Canada urged to push sales in British market for farm products
A. M. Shaw reported to Agriculture Minister Gardiner that Canadian farm goods face a market handicap in the United Kingdom. He proposed a national high grade mark, stricter quality controls, and targeted publicity to boost recognition and sales among British buyers and consumers.
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United Kingdom
A. M. Shaw
Gardiner
Dominions
Shaw
Canada
United Kngdom
New Zealand
Australia
South Africa
London
Eden Answers Inquiries On Sino Japanese Conflict
Foreign Secretary Eden faced questions in the House of Commons about the Sino Japanese conflict. He said Britain cannot press protests with Viscount Ishii on a personal visit and noted representations through Sir Robert Craigie to Tokyo. He added that Ishii and Yoshida were in London with assurances from Tokyo that foreign powers’ views would be considered regarding Shanghai customs.
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Leewion
Eden
House of Commons
Britain
Kikujiro Ishii
China
Viscount Ishii
Paris
Rome
Foreign Office
London
Shigeru Yoshida
House
Robert Craigie
Tokyo
Shanghai
Japan
Ready To Be Rescued Moscow Four Sovet explorers drift toward rescue
Four Soviet Arctic explorers drifting from the North Pole toward the Atlantic say they are ready to be rescued as their ice floe nears danger. After 200 days they have floated 745 miles to 82.23 N 6.52 W off northeast Greenland and may be taken off in January near Spitzbergen. Otto Schmidt, chief of the Arctic venture, says rescue to the mainland is possible after gathering valuable data.
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Moscow
Sovet
North Pole
Atlantic
Greenland
Otto Schmidt
Soviet Arctic Ventures
Britain
Spitzbergen
Ivan Papanin
Winnipeg Grain Exchange Celebrates Golden Jubilee
The Winnipeg Grain Exchange marks its 50th anniversary with a tribute by President Henry Gauer to prairie pioneers who traded grains in a basement room 50 years ago. The log bell echoed as the first session began in 1887, and the exchange has grown into one of the world's largest grain markets.
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Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Winnipeg
Henry Gauer
Funeral with military honors for Joseph J. Hockley veteran of Sudanese war
Funeral services with full military honors were held for Joseph John Hockley 76 a veteran of the Sudanese war. Under the name Joseph Low he served with a British relief party sent to Sudan in 1884 to relieve General Gordon at Khartoum.
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Penticton
B.C
Joseph John Hockley
Joseph Low
Hockley
Sudan
Gordon
Khartoum
CN Railways to Close Main Shops for Holiday Break
Canadian National Railways announces main shops nationwide will close from Friday December 24 to Monday January 3 for a six working day holiday. Work will resume January 3 as officials stated.
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Montreal
Canadian National Railways
Canada
C.N.R
Britain Urgently Needs Naval Crews for Growing Fleet
The Daily Express naval correspondent reports Great Britain faces a sore need for sailors as 32 ships are completed this year. Devonport’s commander informs that even men near retirement cannot spare time for vocational training until just before leaving service.
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London
Great Britain
Daily Express
Independent
Devonport
German Krupp Branch Aids Japanese Navy Fuel Independence
A Krupp division supplies material for a plant at Fushun in Manchoukuo to extract oil from local coal. The German firm’s house organ says the project could make the Japanese navy independent of foreign fuel sources within a year.
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Berlin
Fushun
Manchoukuo
Krupp
House Organ
Ottawa Finance Minister Dunning Opens 1938 Budget Talks
Finance Minister Dunning hears delegations from brewery interests and other industries seeking tax and tariff relief as he prepares the 1938 budget. Officials forecast a revised Canada United States trade pact but provide no confirmation. Parliament expected to meet by late January amid signals of near balance between revenues and expenditures. End-April figures show seven months of the fiscal year with revenues at 319 million and disbursements at 286 million compared with prior year.
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Ottawa
Miiister Dunning
Finance Minster
United Kingdom
Moonlight Flights Proposed to Seek Missing Soviet Flyers
Sir Hubert Wilkins outlined plans for moonlight flights over Arctic fastness to search for Sigismund Levaneffsky and five companions missing since Aug 13 during their Moscow to Fairbanks attempt. He aims to fly with the next December full moon around Dec 15, noting light snowfall and unusual polar bear distribution that could aid survival if alive.
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Barrow
Alaska
Sir Hubert Wilkins
White Arctic
Fastness
Sigismund Levaneffsky
Moscow
Fairbanks
Wilkins
Finland Keeps Prompt War Debt Payment Record
Washington Finland commits to meet the December installment of 232 143 dollars to the United States as part of 13 war debtor nations owing 1 680 447 000 dollars this month. Finland has not defaulted in the past while the other 12 nations have been in default since 1933.
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Washington
Finland
United States
Wheat Board Disposes All Surplus Grain
Ottawa reports the Canadian Wheat Board has disposed of its surplus holdings after years of accumulation. Trade Minister Euler says about 7 million bushels of wheat futures were converted to cash and used for seed and feed. The government earlier held as much as 200 million bushels, with Saskatchewan buying seed wheat for needy farmers. Wheat board heads, including McIlver and Murray, and later Melvor, declined to give exact totals, noting ongoing distribution and storage in western elevators.
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Ottawa
Puler
Canadian Wheat Board
Euler
John S. McFarland
Wheat Board
McFarland
First Wheat Board
R. B. Bennett
J. R. Murray
Winnipeg
George Mclivor
G. H. Melvor
Chhef
Eulers
Melvor
Saskatchewan
Grouth
Mcliver
Canada
Brouth
Expansion ready hangars in Winnipeg and Lethbridge
S J Hungerford, president of Trans Canada Airlines, said Winnipeg and Lethbridge hangars will be completed within four months with expansion design to accommodate larger aircraft. Winnipeg construction is underway, Lethbridge to start immediately. Saskatchewan agriculture minister Taggart notes grain needs are met for winter but fodder from Manitoba farmers would help.
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Montreal
S. J. Hungerford
Trans- Canada Air Lines
Winnipeg
Lethbidge
Alta
Mr. Hungerford
J. G. Taggart
Saskatchewan
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Paden
Cyril Deverell
Imperial General Staff
High Command
Viscount Gort
V.C
Arctic Moonlight Flights
Villemonble
France
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