Move to Limit Participation in Spanish War
Britain France and Germany seek to curb volunteers in the Spanish civil war while debating indirect intervention. Berlin Berlin rules demand same limits by all nations and immediate tackling of indirect participation. Rome signals reservations but backs non intervention including materials and funds. Irish volunteers recruited by O Duffy halted after failed voyage attempt.
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London
Germany
Italy
Great Britain
France
Spain
Cermainy
Berlin
Lang
Eric Drummens
Rome
Eden
Maffaires
Woermann
Baldwin
O'Duffy
Insurgenta
Waterford
Dublin
Britain
Lost Citizenship for Two Russian Scientists Decree
The presidium of the central executive committee deprived Professor Vladimir Ipatieff and Alexis Chichibabin of their Soviet citizenship and barred them from returning. They were expelled from the Russian Academy of Sciences on charges of refusing to serve the fatherland and failing to resume scientific work in Russia. The events follow the new constitution and reflect punitive measures against dissident scientists.
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Soviet Union
Moscow
Central Executive Committee
Vladimir N. Ipatieff
Alexis Chichibabin
Russian Academy of Science
Russia
Yarmouth Board Backs New Crown Dollar Coin Plan
The Yarmouth board of trade supports minting four new Canadian silver dollars to honor King George VI's coronation next May. It will send its recommendation to the federal government and the Bank of Canada for action.
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Yarmouth
N.S
Epidemic Grips London Forces Curb Theatre, Police Suffer
London faces a sweeping influenza outbreak with about one in four residents affected. Police, actors like Charles Laughton and Sir John Martin Harvey, and theatre schedules are disrupted as public health bulletins urge precautions and seek to curb contagion. Local areas see widespread illness across South London and beyond.
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London
Atienza
Charles Laughton
Palladium
John Martin Harvey
Prophet Samuel
James Barrie
Boy David
Elizabeth Bergner
Dorothy Dix
Old Vic Theatre
Queen
Hamiet
Prime Minister Mackenzie King Gets 7-W-7 Car Plate
Premier Mackenzie King hopes for luck in the numeral seven as his 1937 automobile registration shows 7-W-7. In recent renewals leaders in Ottawa shared the same numbers but changes in the system made it hard to match. Last year and the year before he used 687 with varying letters. Former Prime Minister Bennett usually had BB 1 but could not obtain it last year. Bennett is absent this year and his car is not in operation.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
R. B. Bennett
Mr. Bennett
Britain to keep voluntary recruitment as long as possible
Sir Thomas Inskip told Glasgow territorial, army and air force association that Britain will maintain the voluntary system to meet military needs. He warned the UK faces heightened air raid threats due to faster aircraft, claiming few places remain free from danger.
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Glasgow
Great Britain
Sir Thomas
Inskip
United Kingdom
New York Judge Strips License After Hit and Run Killing
Rocco Grassi, 63, a plasterer, was found guilty of a fatal hit and run that killed a woman pedestrian. Judge Lester Patterson imposed a life sentence in absentia and a 200 fine, declaring the act unpardonable and noting the driver would not condone such violence.
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New York
Rocco Grassi
Lester Patterson
Grassi
Manitoba Tax Demand Issued to 3000 Dominion Employees
The Manitoba government has sent notices to 3,000 Dominion government employees requiring immediate payment of all amounts due on Manitoba's two per cent wage tax. The employes were found liable for the tax by the privy council after protests.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Dominion
Privy Council
Open selling system known method for marketing wheat
W. Sanford Evans of Winnipeg testified at the Turgeon royal grain commission, defending the open market system as the best way to market wheat. He argued there could be no collapse of the wheat market and blamed government agencies for muted conditions since 1929, while opposing broad public speculation and urging retention of essential market elements.
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Winnipeg
W. Sanford Evans
Turgeon Royal Grain Commission
Evans
Franco Turkish issue at League as Near East tensions rise
London reports new difficulties over Syria and Alexandretta and Antioch with France defending its mandate and Turkey insisting the districts be Turkish held. League council proposed observers, French troop withdrawal, and delay of ratification until January. Palestine sees Arab leaders end boycott of Peel Commission, which may extend its Jerusalem stay to hear Arab testimony.
