Canada Must Decide On Defence Matters Said Viscount Elibank
Vancouver reports Viscount Elibank, president of the British central chamber of ecommerce, urged Canadians to choose whether to stay in the empire. He warned Britain’s vulnerability could extend to other dominions and stressed the need to rearm and preserve the Red Route to the Antipodes as essential for empire security.
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Vancouver
Viscount Eubank
British Central Chamber of
Ecommerce
British Empire
Great Britain
Viscount Elibank
London
Empire
Defence
Ian MacKenzie
Canada
Lord Elibank
Australia
South Africa
Antipodesia
House of Lords and Commons
New Zealand
May Secure Post Montreal
The Gazette reports Leonard Brockington a prominent Winnipeg lawyer and former Calgary corporation counsel is being considered for chairman or assistant chairman of the new national radio board. His appointment could settle ministerial disagreement between supporters of Major Gladstone Murray of British Broadcasting Company and Mr Brophy of the National Broadcasting Company formerly of the Marconi Company in Montreal.
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Montreal
Ottawa
the Gazette
Leonard Brockington
Winnipeg
Calgary
National Radio Board
Brockington
Anys
Gladstone Murray
British Broadcasting Company
Brophy
National Broadcasting Company
Marconi Company
Australia in good shape for foreign capital gains
Premier B S B Stevens of New South Wales reports Australia has achieved almost complete recovery. In an interview Stevens, also colonial treasurer, says internal adjustment has put Australia in a position to employ foreign capital profitably.
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New York
Australia
B. S. B. Stevens
New South Wales
Stevens
World Youth Congress opens in Geneva with new peace plan
The World Youth Congress in Geneva welcomed almost 1,000 delegates from 33 countries to unite youth for peace. It aims to create an international plan for cooperation to prevent war and organize peace efforts by young people worldwide.
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Geneva
World Youth Congress
Youth For Peace
Soviet official studies Canadian wheat breeding methods
Essipov the chief of the state plant breeding fund of the Soviet People's Commissariat of Agriculture in Moscow is visiting Canada to study wheat breeding and rust resistant grain varieties. He plans stops in Saskatoon and Edmonton to observe production practices and methods.
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Winnipeg
Essipov
Soviet People's Commissariat of Agriculture
Moscow
Saskatoon
Edmonton
Peace River voyage ends after 550 mile trip
Drinker family of Philadelphia completes a 550 mile river journey down the Peace River from Summit, B C, in two canoes. They traveled with Mrs H S Drinker and their four children, then departed by train to return home.
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Peace River
Alta
H. S. Drinker
Philadelphia
Summit
B.C
Wheat Board explains fixed price for 1936 37
The Canadian Wheat Board issued a statement clarifying the 8 1/2 cent fixed price for No 1 Northern wheat and its trigger. It will not take effect unless Fort William closing price falls below 90 cents, after which 87 1/2 cents applies for the remainder of the crop year, guaranteeing a floor for producers.
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Cansdian Wheat Board
Winnipeg
Canadian Wheat Board
Ottawa
Fort William
Fort William E
Substitutes On Display At Leipzig Autumn Fair
Germany showcases ersatz materials at Leipzig fair as foreign exchange limits curb imports. Exhibits include synthetic resins and Buna rubber substitute along with artificial marble and photo produced leather imitating reptile skin. Demonstrations claim substitutes are indistinguishable from real goods to the expert eye.
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Germany
Leipzig
Third Reich
Must Pass Driver's Test Car Owner For 39 Years
Sir Walter Windham a longtime London motorist was ordered by Marylebone police court to pass a driving test. Until he complies he must display a Learner sign on his car and was disqualified for a month and fined £3 for dangerous driving. The magistrate noted his sight and hearing may be reduced.
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London
Sir Walter Windham
Marleybone
Walter
Foreign Service
Whitehall
Marylebone
Coats
Sir Walter
The Straight Highway Promises Canada Wide Safety Drive
A. A. Smith chief engineer Ontario highways outlined the straight highway as the first step toward safety at the Canadian Good Roads Association convention. About 200 delegates attended the three day event with Public Works officials from across provinces and motor vehicle officers present. Arthur Dixon deputy minister British Columbia spoke to delegates.
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Charlottetown
A. A. Smith
Ontario Department of Highways
Canadian Good Roads Association
Automobile Association
Canada
Arthur Dixon
British Columbia
Canton Hankow Railway Opens, Linking Yangtze Port to Canton
The Hankow Canton railway was formally opened, marking a major advance in Chinese internal communication. The line connects Hankow on the Yangtze River to Canton on the south coast, a project nearly half a century in construction.
