Atrocities Alleged by Turkish Forces in Mesopotamia
Report by General Laidoner to the League of Nations alleges wholesale deportations of Christians by Turkish troops along the Meeul frontier in Northern Mesopotamia. The council noted the findings but took no action, while British Secretary Amery claimed the testimony supports arbitration by the council and upholds Britain’s eight year occupation of the territory.
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Genera
Switzerland
Atta
Mesopotamia
Laidoner
Euthonia
League of Nations
League Council
Angora
League of the Turkish
Britain
Christiana
Meeul
Brussels
Britten
Dominions
Amery
Turkey
Woman Prospector Robbed in Vancouver
Mrs. Della Stevens reported a theft at a Vancouver hotel after returning from expeditions in Northern British Columbia where she staking claims for eliver and lead. The robbery removed her plan papers and rock samples, including ownership and assay documents critical to securing financing for her mineral claims near the Porter Idaho group.
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Vancouver
Eliver
British Columbia
Della Stevens
Stevena
Porter-Idaho
Stevens
Subsidize Coal Industry To Support Wages Warned By Churchill
London MPs adopt a supplementary estimate of £9 million for the coal ministry bringing total vetting to £19 million Churchill says ninety percent of the subsidy boosts wages across coal fields owners earn little profit and subsidies may total about £21 million. A Canadian railway push northward is urged by I A McKeown at the inter provincial conference ending tonight.
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London
House of
Winston Churchill
I. A. McKeown
Board of Railway Commissioners
Canadian Good Reads Association
Ex Empress Charlotte in Belgium Declared Not Gravely Ill
Reports from Brussels indicate ex Empress Charlotte widow of Napoleon III remains in fragile health but not gravely ill. Baron Gofinet, head of her miniature court at the chateau, reassures that her condition does not require alarm despite advanced years.
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Hrussels
Belgium
Charlotte
Naxmillan
Mexico
Baron Gofinet
CPO Reaches Forty Years as Transcontinental Line
The CPO marks forty years of operation as a transcontinental railway and observers note peak efficiency in the current period. Improvements in management and service are highlighted as evidence of sustained capability.
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CPO
London Office Cares For Canadian Veterans
The Canadian high commissioner’s London office, led by Major C. G. Arthur, maintains a staff of 11 plus an assistant. In the last month 7,993 pension cheques were issued and 275 veterans receive treatment for war disabilities with various orthopedic devices. The department serves Canadian ex-soldiers across Europe, with only a few outside the British Isles.
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Dominion High Commissioner's
London
United Kingdom
High Commissioner’s
C. G. Arthur
G. R. Middleton
Europe
British Isles
Vickers Plans Major Capital Reduction Postwar
Vickers Limited announces the biggest reconstruction of a British company since the war. It will drastically write down its capital by many millions of pounds due to greatly reduced earnings in recent years. The firm is a leading armaments manufacturer with ordnance factories in Kent, shipyards at Barrow, Weybridge aircraft works, and steel works at Sheffield, Leeds and other cities.
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London
Vickers, Limited
Kent
Marrow
Weybridge
Sheffield
Leeds
Early Winter Grips Sweden With Unseasonal Cold
Real winter has come early in Sweden with ice breakers on the Baltic coast and skaters on inland lakes. A record low of 22 F below zero was reported at Malung. In Lapland a fierce snowstorm left three state electric ore trains snowbound between Kiruna and the Norwegian border.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Baltic
Malung
Balecarlia
Lapland
State Railways
Kirune
Accord Reached on Arms Conference Dividing Study
After a League of Nations Council secret session, M. Paul Boncour announced Czechoslovakia's Foreign Minister Benes would draft a formula on mutual wartime assistance for the international disarmament conference. Britain favors separating land and naval armament studies, while France seeks a single comprehensive approach.
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England
France
Geneva
League of Nations Council
M. Paul Boncour
Benes
Czechoslovakia
Britain
Washington
Red Cross Reports Broad Expansion Across Dominion
Toronto reports at the Canadian Red Cross Society general council show expanded home nursing classes, outpost hospitals, and port nurseries. 496 classes trained 5,268 women. 2,800 more enrolled. Outposts total 31 with 166 beds and 60 nurses. Port nurseries cared for 66,000 infants in St. John Halifax and Quebec.
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Toronto
General Council of the
Canadian Red Cross Society
Dominion
Col
Naismith
Ontario
New Brunswick
Alberta
Nova Scotia
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Prince Edward Island
Manitoba
Prehistoric Whale Skeleton Found Inland in Denmark
A large fossil whale skeleton was found 24 miles from the North Sea coast, buried six feet underground in a North Schleswig bog. Danish experts from the Institute of Geological Research in Copenhagen supervise the dig to learn how the creature traveled so far from the sea.
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Copenhagen
North Sea
Schleswig
Institute of Geological Research At
British Frontier Clashes With Druse Tribesmen Near Metullah
British frontier gendarmes clashed with Druse tribesmen near Metullah. A band chased French across the boundary, refused surrender of arms, and British guards fired. Several wounded on both sides.
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Jerusalem
Metullah
Syrian Petition Demands League Action on Syria War
A Syrian emissary visited the League of Nations to urge a council decision to stop bloodshed in Syria. He cites a dispatch from the Syro-Palestinian Congress alleging five months of war, French bombardment of villages, arming Christians, and a looming famine as winter tightens. He requests a League investigation.
