Foreigners Endangered as Shanghai War Tensions Rage
International forces guard Shanghai's foreign districts as Chinese troops move into the settlement. Japanese naval and land forces position along the northern fringe while civilian areas become no man’s land. Evacuations surge as foreign residents face growing danger.
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Shanghai
Volunteer Corps
Chapei
United States
China
Whangpoo River
International Settlement
No-Man's-Land
Nanking
Nankow Pass
Japan
Peiping-Tientsin
Trent
Canada cost of living rises in July for 1937
A Dominion Bureau of Statistics report shows moderate price gains in key foods and offsetting coal and coke costs lifting Canada’s cost of living from 82.77 in June to 83.0 in July. The July 1936 figure stood at 80.4.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Jewish Exodus To Palestine Proposal Outlined
A plan to settle 200000 Jews in Palestine within three years, backed by a $175000000 investment, was presented to the world Zionist congress by Elieser Kaplal treasurer of the Zionist executive committee in Zurich Switzerland.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Palestine
World Zionist Congress
Elieser Kaplal
Zionist Executive Committee
Lord Nuffield Donates Millions To Aid Blind
London reports Lord Nuffield industrialist philanthropist donated £35,000 to aid in caring for the blind. The act raises his total philanthropic gifts to more than £8,000,000.
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London
Lord Nuffield
Migratory Bird Regulations Set for 1937 Hunting Season
The Department of Mines and Resources announced 1937 migratory bird rules to curb waterfowl depletion. Ducks and geese bag limits are specified by province, with 12 duck daily and season caps of 150 in Maritimes Ontario Quebec and 100 in the prairies and 125 in British Columbia. Geese limits vary by region, baiting and live decoys remain banned, and open season dates are listed for Saskatchewan and Alberta.
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Ottawa
Department of Mines and Resources
Washington
United States
Maritime Provinces
Ontario
Quebec
Prairie Provinces
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Township
Wilson
Alberta
Athabaska
Clearwater
Four Indian chiefs press grievances over treaties and hunger
Four elderly Sioux chiefs including nephews of Sitting Bull, meeting at Standing Rock, say the United States government has broken treaties and starvation has followed. They threaten presenting grievances to federal officials and consider seeking asylum in Canada if the president does not act.
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Rapid City
N.D
United States
South Dakota
Black Hills
Canada
Standing Rock
Fort Yates
N.C
Sitting Bull
George A. Custer
Little Big Horn
Oscar One Bull
Bluejackets Train and Dine at Churchill Harbor
Sailors from His Majesty's Sloop Scarborough and support ships joined local scientists in a brisk demonstration of rifle practice and field maneuvers on the Hudson Bay port rocks and marshes. Transported by railway flats, the landing party enjoyed bright sun and a north wind. Residents hosted a dance for the visiting crew and ship staff.
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Churchill
Man
Hudson Bay
Scarborough
Canada
Nascopie
Wentworth
Manitoba Hay Market Estimates in 1937 Tonnage Figures
Manitoba agriculture officials estimate official drought relief hay to Saskatchewan will flow from Manitoba, with 1937 wild hay tonnage between 1,000,000 and 1,250,000 tons and other hay around 500,000 tons. Prices in Manitoba points range from 5 to 8 dollars per ton by grade No 1 to No 3.
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Winnipeg
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Americans In Danger As Shanghai Barricades Police
Militarized Chinese police blocked Kiangwan village north of Shanghai to prevent a potential clash with a reinforced Japanese garrison. The U S consul-general frantically sought consent from mayor O K Yui to evacuate stranded Americans but faced refusal. Officials say the move is defensive against Japanese forces and not aimed at Americans, yet it places Americans in a danger zone of possible hostilities.
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Shanghai
Kiangwan
United States
O. K. Yui
Greater
Alberta Wheat Crop Valued At High Level In 1937
Alberta farmers expect wheat valued at about 75 million dollars this year plus 15 to 20 million more from last year’s gains across crops. Officials forecast wheat yields near 67 million bushels, with others ranging up to 75 or 80 million, depending on harvest outcomes and prices.
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Edmonton
Alberta
R. Mullen
Financial Post of
Toronto
H. G. L. Strange
Searle Grain Company
Zep Service to Resume Next Year Says Hindenburg Captain
Captain Max Pruss, survivor of the Hindenburg crash, predicted revival of Germany’s trans Atlantic Zeppelin service next year. He said new Zeppelins under construction will be buoyed by non inflammable helium gas and will resume after his hospital recovery in New York.
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New York
Germany
Max Pruss
Lakehurst
N.J
Pruss
Large Siberian purge executes 72 more spies
The East Siberia Pravda reports 72 alleged far eastern railroad wreckers executed in Siberia during the ongoing purge to root out spies. This group is among the largest in Soviet Russia’s campaign, bringing the known total executions to 320 in the far eastern crackdown.
