Reich Litts Ban On Italian Arms Shipment To Finland
Ottawa reports the Royal Canadian Air Force cooperation squadron trains at Rockcliffe for overseas service with the First Division. Twenty eight officers form Canada’s first abroad operating RCAF unit to observe, photograph, direct artillery, and possibly engage enemy ground forces aboard Westland Lysander aircraft. The unit integrates No 110 squadron with components from Winnipeg and Ottawa, and is supervised by Squadron Leader W D Van Vliet.
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Ottawa
Dan. 13
Royal Canadian Air Force
Canadian Active Service Force
Rockcliffe Air Station
R.C.A.W
Europe
Canada
C.A.S.F
W. D. van Vliet
Battle Looms as Finns Put Up Defences on Arctic Front
Stockholm reports hint at a major clash as Finns and Russians strengthen on the Salla front and Liinahamari area. Soviet bombers raid southern Finland killing two and wounding four in Helsinki as German arms shipments to Finland resume via Italy.
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Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Finland
Reich
Copenhagen
Liinahamari
Petsamo
Salla
Salmiiaervi
Arctic
Karelian
Helsingfors
Sabotage Activity Across Northern Ireland and London
British police and military search for IRA wrecking squads after attempted acts at Hendon airfield and a submarine cable head at Canughades. A sentry fired on an intruder at Hendon, and attackers fleeing in darkness after trying to cut the North Ireland to Seothind hear Ponaehades cable.
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London
Jan
CCR
Sabete
Hendon
Aifield
Canughades
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army Organisation
Hendon Airfield
Seothind
Cattle Exports Rise 44 Percent in 11 Months
The United States saw cattle and beef imports climb 44 percent in the first 11 months of 1939 compared with the same period in 1938, according to the agriculture department report released today.
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Washington
United States
Agriculture Department
Warham Re-Elected President of Medicine Hat Horticultural Society
Alderman E Warham was re elected president at the annual meeting held near City Hall last night. Officers elected included Ro McMullen as vice president and W A Moore as secretary treasurer. The society reported a successful season with a solid cash balance and thanked retiring members for their service.
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E. Warham
Medicine Hat Horticultural Society
Ro McMullen
W. A. Moore
Treasmers
J. Gray
E. Ward
A. Luton
I. B. Walker
W. J. Gross
W. Cye/Campbell
F. W. Gershaw
J.H Hopper
T.H. Mills
Ledger
Warhan
Cooper
Society
M. L. Mivure
Bruce Buchanan
Medicine Hat
San Francisco
Bravery Decorations Awarded to British WWI Patrol
Captain S Barclay of Norfolk regiment received the Military Cross and corporal D Davis earned the Military Medal for leading a night patrol behind German lines to secure crucial information. The unit, under heavy fire, retreated to safety reaching British lines over a mile away after a perilous advance.
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France
Iran
Vourd Cort
Coroander
Aeudoen
Royalir
He Kung
Peterday
Gauper
Purelyc
Barclay
Smoitish
Berlin
Unemployment Relief Falls Across Canada in 1939
Ottawa reports a 26 percent drop in urban and agricultural relief in November 1939 compared with November 1938, totaling 582000. Non agricultural relief fell 5.8 percent to 504000, while 17000 farmers received agricultural relief for subsistence, down 69 percent from 1939 and 78 percent from 1937, with Saskatchewan showing large declines and remaining two thirds of the national agricultural relief total.
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Ottawa
C.P
N. A. McLarty
Canada
Saskatchewan
Dominion
Fuminaro Konaye Nominated for Japanese Premiership
Tokyo war minister Shunroku Hatta appealed to Prince Fumimaro Konoye to resume the premiership as Abe faced resignation. The weekend government crisis loomed with Abe set to decide and ministers expected to quit with him.
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Tokyo
Shunroku Hatta
Fumimaro Konaye
Japan
Nobuyuki Abe
Shipbuilding Plant Destroyed After Explosion
Firemen fought flames at the Yarwood ship building plant in Northwich Cheshire after an explosion shattered windows within a quarter mile. The blaze destroyed the main building while further explosions hampered work. officials ruled out sabotage. Northwich lies about 30 miles southeast of Liverpool on the River Weaver.
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London
Yarwood
Northwich
Cheshire
Liverpool
Weaver
Mersey
Popularity of Canadians Grows Among English Fans
At Aldershot a surge of hospitality toward Canadian Active Service Force members includes 250000 Canadian tobacco cigarettes and rye whisky from supporters. London’s Paramount hosts an all Canadian week with CASF officers admitted at half price as maple leaf decor and Alouette tunes brighten the swing program.
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Aldershot
England
C.P. Cable
London
Paramount
C.A S.F
Charles Moore on Water Conservation Address to Kiwanis
Charles Moore spoke to the Kiwanis Club on water conservation amid Medicine Hat and western drought risks. He cited 31,7380 acre feet annual runoff from 1912 to 1926, notes many irrigation works, and urges storing run-off to secure livestock feed and family gardens, stressing regional prosperity depends on surrounding districts.
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Medicine Hat
West
Kiwanis Club
Dominion
Cypress
South Saskatchewan
British ships seize cargo for contraband in Hong Kong port
Seenga, a 2492 ton Russian steamship, is inspected by British China fleet authorities for contraband as war continues. In Norfolk England, a royal shopping visit surprises shoppers when Queen Elizabeth II and her sisters buy goods during a Sandringham outing. A small plane crash in Casey, Illinois, leaves three Detroit family members dead. bodies found near wreckage indicate instant fatalities.
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Hongkong
Seenga
Great Britain
China
King's Lynn
England
Norfolk
Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
Sandringham
Casey
Liil
Detroit
Entombed miners' fate grim after West Virginia blast
In Bartley West Virginia on Friday night rescue teams faced grim odds for the two miners trapped by a blast with hope fading as the search continued at the scene.
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Bartley
W. Va
Quake Shakes Los Angeles and Ankara in Turbulent Sequences
A sharp quake rattled Los Angeles with Compton area damage recalling 1933 effects though no widespread metropolitan damage was noted. Separately in Ankara new shocks over 35 hours battered regions including Ayvalik Inegul and Vosgat as aftershocks from a recent large Turkish earthquake.
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Los Angeles
Compton
Here
Anekara
Annsia
Ayvalk
Inegul Ai Vosgat
Mine Disaster Toll Tops Ninety Two in U S History
Officials announced 92 deaths after the Bartley No 1 mine disaster, the worst U S mine catastrophe since 1928, as rescue efforts continued and the community mourned.
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Bartley No. 1
United States
War Loan May Be Over-Subscribed
Reports to Finance Minister J L Ralston indicate canvassers across the Dominion report strong response to the first war loan. About 500 brokers and agents seek to offer 12 year bonds at 3 1/4 percent, with Col. Ralston confident the 200 million issue will be quickly oversubscribed.
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Ottawa
J. L. Ralston
Dominion
Col. Ralston
Canadians Meet British Chiefs as They Observe Front
Major-General Andrew McNaughton and Canadian staff officers traveled from Aldershot to the British Expeditionary Force in France to study frontline operations. He conferred with General Viscount Gort and inspected front line defenses, blockhouses, pillboxes, trenches, and a Coldstream Guards exercise with attack support.
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France
C.p.betters
Andrew McNaughton
Aldershot
McNaughton
Active Service Force
Lont
Viscount Gort
B.E.F
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Jack Canuck
Charles Moore
Nature
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