Germany and Japan sign anti Communist pact
Berlin and Tokyo sign a five year anti Communist pact at the foreign office. Ribbentrop and Mushakojo sign for Germany and Japan respectively. The agreement commits both nations to inform, assist, and act against the Communist Internationale and to invite others to join. A permanent joint commission is created to drive the anti Communist campaign. Soviet Russia condemns the pact as a military alliance and Russia to fish rights in eastern Siberian waters expire December 31.
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Berlin
Germany
Japan
Communist Internationale
Allance
Foreign Office
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Great Britain
Hitler
Kintomo Mushakojo
International Communist Organization
Moscow
Vermany
Soviet
Russia
Siberian
King Edward Sends Sympathy to Alberta Rancher Family
A message from His Majesty King Edward VIII conveyed sympathies to the family of Joseph Harrison Brown during funeral services for the Alberta rancher known as TU Brown. Brown and partner Frank Bedingfield had purchased the EP ranch range that borders the royal holding in the late 1880s.
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Edward
High River
Alta
Edward VIII
Joseph Harrison
Tu” Brown
Alberta
Royal
Tweedamuir
Brown
Frank Bedingfield
EP Ranch
Missing Airliner Found off Egyptian Coast
An Egyptian air liner missing for two days on the Mediterranean was found safe after a forced landing on the Egyptian coast. All occupants survived including four crew members and a Japanese businessman along with Father Anastase, a scholar and student of Arabic known for his sworn silence.
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Cairo
Egypt
Anastase
Endorse Trade Pacts Chamber of Agriculture Urges Continuation
The Canadian Chamber of Agriculture endorses continuing empire reciprocal trade agreements and asks the Dominion government to favor terms that grow trade and aid Canadian agricultural exports. It applauds the Farmers Creditors Arrangement Act and supports extending it to speed farm debt relief. A delegation, led by J H Weston, left Toronto to push wheat marketing and other ag issues before Hon. James Gardiner.
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Chamber of Agriculture
Toronto
Canadian Chamber of Agriculture
United States
Dominion
Chamber
James Gardiner
J. H. Weston
Regina
JH. Wesson
W. C. McKenzie
Alberta Co-operative Council
E. E. Hutton
British Columbia
C. H. Burnell
Manitoba
Nobel Peace Prize Angers Nazis Over Ossietzky Award
The German government calls the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize for Carl von Ossietzky an insult and a challenge to Germany. Officials promise a direct, unrevealed reply to Oslo’s announcement, denouncing Ossietzky as a traitor and praising the prize as provocative.
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Ers
Carl von Ossietzky
Ossietzky
Oslo
Germany
Nine Die as Chicago Electric Train Collides with Elevated Car
Nine people were killed and at least 69 injured when a steel train rear-ended an eight-car elevated car near a northside station. The impact scattered wreckage along the tracks as home-bound workers rode the car. Chief Deputy Coroner Victor L. Schlaeger said an inquest would begin. Chicago Rapid Transit Company General Manager Bernard J. Fallon called the crash one of the worst in the lines' history and announced a separate company inquiry.
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Chicago
Victor L. Schlaeger
Bernard J. Fallon
Chicago Rapids Transit Company
Canada army team wins international officers challenge trophy
Canada's army team swept the Royal Winter Fair horse show and captured the officers jumping trophy donated by G Howard Fernson. The contest included teams from Great Britain United States Irish Free State and Chile, with the trophy awarded in the concluding officers jumping events.
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Toronto
Canada
G. Howard Fernson
Great Britain
United States
Irish Free State
Chile
Automobile Menace Urges Stricter Driver Rules In Canada
Recorder Leonce Plante of Montreal calls for car use in schools and for license suspension for drunken drivers. He argues parental consent governs pupil car access and advocates speed zones. Prof W D Tait of McGill backs controlled speeds, calling some city roads safe at 40 to 50 mph when clear.
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Ottawa
Leonce Plante
Montreal
National Safety Conference
Canada
W. D. Tait
Department of Psychology
McGill University
Recorder Plante
Ottawa plans Dominion air service next year
Transport Minister C. D. Howe said developments are not yet ready for details on a coast-to-coast air service. The government hopes to operate it next year but does not expect to run air mail and passenger business itself. Strong rumors suggest control by Canadian National and Canadian Pacific railways.
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Ottawa
Urgumenton
Ans
Canada Air Services
Dominion
C. D. Howe
Iso
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific
Stalin OKs new military ministry amid Soviet constitution push
Joseph Stalin approved a separate military industry commissariat as observers see a move to speed up armament. He presented a constitution to the All Union Congress of Soviets amid an anti Fascist stance and pledged the Communist party as Russia’s sole party.
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Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Communist Party
Russia
Germany
Japan
Berlin
Stalin
Five principles to aid Canadian farmers set forth
Calgary report of the Canadian Co operative Wheat Producers lists five recommendations from L C Browlette at Regina, including extending wheat board operations to coarse grains, establishing marketing agencies, pursuing international cooperation for price levels, granting tariff concessions via trade agreements, and enacting a quota system if surplus cannot be absorbed.
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Calgary
L. C. Browlette
Regina
Alberta Wheat Pool
Canadian Wheat Board
Canada
RCMP Enlistments High Yet Few Are Accepted
Montreal discussion reveals 4000 to 5000 men seek RCMP enlistment yearly while about 300 are chosen. Major-General Sir James H. Mac Brien, commissioner, notes lingering romance in the force and outlines northern assignment scope. About 125 of 3000 officers are active in northern fields.
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Montreal
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
James H. MacBrien
High tribute paid to Gen Currie and Sir John Monash
London pays tribute to General Currie and Sir John Monash in Lloyd George’s final war memoir volume. It argues promotions favored seniority and society, cites Currie and Monash as brilliant leaders who rose to the top, and notes Canadians as the fire hardened point of attack after the Somme.
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London
Srder
John Monash
David Lloyd George
Currie
Monash
Lloyd George
Somme
Want Representation Campaign For Rural School Boards
United Farm Women of Ontario moved to ensure at least one woman sits on every rural school board. A convention resolution notes the past gains for rural women trustees and sets as objective one woman per rural board. Mrs. Orval Hind of Bear Line Dover township Kent county was reelected unanimously for a third term as president.
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Toronto
United Farm Women of Ontario
Uf.w.o
Orval Hind
Bear Line
Dover Township
Kent County
Injured Show Horses Question Needle Attachment at Royal Winter Fair
Western Ontario owners at the Royal Winter Fair disclosed three horses valued near seven thousand dollars were injured by what they believe to be a hypodermic needle. Horses Bobby Zombro Ceylon Domineer Patricia Volo were reported hurt after incidents at the show building and by attendants. Police links to a Toronto dog show stabbing scare were unclear.
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Toronto
Western Ontario
Bobby Zombro
C. Cole
Delhi
Ceylon Domineer
Innes Stable
Simcoe
Patricia Volo
Earl E. Foster
Galt
Cole
Foster
Innes
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Anny Tomkins
David Williams
Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin
Ork
Trans-Canada Air Service
Wheat Board
RCMP
Charles W. Simpson
RCA
James Stockart
Canadian Travel Bureau
Canadian National Railways
Canadian Pacific Railway
Sir Arthur Currie
Ario Farm
School Board
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