Home Improvement Plan Aims to Cut Unemployment
Boston era government officials promote a home improvement loan plan asking banks to lend at a discount rate of 3 percent for up to one year. The program targets unemployed workers in building trades, emphasizing character and income over collateral. Officials say it offers the world’s lowest cost installment loans and boosts home repair to create jobs.
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Towa
The
Nations Unemployment Commission
Ernest Lapointe
Charles Dunning
Finance
Norman Rogers
Arthur B. Purvis
Montreal
Kingston
Mr. Dunning
Purvis
Ontario
Rogers
Canada
Mr. Rogera
Dunning
United States
Countess of Egmont Delivers Second Son at Moodie Home
Alberta born Earl of Egmont and Countess celebrate birth of their second son at the Countess mother Mrs. D. Gerald Moodie. Viscount Percival Egmont was born in Calgary two years earlier. The couple, married in 1933 after he inherited the title, hail from Avon Castle Hampshire England, though the countess has never visited England.
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Egmont
Calgary
Countess of
Avoncastle
Hampshire
England
Britain U S war debt talks unlikely soon, Chamberlain says
London reports Neville Chamberlain chancellor of the exchequer told the House of Commons there are no immediate prospects for reopening debt discussions between Great Britain and the United States.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Great Britain
United States
Tree Planting Plan Proposed for Veterans in Manitoba
Frank Sewell of Neepawa on behalf of the Manitoba command of the Canadian Legion asked the veterans assistance commission to back a tree planting program to employ tar veterans. Sewell said Neepawa and the rural municipalities of Rosedale Langford and Lansdowne would donate 160 acres each for an experimental project if the Dominion government financed it. Pine tree plantings along main highways were proposed as a tourist draw and to provide windbreaks and soil moisture conservation.
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Veterans’ Assistance Commission
Frank Sewell
Neepawa
Man
Manitoba Command
Canadian Legion
B.E
Sewell
Rosedale
Langford
Lansdowne
Dominion
Government reaches work program for 1500 unemployed
An agreement between the Dominion and provincial governments enables 1500 unemployed men to work on three projects the Peace River highway the Jasper highway and the Nordegg connection of the Jasper Banff highway. Work starts immediately and runs until March 31 with wages of 30 cents per hour.
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Edmonton
Dominion
Wiren
W. W. Cross
Peace River
Jasper
Nordegg
Jasper-Banff
Ban On Volunteers for Spain Sparks London Debate
In London the government moves toward restricting foreign volunteers in Spain. Foreign notes from Britain, France, and Czechoslovakia express concern over Spain's war and the German stance. Lord Plymouth seeks committee action while a plan to supervise arms imports at key land and sea entry points is sent to the Spanish parties.
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London
Spain
Lord Plymouth
Reich
Road Project Links Berlin and Rome in Axis Plan
A two way concrete highway would connect Berlin to Rome and tie fascist nations closer. Chancellor Hitler, Dr. Fritz Todt, and Senator Pietro Turicelli discussed the venture as a major strategic link between the Baltic and the Mediterranean. The project is seen as a practical follow up to the German Italian alliance.
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Berlin
Rome
Europe
Hitler
Fritz Todt
Pietro Turicelli
Baltic
Mediterranean
Mollison Fails to Beat Johnson Record in Cape Town Flight
Captain James A Mollison and co pilot Edouard Corrignon Molinier departed Kimberley December 2 aiming to beat Amy Johnsons 3 days 4 hours 29 minutes record for the London to Cape Town route. They went off course on the final lap and failed to arrive by 3 57 pm costing them the record.
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Cape Town
South Africa
James A. Mollison
London
Amy Johnson
Mollison
Edouard Corrignon-Molinier
Kimberley
Britain Stands United in Speech by Arthur Greenwood
Deputy Labour leader in the House of Commons Arthur Greenwood declared Britain united against aggression. He warned no foreign nation should think the country will split, and vowed to supply arms to uphold undertakings for world peace, noting strong public support.
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London
Arthur Greenwood
House of Commons
France Aims Massive Naval Build To Counter Rivals
Paris announced a large naval program in response to Italy and Germany. The plan seeks five 35 000 ton battleships and ten 10 000 ton cruisers by 1943 at about 572 million dollars. Immediate addition of 4 000 sailors is urged. Air power also expands with 1 560 new planes planned for 1937.
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Paris
France
Germany
Italy
Chamber Navy Committee
Superior Navy Council
Navy
Air
Pierre Cot
Chamber Finance Committee
Praise for Canadian Press in Sydney Radio News
Gladstone Murray, general manager of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, called The Canadian Press news broadcast system highly satisfactory. He foresees development when wartime conditions allow and emphasized cooperation between radio and the press for public benefit.
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Sydney, N.S
Gladstone Murray
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Murray
Armament Orders Placed in Dominion to Sustain Britain
Sir Thomas Inskip told the House of Commons that armaments orders totaling £400,000 had recently been placed in a dominion. The contracts covered parts of scientific instruments and shell bodies to maintain supplies until Britain’s output ramps up. He said rearmament progress generally followed estimates.
