German Jews face emigration plan tied to export loans
Berlin reports the economics ministry approved a plan linking Jewish emigration to special foreign loans. Four Jews’ groups could receive up to 40,000 marks each via foreign benefactors, with German machinery or goods credited to the emigrants. The policy includes fines and tax levies related to the Paris diplomat case, and prompts debate within Nazi circles.
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Berlin
Germany
Hjalmar Soliguhit
Reichsbank
Schacht
Economiic Ministry
Hin
Paris
Economics Ministry
Nazi Party
Interior Ministry
Ernst Vom Rath
Memel Annexation Rumors Rise In Baltic Hotspots
Reports from Kaunas and Kaunas district officials describe a rapid push toward Memel joining Germany. Observers expect the Reichstag could be convened by January 30 to grant Memellanders German citizenship and unite Memel with Hitler’s state.
Barn Fire at Crystal Dairy Company Halts Hay Blaze
At 1 15 p m the fire brigade responded to a fire in the Crystal Dairy Company's barn ground floor where hay accumulated behind a wooden partition caught fire from an unknown cause. The flames were extinguished with chemical before substantial damage occurred.
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Crystal Dairy Company
Wheat policy talk at prairie conference suggests western need
Winnipeg dispatch reports a Manitoba Wheat Pool leader and Northwest Grain Dealers' official urging continued government support for western farmers amid global wheat concerns. Papers outline subsidies and price supports abroad, noting Germany France Italy and Britain programs. The piece notes Western Canada risks and potential shifts in exports as world markets cool.
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Winnipeg
G.P
Prairie
Yosag
Canada
Paul Bredt
Manitoba Wheat Pool
L. W. Brockington
Northwest Grain Dealers’ Association
Australia
United States
Germany
Italy
France
Brockington
German Spy Schachow Guilty Of Canal Zone Photography
Hans Heinrich Schachow, a German shipyard employee, was found guilty of photographing Canal Zone fortifications. It was the zone’s first espionage case. Photographs, shown by military officials, could help foreign governments. Schachow is among four Germans facing trial. two men and Ingeborg Gulman, a secretary, were arrested at Fort Randolph near the canal’s Atlantic entrance.
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Cristobal
Canal Zone
C.P
Hans Heinrich Schachow
Stearship Company
Schadow
Ingeborg Gulman
Fort Randolph
Canal
Atlantic
Edmonton Debates End of Proportional Representation
Edmonton faces abolition of proportional representation in provincial elections. John Guild proposes four wards with one member each and two fewer seats for the city. W. T. Lunn and Mrs. Mary Morgan urge ending voter swearing practices on election day. The committee plans to report early next year.
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Edmonton
C.P
Alberta
John Guild
Edmonton Social Credit Constituency Association
Ak Meyphers
Guild
W. T. Lunn
Mary, Morgan
Edmonton Social Credit Groups
Ion
B. L.gray
Wit
Lucien Maynard
Miicipal Affairs and
Seithe Aleptoral Committee
Iftes Bors
Hatslons
Danish Nazis Arrested and Released After Inquiry
Four Danish men were arrested near Premier Stauning's suburban villa after midnight in a car laden with Nazi pamphlets. Police said the probe found no evidence of an organized plot and released them, later stating they could not prove any conspiracy. The men claimed they were merely passing by out of curiosity.
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Copenhagen
C. P
Wampaptesd
Stauning
Christmas Cheer Subscriptions List Totals 725.30
A ledger of donations for Christmas Cheer shows numerous contributors including Rotary Club Medicine Hat Clinic Bullivant Taylor Bros and more. Totals span small gifts from individuals to organizations such as Knights of Pythias Rathbone Lodge Kiwanis and Med Hat Operatic Society. The compiled sum reaches 725.30.
