Mussolini Seen As Factor In Munich Peace Effort
Reports say Mussolini helped weigh the balance for peace before the Munich talks. He reportedly met Hitler at Kupstein on the Austro German border and traveled to Munich to discuss with Chamberlain and Daladier, aiding hopes for a four power settlement.
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Mussels
Balan
Hitler
Kupstein
Bing
Chamberlan
Drala
Mussolini
France
Brtain
Italy
Si Duce
Czechoslovakia
L Duce
Britain
Berchtesgaden
Mr. Chamberlain II Duce
Duce
Mr. Chamberlain
Berlin
Earl of Perth
Rome
Fuehrer
Daladier
Chamberlain
Einkerl
Bren Gun Probe Raises Question of Defence Dept Competence
In Ottawa a royal commission judge will decide whether national defence officials can judge the economic aspects of the Bren gun contract with John Inglis Company of Toronto to build 7000 light machine guns on a cost plus 10 per cent basis. Col Drew pressed Lieut Jolley on whether the 10 per cent profit on machinery installed in the Inglis plant had been eliminated as recommended. Jolley said the profit removal was confirmed in a departmental report, but the judge paused, noting interpretations are needed. Jolley added Canadian firms could manufacture gun parts if equipped and given opportunity to learn from England’s Enfield plant, though he had not investigated outsourcing.
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Ottawa
National Defence Department
H H. Davis
John Inglis Company
Toronto
M. P. Jolley
George Drew
Col. Drew
Lieut
Jolley
Inglis
Enfield
England
Poles Die on Border Amid Tension Reports
Official figures place Polish deaths at seventy in incidents on the Polish Czechoslovak border during recent tension. Wieczor Warszawski claimed electrified frontier wires by Czechoslovaks caused several fatalities. Frontier shootings were reported mainly at night as Poles fled into Poland.
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Warsaw
Wieczor Warszawski
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Tescyn
Silesia
New Canadians Montreal Naturalization Rush Grows
Chief Clerk D Robi taille reports staff expansion at the naturalization court to handle a 60 percent surge in German Czechoslovakian Hungarian Austrian and Italian applicants for Canadian citizenship as foreigners seek allegiance to the British Empire to avoid conscription.
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Montreal
D. Robitaille
Naturalization Court
British Empire
Ottawa council forms two-man chemists mobilization panel
Mobilize Chemists Ottawa-Canadian council for the Society of Chemical Industry appointed a two person committee to confer with chemical organizations in Canada for mobilization and utilization of chemists in any national emergency. Victor G. Bartrum and Dr J C Phillips, both of Montreal, comprise the committee.
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Ottawa
Canadian Council For the Society of Chemical Industry
Canada
Victor G. Bartrum
J. C. Phillips
Montreal
Crude Petroleum Production Reaches New Canadian High
Canada produced a July record 693 332 barrels of crude petroleum and natural gasoline, up from 537 654 the prior month and 244 931 in July 1937. Seven month total 3 612 757 barrels vs 1 307 544 a year earlier. Alberta July output 678 243 barrels, Turner Valley contributing 673 810. Exports in July valued at 110 639 dollars, 25 percent below June.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Alberta
Turner Valley
Spaak pledges Belgian neutrality amid arming
Premier Paul Henri Spaak, in a broadcast after Belgium called up 270000 reserves, assures that Europe’s major powers will honor commitments to Belgium. He says their frontiers are guaranteed and Belgium’s territory will not become a battleground.
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Brussels
Paul Henri Spaak
Belgium
Europe
New League Committee Ottawa Organizes International Affairs Literature Service
George H. Sedgewick chairman of the tariff board has accepted chairmanship of a new committee established by the League of Nations Society to direct its international affairs literature service. The society also announced Hon. H. A. Bruce former lieutenant governor of Ontario and Grant Dexter Winnipeg Free Press London correspondent joined its national executive committee.
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Ottawa
George H. Sedgewick
Tariff Board
League of Nations Society
H. A. Bruce
Ontario
Grant Dexter
London
Winnipeg Free Press
RCAF No 6 Torpedo Squadron Faces Halifax Duty Transfer
Reports say officers and men of the No 6 torpedo bombing squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force station here expect a transfer to Halifax for duty soon. Confirmation was not available. The squadron comprises eight officers and men with six heavy aeroplanes equipped with two machine guns and torpedo bombs. leaves at the station reportedly cancelled.
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Trenton
Ont
No. 6 Torpedo Bombing Squadron
Royal Canadian Air Force
Halifax
R.C.A F
Doctor Manion Seeks Seat in London Riding
Ottawa reports Dr. Robert J. Manion Conservative leader will seek a House of Commons seat in London Ontario at the upcoming federal by election on November 14. He thanked London Conservatives for offering his name and noted nominations also came from Brandon and Waterloo South. He praised Prime Minister Mackenzie King for wanting him unopposed in London.
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Doctor Manion
London
Ottawa
Robert J. Manion
House of Commons
Ont
National Conservative Association of London
Canada
Brandon
Waterloo South
Mackenzie King
Dr. Manion
New Bakery Group Forms Western Bread and Cake Company
Intercity Western Bakeries stockholders approve a new subsidiary of George Weston Limited to be named Western's Bread and Cake Company. It will take over Intercity assets with headquarters to be in Winnipeg or Regina. capitalization and officials to be decided later this year.
