Imperial Airways to Start Weekly Trans Atlantic Airmail
London announces a weekly trans Atlantic airmail service from Southampton to Montreal starting before June using four Cabot flying boats via Foynes and Botwood. Initial service will include two flights weekly each way. New York landing permission pending, mail charges set between 12 and 24 cents per half ounce.
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Imperial Airways
London
A.P
Forerwinner
England
New York
Southampton
Montreal
New’ ‘York
Foynts
Botwood
Port Washington
British Post Office
Canada
Pan-American Airways
United States
France
British pro-consul arrested in Burgos espionage probe
Spanish insurgent authorities announce the arrest of Ernest Golding the British pro-consul and his wife at San Sebastian amid an espionage investigation tied to a stash of documents found in Harold Goulding’s valise after a December 26 insurgent disclosure naming him and Mr Rattenbury as Spanish government agents.
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Burgos
Spain
Conight
Ernest Golding
Brisa
San Sebastian
Harold Goydinen
Goading
Mr. Rattenbury
Burkes
Goodman
Policy In China May Lead To Japanese Cabinet Changes
Tokyo reports a cabinet reorganization pending after a dispute between Fascists and Liberal elements over China policy. Baron Kiichiro Kiranuma, Nationalist leader, returned to Tokyo and said he would form a government if Premier Prince Konoye resigned.
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China
Tokyo
C.P
Kiichiro Kiranuma
Prince Konoye
Weekend Minor Motor Accidents Reported
Over the weekend road surfaces were treacherous but injuries remained rare. Five accidents were reported Saturday with four causing little damage. A notable morning crash involved P. H. Piroth, an R F C pilot traveling from Regina to Calgary, whose car skidded on the icy Dunmore Hill bend and struck a fence, breaking four posts but causing no injuries or major damage. The road has since been sanded.
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P. H. Piroth
R.F.C
Regina
Calgary
Dunmore Hill
Mercy flights in far north bring two patients to hospital
Edmonton reports two mercy flights in remote northland. Smoky Stout, injured in a Yellowknife plant explosion, arrived at an Edmonton hospital for eye treatment after a detour via Chipewyan and McMurray. Nordquist, a trapper with serious blood poisoning, was flown from Nordquist lake to Whitehorse after a snowbound rescue sighted a help sign.
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Edmonton
Northland
Stout
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company
Yellowknife
N.W.T
Mackenzie Air Service
Chipewyan
Alta
Canadian Airways Limited
McMurray
Hdmonton
J. Nordquist
Nordquist Lake
Whitehorse
V.T
United Air Transport
Nordquist
Sheldon Luck
Nordsquist
British Columbia
Fort Nelson
Lower Post
Daladier Circles Corsica With Warships In Warning to Mussolini
Premier Daladier toured Corsica aboard a fleet of warships as a stark display of France’s resolve. In Ajaccio and Bastia he spoke of security and national unity while crowds cheered, calling Mussolini to account. Daladier later departed for Tunis on the cruiser Foch, escorted by Colbert and destroyers.
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Daladier
Corsica
Mussolini
Taylor Henry
Associated Press
Bas Tia
France
Italy
Ilrance
Ajaccio
Bastia
Canladier
Tunis
Alrong
Foch
Colbert
Lur- Tren
Ministe Cesar Campinelli
Toulon
Mayor de Montera
Fhe Istiand
Mediterranean
Tunisia
Rebels Press Forward in Catalonia as Ebro Front Advances
Insurgent forces under General Franco push through the Segre and Ebro sectors toward Tarragona and Barcelona. Reports say a large government line near Vinebre is breached, with Falset and Reus threatened. Government accounts note heavy insurgent gains in the early phase of the Catalonia offensive.
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Hendaye
Frantey Jani
A.P
Franco
Catalonia
Ebro
Segre
Liena
Vinebre
Falset
Tarragona
Mediterranean
Barcelona
Vinehre
Rumning
Felset
Reus
Zaragoza
Novi
Francn
Artesa
Gruesome Gift At 10 Downing Street Shocked Cham berlain
London police thwarted a protest when a coffin shaped umbrella labeled Unemployed was presented as an appeasement gift to Prime Minister Chamberlain. A hearse and a crowd gathered as officers intervened before the coffin could be left at the door. Chamberlain was away visiting the Earl of Iveagh in Suffolk.
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London
CP Canhie
Chamberlain
10 Downing Street
Nev
Mr. Chambterlain
Earl of Iveagh
Suffolk
Publicity Director Appointed By Manning in Edmonton
Edmonton reports the appointment of D. E. C. Campbell of Calgary as publicity director by Hon. E. C. Manning. Campbell, a former newspaper man and radio news editor, arrived to assume the post with Alfred Savary of Savary advertising service named as government advertising agents.
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Edmonton
C.P
D. E. C. Campbell
Calgary
C. Manning
Nan
Radio News
Campbell
Alfred ‘Savary
The
Mackay and
Doings in the NW.C.0s Mess Christmas Dinner Report
The NW C O S mess held its annual Christmas dinner on Thursday December 29 with about 25 NALOs and their wives joining a festively set table. Guests of honor were Lt Col G G Elder and Mrs Elder along with Capt B C Armstrong and Mrs Armstrong. A well dressed man found shot to death in an expensive sedan parked near Holly Wood Boulevard was reported amid the merriment.
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Gueuie
G. G. Elder
Elder
B. C. Armstrong
Forecast Alberta Cloudy With Light Snow in Districts
The forecast notes mostly cloudy skies across Alberta today and Wednesday with light snow in a few districts. Mild conditions continue in the southern portion of the province.
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S. Alberta
Alberta
Port Arthur
Minneda Mint
Moose Jaw
Medicine Hat
Vancouver
Toronto
Winnipeg
Regina
Saskatoon
Lethbridge
Fair
Edmontor
Seth Victoria
Ottawa
White River
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Canada
Moat Lake
Vancouver Highway Floods Cut Off Route Casualty Report
Heavy rain and floods flooded the Vancouver Island route between Courtenay and Campbell River. One man, Andrew Johnston, 68, a night watchman, was electrocuted by a fallen high tension wire near the port area. Several homes evacuated, storage basements damaged, and fuel losses reported as oil and gas facilities were disrupted.
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Rere
Croanghedl
Courtenay
Yamada's Advancing Japanese Force Faces Interior Challenge
Jan 3 report says Lieut General Yamada must consolidate 18 months of costly fighting in China. Observers doubt expansion into the interior, expecting efforts to quell guerrillas and pacify occupied regions. Estimates cite Chinese losses around 1.3 million and Japanese casualties about 350,000.
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Shanghat
Yamada
China
Shunroku Hata
Tapic
Forteen
Japan
Chiang Kai-Shek
Labor Department blamed by House panel for subversive activity
A U S congressional committee on un American activities faulted the Labor Department for failing to enforce deportation laws, saying a large share of espionage and propaganda is traceable to labor agency inaction. It called for broader probes of communism nazism and fascism and warned of Communist influence in federal agencies and projects.
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Washington
United States
Congressional Committee On UN
National Labor Relations Board
Repo
Nat Murphy
Michigan Goveng
Lansing
State Capitol
State College
Isms
Hoon Sngee
Royal Visit Announced to Newfoundland in January
Vice Admiral Sir Humphrey Walwyn, Governor, announced the King and Queen will visit Newfoundland on January seventeenth. The royal party will travel to St Johns and meet local officials during their tour.
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ST. Johns
Humphrey Walwyn
Foundland
Atto
Newfoundland
Juva
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