Japanese Air Bombard Canton and Nanking Amid Casualties
Shanghai reports say Japanese planes bombarded Canton for over an hour with 100 civilians killed. Bombers struck Nanking targets injuring 40 civilians as Chinese and foreigners seek neutral zones to shield cities. Proposals for neutral zones face military concerns and conflicting exchanges as Shanghai papers suspend anti-Japanese coverage.
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Shanghai
Canton
China
Hongkong
Honam
Pearl River
Nanking
Wubu
Yangtze
International Committee of Foreign
Chapei
McPherson Named Manitoba Chief Justice
Ewen A. McPherson former Manitoba provincial treasurer and once a Portage la Prairie MP was appointed chief justice of the Manitoba court of King's Bench. He succeeds the late D A Macdonald and was announced by Prime Minister Mackenzie King. McPherson, a U S native born January 27 1878 in Worth County Missouri, came to Canada as a child and built a legal career in Portage la Prairie.
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Ottawa
Ewen A. McPherson
Manitoba
House of Commons
Portage la Prairie
Manitoba Court of King's Bench
McPherson
D. A. Macdonald
Mackenzie King
United States
Worth County
Canada
Arthur Meighen
Cattle Prices Fall at Royal Winter Fair Auction
Market cattle at the Royal Winter Fair dropped in price from 1936 with a grand champion steer from the University of Alberta selling for 59 cents a pound versus 75 cents last year and reserve at 40 cents. The Alberta group from the PR department of natural resources in Calgary sold for 10.35 dollars for a trio of steers amid a cautious livestock market.
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Toronto
University of Alberta
Edmonton
P.R. Department of Natural Resources
Calgary
Literary Awards Toronto Honors Canadian Writing
The governor general's annual literary awards were announced at a Canadian Poetry Night sponsored by Canadian Poetry Magazine. T. B. Robertson won the general literary achievement medal for Winnipeg Free Press writing. Bertram Brooker received the fiction medal for Think of the Earth. The Seranus poetry prize went to Prof. George Herbert Clark of Kingston, with six poets reading from the work including Katharine Hale, Sir Charles G. Roberts, Wilson MacDonald, K. E. Pratt, Prof. Clarke, and Nathaniel Benson.
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Toronto
Governor-General
Lord Tweedsmuir
T. B. Roberton
Winnipeg Free Press
Bertram Brooker
Seranus
M. M. Howard
Lady Tweed
Demand For Turkeys Winnipeg
Western Canada poultry fanners report heavy demand for turkeys as Great Britain misses Christmas orders due to late crop maturation. Manitoba Co operative Poultry Marketing Association official W A Landreth says demand outstrips supply and 1937 festive orders exceed 1936.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Great Britain
W. A. Landreth
Manitoba Co-operative Poultry Marketing Association
Landreth
Air Mail Talks Set in Ottawa by Canadian and U S Officials
Canadian and United States air mail and postal officials will meet in Ottawa on January 10 to discuss new trans Canada air routes and the U S lines. A western link between Great Falls and Lethbridge is certain but ownership by American Canadian or joint firms remains undecided.
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U.S
Ottawa
United States Air Mail
Postal
State Department
Trans- Canada Air Mail
United States
Great Falls
Lethbridge
Alaska
Edmonton
White Horse
British Columbia
Skagway
Train plunges into river near Princeton CPR officials say
A westbound CPR freight engine and a metal laden box car fell through a timber bridge into the Coquihalla River near Princeton. Two railway workers were killed W E Moore 46 brakeman Penticton and John Collins 59 bridgeman Merritt both B C. The engineer and fireman survived. The train was moving three miles per hour after crossing the east end of the bridge when it collapsed.
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Vancouver
Princeton
Coquihalla River
Canadian Pacific Railway
W. E. Moore
Penticton
John Collins
Bridgeman Merritt
B.C
Kettle Valley
C.P.R
May Retain Nationality Canadian Woman Marrying Foreigner
The article notes regulations effective since January 1932 allow a Canadian woman who marries a foreigner to keep Canadian citizenship if she elects to do so. abandonment occurs only if she adopts her husband’s nationality. It cites Anthony Eden's comment to the British House of Commons about Canada not having such legislation, contrasting with Australia and New Zealand where a British woman may retain full citizenship rights after marriage.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Anthony Eden
Canada
Eden
House of the
New Zealand
Disorders Persist Across Holy Land Amid Bombings
Violent clashes erupt in Gaza Haifa Jerusalem as authorities seek calm. Five bombs explode in Gaza thirty miles from Jerusalem injuring Arabs and Jews. gunfire and explosions reported near Haifa and in Jerusalem's old city. A district commissioner vows collective punishment unless bombers are found. Four constables escape injury after a blast near police barracks. another blast damages railway tracks near a station.
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Jerusalem
Holy Land
Gaza
Haifa
Brussels Parley Ends Without Decisive Action
The Brussels conference failed to resolve the China Japan conflict and adjourned after adopting a declaration condemning armed force. It urged a suspension of hostilities while parties exchange views and pursue peaceful settlement, with Italy the sole dissenting nation.
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China
Japan
Norriman H. Davis
United States
Davis
Money For Refugees in Saskatoon Drives Donation Drive
Chinese residents in Saskatoon forwarded 500 for refugees from China’s war zones. The collections were made by the Chinese Committee for National Salvation.
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Saskatoon
China
Chinese Committee For National Salvation
Government proposes national unemployment insurance plan
Prime Minister Mackenzie King told Premier Aberhart that details of a national unemployment insurance system would wait until the required legislation is introduced in the House. Mr. Aberhart agreed to support measures beneficial to workers but asked for clearer information and offered financing suggestions.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Mackenzie King
Aberhart
Alberta
Wheat in Store Drops Over Week and Year in Ottawa
Dominion bureau of statistics reports wheat in store for the week ended Nov 19 at 69,818,376 bushels, down 3,245,756 from the prior week and 65,638,910 from the previous year. U S stores show Canadian wheat at 3 35 000 bushels, 41 698 higher than last week but far below year earlier levels.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
United States
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