King's affair with Mrs Simpson sparks constitutional crisis
London reports a widening rift between King Edward VIII and his cabinet over the friendship with Mrs Wallis Simpson. Prime Minister Baldwin reportedly warned the King the cabinet and Parliament may resign unless the King renounces plans to wed the American divorcee. Rumors of abdication and divorce rulings fill the air as editors urge caution and advise listening to ministers.
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London
C.P
Baldwin
Buckingham Palace
Wallis Simpson
Associated Press
Mrs. Simpson
A. W. Blunt
Yorkshire ‘Post
Bradford
Edward
Moran
Rumsey Tragedy Ends In Fire and Death
A farm home domestic quarrel in Rumsey ended with Anton Gerhrig shooting his mother-in-law Mrs. Freda Hildebrandt, slashing his throat, and dying by self-inflicted fire as the house burned. Mrs. Hildebrandt, wounded nine times, was not expected to survive.
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Rumsey
Anton Gerhrig
Freda Hildebrandt
Gerhrig
Taide
Imports Necessary If Canada Is To Market Wheat
C P Canada must import goods to obtain markets for its wheat. C R Davidson secretary of the Canadian Wheat Board told the Turgeon royal grain commission that satisfactory world trade relations are essential to sell wheat in volume. He said export declines stem from Canada’s trade structure and that each import curtailment costs Canada two dollars in exports.
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Winnipeg
C.P
Canada
C. R. Davidson
Canadian Wheat Board
Turgeon Royal Grain Commission
Herim
Trail Smelter Tribunal Formed to Settle Damage Claims
Ottawa reports Chief Justice Greenshields of Quebec Superior Court and former US assistant attorney Charles Warren named national members of the Trail Smelter tribunal. The body will probe damage to Washington properties from Trail BC fumes, with hearings expected early in 1937.
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Ottawa
R. A. E. Greenshields
Quebec
Charles Warren
United States
Trail’ Smelter
Canada
Trail
B.C
State of Washington
International Joint Commission
Washington
Commission
Permament Administrative Council
Permanent Court of Arbitration
The
Hague
Spain Fears World Catastrophe in Spanish War
Valencia dispatch reports Premier Caballero warning Parliament that Europe faces a world catastrophe if action is not taken as the Spanish conflict rages on a small scale. London notes Germany will honor nonintervention and avoids sending troops, while observers probe arms shipments. The British plan seeks to ban foreign volunteers from joining the Spanish war.
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Valencia
Spain
Caballero
Ndon
C. P
Germany
Britain seeks new mutual defense pact with France and Belgium
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons Britain was negotiating a tri-partite defensive alliance with France and Belgium. He declined to detail the provisions but said Britain's obligations would resemble Locarno terms and did not confirm if Britain would aid France if France were attacked due to treaties with the Soviet Union and others.
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London
G.P
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Great Britain
France
Bell Edens
Britain
Locarno Trea
Soviet Union
Alberta Unemployed to Work on Highway Projects
Under a federal and provincial agreement 1,500 unemployed men will be put to work immediately on highway projects including the Peace River Jasper and Nordegg routes and the Jasper Banff connection. Workers will be paid 30 cents an hour and the plan also expands drought relief to 500 destitute families in the Clandonald area and increases drought-area administration by 10 municipalities.
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Edmonton
C.P
Alberta
W. Cross
Peace River
Jasper Highway
Nordegg
Jasper-Banff
Clandonald
Air Service Plans For 1938 39 Linking West to North Atlantic
Transport Minister Howe told a service club that trans Canada passenger and mail air service will be in operation by 1938 or 1939. The system will connect with a trans North Atlantic service expected to be finished in two years. Landing fields are set between Montreal and Vancouver at 50 mile intervals and will be ready for traffic next summer. A four man Edmonton delegation will stress inland air route benefits to Alaska at the North West Aviation Planning Council convention in Portland.
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Montreal
Howe
Service Club
Dominion
Vancouver
Edmonton
C.P
United States
Alaska
North West Aviation Planning Council
Portland
Ore
James A. Bell
Manaager
W.R. Hale
J. B. Slessor
Edmonton Chamber of Commerce
Grant McConachle
Drowned at Sea After Freighter Sinks Near Borkum
A 849 ton German coal freighter Kisa en route from the Free City of Danzig to Cherbourg sank near Borkum today. Two sailors drowned when a small boat from a British trawler grounded off Calais during disembarkation.
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Hamburg
Free
Danzig
Cherbourg
Borkum
Calais
Ringling Dies at 70 After Brief Pneumonia Illness
John Ringling, longtime circus magnate and last of seven Ringling brothers, dies today in New York at age 70 after a brief illness of bronchial pneumonia. He helped shape the spectacle of the big top and Ringling Bros. circus history.
