Italy plans food self sufficiency despite sanctions
Mussolini confirms Italy can feed itself under the economic siege from League nations over Ethiopia. He approves farm regulations to curb exports and boost crops for home use among 3,646,000 farms. Ethiopia vows no peace based on territorial gains as clashes intensify with haile selassie urging defense. reports cite heavy Ethiopian and Italian casualties along the Tigre and Fafan fronts.
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Rome
Mussolini
Italy
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Italan
Geneva
Tigre
Seliot
Makale
New Era For Farmers Toronto Declares Canada’s Farm Rise
Ontario minister of agriculture Duncan Marshall addressed the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair dinner promising five to ten years of the greatest progress for Canada’s agricultural sector. He praised farmers as the nation’s wealth creators and forecast a new day for Canadian agriculture with farmers set to lead as a top world producer.
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Toronto
Canada
Duncan Marshall
Ontario
United States
Mr. Marshall
War Flyer Under Arrest In Britain on Secrets Act Charge
German wartime flyer Dr. Hermann Gortz was arrested at Harwich on November 8 and held in Brixton jail after a preliminary hearing at Margate. He is charged with contravention of the Official Secrets Act for spying on the Manston airport near Broadstairs between September 18 and October 23, 1935. A second suspect is sought. The Daily Sketch notes a gold haired woman who sometimes accompanied him. she reportedly left for Germany this fall.
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London
Hermann Gortz
War Office
Gortz
Parish Broadstairs
St. Peters
Broadstairs
Harwich
Brixton
Margate
Manston
Daily Sketch
England
Germany
Canada New Zealand trade pact extended with tariff changes
The Canada New Zealand trade pact, expiring November 24, is renewed to July 31, 1936. Tariff revisions raise duties on Canadian motor vehicles and parts effective May 1. Hon. W. D. Euler announced the renewal and said further negotiations will follow. Canadian exports to New Zealand rose from 1932 33 to 1934 35. Automobiles and parts led exports, while imports from New Zealand climbed to 2.53 million in 1934 35.
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Ottawa
W. D. Euler
New Zealand
Saskatoon Boy Joins Royal Air Force Cadet Program
John Aedy aged 16 becomes the only Saskatche wan youth accepted as an RAF cadet. He leaves for England to study at the RAF school for three years, as son of Capt. Aedy M.D. in Revenue district. The Air Ministry exam is noted as exceptionally difficult for his age.
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Unity
Sask
John Aedy
Saskatchewan
Royal Air Force
England
R.A.F
Capt
Aedy
Revenue District
Air Ministry
Death of British Naval Hero Lord Jellicoe
Lord Jellicoe, renowned British admiral of the Great War and commander at Jutland, died November 20 at age 75 in Kensington London. He fell ill after attending the Armistice Day ceremony at the cenotaph on November 11. His wife and family were at his bedside.
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London
Lord Jellicoe
Jutland
Kensington
Riot at Quebec election meeting in Montreal injures, disrupts
Tomatoes and potatoes hurled at St James market as Premier Taschereau and Hon Irenee Vautrin spoke to the Montreal crowd. Twenty-one windows smashed, seventeen men arrested, and police and constables cleared the market. Eighteen charged with disturbing the peace, four released on bail.
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Montreal
St. James Market
Quebec
Taschereau
Irenee Vautrin
Fernand Rinfret
Shepherd from Prairies wowed Royal Winter Fair crowd
The opening of the Royal Winter Fair at the Canadian National Exhibition grounds featured William H. Martin of Maple Creek Saskatchewan delivering a sheep dog display. Three dogs efficiently rounded up sheep and geese with simple commands and a faint hiss, thrilling the Coliseum audience.
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Toronto
Prairies
Canadian National Exhibition Ground
William H. Martin
Maple Creek
Alberta Finance Speaker Forecasts Budget Strains And Tax Hikes
At the 27th annual Alberta Association of Municipal Districts convention in Edmonton Hon. Charles Cockroft, minister of municipal affairs, warned the 1936 fiscal year ending March 31 will show a deficit around 4.5 million dollars, excluding relief charges. He noted urgent action, the Magor study, and the possibility of increased taxes to balance the budget. He also discussed debt refunding prospects and favorable loan rates as low as one percent.
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Edmonton
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts
Charles Cockroft
Deskc
R. J. Magor
Wheat prizes highlight Royal Winter fair champions
Howard P. Wright of Airdrie Alberta won the first major grain and seed championship with a hard red spring wheat sample. Roy C. Chambers of Fenwick Ontario led non hard red wheat, likely Wrights main rival for grand champion. H G Neufeld Codette Saskatchewan topped oats. B Young Kokislah British Columbia won peas. William Suchwold Cardross Saskatchewan and Nelson Langry Homewood Manitoba led flax and field beans, with Alberta Brooks securing second in small white beans.
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Toronto
Howard P. Wright
Airdrie
Alta
Ontario
Roy C. Chambers
Fenwick
Wright
H. G. Neufeld
Codette
Sack
British Columbia
B. Young
Koksilah
BBC
William Suchwold
Cardross
Sask
Nelson Langry
Homewood
Man
John Hamilton
Coaldale
Alberta Department of Agriculture
Brooks
Turner Valley Oil Fields May Be Developed
Ottawa reports that British American Oil Company studies a Turner Valley development to produce a third grade gasoline from naptha. If successful, the plan could close the Coutts refinery and reduce Montana oil imports, with Alberta possibly altering its tariff stance.
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Turner Valley
Ottawa
Alberta
Amerian Oil Company
H. H. Bronston
Tariff Board
British America
Coutts
Alto
Cutbank
Montana
Canada
Bronston
J. J. Frawley
Alberta Attorney-General’s Department
Saskatchewan Cooperative Associations
Frawley
Oil Company
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Prince Edward of Kent Christened at Buckingham Palace
The first-born son of the Duke and Duchess of Kent was christened Prince Edward George Nicholas Paul Patrick in Buckingham Palace's private chapel. Archbishop of Canterbury performed the ceremony with River Jordan water from the font used for King Edward VII. Godparents include the king and queen, the Prince of Wales, Prince Nicholas of Greece, and the Duke of Connaught represented by Prince Arthur of Connaught.
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Prince Edward of
Kent
London
Duke
Duchess of Kent
Prince Edward George Nicholas Paul Patrick
Buckingham Palace
Prince of Wales
Prince Nicholas
Greece
Duke of Connaught
Prince Arthur of Connaught
Women Pilots Not Generally A Success Say Instructors
Toronto Flying Club chief instructor Ken Main argues women are mostly poor plane pilots citing judgments of speed and distance as a major fault. He notes Amelia Earhart Ruth Nichols and Amy Mollison as exceptions to the rule.
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Toronto
Ken Main
Toronto Flying Club
Amelia Earhart
Ruth Nichols
Amy Mollison
Main
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Haile Selassie
Sasa Baneh
Fafan
A. Beverley Baxter
London Daily Express
Premier Taschereau
Shepherd
Alberta Farmer
House of Commons
Ramsay MacDonald
A. V. Alexander
Ramsay MacDonalds
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