Bren gun contract defended by Defence Minister Mackenzie
The Canadian Bren gun contract awarded to John Inglis Company of Toronto for 6.5 million dollars is defended by Defence Minister Mackenzie. He cites a 70 percent Canadian profit cap and notes a proposed 1.3 million saving versus non alliance costs. He challenges Col George A Drew and Maclean's Magazine claims and recalls February Commons remarks on public accounts scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macleans Magazine
George A. Drew
Drew
House of Commons
Defence Department
Public Accounts Committee
House
James Hahn
John Inglis Company
British War Office
National Defence Department
Inter-Departmental Committee
Mackenzie
Canada
Col. Drew
Col
Ottawa Talks Near End on Canadian Aircraft Plan
Negotiations between Canadian aircraft makers and the British air ministry move toward completion with only finishing touches. British envoys met with Deputy Defence Minister L. R. LaFleche to discuss forming a parent company uniting producers to handle British contracts and possibly run assembly plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
British
Air Ministry
Edward Ellington
Hardman Lever
F. Handley
A. H. Self
L. R. LaFleche
National Defence
Canada
Eskimo Diet and Dental Health Cited by Toronto Doctor
Dr Roy H Fliis assistant professor of clinical dentistry at the University of Toronto warns that Eskimos adopting white man foods experience dental decay similar to white people. He notes Eskimos on dried fish and meat have better teeth. The remarks come after his arrival by plane from Aklavik NWT.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edamonton
Roy H. Fliis
University of Toronto
Aklavik
N.W.T
Ellis
Italy Begins Census of Jews in Rome
Rome starts a special census of Jews with questionnaires over a yard long. Distribution targets Jews and suspected Jews, with strict penalties for evasion or false information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
Ottawa welcomes Lord Stanley and guests at private dinner
Prime Minister Mackenzie King hosted a formal Ottawa Country Club dinner for Lord Stanley British secretary of State for the Dominions and Lady Marey. Guests included Lord Gowrie Sir Edward Ellington Wing Commander Robb and Miss Jenny Morris among others. The Dominions secretary and party departed for Toronto to open the Canadian National Exhibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada
Lord Stanley
Dominions
Marey
Mackenzie King
Ottawa Country Club
Lord Gowrie
Australia
England
Edward Ellington
Robb
Jenny Morris
London
R. B. Bennett
R. J. Manion
Manion
Francis Floud
Diplomatic Corps
Lady Stanley
Toronto
Wheat Preference in UK Market Questioned by Delegates
Delegates to the international conference of agricultural economics at Ste Anne de Bellevue Que say Canada's six cent a bushel wheat preference in the United Kingdom would not markedly affect Dominion sales. Dr Charles F Wilson Dominion wheat statistician notes the preference gave a slight British market edge while Argentina and Danubian countries and the United States bore most disadvantages in the past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ste. Anne de Bellevue
Que
International Conference of Agricultural Economics
Canada
United Kingdom
Dominion
Charles F. Wilson
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Argentina
Danubian
United States
Winter Expedition In North Pass With British Archaeologist
G. W. Rowley a 25 year old Manchester archaeologist departs for Melville Peninsula shores near The Pas to winter there. He travels for Cambridge University and endorses Eskimo raw meat diet as healthful noting eating half raw prevents scurvy. He calls it surprisingly good even when frozen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Rowley
Manchester
England
Melville Peninsula
Churchill
Rowley
Cambridge University
Wireless Stations Planned in Edmonton and Yellowknife
Capt. W. R. Wop May announced construction would start immediately on two high powered low wave wireless stations at Yellowknife Northwest Territories and Edmonton. Canadian Airways planes will be equipped with wireless sets and Yellowknife will communicate with them across the port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
W. R
Canadian Airways Ltd
Yellowknife
N.W.T
Baden-Powell Unwell After Antwerp Voyage
Lord Baden-Powell founder of the Boy Scout movement, aged 78, expressed uneasiness over his health after a period of illness. He sailed from Antwerp for Liverpool following a trip to Norway and could not attend a reception held by Belgian Boy Scouts due to his indisposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Baden- Powell
Boy Scout Movement
Baden-Powell
Antwerp
Liverpool
Norway
Judge Edward McNeill to retire from Calgary district court
Judge Edward Peel McNeill, long time Calgary district court judge, will retire December 23 at age 75, meeting the mandatory age limit for judges in Alberta. He has been associated with the bench and bar in the province since 1899.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Alberta
Edward Peel McNeill
District Court of Southern
Compromise Proposal Reported in Mexican Expropriation Dispute
Informed persons say State Secretary Hull proposed to Mexico a compromise solution to the quarrel over American owned agrarian lands expropriated in Mexico. The discussion signals possible diplomatic progress toward settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hull
Mexico
Lost Russian Explorers Barrow Alaska Search Returns
A Barrow expedition led by Dr. Homer F. Kellems reports a fruitless hunt for Sigismund Levaneffsky’s lost polar plane near Oliktuk. Eskimo testimony claims the craft disappeared last August after departure from Moscow on August 13, 1937, with Rev F. G. Kierekoper noting bad weather hampered efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrow
