Trade Treaty Opens Wider Markets Between Canada and United States
Ottawa revealed details of a Canada United States trade agreement signed in Washington. The pact broadens access for Canadian goods into the US while trimming UK and Commonwealth preferences. Key concessions include duty reductions on 283 Canadian tariff items and 129 US items, with many products and livestock quotas affected.
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Dawa
United States
Canada
Roosevelt
Congress
British Commonwealth
United Kingdom
Prison Reform Bill Moves to End Flogging and Reform Juvenile Justice
The government proposes the criminal justice bill to abolish flogging except for serious prison offences and end hard labor. It creates juvenile compulsory attendance centres for 12 to 17 year olds, remand centres for 17 to 23 year olds, and hostels for 16 to 21 year olds with disciplinary rules. It classifies habitual criminals by age, allows corrective training for the young and preventive detention for older offenders, and replaces terms with state mental patient. Debate includes experimental death penalty abolition for violence crimes, backed 114 to 89 in the Commons.
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London
Walia
Criminal
House of Commons
Vyvyan Adams
Claims To Be Air Pilot Richmond Eng
Amnesiac man identified as Kaye T. Winton claims to be a former Canadian air pilot. He arrived in England aboard the Duchess of Bedford and was detained at the Surrey county council institution after walking into Barnes police station without papers. He recalls a nickname Kit and mentions individuals linked to Mackenzie Air Ways and Canadian Airways, but provides few verifiable details.
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Richmond
Eng
Kaye T. Winton
Surrey County Council
Winton
England
Duchess of Bedford
Barnes
White Springs
Alta
Regina
Kit
Peter McGuire
Leigh Brintwell
Mackenzie Air Ways
Declaration Signed Rome Recognition of Italy’s Ethiopian conquest
The Earl of Perth who serves as British ambassador presented credentials to Foreign Minister Galazzo Ciano and, with Count Ciano, signed a declaration activating the Anglo Italian pact of April 16. The accord calls for troop withdrawal from Spain and Libya, adherence to the 1936 London naval treaty, no Italian aims in Spain, guarantees on Lake Tana and Nile sources, abandonment of influence claims in Arabian lands, and extension of British trade to Ethiopia.
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Rome
England
Italy
Ethiopia
Earl of Perth
Galazzo Ciano
Perth
Ciano
Spain
Libya
Lake Tana
Nile River
Arabian
Heavy Radium Orders Hit Toronto From Britain
Eldorado Gold Mines Limited reports exceptionally heavy radium orders from British official bodies in the last six weeks. A London report noted a planned purchase valued at 2.5 million dollars. The Canadian industry could supply such an order on the standard sale basis over time.
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Toronto
Canada
Eldorado Gold Mines, Limited
London
Insect Plague Cuts Victoria Wheat Crop By Three Quarters
In Melbourne reports say Victoria faces a 75 percent cut in the estimated wheat harvest of 12,000,000 bushels due to caterpillars grasshoppers and other insects ravaging crops across the state.
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Melbourne
Australia
Victoria
Toronto school caretakers earn more than principals start pay
Officials at the Toronto school administration building report that some caretakers in Toronto schools earn a net income above the starting salary for high school principals. One caretaker is listed at 3,857 dollars versus 3,800 dollars for principal starting pay.
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Toronto
Trans-Canada Service Opens Wide Field for Youth
Hor C D Howe told Liberal women that Trans-Canada Air Lines has opened a wide field for youth. About 350 persons under 25 are trained in the service with many more in ground work instrument flying and mechanics courses. He cited no accidents since operations began mid September and only one weather cancellation.
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Ottawa
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Hor
Flat Opposition to Handing Back German Colonies
London and Paris reject ceding German empire possessions postwar. General Smuts vows to defend South Africa and its mandate over southwest Africa as France and Britain deny territorial transfers. Smuts says Pirow seeks British aid for SA defense.
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London
Germany
Jan Smuts
Maritzburg
Natal
South Africa
Southwest Africa
Daladier
France
Chamber of Deputies Colonies Committee
Malcolm MacDonald
Colonial and Dominions
House of Commons
Belgium
South African Union
Africa
League of Nations
Oswald Pirow
Europe
Smuts
Pirow
Union of South Africa
Roumanian King Seeks British Financial Aid
King Carol of Roumania publicly asked Britain for financial and economic support to steer his country toward a path of peaceful understanding. The appeal highlights the king's aim to bolster Roumania's stability amid regional tensions.
