Italian Flyers Start War With Bombardment
Ethiopian government reports Italian bomb raid on Aduwa killing women and children signaling full mobilization. Emperor Haile Selassie protested to the League of Nations as Addis Ababa braces for larger conflict with Italy.
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Addis Ababs
Aduwa
Ethiopia
Mid
Legaton
Haile Selassie
League of Nations
Red Cross
Adegrat
Rome
Exchange Telegraph Agency
London
Addis Ababa
Aussa
Mussa Ali
King of Kings
Haile Wolderouse
Crown Council
Salute From Crown Prince Naples
After Il Duce's stirring speech thousands of Neapolitans gathered at the royal palace and called for Crown Prince Umberto. He appeared on a balcony and gave the Fascist salute three times amid cheering crowds. The gesture was read as a sign of unity with Mussolini.
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Naples
Umberto
Il Duce
I Duce
Newcastle man remanded for trial on Alberta election perjury
John Shalay of Newcastle alleged to have falsely sworn British subject when voting in Alberta election on August 22. He appeared before Magistrate L. O'Connor and was remanded for trial at the November sittings of the supreme court. Bail set at $2,000.
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Drumheller
Alta
John Shalay
Newcastle
Alberta
Supreme Court
L. O'Connor
Calgary Legion vote rejects admitting former Axis veterans
Calgary branch of the Canadian Legion votes down a proposal to admit former soldiers from Germany Austria and Turkey as full members. In Edmonton Premier Aberhart announces immediate retirement for about 32 civil service staff reaching age limit with few exceptions.
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Calgary
Canadan Legion
Legion
Edmonton
Aberhart
Cooperation Urged for Prompt Election Returns by Officers
Ottawa election officials are urged to aid The Canadian Press by collecting and sharing accurate polling results quickly. Castonguay, chief electoral officer, said deputies and poll clerks must notify figures to the press and candidates with minimal delay, acknowledging the information becomes public property. In Montreal a cancer treatment using a digestive fluid is described by Dr. Hendry C. Connell, with mixed results but some patients returning to work and reduced pain.
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Ottawa
Jules Castonguay
Castonguay
Montreal
Canadian Medical Association
Hendry C. Connell
M.D
Kingston
Ont
Winnipeg proposes illuminated street signs overhaul
Winnipeg's public utilities committee studied a $1.5 million renovation plan to install illuminated street and avenue signs at intersections. The scheme calls for blue lights for streets and red for avenues, with 15,000 to 20,000 signs at about $100 each, funded by a five cent monthly home assessment. The hydro system would gain about $150,000 yearly, and the proposal was referred to the city engineer for a report.
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Winnipeg
Publi Utilities Committee
British Moves Amid Northwest Frontier Unrest in India
The British government prepared for possible escalation in India as Peshawar in the northwest province faced trouble. Army units were ordered to standby, 800 officers recalled, and the Somerset Light Infantry sent to an undisclosed destination. Government plans to permanent emergency ordinances issued months ago.
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Bombay
India
Peshawar
Somerset Light Infantry
British Labour backs sanctions against Italian aggression
At the Brighton annual conference the British Labour party approved full League of Nations sanctions, including possible military action, in response to Ethiopia border violations. The card ballot passed 2,168,000 to 102,000 amid cheering as Herbert Morrison urged adherence and warned that ruling out military sanctions would weaken peace power.
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Brighton
England
British Labor Party
League of Nations
Africa
International Trade Union Federation
Great Britain
Ethiopia
Herbert Morrison
League
Livestock Vote Planned Across Prairie Provinces
Saskatchewan announces a vote by livestock producers in Saskatchewan Alberta and Manitoba on proposed marketing schemes during the first week of December. Details were finalized at a Regina meeting chaired by Mr Leitch with the marketing board.
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Saskatoon
Sask
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
Saskatchewan Livestock Pool
Prairie Provinces
Leitch
Regina
Pangborn Eyes 110hour Nonstop World Flight
Clyde Pangborn, in Bismarck, contemplates a nonstop world flight next fall on a northern route. He estimates about 110 hours if successful and says he will skip Japan this time after recalling a 1931 prison stint for flying over a fortified area without sanction. Pangborn is currently traveling commercially to New York.
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Bismarck
N.D
Clyde Pangborn
Japan
Pangborn
New York
Manitoba Road Program Heads East Toward Chater
The hard surfacing drive is moving about one mile daily from Brandon eastward and crews near Chater. The No 1 highway project from Sydney to Brandon is set for completion this fall if weather remains favorable. Rumors hint at plans to hard surface No 1 highway west to the Saskatchewan boundary next year.
