League of Nations weighs sanctions against Italy
Geneva and London circles report that France and Britain push for economic and financial penalties over Mussolini's Italy while military sanctions are avoided. A five power conciliation proposal may be voted on by the League council, with Italy and Ethiopia as the targets if aggression continues. Delegates from the Netherlands Belgium and Sweden back the British position.
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Geneva
Italy
Council of
League of Nations
Havas
Mussolini
Five-Power Committee
France
Great Britain
League Council
Netherlands
Belgium
Sweden
England
Suez Canal
Ethiopia
East Africa
Pierre Laval
Samuel Hoare
Winter Feeding Of Cattle In Saskatchewan
J D Guild of Canadian National Railways Saskatchewan predicts renewed interest in winter feeding as feed is plentiful and returns were strong last year. Feeder cattle may rise in price this fall with some stock already contracted to the United States at 3.50 to 3.75 dollars. Efficient feeders could profit from narrower margins between buying and selling prices than in prior years.
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Saskatoon
Sask
J. D. Guild
Canadian National Railways For
Saskatchewan
United States
Guild
German loan bid for Hitler government collapses in London
German attempts to secure a large loan from British interests failed. Authorities say Berlin sought between 12 and 15 million pounds, about 58 to 73 million dollars, but a well known German linked bank could not complete negotiations in London.
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London
Reich
Hitler
Arctic Outposts Mark Another Isolation Year
Ottawa reports Canada’s Arctic posts enter another year of isolation with only wireless messages crossing the ice. The supply ship Narcisse has finished its annual visit to northern stations and is now returning southward.
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Ottawa
Canada
Nascopie
Zionist Congress Votes to Form Jewish Legion
The constituent congress of the new Zionist organization voted to create an armed Jewish legion, an international army to combat oppression of Jewish people worldwide. Delegates argued private armies may now be needed to defend Jews across Europe and beyond.
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Vienna
New Zionist Organization
Europe
Hitler Opens Third Nazi Congress Amid Crowds In Nurnberg
Clanging bells and cheers welcomed Chancellor Hitler as he arrived by air to open the third nation wide Nazi congress since the Third Reich’s founding. Rudolf Hess accompanied him, and the burgomaster received a gift sword replica symbolizing German imperial glory. Bernardo Attolico attended as envoy. other diplomats declined.
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Nurnberg
Hitler
Third Reich
Rudolf Hess
Charlemagne
Reichsfuehrer
Germany
Bernardo Attolico
Berlin
Party
Reich
Proclamation Urges Greece to Vote for Monarchy Restoration
Premier Panayoti Tsaldaris, leader of the republican government, calls for calm and urges Greeks to vote for democratic royalty in the upcoming plebiscite after a night of clashes between monarchists and republicans and the bayoneting of two republican leaders by monarchist guards.
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Athens
Panayoti Tsaldaris
Tsaldaris
Greece
One man commission to probe Alberta coal industry
Investigation into Alberta's coal industry will start almost immediately with Sir Montague Barlow as a sole commission, replacing the three man plan. Premier Manning announced after a conference with Sir Montague and Hon. C. C. Ross. Dates and locations to be announced. inquiry will run as scheduled until completion and cover all aspects to boost production, marketing, and consumption.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Montague Barlow
U.F.A
Manning
Sir Montague
Manitoba Air Mail Totals Carried Since 1934
Close to a quarter of a million pounds of mail were flown in the Winnipeg postal district since Dec 10 1934 when regular air mail service to mining districts of Manitoba and western Ontario began. Heaviest route Winnipeg to Central Manitoba carried 81 389 pounds. Manitoba’s three routes moved 131 416 pounds, Ontario’s five 109 222 pounds. Contractors are Canadian Airways.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Ontario
W. F. Lough
Canadian Airways
Alberta Interim Credit Secured To October End
Ottawa and Alberta leaders announce a $2 250 000 interim loan to bridge provincial finances until the end of October with talks planned for a total advance of about $18 389 000 for the 1935 36 fiscal year. Premier Aberhart aims to meet obligations left by predecessors while seeking bankers’ support for social credit plans.
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Ottawa
Aberhart
Alberta
Bennett
Rhodes
Treasury
Toronto
Social Credit
Hugill
Dominion
Canada Estimates Wheat Crop At 290 Million Bushels
The Dominion bureau of statistics reports Canada will harvest about 290.541 million bushels of wheat this year, with 277.274 million spring wheat and 13.261 million fall wheat. Prairie production totals 272 million bushels, including 16 million Durum and about 60 million common wheat, much of which is unfit for milling due to rust or frost.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Prairie Provinces
Prairies
Irish Leader Skips Geneva Dinner With League Delegation
Sir Samuel Hoare and the British delegation hosted a Geneva dinner for Empire representatives. President Eamon de Valera of the Irish Free State declined to attend and was absent from a similar event last year.