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Toronto
Intercity Western Bakeries
George Weston Limited
Western's Bread and Cake Company
Intercity Company
Winnipeg
Regina
Montreal aid pledged as Czechs seek volunteers
Dr Frantisek Paviasek consul general said many Canadians offered to join Czechoslovak military service if war came. He noted consuls have only recorded names so far without action on applications, while some volunteers were well known to the Czech cause.
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Montreal
Czechoslovakia
Frantisek Paviasek
Paviasek
Nova Scotia Premier Promises 5000 Gift to Red Cross
Premier A L Macdonald of Nova Scotia announces a gift of 5000 dollars to the American Red Cross. The donation is to be spent "in whatever way may be deemed best for New England sufferers" affected by the hurricane that swept the northeastern United States.
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Halifax
American Red Cross
New England
United States
A. L. Macdonald
Nova Scotia
Nations Buy Up Food London in War Prep Scramble
European nations seek American grain and meat to avert postwar hunger. Britain may feed the country for a year with its stocks and imports. Germany boasts a bumper grain crop while Italy relies on Yugoslavia for meat and limited wheat purchases abroad.
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London
Americas
Russia
Great Britain
British Isles
Britain
Germany
Herman Goering
Italy
Argentina
Yugoslavia
Upward Movement in Ottawa Employment Report
Ottawa shows a distinct rise in employment with Sept 1 figures marking the strongest early autumn expansion on record. All provinces except New Brunswick share the gain. Ontario manufacturing and prairie provinces drive the recovery with significant payroll increases and activity across mining transport construction and wholesale trade. Retail trade lagged.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
New Brunswick
Ontario
Prairie Provinces
Italian Troops In Spain Denied Withdrawal Report
Rome reports a government spokesman branded claims Mussolini ordered or agreed to early Italian troop withdrawal from the Spanish Civil War as absolutely unfounded. The denial reaffirms Italian forces remained committed amid ongoing conflict.
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Rome
Mussolini
Reinforcements Pushed to Shanghai French Concession Defences
French authorities moved reinforcements to the Shanghai French concession as fears rose over the European war crisis and its potential spillover into the Far East.
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Shanghai
Daleby Leads First Grain Shipment From Hudson Bay Port
The Daleby of the Ropner line sailed September 28 carrying 310000 bushels of No 1 Northern wheat from Churchill Manitoba, the first grain voyage in 1938. The ship arrived from Newcastle and headed to Queenstown for orders. S.S. Rudley docked after rough weather. S.S. Gulfpool due this week as part of moving 1300000 bushels stored here. Most wheat came from northern Saskatchewan points.
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Saskatchewan
Japan warns of reprisals if League sanctions hit China
Tokyo wired that a semi official source said Japan would reconsider its policy toward foreign concessions in China if the League of Nations imposes sanctions on Japan at China's request. The Geneva decision to punish Japan prompted debates on how far nations should enforce anti Japanese measures amid the China dispute. Dr V K Wellington Koo secured a compromise with Britain and France on punitive powers and floated potential appeals against aggression.
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Tokyo
Domei
Japan
China
League of Nations
V. K. Wellington Koo
League
Koo
Czechoslovakia Ready to Concede Territory After Munich Talks
The Czechoslovak government states it accepted further concessions before Munich and is prepared to cede land containing over half of the German population in exchange for borders that allow a viable state. It rejects plebiscites in areas with strong Czechoslovak majorities and agrees to a timetable with a possible settlement by October 31 and finalization by December 15.
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Germany
Celoslovak
International Commission
British Legion
Gotiations
Great Britain
France
Roosevelt
Europe
Sandys affair described as an unfortunate mistake
A House of Commons select committee termed the Sandys affair an unfortunate mistake. The panel cleared most participants, lightly rebuking others. Duncan Sandys began the dispute June 27 by alleging a rights violation over implied prosecution under the official secrets act. Leslie Hore-Belisha denied any threat.
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London
A_ select committee
House of Commons
Directors Resign Montreal Board for British Control
Fairchild Aircraft Ltd. announces that Sherman M. Fairchild and E. R. Robinson resign from the board to place the company under British direction if contracts with the British air ministry arise at the Longueuil plant. They are replaced by Phillip B. Gregory Leo G. Ryan and W. Taylor Bailey, all based in Montreal.
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Montreal
United States
Fairchild Aircraft Ltd
Air Ministry
Longueuil, Que
Sherman M. Fairchild
E. R. Robinson
New York
Phillip 8. Gregory
Leo G. Ryan
W. Taylor Bailey
E. G. Jackson
Insurance rates hike hits grain shipments to French ports
Montreal reports war risk insurance on grain and package freight to French Mediterranean ports at five percent of invoice value, the highest since World War I. Normal charges ranged from 22 cents to three cents per $100. Wheat circles report no shipments to the Mediterranean.
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Montreal
Mediterranean
Sydney man with artificial limbs aims 1200 mile hike to Toronto
Paul Melenick, 21, of Sydney Nova Scotia, who lost both legs five years ago when struck by a moving train, begins a 1200 mile trek to Toronto by hitchhiking. He plans to find work in an artificial limb factory there and travels by "walking" with his hands.
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N.S
Paul Melenick
Nitch
Toronto
Melenick
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