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New York
John Ringling
Not Heard by the Premier in Alberta Legislature Visit
An unemployed delegation from Alberta Commonwealth seeks meeting with Premier William Aberhart. Police confront a two hour wait but find the group had departed quietly. Canada reports October fruit exports near one billion dollars, down slightly from last year.
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J.’ F. Sanders
Edmonton
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Alberta
Wezt
William Aberhart
Council Chamber
Canadian Wheat Trade Down as World Markets Shift
Winnipeg reporter James McAnsh testifies at the Turgeon royal grain commission about a drop in Canada’s share of world wheat exports. He notes Canada failed to regain lost U S market share and Australia gains, while Argentina also falls. The inquiry aims to find causes and proposals to retain and expand markets.
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Winnipeg
C.P
James
McAnsh
Canadian ‘Wheat Board
Turgeon Royal ‘Grain Commission
Canada
United States
Argentine
Australia
W. F.A. Turgeon
Regina
Col. Ralston
Mr. McAnsh
Two Bandits Rob Farmer Near Purple Springs
R C M P officers search the south country for two men who robbed farmer R Leck of 60 dollars yesterday afternoon. A gray 1930 Model A Ford coupe with a cracked windshield obstructed the highway as the pair, not masked, threatened him with a rifle and forced him to drive on toward Taber.
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R.C.M P
Purple Springs
Iord
R. Leck
Taber
Leck
R.C.M.P
Williams
Mercy Deaths Bill Fails in Lords Vote
The House of Lords rejected the mercy deaths bill 35 to 14. Opponents led by Lord Dawson of Penn and Archbishop opposed legalizing euthanasia. The debate cited extreme cases as reasons to defer to medical professionals. Reports from Buenos Aires noted a Paraguayan general strike and severed communications with Asuncion.
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London
A.P
House of Lords
Lord Dawson of
Venn
OL Wa Atugen Ury
Buenos Aires
Paraguay
Asuncion
Turner Valley Foundation Royalties No. 1 well blows in south of Turner Valley
Calgary reports say Foundation Royalties No. 1, drilled to 6400 feet in the Turner Valley field, began producing crude oil today. Initial flow estimates range from 500 to 1800 barrels daily as plans for large scale drilling stimulate activity. The site lies about a mile southwest of Turner Valley Royalties with the baler recovered after it was blown into the derrick. Prices on the Calgary Stock Exchange surged as the field saw new development and optimistic outlooks.
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Calgary
Turner Valley
Salgary
Crilde
C. GC. Ross
Edmonton
Sterling Pacific
T.V.R
Calgary Stock Exchange
Foundation Royalties
A. K. Leitch
Foundation Royalties Companies
Christmas Cheer Fund Launched With Wide Small Gifts
The News highlights the start of the Cheer Fund drive and urges all organizations and individuals to contribute. Notable gifts include Mayor Bullivant 25 dollars Hawthorne and Son Ltd 10 Mattionalds Consolidated 15 George Cantalini 40 Rotary Club 100 and J J Moore and Son 5 totaling 175 dollars.
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Hawthorne & Son Ltd
Mattionald’s Consolidated
George Cantalini
Rotary Club
J. J. Moore and Son
Mollison Lost Way And Failed To Break Record
Capt James A Mollison and co pilot Edouard Cornignon Molinier lost their way on the final lap of the London to Capetown flight. Off Cape Agulhas they reported the error at 3 30 p m GMT and missed the 3 57 p m target, failing to beat the record set earlier this year.
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Capetown
Cap
James A. Mollison
London
Amy Johnson
Mollison
Edouard Cornignon Molinier
Cape Agulhas
Madrid air raid fatalities and gas exposure toll rises
Insurgent forces bombarded Madrid with heavy artillery and air raids. Sixteen bombers dropped about 50 devices causing numerous deaths and many injuries including reports of early gas cases. British MPs witnessed shrapnel near a ruined street as hospitals cope with the casualties.
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Madrid
Cp- Cable
Spain
Lst
C.P. Cable
W. H. Green
M.P
Junta
Britain moves to curb arms shipments to Spain
The British House of Commons passed a bill by 239 to 132 aimed at stopping arms shipments by British merchant ships to Spain from foreign ports. The measure bans arms from home and foreign ports, with Dominion ships spared, and Eden warned dominions would be asked to cooperate if evidence emerges of their ships arming Spain.提醒 Britain to address volunteers and German assistance aiding Franco, noting 5,000 Germans reportedly arrived recently and several German planes landed in Tetuan.
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London
House of Commons
Spain
Eden
Dominions
Admiralty
Britain
Seville
Franco
Tangier
Tetuan
Spanish Morocco
Accor
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Nottingham Journal
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Yorkshir Post
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Trail Smelter Tribunal
Ringling
Wheat Board
LAU
Cal Arlier
J. L. ‘Ralston
Bill
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