Leftists Execute Thousands in Madrid Amid Revolt
A French traveler and Havas dispatches report mass executions of prisoners in Madrid since the uprising. Up to 10,000 may have died at Casa de Campo as the regime arms the populace, prisons overflow, and vehicles patrol streets. Rebels press from mountains near Guadarrama as government losses mount.
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Hendaye
Madrid
Treanage
Spain
Havas
Casa de Campo
Gran Via
France and Canada vow lasting friendship at veterans banquet
Albert Riviere, France’s pensions minister, told 5,000 Canadian war veterans gathered in Rouen that friendship between Canada and France must remain strong. He cited the Vimy Ridge memorial unveiling and noted the veterans would soon return home after traveling in six special trains from Paris.
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Rouen
Canada
France
Albert Riviere
Paris
Vimy Ridge
King Edward’s sixth flight before Mediterranean yacht cruise
King Edward completed a quick Sandringham visit to see his mother before joining guests aboard the yacht Nahlin for a holiday cruise in the Mediterranean. The Grafton and Glowworm escorted the Nahlin as destroyer convoys while air mail from England in three months totaled 115,800 pounds.
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London
Edward
Sandringham
Nahlin
Mediterranean
Sandringham House
Grafton
Glowworm
Admiralty
England
England Hosts More Overseas Visitors Than Six Years
Reliable statistics show England entertaining more overseas visitors than in six years. Americans numbered 137 500 in June up 4 000 from last June, while France saw a drop of about 700 000 due to cost of living and political tensions. Hotel groups plan price discussions for next year’s coronation celebrations.
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London
England
France
French Chamber of Commerce
Vatican paper blames Soviet Union for Spanish war
The Osservatore Romano charged the Moscow Third International with responsibility for the Spanish civil war. It stated that the Soviet Union, acting as the Third International rather than as its government, sent its principal specialists to Spain who oppose order and commit atrocities against the rebels.
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Vatican City
Rome
Spain
Osservatore Romano
Vatican
Moscow Third International
Soviet Union
Third International
Canadian unity vision voiced by fisheries minister
Hon. J. E. Michaud, Dominion minister of fisheries, spoke at the Laurier club after his Rocky Mountains journey. He urged national consciousness in Canada so eastern and western provinces would understand each other and work together for a united and progressive land.
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Victoria
United
Canada
J. E. Michaud
Dominion
The
Laurier Club
Rocky Mountains
Plan Drought Conference Ottawa
Western Canada drought policy will be discussed at a planned Dominion and provincial representatives conference likely August 17. The date hinges on Hon. J. G. Gardiner returning from overseas duties and his SASkatchewan origin noted. Other cabinet members expected back in time for the meeting.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
J. G. Gardiner
Gardiner
Saskatchewan
Refugees From Spain Arrive in United States
The first U S refugees fled civil unrest in Spain arriving aboard the S S Exeter in Boston. They describe burned churches sudden air attacks and armed bands roaming cities. Don ald Newhal and Elizabeth Healey recount ordeals of near capture and rioting seen from a Spanish fort.
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Boston
United States
Span
S.S. Exeter
New York
Donald Newhal
Minorca
Newha
Elizabeth Healey
Cooperative School For
Malaga
British empire must keep unity and open trade routes
Lord Snell, Labour leader in the British House of Lords, told a Geneva Park audience that the integrity of the British commonwealth and open trade routes are essential. He argued England relies on imports for two of three daily meals and urged a flexible foreign policy with collective security to prevent war.
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Orillia
Ont
Lord Snell
England
Canada
United States
Britain
Tourist Traffic to Canada Rises With Summer Visitors
Canadian travel officials estimate total spending by foreign visitors at 300 million dollars this year. Summer tourist arrivals show about a 15 percent rise from last year with 1,632,485 visitors in June compared with 1,481,858 a year earlier. July figure reaches 2,500,000 and August about 2,800,000, with expectations of 3,000,000 this month.
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Ottawa
United States
Canada
Leo Dolan
Canadian Travel Bureau
London woman arrives in Vancouver to trace Mackenzie routes
Mrs. S. Kirkland Vesey of London England, great grand niece of Sir Alexander Mackenzie, has arrived in Vancouver. She has already traveled the Mackenzie River to Aklavik following the explorer's route and plans to proceed to Bella Coola Ward where Mackenzie once viewed the Pacific in 1793.
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Vancouver
S. Kirkland Vesey
London
England
Sir Alexander Mackenzie
Rail board to tour west for hearings in September
The board of railway commissioners departs Ottawa on September 6 for a series of hearings across the west with stops planned in Winnipeg Saskatoon Edmonton Vancouver Calgary Swift Current and Brandon.
