Baldwin party holds safe lead in British elections
The National government is set for a strong working majority as Labour gains are offset by Conservative resilience. Liberals collapse with Sir Herbert Samuel defeated. Labour veterans reclaim seats while Sir Stafford Cripps and George Lansbury win reaffirmed majorities.
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London
Labor
Lebor
Herbert Samuel
Sxty
National Labor
J. R. Clines
Home Secretary
A. V. Alexander
Admiralty
H. B. Lees-Smith
R. S. Hudson
Mnes
R. Carrington-Willis
Salford
Birmingham
Manchester
Social Credit
H. C. Bell
Erdington
Reginald Kenney
Bradford North
German envoy seeks explanation over Thost permit denial
London reports Leopold von Hoesch, German ambassador, visited the foreign office seeking reason for the non renewal of Dr H D Thosts permit to stay in England. Officials said the renewal was not in the public interest and no protest occurred. Thost, announced as a correspondent for Der Angriff, departed by plane for Berlin.
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London
Leopold von Hoesch
Foreign Office
England
H. D. Thost
Adolf Hitler
Dr. Thost
der Angriff
Berlin
Mackenzie King Sees Quick End to Canadian Japanese Trade War
Premier Mackenzie King told reporters in Ottawa on the eve of his Washington trip that he expects a reciprocity treaty with Japan and an adjustment to the Canadian Japanese trade dispute soon. He described exchanges as friendly and lasting.
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King
Ottawa
Washington
Mackenzie King
Air Route Over Rockies Opens Canadian Gap For Flight
Dr. Camsell, federal deputy minister of mines, tells western CIM metallurgists the 100 mile wide Rocky Mountain gap between British Columbia and the Mackenzie region is an ideal trans Canada air route. He notes its low altitude and flat plateau terrain offer safer, easier landings and calls tropical valley myths in Liard disproved by winter and summer observations.
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Vancouver
Canada
Charlies Camseil
Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
British Columba
Yukon
Mackenzie District
Arctic Ocean
British Columbia
Northwestern Territories
Rocky Mountain Range
Mackenzie Range
Camsel
Camsell
Liard River District
Food Supplies Ready to Ship to Manitoba North Shore Farmers
Relief officials coordinate with municipal leaders to deliver food to a triangle of communities around Lake Winnipeg North Shore crop failures. Manitoba minister W R Clubb promises no one goes hungry as districts Gimli Bifrost Armstrong Briksdale Coldwell and Rockwood report farmers with insufficient food.
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Winnipeg
Lake Winnipeg
Manitoba
W. R. Clubb
Selkirk
Gimli
Bifrost
Armstrong
Briksdale
Coldwell
Rockwood
McFarland Likely To Remain Head Of Canadian Wheat Board
Ottawa reports indicate John I. McFarland may continue as head of the Canadian Wheat Board. The administration has not finalized plans for the board but he would likely stay long enough to complete his marketing policy. Also named last August, D. L. Smith and H. C. Grant of Winnipeg serve as board members. no resignations have been requested yet.
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Ottawa
John I. McFarland
Canadian Wheat Board
D. L. Smith
H. C. Grant
Winnipeg
Mr. McFarland
Italian Reprisal Reported Amid Sanctions Clash
London reports an Italian action seen as the first reprisal against Britain for League of Nations sanctions. A London perfumery supplier received a cablegram noting its credit facilities in Italy had been withdrawn.
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London
Great Britain
Italy
Importers of British goods to ask refunds
A Canadian exchequer court ruling voids dumping duties on British imports since November 25 1932 under the Canada United Kingdom trade agreement. The Blaikie and Company case opens refunds for importers, confirming tariff board rulings that orders fixing arbitrary valuations on British goods are invalid.
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Ottawa
Exchequer Court of Canada
Minister of National Revenue
Canada
Great Britain
Blaikie and Company
Toronto
National Revenue
Tariff Board
Thomas Bonar and Sons
Montreal
Shetland
Jean Batten First Woman to Fly Solo Across South Atlantic
New Zealand aviator Jean Batten lands in Natal after a solo 1,281 mile flight from Thies French Senegal. She sets a new solo eastward South Atlantic crossing record at 13 hours 15 minutes, surpassing Compo's 161 hours and Mollison's 82 hours eight minutes from Lympne to Natal.
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Pernambuco
Brazil
New Zealand
Jean Batten
Natal
South Atlantic
Thies
Senegal
Compo
Lympne
London
James Mollison
Deportation to England Ordered for Described Suspects
Canadian immigration officials in Quebec ordered the deportation of a man and woman held on suspicion of involvement in a $20,000 jewel theft at the Earl of Portarlington’s London home on Nov 3. The decision followed an official inquiry into their entry rights with the chief immigration officer deeming them undesirables.
