Conference in November Called by King
Rt Hon Mackenzie King, after congratulatory messages from Liberal provincial premiers, expressed hope they could attend a Dominion provincial conference in Ottawa on a date to be fixed. He sent a similar note to Premier Aberhart of Alberta, seeking to align engagements for attendance. King planned immediate talks with colleagues on holding the conference and studying last session enactments for constitutional validity.
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Mackenzie King
Ottawa
Aberhart
Alberta
King Aid
Dominion
King
Canadian Legion Anniversary Plans Move Ahead nationwide
Canadian Legion branches across Canada organize the decennial founding celebration with J R Bowler announcing the arrangements. General Alex Ross will tour the country, attend the Medicine Hat Alberta provincial convention, be present in Winnipeg for Armistice Day, and finish in Ottawa on November 25 for a public anniversary function with hope Lord Tweedsmuir may attend.
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Ottawa
Canada
Canadian Legion
J. R. Bowler
Alex Ross
Dominion
Alberta
Medicine Mat
Winnipeg
Ontario
Legion
Lord Tweedsmuir
Health insurance delayed by Aberhart plan stand over
Premier Aberhart announced Edmonton will delay state health insurance until basic dividends payments begin. He cited Social Credit benefits and objections to direct levies on unit residents, saying the measure will wait until Local Credit becomes operational for automatic health benefits.
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Aberhart
Edmonton
Typhoid Threat Forces Ethiopian Troop Shifts
Ethiopian strategists count typhoid as a key ally in defending the Addis Ababa Djibouti railway. Ten thousand troops were shifted from Italian Somaliland to Eritrea due to the threat of a typhoid fever epidemic. Typhoid sweeps Ogaden each November and swampy areas near the Webbe Bhibel river remain dangerous even for natives.
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Harar
Polar Sea Expedition Planned by Ellsworth Wilkins
The Norwegian whaling ship Wyatt Earp clears for Antarctic activity as Lincoln Ellsworth and Sir Hubert Wilkins prepare to sail for an Arctic expedition with Canadian aviators Herbert Holcke Kenyon and J. H. Lymburner. Ellsworth aims to span Antarctica by air in the Polar Star before year’s end on a third attempt to cross 2800 miles of ice. The flight seeks to settle whether Antarctica is a single landmass or two separated by a channel from the Weddell Sea to the Ross Sea.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Wyatt Earp
Lincoln Ellsworth
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Herbert Holcke-Kenyon
Winnipeg
J. H. Lymburner
Montreal
Ellsworth
Antarctica
Weddell Sea
Ross Sea
State medicine plan eyed by Manitoba official
Hon I B Griffiths provincial minister of health envisions a unit area in Manitoba to test state medicine. Preparations by the government would create a system where free medical hospital and drug services are funded by municipal and provincial taxes, with no bills to patients and payments drawn from a common fund.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
I. B. Griffiths
Griffiths
Weather Holds Up Ballot Box At Chibougamau Poll
Electors at the mining camp of Chibougamau in Chapleau Quebec were denied a poll on election day as bad weather prevented the ballot box from arriving. The chief electoral officer said there will be no opportunity to vote later. About 129 voters reside at the northern camp.
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Ottawa
Chibougamau
Chapleau
Que
Welcome Plan For Lord Tweedsmuir In Quebec Ceremony
The plan calls for a formal welcome to Lord Tweedsmuir in Quebec on November 2 aboard the Duchess of Richmond. The event will include swearing in the new governor general and may feature the Liberal cabinet led by Rt. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King.
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Quebec
Ottawa
Canada
Lord Tweedsmuir
Duchess of Richmond
W. L. Mackenzie King
Lyman P. Duff
Queec
Rideau Hall
King
Lord Willingdon
Mr. Bennett
Halifax
Lord Bessborough
Balloons Sent From Calgary for Stratosphere Data
A Calgary meteorological team led by C H Bromley releases balloons nightly at 6 to study air currents and temperatures in the stratosphere. In partnership with Dominion meteorology under John Patterson, three balloons started last March, three more in June, four recovered, one reaching the Alberta Saskatchewan boundary. The double kite carries instruments. aluminum case stays aloft. Directions urge return to Toronto for reward.
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Calgary
C. H. Bromley
Calgary Meteorological Bureau
John Patterson
Dominion Meteorological Bureau
Toronto
Alberta-Saskatchewan
Meteorological Office
Series Of Earthquakes In Tadzhikstan Near Afghan Border
A new series of earthquake shocks in Tadzhikstan near the Afghanistan border destroyed several villages and began a river running from the mountains. Three quake series started Oct 8, with 107 dead after the first two. the third disaster shows a smaller toll.
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Afghanistan
Moscow
Tadzhikstan
Washington plans for super powered radio stations and borders
Federal Communications Commission engineers discuss realigning the U S radio system to 20 to 40 high powered stations and about 150 low powered ones. Proposals include directional border stations on Canadian and Mexican borders with inland power and possible invitations to Ottawa and Mexico for talks, though no invitation has been received yet.
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Washington
Canada
Mexico
U.S. Deficit Tops One Billion Dollars
The treasury reported a deficit of 1,007,457,156 dollars through October 14, surpassing the prior year’s 687,211,671 dollars on the same date. The figure marks a billion-dollar milestone in the current fiscal year.
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Washington
Sam
United States Treasury
Geneva Moves to Tighten League Sanctions on Italy
Geneva 52 nations adopt a resolution urging rapid fulfillment of sanctions duties as Eden pushes a comprehensive Italy embargo. France and Britain plan to seek U S support for a world wide embargo if the League adopts the measure, while other non member powers will be surveyed.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Italy
Anthony Eden
League Affairs
Eden
League
Paris
France
Britain
United States
Germany
Japan
Brazil
Canada Stands Committed Tolunto to Sanctions
Hon Newton Rowell Canada’s delegate to the League of Nations tells the Canadian Club that Canada will enforce all sanctions the league may impose on Italy. He says Canada must sever commercial and financial ties if economic sanctions are used. He notes Britain hesitated over Ethiopia’s league membership, aided by France and Italy, and recalls five treaties binding peaceful resolution.
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League
Brazil Cuts Eight Thousand Army Posts In 1936 Budget
The finance commission of the chamber of deputies approved trimming 8,000 troops from Brazil's standing army, reducing the force to 656,162 as part of saving about $300,000 in the 1936 budget. The move comes amid a global arms buildup and aims to tighten state expenditures while maintaining national defense.
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Rio de Janeiro
Virtue
Finance Commission
Chamber of Deputies
Brazil
Uniform Text Books Plan for Western Provinces
The Manitoba department of education will explore a joint education board with Winnipeg Fosmonthy to create uniform textbooks in the prairie provinces. Departments of education in other provinces will be asked for their views on the proposal.
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Winnipeg
Fosmouty
Prairie Provinces
Matoba
Department of Education
City council amends ban to allow 80 kmh by law
City council ruling allows exemptions to a nighttime speed ban between 11 pm and 7 am when required to do 80 by law. The exception clause was added as an amendment before the civic legislature passed the bill.
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Toronto
Rure
Civic
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