League Council to Meet Over Italo Abyssinia Dispute
London reports the League Council will convene on July 31 to review the Italo Abyssinia dispute as Mussolini retires to his castle for reflection. UK officials stress the issue's gravity while talks on arms exports and British credit for arms surface in the escalating crisis.
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London
League Council
Ajax Martin
Nice
Abyssinia
Hal Duberrer
Chicago
Vienna
Africa
Bremen
Anti English Feeling Spreads in Italy Reports Stampa
The Rome newspaper Stampa reports growing anti English feeling across Italy with denunciatory posters appearing. It quotes a leading article warning that the first Tullén shot with a British bullet will die cursing Britain while Italy seeks vengeance and its young men burn with war fever accusing Britain of imperial greed over Abyssinia.
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Rome
Italy
Stampa
Britain
Abyssinia
British Unions Call for Policy on Abyssinia Crisis
The National Council of Labour urges the government to declare policy over Abyssinia. It accuses Fascist Italy of using Italian Ethiopian talks to justify conquest and calls for a League Council meeting and neutral observers, plus a halt to foreign loans that aid aggression.
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London
National Council of Labour
Abyssinia
Italy
League of Nations
Handis Palehe
Abyssals
Europe
League Council
League
JAPAN SATPTHY WITH ABYSSINIA EYES ON TRADE TO RIO
Japanese sympathy for Abyssinia frames a call for unity with the ancient nation amid Italian aggression. The piece notes fears of Italy swallowing markets in Abyssinia and accuses Italy of plundering Ethiopia. It suggests Japan defends Manchuria and anticipates Britain alliances to counter Mussolini’s aims.
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Rio
Italy
Abyssinia
Japan
Manchuria
Ethiopia
America
Britain
Signor
Mussolini
Sybia
Soudan
Egypt
Ethiopian Note in Reply to Italy
Addis Ababa reports a government reply to Italy on the Conciliation Commission. If a fifth arbitrator cannot be appointed, the League should appoint an impartial commission to decide the whole dispute. Locally, hopes rise that a weaker lira could ease Italian borrowing for raw materials and signal peace or a brief war.
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Addis Ababa
League
Consul General's Action Not General
The Italian ambassador at Addis Ababa did not attend Emperor Haile Selassie's birthday celebrations, but this does not signal a rupture in diplomatic relations. Italian consuls in Harrar and Gondar attended the events in interior villages.
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Ume
Addis Ababa
Count Gigliucci
Haile Selassie
Japanese Society Urges Action Over Abyssinia Crisis
The Japanese Society of the Black Dragon urges the Japanese Prime Minister and ministers to settle the Abyssinia dispute. The society, credited with past aggressive moves, denounces Italy's invasion and calls Mussolini to withdraw troops, warning against government suppression.
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Tokio
Beportoed Cheers and Silence Mark Suez Passage
Mr D J Williams eco chemist returns on the Corfu from abroad and reports that in Suez British liner travellers were cheered by over 1000 soldiers on an Italian troop ship bound for Italian Somaliland while homeward bound after Britain's Abyssinian stand they encountered another Italian ship with only silence.
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Sydney
D. J. Williams
Corfu
Suez
England
Britain
Williama
A Lost Cause Says Minister At Constitutional Club
Minister for Health Mr. W. M. Hughes tells the Constitutional Club democracy is a lost cause and the League of Nations powerless. He argues wars arise from national interests and Britain must be relieved of defending Australia as much as possible. He recalls the Great War era and the Abyssinian question.
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Sydney
Constitutional Club
W. M. Hughes
League of Nations
Australia
Britain
Hughes
Missing in wild New Guinea plane run by Campbell
Plan reports a Short Scionifying boat piloted by Flight Lieutenant A camp bell missing in the Fly River district New Guinea. It is believed T Hellen and George Haden were aboard. Campbell was contracted by Pu man Concessions Ltd to fly over gold fields at Dalbertis 250 miles up the Fly River. Squadron Leader Hempill leads a search from the Southampton flying boat bound for Darwin to organize efforts.