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Ottawa
Board of Railway Commissioners
Winnipeg
Saskatoon
Edmonton
Vancouver
Calgary
Swift Current
Brandon
Royal Treasures Exhibition for coronation year 2163
Personal treasures of royalty from earliest times to present to be shown in London next April and May as a special attraction for coronation year 2163.
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London
Government buys placer gold to support miners in B C
British Columbia government reports cash purchases of 304 ounces of placer gold worth about 10,000 dollars under a small purchase plan. Miners receive 28 dollars per ounce. shipments to the Dominion assay office are avoided with on the spot cash, and the metal is resold to Ottawa. Separately, federal interior minister Crerar unveils strict new waterfowl protection rules to curb duck and goose hunting.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Department of Mnes
Dominion Assay Office
Dominion
Interior Department
Canada
Prairies
United States
Forest Fires In Alberta Break Out On Dry Lightning
Forestry crews fought multiple fires in southwestern Alberta as unthundered dry lightning sparked blazes in isolated districts. One flare rose atop a mountain headwater and another near Trapp creek in the Highwood valley while Castle River and Highwood fires remained under control with hundreds of firefighters along the fronts.
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Calgary
Alberta
Galatea Creek
Trapp Creek
Highwood Valley
Castle River
Peace Gardens Trend Spreads Across Borders
Henry J. Moore of Islington told the 39th annual convention of the Canadian Florists and Gardeners Association that plans for international peace gardens are advancing. Negotiations are under way for gardens on the Latvia Latvia border, with hopes for France and Germany to establish border gardens as well.
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Toronto
Manitoba-North Dakota
Henry J. Moore
Islington
Canadian Florists and Gardeners’ Association
Latvia
Eusthenia
Lithuania
France
Germany
Chief Justice W C Simmons to Retire in September
The Calgary Herald reports Hon. W. C. Simmons will retire as chief justice of the Alberta supreme court on September 1. Appointed to the bench in 1910 after a Liberal tenure representing Lethbridge, he became chief justice of the trial division in 1920.
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W. C. Simmons
Alberta
Calgary
Calgary Herald
Alberta Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Lethbridge
Edmonton Protest Over Dumping of Pacific Men
Mayor Clarke wired A E Warren of Canadian National Railways demanding the return home of 28 Pacific coast men sent to Edmonton for railway construction work while hundreds of unemployed locally are available for similar work. He urged arrangements to take these men back to their homes at once.
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Edmonton
Clarke
A. E. Warren
Winnipeg
Canadian National Railways
Wheat Exports Rise for Canadian Crop Year Ends
The Dominion bureau of statistics reports Canadian wheat exports for the year ending July 31 at 222,215,279 bushels, up nearly 80 million from the prior year. Overseas shipments reach 172,045,574 and U S imports total 50,167,705. Last week exports were 5,286,657. 4,102,657 abroad and 1,184,000 to the United States.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
United States
Bond
Air Ministry Official Dismissed Over Imperial Airways Talks
Prime Minister Baldwin ordered the dismissal of Sir Christopher Bullock permanent secretary to the air council after a board of inquiry found he discussed future ties with Imperial Airways with its chairman and the managing director in four conversations. The report said such talks were improper and against civil service code yet noted no corruption.
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London
Baldwin
Christopher Bullock
The
Air Council
Mr. Baldwin
Board of
Sir Christopher
Eric Geddes
Imperial Airways, Limited
G. E. Woods-Humphrey
Imperial Airways Board
Board of Inquiry
Bullock
Geddes
Woods-Humphrey
Christopher
Imperial Airways
Air Ministry
Willis Rejects Coalition Promise in Manitoba Election Split
Errick F. Willis, leader of Manitoba's newly elected Conservative party, says there can be no coalition with Premier John Bracken. He notes his caucus would not reject a fair coalition, amid cabinet divisions. Liberal-Progressive leader campaigns in The Pas for deferred Aug. 21 elections. W. W. Kennedy to contest Rupert's Land.
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Winnipeg
Errick F. Willis
Conservative
Manitoba
John Bracken
Willis
Bracken
Liberal-Progressive
Pas
W. W. Kennedy
K.C
Winnipeg South Centre
Rupert's Land
New Radio Station Launches on Lulu Island Vancouver
Mayor G G McGeer broke ground for a Canadian radio commission broadcasting station on Lulu Island. The facility will use a 5 000 watt transmitter with a 40 foot tower and new studios, aiming for completion by October as CRCV plans upgrade from its 500 watt station.
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Lulu Island
Vancouver
G. G. McGeer
Canadian Radio Commission Broadcasting
CRCV
Canada June coal output rises above year past
Dominion bureau of statistics reports Canadas coal production last June at 1,022,385 tons, up from 930,093 tons in June 1925, and above the five year monthly average of 859,455 tons. Coke production was only slightly less than a year before.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canadas
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