French Premier Defends Democracy Against Dictators
Paris Premier Leon Blum delivers a vigorous defence of democratic forms as France's answer to Nazi anti democracy rhetoric at Nuremberg. He argues democracies show stability, rejects imposing beliefs, and calls for peace and League of Nations faith, pledging unity in danger and non intervention in Spain.
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Paris
Leon Etum
France
Hitler
Europe
Mussolini
Italy
United States to Import Record Wheat in 1936
A New York Herald Tribune wire reports the Commerce Department and Bureau of Agriculture estimate U.S. wheat imports in 1936 will surpass all prior years, while imports will dwarf exports. The shift to an import basis is tied to a three year movement and AAAs crop reduction policy.
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New York
Washington
New York Herald- Tribune
Department of Commerce
Bureau of Agriculture
United States
Department of Agriculture
A.a.a.s
Ottawa mandates radio gear on Great Lakes freighters
Transport Minister C. D. Howe announced a new Canada Shipping Act order requiring all freighters over 5,000 gross tons operating between ports more than 200 miles apart on the Great Lakes to carry radio-telegraph equipment and a competent operator from September 20 to the close of navigation.
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Ottawa
Great Lakes
C. D. Howe
New Canada Shipping Act
Canada Faces Vast Water Power Potential for Turbine Capacity
Hon. C. D. Howe reports Canada’s water resources could power 43 million horsepower, with current output at 8 million. Canada ranks high per capita and hosts about 300 delegates from 30 nations at the world power conference in Ottawa. Potential St Lawrence resources total 4 million horsepower between above Montreal and rapids sections shared with the United States.
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Ottawa
Canada
C. D. Howe
United States
Italy
Norway
Howe
Cana
Washington
Niagara Falls
St Lawrence
Montreal
Reorganization of Canada's Militia Moves Forward
Hon. Ian Mackenzie, minister of national defence, informs the board that the proposed reorganization aims to modernize the non-permanent active militia. He argues for balanced force growth with more anti-aircraft and mechanized artillery, tank battalions and armored car regiments, while denying total reductions in Toronto or the district.
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Toronto
Ian Mackenzie
National Defence
Board of Control
Canada
Mackenzie
Conductor Daly Named to CNR Board of Directors
Justice Minister Ernest Lapointe announced Bremton L. Daly of Winnipeg as a Canadian National Railways board member and J. C. McRuer of Toronto to the penitentiaries royal commission. Daly, a Winnipeg conductor tied to railway unions, joins six others named previously for the seven member board taking over October 1.
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Ottawa
Bremton L. Daly
Winnipeg
Canadian National Railways Board of Directors
J. C. McRuer
K.C
Toronto
Royal Commission On Penitentiaries
Ernest Lapointe
Daly
Montreal
Canadian National
Canadian National Administration
Medico Appointed for Far North Ottawa Chesterfield post
Dr. Thomas Melling of Coronation Alberta has been named doctor at the government post at Chesterfield Northwest Territories. He will relieve Dr. L D Livingstone who has served there since 1934 and is taking several months furlough. Dr. Melling departs Churchill Manitoba in a mission boat within days, as one of the season’s last northern arrivals.
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Ottawa
Thomas Melling
Coronation
Alta
Chesterfield
Northwest Territories
L. D. Livingstone
Melling
Churchill
Man
Ethiopian Denies Bath Estate Purchase by Haile Selassie
The London Ethiopian Legation formally denies reports that Emperor Haile Selassie has bought an estate in Bath and plans to make a permanent residence there. The denial counters circulating rumors about the emperor's residence arrangements.
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London
Haile Selassie
Bath
Food Shortage Flares in Madrid Amid Queues and Disorder
Madrid faces acute food shortage as long morning lines form outside groceries and egg shops. Civilians and militiamen swell in number, with occasional clashes as authorities demand a rationing system and a proper distributing agency to ensure supplies reach shoppers.
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Madrid
Ex Toronto Pilot Killed as British Airways Liner Crashes
Captain Walter Fraser Anderson formerly of Toronto head pilot for British Airways Limited died when the air liner struck a tree and crashed at Gatwick after takeoff. The craft carried mail to Hamburg with no passengers. a fourth crewman escaped injured. Anderson’s wife witnessed the crash.
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Hamburg
London
Walter Fraser Anderson
Toronto
British Airways Limited
Gatwick
Anderson
Line
England
U.S. Reestablishes Naval Squadron in European Waters
The United States plans a temporary naval squadron in European service led by Rear Admiral Arthur Fairfield with the Raleigh as flagship. The Hatfield Kane and Cayuga will join the formation. Officials say the move names a temporary squadron, not a new policy, tied to the Spanish refugee crisis.