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Melbourne
A. cc. Campbell
Fly River
New Guinea
T. Hellen
George Haden
Campbell
Papuan Concessions Ltd
Dalbertis
Hempill
Southampton
Sydney
Woman Barrister Admitted in New South Wales
Miss Worida Josephine Cohen a Sydney University graduate was today admitted as a barrister of the Supreme Court of New South Wales She becomes the first woman barrister admitted in eleven years and is noted for a brilliant scholastic record matriculating at age 15.
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Sydney
Worida Josephine Cohen
Sydney University
Supreme Court of New South Wales
Explosion Near Beletar Village Adjacent to Naval Base
A mystery blast near a Singapore naval base in Beletar injured one person and led villagers to detain four Chinese pending police arrival.
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Singapore
Beletar
Naval Base
Cabinet delays air mail plan until PM returns abroad
It is unlikely that final approval for carrying first class mail between capital cities by air will be granted until the Prime Minister returns from abroad.
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Melbourne
Budge Leads US In Davis Cup Challenge Tie
The United States qualified for the Davis Cup Challenge Round by beating Gemany in the inter zone final with D Budge defeating Von Cramm 0-6 7-8 0-3 and Allison overcoming Henkel 6-1 7-5 11-9 in straight sets. The US faces Great Britain next on Saturday.
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United States
London
United States of America
Great Britain
Gemmany
Oene
Allison
Henkel
Budge
von Cramm
Maniac With Axe Is Killed In Montrose Home Invasion
Brunnett Wood, 42, shot dead Maurice Fitzgerald, 84, after a naked intruder armed with an axe battered Ward home in Montrose at 2 a.m. Fitzgerald, an ex inmate, cried for water as he forced entry and Ward fired a warning shot before killing him. Police arrived after the shooting.
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New York
Brunnett Wood
Montrose
Maurice Fitzgerald
Ward
Missing Found Bodies of British Soldiers in France and Belgium
Information from the Imperial War Graves Commission released to the Returned Soldiers League reports 872 British soldiers found in aid battlefields in France and Belgium. Of these 472 bodies were recovered on the Somme, with 287 found by farmers, 111 by French search parties, 83 by latter agencies, and 47 by metal searchers.
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Sydney
Returned Soldiers’ League
Imperial War Graves Commission
London
France
Belgium
Somme
Australian cricket tour ban shocks Indian travel plans
The Australian Board of Control barred seven players Woodfull Kippax Chilvers Oxenham Rigg Ponsford and Nitschke from a year end tour of India. Twelve players named to go include Ryter Ironmongen Allsopp Macartney Hendry Ellis Leather Love Bryant Morrissey Nagel and Alexander though Nagel and Alexander had not yet been chosen.
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Melbourne
Australian Board of Cricket Control
India
Woodfull
Kippax
Chilvers
Oxenham
Rigg
Ponsford
Nitschke
Ryter
Ironmongen Allsopp
Macartney
Hendry
Ellis
Leather
Love
Bryant
Morrissey
L. Nagel
Alexander
Nagel
Wondfull
Board of Control
New York Mayor bans German masseur license
Mayor Laguardia shocks by refusing to issue a license to a German masseur citing discrimination against American Jews in Germany. The German embassy signals a formal protest to the State Department, arguing the move violates reciprocity and amity treaties between Germany and the United States.
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New York
Laguardia
Germany
State Department
United States
Dutch crisis as Catholic Party blocks measures in Amsterdam
In Amsterdam the guilder faces a crisis after the Dutch Catholic Party refuses to back government economics. The Netherlands Bank reports £7,000,000 in gold lost in a day and raises the bank rate to 5 percent. The Cabinet delays decision on resigning or dissolving Parliament for 24 hours.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands Bank
Two Men Blown Skyward by Large Gelignite Blast
On the Lockyer Darling Downs highway two road workers, Jack Turner aged 28 and Ken Mason aged 26, were nearly killed when 340 ounces of gelignite exploded prematurely. Turner sustained severe injuries while Mason escaped with abrasions as the blast hurled them into the air. Officials suspect air contraction during tamping caused the explosion.
