Imperial Policy of Education for the Dominions debated
In the House of Commons a debate on imperial education policy and dominion relations highlighted calls for an imperial publicity committee in London. W Pethwick-Lawrence attacked imperial conference results and Newfoundland conditions while Malcolm MacDonald defended government actions and progress in Newfoundland with tax cuts and a 35 percent rise in customs revenue.
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Dominions
Great Britain
House of Commons
Empire Press Union
Empire Service
Harnton Kerr
Dominions High Commissioners
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W. Pethwick- Lawrence
Newfoundland
Australia
H. Page Croft
Malcolm MacDonald
Commons
Ireland
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Pethick- Lawrence
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United States Re-enters Global Wheat Market After Two-Year Gap
The United States resumes exports with its largest six year wheat crop lifting a backlog. First ships left Chicago for Europe via Montreal carrying 188000 bushels. Argentine corn trades to Chicago enable wheat return to Montreal. Southwestern wheat sales to Canada set a new record while domestic prices run well below Winnipeg.
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United States
Canada
Europe
Montreal
Winnipeg
Kansas City
Disposal Of Livestock Regina Plan Moves Cattle From Drouth Areas
Winnipeg will set initial prices for farmers disposing of surplus livestock from Alberta and Saskatchewan following a Saskatche wan Manitoba government conference. Canners expected to receive a cent and a quarter. The plan aims to move 50 000 to 100 000 cattle now from drought areas, with strict market timing and eligibility rules.
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Winnipeg
Alberta
Saskatchewan
J. G. Gardiner
Manitoba
Rock Slide Blocks CPR Right of Way near Field
Heavy rains in the Rocky mountains caused a rock slide three miles east of Field British Columbia. The slide covered about 200 feet of the Canadian Pacific Railway right of way and disrupted telegraph communication for over an hour. Field lies about 30 miles west of the Alberta border. The rock fell from Mount Stephen and in places was 60 feet deep according to a statement from the general superintendent’s office.
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Field
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Canadian Pacific Railway
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Mount Stephen
State to donate land for King George V Memorial in London
Sir Philip Sassoon announces the gift of land valued at £80,000 in Abingdon Street for the King George V Memorial. The proposal goes to parliament next session for approval. The Abingdon Street site will host a statue opposite Victoria Tower in the heart of the Empire.
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Abingdon Street
Philip Sassoon
Philip
Victoria Tower
Get Work In Ontario ment As Farm Laborers Windsor
Twenty men from Saskatchewan and Manitoba applied at the Windsor employment bureau for work and all were placed, says superintendent A. J. Cooper. Westerners find Ontario harvest wages lower than the prairies where harvest hands earned $4 to $5 a day. monthly Ontario harvest pay ranges from $25 to $30, with some farmers paying more.
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Ont
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
A. J. Cooper
Prairies
Ontario
Air Line Across North Pole Proposed by Soviet Leader
Mikhail Gromoff, head of the Moscow to California record flight, envisions an air line from Moscow to Canada and the United States crossing the north pole. He says a radio beacon network, notably in the Canadian northwest, would be needed and the line could open in under two years.
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Moscow
Canada
United States
North Pole
Mikhail Gromoff
California
Canadian Northwest
Move to Avert Risk of Peiping Clash Endangers Americans
Secretary Hull said the U S government may move about 675 American citizens from Peiping amid fighting between Chinese and Japanese forces around the ancient capital. The wounding of a U S marine heightened concerns, and 10 to 15 Americans reportedly stayed in a volatile area under heavy shelling.
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Peiping
Hull
State Department
Barricades Erected as Tientsin Sees Foreign and Chinese Clashes
British French and Italian concessions declare emergency as Chinese troops launch a surprise offensive on Tientsin. Japanese air and land forces fight Chinese garrisons while gendarmes clash with Japanese near the eastern railroad station. Two hundred Japanese troops reportedly surrounded.
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North China
China
Peiping
Li Wen-Tien
Bomb-Proof Shelters Planned for London Landmarks
Sir Philip Sassoon told the House of Commons that Westminster Abbey Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament were surveyed to select gas-proof and bomb-proof shelters. Preparations to implement the scheme are now under way.
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Philip Sassoon
House of Commons
Westminster Abbey
Buckingham Palace
Houses of Parliament
Stand By The League London Reform Debate In Lords
In the House of Lords the Earl of Plymouth states Britain's armament will not conflict with the League of Nations covenant. The government will keep its policy tied to league membership and seek enlargement and loyal cooperation. Lord Davies argues for moral reform and stronger league machinery to fulfill obligations.
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Great Britain
Earl of Plymouth
House of Lords
League
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Journalist predicts Japan aims to smash China after trip
London Daily Telegraph editor Victoria D. G. Crighton arrived aboard the Empress of Canada and said Japan intends to press into China. He cited Chinese troop offensives in Peiping as a pretext and noted Chiang Kai-shek's northern defense was weak against stronger Japanese forces.
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London Daily Telegraph
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Peiping
Chiang-Kai-Shek
Spain Civil War Crisis Forecast Amid German Italian Aid Push
Foreign Minister Jose Giral Pereira warned the insurgent movement led by General Francisco Franco will collapse within months unless Italy and Germany provide additional aid. He predicted the civil war could end before 1937 ends if intervention remains limited or decisive.
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Jose Giral Pereira
Italy
Germany
Francisco Franco
Madrid-Valencia
Germany stockpiles grain amid 1938 shortage fears
Germany has stored wheat, rye and other grains amid a potential serious shortage next year. Wheat imports in early 1938 total over 22 million bushels at about 30 million dollars, averaging 1.35 dollars per bushel, versus 2 million bushels and 65 cents in early 1936. Rye imports rise to nearly 3.5 million bushels from 0.5 million in 1936.
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Germany
Explosion mars royal visit to Ulster in Belfast parade
Police blamed a deliberately planted mine for the midday blast during the coronation visit of the king and queen to Ulster in Belfast. The incident shattered glass, injured a child, and followed a broader day of violence attributed to extremist Irish Republicans.
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Duplessis Seeks State Role in Newsprint Trade Policy
Premier Maurice Duplessis told a Chandler audience that Quebec and Ontario should directly control the newsprint industry with cooperation from Ontario. He warned against export of Quebec pulp wood and urged rapid action, stressing Canadian unity and opposing separatism. The Chandler mill reopening followed seven years idle, employing 250 in Gaspe.
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Maurice Duplessis
Union National
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Gaspe County
Union Nationale
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Adelard Godbout
BC complains to Ottawa over cattle transport bias
Victoria's Hon K C MacDonald, BC agricultural minister, protests Ottawa for not providing free transportation for cattle to British Columbia as offered for eastern Canada. He notes last year transport was provided for cattle moving both east and west under the federal scheme.
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K. C. MacDonald
British Columbia
Ottawa
MacDonald
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Dutch Airliner Crashes at Hal Killing Fifteen
A Dutch commercial air liner on a Rotterdam Brussels Paris run crashed at Hal killing fifteen. Ten passengers and five crew, including a stewardess, died as flames erupted. Victims were Dutch, German, American, and Mexican. Causes cited include in-flight gasoline ignition from a motor pack fire or a lightning strike.
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Hal
Here
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Paris
Salmon Treaty Ratified by Canada and United States
Canada and the United States ratified conventions regulating Pacific coast sockeye salmon and halibut fisheries. International commissions will control and regulate the fisheries, but the agreements were already approved by both parliaments.
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