No Voluntary Wheat Pools To Be Operated Winnipeg
Dominion wheat board takes over marketing and ends voluntary pools Manitoba delegates report higher wheat handlings and lower indebtedness Payments to government total 177 722 42 while operating surplus reaches 308 524 15 Indebtedness to province stands at 1 639 363 87 and pool membership rises to 10 142 with 864 new members Wheat handled rises from 10 034 359 to 10 908 637 in 1934 35
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Winnipeg
Dominics Wheat Board
Manitoba Pool Elevators. Limited
Dominion Wheat Board
Saskatchewan
Alberta
L. Brouillette
Central Selling Agency
Manitoba
Manitoba Pool
Governor-General-In Council
Fort William
Mantoba
Typhoid Threat Forces Italian Troop Shift
Italian forces move 10,000 troops from Italian Somaliland to Eritrea amid fears of a typhoid fever epidemic. Ethiopian strategists view disease as a potential ally in defending the Addis Ababa Djibouti railway against Italian offensives from the southeast. Typhoid spreads in Ogaden each November and the Webbe Shibeli river region remains dangerous.
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Harar
Italy
Pilot Officer Nevil Fisher Dies in Air Crash
London reports Pilot Officer Nevil Fisher aged 21 son of Admiral Sir William Fisher was killed when his plane crashed in a tailspin at Brauncewell Lincolnshire. He attempted a parachute jump but it failed to open. Ottawa announces the November 6 royal wedding broadcast in cooperation with the BBC.
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London
Nevil Fisher
William Fisher
Brauncewell
Lincoln
Fisher
State medicine plan eyed for Manitoba unit area
Hon B Griffiths Manitoba health minister says a small pilot area would test state medicine with free medical hospital and drug services funded by municipal and provincial taxes. Doctors druggists and hospitals would not bill patients, payments drawn from a common fund. Ottawa and Washington discuss cross border radio realignment with high powered stations on borders and US Canada Mexico talks pending.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Hon
B. Griffiths
Mr. Griffiths
Washington
United States
Federal Communications Commission
Canada
Ottawa
Mexico
Polar Star Aims to Cross Antarctica by Air
The Wyatt Earp with Lincoln Ellsworth and Sir Hubert Wilkins prepares to sail for an Antarctic expedition. Accompanied by aviators Herbert Hollicke Kenyon and J H Lymbarmer, Ellsworth seeks to cross 2800 miles of ice to test whether Antarctica is one continent or two separated by a channel from the Weddell Sea to the Ross Sea.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Wyatt Earp
Lincoln Ellsworth
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Herbert Hollicke-Kenyon
Winnipeg
J. H. Lymbarmer
Montreal
Ellsworth
Antarctica
Weddell Sea
Ross Sea
Enforcement Of Act Delayed In Edmonton
Premier Aberhart announced that the state health insurance act will not take effect yet. The act passed last session will stand over until basic dividends begin. He cited Social Credit benefits for people and objections to direct levies on unit residents, delaying until Local Credit operates for automatic health benefits.
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Edmonton
Aberhart
U S Deficit Tops Billion Dollars by Oct 14
The U S deficit reached 1 007 457 156 dollars through October 14, higher than 687 211 671 on the same date last year. The treasury published the figure in a statement noting the year’s rising shortfall.
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Washington
Sam
United States Treasury
Brazil Cuts Army Strength as Budget Move
The finance commission of Brazil's chamber of deputies approved trimming 3000 troops, reducing the standing army to 656,162. The move aims to save about 300000 in the 1936 budget.
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Rio de Janeiro
Finance Commission
Chamber of Deputies
Brazil
Conference in November Called by King
Rt Hon Mackenzie King announced a Dominion provincial conference in Ottawa for November. He urged Liberal premiers including Alberta’s Premier Aberhart to adjust engagements for attendance and said he would discuss subjects with colleagues after the new Liberal government took office. Topics may include last session enactments and possible amendments to the British North America Act.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Aberhart
Alberta
King
Dominion
Study Air Currents Calgary Balloon Experiments
Calgary meteoro logical bureau researcher C H Bromley leads nightly balloon runs at Calgary airport to study air currents and temperatures. Dominion meteorological officials in Toronto supervise a Canada wide program with March and June launches and several findings reaching near the Alberta Saskatchewan boundary. The kites carry instruments and a fixed aluminum case. instructions urge return to the Toronto meteorological office for rewards.
