Air Route Between Canada And Britain Is Recommended
Ottawa reports that experts favor a trans Atlantic airway from Newfoundland to Canada via North Sydney and Harbor Grace, linking with the British Isles. Bermuda and northern routes were discussed but face ice or longer travel. Denmark controls Greenland routes. Ontario officials expect Ottawa talks to speed up next year with Imperial Airways and Pan American plans guiding subsidies and land facilities for the service.
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Ottawa
Canada
Ireland
Newfoundland
North Sydney
Harbor Grace
British Iles
John Alcocks
Arthur Brown
Atlantic
Bermuda
Greenland
Teeland
Faroe Islands
Cnief
Bermuda Isles
Great Britain
United States
Canadian
Maritime Provinces
Im- Peril Airways
Pan-American Airways
United Kingdom
Island
New York
Iceland
Faroes
Vancouver
Sions
Imperial Airways
Chinese Girly Guides Trained For Tours In Shanghai
Modern young Chinese girls are being trained as tourist guides by the Shanghai guiding service. The guides, stylishly dressed and from well to do families, work for 25 cents an hour conducting shop tours and social outings for visitors. The report notes tours include Grenoble and France, amid a flood of green trogs.
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Shanghai
China
Shanghai Guiding Service
Increase In Employment Ottawa Report
Canada added 14 803 employed persons between Oct 1 and Nov 1 per the Dominion bureau of statistics. Nov 1 payroll rose to 1 012 103 from 997 300 on Oct 1 across 9 482 firms. The level marked the highest since Dec 1, 1980 with gains in logging, highway and building construction, mining, retail trade and manufacturing.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Alberta plans consumer protection code to curb cutthroat trade
Premier Aberhart said Alberta will demand full consumer protection under a business code. Government discussions with retailers wholesalers and manufacturers aim to draft codes with government approval to prevent cutthroat competition. Also note Dick Ing of Canadian Airways has been promoted to general superintendent of northern aviation.
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Alberta
Fémonton
Aberhart
Amonton
Dick Ing
Mackenzie River District
Canadian Airways, Limited
McKee
Northern Aviation
Plan To Close All Relief Camps During The Coming Year
The Dominion government plans to close all relief camps in the coming year. Labor Minister Norman McL. Rogers announced the creation of a three member committee to personally investigate and report on transfers of camps from the Department of National Defence. The committee will visit as many of the 100 plus camps as possible, mainly in British Columbia and Alberta, where about 20,000 men are housed. The aim is to reemploy camp workers in useful work as conditions improve.
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Uteewa
Dominion
Norman McL. Rogers
Labor
Rogers
Department of National Defence
R. A. Rigg
Dominion Employment Service
Humphrey Mitchell
Hamilton East
Federal House
E. W. Bradwin
The
Frontier College
Bradwin
Toronto
Frontier
Tne
Canada
British Columbia
Alberta
Labor Department
Aizli
Lost Copeland Mine Located Near Hudson Ontario
Word spread in western Ontario mining country that the fabled Copeland mine near Hudson had been found. Two Sakoose miners tripped over a rusty shovel in dense bush, prompting a search that uncovered a quartz vein with free gold and abundant rose quartz, suggesting the Copeland discovery.
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Hudson, Ont
Ontario
Minng
Copeland
Sakoose
Alberta Wheat Pool Agencies Profit Rise Report
Canadian Pool Agencies, insurance arm of the western Wheat pools, posted higher profits for the year at $50 562.10 vs $37 241.50 prior. Alberta Junior Wheat Club movement notes 69 clubs and 1 094 members, up from 15 clubs and 200 five years earlier. Increased shipments via Saskatchewan pool through Churchill cited as a feature.
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Calgary
Western Wheat Pools
Alberta Wheat Pool
Saskatchewan Pool
Churchill
Alberta Junior Wheat Club Movement
Training German Children For Labor Service
The Nazi government announced that German boys and girls over ten will undergo special training to prepare for compulsory labor service in labor camps. Boys receive national preparation for obligatory military service after their terms, while both genders must serve, aiming to harden the nation for any domestic or foreign crisis.
