Britain Will Keep Guard on Strategic Isles
Britain dispatches the battle cruiser Hood from Gibraltar to Mallorca to monitor the Balearic Islands amid non intervention talks. Vice Admiral Cunningham commands the Hood as Despatch rests in Malta, while British destroyers probe the Bay of Biscay for the Stanray incident and evacuations of foreign volunteers from Spain proceed on the non intervention sub committee agenda.
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Great Britain
Hood
Mallorca
Balearic Islands
Fen Tred
Spain
Gibraltar
Franco
Balearic
Minorca
Air France
Sardinia
France
Britain
Malta
Alexandria
A. B. Cuningham
Bay of Biscay
Stanray
Lloyd’s
Aviles Asturian
Bennett Calls Youth Duty For Empire Preservation
Rt Hon R B Bennett, Canada's Conservative leader, tells Saskatoon’s largest Canadian club gathering that youth must maintain the empire picture. He recounts empire tour visits to New Zealand Australia and South Africa and offers light jibes at opponents.
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Saskatoon
R. B. Bennett
Canada
Bennett
New Zealand
Australia
South Africa
Britain Warns Of Retaliation After Shanghai Attack
Foreign Secretary Eden told the House of Commons Britain will retaliate if the Shanghai post attack repeats. He said the air strike was inexcusable and British troops were justified in shooting the aircraft. He heads Britain’s delegation to the nine power conference amid mediation efforts between China and Japan.
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London
Eden
House of Commons
Great Britain
Japan
Shanghai
Arthur Greenwood
Alfred Duff Cooper
Admiralty
Duff Cooper
the Admiralty
Spain
High Seas
Greenwood
Southampton
Bordeaux
France
Gijon
Expansion Era Highlights for Western Provinces
London visitors quote J M Davidson of Manitoba urging focus on rapid growth in the prairie provinces. He says Manitoba leads expansion beyond drought areas, with firms reporting record business even in Saskatchewan’s 30 percent drought belt.
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London
Ont
Saskatchewan
Alberta
J. M. Davidson
Winnipeg
Manitoba Industrial Development Board
Prairie Provinces
Davidson
Manitoba
Drouth
Canadian Delegation to Nine-Power Conference Named
Ottawa selects Senator Raoul Dandurand to represent Canada at the Sino Japanese conflict nine power meeting in Brussels. He is aided by Hume Wrong, Geneva League of Nations delegate, and Pierre Dupuy, Paris legation secretary. Dandurand has led Canada’s League delegations and heads the upper house ministry without portfolio.
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Ottawa
Raoul Dandurand
Canada
Brussels
Hume Wrong
League of Nations
Geneva
Pierre Dupuy
Withdrawal of Nickel Coins Hits Tokyo Circulation
War pressures force nickel coins to be withdrawn in Tokyo. They are replaced by paper currency and the metal value will be diverted to war industries. The measure reflects broader wartime economic shifts affecting everyday money.
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Tokyo
Canada to Do Everything To Preserve World Peace
Sir Herbert Marler told the Canadian Club of New York that Canada will use all power to preserve world peace. He emphasized maintaining Canadian unity and peace for all nations, noting 125 years of increasingly friendly U.S. relations and the ideal coexistence of both nations.
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Canada
New York
Herbert Marler
Dominion
Washington
Canadian Club of
Herbert
United States
Japanese airman seeks ride in Canton blood terror
A blood smeared Japanese airman, carrying a pistol and a large wad of cash, hired a jinriksha coolie in Canton for a ride to Shameen. He paid $50 with a promise of $1000 more and surrendered after the coolie brought him to a police station. He had been hiding in thickets for over a week, starving before turning himself in.
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Hong Kong
Canton
Churchill Opposes Dropping Colonies In Peace Efforts
Winston Churchill, veteran Conservative MP from Harlow Essex, argued against concessions to colonial claims of developing nations. He warned that surrendering colonies and plantations would harm peace and likened it to abandoning British possessions to wolves.
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Winston Churchill
Harlow
Essex
Great Britain
President Roosevelt Affirms Navy Defense and Expansion
In a navy message to Secretary Swanson, President Roosevelt states the United States will avoid war by honorable means and maintain strong sea defences. He lauds the navy’s efficiency and notes current strength as 366 ships, 1,073,000 tons, 102,000 enlisted personnel with 9,714 officers, and a $516,258,800 appropriation. The expansion aims to raise fleet tonnage to 1,343,000 by 1942.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Navy
Swanson
Great Britain
Train Hits Crowd in Japan Killing Twenty One
A troop train struck a crowd along the Yokohama to Kangawa line, killing twenty one and injuring many others. The Domei News Agency reported the accident. In Tokyo cheers hailed Japanese advances on the Shanghai front as papers issued extras and a lantern parade drew one million schoolchildren.
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Yokohama
Japan
Kangawa
Domei
Tokyo
Shanghai
Economic Strain on Nipponese Trade Seen in New York
The Wall Street Journal notes resumed Japanese gold shipments to New York and Japan import limits on raw cotton reflect mounting Japanese economic strain from the Chinese conflict. It quotes indications that Japanese export trading is faltering with fewer cargoes, especially textiles, arriving in New York on Japanese ships in recent weeks.
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New York
The
Wall Street Journal
Japan
Memorial cairn to songwriter John Washington Johnson
Hamilton Ontario native Sons of Canada will unveil a cairn in Wentworth County to honor John Washington Johnson the author of When You and I Were Young Maggie, noted as a Hamilton schoolteacher.
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Hamilton
Ont
Washington Johnson
Wentworth County
Maggie
Native Sons of Canada
Ottawa reports October rise in industrial payroll
Dominion Bureau of Statistics returns from 10,398 Canadian firms show October payroll at 1,197,647 versus 1,174,296 in September. Industrial employment appears to be upgrading with the higher total.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Japanese Sweep Through Ruins of Chapei Sector
Japanese forces drive through Chapei ruins west of Shanghai to seize the Shanghai Hangchow railway bridge over Soochow creek amid fires and mass refugee flight. U S marines authorized to shoot planes threaten noncombatants. British and American residents fear evacuation as casualties mount among civilians.
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Shangha
Shanghai
Chapei
Soochow Creek
Brenan
Keswick Road
Admiral Yarnell
United States Asiatic Fleet
United States
Liuho
Shanghai-Hangchow
Chapel
Soochow
Herbert Phillips
Chinese Slaughter in Sino-Japanese War Report
The war office cites over 500000 Chinese soldiers killed in ongoing Sino Japanese hostilities with more than 425000 since Oct 24. Japanese fatalities total 9640, including 4467 in North China and 5173 in Shanghai. Bodies counted prior to Oct 24 reach 105980 with 44270 in North China.
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Tokyo
War Office
China
Shanghai
North
Milk Price Gap Narrowed by Winnipeg Milk Board
Regulation of the milk industry by a Winnipeg milk control board reduced the spread between prices paid to producers and prices paid by consumers. Premier John Bracken spoke to the Winnipeg District Milk Producers' Cooperative Association.
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Winnipeg
Mlk
Milk Control Board
John Bracken
Winnipeg District Milk Producers’ Co-operative Association
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