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Hankow
China
Canton
Ride Above The Clouds on Tweedsmuir Tour
Banff reports a cloud filled automobile ride with Canada's governor general Baron Tweedsmuir, Lady Tweedsmuir, and the vice regal party during a western Canada tour. Driving from Field to Emerald Lake the clouds intermittently lay on the highway and retreat to reveal peaks. The governor general expressed a wish to return unofficially next year for a hunting trip.
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Banff
Alta
Rocky Mountains
Canada
Baron Tweedsmuir
Lady Tweedsmuir
Western Canada
Emerald Lake
Field
B.C
Majestic Peak
Uniform Plan for Marking Roads Is Urged
Charlottetown reports Arthur Dixon deputy minister of public works for British Columbia urged a uniform highway marking system across Canada. He called for a Trans Canada route marker with a single digit number and provincial name, uniform in shape color and location. The proposal received support from public works officials and a union of provincial chairs.
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Charlottetown
Canada
Canadian Good Roads Association
Arthur Dixon
British Columbia
United States
Dixon
Dominion
Ottawa
Interprovincial Committee
Hugh A. Lumsden
Hamilton
Ont
Normandie Drops Pennant Claim After Queen Mary Record
The French liner Normandie arrived with no blue pennant signaling speed supremacy, as Captain Pierre Thoreux stated there would be no summer effort to regain the title after Queen Mary set the eastward crossing record.
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New York
Pierre Thoreux
Unconditional release of Mrs Atkinson from Polish jail
Mrs F G Atkinson wife of a Minneapolis business executive was freed in Warsaw after U S State Department protests. She had served a year in a Polish prison for alleged cross border currency rule violations and was arrested after crossing into Germany for aid and failing to declare a letter of credit on return to Poland.
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Mra
F. G Atkinson
Minneapolis
Warsaw
U.S. Department of State
Queen Mary sets Atlantic crossing records hailed by King
Cunard-White Star president Sir Percy Bates announced two telegrams from King Edward praising the Queen Mary for its record westward and eastward Atlantic crossings. The king lauded the fastest westward run and the three days four hours passage past Bishop's Rock, prompting Bates to post the messages on the ship’s bulletin boards.
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London
Cunard-White Star Line
Sir Percy Bates
King Edward
Atlantic
Bishop's Rock
Percy
Unwin Aims Slum District Cleanup in Five Years
Sir Raymond Unwin and Lady Unwin arrived aboard the Newfoundland from Liverpool as Britain pushes housing reform. A program is underway to build an extra 3,006,000 homes to clear Halifax slums within five years.
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Halifax
Great Britain
Raymond Unwin
Advisory Committee On
Lady Unwin
Newfoundland
Liverpool
World Peace Plan and Flight Across Atlantic Setbacks
Geneva reporting on League of Nations reform proposes an international land sea and air force at the league to deter war and asks for national plebiscites to approve armed league contributions. Separating the covenant from postwar treaties is urged alongside disarmament. In Wales the "Lady Peace" flight ends after 17 hours 53 minutes covering about 3350 miles with engine trouble and a safe landing near Croydon.
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Geneva
New Zealand
League of Nations
League
Halvdan Koht
Norway
League of Nations Secetariat
Llangadock
South Wales
Atlantic
Harry Richman
Dick Merrill
Flield
Thia
Richman
London
New York
Floyd Bennett Field
Filyers
Bennett Griffin
James Mattern
Harbor Grace
Mid
Irish
Griffin
Mattern
Newfoundland
Berlin
Merrill
Scotland
Denounces Grab Bag Raids On Public Treasury
Sir Edward Beatty, president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, told Calgary Canadians that Canadians will not turn to fascism or socialism and that democratic government can be improved without radical change. He blamed public authorities for problems and warned that treasury raids by interest groups threaten democracy. He urged restraint in pressuring governments and urged citizens to uphold responsible governance amid economic distress.
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Calgary
Canada
Sir Edward Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway
Sir Edward
Calgary Canadian Club
Ita
Edward
King George V Memorial Committee Plans Statues for Liverpool
The King George V Memorial committee in Liverpool decides to place two bronze statues of King George and Queen Mary near the Mersey tunnel, as part of the city's tribute.
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Liverpool
King George
Queen Mary
Mersey Tunnel
Japan to retain submarines amid London treaty limits
Japan informed Britain it will keep in service 54,298 tons of submarines beyond the 52,700 ton ceiling set by the 1930 London naval treaty. The move, invoking the treaty escalator clause, would give Japan a submarine force about one third larger than Britain or the United States, signaling a rearmament shift before the 1937 expiration.
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London
Japan
Great Britain
Foreign Office
United States
British City Heritage Highlighted by Vincent in Toronto
Sir Percy Vincent, lord mayor, addressed the Canadian Club to present a British Heritage Toronto London concept. He described the city as not only “our” city but “your” city, framing it as part of Britain's imperial heritage for Canadians.
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Toronto
London
Canada
Percy Vincent
Percy
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