Ottawa House Calls 10 Meet on January 25
Ottawa reports the ninth and likely last session of Canada's 18th Parliament will open January 25. Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced the date, noting war concerns and public opinion may shape a summer election and possible union ideas. The session will address wartime contracts, the royal commission on Dominion provincial relations, and patronage issues raised by Hon. R J Manion. There have been many by-elections since 1935, reducing Liberal strength to 174 members with several vacancies.
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Canada
Mackenzie King
Mimaters
Uniers
Union
Ottawa
Royal Commission On Dominion
R. J. Manion
Liberal Party
Bacon And Hog Board Led By J G Taggart In Canada
The federal government plans a bacon and hog board headed by Hon. J. G. Taggart with one member from Quebec and one from Ontario to oversee marketing of 280 million pounds of bacon Canada will export to the United Kingdom in 1930. Federal Agriculture Minister Hon. J. Gardiner announced an advisory committee mainly of producers to work with the board to protect producers from speculation and secure markets and better prices amid low American bacon prices.
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J. G. Taggart
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Quebec
Ontario
United Kingdom
Canada
J. G. Gardiner
Gardiner
Bacon Board
Price Spreads Board
Department of Labor
United States
Young Alberta student crowns world wheat champion
Badmonton Francis Lloyd Rigby an 11 year old University of Alberta agricultural student is twice crowned world wheat champion. He will not begin milling quality tests on Peace River wheat until his graduation.
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Badmonton
Francis Lloyd Rigby
University of Alberta
Peace River
British order Lockheed Hudson bombers for 200 planes
British air ministry signed a contract with Lockheed for 200 Hudson bombers costing nearly 20 million dollars. France ordered 2,700 two motor bombers from Douglas, with 100 previously ordered before the war. The Hudsons use Wright Cyclone engines and may receive more powerful units. Douglases feature retractable nose wheels and Pratt and Whitney power plants.
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Mites
France
New York
Air Ministry
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Burbank
Calif
Hudson
Germany
Douglas Aircraft Company
Santa Monica
Round the Empire broadcast details for Christmas Day
The BBC announced a Round the Empire program featuring a Canadian air trainee a New Zealand farmer an Australian worker and a Malayan naval rating describing defence work. The globe spanning broadcast includes a hospital tour behind the Western Front greetings from French troops and British forces and a closing royal message at 3 pm local time.
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London
Canada
New Zealand
Wosnan
Malaya
Empire
British Broadcasting Company
English Channel
Broadcasting Company
France
B.B.C
Royal Navy
Royal Air Force
India
South Africa
Coastal Defence Service of the Union
Great Britain
Mls.t.j
Russians Complain of Finnish Ski Tactics in War
A Soviet Red Karelia war correspondent reports Finnish white clad ski units using bandit tactics in sudden attacks on Soviet columns. The Finns allegedly hide under white robes to ambush advancing units and ski away in their stockings. A separate New York summary notes 61 percent of UK residents support Chamberlain's war conduct while 18 percent oppose and 11 percent want an end to the war.
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Moscow
Finland
Red Karelia
New York
United Kingdom
British Institute of Public Opinion
Britain Sees 2100 Casualties in First Quarter War
Prime Minister Chamberlain stated in the House of Commons that Britain’s total casualties for the first three months of war were about 2100. He contrasted this with 12,500 casualties in the first two months of 1914.
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London
Great Britain
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Canada US air rights talks near franchise hearing
Negotiations between United States and Canadian air authorities for reciprocal franchise rights for international traffic are under way. A hearing will occur soon in Washington or on Trans-Canada Airlines application for a US franchise. Canadian position is that US airlines must grant Canada the same rights to operate from US points into Canada.
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Ottawa
United States
Washington
Trans-Canada Airlines
C.D. Howe
Howe
U.S
Canada
Home on Leave Aviator Killed in London Blackout
Leading Aircraftsman John Naylor 19 returned to Marlow Buckinghamshire during a RAF raid on Heligoland. He displayed a fragment from his aircraft to his parents before a blackout crash killed him when his car struck another vehicle in a forest.
