League Warns Italy Over Aggression in East Africa
The League of Nations warned Italy and Ethiopia against war and set up a committee to draft settlement recommendations under Article XV. If hostilities begin before December 4, it would be treated as an act of war against all members, triggering punitive steps. Britain doubted Mussolini would halt his troops, even as talks continued.
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Geneva
Council of the
League of Nations
Italy
Ethopia
League
Council
London
Fremer Mussolini
Ethiopia
Britain
I Duce
Foreign Office
Mussolini
East Africa
Frome
Rustless Wheat Finds Market in Manitoba Government Seed
Canadian farm near Arnaud Manitoba grows rustless Thatcher wheat developed at the University of Minnesota. Hans Lillejord reports yields over 30 bushels per acre as Manitoban government buys 5,000 bushels for seed amid stem rust outbreak.
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Mineapolis
University of Minnesota
Hans Lillejord
Government of
Manitoba
Lillejord
Arnaud
Man
H. Hayes
University of Minnesota Agronomist
Lilleford
Lions Kill Sentry and Attack at Ababa
Five lions escaped from Emperor Haile Selassie’s menagerie and killed one sentry while injuring five more. The beasts also killed two horses and mauled prized Australian sheep before Colonel Mekouria seized a machine gun and shot the five lions.
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Ababa
Emperor Haile Selassie
Mekouria
Imperial Guard
Polonia Wins Bennett International Balloon Race in Warsaw
The Polonia balloon won the 27th Bennett international races begun September 15 in Warsaw. It traveled about 1,007 miles in 58 hours and 54 minutes, reaching 16,732 feet. The Warsaw balloon finished second among 13 entrants.
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Warsaw
Polonia
Wheat In Store In Ottawa Weeks Ended Sept 20
Dominion bureau reports Canadian wheat in store at 220,862,570 bushels for the week ended Sept 20, up 13,958,389 from the prior week. The visible supply this week last year stood at 223,669,206 bushels.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Yugoslav Government Awards £250000 Aircraft Motor Contracts
The Yugoslav government granted a British firm contracts for airplane motors totaling £250,000 about $1,462,600. The deal reflects wartime industrial cooperation and UK manufacturing involvement in aviation supply.
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London
Quiet Session in Bri tish Parliament Ply Prince Edward Island
The Prince Edward Island House of Assembly with 30 Liberal members met without an official opposition. Two government supporters challenged Premier Walter Lea over a 3 million dollar bill for loan refunds and public works, arguing retrenchment policy. The governor granted assent and prorogation set for March 1936.
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Charlottetown
Price Edward Island
House of Assembly
Walter Lea
W. H. Dennis
Prince
H. H. Cox
King’s
Canada
Honesty Rewards Delivery Boy To Wall Street Rise
Albert Correri 22 began as a coffee and delivery boy earning 3.15 weekly when he found a guttered packet of bonds worth 150000 dollars and returned them to owners. C F Grunwald, VP at C F Childs and Co, said Correri would start in the cashier’s department of the brokerage, with a possible reward.
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New York
Albert Correri
Wall Street
Correris
C. F. Grunwald
C. F. Childs and Co
Insurance premiums rise for war risk through Suez canal
British vessels returning to England face new war risk premiums from marine insurers. To avoid these charges, ships would have to sail around the Cape of Good Hope, a longer route that raises tensions over Mediterranean trouble.
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Singapore
Mediterranean
England
Suez Canal
Cape of Good Hope
New Gold Strike near Great Slave Lake Revealed
Dr. Fred Jollliffe of the federal Geological Survey announced a new gold strike west of Yellowknife Bay on the north arm of Great Slave Lake. The discovery was made September 15 near Burwash by an unnamed prospector, with 2,800 square miles of favorable pre-Cambrian sediments and volcanics identified in a 10,000 square mile exploration by 15 University of Alberta assistants.
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Edmonton
Yellowknife Bay
Great Slave Lake
Fred Jolliffe
Federal Geological Survey
Northwest
Dr. Jolliffe
Department of Mines
Ottawa
Jolliffe
University of Alberta
Stage Sham Air Raid Over Valetta Malta
A sham air raid plunged Malta into darkness as every light went out at 9 30 p m. Bombers and other aircraft droned above the island while crowds gathered on the bastions and seafront. Acting Governor Luke led observers as authorities praised the island’s cooperation.
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Valetta
Malta
Luke
Campbell Quits Record Chase If Rival Breaks Speed Mark
Sir Malcolm Campbell said at a dinner that he is finished breaking records unless a foreign challenger offers a new speed mark. He noted Bluebird still holds potential if Britain's speed prestige is at risk.
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London
Sir Malcolm Campbell
Bluebird
Malcolm
Britain
Italy Coinds Ethiopian Thalers For Use In Ethiopia
Italy already coins Ethiopian thalers to be used after its forces enter Ethiopia. Mint workers say the coins will pay tribesmen who take work under Italian rule by military and civil authorities intended for Ethiopia.
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Rome
Italy
Ethiopia
Canadian Leaf Beauty Contest Returns to Montreal
The Canadian government through the Canadian Travel Bureau announces the third annual leaf beauty competition in Montreal. First prize is $100.
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Montreal
Canadian Travel Bureau
Emigration Plan Urges Dominion Settlement Mobility
Newcastle conference backed a government assisted emigration scheme to solve unemployment. It calls for an empire development and emigration board with powers and annual grants for settlers. The plan will be presented to the cabinet by Lord Mayor R S Dalgleish and MPs to Dominion leaders seeking broad co operation.
