Smuts Blames Spanish Civil War on League of Nations
Durban report quotes General Jan Smuts saying the Spanish civil war and Moroccan revolt stem from the League of Nations breakdown over the Italo Ethiopian crisis. He accuses great powers of failing to lead, warns of an arms race, and urges firm action by France and Britain to restore security in the Mediterranean.
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Durban
South Africa
Jan Smuts
Spain
League of Nations
Mediterranean
Morocco
Natal
Whch
Smuts
France
Britain
League
Europe
Abyssinia
Strict Neutrality Sir Samuel Hoare Urges Spain Policy
Sir Samuel Hoare warns that departure from strict neutrality in the Spanish civil war could draw Britain into a wider European conflict. He criticizes Lansbury for proposing to pick a side and argues that evidence shows fascists are not needed to fight communism, as prosperity and free discussion defeat revolution.
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Cromer
England
Samuel Hoare
The
Admiralty
Spain
Europe
Lansbury
George Lansbury
Labor
Sir Samuel
Demand for Platinum Surges Amid Wartime Demand
Platinum prices rose 23 percent to 53 cents an ounce from 43 amid three weeks of unusual demand at home and abroad. Dealers say most metal goes to war uses including chemical warfare, battleship and surgical equipment. Foreign buyers largely hail from Japan.
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New York
Japan
Vancouver visit highlights two pillars of Canada
Sir Percy Vincent, Lord Mayor of London, praised the Rocky Mountains and the prairie wheatlands during his Canadian tour. He urged a larger population with pioneer spirit to sustain settlement and address soil depletion by contributing back to the land.
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Vancouver
Percy Vincent
London
Canada
Rocky Mountains
Prairie
Less Wheat In Storage Ottawa
Canadian wheat in store for the week ending Aug. 14 stood at 116,393,568 bushels, up from 113,061,155 the prior week. The figure compares with 196,551,774 bushels for the same week last year, according to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Lower Lake Rates Shrink Freight for Wheat to St Lawrence
Grain brokers report wheat in transit from the head of the Great Lakes to St Lawrence river ports at a record low freight rate of 3 cents a bushel. Early season rates stood at six cents, signaling a sharp drop in transport costs.
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Montreal
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence River
Immigration Rise in Canada as Six Month Influx Reaches 5252
Ottawa reports 5 252 immigrants entering Canada in the first half of the year, slightly above the same period in 1935. Adult females reached 2 163, children under 18 1 853, and adult males 1 236, with most newcomers being women and children. Immigration from the British Isles and United States fell slightly, while 48 other races contributed more.
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Ottawa
Canada
Department of Immigration
British Isles
United States
Reception in Ottawa for Lord Mayor of London
An official reception for Sir Percy Vincent, lord mayor of London, on his return journey will be held in Parliament Hill until the morning of Sept 2. Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced the event, with Ottawa’s mayor and civic officials invited to join. A city tour and luncheon for privy council members and other distinguished citizens are planned.
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Ottawa
Percy Vincent
London
Mackenzie King
Privy Council
Newfoundland Fishermen Demand Boat to Kill Sea Monster
Fishermen from Port-Au-Port Newfoundland urged the Department of Natural Resources to dispatch a vessel to kill a sea monster threatening their gear. The creature, described as 200 feet long, is said to be a sea serpent and remains vaguely described beyond its length.
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Port-Au-Port
Nfld
Newfoundland Department of Natural Resources
Premier Hepburn Rules Out Election For Some Time
Sydenham Ontario Premier Hepburn told a Liberal picnic there would be no election in Ontario for some time to come in reply to Earl Rowe challenging him to go to the country next year.
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Sydenham
Ont
Hepburn
Ontario
Earl Rowe
Oldest Indian of district celebrates 97th birthday
Peter Big Wind, hereditary chief of the Ojibway Indians, oldest in the district, residing near Rama reservation, marks his 97th birthday in Orillia Ontario with local acknowledgment of his heritage and leadership.
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Orillia
Ont
Peter Big Wind
Rama Reservation
Edmonton Wheat Harvest Sees Higher Returns Expected
Farmers in central and northern Alberta may gain about 14 million dollars more this season if harvests stay safe. Last year the north and center produced 44 million bushels worth 22 million. this year 45 million bushels at around 80 cents could be worth 36 million. Harvest began Aug 8 in the north, paused by rain, and is resuming in Edmonton area with rains aiding fodder for livestock.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Britain imposes broad embargo on export of planes
The British government orders a total embargo on exporting civil and military aircraft to Spain's belligerents. Whitehall cites non intervention, aiming to prevent European peace disruption and to go beyond earlier French neutrality limits. The blanket ban covers 20 war materials including private aircraft.
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Britain
London
Great Britain
Spain
Whitehall
Europe
Eskimos in Barrow Face Possible Winter Hunger
Dr. Henry W. Greist, medical missionary, reports a trader offered to land 5000 dollars worth of food to relieve 500 starving Eskimos along the Arctic rim if emergency supplies fail to arrive before the ice seals Barter Island and neighboring areas near Herschel and Demarcation Islands. Captain C. Pedersen, a San Francisco trader, relayed the plea to the Indian bureau in Juneau.
