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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 30, 1938
Page
7
Berchtesgaden report says Hitler approves a Franco German peace declaration to be signed by Paris within days. The plan includes three points on neighborly relations, inviolable borders, and joint deliberations on international issues.
The National Geographic Society described proposed havens for Jewish refugees in Africa and South America as generally productive lands ready for economic development. British Guiana offers vast area with low population and rich mineral potential though river traffic hinders exploitation. Tanganyika and Kenya in East Africa present settler opportunities with extensive farm lands and resources. Northern Rhodesia lies on the central African plateau with untapped copper, lead and zinc, attracting few whites.
Queen Maud of Norway lies in a purple and black draped coffin as a simple service at Marlborough House chapel is conducted by Prebendary Lancelot Percival with the Bishop of Oslo assisting. King Haakon, King George VI, and King George of Greece attend before the body is taken to Oslo aboard a ceremonial train guarded by four guards.
London announced that Lord Baldwin will lead a nationwide radio appeal on December 7 to raise a fund aiding German Jewish refugees to find homes abroad. The appeal supports the Church of England, the Roman Catholic Church, all Free Churches, and Jews themselves.
Michael Marwus resigns from the Labour Party after twenty years and endorses Prime Minister Chamberlain's foreign policy. He announces joining the National Labour party, founded in 1931 by Ramsey MacDonald.
Viscount Nuffield, motor maker and philanthropist, announced plans to provide about 5,000 iron lungs to every hospital in the British Empire at a total cost around £500,000. Initial production of 1,000 machines is under way, with rollout to all eligible hospitals. He noted some Canada and Australia districts may face supply hurdles but will receive machines if desired. He added manual operation is possible where electricity is unavailable.
London reports Sir John Simon told the House of Commons the British government and US Ambassador Joseph Kennedy suppressed a Paramount newsreel to avoid a prejudicial effect during the Czechoslovak crisis. He said excisions were made after Kennedy referred the matter to the Hays office amid praise for the film's public duty.
Premier T D Pattullo introduced in the British Columbia legislature a bill to authorize a three man public utilities commission. The board would regulate railways street railways tramways ferries toll bridges telephone and telegraph gas electric power water supply and buses or trucks used for public conveyance. Taxicabs would not be classified as public utilities under the bill.
Sixty years after Sir Sandford Fleming presented a plan for universal time, Toronto hosted a Nov 23 ceremony commemorating the diamond jubilee and honoring the Scots-Canadian pivotal in clock regulation and world business timing.
Malcolm MacDonald told the House of Commons that invitations have been issued for a conference on Palestine. Geoffrey Mander of the opposition Liberal party suggested asking the United States to take part in the talks.
The House of Commons was told that the mobilization cost was just under £1,000,000. The figure covered measures not essential but accelerated by the events, with the broader costs tied to ongoing requirements.
Prime Minister Chamberlain and Foreign Secretary Halifax met the Duke of Windsor at his hotel for about twenty minutes during defense talks with French statesmen. British sources say the meeting aimed to discuss the former king's return to England with his wife, following earlier signals from the Duke of Gloucester in November.
The Canadian Pacific Railway unveils one of ten new Selkirk locomotives built this year. Designed by H. B. Bowen, chief of motive power, it is intended for service in the Canadian Rockies and claims to be the heaviest and most powerful in the British empire.
W. Allen Walsh Conservative member of parliament for Montreal Mount Royal spoke at a service club luncheon warning that Montreal Canada has developed a disunity problem similar to Czechoslovakia before the Munich settlement.
The Canadian Women's Press Club national executive plans next year’s memorial award for best short fiction by a Canadian woman. The gold medal and 25 dollars will honor work published within the year ending March 15, 1939. Win nifred M. Stokes of Niagara Falls Ontario was named chair of a committee surveying women’s newspaper work in Canada. National president Rosa L Shaw of Montreal was chosen as the club’s representative for the Imperial Press Union committee preparing for the 1940 conference in Canada.
Florence Wylie a 57yearold Toronto sculptor becomes the fourth woman to gain full academician status in the RCAs 55year history. Twelve of her works are in Ottawa National Gallery. The other new academicians are Frank Carmichael Toronto painter born in Ohio William Lyon Somerville Toronto architect and Alphonse Jongers Montreal portrait painter Somerville is a Hamilton native.
A 20 percent levy on Jewish fortunes over 2000 reichsmarks aims to pay a 400 million dollar fine after the Paris embassy assassination. Foreign Jews are exempted. payments due in four installments through Aug 15, 1939, with penalties for nonpayment. Berlin records 35,000 Jews with assets above 5000 marks.
Premier Daladier assumes control as 74 000 workers join protests nationwide. Renault workers barricade plant. police and guards clash with strikers. More than 300 arrests as 90 000 have walked out, with rail workers requisitioned to keep mines and transit running.
A historic series of wildfires raged across three Southern California counties. Strong 45 mph winds fanned flames threatening Topanga canyon near Santa Monica, San Bernardino mountains, and Malibu, with heavy property damage including Arrowhead Springs resort and multiple celebrity homes. Over 1,000 firefighters battled the blazes as residents fled to safety and coastal relief measures were deployed.
Buckingham Palace announced the king and queen will attend the Newcastle on Tyne launching of the King George V battleship on February 21. After the ceremony they will tour northeastern England. The vessel is a 35000 ton battleship among five under 1936 27 programs. The others are Prince of Wales Anson Jellicoe and Beatty.
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