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Brandon
Man
Chater
Sydney
Saskatchewan
Flyers Join RAF Detachment In Gibraltar Visit
Thirty British flyers joined the Royal Air Force detachment in Gibraltar aboard the Kaiser-I-Hind. Air Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, commander in chief of Britain's air defence forces, conferred with officers before also sailing to Malta.
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Gbraltar
Royal Air Force
Robert Brooke-Popham
Robert
Britain
Malta
Windsor Alderman Seeks Hebrew Expert For Market Records
Alderman O E Fleming, assigned to review Windsor market conditions, reports the ledgers are written in Hebrew and says a Hebrew expert is needed to interpret the books. The task was delegated over a week ago.
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Windsor
O. E. Fleming
Conspirators in Revolt Threaten King Boris III
Reports from Sofia say conspirators planned to assassinate King Boris III during a parade anniversary ceremony. Army officers were arrested and soldiers were to march without ammunition. Martial law and a state of siege were in effect in Sofia as Burgas reported former premier Kimon Gueorguieff in custody.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Boris III
Burgas
Kimon Gueorguieff
Food Shortage Hits Berlin Shops As Rations Tighten
Berlin faces acute shortages of butter milk lard and basic foods as authorities curb hoarding and enforce rationing. Police guard dairies and butcher shops while dairies limit butter to a quarter pound per family. Germany plans to import 500 hogs weekly from the Netherlands and place large lard orders from Dutch dealers amid declines in hog numbers from 25 million to 22.5 million.
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Berlin
Germany
Netherlands
Poisoning of Japanese Officers Halt Division Maneuvers
Japanese forces abandoned divisional maneuvers after more than 300 officers and men, including most of the 39th Infantry Regiment, fell ill and two died. Officials attributed the poisoning to octopus, a Japanese delicacy, amid the incident in Okayama.
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Okayama
Japan
U S Exports to Italy Mixed In War Materials Report
The government released figures showing modest U S exports of arms and related gear to Italy up to September 23, totaling about 340000 dollars, with most of it in aeroplanes and engines. Separate Commerce data for August noted near record shipments of cotton linters, scrap metal, trucks, and tractors convertible to tanks, mainly sent to Italian Africa.
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Washington
United States
Italy
State Hull
New
Munitions Control Board
Commerce Department
Italian Africa
Hindenburg Body Transferred in Berlin Ceremony
Former President Paul von Hindenburg was moved from the Tannenberg memorial side tower in East Prussia to the memorial’s main tower. The ceremony, with strong military pomp, was conducted in the presence of Reichsfuehrer Hitler as the nation marked Hindenburg’s birthday anniversary.
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Berlin
Paul von Hindenburg
Tannenberg
East Prussia
Mussolini vows war in face of League sanctions
In a Venice balcony address to thousands, Benito Mussolini pledges Italy to meet war with war if sanctions are imposed. He claims 44 million Italians march with the army and rebukes British and French leaders, urging discipline and readiness despite calls for peace.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
League of Nations
Italy
Venezia
Il Duce
I Duce
Mussolini
Great Britain
Africa
Call Goes Forth To Strengthen British Arms
In Bournemouth Britain presses rearmament as Neville Chamberlain chairs a Conservative convention. A unanimously adopted defense resolution urges boosting naval and military strength, warns against disarmament, and calls for a defense loan to rebuild the navy while stressing collective security and national obligation. Churchill links disarmament to danger, urging immediate action.
Formal Consent for Duke of Gloucester’s Marriage
London reports King’s formal assent to the Duke of Gloucester’s marriage to Lady Alice Scott. Consent issued under the great seal, two massive silver discs sealing the document. Privy Council meeting, lasting about fifteen minutes, with Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Hailsham, Prime Minister Baldwin, Ramsay MacDonald and Sir John Simon in attendance.
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London
Duke of Gloucester
Alice Scott
Privy Council
Archbishop of Canterbury
Lord Haileham
Baldwin
Ramsay MacDonald
Sir John Simon
Presbyterians Retain Name for Canadian Church Body
Rev Dr Frank Baird of Pictou Nova Scotia told the maritime synod that the church will retain the name Presbyterian Church in Canada. Court decisions settled the dispute triggered when some Presbyterians joined the United Church of Canada.
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Halifax
Presbyterian Church In Canada
Frank Baird
Pictou
N.S
Maritime Synod of the
Baird
United Church of Canada
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Bournemouth
Eng
Neville Chamberlain
Sir Edward Grigg
Winston Churchill
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