Hepburn Wins in Ontario with Strong Majority
Liberal party secures a decisive Ontario general election victory winning 63 seats to 66 in 1934, with 67 government supporters in the next legislature. Premier Hepburn earns another term amid stronger Conservative opposition and cabinet losses for Marshall and Faulkner.
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Toronto
Liberal Party
Liberal-Progressies
U F.O
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Liberal
U.F.O
Mitchell Hepburn
Labor
Hydro
Earl Rowe
Mr. Rowe
Duncan Marshall
Peel
J. A. Faulkner
Hastings West
George S. Henry
York East
Mr. Henry
George Drew
Col. Drew
Wellington South
Hepburn
Committee For Industrial Organization
John L. Lewis
United Automoble Workers
C.I0
Oshawa
League warns Japan at Geneva Nine-Power China settlement urged
The League of Nations assembly adopted a unanimous resolution warning Japan of possible international action unless it agrees to a peaceful nine power settlement of the China conflict. Poland and Siam abstained, but the vote stood unanimous as the Aga Khan announced the resolution.
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Geneva
League of Nations’ Assembly
Japan
China
Poland
Siam
Aga Khan
Conference of the Nine
League Takes Stand Over Japan China Invasion
The League of Nations sub committee reports Japan violated treaties and invaded China. The drafting committee agrees nine power treaty signatories should be invited at the earliest moment to examine the situation.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Japan
China
Germany challenges Roosevelt over treaty talk
The German foreign office warned President Roosevelt to recall Woodrow Wilson and questioned which nations he referred to in his appeal against aggressors. It criticized his vague language on treaties and failed to identify which accords meet or violate morality, and noted omissions on Bolshevism.
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Berlin
Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Deutsche Diplomatischpolitische Korrespondenz
Foreign Office
Russians Likely Declare War on Japan Next Month
Domei reports Nanking observers expect a Soviet declaration of war on Japan within a month. Chinese public opinion hopes for gains from a Moscow visit by Soviet Ambassador Dmitri Bogomoloff after talks with Chiang Kai-Shek and Wang Chung- Hui on Sino Japanese conflict and possible Soviet aid and munitions routes.
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Tokio
Domei
Nanking
Soviet Union
Japan
Dmitri Bogomoloff
Moscow
Bogomoloff
Chiang Kai-Shek
Wang Chung- Hui
China
Speedy Transport Planes for Trans-Canada Lines
The first of seven speedy transport planes ordered by the Dominion of Canada for Trans-Canada Air Lines left the Lockheed factory in Burbank for Vancouver. The seven planes cost more than 475000 dollars in total. Three planes use twin 450 horsepower engines for a top speed of 210 mph and carry 10 passengers. The remaining four will have twin 850 horsepower motors, reach 250 mph, and carry 11 passengers and crew.
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Burbank
Calif
Dominion of Canada
trans-Canada Air Lines
Lockheed Aircraft
Vancouver
B.C
Mysterious Spy Ring in Paris Exposed
French and Swiss police disclosed the arrest of a blonde Swiss girl and two men in a web of international espionage. They described a "one-way ride" of a secret agent for an unnamed European power and a killing by sub-machine guns on a quiet roadside as part of the ring's unraveling.
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Paris
Europe
Major Baden-Powell Brother of Lord Baden-Powell Dies
Major Baden Fletcher Smyth Baden-Powell aged 77, veteran soldier and balloon pioneer, died in a Sevenoaks nursing home Kent. He was the brother of Lord Baden-Powell chief scout and was three years younger than him.
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London
Baden Fletcher Smyth Baden-Powell
Lord Baden- Powel
Baden- Powell
Sevenoaks
Kent
Palace denies two rumors about royal plans
Buckingham Palace officials denied two rumors about the king and queen. They said there was no truth in reports that Windsor Castle would become their permanent residence or that the royal couple planned to visit Australia.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Windsor Castle
Australia
McGill Names Dr Douglas Principal Succeeding Morgan
Montreal announces Dr Douglas a native of Bisbeen Arizona is appointed principal of McGill University succeeding A E Morgan who resigned last April. The decision follows a Board of Governors and Senate meeting with Chancellor Sir Edward Beatty stating a formal announcement will follow regarding Douglas.
