Rumors of Italian Offensive Fixed for September 24 in Africa
Addis Ababa reports rumors of an Italian offensive fixed for September 24, while Ethiopian authorities deny any plan for an Ethiopian counterstrike. Italy publishes four mobilization decrees adding about 50 000 men to the army and signaling preparedness for a long war. An Ethiopian women’s legion offers to fight for the country, led by Madam Wayzaro Abebab Charkoze and forming the group For Love of Country with thousands of members.
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Addis Ababa
Eritrea
Rome
Italy
Victor Emmanuel
Mussolini
Africa
Europe
Legion
C.P
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
For Love of Country
Wayzaro Abebath Charkoze
Britain Will Stand by Covenant of League, Hoare Says
Geneva dispatches report Sir Samuel Hoare telling the League assembly Britain remains un reservedly loyal to the League and its covenant. He said obligations must be borne collectively if peace risks are to be shouldered, and that the issue with Italy and Ethiopia is economic at heart. The talks linger as the five power committee prepares fair terms for submission.
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Great Britain
Hoare
Geneva
C.P
Britain
League of Nations
Samuel Hoare
Italy
Ethiopia
League
England
League Assembly
C.P. Cable
Paris
League of Nations Council
League Council
Bruce Proposal Links Health and Agriculture at League
Australia urges a fusion of health and agriculture in the League of Nations debate. Stanley Bruce argues ministers of health face rising public health demands due to increased consumption of various products, and departments of agriculture oppose this shift.
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Geneva
C.P
Australia
League of Nations Assembly
Ethiopia
Stanley Bruce
Calf Stampede Injures Two Cowboys in Kamloops Chase
Alan Graham of Monte Lake B C lies in hospital with a broken left leg after his horse fell on him in the saddling chute. Keddie Watrin of High River Alta also injured when thrown from a bronc. Casey Patterson of Gadsby Alta wins the first heat of the bucking horse championship.
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Kamloops
B.C
Alan Graham
Monte Like
Keddie Watrin
High River
Alta
Cowboy
Casey Patterson
Gadsby
Call For Boycott Of German Goods
MONTRICAL Sept 11 (CLPL) The 79th annual International Typographical Union convention unanimously adopts a resolution calling for the boycott of German goods and opposing U S participation in the Berlin Olympic Games next year. It also authorizes officers to petition Congress to make radio broadcasting a government enterprise limiting advertising to two hours daily and rejects constitutional amendments to regulate wages hours pensions and private enterprise.
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Montrical
United States
Berlin
International Typographical Union
Congress
Italian Diplomat Only One Attending Nurnberg Nazi Congress
Reports from Nurnberg say only Bernardo Attolico the new Italian ambassador attended the Nazi congress with other diplomats declining invitations. Hitler opened the third nation wide gathering praising Wehrmacht gains and promising peace while a massive military display loomed in the medieval city.
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Nurnberg
C.P
Adolf Hitler
Wilson
Germany
Hitler
Charlemagne
Wehrmacht
Bernardo Attolico
Berlin
Party
Reich
Congress of Liberty
Greece faces plebiscite on monarchy as Tsaldaris backs royal rule
Athens reports Premier Tsaldaris endorses a democratic monarchy and urges a plebiscite while monarchists rally in Constitutional Square. Violence erupts outside the cabinet. two republicans are stabbed by guards as Britain’s George VI rests in Scotland amid global tensions.
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Athens
A.P
Pariyoti Tsalduris
Greece
Constitutional Square
Tsaldaris
Scotland
Crathie
Aberdeenshire
George
Africa
London
Britain
Buckingham Palace
Social Credit MLA’s Gather for City Meet
Social Credit MLAs arriving by train and auto for a city mass meeting at Twaites Hall tonight at 9. The federal candidate chosen by the selection council will be announced. Fred Anderson of Calgary will give the main address. A A H Reilly to open the pen. Workers arrange accommodation for a large crowd.
