Britain Plans Expanded Civilian Defense
Britain will pursue an enlarged civilian defense program focusing on splinterproof shelters and mass evacuation from crowded cities as war risk grows. In Commons, the government defended its plan against a Labour motion, with 3355 votes to 130 in favor, while Hore-Belisha pledged rapid fixes to anti-aircraft weaknesses and rapid armament expansion to meet a larger threat.
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London
House of Commons
Seck
House
John Anderson
Leslie Hore-Belisha
War Secretary
Great Britain
Hore-Belisha
Britain
Cantabria Sunk by Spanish Insurgent Vessel Nadir Off North Sea
The Spanish government freighter Cantabria was shelled and sunk by the insurgent motor vessel Nadir just outside British waters in the North Sea. Survivors said Cantabria refused to surrender, 37 aboard including three women and five children were aboard. 11 survivors were later landed at Great Yarmouth by Pattersonian. The Nadir's five-gun battery fired broadside for about three hours before the Cantabria sank, with the Nadir disappearing into the mist.
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Cromer
Norfolk
Eng
Cantabria
North Sea
Cremer
Santander
Insurgent Held
The
Mid-Atlantic Shipping Company of London
Pattersonian
Newcastle
Great Yarmouth
German Eire Trade Pact in Dublin to Replace Old Agreement
Dublin reports that Germany and Eire have completed a commercial pact replacing their three year old agreement expiring December 31. Nazi officials pushed for the new treaty after trade fell sharply following the Anglo Eire agreement on trade and defence signed earlier this year.
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Dublin
Germany
Fire
Retail Sales Rise in Ottawa in September
General index of retail sales from 12 lines of business shows a 16 percent rise in September versus August, but remains 3 percent below September 1937 levels, according to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics report.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Australia orders 50 bombers as defense pledge
Premier Lyons announced in the house that Australia would order 50 bombers similar to Britain's 200 planes from the United States. He noted the move as necessary insurance against possible delays in British aircraft delivery and said defense measures include doubling the volunteer militia to 70000 with further strengthening steps.
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Canberra
Joseph Lyons
House of Representatives
Australia
Great Britain
United States
Lyons
London Will Need British Capital in China After War
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons that Britain must still provide substantial capital for China’s development. He warned that wartime destruction of capital will require even larger postwar injections to create a real market in China.
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London
China
Japan
East Asiatic
Chamberlain
House of Com
Dr Camsell Honored At College Anniversary
Dr Charles Camsell deputy minister of mines and natural resources was made an honorary fellow of St John’s Anglican College during ceremonies for the college’s second founding anniversary. He is a graduate of the college. The degree of doctor of divinity was conferred on Bishop Joseph Lofthouse of Keewatin.
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Winnipeg
Charles Camsell
Mines and Natural Resources
St. John’s Anglican College
Joseph Lofthouse
Keewatin
Buckingham Palace Denies Newspaper King Visit Invite
A Buckingham Palace spokesman rejected a London Daily Herald report that the King would send a letter to President Roosevelt accepting an invitation to visit Washington after a Canadian trip next year.
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London
Buckingham Palace
London Daily Herald
Roosevelt
Washinon
Canada
Hungary Gains Vast Territory in Czechoslovakia Award
German and Italian mediators redrew borders, giving Hungary about 4 875 square miles and 860 000 people from Czechoslovakia. Prague lost Sudetenland and Teschen. Budapest will occupy the new lands by Nov 10, with Ruthenia rail link and Bratislava left to Prague.
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Vienna
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Sudetenland
Germany
Teschen
Poland
Rome
Berlin
Count Ciano
Italy
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Uzhorod
Ruthenia
Slovakia
Bratislava
Danube
Prague
Nitra
von Ribbentrop
Ciano
Rome-Berlin
LZ-130 Dirigible Lands in Frankfurt After Trial Flight
Germany's latest airship the LZ-130 with 80 aboard landed without incident in Frankfort on the Main after a roughly 24 hour final trial flight. It was then handed to the Zeppelin Company for operation.
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Frankfort-on-Main
Germany
Zeppelin Company
Canadian wheat policy urged to grow quality and market share
R. L aw told 300 delegates from 30 000 shareholders at the United Grain Growers annual meeting in Calgary that Canada must keep growing wheat of the highest quality and seek maximum world market share. He noted 1938 net profit of 7786 and emphasized low production costs, national policy support, and expanding markets through a proposed Canadian wheat institute. The cooperative operates 440 country elevators and ports at Port Arthur and Vancouver.
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Calgary
Canada
Law
United Grain Growers Limited
General Reserve
Port Arthur
Vancouver
Dominion
Mr. Law
Canadian Wheat Institute
Coast to coast mail flights eyed for Canada service
Winnipeg to Vancouver air link may start before Christmas linking Winnipeg Toronto Ottawa Montreal by night mail and express flights. Trans-Canada Airlines VP Philip G Johnson says western passenger service to begin once four new radio ranges in the Rockies are finished and landing lights at Malton and intermediate fields are completed. Light schedules are being restored along the Vancouver to Montreal route as weather allows.
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Winnipeg
Toronto
Ottawa
Montreal
Canada
Philip G. Johnson
Trans-Canada Airlines
Malton
Johnson
Vancouver
Rocky Mountains
Anglo Italian pact endorsed by Commons amid Spain debate
The House of Commons approved the Anglo Italian agreement by 45 to 158 with Conservatives abstaining. Debate linked the pact to Ethiopia conquest, highlighting fears of appeasement toward totalitarian states as Spain's Civil War drew international focus.
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London
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Ethiopia
Italy
England
Great Britain
Richard Butler
Franco
Japan Seeks Dominant Role in East Asia and New Pact
Japan signals obsolescence of the nine power treaty and explores a tri power arrangement with Manchukuo and a future Chinese regime to secure control over East Asia. Tokyo hints at denouncing the 1922 pact as Premier Konoye pushes a new order in which Japan leads regional policy and international relations shift toward Japanese guidance.
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Tokyo
Japan
China
Washington
Manchukuo
Chiang Ka:Shek
Fuminaro Konoye
East Asia
United States
Foreign Office
State Department
Brussels
New Order
Asahi Shimbun
Bruce Retires Canadian Minister Returns to British Columbia
Hon Randolph Bruce, retiring Canadian minister to Japan, arrived aboard the Empress of Canada and declined interviews. He said he was glad to be back in bonnie British Columbia where he once served as lieutenant governor.
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Victoria
Randolph Bruce
Japan
Bruce
British Columbia
Defence Problems Ottawa Loom at Next Parliament Session
Canada faces military equipment shortages including large calibre guns and armoured fighting vehicles. The defence department is studying long range domestic armaments programs. Expect full debate on private or public manufacture of arms as parliament returns. Previous votes totaling about $35.1 million funded aircraft and coastal defences.
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Ottawa
Canada
National Defence Department
RCMP appoints T Dann acting deputy commissioner
Takes New Post Ottawa Assistant Commissioner T Dann of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police headquarters here has been appointed acting deputy commissioner. He succeeds Deputy Commissioner Denis Ryan of Regina who is retiring after 35 years service. Dann will remain in Ottawa.
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Ottawa
T. Dann
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Denis Ryan
Regina
Dann
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