Western Wheat Marketing Conference Planned in Winnipeg
Premier John Bracken announced Manitoba will host an international conference on marketing western agriculture, focusing on wheat prices and export markets. The event will invite Canadian and U S authorities and include cattle, hog, butter, honey, poultry, and fish products discussions.
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Winnipeg
John Bracken
Manifora
Bracken
United States
Ash Iti
Wheat Board
Dominion
Western Canada
Manitoba
Canada
West
Warning From Japan Signals South China Campaign
Tokyo urged Britain the United States and other powers to refrain from moving troops ships and aircraft near China amid a Japanese expeditionary force landing. The area from Swatow to Pakhoi was set as a no movement zone with 10 days notice required for any required action. Japan aims for a rapid purely military operation with no permanent south China occupation.
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Tokyo
Great Britain
United States
China
Canton
Navy Ministry
Foreign Office
Japan
South
Gas Price Reduction Ordered by BC Fuel Commission
Dr. W A Carrothers former UBC professor and fuel commission chairman said he would order a gasoline price cut within 10 days. The plan would save British Columbia consumers about 500 000 dollars a year for each one cent reduction subject to provincial cabinet approval.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Provincial
Fuel Commission
W.A. Carrothers
University of British Columbia
The
Farm placement scheme resumes in Canada west
Ottawa reports the program that placed about 42,000 mostly single men on western farms last fall and winter is active again this year. Placements are expected to fall sharply due to a brighter economic picture in the west.
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Ottawa
Canada
Britain Presses Japan Over Hong Kong Trade Rights
The British government reiterates to Japan that British commercial interests in Hong Kong and southern China must be respected. Ambassador Sir Robert Craigie conveyed the stance to the Japanese foreign office in recent days.
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London
Japan
Hong Kong
China
Tokyo
Robert Craigie
Forest Fire Havoc Near Fort Frances Ontario
A massive forest fire in northwestern Ontario sent a red smoke pall across the night sky. The blaze has claimed 20 lives overall with four bodies found in Dance Township. Evacuees include eight women and 25 children housed at a Stratton hotel as crews battle the outbreaks threatening Devlin and stretching toward northern Minnesota.
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Fort Frances
Ont
Ontario
Forestry Branch
Stratton
Devlin
Minnesota
Dance Township
Russia strengthens western frontier as defence line grows
Washington reports Russia is hastening work on a vast artificial no man’s land along the western frontier. The plan aims to shield Ukrainian wheat and coal fields from invasion after Russian hopes for an eastern barricade against Germany faltered. A six point program is integrated with natural defenses and limited communications to slow and halt approaching forces.
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Washington
Russia
Plans for 471-suite low rent apartment centre in Winnipeg
Mayor John Queen outlined a plan for a 471 suite low rental apartment centre costing about 1.4 million dollars. Financing would come from a Dominion government loan with a 25 year repayment period. The plan will be submitted to city council for action.
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Winnipeg
John Queen
Rust prevention dusting trial improves Thatcher wheat color
Dr Geddes and L H Newman outlined a rust prevention dusting test on Thatcher wheat to raise yields and grades. The experiment showed favorable reaction and better color in the rust resistant variety, with export standards improving and overseas attention. The year's crop is more uniform and balanced, though last year showed breuth effects. Ripened kernels exhibited a bronzy brassy color in rust susceptible wheat.
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Winnipeg
Committee On Grain Standards
W. Geddes
Board of Grain Commissioners
L. H. Newman
Dominion Cerealist
Ottawa
Geddes Sald
Canada
New Frontiers in Czechoslovakia Outlined by Commission
London reports an official map showing Hitler pushing a new frontier near the Godesberg lines with variances. The Munich commission redraws borders north of Prague and near Pilsen, and suggests possible plebiscites in certain areas while Czech gains occur along the southern frontier.
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London
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Chamberlain
Germany
Munich
Prague
Godesberg
Pilsen
Machrisch-Ostrau
Moravia
Germany seeks trade pact with United States via Turkey credit
German economics minister Walter Funk announced plans to start trade negotiations with the United States, following a Turkish credit of 150 million marks to Ankara for railroads in eastern Anatolia and factories for munitions and chemicals. The move aligns with Germany’s aim to pull southeastern Europe into its orbit. Washington officials said the US would welcome a trade deal but not on Germany's system.