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Social Credit M.L.A
Medicine Ifat
Twaites Hall
Selection Council
Fred Anderson
Calgary
A. A. H. Reilly
Medicine Hat
Social Credit Federal
Relief costs rise in provinces despite higher relief headcounts
Ottawa Labor Minister Gordon today released figures showing the heads of families on relief across Canada and warned that even with the increased figures relief costs have risen disproportionately in some provinces.
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Ottawa
C.P
Labor
Gordon
Canada
Canada Sees Bigger Wheat Harvest This Year
Ottawa reports a total wheat crop of 290,541,000 bushels for 1935, with 277,274,000 spring wheat and 13,261,000 fall wheat. Prairie production reaches about 272,000,000 bushels, including durum and common varieties, while Alberta tilts at 116,000,000. Oats total is 449,287,000 bushels, up 40 percent from 1934’s 321,120,000.
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Ottawa
C.P
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Prairie Provinces
Prairies
Alberta
Dominion
Sixteen Social Crediters Will Go to Ottawa
Premier William Aberhart said 30 to 35 Social Credit members would be elected to the federal House of Commons. He urged Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan to support Social Credit and planned interviews with Manitoba delegates. Aberhart applied to Ottawa for an $18,389,000 loan to back his plan and hoped for bank cooperation to fund a $25 monthly dividend for all Albertans.
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Ottawa
C.P
William Aberhart
Alberta
Social Credit
House of Commons
Eormner
British Columbia
Saskatchewwan
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Wlliam Aberhart
Dominion
Western Province
Bennett
Aberhart
Toronto
Imperial Bank
Treasury
Alberta Treasury
Alberta Premier Secures $2,250,000 Loan Deal
Premier Aberhart of Alberta today negotiated with the Dominion government to obtain a loan of 2,250,000 dollars to sustain the province until October. Sources say negotiations will then target a total loan of 18,389,000 dollars, as originally sought.
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Ottawa
C.P
Aberhart
Alberta
Lost in swamp rescuer finds foreman in Santee area
Manning South Carolina Sept 11 AP after six days in the Cypress recesses of Santee swamp Co W Coward a 60 year old railroad section foreman was found by rescuers. He appeared in good condition though weak from hunger and lack of food.
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Manning
S.C
Santee Swamp
Here
W. Coward
Coward
Remove Safe From Drumheller Office
A second post office robbery in Drumheller Alberta occurred Tuesday as a 200 pound safe containing 52 in stamps and 37 in money was carried from the Albers post office while the night clerk slept. A Burdett post office safe had 300 in cash and 100 in stamps removed last Saturday.
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Drumheller
Alta
C.P
Albers
Fred Gorbous
Burdett
Empress Menen Appeals Women To Reject War
Empress Menen appealed to the women of the world to fight the horrors of useless blood shed. She said all countries' women share a spirit of love and peace and that Ethiopia's conscience remains pure for its efforts toward peace. She urged heaven to preserve us from war and its mourning and devastation.
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Addis Ababa
C.P
Menen
Ethiopia
Announcement Held Back for Political Talk
Middleton Nova Scotia September 11 Prime Minister Bennett delayed setting the wheat price until delivering a Liberal appeal Premier Gardiner of Saskatchewan charged the move as a compromise not based on farmer needs or world price He warned the policy would keep wheat off the market while others sell and noted eight Liberal provincial governments have spoken with Ottawa election to follow on October 14.
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People of
Canada
Ottawa
Toronto Moves to Ban Unnecessary Noise at Night
The Toronto board of control voted to prohibit tooting auto horns from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. It advances to the city council for approval as the first Canadian city to take a stand against unnecessary noise.
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Toronto
C.P
Toronto Board of Control
Stevens Urges Broad Science Benefits Spread to People
Halifax Sept 11 C P Hon H H Stevens Reconstruction party leader urged that modern science and invention benefits be shared with the general public not just capitalists. He spoke on mechanization forcing workers from age 45 and proposed excess profits be split among companies workers and the state. He pledged full Hyndman report implementation and free hospitalization for veterans and a Fishery Control Board in Nova Scotia. He planned to speak in Sydney today.
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Halifax
C.P
H. H. Stevens
Reconstruction Party
Stevens
Bennett
Canada
R. B. Bennett
Mr. Stevens
Nova Scotia
Hyndman
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