Nations mark anniversary of the Great War worldwide
Observances across the British Empire and allied nations marked the Armistice anniversary with prayers for peace. In Ottawa Governor General Tweedsmuir led services on Parliament Hill while Dublin saw a bomb attack and Trinity College burned Union Jack. France held a large Armistice Day review as Roosevelt paid respects in Washington. Germany ignored the day.
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Ottawa
China
Span
Lodon’s
Dublin
Holy Land
Whitehall
Lord Tweedsmuir
Parliament Hill
Dominion
New Zealand
Australia
Union of South Africa
India
British West Indies
Dublin Castle
Trinity College
Paris
Duke of Wadsor
London
J. L. C. Dart
France
Arc de Triomphe
Arlington Cemetery
Washington
Roosevelt
American Legion
Italy
Victor Emanuel
Germany
Britain plans foreign language short wave broadcasts
London plans new broadcasts to counter rival propaganda. The Near East will hear Arabic, South Africa Afrikaans, and South America Spanish from Daventry. Postmaster-General Tryon said the cost is funded by the BBC and a radio tax division may be altered. official details to follow.
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London
Near East
South Africa
South America
Great Britain
Daventry
G. L. Tryon
House of Commons
British Broadcasting Corporation
Reginald Fletcher
Tryon
B.B.C
Mons Liberation Cable to Canada Honors Canadian Troops
The bourgemaster of Mons Belgium sent a cable to Prime Minister Mackenzie King, recalling the 19 year old liberation by Canadian troops and expressing grateful remembrance on the armistice era anniversary.
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Bourgemaster of Mons
Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Bourgemaster
Mons
Belgium
Attack on British Consul Jolts Buenos Aires Patrol
Unknown assailants fired three shots at the car carrying British Consul J. G. Baillie and his wife as they returned from an Armistice anniversary ball forcing a stop but causing no injuries. Also notes W. L. Porter of Wakaw Saskatchewan to exhibit Hereford steers at the 1937 International Livestock Exposition in Chicago November 27 to December 4.
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Buenos Aires D.s
J. G. Baillie
Chicago
W. L. Porter
Wakaw, Sask
Porter
Desire For Peace London Looks Toward Rome Axis
Prime Minister Chamberlain voiced Britain's sincere desire for better relations with Italy and Germany and urged informal discussion over public declamation. He hoped for mutual friendship with the Rome Berlin axis and spoke of Anglo American cooperation and reducing armaments to secure a happier future for mankind.
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London
Chamberlain
Great Britain
Italy
Germany
Britain
Europe
Guildhall
Quebec padlock raids target Communist literature in Montreal
Under the new padlock law, provincial police raided the Friends of the Soviet Union offices in Montreal and seized books and pamphlets. Four men removed material from St Alexander street premises, with no arrests. Crown prosecutor Oscar Gagnon said more raids on suspected propaganda sources may come tomorrow.
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Montreal
Quebec
Friends of the Soviet Union
Jean Gauthier
St Alexander Street
J. Adhemar Raynault
Oscar Gagnon
Duplessis
Attorney-General
National plan proposed for unemployment insurance
Prime Minister Mackenzie King proposes a national unemployment insurance system to be launched at the next Parliament session subject to provincial agreement on amending the British North America Act. He notes a national employment service would accompany the plan and awaits provincial views before pursuing Westminster-directed constitutional change.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
King
Westminster
National Employment Commission
Canada
Immigration figures up Ottawa show six month totals
Immigration from all countries reached 9 272 in the six months ended September 30, up from 7 005 in the same period in 1936. Canadians returning from the United States numbered 3 115 versus 2 975 a year earlier, with British Isles totals 1 896 including 1 262 English 220 Irish 382 Scottish and 32 Welsh. United States arrivals were 3 246 compared with 2 835 previously.
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Ottawa
Department of Mines and Resources
United States
British Isles
Ramsay MacDonald Family Refuses Abbey Burial
The family of Ramsay MacDonald declined Westminster Abbey burial for him. Canon Vernon Storr said they prefer burial in his native Lossiemouth and a memorial service will be held at the abbey on a date to be announced.