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Brisbane
Lockyer- Darling Downs
Jack Turner
Ken Mason
Turner
Mason
NZ Floods Rescue by Boats Near Auckland
Rescue boats operate to save marooned farmers around Hakuringi swamp north of Auckland. The swamp has become a 10 mile by 2 mile lake with heavy stock losses feared. Farmer Thomas Lemon is reported missing as torrential rain continues.
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Wellington
Hakuringi
Auckland
Thomas Lemon
World Conference Opens in Geneva on October 1
The League of Nations convenes a world conference to standardize internationally used biological periodies. Announcement to the Director General of Arallh identifies Wheatland of Commonwealth Serum Laboratories Melbourne as a speaker. Dr Wheatland departed Melbourne for Geneva on Tuesday.
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League of Nations
Geneva
Arallh
Ir 1
Manufacturer Held on Abduction Charge in Melbourne
Petrof a Fitzroy shoe maker was remanded at Fitzroy Court on a charge of taking Brydie Nugent a 1 year old daughter of the Mayor of Collingwood from her mother's care without authority. He was arrested last night at his factory.
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Melbourne
Petrof
Fitzroy
Brydie Nugent
Collingwood
Petro
German Consul Hopes for Trade Treaty
Dr. Rudolph Asmis Consul-General of Germany spoke at a luncheon, declaring a strengthened Germany ready to earn equal prestige with other nations. He said tensions with Britain had cooled, paving the way for friendship with Australia and expressed hope to conclude a trade treaty on his return from furlough.
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Sydney
Rudolph Asmis
Germany
Britain
Australia
Coldest stretch ends as temps rise near seven degrees
The 0 o'clock reading was almost seven degrees warmer than yesterday at the same hour. State Meteorologist Mr Mares says this marks the coldest period for several days since 833. Snow fell at Klandra overnight with cloudy conditions across central and southern high lands, showers and light mist in the south, and soon on the Southern Alps.
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Sydney
Mares
Klandra
Highlands
Alps
Outlook gloomy for wheat as Australia shifts to wool and lamb
The Director of Agriculture Mr A McDonald warned of no price rise for years and widespread wheat losses. He urged farmers to cut wheat acreage and switch to primary production like wool growing and high quality lambs, citing prospects in wool and lamb as brighter. He highlighted sheep farming as viable with water access and fodder, praising Stocks and Brunskill as examples.
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Sydney
A. McDonald
Australia
NSSW
McDonald
B. J. Stocks
Wagga
Anthony Brunskill
Sydney Air Mail Terminal Debate Shifts to Government
Australia discusses making Sydney a terminal for the Imperial air mail route to Singapore. Quantas directors urge duplication of the Sydney leg with London to Singapore by September. They highlight 3 hour Sydney to Brisbane flight times, need for direction finding at Darwin and Koepang, and wireless aid on the Darwin to Brisbane leg.
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Sydney
Singapore
Fingland
Defence
Parkhill) Tomorow
Quantas Empire Airways
Quantas Emmpire Airways
McManter
Imperial Air Mail
Imperial Airways
London
McMaster
Commonwealth
de Haviland
Brisbane
Longreach
Chareleville
Darwin
Koepang
Quantas
Memory Loss After Head Blow At Gloucester
Percy Wilde, an engineer at ceetin, suffered a violent knock on the head at work about a week ago. Roy Brown found Wilde near Gloucester in distress and later identified him. Wilde recovered but cannot recall how he reached Gloucester.
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Sydney
Percy
Wilde
Ceetin
Roy Brown
Gloucester
Gloue Center
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