Henlein Faces Treason Charge as Sudeten Crisis Deepens
Prague authorities arrest Konrad Henlein, leader of the Sudeten German party, on treason charges after his proclamation calling for union with Germany. The move follows extended martial law in the Sudeten regions and a government push to prosecute other party chiefs.
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Prague
Konrad Henlein
Little Fuehrer
Henlein
Ger
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Europe
Reich
Henkin
Eger
Vienna
Leipzig
Dresden
Eduard Benes
Sudeten
Wheat at Churchill Winnipeg ships 1 million bushels
George H McIvor chief commissioner of the Canadian wheat board said the Churchill 1 elevator now has enough wheat to meet fall shipments and more than 1,000,000 bushels have already been shipped to the port on Hudson Bay. Three steamers chartered to move the wheat include S S Rudby S S Dale and S S Troutpool, all operated by Ropner Line.
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Winnipeg
George H. McIvor
Canadian Wheat Board
Churchill
McIver
Hudson Bay
S.S. Rudby
Newcastle-on-Tyne
S.S. Dale
S.S
Troutpool
Ropner Line
Exonerates Company in Fire Damage Suit
Mr Justice A M Manson in Supreme Court exonerates Canadian National Steamships Ltd from negligence in the August 30 1930 fire that destroyed its docks. He dismissed M Desbrisay and Company’s Vancouver claim for 1588 cases of salmon worth 13406 dollars and the broader set of 14 actions totaling 48000 dollars.
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Vancouver
A. M. Manson
Supreme Court
Canadian National Steamships Ltd
M. Desbrisay and Company
Bomb-Proof Shelter Under U.S. Legation in Prague
A bomb-proof cement and steel shelter is being built under a wing of the United States legation in Prague Czechoslovakia. The shelter replacing a wine cellar cost about 600 dollars after partial reconstruction of the legation began.
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Washington
United States Legation
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Legation
Edmonton considers city wheat growth on a trial plot
A 5.5 acre city owned plot in Edmonton, managed by the unemployment relief department, is planted with Thatcher seed and expected to yield 30 bushels per acre. H. F. McKee notes much of the city lands are vacant and could support grain, though no definite plans exist. Meanwhile at the British Columbia Agricultural Association exhibition, prairie exhibitors win top prizes for hogs and sheep with A C Weir Aberdeen winning Yorkshire pigs and R B Hunter Winnipeg taking the Oxford Down ram championship.
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Edmonton
H. F. McKee
Victoria
British Columbia Agricultural Association
Prairie Provinces
A. C. Weir
Aberdeen, Sask
R. B. Hunter
Winnipeg
Oxford Down Rams
S. Crossmar
Sleeping sickness hits Washington livestock in Benton and Franklin
In Olympia Washington Dr Marvin R Hales of the division of dairy and livestock reports the first outbreak of encephalomyelitis or sleeping sickness among local livestock. Roughly 30 horses have died in 50 cases with 40 to 80 percent loss in affected herds. The Department of Agriculture investigates and pursues control measures while vaccinating many animals.
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Olympia
Wash
Washington
Marvin R. Hales
Division of Dairy and Livestock
Hales
Benton
Franklin County
Department of Agriculture
Chamberlain Praised by Italian Paper for Hitler Visit
Il Popolo di Roma lauds British Prime Minister Chamberlain after his flight to meet Adolf Hitler. The paper calls his move a high European conscience initiative and suggests it signals a settlement of the Prague Sudeten crisis with Hitler rather than Prague.
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Rome
Il Popolo di Roma
Chamberlain
Hitler
Europe
Disorders Raise Toll in Palestine Conflicts
In Jerusalem and surrounding areas unrest injures Britons Arabs and Jews. More than 40 people dead or wounded over two days including a British police officer killed by a mine near Beisan and ten Arabs fatally hurt by a weapon attack on a northern Palestine bus.
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Beisan
Palestine
Prairie Crop Value Estimates Hit 278 Million Ottawa
An unofficial estimate puts the value of the five principal crops in the three prairie provinces at 278 million dollars this year. The figure exceeds 1937's 243 million as reported by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. The estimate uses farm values, production figures, Fort William prices, and deducts average freight.
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Ottawa
Prairie Provinces
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Fort William
Ottawa declares Fire Prevention Week period in Gazette
An extra Canada Gazette proclamation designates October 9 to 15 as Fire Prevention Week to impress upon Canadians the national importance of safeguarding life and property from fire loss.
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Ottawa
Canada Gazette
New Appointment at Bank of Canada
Retirement of J A C Osborne as deputy governor of the Bank of Canada is announced. Donald Gordon, current bank secretary, is named to succeed him.
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Ottawa
J. A. C. Osborne
Bank of Canada
Donald Gordon
Bank
Tiny republic born from Great War treaties
London reports警 statesmen fear a new war as Czechoslovakia a tiny republic formed after World War I faces Sudeten German pressure. Sudeten Germans seek independence or union with Germany while Czechoslovakia resists ceding foreign policy and military control. Germany, Italy, and Japan align against communism with Britain watching closely.
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London
Czechoslovakia
Bohemia
Moravia
Silesia
Slovakia
Ruthenia
Sudeten Mountains
Sudeten
Germany
Austria
Hitler
Sudetens
France
Soviet
Russia
Great Britain
Italy
Japan
Prisoners in Paris Seek Army Service If War Comes
Political prisoners accused of planning a revolution in France asked Premier Daladier to mobilize them. From prison where awaiting trial for involvement in the CSAR plot they wrote that they place themselves at his disposal for all military duties in mobilization now or in the future.
