Canada to supply Britain with vast wartime needs
Canadian trade mission reports Britain will rely on Canada for wheat cheese bacon lumber and canned goods while shipments of rubber footwear and chemicals expand. Restrictions ease on imports allow 50 percent of normal trade, with metals and aluminum boosted and tobacco partly lifted.
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Great Britain
Canada
United Kingdom
Dried Fruit Control Board
Nova Scotia
Britain
A M. Shaw
Agriculture Department
George McIvor
Canadian Wheat Board
LD. Wilgreas
Trade and Commerce Department
Clarence Jackson
Mines and Resources Department
L. Breadner
Defence Department
Aviation Genius Dies in Murray Hill Hospital
A 49 year old aviation genius known for building a successful airplane before ever seeing one died in Murray Hill hospital from pneumococcal meningitis after a brave three week illness. The Dutch airplane designer had been a prominent figure in aviation circles for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tore Amnosyma
Fokker
Murray Hill
King and Queen Send Silver Candlesticks to St George’s Church
A pair of silver candlesticks valued as mementos from King George VI and Queen Elizabeth were sent to St George’s Anglican Church. Delivered to Rev Canon H. Tulley Montgomery by the King’s secretary Hon. Lascelles, the 12 inch high hexagonal pieces feature an English rose and Canadian maple leaf entwined, with base stamps showing a lion rampant and leopard’s head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St George's Anglican
George VI
Elizabeth
H. Tulley Montgomery
Lascelles
Arabs Back Turkey Against Bolshevism in Near East Clash
The Egyptian Arab press echoes anti Bolshevik sentiment urging unity with Turkey if war breaks out with Russia. Alsaban urges Muslims and Arabs to defend Turks and oppose Bolshevism to protect Arab and Islamic independence.
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Turkey
Near East
Western Canada beet sugar factories idle after record crop
Western Canada's two beet sugar factories ended operations after processing 262000 tons of beets the largest crop in south Alberta since the industry began. The Raymond mill near Beckendale sliced 126000 tons and the P Butte plant near Lethbridge 136000 tons aided by ideal weather and few losses from freezing. About 10000 tons more were harvested than in 1938.
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Sethbridge- Western Canada
South Alberta
Raymond
P. Butte
Lethbridge
King’s Christmas Greeting to Canada
Governor-General Lord Tweedsmuir received the King's cable of thanks for Canadian Christmas and New Year wishes. The King and Queen express gratitude for public good wishes and hope the New Year brings happier times to all.
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Lord Tweedsmuir
Sand
Hingham
Canada
Canadian Performing Right Society to Continue Scholarships
President H. T. Jamieson announced CPRS will offer scholarships and cash awards in 1910. In the past two years about 75 Canadians from all provinces competed, with 10 awards given including three in British Columbia and Ontario each and one in Manitoba New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. The competition is open to Canadians of either sex under 22 and closes March 1 1940.
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Canadian Performing Right Society
Toronto
Canada
H. T. Jamieson
British Columbia
Ontario
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Islar
Cotton crops in Berlin show reich economy drive
Gierman notes cotton crops in Berlin illustrate the reich's push for economic self sufficiency. He cites a successful experimental cultivation in eastern Germany despite harsh climate, expecting revolutionary changes in the world raw materials picture.
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Berlin
Reich
Germany
Trade Treaty With Japan Could End At Any Time
Washington reports the U S Japan commercial accord faced possible abrogation by Secretary Hull. A mode vivendi would allow day to day business and could be terminated instantly by either side. The Roosevelt administration may halt new commerce treaties and impose an embargo on raw material shipments to Japan if the pact expires.
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Japan
Washington
Damocles
United States
Cordell Hull
United Accord
Roosevelt
Naval Heroes The King Decorates Officers for Heroism
The King honors Royal Navy officers and sailors in a London Gazette supplement. Commander Richard Frank Jolly is noted for mortally wounding and guiding Mohawk to port before dying five hours later, posthumously awarded the Military Medal of the Order of the British Empire. Spearfish crew also decorates, with others recognized for mine clearance under danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nuun
London Gazette
Richard Frank Jolly
Empire opens diet with thanks as ties to treaty powers ease
The opening of the diet featured gratitude and a claim that relations between the empire and each treaty power have grown more amicable. Attending diplomats included British Ambassador Sir Robert Craigie, U.S. Ambassador Joseph C. Grew, and German Ambassador Major-General Eugene Ott.
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Rauperyr Ruoluite
Sir Robert Craigie
United States
Joseph C. Grew
Eugene Ott
Canadian Active Service Forces appoint overseas education head
Col. H L de Martigny named associate director of overseas educational services for Canada’s Active Service Forces following Robert Eng’s appointment as director. The move aligns with Man Legion’s broader educational program across all service branches.
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H. L. de Martigny
Active Service Force 1
Robert Engmade
Canéland
Winnipeg
Man Legion
Canada
Dafoe seeks removal from guardianship of Dionne quintuplets
Allan Roy Dafoe says after two years he has urged relief from his duties as guardian to the Dionne quintuplets. He wishes to focus on the children’s health and welfare rather to handle ongoing business arrangements.
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Callander
Allan Roy Dafoe
Dionne
Devastating Turkey Quake Triggers Mass Loss of Life
Early estimates place deaths in the North Anatolia quake around 8,000 with widespread destruction across Samsun Ordu Tokat Amuse and Yozgat regions. Turkish troops and fire brigades search ruined villages by torchlight as aid pours in from government and agencies.
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Ankara
Turkey
Anatolia
Samsun
Black Sea
Ordu
Tokat
Amuse
Yogad
Airports of Canada designated as military ports listed
Canada transport department designates sixteen airports as direct or indirect military ports in the latest Canale Gazette. The list includes Vancouver, Lethbridge, Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, Stevenson Field Winnipeg, Fort William, Kapuskasing Ont, North Bay Ont, Malton Toronto, Hamilton Ont, Uplands Ottawa, St Hubert near Montreal, Saint John NB, Halifax, and Moncton.
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Otawa
Canada
Transport Department
Canale Gazette
Vancouver Aiport
Lethbridge
Calgary
Edmonton
Regina
Stevenson Field
Winnipeg
Fort William
Kapuskasing
Ont
North Bay
Malton
Toronto
Hamillton
Uplands
Ottawa
St. Hut
Montreal
Saint John NB
Halifax
Mone B
Ton
German Freighters Ordered Home and Scuttled at Sea
The German freighters Arauca and Columbus were ordered to reach Reich ports. Captain Frederick Stengler said both ships tried to comply when intercepted by British warships. The Columbus was scuttled at sea while Arauca f led to Port Everglades.
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Fort Lauderdale
Flamepany News
Frederick Stengler
Arauca
Reich
Columbus
British and other nationals released from Germany and Czecho Slovakia
Authoritative informants report that Britishers in London along with members of Reir families previously held in Germany and Czecho Slovakia since the outbreak of war are being released. International usage consuls lack the same immunity as embassy staff, who left Berlin at the war’s start.
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London
Brurn _sular
Reir
Germany
Czecho-Slovakia
Berlin
French War Communique Reports Destroys and Patrols
A French war communique states destruction of U boats and two additional sinkings by French naval units with increased patrol activity on the Western Front.
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Pacific Coast
Bantt
Western Canada
the King
King George VI
Gierman
Wan
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Parker
Medicine Hat
Alta
MacLeod
Overseas Educational Service
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