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London
J. Ramsay MacDonalds
Westminster Abbey
Abbey
Canon Vernon Storr
MacDonald
Lossiemouth
Unemployment Insurance Debate Reaches Canadian Provinces
A government official notes the need for a constitutional amendment to enable a national unemployment insurance scheme. Given Parliament’s limited jurisdiction, premiers are asked for views on amending the British North America Act to empower federal legislation.
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International Labor Office
Canada
Grasshopper Invasion Heavier Vote Warns in Manitoba
Dr R D Bird of the Dominion entomological laboratory reports the 1938 grasshopper invasion in southern Manitoba will be heavier than 1997 but lighter than earlier fears. The southwest should see the main concentration with a severe pocket along the Souris river. Cairo. Farouk and Farida Zulficar wedding postponed from January 6 to January 20 after engagement earlier.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
R. D. Bird
Dominion Entomological Laboratory
Brandon
Manitoba Committee For
Bird
Souris River
Retreat From Shanghai as Chinese Forces Withdraw
Shanghai fell to Japanese hands after General Chiang Kai-Shek’s troops retreated 80 days of stalemate. The orderly withdrawal toward the Nanking winter line isolated 3,000,000 residents and 1,000,000 refugees, cutting rail and road links and leaving foreign communities relieved yet trapped amid advancing Japanese forces.
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Shanghai
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nanking
Britain’s former Labor premier dies aboard ship
J Ramsay MacDonald former three time prime minister of Great Britain dies suddenly aboard the Reina del Pacifico en route to South America. He suffered a heart attack at sea and will be taken ashore at Bermuda for return to England.
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Ramsay MacDonald
United Kingdom
Britain
London
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Scotland
Great Britain
South America
Alistair MacKinnon
MacDonalds
Reina del Pacifico
Bermuda
England
Sheila
Peru
Chile
Earl Baldwin
MacDonald
Labor Party
Chamberlain
Guldhall
Labor
House of Commons
Pricey copy of The Mint on a Boston book fair flight
An aerial police escort guarded a half million dollar leather bound edition of The Mint by Col. T. E. Lawrence, known as Lawrence of Arabia, on a flight to Boston where it was shown at a book fair. It was one of 12 copies priced by Lawrence with a 1950 publication stipulation. No sale has occurred.
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New York
Boston
Col
T. E. Lawrence
Lawrence of
Arabia
Powerful 3375HP aero motor tested for flying boats
London tests the world’s most powerful aero motor of its type for 40 ton flying boats on the North Atlantic service. The 14 cylinder radial engine delivers 3375 horsepower and represents a major advance in marine aviation power.
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London
North Atlantic Air Service
Nobel Prize Winners of 1937 Announced in Stockholm
Great Britain France the United States and Switzerland shared top honors. George Paget Thomson and Clinton Davisson jointly won the physics prize for electron diffraction. Roger Martin du Gard received the literature prize. Walter Haworth and R Paul Karrer split the chemistry prize. Albert von Szent-Gyorgyi had won physiology and medicine earlier.
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Stockholm
Great Britain
France
United States
Switzerland
George Paget Thomson
Sir J. J. Thomson
Clinton Joseph Davisson
Roger Martin du Gard
Walter Norman Haworth
R. Paul Karrer
Zurich
Haworth
Albert von Szentgyorgy
Szeged University
Hungary
Thomson and
Davisson
Thomson
Trinity College
Cambridge
Corpus Christi College
Royal Air Force
University of Aberdeen
Hs Father
Reseerch
Telephone Laboratories
Hughes
Re. .i Society
London
L. H. Germer
Bloomington
Jean Barois
China Will Preserve Friendship With All Nations
Dr Wellington Koo, China’s representative, said China will preserve friendship with Soviet Russia and not join any bloc dominated by a single philosophy. He noted China recently signed a non aggression pact with Russia and aims to keep good relations with neighbors while avoiding secret biases.
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Brussels
China
Russia
Wellington Koo
Miner Killed In B C Fell From Scaffold At Moyie
Robert Mahon died in an old Moyie mine when a cross plank gave way on a scaffold 60 feet below ground. He plunged 350 feet to the bottom of the shaft at the Ste Eugene extension mining project after moving from Cobalt Ontario last spring.
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Cranbrook
B.C
Moyie
Robert Mahon
Mahon
Ste. Eugene
Moyle
Cobalt
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