Trans Atlantic Flight Ends In Ireland With Damage
Wisconsin aviator Felix Waitkus, 25, crash lands near Ballinrobe County Mayo amid fog and storms while attempting a New York to Kansas nonstop flight. He escapes unharmed though his white and orange craft is badly damaged after striking a tree. He endured long blind flying and limited gasoline, aiming for Ballinrobe and Dublin with a Dublin pickup later. The event honors the late Stephen Darius and Stanley Girenas.
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Batlinrobe
Irish Free State
Felix Walthus
Wisconsin
Waithus
New York
Kansas
Lithuania
Watthus
Atlantic
Baldonne
Dublin
Ballinrobe
Stephen Darius
Stanley Girenas
Kaunas
Naujienas
Transatlantic Flight Association
Lady Heath
Waitkus
British Children Arrive Quebec Under Prince of Wales Plan
Forty one British children aged six to 13 arrive aboard the Duchess of Athol to begin new homes under a Prince of Wales funded scheme. They travel to Vancouver Inland where two hostels are set up on a 1000 acre farm to house the youths. Edmonton delegates vote to form the Canadian Medical Association Alberta division with Dr D S MacNab of Calgary as first president.
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Ontario
Calgary
R.A. Hiltz
Toronto
General Board of Religious Education
Hhe
Executive Council
General Synod of the Church of England
Canada
Hiltz
Quebec
Duchess of Athol
Vancouver
Edmonton
Alberta Medical Association
Canadian Medical Association
Alberta
D. 8. MacNab
Naval Officer Sentenced In Toown France Case
Raunouland, a young naval aviator, was convicted of attempted espionage and sentenced to two years in prison by a naval court. He is the third person to be sentenced for spying in France within a week.
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Towon
France
Raunouland
Refugees Destitute Worldwide, League Panel Reports
The League of Nations political committee told Chairman Rudolph Kristiizerski that nearly 1,100,000 refugees lack reliable statistics, with Harbin in Manchuria alone reported as housing about twenty thousand in near total destitution, highlighting a global humanitarian crisis.
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Geneva
North
South America
League of Nations Assembly
Rudolph Kristiizerski
Czechoslovakia
Harbin
Manchuria
Duke of Gloucester to wed Lady Alice Montagu Douglas-Scott
The Duke of Gloucester, third son of King George, will marry Lady Alice Montagu Douglas-Scott on November 6 at Westminster Abbey in an ceremony modeled after the previous royal wedding. Details have been arranged by the king, queen, duke, and fiancée.
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George
Balmoral
Scotland
Duke of Gloucester
Alice Montagu- Douglas-Scott
Westminster Abbey
Duke ¢ of Kent
Marina
Greece
Manitoba road program starts with 32 million plan
Winnipeg reports immediate start on a 32 730 000 road and bridge building program authorized by the Manitoba government. An agreement with the Dominion government covers part of the cost and requires workers to be employed on the projects before October 10 or work cannot begin.
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Winnipeg
Mantoba
Dominion
Proposal to raise world consumption of essential foods
Geneva Australia tabled a League of Nations proposal in the second committee to boost global intake of milk dairy products fruit and vegetables arguing widespread malnutrition in less than 20 percent of occidental populations could be eased. Britain backed the plan noting higher living standards and new outlets for exports while supporting agricultural health experts to study impact and advocate gradual production調 limits amid depression era constraints.
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Geneva
Australia
League * of Nations Assembly
Stanley Bruce
Severe September Storm Hits England Leaving Deaths and Damage
Britain endures its worst September storm in 75 years with seven killed and many injured. The south coast sees yachts sunk and extensive property loss. Brighton reports over 15000 dollars in damage, Bournemouth similar. Post Office workers restore lines, while trees fall blocking roads. The Mary Kingsley steamer reached Falmouth after waves dislodged a locomotive. three crew injured while draining a waterlogged barge.
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London
Great Britain
England
Brighton
Bournemouth
Post Office
Mary Kingsley
Falmouth
Smuts Says Covens Sanctions Won’t Lead to War
South Africa’s General Smuts argued in Stellenbosch that economic sanctions under article 16 of the League covenant would not trigger war. He noted Britain would steer any British-led conflict, with Dominions like Canada and Australia drawn in, and stressed war participation hinges on the covenant rather than imperial constitutional issues.
