Germany and France Move Toward Peace Declared
Berchtesgaden reports Hitler approval of a Franco German peace declaration to be signed by Paris within days. The plan envisions three points including mutual recognition of peaceful relations, inviolability of each other’s boundaries, and joint deliberations on international issues. Prime figures Cha mberlain and Daladier announced full accord on national defence and diplomatic cooperation for peace.
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Berchtesgaden
Germany
Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Paris
France
Europe
von Ribbentrop
Pirow
King Carol
Portugal
Great Britain
South Africa
Berlin
Stephanus Gie
Chamberlain
Daladier
Viscount Halifax
Quai d'Orsay
Mr. Chamberlain
Britain
Havens for Refugees in Africa and South America Described
National Geographic Society outlined potential havens for Jewish refugees in British Guiana Tanganyika Kenya and Northern Rhodesia. British Guiana offers vast land low population and untapped mineral wealth though river traffic limits development. Tanganyika and Kenya present large tracts of farmable land and resources while Northern Rhodesia’s central plateau holds copper lead and zinc potential.
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Washington
Africa
South America
National Geographic Society
British Guiana
England
Scotland
Wales
Geographic Society
Tanganyika
East Africa
Great Britain
Kenya
France
Rhodesia
Three kings attend Queen Maud's simple London funeral
In Marlborough House chapel London three kings Haakon of Norway George VI of the United Kingdom and George of Greece attend Queen Maud's funeral rites. Prebendary Lancelot Percival conducts assisted by Oslo’s Bishop. The coffin rests on a catafalque guarded by guards.
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London
Queen Maud
Norway
Osle
Haakon
George VI
George
Greece
Marlborough House
Lancelot Percival
Oslo
Brigade of Guards
Baldwin plans nationwide radio appeal for Jewish refugees
Lord Baldwin will broadcast on December 7 to raise a national fund aiding German Jewish refugees to find homes abroad. The appeal is in support of the Church of England Roman Catholic Church all Free Churches and the Jews themselves.
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London
Lord Baldwin
Church of England
All Free Churches
Former Labour MP Marwus Switches to National Labour
Michael Marwus, a 20 year Labour veteran and former MP, resigns from the Labour Party to endorse Prime Minister Chamberlain's foreign policy and join the National Labour party founded by Ramsay MacDonald.
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London
Michael Marwus
Labor Party
Chamberlain
Marwus
Labor
National Labor Party
Ramsay MacDonald
Nuffield Pledges Iron Lungs for All Empire Hospitals
London reports Viscount Nuffield the motor maker and philanthropist will donate about 5000 iron lungs to every hospital in the British Empire at a total cost near £500000. Initial production of 1000 machines is under way and he will continue until all eligible hospitals possess one. He noted possible delays in Canada and Australia but affirmed they may obtain devices if needed.
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London
Viscount Nuffield
British Empire
Lord Nuffield
Great Britain
Canada
Australia
Pattullo Proposes Three Member Public Utilities Commission
Premier Pattullo introduces in the British Columbia legislature a bill to create a three man public utilities commission. The measure would empower the board to regulate railways street railways tramways ferries toll bridges telephone and telegraph gas electric water supply and public buses or trucks. It would exclude individual taxicabs from being public utilities while remaining subject to legislative authority.
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Victoria
T. D. Pattullo
British Columbia
Public Utilities Commission
Fleming proposal for universal time marked diamond jubilee
Sixty years after Sir Sandford Fleming presented to the Canadian Institute a paper proposing universal time for the world a ceremony on November 23 commemorated the event. The gathering honored the Scots-Canadian who sought to regulate clocks and global business.
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Toronto
Sir Sandford Fleming
The
Canadian Institute
Conference on Palestine Invites Issued by London Government
Malcolm MacDonald told the House of Commons invitations have been issued for a Palestine conference. Geoffrey Mander suggested inviting the United States to participate.
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London
Malcolm MacDonald
House of Commons
Palestine
Geoffrey Mander
United States
Wickham Steed
A. J. Cummings
Government and Kennedy suppress newsreel over Czech crisis
Sir John Simon told the Commons the British government and United States Ambassador Joseph Kennedy pressed Paramount to excise parts of a newsreel. The action, intended to avoid prejudicing Chamberlain's talks with Hitler at Godesberg, drew opposition claims of censorship. Kennedy said he referred the matter to the Hays office and did not act personally.
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London
John Simon
Exchequer
House of Commons
United States
Joseph Kennedy
John
Chamberlain
Hitler
Godesberg
Rhine
Kennedy
Hays Organization
Simons
Hays Office
Sir John
Paramount Organization
Wickham Steed
the Times
A. J. Cumming
News Chronicle
Cost of Mobilizing Fleet During September Crisis
The cost of mobilizing the fleet during the September crisis, excluding final measures always needed, was slightly under £1,000,000. The figure was disclosed to the House of Commons.
