May establish air mail routes across Canada
Ottawa aviation interests anticipate a conference between representatives of the United Kingdom, the Irish Free State, Northern Ireland and Canada at month end. They foresee development in commercial aviation and insist on a progressive, continent spanning Canadian service, with emergency landing fields and revived Canadian air mail routes to connect Montreal Winnipeg and beyond.
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Ottawa
United Kingdom
Irish Free State
Northern Ireland
Canada
Rimouski
Montreal
United States
Albany
Grand Forks
Winnipeg
Rockies
Toronto
Detroit
Imperial Airway
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Pacific
Tales of Heroism Aboard Destroyer Peary Rescue
Survivors aboard the destroyer Peary told of heroism amid disaster after the freighter Sil verhazel crashed. A captain gave up his life belt to a crew member and disappeared with his dog as he attempted to reach a raft. a woman aboard reportedly went insane before drowning. 43 survivors were rescued from boiling seas as Peary and Bulmer reached the scene off San Bernardino Strait.
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Manila
Peary
Silverhazel
San Francisco
Bulmer
H. A. Lennard
San Bernardino
Air Route Over Rockies Seen as Ideal Trans Canada Gateway
Dr. Charles Camsell, Deputy Minister of Mines, described a 100 mile wide gap in the Canadian Rockies as an ideal trans Canada air route after an aerial survey across northern British Columbia and Yukon. He noted the pass is wider and lower than others, with flat plateau landing features and safer flying conditions. He refuted tropical valley myths in the Liard district, noting hot springs do not alter climate though they affect vegetation.
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Vancouver
Canada
Charles Camsell
Mnes
Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
British Columbia
Yukon
Mackenzie District
Arctic Ocean
Northwestern Territories
Rocky Mountain Range
Mackenzie Range
Camsell
Liard River District
Wheat Board Sub-Committee Meeting Described as General Survey
A cabinet sub-committee overseeing Wheat Board activities held a lengthy Ottawa meeting described as a general survey. The group stated there was no plan to force Canadian wheat on the market or set sacrifice prices. The first official act fixed No 1 Northern at Fort William at 87 and a half cents per bushel. Hon W D Euler chairs the sub committee with Ministers Dun ning and Gardiner also involved.
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Ottawa
Canadian Wheat Board
Cabinet
Fort William
Wheat Board
W. D. Euler
Trade and Commerce
Charles Dunning
Finance
James G. Gardiner
Pilot Landed Safely Then Died After Heart Attack
Captain Donald Buckman United States army pilot flying from Marchfeld landed three passengers safely at Kern airport Bakersfield California but collapsed and died about twenty minutes later. He reportedly suffered a heart attack while in flight and remained at the controls to ensure a safe landing before dying. Meanwhile Montreal’s West Chinese Research Library, lacking financial support for two years, will be permanently closed and placed in storage.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Donald Buckman
Marchfeld
Buckman
Kern
Esearch
Montreal
Dalbeattie Judge to preside at international livestock expo
For the seventh year Walter Biggar of Dalbeattie Scotland will preside as judge of the international livestock exposition announced. Biggar, a noted livestock authority, will begin judging when the exposition starts on November 30 2125.
Wheat Crop Lower Production Estimate For Canada
The Dominion bureau of statistics released a second estimate for Canada's 1935 wheat crop at 273,971,000 bushels, about 2,000,000 below 1934. The report notes frost damage in Saskatchewan and Alberta reduced oats and barley estimates, while flaxseed and rye also declined as threshing returns failed to support prior figures.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Italian reprisal cuts London perfumery credit
A London perfumery firm reported its Italian suppliers withdrew credit facilities, seen as the first reprisal against Britain over League of Nations sanctions. The cablegram stated the facilities in Italy had been withdrawn.
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London
Great Britain
Italy
British textile delegation heads to Ottawa for tariff hearings
A delegation of British textile manufacturers travels to Canada to present before the tariff board on proposed duties affecting cotton and other textiles, with hearings scheduled for next month.
