Heav y Nazi levy on Jewish fortunes shocks Germany
A decree by Finance Minister Lutz Schwerin-Krosigk imposes a 20 percent tax on fortunes above 2,000 reichsmarks for Jews and those without nationality in Germany. Foreign Jews exempt. Payments due in installments through December to May, with penalties for noncompliance. Many Jews face emigration choices as property and life insurance plans intersect with the levy.
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Berlin
Germany
Manaasina
Ernst von Rath
Paris
By & Pg
Lutz Schwerin-Krosigk
Joseph Goebbels
Fleming honored in Toronto for universal time proposal
In Toronto the Diamond Jubilee marks Sir Sanford Fleming’s proposal to base universal time. The Canadian Institute recalls his effort to standardize clocks and regulate daily schedules, highlighting his Scots-Canadian legacy and enduring impact on timekeeping.
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Nory
Sanford Fleming
Toronto
Sandford Fleming
Canadian Institut
Cere
Mobilizing Fleet Costs Mentioned in Parliament Debate
The discussion noted that mobilizing fleet costs during the September crisis totaled just over £1,000,000. Plans for Canada training for the Air Force may be included in defense efforts to be reviewed at Parliament’s next session. Prime Minister King spoke on the issue.
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House of ©Nions
Canada
Unite
Birkensie King
Nuffield to Provide Iron Lungs for Empire Hospitals
Motor magnate Lord Nuffield announced plans to supply every hospital in the Empire with iron lungs. He pledged about 5,005 respirators at roughly £500 in total, noting production began after infantile paralysis outbreaks. He said he will not rest until every hospital can use a respirator if needed.
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Nuffield
Canada
Australia
Chance For Women Writers Award Set By Club
The Canadian Women's Press Club will award a gold medal and prize next year for the best short fiction by a woman resident in Canada. The executive also named Winifred M. Stokes of Niagara Falls on airman of a committee to study the types of newspaper work by Canadian women. National president Rosa L. Shaw of Montreal was named the club's representative on the committee preparing for the imperial conference of the PU in Canada in 1940.
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Canadian Women's Press Club
Canada
Will Awant
Winnifred M. Stokes
Niagara Falls
Onairman
Rosa L. Shaw
Montreal
Empress Press Union
The
Honor For Artists Toronto Woman Sculptor One Of Four To Receive High Award
Florence Wylie, a Toronto sculptor, is elected full academician by the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, becoming the fourth woman to gain the honor in the academy s 58 year history. Twelve of her works are in the National Gallery in Ottawa. She hails from Trenton and joins Frank Carmichael, William Omerville, and Alphonse Montre al in receiving the award.
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Toronto
Royal Canadian Academy of Art
Florence Wylie
RCA
National Gallery
Ottawa
Trenton
Frank Carmichael
Oria
Ont
Wiliam Omerville
Alphonse Montreal
Som
Hamilton
Gers
King George V Battleship to Launch in Newcastle
London announces King George V will attend the launching on February 21 at Newcastle on Tyne. After the ceremony the King and Queen will tour England. The 35,000 ton battleship is part of a 1996 189 gram program. Baldwin plans a nationwide Dec 7 radio appeal for German Jewish refuges through churches and Jewish groups.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Newcastle-on- Tyne
England
Ail
Jellicoe Atty
Long Baldwin
Radio Ol
Church of England
All Free Churches
Aly Hidden Power Plant Beneath Mount Castello
Aly unveils her largest underground power plant beneath Mount Castello designed to run unseen and shielded from public view. The facility aims to provide resilient energy, leveraging subterranean design to avoid surface threats and disruptions.
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Aly
Mount Castello
Devastating Fire Destroys Palatial Movie Homes Near Santa Monica
A massive southern California wildfire blazed across three counties near Santa Monica with 45 mile per hour winds. Palatial homes of movie stars and directors burned including Arrowhead Springs hotel owned by Joseph M. Schenck. Malibu refugees fled to the surf as Santa Monica lifeguards aided evacuations.
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Santa Monica
Los Angeles
California
Topanga Canyon
San Bernardino Mountains
Strawberry Peak
Lake Arrowhead
Big Bear
Arrowhead Springs
Joseph M. Schenck
Pittsburg
Ritz Brothers
Notion
Richard Dix
Sam Woods
Frank Lloyd
Malibu Beach
Sherif
Ers
Havens for Refugees Proposed in Africa and South America
The Geographic Society described potential Jewish refugee havens in Africa and South America as generally productive lands with economic potential. British Guiana is cited as a large, sparsely populated area with untapped resources including gold diamonds manganese and river trade challenges. Tanganyika Tanganyika and Northern Rhodesia are noted for timber agriculture minerals and room for settlement with limited development.
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Washington
Africa
South America
Zional Geographic Society
British Guiana
England
Scotland
Wales
Itish
Great Brita
Tanganyika
France
Rhodesia
Utilities Commission BIN Introduced In BC.
Victoria Premier T D Pattullo introduced in the British Columbia legislature a bill to authorize a non public utilities commission. It would regulate railways street railways tramways ferries toll bridges telephone and telegraph gas electric and power plants water supply and public buses or trucks. The bill would exclude personal taxicab operation from public utility status. Conference on Palestine London. Malcolm MacDonald said invitations were issued for a Palestine conference and faced a Liberal suggestion to invite the United States to participate.
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Bin
Victoria
T. D. Pattullo
British
London
Malcolm MacDonall
House of Commons
Geoffrey Mander
United States
Newsreel Suppressed Over Peace Interest Spat
London Parliament hears Sir John Simon claim British government and U S Ambassador Kennedy sought to remove portions of a Paramount newsreel seen as prejudicial amid the Czechoslovak crisis. He denied direct Hays office action and praised the American stance for public duty. Kennedy reportedly referred the matter to the Hays office, which prompted edits including voices by Wickham Steed and A Cumming.
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London
John Simon
Exchequer
House of Commons
United States
Joseph Kennedy
Haslovak
Qu Jonn
Chamberlain
Hitler
Tate
Godesberg
Wickham Steed
A. J. Cum Yy Mander
Mange
Kennedy
Hays Organization
Will Hays
Moti Picture Producers-Distributors of America
Simons
Hays Ofice
Hays
John Mr. Kennedy
United Stader
Sir John
The
Times
Cumming
Neves
New Locomotive Heaviest In British Empire Exhibited in Montreal
A new Selkirk locomotive, designed by H. B. Bowen of Canadian Pacific, is shown in public in Montreal. Built for service in the Canadian Rockies, it stands as the heaviest and most powerful engine in the empire among ten units this year.
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British Empire
Montreal
Nada
Selkirk
Canadian Pacific Railway
H. B. Bowen
Canadian Pac Railway
Canadian Rockies
Former Labour MP Marcus to join National Labour group
Marcus, longtime Lib LP MP and 20 year party member, announces switch to National Labour founded by Ramsay MacDonald in 1931 as a sign of support for Prime Minister Chamberlain's foreign policy in London.
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London
Michael March
Labor Party
Chamberlain
Marcus
National Labor
la MacDonald
Disunity in Canada echoes Czech split fears
Montreal Mount Royal Conservative MP W Allen Walsh warned a service club luncheon that Canada faces growing disunity akin to the pre Munich division of Czechoslovakia, signaling concern over national cohesion and regional tensions.
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Montreal
Canada
Czechoslovakia
Munich
W. Allen Walsh
Mount Royal
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