Turkey Signs 15Year Mutual Aid Pact With Britain France
The Turkish republic joined Britain and France in a 15 year mutual aid treaty announced in Parliament. It binds the three nations to assist one another if attacked, with a protocol allowing Turkey to avoid fighting Russia. The pact aims to stabilize the Balkans and secure the Dardanelles and eastern Mediterranean alliance.
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London
Dardanelles
Great Britain
France
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Turkey
Russia
Britain
Germany
Europe
Kemal Ataturk
Egypt
Palestine
Iraq
Mediterranean
Far East
Montreux
Greece
Roumania
Black Sea
Batum
Constanza
Balkan
Danube
Spot Of Tea In Parliament Building War Mission Tea Service
In wartime and peace Britons take a late afternoon tea. Fifty British war mission members in the parliament buildings are served daily by the parliamentary restaurant staff. The British government is compensating the Canadian government for the tea service, a report says.
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Ottawa
Parliament
Britain orders 125000000 feet of BC lumber for three months
J A Humbird of Sea board Lumber Sales Co says the British government has placed orders totaling about 125 million feet per month for October November and December with British Columbia mills. Ships are the bottleneck and the price will be about 25 cents per thousand feet lower than prewar levels.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
J. A. Humbird
Seaboard Lumber Sales Co. Limited
Humbird
Great Britain
Britain
Gold From Russia Report Sparks Commons Probe
A British government spokesman confirmed reports Russia sent 1712 tons of gold to Germany, with Foreign Office officials noting the claim has some foundation. The debate cites wartime gold transfers and indicates potential Dutch and Berlin credit moves amid Baltic withdrawals.
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London
Russia
Germany
Alfred Knox
House of Commons
Richard Butler
Baltic
United States
Treasury
Bank of England
Athenia Cargo Claims Spark Unproven Allegations
Norman Donaldson of Donaldson Line dismisses an American affidavit as Tommyrot and absolute nonsense claiming the liner Athenia carried arms and was to be outfitted as a raider. He asserts they have cargo details after the sinking and notes the ship sailed while the world was at peace.
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Glasgow
Norman Donaldson
Donaldson Line
Athenia
Donaldson
Air Force film planned by London studio
The Ministry of Information in cooperation with the Air Ministry announced an unsponsored film on Royal Air Force work. Alexander Korda Films will produce the picture.
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London
Ministry of Information
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Alexander Korda Films
Icelandic Delegation Arrives in London to Discuss War Trade
An Icelandic delegation led by Sveinn Bjornsson, Icelandic representative at Copenhagen, travels to London to discuss war related trade questions with the British government.
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London
Sveinn Bjoernsson
Copenhagen
Noted chemist Sir William Pope dies at 69
Sir William Jackson Pope a prominent chemist who aided the Allied war effort near the end of the Great War by enabling larger scale mustard gas production died here recently at age 69.
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London
Sir William Jackson Pope
Typhoon Death Toll Rises in Kyushu Sweep
Kagoshima dispatches report 38 people dead 33 missing and many injured after a typhoon hits Kyushu’s southern tip. The storm battered coastal towns causing widespread damage and broad evacuations across the region.
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Tokyo
Kagoshima
Kyushu
Sudeten Germans in Saskatchewan Eager to Fight Nazis
About 300 men in the Sudeten German settlement in northwest Saskatchewan want to join allied forces. Rejected as non naturalized Canadians, they seek enlistment in the French Foreign Legion in Winnipeg or aim to form a Czech unit in the Canadian active service force or contribute to war industry.
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Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Winnipeg
French Foreign Legion
Allies Ready to Place Orders for U S Planes
The French and British governments plan to place orders for 5750 American built war planes if the U S arms embargo is repealed. A French mission seeks 2750 planes and a British mission 3000 planes, with engines, totaling about 350 million dollars.
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U.S
New York
United States Congress
Washington
Canada
United States
War in Europe Forces US to Back Allies, Says Jef fers
Allied Support Council Bluffs Iowa quotes William Jef fers of the Union Pacific railroad declaring there is a war in Europe and it is up to the American people to support the allies whether we like it or not.