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Newcastle-on-Tyne
England
Empire Development and Emigration Board
Newcastle
R. S. Dalgleish
Dominion
United Kingdom
Siege of Lucknow Celebrated by Survivors Worldwide
Ten people from different regions mark a trigger event in British imperial history, the Lucknow siege. C. G. Palmer of British Columbia is the oldest survivor, while Arthur Dashwood, age 78 in London, is the youngest. Dashwood’s mother gave birth in Lucknow’s residency where 17 were crowded in a single room.
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London
Lucknow
C. G. Palmer
British Columbia
Arthur Dashwood
Dashwood
Mussolini Opposed Paris Report Sparks Royal Rift
French papers reprint a London Referee story claiming Prince Umberto opposes Mussolini over Ethiopia. Italian spokesmen call the report utterly false in Rome and London. The piece also claims General Balbo might revolt, alleging Balbo and many officers oppose the campaign.
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Paris
London
Umberto
Benito Mussolini
Ethiopia
Rome
Italo Balbo
Libya
Il Duce
Balbo
Farewell Banquet for Governor General Bessborough
The Government of Canada hosted a farewell banquet for the Earl of Bessborough as his term as king's representative in Canada ends soon. Sir George Perley presided as a distinguished gathering from state, diplomatic corps, church, judiciary and civil service attended with their wives. The Governor General spoke of four years of happy relations in Canada and the toast proposed by Perley.
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Ottawa
Government of
Canada
Countess of Bessborough
Earl of Bessborough
George Perley
Diplomatic Corps
Hours Of Labor Set Ottawa Plan Implemented
Canada will enforce a limit on working hours in certain industrial undertakings starting October 5. Regulations to implement the measure have been drafted. The law follows a 1919 International Labour Organization convention and forms part of the reform program from the last parliamentary session.
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Ottawa
Canada
International Labor Organization of the
League of Nations
Decree Ends Ration System in Moscow Open Shops
A government decree in Moscow abolishes the ration system for meat sugar fish butter and potatoes and directs all such purchases to open shops. It introduces a single price scale reducing beef by over 50 percent to five rubles per kilo and cuts sugar to four rubles 52 kopecks per kilo butter to 15 rubles per kilo. To curb speculation limits are set on purchase quantities for each item.
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Moscow
Veregin Resigns as Leader of Canadian Doukhobors
Peter Veregin former president of the Christian Community of the Universal Brotherhood of Doukhobors in Canada says he severed ties with the group and now acts as a private Canadian citizen. He plans to stay in Canada and is en route to Montreal after tendering his resignation about six months ago.
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Saskatoon
Peter Veregin
Universal Brotherhood of Doukhobors
Canada
Veregin
British Columbia
Montreal
Britain Moves to Strengthen Navy and Air Force at Bournemouth
Prime Minister Baldwin to unveil measures to boost Britain’s navy and air force at the Conservative party conference in Bournemouth. Labor leader George Lansbury warns of a looming war with religious divides, urging Britain to blaze a new trail. Athens reports German-sourced plans for Greek and Turkish war games in the Dardanelles with Romanian torpedo boats, and Greece’s readiness to back Britain in Mediterranean actions amid Italo-Ethiopian tensions. Greek papers praise British naval maneuvers as a welcome tradition in Greek ports.
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London
Baldwin
Bournemouth
George Lansbury
House of Commons
Britain
Athens
Instanbul
Dardanelles
Greece
Great Britain
Mediterranean
The Federal Vote Ottawa Single Vote System Described
The Dominion general election on Oct 14 will use a traditional single vote. Electors mark an X beside their chosen candidate with no second or third choices. Results should be available for most constituencies within hours after polls close.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Ottawa Bids Farewell to Bessboroughs in Ottawa
The Governor General and Lady Bessborough left Ottawa for England amid a large crowd at Union Station. Their Canadian-born son Hon George St Lawrence Neuilize Ponsonby waved from the rear platform as red carpets lined the path to the special train. The departure followed four and a half years of service with officials, diplomats, and military figures assembled outside in humid, overcast weather.
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Union Station
George St Lawrence Neuilize Ponsonby
Lord
Lady Bessborough
Ottawa
Quebec
Market Zones For Coal In Drumheller Proposal
Drumheller coal operator Jesse Gouge urged the Villiers market zoning plan before Alberta coal commissioners led by Sir Montague Barlow. He argued licensing and free imports would favor central Ontario, while eastern and western regions face limits, and that subsidies would be cut. He said output could rise 250,000 to 500,000 tons yearly domestically and more from Alberta steam mines.
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Drumheller
Alta
Villiers National
Canada
Jesse Gouge
Drumheller Valley
Alberta Coal Commission
Gouge
Montague Barlow
Commission
Dominion
Ontario
Alberta
Ban on Canadian hay imports sparks Hampshire meeting
A grievance meeting of farmers in Alton, Hampshire urged prohibition of hay imports from the dominions and foreign countries. They argued Britain produced enough hay at home and cited army camps fed Canadian hay. Five camps receive 1,500 tons while local tenders were sought for only one camp. Canadian exports to England have ranged 15,000 to 20,000 tons annually.
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Alton
Hampshire
Eny
Dominions
Great Britain
England
Canada favoured in trade with Australia say officials
L R MacGregor Australian trade commissioner in Canada said 1931 trade agreements leave Canada with a three to one trade balance in its favor. He called Australia Canada’s third best world market.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Australia
L. R. MacGregor
McGill to Install A.E. Bromgan as Principal
It is expected that at least 24 Canadian universities and colleges will send representatives to the installation of Professor A. E. Bromgan as principal of McGill University on October 5. Dr. Robert C. Wallace, president of the University of Alberta, Edmonton, will attend.
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Montreal
A. E. Br ™Gan
McGill University
Robert C. Wallace
University of Alberta, Edmonton
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