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London
Near East
Saracen
Alexandretta
Antioch
France
Syria
League of Nations
Turkey
Palestine
Peel Commission
Commission
Port Said
Jerusalem
Lost Man Returns From Nine Days Lost In Woods
Seymour Harris, 98, of Black Point Nova Scotia, walks from the woods behind his home after nine days missing. He wandered through granite and spruce wilderness for eight nights, fueled by hunger and cold, after a dizzy spell while tending rabbit snares led him deeper into forest. He rejoined the path and found his way home, with searchers having given him up for dead.
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Black Point
N.S
Seymour Harnia
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Harris
Granite
Spruce
Relief Grants Reduced in Toronto Over Three Months
Provincial offices announced cuts of about $630,000 to Toronto relief grants for the next three months. January to March aid will total roughly $1,469,725 instead of $2,099,615 last year due to higher employment, fewer people on relief, and lower relief expenditures per city welfare returns and Ontario government figures.
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Toronto
Ontario Govaciment
Ontario Premier to Represent Province at King George’s Coronation
Premier Mitchell Hepburn of Ontario will officially represent the province at King George VI’s coronation next May. He and Mrs Hepburn with two children plan to sail for England at the end of April, likely returning in June. A Conservative Opposition member may also attend.
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Toronto
Mitchell Hepburn
Ontario
Queens Park
Hepburn
England
Latest French streamlined locomotive trials in Nova Scotia
Snowless winter in Nova Scotia worries lumber operators as lack of snow slows cuts. A photo shows a new streamlined engine under trials on the French Northern Railway, pulling the Calais Express from Paris.
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Nova Scotia
Halifax
French Northern Railway
Paris
Textile Tariff Changes Weigh in Canada Parliament
Downward revisions in Canada's textile tariff schedules are anticipated as gains to lower duties on British woodens and artificial silk, and a cut on higher grade manufactured cottons from the United States. Inquiries into profits by Canadian textile firms have influenced government stance. Canada’s domestic textile production tops 350 million dollars this year, with imports near 96 million for 12 months ending Oct 31.
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Ottawa
United States
Canada
W. F. A. Turg¢on
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Shipment of arms sails from New York to Spain
The Washington Time notes a swift move to curb munitions exports with an embargo racing through Congress. A Spanish steamer laden with aerophines and aeroplanes, sent by Jersey City broker Robert Cuse, sails from New York to aid the Spanish socialists, despite the policy push.
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New York
Washington
United States Congress
Spain
Robert Cuse
Jersey City
Hitler to retire as chancellor per Goering plan
Berlin reports claim Adolf Hitler will resign and cede the chancellorship to Hermann Goering on January 30 as part of Nazi plans for a new Reich constitution and dissolution of the Reichstag. Goering would lead a council, with Hitler staying as Der Fuehrer in a symbolic role.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Hermann Goering
Reichstag
Reich
Hitler
der Fuehrer
Goering
Weimar Republic
Third Reich
Nazi Academy of Law
Weimar
Fuher
Nuremberg
Prussia
Fuehrer
Germany
Germans invade Spanish Morocco say French report
Paris reports from the French Moroccan administration claim Germany is mounting a large scale invasion of Spanish Morocco. German marines allegedly landed at Ceuta and fortifications funded by Germany are under construction. A German officer of Beitgeber designation is said to command the zone and consult with a German consul in Tetuan.
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Paris
Germany
Spanish Morocco
Ceuta
Gibraltar
Melia
Col. Beitgeber
Tetuan
Morocco
Spain
Royal Wedding at The Hague Unites Juliana and Bernhard
A burgomaster joined Crown Princess Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard Lippe-Biesterfeld in a civil ceremony at the town hall and church rite at Great St James. Crowds cheered as the couple left the palace in a golden carriage.
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Fhe Hague
Juliana
The
Netherlands
Bernhard
Lippe-Biesterfeld
Royal Palace
Great St. James Church
Blue
Hussars
G. R. de Monchy
Dr. de Monchy
Wilhelmina
Armgard
Bernard
Europe
Hitler
Germany
Pride de St Methode Tops Canadian Ayrshire List
The Canadian Ayrshire Breeders Association announced Pride de St Methode of the Provincial farm school at La Gorgendiere Que was the highest Canadian Ayrshire producer in the four years old class, 36 day division with 18 751 pounds of milk 62 pounds of fat and an average test of 4 60 percent.
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Otttawa
Four hundred thousand letters mailed incorrectly weekly in London
A report notes that London experiences a high rate of misaddressed mail with about 400000 letters sent to wrong destinations every week. The piece highlights postal efficiency concerns and potential fixes under review by the postal service.
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London
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