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Council Bluffs
William Jeffers
Union Pacific Railroad
Europe
King and Queen Visit Canada House London Wartime Work
The King and Queen toured Canada House in London to see wartime efforts. High commissioner and Mrs Massey showed them the displays as volunteers collect thousands of blankets, clothing, and baby items for evacuated families and Canadian expeditionary forces. The royal visit paused as staff continued work, with the Queen recalling memories as she viewed exhibits.
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London
Canada House
Britain
Roosevelt Bans Belligerent Submarines From U S Ports
The president issued a proclamation under section eight of the neutrality act prohibiting submarines of belligerent nations from entering U S ports or territorial waters except in storms or acts of God. Armed merchant vessels may still enter. The move aims to maintain peace and protect citizens and the United States.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Ionic Grounded Off English Coast After Atlantic Passage
The 5,594 ton Blue Star cargo ship Ionic ran aground on a sandbank off the western coast of England in thick fog after a voyage from South America. Four passengers, 11 officers, and 40 crew were rescued. The ship reportedly dodged submarines earlier in the crossing.
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London
Ionic
Atlantic
South America
England
Ottawa Plans Bold Push to Attract U.S. Tourists
A conference between Hon. C D Howe and a multi group delegation from tourist, travel and transport bodies urged raising the Canadian Travel Bureau budget to 500000 next year from 315000. Howe promised government will match increased effort and schools of promotion if agencies mount a drive.
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Ottawa
Canada
C.D Howe
Canadian Travel Bureau
Allied command unity asserted in House of Commons
Prime Minister Chamberlain announced unity of command between French and British forces detailing French troops under British leadership in France. He cited low German air losses, high British success, and cautioned against boastful claims while stressing accurate wartime reporting.
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London
Western Front
Maurice Gamelin
Chamberlain
House of Commons
France
Allied Victory Necessary for U S Security
A Vermont Republican in Washington argued that victory for Great Britain and France is essential for U S peace. The debate touched on repealing the arms embargo and the risk of totalitarian control spreading to Canada and Latin America. Senator Barkley defended aiding Allies to avoid war, stressing strength and sacrifice for democratic ideals.
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United States
France
Great Britain
Army
Army and Navy
Washington
Vermont
Senate
Warren R. Austin
Canada
Austin
Latin America
Albert Barkley
Democratic House
Barkley
William Borah
Idaho
German Air Attacks on Britain Score Poor for Losses
British observers say German raids on two naval bases caused limited damage to ships. German losses reach eight aircraft with no more than seven returning to bases after raids on the Firth of Forth, while ships’ anti air defenses held firm.
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Germany
Britain
Chamberlain
London
Great Britain
Air Ministry
Firth of Forth
Royal Oak Disaster Reveals Dockyard Superintendent Missing
Rear-Admiral H. E. C. Blagrove, newly named superintendent of the Chatham dockyard, perished aboard the battleship Royal Oak when she was torpedoed in Scapa Flow. Admiralty revised totals show 810 lost and 424 survivors, with 24 officers and 786 men among the dead and 57 officers and 367 men among the living.
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London
H. E. C. Blagrove
Chatham Dockyard
Royal Oak
Scapa Flow
Admiralty
German exile predicts collapse for Reich in Europe
Ernest A. Lange, a German who returned to Alberta after five years in the Reich, warned that without an end to hostilities there is nothing ahead but financial collapse or Bolshevik upheaval. He left Germany 15 minutes before roads were closed on August 28 and had farmed near Claresholm, Alberta from 1903 to 1934.
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Calgary
Ernest A. Lange
Alberta
Europe
Geramny
Lange
Claresholm
Alta
Massey flags Canada’s full war effort in London broadcast
Hon. Vincent Massey, Canada’s high commissioner in London, says the Dominion has thrown every ounce of energy and resources into the struggle in a broadcast to the empire. He outlines Canada’s mobilization and support for the war effort.
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Canada
Vincent Massey
The
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