Ethiopian and Italian war news dominate Dec 16 dispatches
Dec 16 reports from Addis Ababa London and Rome describe Ethiopia rejecting a Franco British peace plan while preparing for renewed conflict. Italian air power targets Neghelli and the southern front as Mussolini accelerates war production. internal tensions bubble in Britain over East Africa policy.
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Addis
Ababa
G.P
London
O.P
Stanley ‘Baldwin
Anthony
League of Na
Local Merchants Hear Hours of Work Rules
A letter to R H Kent, secretary of Medicine Hat merchants, explains under Order No 6 the maximum employment hours and that any excess requires a special permit. The commissioner's note says merchants must apply for permission and that committee members will review on receipt of the application.
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R. H. Kent
Hei
Fe Bailen
Commissioner of Labor
Cuban army frees kidnapped millionaire Nicolas Catano
Nicolas Catano, a millionaire held for a $500,000 ransom, was found alive by the Cuban army after a week in captivity. He said no ransom had been paid and that he was unharmed.
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Mayana
C.P
Nicolas Tano
Catano
Alberta's First Oil Well Blows In At Del Bonita
LETHBRIDGE December 16. The first oil well in southern Alberta’s plains area at Del Bonita No. 4 blew in late Sunday. Oil men predicted production could run as high as 500 barrels daily. The well, struck at the 5 073 foot level, lies 45 miles south of Lethbridge.
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Alberta
del Bonita
Lethbridge
C.P
cAlperta
Port Arthur Constable Wounded Arresting Suspect
Constable James Wilson of Port Arthur police was critically wounded while pursuing a suspect believed to be John Kokai, one of three brothers linked to an attempted burglary. Frank and Tony Kokani were arrested. John Kokai remained at large as Ontario police aided the search.
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Port’ Arthur
Ont
C.P
James Wilson
Port. Arthur City
John Kokai
Frank
Tony Kokani
Wilson
William Allen
Egyptian Nationalists Call for Independence Amid Cairo Unrest
Rioting Egyptian students clashed with British motorcycle police near the British residency in Cairo. Police fired in the air to break up disorders as a mob demanded Premier Nageib Pasha's resignation and replacement by a Wafd leader. Lampposts and shop windows were damaged.
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Cairo
Fik My But Pasha
Miles
Ray Ge
der Reemoyt
Akiee Ve
Premigr
Nayne
Wafd
Jah
Atugente
Follee
Apalo
Contested Terrebonne Race Faces Courts Tomorrow
In Montreal a court action seeks to void the Terrebonne provincial race won by Athanase David by a single vote cast by the returning officer Edouard Masson. Judge Guilbault will rule whether the election stands or is null. experts will study the implications for election law.
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Montreal
C.P
Athanase ‘David
Terrebonne
Edouard’ Masson
Liberale
Nationale Party
Canning Industry On A Large Scale At Brooks
Edmonton reports the launch of a new canning firm New National Food Products Ltd. to operate from Brooks Alberta. Premier Manning announced the plan to expand branches across the eastern irrigation district. The company aims to take market share from Ontario and British Columbia canners by processing high quality vegetables.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Ontario
Columbia
Act
C. Manning
New National Food Products Ltd
Brooks
Manning
Inces
Ice jam threatens Calgary bridges near Bow River
Calgary officials report a major ice jam on the Bow River near Ghost River dam caused a 60 foot wooden span to lodge against the Canadian Pacific railway at East Calgary. The jam moved from Hillhurst and reached St George Island bridge tearing spans and raising fears of river protection damage if it continues. CP R engineer J Thomas Lees expected the railway to withstand the strain though significant risk remained to city riverfront areas.
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Calgary
Dees
Est. George's
St. George's Island
C.P.R
Jthomas
Lees
Ram‘poe
Trade talks eyed amid Canada Japan tariff standstill
Ottawa reports a tentative path to settle the trade dispute with Japan and establish a national unemployment commission. Prime Minister King and Tokyo's Satomatsu Kato led a Dominion conference to keep government busy through the holiday season and into parliamentary reconvenes.
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Ottawa
Japian
National Commission
Dominion
Ithe
Summoanied
Satomatsu
Kato
J. L. Lisley
National
Révenue
Trade
Commerce
O. D. Skelton
Rioters at Dundurn Camp Fail to Reach Agreement
Long negotiations between the Rigg commission and striking inmates at Dundurn Camp, Saskatchewan, failed to produce an agreement. About 1,600 single men are on strike protesting the eviction of two alleged agitators, with the commission not involving camp officials.
