Germany and Japan sign anti Communist pact in Berlin
Berlin reports Germany and Japan signed a five year pact directed against the Communist Internationale. Ribbentrop and Kintomo Mushakojo signed for Germany and Japan respectively as ambassadors summoned for the ceremony. The agreement creates a German Japanese commission and requires information exchange and action to curb Communist activity in all states. Soviet Russia criticized the accord as a military alliance and refused new fishing rights with Japan in eastern Siberia. The current fishing deal expires December 31.
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International Communist Organization
Moscow
Japan
Germany
Communist Internationale
Soviet
Russia
Siberian
Message From His Majesty Opens Brown Funeral
A sympathy message from King Edward VIII was read at the funeral of Joseph Harrison Brown a pioneer Alberta rancher. The note was conveyed through royal and government secretaries and references Brown’s long association with the E.P. ranch later formed from his Range.
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High River
Alta
Edward VIII
Joseph Harrison
Brown
Alberta
E.P
Tweedsmuir
Frank Bedingfield
Missing Airliner Found Safe After Forced Landing
An Egyptian air liner missing for two days on a Mediterranean flight was located safe along the Egyptian coast. All occupants including four crew members were unharmed, with passengers including a Japanese businessman and Father Anastase a scholar and student of Arabic sworn to eternal silence.
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Cairo
Egypt
Anastase
Endorse Trade Pacts Chamber Urges Empire Continuation
The Canadian Chamber of Agriculture endorsed continuing empire reciprocal trade agreements and urged terms to boost trade and export Canadian agricultural products. It praised the U S trade deal, backed extending the Farmers Creditors Arrangement Act, and dispatched a delegation led by J H Wesson to press wheat marketing and other matters before Minister James Gardiner.
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Toronto
Canadian Chamber of Agriculture
Dominion
United States
Chamber
James Gardiner
J. H. Wesson
Regina
J .H. Wesson
W. C. McKenzie
Alberta Co-operative Council
E. E. Hutton
British Columbia
C. H. Burnell
Manitoba
H. H. Hannam
Ontario
P. A. McIisaac
Maritimes
A. H. Mercer
Canadian Dairy Farmers’ Federation
L. F. Burrow
Canadian Horticultural Council
Nobel Peace Prize to Ossietzky Angers Nazis
Berlin called the 1935 Nobel peace prize awarded to Car von Ossietzky a challenge and an insult. The German government accused Ossietzky of treachery and promised a direct reply, framing the award as an affront to the new Germany.
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Berlin
Car von Ossietzky
Ossietzky
Oslo
Germany
Nine Die As Steel Train Collides With Elevated Car
A steel electric train rear ended a wooden elevated railroad car near a northside Chicago station. Nine people were killed and at least 65 injured as the steel train plowed along the last car. Chief Deputy Coroner Victor L. Schlaeger said an inquest would be held. Chicago Rapid Transit Company General Manager Bernard J. Fallon called the crash one of the worst in the lines' history and promised a separate company inquiry.
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Chicago
Victor L. Schlaeger
Bernard J. Fallon
Chicago Rapid Transit Company
Army Team Wins Toronto at Royal Winter Fair Show
Canada's army team swept to victory at the Royal Winter Fair horse show and captured the international officers' team challenge trophy donated by G. Howard Ferguson. The trophy was awarded after a contest pitting army teams from Great Britain the United States Irish Free State and Chile in the officers' jumping competitions.
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Toronto
Canada
G. Howard Ferguson
Great Britain
United States
Irish Free State
Chile
Automobile Menace and School Driving Policy Debate
Recorder Leonce Plante of Montreal urged school curricula include driving and called for license suspensions for drunken drivers. He cited parental consent in some schools and argued for speed zones and strict enforcement, while Prof. W. D. Tait labeled driving as Canada's greatest murderer and supported controlled speeds where visibility is clear.
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Ottawa
Leonce Plante
Montreal
Canada
W. D. Tait
Department of Psychology
McGill University
Recorder Plante
Ottawa eyes coast to coast air service next year
Transport Minister C. D. Howe said the Dominion government hopes to see a co ordinated national air service in operation sometime next year. Details are not published yet and firm decisions have been reached, with no plan for the government to run air mail or passenger business itself and strong rumors that two railways will largely control the venture.
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Ottawa
Trans- Canada Air Services
Dominion
C. D. Howe
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific
Stalin opens separate armament ministry in new constitution
Stalin announced a new military industry ministry to be evolved from heavy industry com is tasked with armaments. He praised the constitution as rallying force against Fascism and claimed the party remains sole political authority in Russia. He spoke as anti Fascist alignment with Germany and Japan was reported.
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Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
All-Union Congress of Soviets
Communist Party
Russia
Germany
Japan
Berlin
Marketing Wheat Calgary
Five recommendations to aid Canadian farmers were outlined in the annual report of the Canadian Co operative Wheat Producers presented at the Alberta wheat pool meeting. The proposals include extending the wheat board to coarse grains, establishing the board's own marketing agencies, pursuing international cooperation for fair price levels, granting tariff concessions through trade agreements to expand markets, and enacting a quota system if surpluses cannot be absorbed.
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Calgary
Canada
RCMP Enlistments Highlight Northern Duties in Canada
Major-General Sir James H. MacBrien told Montreal's junior board of trade that 4 000 to 5 000 men seek RCMP enlistment yearly but only about 300 are accepted. He noted romance remains in the force and that roughly 125 of 3 000 officers are active in northern duties.
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Montreal
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
James H. MacBrien
High tribute to Gen Sir Arthur Currie and Sir John Monash
London reports the sixth volume of David Lloyd George wartime memoirs praising Currie and Monash. It argues promotions favored seniority and social status, noting both civilian-born leaders rose to top commands and that Monash was the era’s most resourceful British general.
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London
Arthur Currie
John Monash
David Lloyd George
Currie
Monash
Lloyd George
Somme
Want Representation Toronto United Farm Women of Ontario
The United Farm Women of Ontario adopted a unanimous resolution at their convention to place at least one woman on every rural school board. The motion cites the rural woman’s right to sit as a school trustee as achieved and sets the goal as having one woman on each rural school board. Mrs Orval Hind of Bear Line Dover township Kent county was re elected unanimously for a third term as president.
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Toronto
United Farm Women of Ontario
U.F.W.O
Orval Hind
Bear Line
Dover Township
Kent County
Three Ontario Horses Injured at Royal Winter Fair
Owners from Delhi Simcoe and Galt disclosed their horses valued about seven thousand dollars were harmed by suspected needle injections. The incidents followed a Toronto dog show stabbing scare, prompting talk of a possible connection.
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Toronto
Western Ontario
Bobby Zombro
C. Cole
Delhi
Ceylon
Innes Stable
Simcoe
Patricia Volo
Earl E. Foster
Galt
Cole
Foster
Innes
Also Mentioned on This Page
Coramuniat Internationale
Foreign Office
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hitler
Kintomo Mushakojo
His
Edward
Chamber of Agriculture
Army
David Williams
Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin
Trans-Canada Air Service
Soviets
Wheat Board
R.C.M.P
Charlies W. Simpson
R.C.A
James Crockart
Canadian Travel Bureau
Canadian National Railways
Canadian Pacific Railway
Sir Arthur Currie
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