Mussolini vows war if sanctions hit Italy in address
Il Duce stands on Venice balcony before 29 million Italians and 11 mobilized, pledging to meet force with force. He warns the League may impose sanctions, says Italy will answer economic measures with discipline and military action, asserting 44 million countrymen marching with the army.
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Benito Mussolini
League of Nations
Italy
Venezia
Duce
Ital
Mussolini
Musolini
League
Great Britain
Army redeployments in India amid northwest trouble
The British government stationed forces in India due to unrest in the north west province of Peshawar. Several army units were placed on standby, leaves canceled, and officers recalled to active duty. The Somerset Light Infantry embarked for a main destination as emergency ordinances from months earlier continued to govern.
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Bombay
India
Peshawar
Somerset Light Infantry
Manitoba and Brandon road program advances eastward
The alanine hard surfacing project from Brandon proceeds eastward at roughly one mile daily as contractors near Chater. The No 1 highway from Sydney to Brandon should finish this fall if weather holds. Rumors say the government may extend hard surfacing of No 1 west to the Saskatchewan boundary next year.
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Brandon
Alanine
Chater
Sydney
Sasatchewan
Cancer digesting treatment praised by CMA Journal
Montreal reports a new cancer therapy where malignant cells are claimed to be digested by a body like digestive process. Dr Hendry C Connell ingston Ontario injected patients with digestive fluid. four died, two returned to work, pain relief notable, tumor changes seen in about one third of cases.
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Montreal
Canadian Medical Association
Journ
Hendry C. Connell
Ingston
Ont
Connell
Winnipeg Proposes Street Identification Renewal
Winnipeg public utilities committee reviews a $1,500,000 plan to install illuminated street signs at intersections. Signs would be two to three feet, blue for streets red for avenues, with names in light. Estimated 15,000 to 20,000 intersections would need standards at $100 each. Proposal backed by sponsors expects $150,000 yearly hydro revenue and a five cent monthly home assessment.
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Winnipeg
Public Utilities Committee
Ship War Materials and Exports to Italy Quiet
The government reported limited U S arms exports to Italy up to September 23 totaling about 340 900 in arms cartridges aeroplanes and engines. In contrast the Commerce Department noted near record August shipments of cotton lates scrap iron and steel trucks and tractors convertible into tanks, with most trucks sent to Italian Africa.
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Washington
United States
Italy
State Hall
New
Munitions Control Board
Commerce Department
Italian Africa
Pangborn Plans 110Hour Nonstop World Flight From Bismarck
Clyge Pangborn outlined a contemplated nonstop circumnavigation next fall, estimating about 110 hours on a northern route. He suggested skipping Japan this time and recalled a 1931 prison term in Japan for flying over a fortified area without authorization. Pangborn, now flying commercially, was en route to New York.
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Bismarck
N.D
Clyge
Pangborn
Japan
New York
Presbyterian Church of Canada name to be retained says Rev Dr Baird
Rev Dr Frank Baird clerk of the Maritime Synod announces there can be no further objection to using the name Presbyterian Church in Canada. Court decisions resolved the dispute that began when some Presbyterians joined the United Church of Canada, as Baird stated.
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Halifax
Presbyterian Church In Canada
Frank Baird
Pictou
Maritime Synod
Baird
United Church of Canada
Food Shortage Hits Berlin Dairies and Stores
Berlin faces severe food shortages as butter milk lard and other staples run low. Authorities deploy police at shops to enforce rationing while lines form for milk and meat. Dairies ration to a quarter pound of butter per family amid imports of 500 hogs weekly from the Netherlands and a large lard order. The latest farm census shows hogs down from 25 million to 22.5 million.
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Berlin
Germany
Netherlands
Ceremony for Hindenburg in Berlin Tower
The body of former President Paul von Hindenburg was transferred from the Tannenberg memorial to the main tower of the erector memorial amid grand military pageantry. Reichsfuehrer Hitler attended as the nation marked Hindenburg birthday anniversary.
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Berlin
Paul von Hindenburg
Calgary Legion votes down German Austrian Turkish veterans plan
Calgary branch of the British Empire Service League rejected a proposal to admit former soldiers from nations opposed to the Allies in World War I. The motion would have granted Germans Austrians and Turks full membership rights.