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Ottawa
Canada
Tariff Board
McFarland May Continue as Canadian Wheat Board Head
Ottawa reports that John I. McFarland is likely to be asked to remain as head of the Canadian Wheat Board. With the board’s future still undecided by the new administration, McFarland is expected to continue long enough to finish his marketing policy. The August appointees are D. L. Smith as vice-chairman and H. C. Grant, both of Winnipeg. No resignations have been requested from McFarland’s associates.
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Ottawa
John I. McFarland
Canadian Wheat Board
D. L. Smith
H. C Grant
Winnipeg
Jean Batten Becomes First Woman to Fly South Atlantic
Jean Batten, a young New Zealander and aviator, landed at Natal becoming the first woman to fly solo across the South Atlantic. She departed Lympne airport near London and covered 1,281 miles in 13 hours 15 minutes, surpassing the previous solo record of 16% hours set by Compo. She also beat Capt James Mollicon's Lympne to Natal record with 61 hours 15 minutes.
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Pernambuco
Pram
New Zealand
Jean Batten
Natal
South Atlantic
Thies
Senegal
Compo
Lympne
London
Nazi Liaison Correspondent Fails English Permit
German ambassador Leopold Von Hoesch sought explanations after Britain refused to renew Dr. H. D. Thost’s permit to stay in England. Thost, identified with Der Angriff, was declared nonrenewal in the public interest and departed by plane for Berlin. No protests were made.
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London
Leopold von Hoesch
Foreign Office
England
H. D. Thost
Adolf Hitler
Dr. Thost
der Angriff
Berlin
To Be Deported Quebec Jewel Plot Details Unclear
Fragmentary text references complicity in a $20,000 jewel matter and deportation in Quebec. Key names, dates, and locations are not readable, leaving only a vague outline of a crime or legal action under discussion.
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Quebec
Teyorsma We
Angiand
Importers of British goods to seek refunds
A Canadian exchequer court ruling blocks dumping duties on UK imports since November 25 1982 under the Canada UK trade agreement. Blaikie and Company of Toronto hat importers led the test case, confirming earlier Tariff Board decisions that orders fixing arbitrary British import valuations are invalid. The ruling opens the door to refunds for affected importers though officials may not estimate totals.
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Ottawa
Exchequer Court of Canada
Minister of National Revenue
Canada
Great Britain
Blaikie and Company
Toronto
National Revenue
Tariff Board
Thomas Bonar and Sons
Montreal
Shetland
Food Supplies For Crops Affected Farmers In Manitoba
Relief officials prepare food shipments to the northwest shores of Lake Winnipeg to aid farmers suffering crop failure. Manitoba minister W R Clubb pledges no one will go hungry as municipal leaders report many farmers lack sufficient food. Districts include Gimli Bifrost Armstrong Birkedale Coldwell Rockwood. most farmers practice small scale mixed farming.
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Altoba
Winnipeg
Lake Winnipeg
Manitoba
W. R. Clubb
Selkirk
Gimli
Bifrost
Armstrong
Birkedale
Coldwell
Rockwood
Seek Further Loan Alberta Government Needs Funds for November Financing
Premier Aberhart announced Alberta has applied for a federal loan of 2 million dollars to cover November financing if Ottawa cannot accept the province's general financial assistance request before the December 9 Dominion provincial conference. He noted no reply from Minister A A Dunning and stressed the need for an earlier conference to submit refinancing proposals.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Ottawa
Dominion
Aberhart
A. Dunning
False theory on too much education ridiculed by Britton doctor
Dr H M Tory former president of the National Research Council of Canada called the idea that there is too much education false and stupid while receiving an honorary Doctor of Civil Law from Acadia University. He said as people rise in intelligence so does the state and modern science has created more jobs than it destroyed.
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Wolfville
N.S
H. M. Tory
National Research Council of Canada
Acadia University
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