevators and terminals at Port Arthur and Vancouver and seeks a Canadian wheat institute.
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Canada
R. S. Law
United Grain Growers Limited
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General Reserve
Port Arthur
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Dominion
Mr. Law
Canadian Wheat Institute
Coast to coast flight link eyed for Canada service
Trans-Canada Airlines may start Winnipeg to Montreal night mails and express flights linking the country coast to coast before Christmas. Johnson says western Winnipeg to Vancouver service will begin once new radio ranges in the Rockies are finished and Malton airport lights are in place. Flight schedules are being finalized as weather permits along the Vancouver to Montreal route.
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Winnipeg
Toronto
Ottawa
Montreal
Canada
Philip G. Johnson
Trans-Canada Airlines
Malton
Johnson
Vancouver
Rocky Mountains
Anglo Italian agreement expected to take effect
London reports the House of Commons backed Prime Minister Chamberlain's plan to implement the Anglo Italian agreement and British recognition of Italy's Ethiopian conquest. The vote was 345 to 138 amid debates over the Spanish Civil War and fears of appeasement as Mussolini withdraws troops from Spain.
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House of Commons
Chamberlain
Ethiopia
Italy
England
Great Britain
Richard Butler
Franco
Spain
Mussolini
Munich
Hitler
Germany
Japan Seeks Dominant East Asia Role With Tri Power Pact
Japan's foreign office hinted at abandoning the nine power treaty with China and replacing it with a tri power pact involving Japan Manchukuo and a new Chinese regime to guarantee China's territorial integrity. The move follows Premier Korebe Ko noe’s talk of a new East Asia order and aims to secure leadership in the region amid the current war with China.
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Japan
Foreign Office
China
Washington
Manchukuo
Fuminaro Konove
East Asia
United States
State Department
Brussels
Far East
Canada
New Order
Asahi Shimbun
Defence Problems Ottawa Loom for Parliament Debates
Canada faces military equipment shortages and studies long range arms manufacture domestically. Defence department anticipates Ottawa will debate private versus public production as Parliament reconvenes. Previous votes totaling about 35 million dollars funded aircraft and coastal defences.
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Ottawa
Canada
National Defence Department
Canadian Minister Randolph Bruce Returns to Victoria
Retiring Canadian minister to Japan Randolph Bruce arrived in British Columbia aboard the Empress of Canada. He declined interviews and said he was glad to be back in Victoria.
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Victoria
Randolph Bruce
Japan
Bruce
British Columbia
Take It Take It Ottewa Deputy Commissioner Appointed
Commissioner T Dann has appointed Darn Mounter as deputy commissioner succeeding Deputy Commissioner D Ryan of Regina who is retiring. Assistant Commissioner Darn will remain in service.
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T. Dann _adian Mounter Police 2
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D Ryan
Regina
Sioner Darn
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