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London
House of Commons
Prime Minister Chamberlain Meets Duke of Windsor in London
British sources say Neville Chamberlain and the Duke of Windsor held a 20 minute discussion at his hotel with Foreign Secretary Halifax present. The meeting follows prior talks on defence and is viewed as part of ongoing negotiations begun by the Duke of Gloucester on November 11.
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Paris
Chamberlain
Duke of Windsor
England
Great Britain
Earl Baldwin
Halifax
Lord Halifax
Duke of Gloucester
Duke
Duchess of Windsor
Sandringham
New Locomotive Montreal Exhibition
The Canadian Pacific Railway unveiled a new Selkirk locomotive designed by H. B. Bowen for service in the Canadian Rockies. It is touted as the heaviest and most powerful steam engine in the British empire and among ten built this year for CPR.
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Montreal
Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway
H. B. Bowen
Canadian Rockies
British Empire
Disunity in Canada Compared to Munich Era
W Allen Walsh MP for Montreal Mount Royal told a service club luncheon that Canada has developed in recent years a problem of disunity similar to Czechoslovakia before its dismemberment by the Munich settlement.
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Montreal
Canada
Czechoslovakia
Munich
W. Allen Walsh
Montreal Mount Royal
Service Club
Chance For Women Writers Toronto
The Canadian Women's Press Club national executive will award a memorial for best short fiction by a Canadian woman. The prize includes a gold medal and 25 dollars for work published in the year ending March 15 1939. Win nifred M. Stokes Niagara Falls Ont will chair a committee surveying women’s newspaper work in Canada. Rosa L. Shaw Montreal is national president and the club’s representative to the Empress Press Union for the 1940 imperial conference in Canada.
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Toronto
Twe
Canadian Women's Press Club
Canada
Winnifred M. Stokes
Niagara Falls
Ont
Rosa L. Shaw
Montreal
Empress Press Union
The.p.u
Four academicians elected to Royal Canadian Academy of Art
Florence Wylie the Toronto sculptor becomes the fourth woman to gain full academician status in RCA history. Twelve of her works are in the National Gallery in Ottawa. Other awardees include Frank Carmichael of Toronto, William Lyon Somerville of Toronto, and Alphonse Jongers of Montreal. Somerville hails from Hamilton.
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Toronto
Royal Canadian Academy of Art
Florence Wylie
R.C.A
National Gallery
Ottawa
Trenton
Frank Carmichael
Orillia
Ont
William Lyon Somerville
Alphonse Jongers
Montreal
Somerville
Hamilton
Nazi levy on Jewish fortunes deepens German crisis
Berlin reports a 20 percent tax on Jewish fortunes over 2 006 marks to fund a 400 million dollar fine for the Paris embassy murder. The decree exempts foreign Jews and requires four equal payments with penalties for noncompliance. Some insurers’ recoveries may go toward the fund.
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Berlin
Germany
Ernst von Rath
Paris
Lutz Schwerin-Krosigk
Joseph Goebbels
Goering
France Cracks Down on Strikes at Renault Plant
Premier Daladier takes control as 90,000 workers walk out in protest against the 40 hour week decree. Renault strikers clash with guards in Paris and northern factories injuring dozens and leading to 300 arrests amid widespread rail and mining disruptions.
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Paris
Renault Automobile Works
Renault
Daladier
Valenciennes
France
Anzin
Denain
Devastating Fire Rages Across Los Angeles Area
A major set of southern California wildfires scorched three counties, with Topanga canyon and San Bernardino mountains hit hardest. Firefighters fought four fronts as winds pushed flames through tinder dry brush, threatening homes and famous residents including Joseph M. Schenck, Richard Dix, Sam Woods, and Frank Lloyd. Malibu and Santa Monica areas saw residents flee to the surf as authorities mobilized lifeguards and boats for safety.
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Los Angeles
California
Topanga Canyon
Santa Monica
San Bernardino Mountains
Strawberry Peak
Lake Arrowhead
Big Bear
Arrowhead Springs
Joseph M. Schenck
Pittsburg
Ritz Brothers
Richard Dix
Sam Woods
Frank Lloyd
Malibu Beach
King George V Battleship Launch in Newcastle
Buckingham Palace announced King and Queen will attend the launching of the new battleship King George V at Newcastle on Tyne February 21. After the ceremony they will tour northeastern England. The King George V is one of five 25,000-ton ships started under the 1936 and 1937 naval programs. others are Prince of Wales Anson Jellicoe and Beatty.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Newcastle-on- Tyne
England
Prince of Wales
Anson
Jellicoe
Beatty
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Chance For Women Writers
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