Flat opposition to handing back German colonies
The British and French governments joined in flat opposition to returning colonies taken from Germany after the Great War. General Jan Smuts of South Africa vowed to defend Southwest Africa and the Union’s vital interests, calling the League mandate a sacred trust and signaling readiness to fight if needed to retain control.
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London
Malcolm —MacDonaldmiat
Germany
Belgium
Fin International
Mantzburg
South Africa
Jan Smuts
South African Union
Africa
Specch
League of Nations
South ‘Africa
Ossaropewald Pirow
General Smuts
Trans-Canada Service expands youth aviation programs
Hon. C. D. Howe told Liberal women that Trans-Canada Air Lines has opened a wide field for youth with 300 under 25 trained in the service and many more in ground work, instrument flying and mechanics. Since operations began mid September there have been no cents or errors and only one weather cancellation, with efforts to ensure every mistake is corrected.
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Ottawa
Trans-Canada Air Lines
C.D. Howe
Axe
West's cheese shipments shrink to half of last year
The Cheesemakers' Association of western Ontario told CE Lackner, director of dairying, that eastern provinces shipped only half as much cheese to western Canada this year as last. Lackner predicts the west may soon ship cheese east. BC produced 168 percent more cheese this year, while Manitoba set a honey production record with 9 pounds per colony.
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Stratford
Canada
Cheesemakers’ Association of
Western Ontario
CE. Lackner
West
Lackner
British Columbia
Labor Candidate Defeated in Walsall by by election
Sir George Schuster, backed by the National Liberal government, defeated Labour candidate George Jeger by 7,158 votes in Walsall. Jeger, 31, mayor of Shoreditch, argued the government offered little appeasement and warned the Munich crisis would reshape Britain's future.
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George Schuster
London
House of Commons
F S Chamberlain
George Banker
George Jeger
George Poll
Teciah
Europe
Labor
Dartford
Sir George
Rate
Chamberlain
Britain
Jeger
Shoreditch
Walsall
Munich
Gravett Gazetted for China Command Post
Major General A E Gravett, a Toronto native, appointed general officer commanding British troops in China. Effective from November 4, Gravett succeeds Major General A W Bartholomew who led the post for two years. Gravett, born 1888, educated at Upper Canada College and Royal Military College Kingston, is a Royal Engineers graduate and served with distinction in France and India.
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London
A. E. Gravett
Toronto
China
Gravett
A. W. Bartholomew
Grasett
Upper Canada College
Royal Military College
Kingston
Ont
Staff College
Imperial Defence College
United Kingdom
Royal Engineers
France
India
Ottawa Public Health Extends Nutrition Surveys Next Year
Hon. C. G. Power announces next year’s extension of nutrition public health surveys in Canada and new investigation work in the field. Alberta completes a 100 family budget study and plans a 100 family actual food consumption survey, to be conducted by the University of Alberta.
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Ottawa
Canada
C. G. Power
Dominion Health
Alberta
University of Alberta
Amnesia sufferer claims Canadian identity in England
A man in Surrey county alleges amnesia and says he is Kaye T. Winton, a former Canadian. He recalls only hazy details of a crash, a liner voyage, and names like Peter McGuire and Leigh Brintwell, with a possible link to Mackenzie Airways and Wop May. He stands about 27, five feet seven, with light brown hair and a mustache, and reports headaches when trying to remember.
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England
Richmond
Eng
Kaye T. Winton
Surrey County Cow
Winton
Duchess of Bedford
Debee
Barnes
White Springs
Alta
Regina
Kit F
Peter McGuire
Leigh Brintwell
Mackenzie Airways
May
Canadian Airways
Edmonton
Declaration Signed Linking Britain and Holy Rome Pact
Recognition by England of Italy's Ethiopia conquest occurred as Earl of Perth presented credentials to Foreign Minister Galazzo Ciano. Later Perth and Count Ciano signed a declaration effecting the Anglo Italian pact of April 16, pledging troop withdrawal from Spain and Libya, adherence to the London naval treaty, and assurances on Nile Lake Tana, Arabian influence, and British trade toward Ethiopia.
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Britain
Rome
England
Italy
Ethiopia
Earl of Perth
Galazzo Ciano
Perth
Ciano
Spain
Libya
London
Lake Tana
Nile
Britain to Abolish Flogging and Reform Prison Life
The government plans abolishing flogging except for serious lifewithin prison walls and uses a broad reform of juvenile custody and offender treatment. Youths 12 to 17 will attend centers for minor offenses, 17 to 23 sent to special centres, and 18 to 21 to hostels with discipline but continued work. Habituals split by under and over 30, with corrective training or preventive detention instead of imprisonment. State mental patient term replaces criminal, hard labor and penal servitude end, and death penalty for violence is experimentally considered for five years.
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House of Commons
Vyvyan Adams
Wheat King named at Royal Winter Fair in Toronto
Nels Linden of Wetaskiwin Alberta was crowned wheat king at the Royal Winter Fair for a Reward variety sample beating over ten entries. He farms about 1,000 acres near Wetaskiwin and succeeds James Sebastian of Wembley as 1988 winner. Sebastian also won with Reward, while Cecil Trowell of Saltcoats placed reserve with Minden. Saskatchewan notes list George Avery of Kelso seventh with Renown in hard red spring wheat.
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Nels Linden
Alberta
Toronto
Wetaskiwin
Alta
James Sebastian
Wembley
Sebastian
Cecil Trowell
Saltcoats, Sask
Minden
Saskatchewan
George Avery
Kelso
Insect Plague Cuts Victoria Wheat Crop Significantly
Report from Melbourne notes major pest damage to Victoria's wheat, with an estimated 75 percent drop from a projected 12,000,000 bushels. Caterpillars, grasshoppers, and other insects ravage crops across the state, threatening harvest prospects.
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Melbourne
Australia
Victoria
Indignation in U S over German attitude to Jews
New York reports a rising U S wave of indignation at German anti Jewish campaigns. Catholic dignitaries condemn the persecution in Germany while a broad range of leaders urge action. Prominent figures call for refugee relief and intensified allied embargo pressure on Nazi Germany.
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U.S
New York
United States
Germany
Africa
Maurice Mul
Ger
Cere
Methodist Episcopal Church
Tosrd
Foreignnisatons
Mary Riss
Roosevelt
Jaco
Canadian firms to build Hampden bombers for UK orders
In the House of Commons an agreement with Canadian aircraft makers commits to an initial United Kingdom order for large bombers. The plan includes ten years of manufacturing capacity for potential smaller follow-ons, with two central establishments in Montreal and Toronto. Additional talks cover fighter and reconnaissance production at Fort William and Vancouver, targeting delivery in 1940.
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Kingsley Wood
London
Air
House of Commons
United Kingdom
Kingsley
Ministy
Montreal
Toronto
Fort Witham
Ve ‘Ouver
Toronto Officials Debate School Principal Salaries
Toronto public figures and school officials discuss compensation by noting caretakers earn 2807 dollars while principals start at 3800 dollars. The article highlights a gap between caretaker and principal starting pay.
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Toronto Ag
Toronto
Som Lakers
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Estelle M. Sterberger
World Peaceways
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Great Britain
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Netherlands
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John Grer
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