Peace hopes rise as east Africa talks near accord
British French and Italian delegates reach draft peace ideas for Italo Abyssinia conflict. Mussolini must approve. Addis Ababa reports Ethiopian troops massing as Haile Selassie holds council. Women form defense group raising funds after martial fears.
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East Africa
Benito Mussolini
Baron Pompeo Alesi
Italy
Anthony Eden
Great Britain
Laval
France
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Legion to Aid Veterans With National Unemployment Plan
Brigadier General Ross said a national voluntary organization will be created to tackle veteran unemployment. Backed by the Canadian Legion and Hyndman report guidance, the commission will include three volunteers and establish boards in towns and districts to place veterans in work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ont
General Ross
Dominion
Canadian Legion
Legion
Hyndman
Ross
Royal car parade greeted by Canadian educators
Buckingham Palace grounds rang with cheers from 220 Canadian teachers and students visiting under the Overseas Education League. The party met King George VI and Queen Elizabeth as the royal car passed, then moved on toward Victoria station for a trip to the Cowes regatta.
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Buckingham Palace
England
Overseas Education League
Victoria Station
Cowes
F. Ney
Dominion Canada Bills Set New Low Interest Record
Dominion Canada treasury bills worth 30 million dollars sold at a 1.2337 percent annual yield, breaking the previous low of 20 million at 1.38 percent. Bills mature November 1 with a discount price of 99.69, proceeds to retire part of a 50 million dollar issue taken up earlier by chartered banks at 2 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Dominion Canada Treasury
Royal Cruise With King and Queen Sails to Cowes
King George and Queen Mary travel aboard the royal yacht Victoria and Albert with the Duke and Duchess of York for a two weeks cruise. The voyage includes attendance at the annual Cowes regatta.
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Portsmouth
George
Queen Mary
Duke and Duchess of York
Cowes
Flood Damage Hits Lesser Slave Lake Town
Flooded town on Lesser Slave Lake endures 2.5 days of five foot waves washing away buildings including the post office. Residents live in tents on higher ground as the lake remains high and travel is by boat. Damage estimated at 25000 dollars with farms inundated and topsoil carried off. Access by air only. highway and railway service blocked by flooding and undermining waves.
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Slave Lake
Alta
Lesser
Northern Alberta Railway
Hunger Drives Survivors to Eat Unripe Grain in Chungsiang
Flood survivors near Chungsiang Hupeh swarm the uplands as the Han river floods backyards and fields. Relief from Hankow is 300 miles away and slow to arrive. Emaciated groups of 1,000 forage for any food, bodies of people and animals lie near the town, and starving crowds announce they come to eat.
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Chungsiang
Hupeh
Hankow
Han River
Sikhs Readied for Ethiopia Mission Guard
Reports from the British legation in Addis Ababa say detachments of Sikhs from India may be sent to Ethiopia to protect the legation. Britain plans to evacuate missionaries and families, and instructed them to stay in close contact with the legation. House of Commons confirms no embargo on raw materials for munitions exports. Britain grants Italy 35 flight permits over East Africa. 20 to Somaliland and the rest to the Sudan.
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London
India
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Britain
House of Commons
Great Britan
Italy
East Africa
British Somaliland
Sudan
Roosevelt Designs New US Coins With Hole and Square Center
President Roosevelt sketches a new half cent coin with a hole in the centre and envisions a square one mill piece. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau confirms the hole design while outlining the unusual money concept.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
United States
Canada Leads in Wheat Exports to Britain in 1935
Ottawa reports that Canada headed the United Kingdom market in wheat exports for the first half of 1935. The Dominion bureau of statistics also notes Canada’s top position in oats wheat flour lobsters copper ore copper rods crude zinc non-ferrous metals patent leather and rubber manufacture.
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Ottawa
Canada
United Kingdom
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Dominion
Counterfeit One Cent Pieces Appear in Vancouver
Counterfeit copper coins, indistinguishable from genuine cents, have surfaced in Vancouver. The forgers produced coins half the thickness of government issues, exposing a single defect in the facsimile money.
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Vancouver
Garnet Wheat Price Set by Winnipeg Exchange
The Winnipeg Grain Exchange cash closing committee set July 31 values for Garnet wheat as a separately graded grain. No 1 Garnet quoted at 79 1/2 cents, 3 cents under No 2 Northern, and No 2 Garnet at 77 1/2 cents, same as No 3 Northern. Beginning Aug 1, Garnet will be graded separately into two grades. Garnet unfit for these grades will default to No 3 Northern or lower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Rust threat looms over bread wheat in western Canada
Dominion rust report notes severe stem rust in Manitoba and widespread infection across Saskatchewan and drought in Alberta and Saskatchewan. It warns yields will be uncertain for two to three weeks as weather shapes final output while some central regions remain promising and Alberta prospects vary.
