Britain and France Reach Agreement Ending Sanctions
Britain and France reportedly reached a quick agreement to lift sanctions on Italy for seven months after its Ethiopian march. Eden and Delbos dined together, calls for saving the League, while no talks on Rhineland violations occurred yet. Bel lums premier Van Zeeland mentioned as a potential league assembly head. Ottawa reports parliament prorogued with motions left on order paper.
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Geneva
Great Britain
France
Italy
League of Nations
the League
Ethiopia
Anthony Eden
Leon Blu
Yvon Delbos
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Rhineland
Paul van Zeeland
Bellum
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Hea
League Assembly
Agronomy Officers Elected at Western Canada Meeting
At the 15th annual Western Canadian Society of Agronomy session the officers were elected. Hon. presidents are Murray of the University of Saskatchewan and E. Smith of the University of Manitoba. Hon. vice presidents include Howes of the University of Alberta Savage of Manitoba Shaw of Saskatchewan. Executive include Geo Delong of Lacombe as president and F. E. Clark as vice-president with P. G. McCrostie as secretary treasurer and J. E. Blakeman as director. The convention opened at the Dominion experimental station with Prof. J. H. Ellis presiding. London Banerage, in London, will stay an extra week after arrival of Dunning and Euler in hopes of a Pacific shipping accord.
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Swift Current
Western Canadian Society of Agronomy
Murray
University of Saskatchewan
E. Smith
University of Manitoba
E. A. Howes
University of Alberta
E. A. Savage
A.M. Shaw
Geo Delong
Lacombe
Alta
F. E. Clark
P. G. McCrostie
J. E. Blakeman
Winnipeg
Dominion Experimental Station
J. H. Ellis
London
King Edward Thanks Canada on his 42nd Birthday
King Edward sends cordial thanks to Canadians for loyal congratulations and good wishes on his 42nd birthday. The message was delivered to the Governor-General, who is residing at the Citadel, in response to a cable from Baron Tweedsmuir.
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Canada
Quebec
Edward
Lord Tweedamuir
Baron Tweedsmutr
Young Publisher Honored in Edmonton by French Academy
Pierre Auge of Vancouver, French consul for western Canada, decorated 13 year old Edmonton publisher Jean Baptiste Boulanger with the Medaille Vermeil from l Academie Francaise at a reception here. The award recognized his work on Le Petit Jour, the French language newspaper he publishes.
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Edmonton
Pierre Auge
Vancouver
Western Canada
Jean-Baptiste Boulanger
la Medaille Vermeil
l'Academie Francaise
Academy
Ottawa proposal to form national committee on finances
Finance Minister Charles A. Dunning announced a voluntary national committee on financial questions with dominion and provincial representatives. Provinces were asked for suggestions as regular meetings were urged to discuss finance and taxation, aiming for closer civic coordination and improved tax systems over time.
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Ottawa
Charles A. Dunning
Loan Council
Senate
National Finance Council
Dominion
Dunning
Canada
Demand for Free Passage Through Dardanelles by Russia
Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinoff pressed for free passage for Russian submarines and other warships through the Dardanelles. He argued non Black Sea powers should be unrestricted if acting under the League of Nations mandate or aiding a victim of aggression, amid Lausanne treaty talks in Montreux.
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Dardanelles
Montreux
Switzerland
Maxim Litvinoff
Russia
Turkey
Litvinos
Black Sea
League of Nations
Litvinoff
Japan
France
League
Manitoba Nightingale Faith Miller Dies in England
Faith J Miller of Portage la Prairie Manitoba born daughter of W W Miller postmaster. The contralto singer gained international fame as the Manitoba Nightingale after winning gold at the Toronto Conservatory and studying in Winnipeg London and Paris under Madame Marchesi.
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Faith Miller
Portage la Prairie
England
Gravesend
Eng
Max Colyer Fergusson
Manitoba
Fergusson
Man
Winnipeg
Max Colyer-Fergusson
Faith J. Miller
W. W. Miler
Labor conference backs paid vacations, defers 40-hour goal
Geneva delegates adopt paid vacations as a principle and reject immediate universal 40-hour week. C B Brammaes of Denmark says shorter hours remain a future objective for the labor office. Harold Butler of the ILO cites the slow adoption of the 40-hour week, noting nations already on 48 and later adopting 40 in 1931.