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Douglas
Arizona
Montreal
Lewis Williams Douglas
McGill University
A. E. Morgan
Edward Beatty
Bisbeen
Board of Governors
Senate
Douglas Hall
Navy Adds Mohawk Tribal Destroyer and Two Submarines
Three new units joined the royal navy as the destroyer Mohawk of the tribal class slid down the slip at Southampton while the submarines Triton and Undine were launched at Barrow. The tribal class ships displace 1,850 tons and mount seven 47 inch guns.
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London
Royal Navy
Mohawk
Southampton
Triton
Barrow
Railway Earnings Rise in Canada Pacific Week
Canadian Pacific Railway shows approximate gross earnings of 4,773,000 for the week ended September 30 up from 4,670,000 a year earlier, an increase of 103,000. The report compares current results with the same period last year.
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Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway
Arabs Strike as Arab Leaders Are Arrested in Jerusalem
Reports across the Holy Land describe Arab reprisals after arrests of Arab leaders. The Mosul Haifa oil pipeline burned at three points while Jaffa Jerusalem lines and rail links faced disruption. Police and army patrols tightened frontier areas and streets.
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Jerusalem
Holy Land
Mosul-Haifa
Trans-Jordan
Jaffa
Jerusalem-Jaffa
Royal Sussex Regiment
Old City
Haifa
Lydda
Ramler
Gaza
Port Arthur alderman to resume search for Russian flyers
Port Arthur alderman Al Cheesman announced he will return north after October 25 to continue the search for six lost Russian flyers. He spoke after visiting the Soviet embassy in New York following Sir Hubert Wilkins’ expedition return. Cheesman said Herbert Hollick-Kenyon of Toronto is likely to join the second expedition, with Hollick-Kenyon piloting the first.
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Port Arthur
al Cheesman
North Polar
New York
Sir Hubert Wilkin
Cheesman
Herbert Hollick-Kenyon
Prominent Publisher George N Morang Dies in Ontario
George N Morang, a leading Canadian publisher and founder of Morang and Company, died at his Brookwood home near Uxbridge Ontario in his 73rd year. Born in eastern Maine, he learned publishing in New York before moving to Toronto in 1888 to start his firm and he chaired the Makers of Canada historical series.
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Toronto
George N. Morang
Canada
Brookwood
Uxbridge
Ont
Morang
Maine
New England
New York
Morang and Company
Makers of Canada
United States Condemns Japan for China Actions
The United States denounces Japan as a treaty violator in China and backs League of Nations efforts to halt the Far East conflict. State Department says conclusions align with the League and Kellogg Briand pact while weighing nine power conference. Moscow buys over 10 million dollars of U S war goods in September, including materials for two battleships.
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Washington
United States
Japan
China
League of Nations
League
The
State Department
Assembly of the League of Nations
Roosevelt
Chicago
Far East
Hull
Soviet
Russia
Moscow
Campaign to raise funds for China aided by Bank of England
Lord Mayor Sir George Broadbridge led a government sanctioned campaign to collect humanitarian funds for war torn China with Bank of England cooperation. This marked the first effort to centralize spontaneous giving for China.
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London
George Broadbridge
China
Bank of England
Germany commissions new submarine flotilla in Kiel harbor
Germany forms a 12 unit submarine flotilla at Kiel led by the motor ship Wiechsel and tender Mosel with seven 250 ton submarines and two held in reserve. Hitler orders the flotilla named after Captain Lohs recalling a submarine sunk in the Great War. England’s fruit intake per person averaged 96 pounds in 1935, up from 70 pounds in 1925.
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Kiel
Germany
Wiechsel
Mosel
Hitler
Lohs
England
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