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Moscow
Irkutsk
Glaciers Melt In Norway Hardanger Glacier Breaks
A long section of the Hardanger glacier base melted under heat and collapsed into Demme Lake causing a 160 foot tidal wave. The wave washed away 12 houses damaged crops and left fields strewn with boulders with no casualties reported.
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Oslo
Norway
Hardanger
Demme Lake
Mussolini Declares War Prep Creed Before Sicilian Crowds
Premier Mussolini addressed about 100000 Sicilians in Catania on the eve of annual war games. He proclaimed the cornerstone of Italian doctrine is intense military preparation and warned that a people unwilling to bear arms will endure misery and slavery.
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Catania
Sicily
Mussolini
Duce
Soviet Arctic Flight Proposal Led by Mikhail Sheveleff
Pravda proposed a 12000 mile around the Arctic circle flight under Pilot Mikhail Sheveleff. The route would pass Alaska Hudson Bay or Baffinland Greenland Iceland and the northeastern Russian coast. Sheveleff was assistant head of the recent north pole expedition.
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Moscow
Arctic Circle
Mikhail Sheveleff
Pravda
Alaska
Hudson Bay
Baffinland
Greenland
Iceland
Sheveleff
North Pole
Alberta Banks Referenced to Supreme Court for Validity
Ottawa reports Alberta laws may be sent to the Supreme Court of Canada for constitutional review under section 55 of the Supreme Court Act. Prime Minister Mackenzie King asked Premier Aberhart to facilitate the reference and to refrain from enforcing the laws until the court rules. The measures include bank licensing, banning unlicensed bank employees, and tightening the Judicature Act.
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Ottawa
Alberta
Supreme Court of Canada
Mackenzie King
William Aberhart
King
William Abserhart
Edmonton
Supreme Court Act
W. L. Mackenzie King
Supreme Court
Dominion
Kngs
Aberhart
Ernest Lapointe
Rising Pacific freight rates squeeze British Columbia wheat outlook
Vancouver grain brokers warn lean year for BC ports as freight rates rise and Japanese commandeer freighters. With Great Lakes rates lower, western wheat movement shifts eastward, reducing Pacific handling of Alberta's 80 million bushels this season.
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Vancouver
Pacific Ocean
British Columbia
Pacific Coast
Alberta
Canada
Pacific
Great Lakes
Barrie Paper Wins Mason Trophy At 18th Convention
The Barrie Ontario Examiner received the Mason trophy for papers with over 2,000 circulation at the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association meeting in Halifax. J A MacLaren accepted the award from Clendenan Pierce as the Examiner claims it for a third straight year. A new trophy will be offered for future contests. Nomination committee includes W T Murphy Viscount Sask and J Dornan Alameda secretary of the Saskatchewan division spoke at opening sessions.
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Halifax
Canadian Weekly Newspapers’ Association
Mason
J. A. MacLaren
Barrie
Ont
Examiner
Clendenan Pierce
Simcoe
Reformer
W. T. Murphy
Sask
J. Dornan
Alameda, Sask
Saskatchewan Divison
Drouth Resistant Wheat Ottawa
Dr. E S Archibald director of experimental farms reports extensive studies to breed wheat that grows under low precipitation. He spoke to the National Association of Local Government Officers in Ottawa and cited Saskatchewan drought areas as study sites.
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Ottawa
E.S. Archibald
Archibald
National Association of Local Government Officers of
Great Britain
Saskatchewan Brouth
Grain Marketing Commission Ends European Sittings
The Canadian royal commission on grain marketing headed by Mr. Justice W. F. A. Turgeon of Regina has concluded European sittings. Hearings resume in Winnipeg on September 22. The commission members return to England after brief visits to Antwerp Brussels Paris and Rotterdam. Justice Turgeon plans to sail for Canada before month’s end. J. L. Ralston K.C. counsel for the commission departs next week.
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London
Royal Commission On
W. F. A. Turgeon
Regina
Winnipeg
England
Antwerp
Brussels
Paris
Rotterdam
Justice Turgeon
Canada
J. L. Ralston
K.C
Canadians Open Prospect of Aid If U S War Breaks Out
A questionnaire by the Canadian Institute of Economics and Politics shows Canadians would assist the United States if it faced war with a transoceanic nation. Canadians admit they would depend on the United States to a considerable extent in such a conflict.
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Lake Couchiching
Ont
United States
Canadian Institute of Economics and Politics
Son of Inventor Edison Dies in Wilmington
William L. Edison 58 eldest son of the inventor Thomas A. Edison is dead in Wilmington Delaware. He was known for holding many patents on basic principles discovered during years of experimentation. His best known work involved adapting the single radio tube to multiple uses.
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Wilmington
Del
William L. Edison
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
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U.S
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Stalin
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Litvinoff
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Cardiff
Wales
Arctic Flight
Tre Ta
B. C
Grain Marketing Commission
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