Hull outlines U S policy to influence while staying neutral
Secretary of State Hull proposes using appropriate influence to curb foreign wars while keeping the United States out, urging broader presidential discretion in foreign affairs during international upheaval. He signals seeking a more flexible neutrality law before February's end, stressing non-interference with League actions.
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Washington
State Hull
United States
Hull
William Phillips
League of Nations
League
Congress
Britain and Italy Near Mediterranean Force Reductions
London reports progress toward joint reductions of British and Italian forces in the Mediterranean. Ministers at Downing Street discussed easing Anglo Italian tension and potentially withdrawing parts of the British fleet from the region in exchange for Italian troop withdrawals from Libya. No announcement was expected until after the British elections. Il Duce reportedly expressed disappointment that prior Libyan troop withdrawals did not prompt naval concessions.
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Mediterranean
London
British Defence Council
No. 10
Downing Street
Eric Drummond
Italy
Mussolini
Rome
Paris
Libya
Il Duce
Regret Expressed Over Pendleton Horse Tragedy Near Ottawa
Baron Tweedsmuir directed a secretary to write a letter of regret to Ovide Boudreau, a Pendleton farmer, whose two horses were killed by the vice-regal train en route to Ottawa. Boudreau narrowly avoided being struck while trying to move the animals from the track after they escaped pasture. The governor general learned of the incident from a newspaper. Pendleton lies about 20 miles east of Ottawa.
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Ottawa
Baron Tweedsmuir
Pendleton
Ovide Boudreau
Frost damages hit Nelson fruit crop in B C district
Frost in the Kootenay district will push losses higher than first thought. Early estimates put damage at about 10 000 boxes, with one orchardist reporting 2 000 boxes and another 1 000.
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Nelson
B.C
Kootenay
Execution order for silver exporters in North China
General Sung Che Yuan, chief of police in Peiping and Tientsin regions, orders firing squad executions for all persons caught exporting silver. The directive targets silver smuggling across North China under martial law.
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Tokyo
Sung Che-Yuan
Peiping
Tientsin
North
China
Hepburn to retire as Ontario premier after 1936 session
Premier Hepburn announced he will retire as Ontario premier after the 1936 legislative session due to ill health. He cited fatigue and worry as persistent enemies and noted his fourth bronchitis attack in four years. He said retirement from political life will follow the next session.
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Toronto
Hepburn
Ontario
Saskatchewan Pool Elevators Gain Share of Grain Handlings
Saskatchewan Pool Elevators Limited reported 44.59 percent of total grain marketings via country elevators in 1934 35, the third straight year of growth. The cooperative owns about one third of capacity, yet overall grain volume fell to over five million bushels due to a smaller crop than 1933. Moscow Pravda said the Soviet Union placed 62 million yen in orders in Japan under a contract for the Chinese Eastern railway, with 10 million yen already delivered.
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Sakatchewan
Regina
Saskatchewan Pool Elevators Limited
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Co-Operative Organization
Saskatchewan
Moscow
Pravda
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Japan
Alberta Breeders Ship Turkeys to New Zealand Again
Alberta turkey breeders are sending a second shipment of breeding stock to New Zealand, marking the second such export in two years. A further order is being prepared for New York State.
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New Zealand
Edmonton
Alberta
New York State
Lamb elected president of Heads Bank Toronto
John R. Lamb, who began with the Bank of Toronto at 15 and rose to superintendent of western branches with Winnipeg HQ, is elected president succeeding the late W G Gooderham who died days ago. Harvey B. Henwood becomes vice president and general manager, while Paul J. Myler of Hamilton, a director since 1916, is named vice president. Mr Myler heads Canadian Westinghouse Company Limited.
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Toronto
John R. Lamb
Bank of Toronto
Winnipeg
W. G. Gooderham
Gooderham
Harvey B. Henwood
Paul J. Myler
Hamilton
Mr. Myler
Canadian Westinghouse Company Limited
Mollison Plans Trans Atlantic Freight Service From Ireland
James Mollison, famed British flyer, arrived in New York to purchase three planes for a freight service between Ireland and Newfoundland planned to begin next April. The fleet will make semi weekly Atlantic trips carrying news films foreign fashion models and other cargo. Mollison will pilot one plane his wife Amy Johnson will fly a second and a third will be operated by an unnamed pilot.