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Rotary Club
Medicine Hat Clinic
Q. Bullivant
Taylor Bros
F. Souch
Guy Cafe
Chew Ling
Lewis Bargain
C.B.R. Men's
D. Bayne
Knights of
H.C. de Fi Aha Agi
B. Dempster
Sons of Abraham
H. H. Schneider
Tai Kong Greenhouses
Hat Operatic Sacrety
Richardson's Bakery
Z. Eaton Co
A. C. Hawthorne & Son Ltd
G.L.A
B. of L.E
Queen St. Grotery
Hat’ Teachers' Agsn
Kiwanis
Central Garage
Ida Mealey Chapter
I. O.D.E
Apara
Order of Eagles
Bony
Guy
Medicine Hat , Greenhouses, Ltd
Consolidated
Ti John's
P.S.A. Glib
Murray
G. E.S
J.D.' Moore & Son
Hunt's Plumbing
A. Gi Ge Ex Sence
Clash Groceteria
Bivond’s
Vorva
le Jon— Rete
Voi
Status Quo Applies To Tunisia
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons that any Italian aggression toward French Tunisia would be a matter of grave concern to Britain. He affirmed that the status quo as in the British Italian agreement definitely applied to Tunisia.
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London
C.P
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Tunisia
Mediterranean
Pan American conference seeks peace steps amid world crisis
The Pan American conference, led by Cordell Hull, reviews four peace goals including an inter-American court and a league of nations while pledging to defend shared institutions against coercion. Brazil presses a minority rights issue, Mexico pushes an aerial bombardment ban, and the U S urges delaying final positions until defence problems are discussed.
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Ee Lima
der. M
A.P
Cordell Hull
United States
Aldi
Hulli
Committee On Organization of Peace
Hult
Che
Organization of
Ipeace
Aifranio de Mello Francos
Brazil
inter-American Court of International Justice
League of American Nations
Hull
Latin America
Czecho-Slovakia
Mexico
Communist Defeated In the Lethbridge Election
In Lethbridge on December 14, a full slate of C. G. A. aldermen were elected to the city council James Aird S B Reagh J A Jardine and A C Lakie with Bowker the Independent Progressive Communist candidate defeated Bowker received 804 votes while Aird 1700 Reagh 1688 Jardine 1659 Lakie 1623 indicating light turnout and little campaign interest.
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Lethbridge
James Aird
S. B. Reagh
J. A. Jardine
A. C. Lakie
Joseph Bowker
Aird
Reagh
Jardine
Lalue
Bowker
Geologist Warns Alteration of Production in Turner Valley Wells
Calgary geologist Stanley G. Davies told the McGillivray oil commission that repressuring proposals to raise Turner Valley oil production are not feasible. He urged allowing wells to run at their most efficient oil to gas ratio regardless of market pace, arguing pumping gas back into the ground does not reliably boost oil recovery and could waste recoverable reserves.
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Turner Valley
Calgary
McGillivray Oil Commission
Stanley’ G. Davies
Turnet 'Valley
Canada
Air Davies
Adt
T. A. Link
Imperial
Royalite
Iit
Mr. Davies
Imperial conference shapes policy toward United States and Britain
Telegraphic copy from Tokyo reports an imperial conference reportedly agreeing on a strong Anglo American policy after Anthony Eden's visit. It notes Nelson Johns returning from China and signals closer cooperation between Japan and the Western powers.
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Tokyo
Tod&y
States
Britain
Anthony Eden
United States
Nelson Johns
China
Japan
Mystery surrounds alleged phone tapping at Horace Carpenter home
Four men are suspected in an attempt to tap the telephone at Horace Carpenter's residence in St Boniface Manitoba. Police warn of possible further action as the investigation continues and no charges have yet been filed.
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Horace Carpenter
St. Boniface
Man
France Ready to Defend Britain All Forces Mobilized
Paris December 14 Bonnet told deputies that all French forces on land sea and in the Alps would be used immediately to defend Great Britain against unprovoked aggression. He said France had informed Italy and Germany she would not yield an inch of territory to Fascist demands.
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Verlin
Memel
Hitler
Germun
Reichstag
Lithuania
Germany
Kaunas
Antanas &Metona
Bistrag Diclininkaiti
Young Catholicianization
Augustine Waldemaras
Iron Wolt
Waldemares
France
Iron Wolf
United States
Robert Selmer
Paris
C.P
Great Britain
Bonnet
Charlber of Deputies Foreign Affairs Committee
Bonnét
Italy
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GOVT
Paléstine
Jerusalem
Panama Canal Zone
City of Edmonton
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Ula
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