British stance on Italy conquest and Ethiopia policy
In Parliament Foreign Secretary Eden outlined Britain's position on Italy's conquest of Ethiopia. Britain will not recognize the conquest and will negotiate with local authorities in Manchuria and Egypt’s region to protect British interests while questioning Haile Selassie’s control.
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London
House of Commons
Eden
Italy
Balearic Islands
Britain
Ethiopia
Fusen
East African
Manchoukuo
Manchuria
Mancheoukuo
Haile Selassie
Abyssinia
Eleanor Rathbone
Addis Ababa
Philip Noel Baker
Labor
League
Souvenir Hunters Besiege Vancouver City Hall
Workmen repair Vancouver's new 1.5 million city hall after 30000 weekend visitors allegedly stole portable items. Executives mourn missing memorabilia including wiring door knobs and city coat of arms plaques. Repairs and bills to come from the city treasury as vandalism noted.
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Vancouver
City of Oxford Reports Interaction With Deutschland Off Portuguese Coast
British steamship City of Oxford from Liverpool with general cargo was asked by the German battleship Deutschland for its origin and destination off the Portuguese coast. Captain A Hilditch, master, provided the details and continued toward Gibraltar unmolested.
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Gibraltar
Oxford
A. Hilditch
Liverpool
Tourists Boost National Parks to New All-Time High
Hon. T. A. Crerar announced a record seven month total of 760000 motor tourists visiting Canada’s national parks, up 15 percent from last year. Strong gains occurred at Banff Waterton Jasper Kootenay Riding Mountain Prince Albert Point Pelee Elk Island and Yoho with rail traffic also rising. two new areas Cape Breton Island and a Prince Edward Island coastal strip were added to the system.
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Ottawa
Canada
T. A. Crerar
Mines and Resources
Banff
Waterton Lakes
Jasper Parks
Alberta
Kootenay Park
British Columbia
Riding Mountain Park
Manitoba
Prince Albert Park
Saskatchewan
Point Pelee Park
Ontario
Elk Island Park
Yoho Park
Western National Parks
Crerar
Cape Breton Island
Prince Edward Island
National Parks
Manifesto from Church of England leaders on Christian principles
London church figures led by the Archbishop of York and joined by the Bishop of Carlisle and the Dean of Rochester urged a return to Christian principles for modern crises. They linked wars and postwar policies to unchristian actions, calling for fair leisure and work and for studies guided by Christian ethics.
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London
Church of England
Canterbury
Edwards
York
Carlisle
Rochester
South Africa
Reich
Will Not Form New Party London
A British idea for a People’s Front collapses after Conservative MP Robert Boothby resigns amid opposition to a labor attack on the Baldwin government. Labor circles dismiss the plan as impractical in parliamentary politics with Strachey and other founders viewed as ideologists rather than active politicians.
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London
People's Front
Britain
Friends’ House
Robert Boothby
Baldwin
G. D. H. Cole
News Chronicle
People’s Front
John Strachey
Quebec Cattle Buyers Boost Alberta Farmers by 20000
Quebec cattle buyers purchased 1,058 cattle over five weeks in Southern Alberta. R. M. Elliott, representing the Quebec department of agriculture, bought 545 head for farmers at about 10000. Most purchases used the free freight plan with rail charges shared by the federal government and Quebec.
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Calgary
Alberta
Quebec
R. M. Elliott
Quebec Department of Agriculture
Christmas Spirit Missing Without Heart
Poem reflects that festive decorations and gifts alone do not make Christmas. true spirit comes from kindness in the heart. Neighbors' greetings and children’s happiness matter, and genuine generosity surpasses mere outward acts. The verse by F. Grubbs from Dayton Daily News emphasizes inner warmth.
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F. Grubbs
Dayton Daily News
Wheat Shortage Threatens Germany and Press Freedom
Berlin reports warn Germany faces a 1 000 000 ton wheat shortfall threatening the Reich's food supply. Propaganda Minister Goebbels may seek to withdraw the Frankfurter Zeitung’s permit. The paper had warned of a catastrophe and cited 4 000 000 tons of wheat on hand and 5 000 000 normally required. Meanwhile menus tighten as restaurants shift to semi war time rations with limited dishes.
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Berlin
Frankfurter Zeitung
Germany
Goebbels
Third Reich
Demand For Wheat Liverpool
Hon. Vincent Massey, Canadian high commissioner in London, told the Liverpool chamber of commerce banquet that rising world wheat imports stem from successive bad harvests rather than Canada’s trade agreements. He noted Canada mostly supplies non competitive raw materials like timber to the United Kingdom and that Canadian customs now simplified. He also mentioned discussions on improving trade agreements as part of liberalizing trade policy.
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Liverpool
Vincent Massey
London
Liverpool Chamber of Commerce
Canada
Massey
United Kingdom
Britain
Premier Celebrates Birthday Ottawa
Prime Minister Mackenzie King marked his 62nd birthday on December 17. Born December 17, 1874, in Berlin Ontario he has led Dominion politics for 28 years and served as prime minister three times. He spent the day at his desk amid looming parliamentary work and constitutional developments.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Berlin
Kitchener
Ont
Protest By West To Tariff Board On Price Of Cars
Western Canadian voices challenged tariff gains in the auto industry as General Motors warned it could shift transport to water routes if rail freight limits remained. The hearing compared Ottawa and Washington car prices, noting taxes, dealer margins, and a $61.88 surplus in Canada versus $148 gap totals.
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WEST
Tariff Board
Ottawa
General Motors
Pacific Coast
Western Canada
H. J. Carmichael
Chester A. Bloom
Mr. Carmichael
Bloom
Carmichael
Canada
George H. Sedgewick
R. T. Graham
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Graham
Washington
United States
Great Lakes Shipping Faces Record Season and Losses
The Great Lakes shipping world reported its best season since industry gloom began with higher activity and profits. Yet four major disasters claimed 46 lives, overshadowing a year of 25 to 30 trips by vessels versus 16 to 18 in 1935.
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Toronto
Great Lakes
Henry Wise Wood Re-elected Alberta Wheat Pool Chairman
Henry Wise Wood, head of the Alberta Wheat Pool since 1922, aged 79, was re-elected chairman at a directorate meeting. C Jensen of Magrath was elected vice-president.
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Calgary
Alberta Wheat Pool
Henry Wise Wood
C. Jensen
Magrath
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Baron Hewart
England
King
Viscount Lascelles
Eton
Great Lakes Shipping
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