Surplus Wheat Situation Eases as Market Shifts Slip
Ottawa reports Canada's wheat surplus no longer looms as a major problem. The Canada Wheat Board sold most cash wheat from 1938 crop, while futures holdings may yield profit if prices rise. Board keeps 70 cent basis for 1939 crop as farmers consider holding grain amid unsettled world conditions.
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Ottawa
Canada
George McIver
Canada Wheat Board
T. W. Grindley
W. D. Euler
McIvor
J. G. Gardiner
Federal
Treasury
House of Commons
Fort William
Saskatchewan CN Ramps Up For Big Grain Movement
The Saskatchewan district of Canadian National Railways covering Saskatoon Regina and Prince Albert expects the heaviest crop movement in a decade with more than 60 carloads moving from this district alone. W S Munro says figures exclude feed and seed grain and predicts Saskatoon division will rival last year’s total for the entire district. Crews and rolling stock are being expanded with over 50 men at the Saskatoon terminal and further hiring anticipated as peak movement begins.
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Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Canadian National Railways
Regina
Prince Albert
W. S. Munro
Munro
Roosevelt urges three paths to peace in wartime appeal
President Roosevelt addressed peace appeals to Hitler and Poland's Mos cicki, proposing direct negotiation, impartial arbitration, or conciliation with a chosen mediator. He stressed no binding new decision like Munich and urged mutual respect for each nation's independence and territorial integrity.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Fuehrer
Hitler
Moscicki
Poland
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Stephen T. Early
Munich
Germany
Montreal chartered ships to carry Canadian wheat abroad
Six vessels have been chartered to ship Canadian wheat to Great Britain next month, a Montreal shipping firm reports after receiving shipping cable updates from Britain.
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Montreal
Great Britain
Britain
Alberta Crop Prospects Improve With Cooler Weather
Alberta's crop report notes cooler conditions allow grain to mature normally. Southern areas show higher than expected yields despite heat damage affecting grades. Cutting is widespread, combining general outside the central region. Coarse grains lag wheat, but oats look good in the Peace River area.
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Edmonton
Alia
Alberta
D. EB. Mullen
Peace River
Floods Hit Tientsin as Hai River Rises
Officials report about 3,000,000 people affected by Hai river floods near Tientsin. The disaster causes many deaths and rapid disease spread. British and American authorities plan to evacuate women and children if boats are available amid vaccine and medicine shortages. Reports note an anti British campaign at Petaiho prompting UK evacuation of English families.
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Tientsin
Hai River
Petaiho
Britain to Reinforce Mediterranean Fleet
An admiralty official said Britain would send reinforcements to the Mediterranean fleet to reach full strength. No exact numbers were given. Several trains carrying troops crossed France toward Toulon to join the fleet.
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London
Admiralty
Great Britain
France
Toulon
Ottawa Bank to Start Central Mortgage Operations
Ottawa reports that the new central mortgage bank will begin actual operations within six weeks. It is learned that the bank will start making membership agreements with companies holding an estimated 375 million dollars in farm and urban mortgages across Canada.
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Ottawa
Central Mortgage Bank
Nada
Peace Leader Resigns from Canadian League
A. A. MacLeod, chair man of the Canadian League for Peace and Democracy for five years, resigns. He led a Canadian delegation to Brussels first world congress in 1936 and was elected to the general council.
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Toronto
A. A. MacLeod
Canadian League For Peace and Democracy
MacLeod
Brussels
Recall of Parliament interrupts recess for eighth time since Great War
London Prime Minister Chamberlain recalls Parliament marking the eighth emergency interruption of a recess since the war. Previous instances include April 1939 Albania crisis, September 1938 German Czech crisis, January 1936 King George V’s death, October 1935 Ethiopia invasion, October 1932 Ottawa agreements, September 1931 financial crisis, and 1924 Irish legislation.
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London
Chamberlain
Albania
George V
Tawa
Canada ready for war mobilization plan says minister
Ottawa reports detailed plans to mobilize all defence forces if needed. Hon. Ian Mackenzie says plans are ready, with 45000 to 50000 militia now and reserves set to rise. Fifteen government committees prepared adaptable measures for parliament decisions.
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Ottawa
Ian Mackenzie
National Defence
Canada
Dominion
Noval
Canadian Air Force
Mackenzie
Atlantic
Pacific
Defence Headquarters
Canada Legion Offers 60 000 Veterans for Emergency Service
Brigadier W W Foster, Dominion president of the Canadian Legion, wires Prime Minister Mackenzie King renewing the offer to place 60 000 registered veterans at the nation’s disposal in time of emergency. He notes the Legion and sister organizations are ready to serve as in past crises. Robert Wilkinson of the Army and Navy Veterans Association backs the pledge, recalling commitment during the Munich crisis.