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Geneva
Samuel Hoare
League of Nations Assembly
Eamon de Valera
Mountain Climbers Survive 11-Hour Avalanche Ordeal
Three climbers escaping an avalanche clung to rock ledges for 11 hours along Mount Nahar, 12 000 feet high, after tying ropes to solid rock and lowering themselves from the cliff edge. They then crawled back to safety as rocks ceased.
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Tiflis
Russia
Mount
Nahar
Winnipeg Grain Exchange elects new president and VPs
Rupert C. Reece of K. B. Stoddart and Company Limited was acclaimed president of the Winnipeg Grain Exchange succeeding Roy W Milner. W. J. Dowler and Henry Gauer were elected vice presidents, also by acclamation.
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Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Winnipeg
Rupert C. Reece
K. B. Stoddart and Company, Limited
Roy W. Milner
W. J. Dowler
Henry Gauer
Relief Census in British Columbia Planned for October
The British Columbia government announces a relief census to be taken in October to assess every unemployed resident. Each applicant will answer 40 questions about training, work history, capabilities, and physical fitness when applying for assistance.
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Victoria
British Columbia
No More Hazing At Saskatchewan Initations
Saskatoon students hear that hazing ends at the University of Saskatchewan after last term's incidents. This year freshers are greeted with weiner roasts as welcoming events replace harsher practices.
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Saskatoon
University of Saskatchewan
Ethiopian Women Ready to Fight for Ethiopia Frontline Force
Emperor Haile Selassie accepts an offer from a women’s legion to join the front if war with Italy occurs. The group For Love of Country claims thousands of members with branches nationwide. Members wear red capes and khaki outfits, armed with pistols and sabres, led by Madame Wayzaro Abebath Charkoze, 34, who left her home and wealth to defend Ethiopia.
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Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Italy
For Love of Country
African Amazons’ Organization
Madame Wayzaro Abebath Charkoze
Britain backs League Covenant as Hoare speaks at Geneva
Sir Samuel Hoare told the league assembly that Great Britain stands unreservedly by the Covenant and its obligations. He urged collective security beyond sanctions and proposed an inquiry into colonial raw materials to ease economic tensions linked to the Ethiopia Italy dispute.
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Geneva
Great Britain
League of Nations
League Assembly
Samuel Hoare
League
Italy
Ethiopia
Sir Samuel
United Kingdom
Britain
Peace appeals to Italy and Ethiopia from Hull and Hoare
Secretary Hull urged Italy and Ethiopia to avoid war in Africa in a statement stressing peaceful ideals and Kellogg Briand pact aims. Britain’s Sir Samuel Hoare voiced a real friend appeal at Geneva, urging a just settlement preserving Italy’s expansion claims and the League covenant.
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Washington
Italy
Ethiopia
Africa
Hull
United States
State Department
Geneva
Great Britain
Samuel Hoare
I] Duce
League of Nations
Mussolini
Samuel
Fatal mine blast at North Gawber colliery Barnsley
In Yorkshire, a blast ripped a 200 yard gallery at North Gawber colliery trapping 16 miners who died and burned nine others. Survivor Donald Brook described a sudden boom and choking dust as rescuers pulled victims to safety amid darkness and gas.
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Barnsley
Yorkshire
England
North Gawber
Donald Brook
Brook
Campbell May Race Wood Windsor Ont Harmsworth Trophy Battle
Windsor Daily Star reports a potential 1936 clash between Sir Malcolm Campbell and Gar Wood for the Harmsworth trophy symbolizing motor boat supremacy. Detroit officials note Campbell’s visit to Michigan could yield insight into water conditions on the Detroit River and Lake St Clair where Wood has defended his honors.
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Windsor
Ont
Malcolm Campbell
Gar Wood
Windsor Daily Star
Detroit
The
Star
Michigan
Detroit River
Lake St. Clair
Toronto declares war on noise with night horn ban
The Toronto board of control passed a resolution to prohibit the use of car horns from 11 pm to 7 am. The measure aims to curb noise pollution and moves to the city council for approval.
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Toronto
Toronto Board of Control
City Council
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Canterbury
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Wood
Harmsworth Trophy
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