Italy Plans Food Self sufficiency Amid Sanctions
Rome reports Mussolini approved farm regulation measures to keep Italy fed and to redirect crops from sanction-hit exports to domestic needs. The plan covers all 3,646,000 farms, seeks to boost industry substitutes, and restricts exports to free land for home consumption. In Geneva Ethiopia rejects any peace tied to Italian gains, while Addis Ababa reels from fierce fighting along the southern front with Haile Selassie urging continued defense and reporting Italian and Ethiopian casualties.
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Rome
Mussolini
Italy
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Italan
Geneva
Tigre
Tor Seliot
Makale
Addis Ababa
Haile Selass
New Era For Farmers At Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
Ontario minister of agriculture Duncan Marshall told farmers and stock raisers from across Canada and guests from the United States and overseas that a decade of progress awaits the agricultural sector. He praised farmers for enduring lean years and predicted Canada would become one of the world’s leading agricultural nations.
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Toronto
Canaua
Duncan Marshal
Ontario
United States
Canada
Marshall
Saskatchewan boy joins Royal Air Force cadet program
Sasx-soan Aedy, a 16 year old, becomes the only Saskatchewan boy accepted as an RAF cadet and travels to England for three years of study at the RAF school. He is the son of Captain Aedy MC of Revenue district and attended a country school. The air ministry exam is noted as exceptionally difficult for his age.
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Unity
Sasx
Soan Aedy
Saskatchewan
Royal Air Force
England
RAF ‘School
Capt
Aedy
Revenue District
Air Ministry
German war flyer Dr Gortz under arrest in Britain
Dr Hermann Gortz, a German war flyer, is under arrest for contravening the Official Secrets Act with a second suspect being sought. The charges cover actions at Parish Broadstairs and St Peter's between September 18 and October 23, 1935, and a conspiracy to commit offences against the act. Gortz was arrested at Harwich and held in Brixton after a Margate preliminary hearing. A Daily Sketch report notes sensational aspects including a young woman who accompanied him on trips, possibly his daughter or lover, who returned to Germany.
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Gortz
Harwich
Brixton
Margate
Manston
Broadstairs
Daily Sketch
Sortz
England
Germany
New Zealand Trade Pact Renewed To 1936 Details
The Canada New Zealand trade pact between Ottawa and Wellington, expiring next Nov. 24, is renewed to July 31, 1936. Effective May 1, new duties target Canadian motor vehicles and parts seeking to promote assembly in New Zealand. Canada’s exports to New Zealand rose from 3,608,500 in 1932-33 to 7,344,785 in 1934-35, with autos leading at over 1,000,000. imports from New Zealand climbed from 969,704 to 2,534,678 in the same period.
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Ottawa
W. D. Euler
New Zealand
British Naval Hero Jellicoe Dies After Armistice Day
London obituary notes Admiral Lord Jellicoe, famed commander at Jutland, died November 20 at age 75. Born December 5, 1859, he contracted illness on Armistice Day at the cenotaph. his wife and family were by his bedside in Kensington, London.
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London
Loisevnoe
Lord Jellicoe
Jutland
Kensington
Shepherd From Prairies Charms At Royal Winter Fair
A prairie snephera humorously describes William H. Martin of Maple Creek Sask guiding sheep and geese with three dogs at the Canadian National Exhibition grounds. The crowd roared as the dogs followed low commands and a faint hiss to herd the stock.
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Toronto
Prairies
Canadian National Exhibition Ground
Wiliam H. Martin
Maple Creek
Rioting at Montreal opens Quebec election meeting
At the Montreal opening rally for Premier Taschereau’s Quebec campaign, tomatoes and potatoes shattered 21 windows and damaged 15 more at St James market. Seventeen men were arrested, four released on bail, the rest jailed for disturbing the peace as police and constables cleared the market amid boos and outside speeches by Taschereau and Irenee Vautrin.
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Montreal
Rtpe
St. James Market
Quebec
Taschereau
Irenee Vautrin
Colonization
Fernand Rinfret
Crand
Premier Taschereau
Alberta Finances Deficit Forecast At Municipal Meeting
Hon. Charles Cockroft told the 27th Alberta Association of Municipal Districts convention that the province's fiscal year ending March 31 1936 will show an apparent deficit around four and a half million dollars, with the total deficit for the year over nine million including relief charges. He noted talks with R J Magor on reducing expenditures and raising revenues, warned of needed tax increases, and spoke of debt refinancing prospects and bond market values.
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R. J. Magor
Tam
Wheat prizes at Royal Winter fair crown Wright and Neufeld
Captures Wheat Prize Toronto-Howard P. Wright of Airdrie Alberta won the first major championship in the grain and seed classes at the Royal Winter fair for hard red spring wheat. H G Neufeld of Codette Saskatchewan won the oats championship. Ontario grower Roy Cham bers of Fenwick led in wheat other than hard red. Additional placings noted for flax peas beans and department teams.
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Toronto
Howard P. Wright
Airdrie
Alta
Ontario
Roy C. Chambers
Fenwick
Wright
H. G. Neufeld
Codette
Sask
British Columbia
B. Young
Koksilah
B.C
William Suchwold
Cardross
Nelson Langry
Homewood
Man
John Hamilton
Coaldale
Alberta Department of Agriculture
Brooks
Turner Valley oil fields may be developed
Ottawa reports British American Oil Company studies a Turner Valley development to produce a third grade of gasoline from Naptha. If successful it could close Coutts refinery and reduce Montana oil imports. Company seeks to keep details private. Alberta may rethink tariff stance if Turner Valley proves viable.
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Ottawa
Turner Valley
Alberta
H. H. Bronston
Tariff Board
British America
Coutts
Alta
Cutbank
Montana
Canada
Bronston
J. J. Frawley
Alberta Attorney-General's Department
Tariff
Columbia
Prince Edward of Kent Christened at Buckingham Palace
The first-born son of the Duke and Duchess of Kent was christened Prince Edward George Nicholas Paul Patrick in the private chapel at Buckingham Palace. The Archbishop of Canterbury led the ceremony using River of Jordan water from the same font as King Edward VII. Godparents include the king, queen, Prince of Wales, Prince Nicholas of Greece, and the Duke of Connaught represented by Prince Arthur of Connaught.
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Prince Edward of
Kent
London
Duke
Duchess of Kent
Prince Edward George Nicholas Paul Patrick
Buckingham Palace
Canterbury
Jordan
Edward VII
Prince of Wales
Prince Nicholas
Greece
Duke of Connaught
Prince Arthur of Connaught
Women as Plane Pilots Not Generally a Success
Ken Main, chief instructor at the Toronto Flying Club, voices a cautious view on women as pilots. He cites Amelia Earhart Ruth Nichols and Amy Mollison as exceptions while asserting women often misjudge speed and distance.
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Toronto
Ken Main
Toronto Flying Club
Amelia Earhart
Ruth Nichols
Amy Mollison
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London Daily Express
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Tut
Royal Alberta Farmer
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House of Commons
Ramsay MacDonald
Hile
A. V. Alexander
Main
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