Hope Abandoned Then Flyers Rescued In Far North
A northern wilderness ordeal ended with the rescue of two airmen after three weeks on reduced rations and scarce berries. Coleman and Fortey faced near freeze up and a storm, surviving with improvised shelter and rationed supply, aided by Pilot Matt Berry and a coordinated search by L F Stevenson.
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Ian Air Force
Fortey
Coleman
L. F. Stevenson
Matt Berry
Canadian Airways, Ltd
Great Slave Lake
Ex Toronto Pilot Killed In British Air Liner Crash
Ex Toronto pilot Captain Walter Fraser Anderson and two others died when a British Airways liner struck a tree and crashed at Gatwick while taking mails to Hamburg. The plane carried no passengers. a fourth crew member survived with injuries. Anderson’s Toronto residence had been his wartime home. A separate note denies Haile Selassie buying Bath estate for a permanent residence.
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British
Hamburg
London
Walter Fraser Anderson
Toronto
British Airways Limited
James
Gatwick
Anderson
Line
England
United States Senate Munitions Probe Details Bespoke Contract
The Senate munitions committee uncovered a contract dated February 1 1933 between Dupont and an agent named Peter Brenner also known as Mr Giera. Described as most amazing the deal was terminated the next day amid concerns over its provisions. The report notes Remington Arms a Dupont subsidiary paid royalties to a German rival and cites close ties between DuPont and Farb enindustrie and Dynamit Aktion Gesellschaft. It also records 272000 in airplane parts sales to Germany in 1933 and 1453000 in the first half of 1934.
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Washington
Dupont Company
Germany
United States Senate Munitions Committee
United States
Remington Arms Company
Dupont
Remington
Pratt and Whitney Company
Felix du Pont
Giera
Peter Brenner
Dynamit’ Action-Gesellschaft
Power Resources Canada Has Vast Water Power Potential
Hon. C. D. Howe told World Power Conference delegates in Ottawa that Canada could install up to 43 million horsepower from water power, with current production around 8 million. Canada ranks high per capita at 722 hp per 1,000, second only to Norway, as delegates tour Niagara Falls after a study visit following Washington talks. Potential St Lawrence resources above Montreal sum to 4 million hp, with equal sharing possible in international rapids.
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Ottawa
Canada
C. D. Howe
United States
Italy
Norway
Howe
Government of
Washington
Niagara Falls
St. Lawrence
Montreal
Italy plans broad empire highway build in Ethiopia
Washington reports to the United States Department of Communications outline Italy under Premier Musson plans a 2500 mile network of modern highways in Ethiopia. The project would require about 1000 technicians 30000 Tratian laborers and 70000 natives for the road program with aims toward an transit link between Addis Ababa and Rome and a new petroleum line mile from the Arial capital.
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Washington
Unite States Department of
Italy
Ethiopia
Musson
Tadcer Ti
Adal ‘Ababa
Rome
Salkpe
Ottawa Doctor Appointed At Chesterfield Northwest Post
Ottawa announces Dr. Nomsamelling will serve as government doctor at Chesterfield Northwest Territories. He will relieve Dr. L. D. Livingstone, who departs on furlough after many years in Chesterfield since 1934. Dr. Melling heads north aboard a mission boat from Churchill, Manitoba in a few days.
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Ottawa
Nomsamelling
Coronation
Alta
Chesterfield
Northwest Territories
L. D. Livingstone
Dr. Melling
Churchill
Man
New York Philanthropist Leaves Large Estate to Six Charities
Mary Gardiner Thompson 91 died last April 22 leaving 18,027,737 from an estate of 14,914-081 to six New York charities. Thompson, descendant of Lord Gardiner who bought Gardiners Island in 1639, held a royal grant for the island.
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New York
Mary Gardiner Thompson
Miss. Thompson
Lord Gardiner
Gardiners Island
Long Island
Importing More Wheat Signals Shift to Wheat Import Era
New York Herald Tribune reports with Department of Commerce and Bureau of Agriculture estimates that the United States will import more wheat in 1936 than any previous year, four times as much as in 1934. Consumption about 42.5 million bushels of foreign wheat with exports near 0.5 million. The shift from export to import—driven by AAA crop reduction effects—marks a major policy and market change. Exports from July 1 to Sept. 12 totalled 11.13 million bushels for the period.
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New York
Washington
New York Herald‘Tribune
Department of Commerce
Bureau of Agriculture
United States
Department of Agriculture
A.A.A
Food Shortage In Madrid Amid Ration Struggle
Madrid faces acute food shortages as long queues form outside grocers and butchers. Influx of civilians and militiamen strains distribution while newspapers call for a rationing system to prevent disorder and ensure eggs and other foods reach the public.
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Madrid
Alcazar Fortress Held By Insurgents Destroyed By Blast
In Toledo Spain government forces exploded two mines at the Alcazar fortress housing insurgents and civilians. The blast ripped the southwest tower and breached walls as 1,500 assault troops stormed the wreckage. Defenders fought stubbornly in tunnels while women and children sought safety underground.
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Toledo
Spain
Alcazar
Conductor Daly Named to Canadian National Board
Justice Minister Ernest Lapointe announced the appointments of Bremton L Daly of Winnipeg to the Canadian National Railways board of directors and J C McRuer to the penitentiaries royal commission. Daly, a conductor active in railway unions, helps form a seven member board to take over CN administration October 1. The other six directors were named previously.
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Bremton
Daly
Ottawa
Bremton L. Daly
Winnipeg
Canadian National Railways Board of Directors
J.C. McRuer
Toronto
Royal Commission On Penitentiaries
Ernest Lapointe
Committee of
Montreal
Canadian National
Canadian National —Administration
Will Appeal Conviction of George McMahon
Counsel for George Andrew McMahon announced plans to appeal his one year sentence at hard labor for brandishing a revolver with intent to alarm the king. The incident occurred when McMahon allegedly slithered the weapon at the king during a military procession. Grounds for the appeal were not fully decided, but the protest will argue the judge misdirected the jury in summing up the charge.
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London
George Andrew McMahon
McMahon
Empire college exams aid Alberta students record
In Edmonton a British War Office promotion list shows 94 University of Alberta students succeeding. Ottawa reports the examinations were open to all Empire universities, highlighting broad access for British Empire colleges.
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Edmonton
University of Alberta
Ottawa
Empire
Premier Leon Blum Defends Democracy Against Hitler
Premier Leon Blum delivers a forceful defense of democratic government and peaceable coexistance, rejecting propaganda wars and calls for armed crusades. He urges France to remain neutral in Spain, stand firm on independence and League of Nations ideals, and avoid coercion or threats while pursuing peace.
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Pari
Leon Blum
France
Hitler
Europe
Mussolini
Italy
Seldlum
League of Nations
Boc
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U.S. Customs Commissioner
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Iceland
Reykjavik
Jean Charcot
Eugene Geonidec
Geonidec
Dr. Charcot
Aegir
Antarctic
Grahamland
South Polar
Pourquoi Pas
Explorer
Haile Selassie
Bath
Imated
Medico
Fortune
CNR
James Y. Murdoch
Canadian National Railways
Adolf Hitler
Nurnberg
C.nr. Board
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