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London
Thomas Inskip
House of Commons
Dominions
Britain
Thomas
National Appeal Launched For Drouth Relief In West Canada
Norman Sommerville of Toronto chairs the Canadian Red Cross national council announcing a drive for 750000 to aid drought struck western farmers and families. More than 150000 has been raised with 50000 from Montreal’s W J McConnell and 100000 in goods. He warns the drought has produced a national emergency with crops lost for five to eight years and urges urgent action.
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Canada
Ottawa
Norman Sommerville
Toronto
National Council of the
Canadian Red Cross Society
Sommerville
W. J. McConnell
Montreal
Drouth
Germany seeks equitable raw material plan with global conference
Germany pursues a League of Nations conference on fair raw material sharing. Britain has discussed with the United States and Japan, and a January convocation is anticipated. Hitler and the Nazi leadership insist colonies seized after the Great War must be recovered to avert economic starvation, as they launch a four year plan to mobilize internal resources.
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Geneva
Germany
League of Nations
Great Britain
United States
Japan
Hitler
Reich
Women's Canadian Club Toronto Announces Short Story Contest
The Women’s Canadian Club of Toronto announces a Canadian life themed short story contest open to professional and non professional writers. Submissions must be in by February 1, 1937, with a first prize of $50.
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Toronto
Women's
Canadian Club of
Corn King Crowned At Chicago Show 1936
William H Curry, a 46 year old Tipton county Indiana farmer, won the 1936 corn king honor at the International Live Stock and Grain Shows. Currys 10 Reid Yellow Dent ears measured 1044 inches in length and 714 inches in circumference. From about 7 000 cattle judges named G Page an Aberdeen Angus from Oklahoma A and M College as grand champion steer. The black steer weighed 995 pounds at 18 months. Bucking ham Quebecs Alexander MacLaren showed the prize milking Shorthorn. Cadboro Bay BC James Turner presented the winning Shorthorn steer in the 875 1 000 pound class. Edwards Brothers of Watford Ontario had the winning Aberdeen Angus bull and first place Aberdeen Angus heifer carved between January 1 and April 30 1936.
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Chicago
William H. Curry
Tipton County
Indiana
Currys
Reid Yellow
Walter Biggar
Scotland
G. Page
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Stillwater
Okla
Alexander MacLaren
Buckingham
Que
James Turner
Cadbero Bay
B.C
Edwards Brothers
Watford
Ont
Canada must buy more to sell wheat, says grain board
C D Davidson, secretary of the Canadian Wheat Board, told the Turgeon royal grain commission that Canada should buy more merchandise from wheat importing nations to reintegrate continental Europe into world trade. He detailed 1925-30 versus 1930-35 export declines and noted Europe’s shrinking share as the main factor in Canada’s wheat export slump.
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Winnipeg
Canada
C. D. Davidson
Canadian Wheat Board
Turgeon Royal Grain Commission
Europe
W. F. ‘A. Turgeon
Regina
Beard
Davidson
United Kingdom
Dominion
Thes
Orient
Mr. Davidson
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Poison gas used in the Spanish Civil War report
Madrid medical experts testified to gas attacks in the civil war. Doctors Fraenkel and Commissaries Stern and Regler described asphyxia, eye swelling, and greenish faces among 10 gassed government soldiers at the University City front. Also noted was Hans Beimler’s death and Franco’s plan for frequent air attacks on ships near Alicante to Malaga.
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Madrid
Spain
Hans Fraenkel
Government International
Stern and
Regler
University City
Fraenkel
Hans Beimler
Thaelmann
Kremlin
Moscow
London
Great Britain
Francisco Franco
Alicante
Wesr
Malaga
Cartagena
Atlantic Air Service Paris Could Carry Mail Next Year
Air Minister Pierre Cot told a parliamentary committee that a French trans Atlantic air service may begin mail transport between France and the United States as early as next year. He said annual operating costs would reach about 60 million francs and a joint company with Air France, the French Line, and the state is envisioned. He noted winter routes via the Azores and summer routes via St Pierre and Miquelon and suggested seaplane bases at call stops.
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Paris
United States
Pierre Cot
Aviation
Chamber, of Deputies
Air France
Compagnie Generale Transatlantique
Smuts Says War Unlikely But Nations Must Ready
In Standerton Smuts warned war might not be imminent yet nations must organize. He said big powers threaten small states and South Africa should build land and air defences while relying on Britain for shores. Oswald Pirow said defense chiefs are strengthening the commando system with guns and aircraft.
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Standerton
Transvaal
South Africa
J. C. Smuts
Adit
Abyasinia
Britain
Smuts
Oswald Pirow
Russian ships searched Odessa protest by embassy in Rome
The Black Sea Steamship Company said the Russian embassy in Rome protested to the Italian government over the alleged searches of four vessels that recently called at Italian ports.
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Odessa
U.S
Black Seca Steamship Company
Rome
Major D. M. MacKay Appointed Indian Affairs Commissioner
Ottawa announces the appointment of Major D. M. MacKay a member of the British Columbia legislature for Cariboo as resident commissioner of Indian affairs for the province. The nomination was made by Hon. T. A. Crerar minister of mines and resources.
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Ottawa
D. M. MacKay
British Columbia
Cariboo
Indian Affairs
T. A. Crerar
Mines and Resources
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