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Paris
France
Daladier
C.S.A.R
Eskimo Ranchers in Canada to Receive Reindeer Loan
Government plans a loan of 800 reindeer to Charlie Rufus and Rufus Lakealuk in the Northwest to aid Eskimo subsistence. The department of mines and resources would own the herd while natural increase stays with the Eskimos. Meat and hides from northern herds offer a market and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada
Department of Mines and Resources
Eskimos
R. A. Gibson
Lands, Parks and Forests
Northwest Territories
Charlie Rufus
Rufus Lakealuk
Ottawa Grants Salary Increases for Tax Division
About 700 of 1,300 income tax division employees across Canada will receive increases through a reclassification approved by the treasury board and civil service commission. No rise since September 1935. The move aligns tax staff with other government departments in pay and grade. Specific amount of the increases was not stated.
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Ottawa
Income Tax Division
National Revenue Department
Canada
Civil Service Commission
Treasury Board
Income Tax
J. L. Isley
Minister of Revenue
Graf Zeppelin Zeppelins First Trial Flight From Friedrichshafen
The new German air giant LZ130 conducted its inaugural trial flight at Friedrichshafen with hydrogen. Commander Dr Hugo Eckener christened the airship Graf Zeppelin by breaking a bottle of liquid air on its prow. The craft carried 74 people, including 29 crew members.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Hugo Eckener
Grain Elevator Fire Destroys Iron Springs Plant
A grain elevator of the Alberta Pacific Grain Co at Iron Springs Alberta was destroyed by a fire of undetermined origin. About 60 000 bushels of grain were lost with 25 000 bushels of wheat burned in the bins.
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Lethbridge
Alta
Alberta Pacific Grain Company
Iron Springs
Paintings Arrive for Ottawa Exhibit at Tate Gallery
Five tons of Canadian paintings arrived in London on Sept. 13 and lay unpacked at the wharf until another shipment came. They will be hung for a Tate gallery exhibit opening Oct. 15. The show presents 250 pictures marking a century of Canadian art from galleries in Ottawa and Toronto and private collections.
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Ottawa
London
England
Tate Gallery
Duke of Kent
Canada
National Gallery of Canada
Art Gallery of Toronto
Dominion will still press for idle insurance
Ontario report says the Dominion government will not relax its push for nation wide unemployment insurance. Labour minister Norman Rogers notes last year's provincial refusals to amend the constitution were a bitter setback but insists cooperation remains vital. He hopes Quebec New Brunswick and Alberta will join, and cites protected Canadian labor in defence contracts and fair wage clauses in armaments work.
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Niagara
Dominion
Norman Rogers
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
Rogers
Privy Council
Bennett
Ontario
Quebec
New Brunswick
Alberta
Department of National Defence
Labor Department
Alberta Premiers Refusal To Submit Brief To Rowell Commission
Premier Aberhart of Alberta refuses to submit the province’s Dominion relations brief to the Rowell Commission. He sent a letter with 25 copies of The Case for Alberta to Prime Minister Mackenzie King, asserting the government seeks an impartial public review and warns against jeopardizing national unity. He notes Alberta’s position was strengthened by later events and objects to commission personnel and terms of reference.
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Edmonton
Aberhart
Alberta
Mackenzie King
Dominion
Rowell Royal Commission
Rowell Commission
Canada
Victoria native Commander Pelly linked to PM Chamberlain’s plane
Commander Charles Pelly, senior pilot of the peace plane for Prime Minister Chamberlain, once lived in Victoria B C where he studied. He leads British Airways as senior commander, piloting over 1,000,000 mule miles on European routes including the night mail to Berlin. Born in India in 1908. RAF Egypt 1931. three years as officers light heavyweight boxing champion.
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London
Charles Pelly
Chamberlain
Victoria
B.C
Pelly
British Airways
Berlin
Royal Air Force
Egypt
India
Wheat grades good Fort William
The grain commission statistics branch reports August deliveries to country elevators and loading for shipment in western Canada total about 46 million bushels with good grades. Overseas shipments in August reached about 6.88 million bushels, up roughly 300 thousand from August 1937, against an estimated 250 million bushels available for export.
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Fort William
Board of Grain Commissioners Statistics Branch
Canada
Socialized medicine movement grows in Alberta CMA meeting
Dr. T. C. Routley of Toronto told delegates at the Alberta division annual meeting that a movement toward socialized medicine is growing. Routley is general secretary of the CMLA.
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Calgary
T. C. Routley
Toronto
Alberta
Canadian Medical Association
Routley
CMLA
Air Ministry tests single seat fighter with motor cannon
At Martiesham Heath England the Air Ministry runs trials on an experimental single seated fighter equipped with a motor cannon. The gun fires small explosive shells at high speed through the engine propeller shaft as part of the test program.
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Martiesham Heath
Eng
Air Ministry
Dutch Bill Grants Derbyshire War Food Powers
Reuters despatch from The Hague reports a Dutch bill introduced in parliament to grant the government extraordinary powers to guarantee food supplies in wartime. It outlines aims to secure adequate provisions during conflict and potential controls on distribution and imports.
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London
Reuters
Hague
Netherlands
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Canadian National Steamships
U.S
Washington State
Jerusalem
Holy Land
Good Roads President
T. B. McQuesten
Canadian Good Roads Association
F. M. MacPherson
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
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