Alaska
Sigismund Levaneffsky
Oliktuk
Homer F. Kellems
Delaware
Okla
Will Rogers
Wiley Post
F. G. Kierekoper
Kellems
Klerekoper
Levanesffsky
Moscow
Chinese U S airliner shot down by Japanese
Five survivors recount a passenger liner from Hong Kong being attacked by Japanese pursuit planes after takeoff. The craft sank near Canton and Macao following air and sea gunfire that wounded passengers and crew. Pilot H L Woods and wireless operator Joe Loh survived, while two bankers remain unaccounted for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
South China
Canton
Macao
H. L. Woods
Winfield
Kansas
Woods
Joe Loh
C. N. Lou
Lou
Loh
United States
Mindanao
Hsu Sing-Loh
Shanghai Municipal Council
National Commercial Savings Bank
Hu Pei- Kong
Bank of Communications
Negotiations on Czech Minorities and Nurnberg Day
British and Czechoslovak negotiators pressed for positive results on minority issues before the Nurnberg Nazi rally. Viscount Runciman led the British mission while R F Ashton-Gwatkin traveled to London. Optimism hinged on the Bled agreement among Hungary and the Little Entente states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Praha
Nurnberg
Viscount Runciman
Germany
R. F. Ashton-Gwatkin
London
Foreign Office
Bled
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Cattle Sale Outlook Bright in Western Canada
Jack Byers of the Western Stock Growers' Association reports strong feed prospects in Ontario and the Maritimes and robust demand for western cattle as eastern buyers head west. Prospects for marketing in eastern Canada and the United States this fall are described as rarely brighter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Canada
United States
Jack Byers
Western Stock Growers’ Association
Ontario
Maritimes
Byers
Lightning Sets Off Dynamite at North Bay Airport Site
A lightning bolt triggered dynamite charges at a trans Canada airport project near North Bay Ontario. Fifty holes exploded with rocks up to 300 pounds flying through the air. Only one of eight workers nearby was injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bay
Ont
trans-Canada
Balkan Pact Eases Tensions Viewed At Cabinet Meeting
In London officials hailed the Balkan Pact between Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia and Romania on one side and Hungary on the other as a step to reduce European friction. Prime Minister Chamberlain Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax and Sir John Simon attended a cabinet meeting discussing the agreement announced at Bled Yugoslavia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hungary
Chamberlain
Lord Halifax
John Simon
Exchequer
Hitler
Germany
Europe
Balkan States
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Rumania
Bled
Fine Was Necessary Port Arthur Mercy Flight
Alderman Al Cheesman flew from Port Arthur to Isle Royale to transport two DC camp workers for hospital care after they fell ill with appendicitis. He faced a $1,000 fine from U.S. immigration, but a later official remark indicated the penalty would be remitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Arthur
al Cheesman
Mercy
Isle Royale
United States Immigration Authorities
Donald Watson
Lawrence Allen
Cheesman
U.S
U.S. Immigration Department
Duluth
Germany Hails Hungary Ties As Hitler Reaffirms Border Trust
Berlin reports Hitler toasts Admiral Horthy promising inviolable borders and close historic ties between Germany and Hungary. Horthy stresses three-way friendship with Italy, Germany, and Hungary and calls for peace through mutual justice and reconstruction. Hungary acts against Nazi influence with court ruling on Szalassy and arrests linked to a Nazi strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Hitler
Hungary
Nicholas Horthy
Germany
Austria
Horthy
Italy
Hamburg
Kiel
Heligoland
Herman Wilhelm Goering
M Horthy
Madame Horthy
Frau Goering
Budapest
Supreme Court
Ferenc Szalassy
China accuses Japan of poison gas attack near Chuchwang
Geneva reports Chinese note to League of Nations alleging Japanese gas attack on August 22 near Chuchwang in Kiangsi. Two Chinese battalions were said to be decimated while reports from Yangtse and Yellow River valleys described ongoing guerrilla fighting and Japanese efforts to control Hankow and Shanghai area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
League of Nations
Chuchwang
Juichang
League
Victor Chi-Tsai Hoo
League Council
Assembly
Far Eastern Advisory Committee
Kiangsi
Tawaho
Shanghai
Yangtse
Yellow
China
Japan
Hankow
Peiping- Hankow
Canton-Hankow
Crashing Pitch Barrel Drops Nine Floors in Wilder Building
A 300 pound pitch barrel plummeted from the ninth floor to the basement in Montreal’s Wilder building on Bleury street. Two people were injured including Fireman Jack Cloran who fell five stories, and Harry Waldman, a dress company partner, who was bruised after racing to check damage. The barrel set off sprinklers, triggering panic among workers in the garment district. Police and firemen restored order as the injured were treated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Wilder
Bleury Street
Jack Cloran
Cloran
Harry Waldman
Waldman Dress Company
Waldman
British Official Dies in Jenin Attack
J. S. Moffatt, a British assistant district commissioner, died from five bullet wounds after gunmen stormed the district administrative headquarters at Jenin. The attack highlighted rising tensions in Palestine as authorities investigated the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
J. S. Moffatt
Jenin
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Fdamonton
Baden-Powell Ill
Boy Scout
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Cambridge
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Switzerland
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Duke of Alba
Britain
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