Military leader heads Czech cabinet as tensions rise
Premier Gen Jan Syrovy forms a new Czechoslovak government amid foreign pressure and criticism over the Sudeten surrender. Eduard Benes appeals to the army to guard the republic as Syrovy takes war ministry alongside the premiership, a veteran with a wartime Czech legion past.
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Jan Syrovy
Syrovy
Germany
Soviet
Russia
Milan Hodza
Hitler
War
Austria
Hodza
Kamil Krofta
Eduard Benes
Sudetenland
Spain pledges immediate withdrawal of foreign volunteers
Premier Juan Negrin announced before the League of Nations that Spain will expel all foreign volunteers and those who became nationals since July 1936 in the civil war, seeking an international committee to verify the action. The plan, agreed July 5, estimated 10,000 volunteers on the government side and 100,000 with the insurgents.
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Geneva
Juan Negrin
League of Nations Assembly
Spain
Negrin
iThe International Committee For
London
International Brigade
Mackenzie- Papineau
League
Britain
Spey
Honorary President Vancouver Named for RCMP Veterans
Commissioner S T Wood of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has been elected honorary president of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police Veterans Association of Vancouver. Wood’s father Inspector Zachary Wood led veterans in 1898 guarding a $150 000 gold shipment to Skagway Alaska.
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Vancouver
S. T Wood
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Royal Northwest Mounted Police Veterans’ Association of
Wood
Zachary Wood
Skagway
Alaska
Brother of Louis Riel Dies in Winnipeg
Alex Riel, last surviving brother of Louis Riel and organizer of the Northwest rebellion of 1885, died in the Bt. Vital district near Winnipeg where he lived all his life. He did not participate in the rebellion.
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Winnipeg
Alex Riel
Louis Riel
Mr. Riel
Bt. Vital
Grain Shifts East as Calgary Ships Surplus Wheat
Alberta grain moves east to head of the lake as Pacific coast terminals reach capacity. Canadian Wheat Board officials say Alberta farmers will be paid on Vancouver shipment basis despite eastward movement. Heaviest grain flow in 10 years with 11,979 carloads from Alberta this year and 9,901 Sept 1 to date, Calgary facilities taxed, 400 cars shipped in a single day.
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Calgary
Pacific Coast
Alberta
Head
Narrow Escape For Rail Freight Near Creston B C
A heavy Canadian Pacific freight carrying lead and zinc concentrates derailed six miles west of Creston British Columbia after a broken flange caused two cars to leave the rails. Fourteen cars remained on track blocking the line while three transients jumped to escape the plunge of about 30 feet down an embankment. No injuries were reported.
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Creston
B.C
Canadian Pacific Railway
Kootenay
Grand Forks Man Hunter Dies At Local Hospital
Grand Forks B C John P Hunter a locomotive engineer on the Canadian Pacific Railway Kootenay division for 34 years died in hospital here Hunter joined as a helper in the Kootenay division shops and was promoted to engineer the following year 2274
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Grand Forks
B.C
John P. Hunter
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Kootenay
Hunter
Postponed Trials Stall Bonneville Speed Attempt
London driver Captain George Eyston in the Thunderbolt failed at Bonneville Utah to better his 357.5 mph world speed record. Official time 24 985 mph not completed as the racer suffered damage in a five mile mishap and attempts for the year were abandoned.
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Bonneville San Fiata
Utah
George Eyston
London
Eyston
Eden warns world on brink of war in bold speech
StratfordonAvon England Anthony Eden former foreign secretary warned that retreat leads to confusion and crisis nears war. He urged Britain to stand firm despite optimism and cited Hull on peace with justice as essential, warning that ignoring truth could bring final calamity.
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Stratford-on-Avon
England
Anthony Eden
Eden
Chamberlain
Mussolini
Italy
Europe
Mr. Eden
Mr. Hull
United States
May G P Acclamation Candidate for Parkdale Byelection
W J Stewart former Toronto mayor chosen as Conservative candidate for Parkdale byelection to fill seat left by the death of Fred G McBrien in the Ontario House. Stewart’s nomination sets the campaign underway as parties position for the Ontario electoral contest.
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W. J. Stewart
Toronto
Parkdale
Ontario
Fred G. McBrien
Ottawa Cabinet Reviews Canada United States Trade Talks
The Canadian mission presented proposals from Washington on revising the Canada United States trade accord to the cabinet council but no details were released. Minister T A Crerar said talks were pretty well advanced and hinted a signing date would not be forecast. He noted Anglo American talks may influence timing and Mackenzie King is improving from sciatica.