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Calgary
Canadian Legion
British Empire Service League
Legion
Election Officers Urged to Send In Quick Returns
Chief electoral officer Castonguay calls on deputies and poll clerks to report results promptly from every polling station. He notes that completed statements are public property and urges cooperation with the Canadian Press and candidates’ agents to notify figures without delay. Returning officers are reminded to follow in ballot boxes instructions to assist press coverage.
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Castonguay
Conspirators Plot To Kill King Boris In Bulgaria
In Sofia a revolt plot to assassinate King Boris III was alleged by the government. Army officers and soldiers were to be among the attackers who would seize the arsenal and public buildings during a parade anniversary. Martial law and a state of siege spread as authorities reported the capture of former prime minister Kimon Gueorgueff in Burgas.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Boris III
Burgas
Premer Kimon Gueorgueff
Livestock Producers Vote On Marketing Schemes
Saskatchewan Alberta and Manitoba livestock producers prepare for a Decemeber vote during the first week. An executive meeting in Regina with Mr Leiteh, chairman of the marketing board, revealed that provincial schemes are nearly identical and tailored to local conditions.
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Saskatoon
Onon
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
Saskatchewan Livestock Pool
Prairie Provinces
Leiteh
Regina
Se Cepoaransons
British Labor Party backs sanctions at annual conference
Brighton hosts a London conference where the British Labour Party votes 2,168,000 to 102,000 in favor of sanctions backing the rise of a full League of Nations and possible military action if Ethiopia’s Iron Alliance is violated. The decision, cheered by delegates, was led by Herbert Morrison who urged continued adherence to sanctions to preserve peace.
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Stafford Cripps
Lord Ponsonby
British Labor Party
Italy
Ethiopia
Brighton
England
Brith Labor Party
League of Nations Nations
Italan Ag Africa
International Trade Federation
Great Britain
Herbert Morrison
Salute From Crown Prince in Naples Sparks Fascist Gesture
Crown Prince Umberto appeared at the royal palace as thousands of Neapolitans gathered. After listening to Duce’s stirring speech, Umberto stepped to a palace balcony and gave the Fascist salute three times. The gesture was a denial of rumors of a rift between the crown prince and Il Duce.
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Naples
Umberto
Tr Duce
Royal
Tluce
Flyers Join Gibraltar Force Detachment In Stationing
British flyers have been added to the Royal Air Force detachment stationed here at Gibraltar. The Ayers arrived on the steamer Kaiser Hind, which also carried Air Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham. He conferred with flying officers before departing the liner for Malta.
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Gibraltar
Royal Air Force
Ayers
Robert Brooke-Popham
Robert
Britain
Defence Forces
Malta
Newcastle man faces perjury charge in Alberta election
Drumheller Altan Jonn Inalay of Newcastle is accused of falsely swearing British subject status to vote in Alberta on August 22. He appeared before Magistrate L. O Connor and was remanded for trial at the November sittings of the supreme court. He was freed on $2,000.
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Drumheller
Altan Jonn Inalay
Newcastle
Alberta
Supreme Court
L. O'Connor
Poisoned Japanese Officers Halt Major Maneuvers
In Okayama Japan more than 300 officers and men including most of the 39th infantry regiment were poisoned, with two fatalities, forcing suspension of a divisional maneuver. Authorities blamed the incident on eating octopus, a traditional delicacy.
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Okayama
Japan
39Th
Retire Civil Servants Edmonton After Age Limit
Aberhart announced after a cabinet meeting that about 32 civil service members reaching the age limit will be retired immediately with few exceptions. In a few cases officials may remain to complete their work.
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Edmonton
Aberhart
Hebrew notes stall Windsor market inquiry progress
Investigator Stu Windsor and Alderman C E Fleming face a stalled inquiry into Windsor market working conditions after discovering market ledgers written in Hebrew. The alderman says the market sides lack Hebrew expertise and the search for a Hebrew expert continues with no clear timeline.
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Windsor
C. E. Fleming
Johannesburg considers ban on all parking in CBD
City council weighs sweeping measure in Johannesburg South Africa to prohibit parking throughout the central business district Affecting drivers businesses and street use as officials study traffic flow and access implications for 2119.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
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