Austrian government tightens anti Nazi measures in Vienna
Vienna reports Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg announcing Germany’s Franz von Papen as special envoy to Vienna and sweeping powers for Interior Minister Emil Fey to dismiss employees spreading Nazi propaganda. The regime marks a purge of Nazi influence while a soldier, Ernst Feike, is executed for involvement in the July putsch.
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Vienna
Kurt Schuschnigg
Franz von Papen
Germany
Austria
von Papen
Emil Fey
Fey
Hitler
von Papan
Dollfuss
Ernst Feike
Klagenfurt
Karl Kosterling
Miklas
Feike
Federal
Ministry of National Concentration
Anton Rintelen
Rome
Montreal Strike Ends With Wage Increase Agreement
A 10 percent wage rise for weekly paid workers and 20 percent for piece workers quelled a Montreal strike that shut down the women's clothing industry for over a week. About 2,000 workers of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union will resume work.
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Montreal
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
Seattle to build nation’s biggest tree museum
Work has begun on what officials describe as the largest tree museum in the United States. The Washington Emergency Relief administration released $300,000 to support the development of the giant Lake Washington arboretum.
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Seattle
United States
Washington Emergency Relief Administration
Lake Washington Arboretum
Churchill Busy Port Braces for Northern Grain Season
Churchill, Manitoba prepares for a busy navigation opening as three steamers arrive and ten chartered vessels handle grain and livestock for Canada’s northern port. The 2.5 million bushel elevator is full, with cattle, flour, oatmeal and other goods slated for shipment. The S.S. Brandon and S.S. Greshead expected to make two trips with livestock this year.
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Churchill
Hudson Bay
Canada
Dalworth
Dalgleish Lines
S.S. Brandon
Brandon
S.S. Greshead
Leaves To Claim Fortune In England
John F. Gallagher, once condemned for the Carbon Alberta murder and later acquitted, sails for England to claim 500000 promised by an aunt if he marries before December 25, 1938. He seeks funds to prove his innocence in the arson case and to pursue justice for Coward and Fuller’s deaths.
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Toronto
John F. Gallagher
John G. Coward
Alberta
England
Gallagher
Coward
Fuller
Carbon
Strengthened Gold Reserves Spread from India to London
The hoarded gold flow from India to London, sparked by Britain's gold standard suspension three years ago, has surpassed 750 million dollars. Analysts say the movement strengthens financial footing for recovery as much of the metal lands in central bank vaults underpinning credit and currency.
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London
India
New York
Britain
East
Relief burden cut by job plan for Calgary and Edmonton
The Dominion government plans to employ 1,200 married unemployed men on the Lake Louise to Jasper highway at 40 to 45 cents an hour. Six hundred workers will come from Calgary and 600 from Edmonton to reduce relief costs.
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Calgary
Calgary Herald
Edmonton
Dominion
Lake Louise- Jasper
Gold Potential in Manchukuo Reported by Experts
Geologists and mining specialists say Manchukuo harbors rich gold deposits in the Khingan and other ranges and river valleys. They believe modern extraction could render the new east Asian empire among the world’s wealthiest nations.
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Tokio
Manchukuo
Heenan Elected by Acclamation in Ontario By Election
Hon. Peter Heenan was elected by acclamation to the Ontario legislature for Kenora Rainy River after resigning his federal seat. Heenan had been named minister of lands and forests in Premier Hepburns cabinet, with his nomination reportedly the sole entry.
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Peter Heenan
Ontario
Kenora
Mr. Heenan
Pension Granted to Dellfuss's Widow and Children
The Wiener Zeitung reports Austria grants a widow pension to the late chancellor Dellfuss's widow. She will receive yearly the chancellor's salary for widowhood plus a per child special sum. If she remarries, the children continue to receive special pensions until they reach adulthood.
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Vienna
Wiener Zeitung
Austria
Dellfuss
Five Boys Killed by World War Shell in Poland
Five boys tending sheep were killed and two badly injured when a World War II era shell detonated as they tried to dismantle it near Kowsl Poland. The incident underscores lingering battlefield hazards.
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Kowsl
Poland
Marketing Plan To Begin For Apples And Pears In Canada
The Globe reports Ottawa will inaugurate a federal marketing plan for natural products this week starting with apples and pears. Minister of Agriculture Robert Weir is expected to lead the scheme with a federal marketing board, aided by officials like D Horace Barton J F Booth R L Wheeler and other department leaders including J F Singleton and G B Rothwell.
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Toronto
Globe
Ottawa
Dominion
Robert Weir
Agriculture
Weir
Federal Marketing Board
the Globe
Federal Board
D. Horace Barton
J. F. Booth
Reformed Calendar Proposer Seeks Five Week Months
Alexander J. Gilmore of Detroit proposes a 12 month year with five weeks per month and six days per week totaling 360 days. He would drop Saturdays and set Sundays on the 7th 13th 19th and 25th each month. Five festival days would follow Christmas ending with New Year’s Day.
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Windsor
Alexander J. Gilmore
Detroit
Mr. Gilmore
May Stop Wheat Exports In Pacific Northwest
The farm administration plans to halt wheat exports from the Pacific Northwest due to a shrinking U S supply. The North Pacific Emergency Export Association has sold 28 million bushels abroad. operations will stop and remaining stocks redirected to domestic use.
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Washington
Rme Farm Administration
Pacific Northwest
United States
North Pacific Emergency Export Association
Britain to install goniometric air position stations coastwise
The air ministry plans goniometric radio stations around the British coast at the Isle of Wight Ireland Scotland and northern England to locate aircraft positions for defence. Sir Maurice Hankey leads the confidential mission tied to imperial defence with overseas travel planned to Australia New Zealand Canada and South Africa for strategic talks and centenary events.
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London
United Kingdom
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Britain
Isle of Wight
Ireland
Scotland
England
Maurice Hankey
Imperial Defence Committee
Cabinet
Daily Herald
Maurice
Australia
Cape Town
South Africa
Lady Hankey
Herald
New Zealand
Canada
Maxime Weygand
Lord Hailsham
Merald
Sir Maurice
Daily Mail
The
Daily Express
the Mail
Crop Loan Plan Would Give U S Farmers Control Of Supplies
A forthcoming crop loan plan from the U S farm administration would extend government loans to many crops and require liquidation when prices hit set levels. The plan mirrors corn and cotton loans already in place and aims to empower farmers who grow the commodities.
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U.S
Washington
United States Farm Administration
Dafoe Hospital Named For Quintuplets Project In Ontario
Excavation has begun for a new home for the 71 day old Dionne quintuplets in Callander Ontario. The modern brick building will be called the Dafoe hospital for the Dionne quintuplets in honor of Dr Dafoe whose care has drawn worldwide praise for the infants’ progress.
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Callander
Ont
Dafoe Hospital
Hoover Re Union Draws 500 at Lake Erie Gathering
More than 500 Hoover family members gathered at Hoover's Point on Lake Erie for a reunion. Attendees traveled from Kitchener Buffalo Markham and various spots in Haldimand county. A large dinner and sports program marked the event.
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Cayuga, Ont
Hoover
Hoover's Point
Lake Erie
Kitchener
Buffalo
Markham
Haldimand County
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Erwin Bumpke
Supreme Court
Paul von Hindenburg
Bumpke
Old Shell
Engelbert Dollfuss
Niccone
Italy
Dionne
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