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Ottawa
Washington
T. A. Crerar
Natural Resources
Mackenzie King
Canada
United States
New Record Set for Grain Marketings at Lethbridge
All time daily grain marketing record on the Lethbridge division of the Canadian Pacific shows farmers delivering 1,177,000 bushels of wheat and 8,000 bushels of other grains on Sept 19. Wheat weighed 35,310 tons, equaling about 800 car loads and 23 trainloads to reach the main line.
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Lethbridge
Canadian Pacific
New York Reports Record Gold Shipments to United States
Foreign gold imports into the United States reached $112,518,000 by September’s early period, an all time high for the span since shipments began weeks ago. The latest $15,800,000 addition boosted the total as European crises push bullion movement upward.
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New York
United States
Europe
Elected New Moderator for United Church of Canada
Rev. John W. Woodside of Chalmers United Church Ottawa was chosen moderator of the United Church of Canada succeeding Rt. Rev. Peter Bryce now at Metropolitan United Church in Toronto.
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Toronto
John W. Woodside
Chalmers United Church
Ottawa
United Church of Canada
Peter Bryce
Metropolitan United Church
Windsor man to inherit half of estate in Regina ruling
Norval McKim a Windsor training instructor and his sister Judson Ball of Tillsonburg receive half of the $110000 estate of William T Hind of Moosomin Sask after a King’s Bench decision in Regina. The late Robert McKim left the estate to his son. Norval says he would be more impressed with cash in hand rather than court awards.
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Windsor
Windsor Public Schools
Norval McKim
McKim
Judson Ball
Tillsonburg
William T Hind
Moosomin
Sask
King's Bench Court
Regina
Robert McKim
Norval
Roumanian worries on Western aid stance amid German pressure
Bucharest seeks Britain and France positions against Germany's eastward push before shaping policy. Soviet aid is viewed as risky, and Italy is seen by observers as a German vassal, signaling Romania's cautious wartime calculations.
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Bucharest
Roumania
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Great Britain
France
Italy
Eastern U S hit by immense tidal wave tolling the coast
A massive hurricane swept the eastern United States causing nearly 450 deaths in seven states and Canada. Rhode Island led with 223 fatalities, followed by Massachusetts 108 New York 39 Connecticut 40 New Hampshire 12 New Jersey 2 Vermont 2 and Quebec 2. Weather officials warned the toll could be higher if New York City had been slightly broader in its wake.
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New York
Canada
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Vermont
Quebec
United States Weather Bureau
Washington
New York City
North America
Charles L. Mitchell
New England
Providence
R.I
Weather Bureau
Revision of Soviet foreign policy shifts toward Asia
Diplomatic observers foresee drastic changes in Soviet policy as Anglo-French pressure on Czechoslovakia could push Moscow to abandon Europe. Izvestia warns that Czechoslovakia fate signals France, and Pravda hints Britain and France may face repercussions in Asia or Africa as Germany expands in central Europe.
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Moscow
Europe
Asia
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Izvestia
France
Roumania
Danubian
Poland
Soviet Union
Pravda
Communist Party
Britain
Africa
Britain seeks to reshape the League of Nations to suit Germany
Britain launches a drive to remold the League of Nations into a form favorable to Germany and former members. Cabinet figures consider severing the League Covenant from the Versailles treaty to remove the stigma of Versailles and limit unconditional punitive obligations on aggressors.
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Geneva
Great Britain
League of Nations
Germany
Chamberlain
Godesberg
Adolf Hitler
Britain
League Assembly
Richard Austen Butler
League
Versailles
Butler
Pension Proposals Highlight Doctor Examinations
Capt. C. P. Gilman of Ottawa, Dominion adjustment officer for the Army and Navy Veterans' Association, told delegates at the association convention that many disabled ex soldiers struggle to obtain pensions because pension doctors focus on office files rather than performing actual physical examinations.
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Winnipeg
C. P. Gilman
Ottawa
Dominion
Army and Navy Veterans’ Association
Association
French School Request Denied by Calgary Board
A committee of French speaking ratepayers asked the Calgary separate school board to open a French school for French Catholic children. The board refused the application at a recent meeting.
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Calgary
Alberta pool leases Vancouver terminal grain elevator
Lew Hutchinson announced that the Vancouver No. 2 terminal grain elevator, capacity 1 650 900 bushels, owned by the Doshinson government, has been leased by the Alberta wheat pool.
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Calgary
Vancouver
Doshinson
Alberta Wheat Pool
Lew Hutchinson
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