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Stellenbosch
South Africa
Union of South Africa
Europe
Great Britain
Canada
Australia
Britain
The
League
Formal Denial on New Zealand Adopting Social Credit
Wellington denies reports that Alberta and New Zealand race to adopt the Douglas credit system. Prime Minister G W Forbes says the theory has only a small following in New Zealand and is rejected by economists worldwide.
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Remier Forbes
New Zealand
Wellington
G. W. Forbes
Alberta
Churchill Port Sees Second Leopold Wheat Voyage
A full cargo of 325000 bushels of wheat was loaded into the Leopold for a second sailing in the 1935 season from Churchill Man itoba. The ship delivered grain previously to Antwerp and was expected to be joined by other vessels as heavy movements continue.
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Churchill
Manitoba
Antwerp
Courehill
Pengreep
Wentworth
Charles
Alma Dawson
Medicine Lake migratory waterfowl refuge proclaimed in Montana
The Biological Survey announces a new federal wildlife sanctuary the Medicine Lake migratory waterfowl refuge covering 23 700 acres of submarginal land twenty one miles south of Plentywood in Sheridan and Roosevelt counties Montana The site will function as a breeding and resting area for migrating waterfowl.
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United States
Lana
Montana
Washington
Plains
The
Biological Survey
Medicine Lake
Plentywood
Sheridan
Roosevelt Counties
Ethiopian Empire Builds Food Stocks for Army and People
Emperor Halle Selassie ordered nationwide storage of corn barley and native grain in subterranean depots to feed troops and civilians for a potential year long campaign. Citizens were told to grind and hoard most grain, selling the remainder to the state at a fixed price. The soldier’s diet remains simple and highly efficient. Vancouver report notes medical associations oppose current health insurance plans as drafted. Canadian and American bodies urge royal commissions and actuarial surveys to shape rates.
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Addis Ababa
Halle Sellassie
Ethiopia
Eld
Vancouver
British Columbia
British Columbia Medical Associaton
J. Tate Mason
Seattle
American Medical Association
T. C. Routley
Canadian Association
H. H. Milburn
British Columbia Medical Association
Marone
United States
Canada
American Association
Routley
Toronto
Life Insurance Officers
Medical Association
British”Columbia
G. J. Wherrett
Ottawa
Canadian Tuberculosis Association
Prince Under Treatment in Continent Visit
The Prince of Wales is receiving treatment for a middle ear inflammation diagnosed by Professor Heinrich Neumann. It is not dangerous or painful, but requires further visits. He is holidaying on the continent after arriving from Geneva.
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Vienna
Prince of Wales
Heinrich Neumann
Neumann
Geneva
Chinese Gang Leaders Confess in Kidnap Slayings
Twenty Chinese gang members were arrested in Tientsin as authorities disclosed that the group murdered 20 alleged kidnapping victims by strangling them after extorting ransoms. The bodies were found buried under floors across the city. Leaders confessed to the killings.
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Tientsin
China
Reaping Second Crop in Seimbridge Anta District
Farmers in High River district report a second crop after a hailstorm battered fields in July. Some neighbors plowed under, others did not, leading to yields of 10 to 15 bushels per acre on the second crop.
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Seimbridge
Anta
High River District
Dangerous Mediterranean mobilization reported by observers
London reports a powder keg situation as Italian and British naval forces, aircraft, and troops are mobilized around the Mediterranean. Reuters cites a defence proclamation at Gibraltar urging candy stocks for possible emergencies. British fleet numbers and movements near Alexandria and Port Said heighten tensions across Europe Africa and Asia.
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Mediterranean
Reuters
Gibraltar
Mediterranean Sea
England
China
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Achaens
Troy
Africa
Alexandia
Suez Canal
Port Said
Malta
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IL Duce
Saturnia
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Vittorio
Mussolini
General Teruzzi
Signor Starace
Count Ciano
J.C. Meakins
Montreal
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Prince
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