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Dundurn
Rigg Commission
Dunburn
Sask
Com
Albert Arnold
Winnipeg
Jack ‘Harrison
Toronto
Canada
British‘Empire
Rigg’ Commission
Neon
B.C
Nelson
Hy. Seawa
Dunhburn
Canadian Auto Makers Seek Tariff Concessions Reversal
Ottawa reports the Canadian Automobile Chamber of Commerce urged cancelling concessions under the Canada United States trade treaty. They asked raising the intermediate tariff from 14 to 20 percent and restoring the live percent excise tax on imported cars, arguing benefits to manufacturers from reduced duties are offset by higher parts costs and other drawbacks.
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Ottawa
Ian ‘Motor
United States
Onimotor
Automobile Industry
Automobile Chamber of Commerce
E. H. Long
Toronto
Jevel
Toe United
Ate Bees United
Ottawa Grants in Aid for Relief Costs Discussed
Newswire style note from Ottawa outlines grants in aid from the federal treasury to the provinces for relief costs. Discussion centers on additional financial assistance promised at the close of the provincial conference and the Bennett government’s role in initiating the system.
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Ottawa
Federal Treasury
Bennett
Ellsworth Rescue Pilot Lands Lincoln Field After Long Flight
Pilot Merrill landed at Lincoln Field at 3:30 p.m. yesterday after a flight from Ta Spach Mexico. He was en route with Ellsworth rescue efforts and hoped to complete the mission in two days, despite delays. Herbert Hollick of Winnipeg, nine, joined the party for the across flight segment.
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Balboa
Ciz
A. Po
Merrill
Hialincoln
Ellsworth
Exange
Yester
Ta Spach Mexico
Owilletake
Reak
Uis
Herbert Hollick
Winnipeg
Aniiaretica
Japanese-backed Hopei state seizes Tangku port and rail hub
In East Hopei province Japanese supported autonomous forces move to take Tangku, a key port and railway centre 27 miles east of Tientsin, as clashes kill and wound soldiers on both sides. The Tangku seizure follows the arrest of a Chinese commissioner over wharf leases, signaling a shift toward a Tangku regime allied with Tokyo. Elsewhere in Kalgan, tension rises as a troop detachment arrives with heavy armament and soldiers parade through streets.
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Shang Chen
Tientsin
Hopei
Tangki
Here
Se Eral
Tangku
East Hopei
Hope
Kalgan
Chattar
China
Dlay
Santa E
Earor
Montana Governor Frank Cooney Dies at 62
Governor Frank H. Cooney of Montana, aged 62, died in a Great Falls hospital from a heart ailment after being stricken en route from Florida. A native of Norwood Ontario, he had served as lieutenant governor in 1932 and became governor in 1933 after Erickson resignation. He came to Butte in 1891 from Canada with his brother and later moved to Missoula for business and farming. His wife and two of six children were at his bedside. one son died in a prior automobile crash.
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Great Falls
Frank H. Cooney
Montana
Florida
Norwood
Ont
Cooney
John, EB. Erickson
United? States
Thomas J. Walsh
Butte
Lindbergh vetoes appearance before Hauptmann in chair
New York December 16 radio dispatch reports Col. Charles A. Lindbergh vetoed plans to have him testify before Bruno Richard Hauptmann in the electric chair to obtain a full confession in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping case.
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New York
C. P
The
Daily ‘News
Trenton
N.J
Charles A. Lindbergh
Bruno
Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Privy Council rejects Alberta minister McPherson divorce appeal
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council dismissed Mrs. Cora McPherson of Hampton's appeal seeking to set aside the divorce decree issued April 22, 1931. The court said such a decree could not be declared void, though the appeal proceeds to Alberta's appellate division to challenge on grounds of collusion.
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London
Coralian’ McPherson
Hampton
Ibrar
Judicial Committee
Lord Blanesburgh
The
Supreme
Alberta
McPherson
Hauptmann confesses to Lindbergh baby ransom
New York Evening Post reports Bruno Hauptmann confessed to involvement in the $50,090 ransom for the Lindbergh baby. Authorities indicate the confession supports the court case against him.
Alberta Premier predicts Social Credit victory in Canada
The Alberta premier warned that social credit would halt the current system. He criticized education levels, urged five percent credit terms, and argued production and sabotage fears threaten the world while Alberta’s plan aims to revive the economy.
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Hamilton
Egal William “Aberhart
Aleta
Social ‘Credit
Social Credit
Aleiberta
Aberhart
Alberta
Tod
Toronto
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Baldwin
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Etiopias
Ussolini
Mary
Rudolfo’ Graziani
Ras Desta Demta
Fiipiner
Halle Selassie
ASPR
Arthur Constable
Avery Pintegery
Fingi
Abadice
Baecary
Ellsworth Rescue
Tiese
Rannata
Gover. Cooney
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