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London
John Naylor
Royal Air Force
Heligoland
Naylor
Marlow
Buckinghamshire
Air Patrol 10 Prevent German Mine Laying
British Royal Air Force patrols over Heligoland aim to keep German mine laying aircraft out of British skies. If effective, Germany may test new tactics, potentially sparking a major air battle as both sides deploy faster fighters and heavy bombers.
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Royal Air Force
Heligoland
Great Britain
Germany
Bight
Massey Faces Expanded Duties In London
War duties have broadened Vincent Massey’s role as Canada’s high commissioner in Britain. He and his wife keep up formal duties, private correspondence, and reading Canadian papers, with limited leisure other than golf at home.
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London
Vincent Massey
Canada
Great Britain
Mr. Massey
Salute Flag Motion Brought Before Edmonton Board
Trustee Mrs. E. Ross moves the public school board approve a daily flag salute and pledge of allegiance in schools. She asks teachers’ cooperation to arrange readership and guidance for pupils in saluting the flag and reciting the pledge, “I salute the flag the emblem of our country, and to help pledge my love and loyalty.”
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Edmonton
E. Ross
South African Woman Donates Mobile X-Ray Unit
A South African woman has donated a mobile X-ray unit valued at about £3000 to the Royal Army Medical Corps. The unit can operate immediately as it provides its own electrical current. The donor requested secrecy.
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London
Royal Army Medical Corps
War Office
Spain May Have Monarchy Prediction Sparks Spanish Plan
The Daily Sketch predicted that within two weeks a king would reclaim the throne of Spain. It named Don Juan of Asturias as heir, proposing a Jimiteidi mandarchy with a constitutional government and broad party participation. Exiled Spaniards would be allowed to return under the plan.
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London
Tablea Daily Sketch
Spain
Pater
Don Juan of Asturias
Alf
Tepality
Diminutive Soldier Barrett Aims for Big Foot Distinction
Private Richard Barrett of the Seaforth Highlanders, five feet one inch, jokes he may be the shortest member of Canada’s expeditionary force. A Montreal corporal claims the biggest foot, Corporal Co. AS Malette of the Canadian Dental Corps, noted for boot size ten.
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Vancouver
Montreal
Richard Barrett
Dominion
Barrett
Seaforth Hichlanders
British Cruisers Duel With Graf Spee Near Montevideo
A 14 hour sea battle saw three British cruisers engage the German pocket battleship Graf Spee. Damaged Exeter retreated, Ajax and Achilles pressed the fight, Graf Spee sought refuge in Montevideo after sustaining heavy losses with 36 dead and 60 injured.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Admiral Graf Spee
Graf Spee
Atlantic
Admiral Scheer
Britain urged to aid Finland and condemn Russian aggression
Prime Minister Chamberlain urged Britain to furnish aid to Finland and support peaceful League of Nations action while denouncing Soviet aggression. He praised a South Atlantic clash where British ships Exeter Achilles and Ajax pursued the Graf Spee, and defended British conduct against German charges of gas shells. He emphasized resisting German aggression to save Europe and criticized Germany’s stance toward Finland.
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London
Exeter
South Atlantic
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Ajax
Graf Spee
Achilles
Formosa
Ponte de Este
Uru
Montevideo
Barber
Loidon
Chamberlain
League of Nations
Russia
Finland
Hote of Commons
Germany
Europe
Pariament
France
Uruguay
Treats For The Sailors Christmas Cheer Being Planned
The Navy League of Canada announced plans to give Christmas treats to sailors in port at Vancouver Victoria Esquimalt Prince Rupert Halifax Sydney Saint John N B and St John s Nfld. An appeal for funds for Christmas dinners drew strong support and hundreds of women are making dirty bags filled with gifts for sailors. The first shipment has left Toronto for Canadian sea cadets and navy and merchant marine personnel.
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Toronto
Vancouver
Victoria
Esquimalt
Prince Rupert
B.C
Halifax
Sydney
Saint John
N.B
St. John's
Navy League of Canada
Navy
Merchant Marine
Lifeboat Service Reports Record Early War Launches
London lifeboat service statistics show 490 summons to distressed ships up to mid November. That figure exceeds all of 1438, the service's previous record year, by five. Since war began, an average of 19 launches per week has occurred.
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Lifeboat Service
London
Geegela
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