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Third Reich
Licensing of Alberta Merchants Starts Jan One
Premier Aberhart announces that all wholesale and retail merchants in Alberta will be licensed by the province starting January 1. The license fee is expected to be about $3, and the move appears tied to possible future merchandising codes of minimum or fixed prices. Edmonton. A Canadian Airways station opens linking northern Alberta with Saskatchewan Manitoba and extending to Cameron Bay in NWT as part of private shortwave radio network.
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Alberta
Edmonton
Aberhart
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Northwest
Cameron Bay
N.W.T
Canadian Airways. Limited
C. H
Punch” Dickins
Super‘-Tendent
Abolition Move Reaches Irish Senate Debate
Eamon de Valera tabled a dail yireann motion to abolish the senate by Constitution Amendment No 24. The bill, sent to the senate 18 months ago after rejection, will be considered December 5. If the senate again rejects, it can still become law after 60 days.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
Eamon de Valera
Senate
Dailyireann
China Clipper completes Pacific air route to Manila Bay
Pan American Airways reports the China Clipper lands in Manila Bay after 60 hours 4 minutes of flight from Guam. The four motor craft carried the first air mail across the Pacific, aided by favorable tail winds and an 11 hour 25 minute final leg. Army and navy planes accompany the historic journey.
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Alameda
Calif
California
Manila Bay
Philippine Islands
Pan American Airways
Guam
Manila
Army
Pacific Ocean
Guam Island
Graf Zeppelin Sets New Berlin Flight Duration Record
Graf Zeppelin reportedly stayed aloft 119 hours after departing Friedrichshafen, cruising near Pernambuco Brazil before landing at Pernam synco. The earlier record was 111 hours 44 minutes on a 1928 North American flight where the crew performed emergency repairs during a storm.
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Berlin
Pernambuco
Brazil
Graf
Friedrichshafen
Rio de Janeiro
Pernam- Synco
North America
C Rew
Unemployment Commission Focus During King Visit
Prime Minister Mackenzie King showed interest in completing a national unemployment commission before the Dominion provincial conference opening December 9. The plan mirrors the Canadian patriotic fund model, operating as an honorary body with a salaried executive, part of the Liberal program and the king’s seaside visit context.
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King Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Georgia
Canadian Patriotic Fund Commission
Luncheon Honors Ferguson in London Trade Circle
A luncheon for Hon. G. Howard Ferguson former Canadian high commissioner to London was hosted by Sir Hewitt Skinner with 300 Anglo-Canadian business leaders in attendance. Ferguson received a George N. Silver loving cup while Mrs. Ferguson was presented with jewelry.
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London
Serevices
Busness
G. Howard Ferguson
Hewitt Skinner
Mr. Ferguson
War Threat Diminished Rome
Reports from Rome indicate a more conciliatory Italian stance within the League of Nations. Premier Mussolini ordered a denial bureau to refute claims of a general mobilization or frontier concentrations. Authorities dismissed fears of hostile moves by France and reassured that no oil embargo would trigger war.
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Rome
Italy
League of Natons
League
Mussolini
France
Cairo
Morever
Arts
Vittorio Cerruti
Laval
League of Nations
Il Duce
Havas
Alexandria
Libya
Ducé
Geneva
Oil Embargo Threat Drives War Strike Plans
Reports from London Rome and Geneva outline Mussolini’s three point response to a League oil embargo. Italy would withdraw ambassadors quit the League and strike at the British Mediterranean fleet with a 125 pilot death squad. London and Geneva say London may seek oil sanctions while France backs embargo enforcement against Italy.
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League of Nations
Maly
Mussolini
Grand Coupeil
Italy
Ner
Mediterranean
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Aviator
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Helen
Helene
Carol of
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der Fuchrer
Hitler
Tien Pee Roy Eee Tar
I Was Aald
Zeppelin
Ben
Winchessee
Arthur Charles Mortimer
Aldershot Barracks
Phyllis Mary Oakes
Ferguson
Earl Winterton
India
William Ormsby Gore
League of Nations Committee
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