Anglo Italian agreement approved by House of Commons
The House of Commons backed Prime Minister Chamberlain’s plan to implement the Anglo Italian agreement and British recognition of Franco’s Spain while debates on the Spanish Civil War proceed. The vote showed broad support with a few Conservatives abstaining amid concerns the pact could appease totalitarian powers.
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London
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Filippia
Italy
Great Britain
Ethiopia
Tralian Navarias
Treignty
Richard Butler
Franco
Canada Wheat Policy Aims for High Quality Wheat Growth
United States law president addressed 300 delegates at the Grain Growers Limited annual meeting in Calgary. He outlined goals to maximize market share, maintain high quality, and keep production costs low, while opposing international quota schemes. The report notes an operating profit of 254,613 for the year ending July 31 1638, with substantial retained earnings and assets, and outlines Dominion government support for farmers amid low world prices, plus plans for a Canadian wheat institute to expand markets.
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Canada
US Law
Law
General Reserve
Prairie
Port Arthur
Vannextea
Couver
Dominion
Mr Law
Canadian Wheat Institute
Defence Problems Ottawa Faces In Military Impoverishment
Ottawa weighs national defence gaps in large calibre guns and armoured fighting vehicles as a long range domestic manufacture program is studied. Parliament will likely debate arms production options amid rising costs and prior allocations to aeroplanes and coastal defences.
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Ottawa
Canada
National Defence Department
Tinues
Lyons reveals Australia orders 50 bombers for defense
Premier Joseph Lyons announced in the House that Australia will order 50 bombers, matching Britain’s 200 from the United States, as insurance against potential delays in British plane deliveries. He also said militia will be doubled to 70,000 and promised more defense steps. Germany renews a commercial pact, details to follow as trade shifts after the Anglo-Eire accord. Ottawa appoints T Dann acting deputy RCMP commissioner, succeeding Denis Ryan who retires after 38 years.
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Stralia
Canberra
Joseph Lyons
House of Representatives
Australia
Great Britain
United States
Lyons
Ottawa
T. Dann
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Denis Ryan
Regina
Dann
Final Trial Flight Lands Dirigible After 24 Hours
Germany's latest airship the LZ 130 landed here after a final trial flight lasting about 24 hours. The craft carried 50 persons aboard before being handed over to the Zeppelin Company for further work and deployment.
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Germany
Trans-Canada Airlines to link Winnipeg to Montreal by fast mail flights
Philip G. Johnson, vice-president of Trans-Canada Airlines, announced a new fast nightly service linking Winnipeg to Montreal via Ottawa and Toronto. The upgrade replaces the current eastern express with enhanced night service once Malton airport landing lights and intermediate fields are completed. Passenger service to Vancouver will begin in the western leg after radio ranges in the Rockies are installed, with schedules set as weather allows from Vancouver to Montreal.
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Winnipeg
Toronto
Ottawa
Montreal
Canada
Philip G. Johnson
Trans-Canada Airlines
Malton
Johnson
Vancouver
Rocky Mountains
Payment On Hail Losses To Alberta Farmers
The hail insurance board office issued about 1,800 cheques totaling over 2 million to Alberta farmers as first payments on 1938 hail loss claims. Cheques ranged from 150 to 3191 dollars, with most for half claims and the remainder due April 1, 1939.
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Calgary
Alberta
Hail Insurance Board
Retail Sales Increase in Ottawa Across 12 Sectors
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports Ottawa retail sales up 16 percent in September from August, based on 12 line of business figures. However, sales remain 3 percent below September 1997 levels. The data reflect a broad retail rebound but show slower year over year growth.
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Ottawa
Alex
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Nadir shells Cantabria near British coast in North Sea
The Nadir attacked and sank the Spanish government freighter Cantabria just outside the three mile limit off Cromer Norfolk. Seventy plus aboard survived the bombardment by the five gun vessel as the Cantabria burned and listed, with sailors and passengers rescued by lifeboats, the Pattersonian, and the Nadir crew.
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Norfolk
Eng
Cantabria
North Sea
Ui Tabria
Cabain
Childr
Stewart
Pattersonian
Santander
Insurgent Reid
Th Mid-Atlantic Shipping Camp
London
Newcastle
Great Yarmouth
Ali
Ank
Admiralty
King denies Herald claim on Roosevelt visit invitation
London palace spokesman rejected a Daily Herald report that the King sent a letter to President Roosevelt accepting an invitation to visit Washington after Canada next year.
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London
Summingham Palace
London Daily Herald
Roosevelt
Washinon
Canada
Berlin fortifications to finish before winter says Die Wehrmacht
Berlin reports that Germany will complete its western frontier fortifications before winter, according to the authoritative military review Die Wehrmacht. The claim emphasizes rapid completion and strengthens Berlin's defensive posture amid ongoing tensions.
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Berlin
Germany
Die Wehrmacht
Czechoslovakia Loses Land under Hungarian Award
The Hungary award remapped Czechoslovakia shrinking the republic by hundreds of miles and hundreds of thousands of people. Hungary gains 8,875 square miles and 860,000 inhabitants, mainly Hungarians, while Ruthenia Slovakia loses a key railway link and Ruthenia faces upheaval. Rome Berlin axis leaders praised the outcome as correcting past injustices.
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Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
Germany
Teschen
Poland
Rome
Pegor
Berlin
Count Ciano of
Joachim von Ribbentrop Ofny
Ahe
Uzhorod
Ruthenia
Slovakia
Bratislava
Danubs
Prague
Inaki
von Ribbentrop
Ciano
London Capital Still Needed in China After War Claims
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons that London capital will remain essential for China’s development. He warned that much capital is being destroyed in the war and much more must be injected once hostilities end to build a real market in China, regardless of Japan’s dominance.
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London
China
Japan
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Doctorate honoris Camsell at St. John's Anglican College
During ceremonies marking the 72nd anniversary of the college, Dr Camsell was made an honorary fellow and Bishop Joseph Lofthouse of Keewatin received the degree of doctor of divinity. The event highlighted the institution’s long history and noted Camsell as a college graduate.
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Winnipeg
Anaren Camel
Mines and Natural Resources
St. John's Anglican College
Joseph Lofthouse
Keewatin
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