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Vancouver
W. W. Foster
Dominion
Canadian Legion
Mackenzie King
Legion
Foster
Robert Wilkinson
Army and Navy Veterans’ Association
Munich
Winnipeg
Fire destroys Ste. Anne school and hospital at Port Albany
Word reached here of a fire destroying the Ste. Anne Roman Catholic school and Holy Angels mission hospital at Port Albany, 100 miles north of Moosonee on James Bay. All Indian school children and patients were removed safely.
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Moosonee, Ont
Ste. Anne Roman Catholic
Kennedy Returns to London for British Cabinet Meeting
United States Ambassador Joseph Kennedy cut short a Cannes vacation and flew to London by special plane. His secretary said he believed he should be present in London for the British cabinet meeting.
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Cannes
France
United States
Joseph Kennedy
French Riviera
London
Wepsala First Woman To Ski Mount Athabaska Peak
Gertrude Wepsala of Dominion, aided by Peter Vadja and Ted Bishop, completed a summer ascent of Mount Athabaska in seven hours. The 11,452 foot peak had only one prior ski ascent by Benno Rybizka.
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Jasper
Alta
Gertrude Wepsala
Mount Athabaska
Vancouver Star
Peter Vadja
Switzerland
Ted Bishop
Edmonton
Athabaska
Benno Rybizka
Arlberg
Austria
Miss Wepsala
Howe Returns to Ottawa After Western Tour
Hon C D Howe Dominion transport minister returned to his office after an air inspection tour of the Pacific coast and prairies. He reported record employment in Vancouver and high grain yields indicating crop damage would be lighter than expected. He was accompanied by Premier Angus L MacDonald of Nova Scotia who said he enjoyed his first western Canada air tour.
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Ottawa
C. D. Howe
Dominion Transport
Pacific Coast
British Columbia
Prairies
Vancouver
Howe
Angus L. MacDonald
Nova Scotia
Canada
Russia Signs 10 Year Non-Aggression Pact with Germany
Berlin issued report states Soviet Union and Nazi Germany signed a 10 year non aggression treaty in Moscow on August 23 1939 in the presence of Joseph Stalin. The pact forbids acts of force between the two powers and sets terms for arbitration and continued consultation. Signed by Ribbentrop for Germany and Molotov for the USSR, the document was drawn up in German and Russian with Berlin to receive ratification.
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Moscow
Germany
Soviet Russia
Joseph Stalin
Europe
German Reich
Socialist Soviet Republics
U.S.S.R
U.ssr
Berlin
British bill grants wide powers to Parliament under wartime decree
King George seals the war emergency bill rushed from Westminster. It grants the government near dictatorial powers including decrees as law, broad property seizure, search entry powers, and rapid financial controls. It allows in camera hearings and penalties up to 500 pounds or two years in prison, with orders extendable to colonies and other territories.
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London
George
Buckingham Palace
Westminster
House of Commons
House of Lords
Secretary of State For Home Affairs
Northern Ireland
Treasury
Cobb Sets World Land Speed Record At Bonneville
John R Cobb driving the Railton Red Lion achieved a 368.85 mph world land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats Utah with a first lap speed of 370.75 mph and an average two run measure well above the previous 357.5 mph mark held by Captain George Eyston. Reid Railton, Cobb's designer, becomes the first to claim both the fastest land and water craft records. Sir Malcolm Campbell then broke his own water speed record last week using a Railton designed boat.
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Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
John R. Cobb
London
Broker
Railton
Cobb
George E. T. Eyston
Eyston
Reid Railton
Malcolm Campbell
Japan May Seek New U S Britain Ties Amid German Pact
Emperor Hirohito plans an imperial council to review foreign policy after Germany's pact with Russia. Government opinion leans toward improving relations with the United States and Great Britain, as Germany loses confidence. The emperor shortens stay at Hayama and returns to Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
Imperial Council
Japan
Germany
Russia
United States
Great Britain
Hayama
Key British air raid precau tions chiefs moved to Whitehall nerve centre
A group of key men directing Britain s air raid precautions have relocated to a Whitehall basement nerve centre and will live there until further notice. They reportedly have telegrams ready to dispatch on government orders to activate nationwide air raid response mechanisms.
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London
Britain
Whitehall
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Ethiopia
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Rutgers University
Novouzensk
Timonin
University of Manitoba
Indian Hospital
Kingsley Wood
Hugh Dowding
Royal Air Force
England
Riebentrop
Government of the
Law
Salt Flats
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