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Quebec
England
London
Earl of Portarlington
Canada
Wheat Board works on Ottawa review Gathers in Ottawa
A cabinet sub committee held a lengthy general survey on the Canadian wheat board. It said there was no plan to force Canadian wheat on the market even at sacrifice prices. The minimum price for No 1 Northern at Fort William was set at 87 cents a bushel. The committee is chaired by Hon W D Euler with Hon Charles Dunning and Hon James G Gardiner as associates.
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Ottawa
Canadian Wheat Board
Fort William
Wheat Board
W D. Euler
Trade and Commerce
Charles Dunning
Finance
James G. Gardiner
Agriculture
Army Captain Forces Safe Landing Then Dies After Flight
Captain Donald Buckman 34 of March Field piloted a flight carrying three passengers to Kern Airport Bakersfield California. He appeared to suffer a heart attack during the dash and collapsed after landing dying twenty minutes later in the airport infirmary.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Donald Buckman
March Field
Buckman
Kern
Education and employment view from Acadia honorary degree
Dr H M Tory former president of the National Research Council of Canada called the theory that too much education causes low mood false and stupid as he received an honorary doctor of civil law from Acadia University. He said as people rise in intelligence so rises the state and that modern science creates far more jobs than it destroys.
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Wolfville N.S
H. M. Tory
National Research Council of Canada
Acadia University
Thieves Steal German Gun From London Store Window
A German light machine gun was stolen from a Remembrance Day display in London Ontario as criminals broke into the Middlesex Light Infantry barracks and removed a Lewis machine gun a service revolver and ammunition.
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London
Ont
Middlesex Light Infantry
Montreal Gest Chinese Research Library Closes Permanently
After two years without funding the Gest Chinese Research Library, renowned globally, is closed to the public and will be placed in storage immediately. The move ends its long service as a premier research institution in Montreal.
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Montreal
Gest Chinese Research
Dalbeattie Judge to Preside at International Livestock Expo
Walter Biggar of Dalbeattie Scotland will judge the seventh International Livestock Exposition. The noted livestock authority begins judging when the exposition opens on November 30.
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Chicago
Walter Biggar
Dalbeattie
Scotland
Biggar
Canada Wheat Crop Rises Below 1934 Levels in 1935
Dominion bureau of statistics estimates Canada's 1935 wheat crop at 273,971,000 bushels, about 2,000,000 fewer than 1934. Other cereals show higher yields, though oats drop from Sept. 11 projection, with frost damage blamed for reductions in oats, barley, flaxseed and rye as threshing returns lag.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Alberta seeks federal loan to cover November financing
Premier Aberhart said Alberta has applied for a federal loan of 2 000 000 to cover this month’s financing if Ottawa does not receive the province’s general financial assistance request before the Dominion provincial conference on December 9. He notes no reply from Finance Minister C A Dunning yet and urges an early conference to discuss refinancing and a refunding scheme.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Ottawa
Dominion
Aberhart
C. A. Dunning
May Establish Air Mail Routes Across Canada
Aviation interests gather for a conference on end of month in Ottawa with representatives from the United Kingdom Ireland Northern Ireland and Canada. They urge progressive trans continental development to build a purely Canadian flying route from the Atlantic to the Pacific with 80 to 100 emergency landing fields, reviving air mail service and reducing dependence on U S lines.
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Ottawa
United Kingdom
Irish Free State
Northern Ireland
Canada
Rimouski
Montreal
United States
Albany
Grand Forks
N.C
Winnipeg
Rockies
Toronto
Detroit
U.S
Imperial Airways
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Pacific
High Taxes Retarding Canada Mining Industry
Vancouver report quotes J. Y. Murdock of Noranda Mines Ltd as saying heavy taxes slow mining growth. He warns existing mines may shrink and new ones become unlikely, citing a 250 percent rise in mine taxes and a bullion tax, plus a 44 percent increase in income tax amendments, now over 40 percent of final net profits.
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Vancouver
Canada
J. Y. Murdock
Noranda Mines Ltd
Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Murdock
Tales of Heroism On San Bernardino Straits Rescue
Survivors sang aboard the Peary after the destroyer and Bulmer rescued 43 people from the freighter Sil verhazel wreck near Manila. Captain H A Lennard gave his life belt to a crew member and disappeared with his dog while trying to reach the raft, as others faced exposure, injuries, and pneumonia.
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Manila
Peary
Silverhazel
Pneumona
San Francisco
Bulmer
H. A. Lennard
San Bernardino Straits
Smoking Ban by Edmonton Officials Under New Government
The Social Credit government bans smoking by provincial employees in office hours in legislative buildings. The order signed by civil service commissioner A. L. Sweeney bans loitering in corridors or washrooms and requires workers to stay at their desks until the quitting bell rings. Officials note a 1920 in-council order had similar restrictions but was not widely observed.
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Edmonton
New Social Credit
A. L. Sweeney
Civil Service Commissioner
Ottawa Tariff Hearings Set For Textile Delegation
A delegation of Er.t.oh textile manufacturers heads to Ottawa for tariff board hearings next month on duty rates for cotton and other textiles.
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Ottawa
Er.t.oh
Canada
Tarft
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