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Geneva
Snvernationa Labor Organization
C. B. Brammaes
Denmark
Labor Office
Harold Butler
International Labor Organization
Gastric Ulcer Treatments Reported by Doctor Cleaver
Dr. E. E. Cleaver of Toronto told the Canadian Medical Association that in 40 reviewed gastric ulcer cases, using standard diet and a duodenal tube without innovations, 33 patients appeared symptom free for five years or more. X rays tracked progress from initial to final treatment, noting gastric ulcers tend to heal naturally.
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Medical Association
Victoria
E. E. Cleaver
Toronto
Canadian Medical Association
Cleaver
New Motor Torpedo Boats Handed to British Admiralty
The first of six high powered motor torpedo boats was handed over to the British Admiralty at Portsmouth England. The craft, to be inspected by the king, can exceed 40 miles per hour and maneuvers with great deftness, making it vulnerable to air attack. Crew of 10. Equipped with two torpedoes fired by wireless and light gun armament. It is claimed that eighteen boats can be built at the cost of a single submarine destroyer.
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British Admiralty
Portsmouth
Eng
Admiralty
Floods Sweep England Hit Cheshire Derby and Lancashire
Heavy storms caused several deaths across England with widespread flooding in Cheshire Derby and Lancashire. Mersey and surrounding areas saw hundreds of houses flooded along the Mersey river with trajectory toward the Irish Sea. Rail transport suffered disruption as Mersey Road station in Liverpool was under water.
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Liverpool
Cheshire
Derby
Lancashire
England
Mersey
Irish Sea
Mersey Road
War in Palestine threatened by Transjordan revolt
Bedouin leaders urge a march across the Jordan to aid Arabs in Palestine. Emir Abdullah of Transjordan warns he will not intervene beyond advice while peace efforts continue. Reports say Arab demand deadlines loom and some Bedouins already cross the river guarded by frontier troops. The ruler stresses Transjordan's peaceful stance and local Palestine issues.
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Amman
Transjordan
Jordan
Palestine
Abdullah
Trans- Jordan
Ling
Great Britain
Talal Talal
Oxford
League
Britain
Jerusalem
London News Chronicle
Arthur Wauchope
Abolish Office Dublin President to Head State
Abolished governor-general role in the proposed constitution will be replaced by a ceremonial head of state elected by the people. James McNeill, who became first governor general in 1928, offered resignation on Oct 3 1932. King accepted on advice of De Valera. Donald Buckey, a cail member, succeeded him after McNeill’s departure amid friction with De Valera.
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Dublin
Famon de Ira
James McNeill
Irish Free State
de Valera
Executive Council
Donald Buckey
Cail
McNeill
Free State
Alaska colonization plan for vast naval air base
Rep. Bryan Harlan says the U S government plans a second Alaskan colony with a gigantic naval air base to be operated by a permanent force of 220,000, to be undertaken after the Matanuska project success, with Col. Charles Marsh of the Federal Trade Commission accompanying him aboard the Brant. The base would surpass Hawaii in scale and defendability.
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United States
Alaska
Seattle
Post-Intelligencer
Bryan B. Harlan
Dayton
Ohio
Naval Air Base
Harlan
U.S
Charles Marsh
Federal Trade Commission
Matanuska
Hawaii
Calmar Fire Kills Father and Son in Edmonton Area
In Edmonton area four miles west and two miles south of Calmar a fire engulfed John Enger, 77, and his son Walter, 40, burning them to death. Police said the cause is unknown. An inquest by Coroner Dr. Kidd of Leduc indicated 30 suspicion of foul play.
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Edmonton
Calmar
John Enger
Walter
Kidd
Leduc
Frontier Of Britain Is On The Rhine Says British Spokesman
Alfred Duff Cooper declares that Britain’s frontier is on the Rhine as Franco British friendship is essential for survival. He warns that liberty is under threat and that misreading allies risks tyranny and death, urging democracies to defend civilization and shared interests.
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Britain
Rhine
Paris
Stanley Baldwin
Alfred Duff Cooper
Association Franco- Grand Bretagne
France
Duff Cooper
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