British Elections Delayed Amid Overseas Crisis
London reports the Expipian crisis forces the national government to postpone a general election until next year. Prime Minister Baldwin was expected to address the Conservative convention on Oct 4, but policy focus shifts to national defense amid the foreign situation. Labor claims readiness, endorsing 510 candidates and leaving 105 seats open.
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London
Gnal
Minster
Baldwin
Ative Party
Labor Party
Labor
Ethiopia Prepares Food Supplies for Troops and Civilians
Emperor Haile Selassie orders systematic storage of corn barley and tef in subterranean depots across provinces to feed army and people for a potential war. Public told to grind cereal hoard for state sale. Army described as able to live on minimal grain with local resources.
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Addis Ababa
Haile Selacai
Ethiopia
Atheism and Communism Alleged in Ontario Schools
R A Hiltz of Tor onto reports to the Church of England in Canada that Ontario school inspectors found a Communistic Young Pioneer Club in a school. He says the club teaches there is no God and that loyalty to British institutions is undeserved.
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Ontario
Calgary
R.A. Hiltz
Toronto
General Board of Religious Education
Executive Council
General Synod of the Church of England In Canada
Hiltz
Suppression of Narcotics Traffic In Geneva Discussion
Report notes Canada pressed for stronger action at the League of Nations to suppress narcotic drug traffic. Geneva was the focal point as delegates discussed enforcement and international cooperation to curb illegal trafficking.
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Geneva
League of Nixons
Canada
Women Nominees Rise in Federal Campaign
Toronto reports twelve women nominated for the approaching Dominion general election. Ontario leads with six nominees. Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick each have one. Yukon has Mrs George Black as Conservative candidate. Saskatchewan has two nominees. Most are from CCF or Reconstruction parties, with several others in the field.
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Toronto
Yukon
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Ontario
New Brunswick
George Black
Peaker
House of Commons
Black
Miss Macphail
CCF
Reconstruction Party
Leopold Sails For Antwerp With Churchill Wheat Cargo
Churchill port reports heavy grain movement as the ocean steamer Leopold loads 325000 bushels of the Wests best wheat for its second 1935 voyage from Churchill to Mani toba. The ship’s first trip ended with a Sept 17 docking and Sept 19 sailing to Antwerp. Additional vessels Pengreep Went worth Charles and Alma Dawson expected to arrive before month end. The first new crop grain was delivered Sept 16 and graded No 1 Northern.
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Churchill
West
Leopold
Manitoba
Antwerp
Pengreep
Wentworth
Charles
Alma Dawson
Prince Under Treatment for Old War Trouble
The Prince of Wales is in Vienna for treatment of an old ear inflammation diagnosed by Professor Heinrich Neumann. The condition is not dangerous or painful, but requires further visits. He is holidaying on the continent and arrived here from Geneva.
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Vienna
Prince of Wales
Heinrich Neumann
New Zealand Will Not Adopt Social Credit Denial
Wellington New Zealand Prime Minister G W Forbes issued a formal denial of reports that a race exists between Alberta and New Zealand to adopt the Douglas credit system. Forbes said only a very small number in New Zealand support the theory, and most people are sensible and repudiated by economists worldwide.
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Remier Forbes
New Zealand
Wellington
N.Z
G. W. Forbes
Alberta
Refugees Destitute Near Million Worldwide Yet Uncounted
The political committee of the League of Nations assembly reported nearly one million refugees worldwide are in dire straits with no precise statistics. Chairman Rudolph Kunskijszerski of Czechoslovakia noted Harbin area in Manchuria has around twenty thousand in almost complete destitution.
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Geneva
North
South America
League of Nations Assembly
Rudolph Kunskijszerski
Czechoslovakia
Harbin
Manchuria
Reaping Second Crop In High River District
High River area farmers salvage a second crop after July hail wrecked fields. Some reports indicate yields of 10 to 15 bushels per acre from fields damaged by hail, with neighboring farms showing envy as they replant.
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High River
Lethbridge
Alta
High River District
Severe September Storm Unleashes Death and Destruction in England
Britain's worst September storm in 75 years kills seven, injures many, and causes extensive damage across the south coast. Brighton and Bournemouth report tens of thousands in losses as 19 000 telephone lines go out. Ships and wrecks dominate the scene as crews clear debris and recover from the force of mountainous seas.
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London
Great Britain
England
Brighton
Bournemouth
Post Office Repair Sta
Mary Kingsley
Falmouth
Eeas
May Choose Edinburgh Wedding Of King's Son In St Giles Cathedral
King’s third son the Duke of Gloucester and his fiancée Lady Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott may wed at Westminster Abbey or in St Giles Cathedral Edinburgh as royal circles weigh propriety. The Buccleuch Queensberry family looms large in Scottish life, with a Christmas ceremony anticipated.
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St. Giles Cathedral
London
Duke of Gloucester
Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott
Westminster Abbey
Manchester Guardian
St. Giles’ Cathedral
Edinburgh
Bird
Bucceluch
Queensberry
Wheat price set for 1934 crop equal to 1985 rate
The Canadian Wheat Board announced that farmers holding 1934 wheat will receive the same price as for the 1985 crop. No. 1 Northern wheat Fort William basis earns 87.5 cents per bushel whether stored or farmed, provided producers own it. Purchase start date to be announced soon.
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WIM
Winnipeg
Canadian Wheat Board
Fort William
Italy votes to raise funds for war and East Africa defense
Rome reports Premier Mussolini chaired a cabinet meeting approving a national loan to finance defense of East African colonies and Libya. The plan allows exchange of existing 313 percent bonds for new notes, with figures running into billions of lire, plus 337 million lire to fund navy oil reservoirs as Italy seeks self sufficiency.
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Rome
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Mussolini
Imperoson
Libya
Ialy
Italo Balbo
Egypt
Italy
Chinese Gang Leaders Confess Amid Kidnap Murders
In Tientsin China a 20 member gang was arrested on kidnapping charges. Police say leaders confessed to immediately strangling victims after abductions and demanding ransoms. The bodies were found buried beneath floors in multiple city houses. Victims' families faced no recoveries.
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Tientsin
China
Indians in Alberta used social credit long before Aberhart
Kenneth Kidd of the Royal Ontario Museum reported after visiting Beekt0otannians on a 138000 acre reserve near Calgary that the tribe used a social credit style division of buffalo meat after hunts. He noted the principle predated the regime of Premier Aberhart.
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Toronto
Alperta
Aberhart
Kenneth Kidd
Anthrological Department
Royal Ontario Museum
Calgary
Mr. Kidd
Alberta doctors form Canadian Medical Association Alberta division
Delegates at the Alberta Medical Association annual convention voted to dissolve the provincial body and join the national association. The new entity will be named the Canadian Medical Association Alberta division with Dr. D B MacNab of Calgary as first president.
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Edmonton
Alberta Medical Association
National Association
Canadian Medical Association
Alberta
D. 8. MacNab
Cal
Manitoba approves road and bridge program with Dominion aid
Manitoba approves a 2,730,000 road and bridge building program tied to Dominion Government funding. The plan requires workers to be employed on the projects before October 10. if not, construction cannot commence. The move signals a major public works push to accelerate infrastructure in Winnipeg and surrounding areas.
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Winnipeg
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