Aduwa Captured And Monument Erected By Italians
Italian forces under General Maravigna captured Aduwa after a swift advance with tanks. A large stone monument reading to the fallen heroes of Aduwa was carried to the city center and erected. Reports say Tigre province fell and Ethiopians offered stiff resistance in the mountains before Italian artillery prevailed.
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Italy
al Duce
Maravigna
Tigres
Daro Tade
Amba Beera
Makale
King Gives Formal Consent to Royal Marriage
The King assent to the marriage of his third son the Duke of Gloucester to Lady Alice Scott was formalized under the great seal. The ceremony featured two engraved silver discs joined by a cord and sealing wax, with the Privy Council, Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Hailsham, Prime Minister Baldwin, Ramsay MacDonald and Sir John Simon in attendance. The council met briefly for routine business besides the consent ceremony. War risk rates on ships via the Red Sea and Mediterranean to Italy doubled, with cargo insurance at 10 shillings per £100 versus five shillings for other destinations.
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Duke of Gloucester
Alice Scott
Privy Council
Wnien Convent
Archbishop of Canterbury
Lord Hailsham
Baldwin
Ramsay MacDonald
Sir John Simon
Red Sea
Mediterranean
Italy
Call For Strengthening Of Britain's Defences
Bournemouth report on a Conservative convention where Neville Chamberlain Edward Grigg and Winston Churchill urged unanimous support for arming Britain. They argued the League of Nations cannot guarantee peace, stressing Britain must be strong and fund a defence loan to rebuild navy and defence forces.
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Bournemouth
Eng
Britain
Neville Chamberlain
Sir Edward Grigg
Winston Churchill
Chamberlain
League of Nations
Great Britain
League @ Nations
Great ‘Britain
Cancer Digestive Treatment Report Attracts Attention
A Montreal report in the Canadian Medical Association Journal by Hendry C. Connell describes a cancer treatment using a digestive fluid to digest malignant cells. The method, tested on 11 patients from Kingston Ontario, shows two returns to work, four deaths, and varying responses including pain relief and reduced growth in several cases.
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Seter
Montreal
Canadian Medical Association
Jurant
Hendry C. Connell
MLD
Kingston
Ont
Connett
British Labor Party backs sanctions over Italian aggression
At Brighton the British Labor party endorsed using full League of Nations sanctions, even military force, in Africa. The card ballot approved sanctions 2,168,000 to 102,000, aligning with the International Trade Union Federation. Herbert Morrison argued for adherence, saying military sanctions cannot be ruled out to preserve league peace.
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England
Labor Party
League of Nations
Africa
International Trade Union Federation
Great Britain
Frst
Ethiopia
Herbert Morrison
League
Vancouver Italians Offer to Join Italian Army
Vancouver Italian residents volunteer for service in Italy’s armies. Pietro Colbertaldo, acting royal Italian vice consul, said about 15 men have requested to enlist. He noted Italy does not call reservists abroad but accepts volunteers, and English-born Canadians have made similar requests.
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Vancouver
Italy
Pietro Colbertaldo
Royal Italan
Flyers Join Gibraltar RAF Detachment Thirty Added
Royal Air Force detachment Gibraltar gains thirty flyers as the Kaiser Hind brings new airmen to the station. Air Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, commander in chief of Britain's air defence forces, travels with them and later departs for Malta after conferring with flying officers aboard the same liner.
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Royal Air Force
Gibraltar
Robert Brooke-Popham
Robert
Britain
Air Defence Forces
Malta
ConspiratorsPlan to Assassinate Bulgarian King Boris
In Sofia a revolt plot to kill King Boris was reportedly nipped by authorities. Armored factions planned to attack as the king reviewed a parade. Army officers were among those arrested. Supposedly marching troops would be unarmed. The plan aimed to seize the arsenal and public buildings amid martial law in the capital and nationwide. Former premier Kimon Gueorguiett reportedly detained in Burgas, his second detention this year.
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Sofia
Boris Til
Burgas Raying
Premer Kimon Gueorguiett
Food Shortage Triggers Rationing in Germany
Germany faces acute shortages of butter milk lard and basic foods as authorities enforce rationing and curb hoarding. Police guard dairies and butcher shops while the government imports 500 hogs weekly from the Netherlands and orders lard from Dutch dealers amid a shrinking hog census from 25 million last year to about 22.5 million.
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Germany
Berlin
Netherlands
Mussolini Calls Peace If Warships Withdrawn In Med
Winnipeg officials weigh a $1.5 million plan to install blue and red illuminated street identifiers at 15,000 to 20,000 intersections with a five cent monthly home levy and $150,000 yearly hydro revenue. Meanwhile Premier Mussolini signs note promising talks on peace if Britain withdraws additional Mediterranean warships and prep measures. Rome hints at possible tripartite talks with Paris and London, the Ethiopian border mandate, and League of Nations negotiations, while denying quitting the league unless pushed.
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Public Utilities Committee
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London
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Great Britain
Britain
Mediterranean
Italy
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Red Sea
Paris
Ethiopia
Geneva
11 Duce
League of Nations
League
Ethiopa
Rome
Warning to Followers Aberhart Addresses Gov Jobs Threats
Premier William Aberhart warned followers at an Alberta Women’s Social Credit banquet that victory does not mean government jobs for every worker. He urged patience and focus on securing life’s necessities, saying post October 14 there will be tougher times and calls to stand the fight.
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Eamonton
William Aberhart
Prinipal
Alberta Women's Social Credit League
Social Credit
Pangborn Considers Northern Route For World Flight
Clyde Pangborn contemplates a non stop world flight this fall lasting about 110 hours on a northern route. He plans to skip Japan this time and recalls two months in a Japanese prison in 1931 for lying over a fortified area without sanction while en route to New.
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Clyde Pangborn
Bismarck
N.C
Japan
Pangborn
New
Newcastle man faces perjury charge in Alberta election
John Shalay of Newcastle is charged with perjury for allegedly swearing he was a British subject to vote in the Alberta election. He appeared before Magistrate L. O'Connor at Drumheller and was remanded for trial at the November sittings of the supreme court. He was freed on 2000 bail.
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Drumheller
Alta
John Shalay
Newcastle
Alberta
Supreme Court
L. O'Connor
Presbyterians Accept Name Use for Church in Canada
Rev Dr Frank Baird of Pictou Nova Scotia told the maritime synod there can be no objection to the name PresbyterIan Church in Canada. He said court decisions settled the argument after some Presbyterians joined the United Church of Canada.
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Halifax
Canada
Frank Baird
Pictou
N.S
Maritime Synod
Baird
United Church of Canada
Catt Up Reserves Athens in Military Call Up
The government has called up three military classes to report for service as a precaution amid the tense international situation.
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Greex
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