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London
Carol of
Canada to Build Hampden Bombers for UK Order
Sir Kingsley Wood announced in the House of Commons a signed agreement with Canadian aircraft firms for an initial UK order of large bombers. The plan includes two central establishments in Montreal and Toronto and ten years of guaranteed capacity for future smaller orders. Negotiations continue in London for fighter and reconnaissance aircraft at Fort William and Vancouver with orders due for delivery in 1940.
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London
Sir Kingsley Wood
Air
House of Commons
United Kingdom
Kingsley
Montreal
Toronto
Fort William
Vancouver
Appointment of Major General Grasett to China post
The London Gazette reports the appointment of Major General A E Grasett born in Toronto as general officer commanding British troops in China effective from November 4. He succeeds Major General A W Bartholomew who held the post for two years. Grasett, born 1888, educated at Upper Canada College and Royal Military College, Kingston, served in the Royal Engineers since 1909 with distinguished WWI service in France and on India’s northwest frontier.
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London
A. E. Grasett
Toronto
China
Grasett
A. W. Bartholomew
Upper Canada College
Royal Military College
Kingston
Ont
Staff College
Imperial Defence College
United Kingdom
The
Royal Engineers
France
India
Labor Defeated as Schuster Secures Walsall Seat
Sir George Schuster, backed by the National Liberal banner, won the Walsall by election over Labor's George Jeger by 7 158 votes. Schuster polled 28720 to Jeger's 21562, preserving Chamberlain's foreign policy amid Munich tensions and labour doubts. Jeger called the result unclear to voters, while Schuster credited the government with safeguarding Britain and expanding social services.
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George Schuster
London
Sir George Schuster
Walsall
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Sir George
George Jeger
Germany
Europe
Labor
Dartford
Britain
Jeger
Shoreditch
Munich
Indignation rises in U.S. over German anti Jewish policy
In New York a wave of U S indignation over Nazi anti Semitic campaigns pushes proposals to resettle Jewish refugees in the United States and Africa. Catholic dignitaries bishops ministers and laymen condemn persecution while authors call for severed trade and embargo measures against Germany.
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New York
United States
Germany
Africa
Maurice Sheehy
Washington
Methodist Episcopal Church
Board of Foreign Missions
Mary Riss
Jacob Riss
Roosevelt
Estelle Me Sternberger
World Peaceways
South Africa
Great Britain
France
Netherlands
Pearl
Buck
Eugene O'Neill
Nazi Germany
Edna Ferber
John Gunther
Dashiell Hammett
George S. Kaufman
Dorothy Parker
George Seldes
Thornton Wilder
New Homes for Jewish Refugees Considered Urgently
London Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons that locating new homes for German Jewish refugees is urgent. Britain considers Kennedy plan to move most of the 600000 Jews from Germany to the Americas and British empire lands, with US funding playing a major role.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Tanganyika
United States
Joseph Kennedy
Germany
Kennedy
North
South America
Netherlands
France
Inter-Governmental Committee On Refugees
Evian-les-Bains
Malcolm MacDonald
Britain
British Guiana
Reuters
Berlin
Winston Churchill
Anthony Eden
Alfred
Duff Cooper
Admiralty
der Angriff
Joseph Goebbels
Ernst von Rath
Paris
Public Health Ottawa Extends Nutrition Surveys in Canada
Extension next year of nutrition surveys in Canada and new public health investigation work announced by Hon. C. G. Power. Alberta completes a budget survey of 100 families and plans a consumption study by the University of Alberta. Dr Geddes leaves Winnipeg to join Minnesota as professor of agricultural biochemistry.
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Ottawa
Canada
C. G. Power
Dominion Health
Alberta
University of Alberta
Winnipeg
W. F. Geddes
Canadian Board of Grain Commissioners
University of Minnesota
United States University
Sentenced to Hard Labor for Refusal in Sudeten Crisis
Thirty Austrian army reservists were sentenced to hard labor on western fortifications for refusing the German oath when called during the Sudetenland crisis in September. The move reflects escalating measures by German authorities against perceived disloyalty during the crisis.
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Salzburg
Germany
Sudetenland
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Trans-Canada Service
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Earl Stanhope
Board of Education
A. F E. Grasett
U.S
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Queen Elizabeth
Goebbels
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