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New York
James Mollison
Transatlantic Flyer
Ireland
Newfoundland
Atlantic
Mollison
Amy Johnson
Pola Negri Announces England Marriage Plans
Polish film star Pola Negri says she will marry a prominent Englishman, a former member of Parliament, with the ceremony set for December 31. She will continue film work, planning to make about one picture a year.
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London
Pola Negri
England
Traffic School Proposed by Toronto Planning Chief
T D LeMay city planning commissioner told the board that Toronto suffered eight and a half million dollars in losses from motor accidents last year. He urged a traffic school be established for all students over fifteen.
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Toronto
T. D. LeMay
Board of Control
Billy Sunday Dies in Chicago After Sudden Illness
Famed evangelist and former major league baseball star Billy Sunday died in Chicago at age 72 after a sudden medical crisis. Born 1863 in Ames Iowa he began as a ballplayer before a renowned revival career beginning in 1896.
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Billy Sunday
Chicago
Billy” Sunday
Sunday
United States
Ames
Iowa
Nevada
Northwestern University
Evanston
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Flying suit inventor claims tests prove efficiency
Banff Alberta reports 65 year old John Kropocz, a Jugoslavian native and former hotel worker, has built a model flying suit with aluminum frame metal wings and spring system inspired by a gramophone. Tests in Banff showed efficiency but the suit has not yet carried a person.
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Banff
Alta
John Kropocz
Kropocz
Jugoslavia
Renewal of Mont des Cats link with Canadian Corps in Ottawa
On Remembrance Day Maurice Ollivier of Ottawa deposited a wreath on the cenotaph pledging the Mont des Cats Trappist monastery in Belgium. The link with the Canadian Corps had lapsed since the war and is now renewed. The monastery known to soldiers from Flanders provided care during convalescence.
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Ottawa
Mont Des Cats
Belgium
Maurice Ollivier
Plain of Flanders
Gophers Active in Mild Southern Alberta Winter
Residents report gophers still frisking in deep snow while robins sing and ducks swim on open river waters amid a forecast milder winter in southern Alberta.
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Calgary
Alberta
Royal wedding brings joyous scenes in London for Lady Alice Scott
In London thousands greet the Duke of Gloucester and Lady Alice Scott as they wed at Canterbury with the Archbishop of Canterbury officiating. The couple ride by royal procession to Buckingham Palace amid cheers and rose petals, then depart for Broughton House for their honeymoon.
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London
Duke of Gloucester
Alice Scott
Buckingham Palace
Grosvenor Place
Duke of
Imen
St. Pancras Station
Broughton House
Northamptonshire
Elizabeth
Prince of Wales
York
Kent
Kettering
Broughton Hall
Alice
Hussars
Canterbury
Duke of Buccleuch
Duke of Kent
Marina
Cabinet Change in Regina Ministers Natural Resources Sworn In
Regina member of the legislature W. F. Kerr was sworn in as minister of natural resources in Premier Patterson’s new government. He assumes control of the department already led by Patterson with no other cabinet changes expected, though future bureau administration changes are possible.
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Regina
W. F. Kerr
Patterson
History of Canadian Pacific Railway Celebrates 50th Anniversary
In Windsor station a display marks the 50th anniversary of the first transcontinental line in Canada. About 300 pictures recount the company’s history and key activities across the past fifty years.
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Vincent Massey
London
Massey
G. Howard Ferguson
Canada
England
Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway
Windsor
Activites
British Airways seeks trans Atlantic air service
A British airways corporation seeks to establish a trans Atlantic air service linking Halifax A base near here with Europe. The plan envisions a North American base at Halifax for rapid long range flights and potential passenger and mail routes.
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Halifax
Canada
Europe
Here
British Airways Corporation
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U. S
Soviet
W. J. Patterson
J. G. Gardiner
Heads Bank
Trans-Atlantic Service
Canadian Corps
Trappist’ Monks
Hardy Gophers
Halifax Air Base
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