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Ankara
Turkey
Walter Funk
United States
Funk
Berlin
Germany
Europe
Anatolia
Washington
Canadian Pacific shops close three weeks to cut costs
Montreal main shops of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company will close for three weeks from Oct. 24 to Nov. 14 after a conference with company officers and 13,000 unionized shop employees. An amicable agreement was reached to avoid immediate layoffs by halting work during the period.
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Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canada
London Telegraphist Committed For Trial Over Air Raid Hoax
William Wood a 26 year old telephone operator was committed for trial at Leeds on a charge of public mischief for telephoning a fake air raid warning during the recent international crisis. Thousands of defence workers rushed from bed and 69 air raid precaution centres across West Yorkshire prepared for action. The summons was a hoax.
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London
William Wood
Leeds
West Yorkshire
Nazi warnings rise over Cardinal Innitzer methods in Vienna
Nazis publish sharp editorials in Wisner Neueste Nachrichten denouncing Cardinal Innitzer and calling for an end to his methods. The piece cites his wartime visit to Hitler and a plebiscite stance, while authorities seize the Kirchliche Wandzeitung bulletin.
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Vienna
Theodore Cardinal Innitzer
Wisner Neueste Nachrichten
Walter Petwaidle
Innitzer
Cardinal Innitzer
Saint Stephen's Place
Hermann Neubacher
Cardinal
Hitler
Austria
Germany
Neueste Nachrichten
Sudetenland
Fuehrer
Reich
Kirchliche Wandzeitung
King and Queen Excited for Canadian Visit Next Summer
The King and Queen say they are greatly looking forward to visiting Canada next year. Balmoral Castle released their reply after Lord Tweedsmuir conveyed the Prime Minister’s message praising Canada’s joy. The Queen and King express gratitude and anticipation to meet Canada and its people.
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Ottawa
Canada
Lord Tweedsmuir
Governor-General
Balmoral Castle
Peace and war in a Nazi world view
Alfred Duff Cooper writes in Die Zukunft that Nazi Germany blocks peaceful cooperation between German and British people. He argues Chamberlain erred in appeasement over Czechoslovakia and warns war may come unless the German people ally against the Nazi regime. He asserts Britain could not trust Nazis yet hopes for peace among civilized nations.
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Paris
Die Zukimft
Alfred Duff Cooper
the Admiralty
Germany
Duff Cooper
Chamberlain
Hitler
Great Britain
British Empire
Farm School Scholarships Awarded at University of Saskatchewan
A joint committee from the University of Saskatchewan along with provincial and federal representatives selected 50 young men from hundreds of applications to receive Dominion provincial youth training scholarships. Each scholarship provides 154 to cover five months of study at the university farm school, including board transportation and books.
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Saskatoon
University of Saskatchewan
University Farm School
R. D. Ramsay
Italian Casualties in Spanish War Report
Rome reports 2,657 Italian officers and men killed from the start of Spain operations to Oct 10 with 278 dead from service causes. The communique lists 12,147 killed, wounded, or captured, and notes 2,000 of the wounded permanently crippled or invalid.
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Rome
Italy
Spain
Avon Castle Sold to London Surveyor
Avon Castle the ancestral home of the Earl of Egmont and Alberta’s rancher peer has been sold to H J Colebrook a wealthy London surveyor. The reported purchase price is about 3 778 800 dollars the castle was built in 1878 and remains a historic estate.
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London
Avon Castle
Earl of Egmont
Alberta
H. J. Colebrook
War scare costs Britain over twenty five million pounds
The London based Evening News cites Liberal estimates that emergency defence measures taken during the European crisis drained more than 25 million pounds from Britain. The figure translates to about 125 million dollars, reflecting the wartime strain on public funds.
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London
Great Britain
Evening News
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Saskatchewan
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Dunbar
Stoddart
Prescott
Regina
France
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