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Washington
U.S
Spain
Arthur Fairfield
Raleigh
Hatfield
United States
Hull
Conference Postponed as European Powers Clash Over Groundwork
London reports indicate Italy and Germany demand adequate diplomatic groundwork before any Locarno signatories meeting next month. Britain France and Belgium favor talks on a new European security pact with October 19 proposed. Germany signals incomplete groundwork and Italy calls for more exchanges before setting a date. Chancellor Hitler’s denunciation of Bolshevism at Nuremberg dims hopes for a broad settlement. British circles see little impact on domestic policy from his remarks.
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London
Italy
Germany
Locarno
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Hitler
Nuremberg
Mussolini Plans Empire highway network in Ethiopia
Reports to the U S department of commerce indicate Italy will launch a broad construction program in Ethiopia after the rains. Premier Mussolini outlines a 2500 mile highway network with 1000 technicians 30000 Italian laborers and 70000 native workers. A 12 hour air link between Addis Ababa and Rome will require a new flying field six miles from the city.
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Washington
United States Department of Commerce
Italy
Ethiopia
Mussolini
Addis Ababa
Rome
Fortune For Charity New York Charity Heir Thomp son Donates Large Estate
Mary Gardiner Thompson, 91, left 13 027 737 of her estate 14 914 031 to six New York charities in an appraisal. Died April 22, Thompson was a descendant of Lord Gardiner who in 1639 bought Gardiners Island from the Indians and received a royal grant.
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New York
Mary Gardiner Thompson
Philanthrop
Miss Thompson
Lord Gardiner
Gardiners Island
Long Island
French Explorer Charcot’s Ship Porquoi Pas Sinks Off Iceland
The Porquoi Pas foundered in a gale off Iceland with 60 aboard. only one survivor, Petty Officer Eugene Geonidec, swam ashore. Captain Jean Charcot and 29 others, including doctors, were among the 30 bodies washed ashore. The Danish gunboat Aegir reported the disaster. Charcot’s later life and his polar legacy were noted in reports.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Jean Charcot
London
Eugene Geonidec
Geonidec
Dr. Charcot
Aegir
rush of new crop wheat floods Edmonton district
Farmers market a major wheat surplus with daily proceeds near 150 000 dollars in the Edmonton district. On September 15 a total of 116 grain cars were loaded at district points on the C N R and the CPR with the bulk sent to Vancouver elevators, signaling a movement still far from its peak.
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Edmonton
C.N.R
CPR
Vancouver
Montreal Grows Trust in Conciliatory League Spirit
Rt. Hon. L. S. Amery urged governing the League of Nations by conciliation and cooperation. He called for expanding membership, dropping coercion, and building permanent regional groups linked to peaceful economic collaboration and mutual security. He warned the league failed under universal intervention and should focus on cooperation with limited, necessary defenses.
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Montreal
League of Nations
L. S. Amery
Europe
League
Du Pont accused over 1933 German munitions deal
U S munition firm Dupont faced allegations from the Senate committee detailing a 1933 contract with an alleged international spy, later destroyed, and payments of 25000 to the spy. The report cites close ties with I G Farben and Dynamit Aktiengesellschaft stakes and includes Remington Arms royalties to a German competitor.
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Washington
Dupont Company
Germany
United States Senate Munitions Committee
United States
Wilmington
E. I. Dupont de Nemours and Company
Remington Arms Company
Dupont
Remington
Pratt and Whitney Company
Felix du Pont
Giera
Peter Brenner
I. G. Farbenindustrie
Farflung German Chemical Trust
Reich Explosives Manufacturing Company
Dynamit Action-Gesellschaft
Gas masks for wartime use explained in London
Major S Blackmore told medical practitioners that poison gas is least dangerous to a trained population but harms morale most. He outlined three mask types the service, civil duty, and general use lasting five to six hours, with a factory ready to manufacture and stores stocked nationwide.
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London
S. Blackmore
Home Office
Medical Practitioners Union
Blackmore
Italy Becomes Satisfied Power Renounces Aggression
The Corriere Della Sera says Italy is a satisfied nation turning from aggression and seeking friendly ties with Great Britain. It notes Italy’s naval ambitions are abandoned and that Britain would benefit from renewing traditional friendship. Italy focuses on exploiting its territories and empire.
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Rome
Italy
Great Britain
Corriere Della Serra
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CNR
James Y. Murdoch
Canadian National Railways
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Britain
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