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League
Syria
Geneva
League of Nations
League Council
Mandate Commission
Rome
Syro-Palestinian Congress
Paris Spy Confession Sparks Formal Inquiry
Paris officials opened a judicial probe after a confession by Marthe Moreuil a 25 year old Parisienne alleged to have spied for three British men James Leather Ernest Phillips and William Fischer. Police pursue details of the plot and how far it advanced targeting French air defences.
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Paris
Marthe Moreuil
James Leather
Ernest ©. Phillips
William Fischer
Mile
Moreuil
France
Prize Hen Leads 3506 Entries in Mid West Poultry Show
Hazel a White Leghorn valued at 5000 with a 204 egg record and Millionaire a white Persian cat owned by Mrs Howard McClain Lima Ohio head the entries in the Seventeenth Annual Mid West Poultry and Wet Stock Show in Chicago. Governor Len Small offers 1000 for best mated pen of chickens and also donated best cat award. The show plans radio broadcasts at 7 am daily. New class includes 13 Kiwal a Chinese featherless chicken and other entries. Denmark’s kroner moves toward parity with October values at 34 51 per dollar after September 24 45.
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Chicago
Hazel
Howard McClain
Lima
Ohio
Len Small
Ulster Parliament Ratifies Irish Boundary Pact
Ulster Parliament approves the Irish boundary agreement as Sir James Craig hails a new era in Irish affairs. At London talks the issue of Ulster political prisoners is declared settled. Baldwin asks for leniency. review of northern convictions will be accepted by the Ulster Government.
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Ulster
Belfast
James Craig
Free State
London
Baldwin
Montreal Presbytery aims for dignified notices
At Emmanuel Church Montreal the Presbytery of the United Church of Canada voted to form a committee. The committee will replace competitive Sunday service notices with a uniform dignified notice for all churches in the Presbytery.
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Montreal
United Church of Canada
Immigration to Be Big Question for Parliament
Ottawa reports say the Bagot by-election eased tension but little activity follows. The session preparations focus on a policy of assisted immigration with aid from a non political advisory committee. A new early ripening wheat variety could expand immigration and settlement into inland areas. Premier King may stay in Ontario to seek a seat. talks of St Boniface Manitoba and seats in Saskatchewan Alberta Quebec Ontario persist without conclusion.
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Ottawa
Bagot
Associated Boards of Trade
King
Ontario
St. Boniface
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Quebec
Prescott
West Middlesex
New Oil-Electric Car Debuts in Western Canada
Canadian National Railways introduces an oil electric car on a Montreal to Vancouver endurance run, then returns to Edmonton for service on the Edmonton Vermilion route replacing a fixed train. The 69 passenger car, with baggage and express, set a record to Vancouver, while larger 120 passenger articulated cars operate in Eastern Canada with reduced costs. The system uses electricity from a fuel oil engine and may cut fuel use. cars can handle a trainer when needed.
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Western Canada
Canadian National Railways
Montreal
Vncouver
Edmonton
Vancouver
Canada
Canadian National Engineers
November railway accidents in Ottawa report
A Board of Railway Commissioners report records 269 railway accidents in November across Canadian lines. The incidents caused 59 deaths and numerous injuries, including 21 passengers, 204 employees, and 60 others, with no passenger fatalities.
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Ottawa
Canadian Railways
Board of Railway Commissioners
ISS
Australian oranges cost the same as Winnipeg markets
Fruit writer J. W. Tmafoe recalls a long day driving through orange groves near Tivisbane and notes the high prices in the city. A party member observed fruits and vegetables priced higher than in England, with Tivisbane to blame for price spikes.
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Winnipeg
J. W. Tmafoe
England
Livestock Trade Shows Improvement in Western Canada
G. H. Mutton of Calgary reports improved livestock conditions at the Western Livestock Union convention opening in Saskatoon. He cites favorable indicators, ongoing bovine tuberculosis research, and new breeding ewe import duty relief aiding western agriculture. Hogs, cattle, oats, and barley prices boost profitability. Wright replaces Herbert on the western swine committee.
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Saskatoon
Canada
G. H. Mutton
Calgary
Western Livestock Union
University of Saskatchewan
Hutton
Canadian Research Council
Tory
University of Alberta
Grisdale
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Ontario Agricultural College
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
CC. F. Herbert
Medicine Hat
R. A. Wright
Drinkwater, Sask
Saskatchewan Legislature Reads Four Debts and Tax Bills
In Regina the Saskatchewan Legislature gave first readings to four bills amending the Attachment of Debts Act, the Corporation Taxation Act, and laws on Arrears of Taxes, plus a Lloydminster public school scheme ratification. Premier Punning and Dr. Uhrich announced notices on provincial debentures payments and the Venereal Diseases Act.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Lloydminster
Punning
Dr. Uhrich
Canadian exhibition train proposal in Britain
C B Beaubien of Montreal proposed at a luncheon organizing a Canadian exhibition train to tour Britain as an advertisement for Canada and its products. He believed such a train in Harriman would boost Canadian trade and attract more British immigrants to Canada.
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London
C. BP. Beaubien
Montreal
Anglo-American Press Association
Britain
Canada
Haritain
First U S Rail Arrival Marked by Anniversary
Winnipeg remembers the first railway train from the United States as officials from the south join a brief anniversary ceremony honoring the historical arrival fortys years ago.
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Winnipeg
United States
South
Radio Novels News from New York by Cosmo Hamilton
Cosmo Hamilton predicts a radio novel trend. He condensed an 86000 word book into a 15 minute broadcast, signaling a new format for serialized storytelling on radio.
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New York
Cosmo Hamilton
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