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Ottawa
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Alberta-Saskatchewan
Alberta
Winnipeg
J. H. Craigie
Dominion Rust Research Laboratory
Riding Mountain National Park
Saskatoon
Moose Jaw
Prince Albert
Aerial Survey Starts From Prince Rupert to Wrangell Alaska
A 10000 mile aerial survey of northern Canada began July 30 with Dr. Charles Camsell leading the party. The Seaplane flight to Wrangell Alaska includes C H Punch Dick as pilot A D McLean and W H Sutherland among the crew. Camsell aims to photograph 30000 square miles of unmapped Yukon territory north of the Liard river and may explore valleys known in Indian legend. The expedition should finish by August 15 at Edmonton.
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Prince Rupert
B.C
Canada
Charles Camsell
Wrangell
Alaska
C. H
A. D. McLean
Canadian Airways
W. H. Sutherland
Camsell
Yukon
Liard River
Rocky Mountains
Mackenzie Ranges
Edmonton
South Africa Enjoys Prosperity Amid Global Slump
South Africa rides a boom as global mood sours. David de Meyer, South African trade commissioner to Canada, told a service club that wealth grew after leaving the gold standard and that in 1934 Canada purchases rose from 5.7 million to over 12 million dollars, making South Africa a major buyer from Britain.
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Vancouver
David de Meyer
Canada
South Africa
Great Britain
Rural families gain self support as relief ends
An Associated Press survey shows rural mid America moving toward self support as relief ends. Thousands of farm families improve crop conditions and use resettlement loans and their own efforts. Eight states report relief lists below 50,000 families.
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Kansas City
Middle America
Association
Ready To Retaliate Over Canadian Wheat Trade
J McCormick of the Scottish Co operative Wholesale Society in Glasgow warns of retaliation if a new Canadian wheat board blocks trade. The party member cites 3,000,000 bushels of Canadian wheat imported yearly and notes the society owns Scotland’s largest flour mills and sells bread widely. He criticizes the Ottawa agreements and favors free trade. He is accompanied by Cameron Thompson and C Hewitt.
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Calgary
New
Canadian Wheat Board
Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society of Glasgow
J. McCormick
Canada
McCormick
Scotland
Ottawa
Society
Cameron Thompson
C. Hewitt
Russian Sub Sinks with 55 Seamen Lost in Baltic Collision
Official Soviet bulletin reports the submarine B-3 sank in Finland Bay during Baltic fleet maneuvers after collision with an unidentified surface vessel. All aboard, including officers, sailors and naval cadets, perished. A mass funeral will be held in Kronstadt as families receive 10,000 rubles and pensions.
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Moscow
Finland Bay
Russia
Kronstadt
Ontario to overhaul relief system with per capita grants
Premier Hepburn announced a drastic reorganization to shift welfare costs to municipalities. Starting Sept 1 the province will cap its per capita relief payments at 7.50 in bankrupt districts and 5 for other areas, aiming to cut costs and shrink the welfare department.
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Toronto
Ontario
Mitchell F. Hepburn
David Croll
Welfare Department
Soviet plan for polar air route to San Francisco
Moscow officials predict North Pole air route could open in two to three years if Sigmund Levaneffsky’s non stop Moscow to San Francisco flight succeeds. Levaneffsky aims to cross via polar routes with two companions, claiming a 6000 mile trip in under three days. Schmidt notes a permanent pole weather station and 40 Arctic radio stations feeding central offices at Cape Schmidt and Dixon Island.
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Moscow
North America
Russia
North Pole
Sigmund Levaneffsky
Cape Schmidt
Dixon Island
Sadko
Japan's civil aviation push ties to five year defence plan
Japan advances a large civil aviation program alongside its five year aerial defence scheme. Initial outlay equals about 60 million dollars. annual promotional spending by the Ministry of Communications runs near 1 million. The plan links domestic airlines to global airways and prioritizes new airfields and equipment for enhanced defence.
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Tokio
Japan
Ministry of Communications
India Bill Clears Commons After Lords Amendments
The India bill gains final Commons approval after >300 Lords amendments. It enacts a federation with Indian native and British states each with autonomous legislatures, granting Delhi greater self-government while Britain retains control of foreign policy and defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
India
House of Commons
House of Lords
United States
Delhi
Britain
Explosion traps miners at Marsfield mine in Transvaal
An explosion at the Marsfield mine near Es tantia traps 78 native miners and kills two white miners on the 300 foot gallery. Rescue squads reach the site soon after but abandon hopes of saving the trapped men.
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Ermelo
Transvaal
Marsfield
Estantia
Johannesburg
Falling Star Draws Toronto Citizens Awe
A bright object described as a shooting rocket from the northwest lit the sky over Toronto for about ten minutes. Dunlap Observatory officials speculated it was a meteor and noted a possible earth impact if the claim of brilliance held true.
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Toronto
Dunlap Observatory
Margaret Fane Becomes Alberta Pilot Qualification Milestone
Miss Margaret Fane, 21, reportedly the first woman to qualify as a commercial pilot in Alberta or Saskatchewan, has successfully passed her flying tests. The achievement was announced by Howard C. Ingram, inspector of civil aviation for western Canada.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Margaret Fane
Howard C. Ingram
Western Canada
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Palace Grounds
Slave Lake Area
Thomas Cantley
Senate
Start
Duchess OF York
Brussels
Belgium
Wheat Board
Bill
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