Lords Debate Colonial Demands and League of Nations
London. The Earl of Plymouth told the House of Lords that many objections prevent placing Germanys colonial claims before the League. He urged informal discussion and a general appeasement approach, while Lord Allen urged open doors in Africa with league and armament limits, and Anglo German rapprochement.
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London
Earl of Plymouth
House of Lords
Europe
Lord Plymouth
Germany
Lord Allen
Hurtwood
Africa
League
Allen
Ontario Ready To Help In National Unemployment Insurance Plan
Premier Hepburn announced in Sault Ste. Marie that Ontario would waive constitutional rights if needed to assist in establishing unemployment insurance nationwide. He welcomed federal gestures and said Ontario supported Mackenzie King’s request for provinces to join the plan and would aid within its existing commitment to unemployment insurance.
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Ontario
Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Hepburn
Mackenzie Kings
Mackenzie King
Japanese War Plans Mentioned as Canadian Women Collect for Peace
In Toronto, Japanese militarists were planning war while Japanese children raised funds for the International Peace Garden on the Manitoba US border. H. J. Moore of Islington, Ontario spoke at the 10th biennial meeting of the Federated Women’s Institutes of Canada.
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Toronto
International Peace Garden
Manitoba - United States
H. J. Moore
Islington
Ont
Federated Women’s Institutes of Canada
Nutrition Council Forms in Ottawa Under Health Minister Power
A National Council of Nutrition in Canada was announced by Health Minister Power with about 25 members under chair Dr R E Wodehouse. It includes representatives from 17 national administrative branches or voluntary organizations. Ottawa also notes a Canada El Salvador trade pact granting mutual most favored nation tariffs effective November 17, announced by Trade Minister Euler.
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Ottawa
Canada
Power
R. E Wodehouse
el Salvador
W. D. Euler
History Of Great War Book May Be Published In Canada
Proofs of the first volume of Canada s official history of the Great War are being read. Preparations are complete for the volume s appearance early in 1938. Col A Fortescue Duguid directed the defence department s historical section. The first volume covers the war from outbreak to April 1915 and the second battle of Ypres.
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Canada
Ottawa
A Fortescue Duguid
Defence Department
Ypres
Andrew Macphail
Wheat king loses title at Royal Winter Fair
Alta breeder Lloyd Trelle failed to win spring wheat at the Royal Winter Fair. Fred Paverly of Wembley claimed first place with Reward wheat, while Trelle's Marquis placed second. H G Neufield of Codette, Sask., finished third. Trelle switched from Reward to Marquis to honor Sir Charles Saunders.
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Bley
Alta
Trelle
Wembley
Fred Paverly
Fort William
Paverly
Marquis
H. G. Neufield
Codette, Sask
Tird
Sir Charles Saunders
Ottawa seeks general executive assistant for finance
The Ottawa finance department cannot fill a general executive assistant position at 5400 dollars per year. Despite months of effort several men took the civil service exam but none passed, leading the department to abandon further recruitment. Requirements included university education with economics emphasis and at least five years of financial experience.
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Ottawa
Finance Department
London To Cape Record Cape Town Flight
Flying Officer A. E. Clouston and Mrs. Betty Kirby-Green land in Cape Town after a 45 hour five minute London to Cape flight. They beat Mrs. Amy Johnson Mollison’s 1936 record by 33 hours 24 minutes and set London Cairo and London Johannesburg marks. Crowds cheer as they rest briefly and plan to return to London in the monoplane.
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Cape Town
A. E. Clouston
Betty Kirby-Green
London
Cape
Amy Johnson Mollison
Croydon
Clouston
Winter Weather Halting Spanish Front War Efforts
Winter weather and heavy fog halted fighting on the Spanish fronts. Observers saw winter as a major obstacle to Franco's campaign. No side reported active engagements as the conflict paused at Hendaye on the frontier.
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Hendaye
Franco
Russian Arctic campers drift toward Greenland on ice floe
Four Soviet campers riding an ice floe drifted 400 miles from their pole camp and were reported 125 miles off the Greenland coast. Dr Otto Schmidt said they would likely be picked up in January before entering open sea. Ernest Krenkel described life in the ice hut as a sugar coated cake surrounded by hummocks and drifts.
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Moscow
North Pole
Greenland
Otto Schmidt
Pole
Schmidt
Ernest Krenkel
Canada Reports 1936 National Death Toll
Preliminary figures from the national health department place Canada's 1936 death toll at 106,617, a ratio of 9.7 per thousand. The maritime provinces show the highest regional rate, with New Brunswick at 11 and Nova Scotia 10.7, while the prairie provinces report the lowest, Alberta 7.7 and Manitoba 8.7.
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Ottawa
Canada
National Health Department
Prince Edward Island
Saskatchewan
Maritime Provinces
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prairie Provinces
Alberta
Manitoba
British Columbia
Ontario
Quebec
Meeting In Camera Ottawa Sees Quiet CBC Governors Session
The Board of Governors of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation said no announcements would come until the conference ends. In camera sessions followed as the governors heard a joint representation from the Lord's Day Alliance of Canada and the Ligue du Dimanche urging Sunday radio advertising to reveal only the sponsor's name. They also asked that commercial sports programs and professional sports broadcasts be prohibited on Sundays.
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Ottawa
Board of Governors
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Lord's Day Alliance of Canada
Ligue du Dimanche
Bank of Canada declares semiannual dividend
The Bank of Canada will pay a half year dividend of 1.13 dollars per share on its capital stock. The dividend becomes payable on and after January 3, 1938 to holders of record at the close of business November 30, 1937.
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Ottawa
Bank of Canada
Japanese Threat to Blockade China at Conference
Dr. Wellington Koo condemned a Japanese threat to blockade the Chinese coast as an intimidation tactic aimed at steering conference policy. Japanese officials warned against any decision to aid China, asserting a right under international law to impose a blockade if supplies were sent. Britain and dominions were said to have voted through their territories, with Italy opposing and several Nordic states abstaining.
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Brussels
Wellington Koo
China
Chna
Koo
Tokyo
Japan
Italy
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Great Britain
Canada
Australia
South Africa
India
New Zealand
Plot Against Nation Paris
A nationwide police probe targets the secret La Cagoule in Dieppe as charges of plotting against national security begin. Arrests reveal a prepared network with underground passages and cache of explosives, anti aircraft weapons, machine guns and ammo. Officials move to issue warrants and add arrests.
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Paris
la Cagoule
Dieppe
S.x
Rene Anceaux
Gaston Jussereau
Robert de la Motte de
Louis Molhccon
Japanese Activity On Canadian Pacific Coast Not New
Defence Minister MacKenzie said Japanese activity on the Canadian Pacific Coast is not a new issue for the department. He noted the intelligence service is well informed on matters affecting national safety and urged private citizens with information to share it with the Department of National Defence.
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Victoria
Mackenzie
Canadian Pacific
Toronto
F. G. Scott
British Columbia
Canada
Department of National Defence
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J. H. Craigie
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Professional Institute of the Civil Service of Canada
London To Cape Record
Amy Mollisons
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Dominion
Radio Commission
Dominion Rust Research Laboratory
Buller
University of Manitoba
B. Peterson
W. F. Hanna
Margaret Newton
A. H. R. Builer
C. H Goulden
R. F. Peterson
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