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Calgary
C. H. Bromley
Calgary Meteorological Bureau
John Patterson
Dominion Meteorological Bureau
Toronto
Alberta-Saskatchewan
Meteorological Office
Series Of Earthquakes Hits Tadzhikstan Near Afghan Border
A new sequence of earthquakes in Tadzhikstan near Afghanistan destroyed several villages and diverted a river from the mountains. Three quake series began on October 8, with a total death toll of 107 after the first two shocks and a lower fatality in the third disaster.
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Moscow
Tadzhikstan
Afghanistan
Canadian Legion Anniversary Plans Under Way
Arrangements across Canada are advanced for the decennial anniversary of the Canadian Legion. General Alex Ross will tour the country in connection with the birthday events. He attends the Alberta convention in Medicine Hat this month, visits Winnipeg for Armistice Day on Nov 11, then tours Ontario and ends in Ottawa on Nov 25 for a public celebration. The governor general designates Lord Tweedsmuir may attend.
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Ottawa
Canada
Canadian Legion
J. R. Bowler
Alex Ross
Dominion
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Winnipeg
Ontario
Legion
Lord Tweedsmuir
Canada Stands Committed to League Sanctions
Toronto speech by Hon. Newton Rowell, Canada's League delegate, declares Canada will sever all trade and finance with Italy if economic sanctions are imposed under the League covenant. He notes Britain hesitated over Ethiopia's admission, citing French and Italian advocacy, and cites multiple peace treaties binding parties to peaceful settlement.
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Toronto
Newton Rowell
Canada
First Assembly
League of Nations
League
Italy
Great Britain
Rowell
Ethiopia
France
Weather Prevented Ballot Box Delivery at Chibougamau Vote
Electors in the Chibougamau mining camp in Chapleau Que could not vote on election day when weather prevented the ballot box from being flown in. The chief electoral officer said no opportunity to vote will be offered later, a standard practice in isolated districts. 129 voters reside at the northern camp.
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Ottawa
Chibougamau
Chapleau
Que
Uniform Text Books Across Prairie Provinces Considered
The Manitoba department of education will explore a joint education board with the aim of uniform text books in the west. It will seek views from education departments in other provinces to gauge support and practicality.
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Winnipeg
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba Department of Education
Geneva Tightens League Sanctions Against Italy Drive
Geneva’s general staff of 52 nations adopted a resolution urging members to fulfill sanctions duties. British Eden notes a proposed all Italian manufactured goods embargo faces no open opposition. France and Britain will seek U S backing for a world wide embargo if the league adopts such measures.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Italy
Anthony Eden
League Affairs
Eden
League
Paris
Great Britain
France
Britain
United States
Germany
Japan
Brazil
War Materials Rushed Forward to Aid Ethiopia
Zeila and British Somaliland reports say commanders work at high tension to oppose invasion in a battleground of their choosing. Trucks with rifles and gear move daily to Jijiga and Harar. over 100000 tons of munitions shipped from Aden have crossed the Red Sea and landed at Berbera.
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Zeila
British Somaliland
Jijiga
Harar
Red Sea
Aden
Berbera
Britain
Ethiopia
Hlt
Welcome Plan For Lord Tweedsmuir In Quebec
Ottawa plans a formal welcome on November 2 at Quebec when Lord Tweedsmuir arrives aboard the Duchess of Richmond. The ceremony will include swearing in of the new governor general with Premier MacKenzie King’s Liberal cabinet possibly sworn in by administrator Sir Lyman Duff.
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Ottawa
Canada
Lord Tweedsmuir
Quebec
Duchess of Richmond
W. L. Mackenzie King
Lyman P. Duff
Rideau Hall
King
Lord Willingdon
Bennett
Halifax
Lord Bessborough
Social Credit Text Book Urged for Alberta Classrooms
Premier Aberhart urged a Social Credit textbook for Alberta schools as a supplementary reader to enlighten youth about this movement. He spoke to Edmonton teachers welcoming the new premier, formerly a Calgary high school teacher, and stressed teachers' role in the new order and in shaping the country’s youth.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Aberhart
Pemier
Calgary
Alberta Teachers Association
Build Up Navy London
The Earl of Jellicoe urged immediate construction of capital ships for Britain. Speaking at the Navy League Trafalgar Day dinner, he warned that under current conditions the empire lacks sea power vital for its existence and called for rapid steps to strengthen the navy.
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London
Earl of Jellicoe
Navy League
Toronto Ban Modified For Horn Quiet Hours
Toronto city council amended the noise bylaw to restrict horn tooting between 11 pm and 7 am except when required by law. The amendment was added before the bill's passage by the civic legislators.
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Toronto
Civic
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Polar Sea
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U.S
Lord Rothermere
Greece
George II
Athens
George Kondylis
George
National Assembly
Social Credit
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