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Barrow
Alaska
Henry W. Greist
Arctic Rim
Indian Bureau
Juneau
C. D. Pedersen
San Francisco
Herschel Island
Pedersen
Barter Island
Greist
Herschel Islands
Viscount Elibank to Speak in Canada and New Zealand
Rt Hon Viscount Elibank president of the Conference of Chambers of Commerce of the Empire will address several organizations during his crossing of Canada en route to New Zealand for September meetings. He is a descendant of an early British rule military Governor of Quebec and holds the Baronetcy of Nova Scotia as the eleventh in line.
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Viscount Elibank
Conference of Chambers of Commerce of the Empire
New Zealand
Canada
Quebec
Baronet
Nova Scotia
Montreal man charged with murder in clothing store blaze
Julius Cohen 49 charged with murder after coroner’s jury found him responsible for death of three firefighters in a blaze that razed Maison Canadien. Romeo Vidal 35 arrested on arson charge as ongoing inquiry cites cause of fire and explosion.
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Montreal
Julius Cohen
Romeo Vidal
Cohen
Maison Canadien
Albert Guerin
Pierre Plouffe
Francois Beaulieu
Ing
Massicotte
Vidal
Sun Radiation Linked to 46 Year Drought Cycle
Smithsonian analysis of Great Lakes water records traces drought to a 46 year cycle tied to sun radiation variations. Secretary Dr. Charles G. Abbot says the current drought near the cycle low may rise within a few years, arguing against a permanent desert outcome and noting a rapid upswing could follow 1938 to 1940.
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Washington
Smithsonian Institution
North Central
United States
Great Lakes
Smithsonian
Charles G. Abbot
Institution
May Abolish Penal Colony Port Of Spain
Rumors of abolition of the Cayenne penal colony spread after Trinidad authorities set four fugitives adrift from Cayenne and prepared to depart seven more by boat. The exhausted group faced days on a British island with two in serious condition at a Salvation Army hostel as police and labor party members sought French consul help.
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Port of Spain
Trinidad
France
French Guiana
Cayenne
Salvation Army
Trinidad Labor Party
Labor Party
Venezuela
Australia to Launch Supple mentary Defence Program in September
In Manly New South Wales R A Parkhill defence minister announced a new defence program to run alongside the existing three year plan from 1934. The plan aims to boost air force personnel to 2060 and recruit 395 citizen volunteers while aiming to establish aircraft manufacturing in Australia. A Canadian trade mission to the Far East will depart Vancouver for China on January 19 1937 backed by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and the Canadian Manufacturers Association.
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Manly
N.S.W
R. A. Parkhill
Commonwealth
Australia
Montreal
Far East
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Department of Trade and Commerce
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Vancouver
China
Japan’s wage drag on factory exports noted
A report to the Institute of Pacific Relations by Prof. G. E. Hubbard and Denzil Baring says Japan’s rise as an exporter rests on very low selling prices and wages. They warn wages will not rise substantially due to population labor supply and rural linkages, and predict Japan will shift more to other manufactures as silk and cotton demand falter.
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Yosemite
Calif
Japan
Institute of Pacific Relations
G. E. Hubbard
Royal Institute of International Affairs
Denzil Baring
United States
France
Great Britain
India
Far East
J. R. Stewart
Institute
Manchuria
Manchukuo
Germany Demands Apologies Over Kamerun Incident
Berlin sharpens demand for Madrid apologies after the Kamerun incident in Cadiz waters. Nazi officials warn Spain loyalists will be held responsible and Germany vows to use all means to prevent further incidents. Berlin asserts French and British mediation hinges on Madrid satisfying the Kamerun affair.
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Berlin
Kamerun
Spain
Madrid
Carls
Nazi Foreign Office
Hitler
Moscow
Wilhelmstrasse
Cadiz
der Angriff
Goebbels
Libertad
Germany
No Fall Session Parliament Likely Until New Year
Prime Minister Mackenzie King said there is no plan for a fall session of parliament. Parliament would be convened early in the new year unless a situation in Geneva or Canada required immediate action, with due notice to be given if such a need arose.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Geneva
Canada
Harvest Yields Reported for Rolla District Wheat
Farmers in this district expect wheat yields up to 55 bushels per acre in summer crops while fall plowed fields should reach 35 bushels per acre. Cutting on a wide scale has begun as a district survey indicates.
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Rolla, B.C
Judge Pitman Fined Over Car Left Without Brakes
Edinburgh judge Lord Pitman of the Scottish court of session fined £1 after his car rolled from a hill and damaged a stone house. The vehicle left unsecured brakes, knocked down an iron railing, and damaged the dwelling’s coping.
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Edinburgh
Lord Pitman
Scottish Court of Session
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