Hughes Breaks World Flight Record In 3 Days
Howard Hughes and four companions completed a 14 524 mile round the world journey in 3 days 19 hours and 14 minutes, shaving days off Wiley Post’s 1953 mark. He revealed near Siberia the maps nearly caused disaster and that fuel was barely enough on the trans Atlantic leg. Police crowds blocked access to the Wiley Post memorial wreathing ceremony, and Hughes quipped Never again.
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Froyd
Paria
Yakutsk
Siberia
Wiley Post
Post
Hughes
New York
Ms.t
S.T
Wiley Post Memorial
Building Airplanes in Canada for Royal Air Force
An air ministry official warned workload will begin quickly to build aircraft in Canada for the RAF. Site selections for factories are undecided with possible early destructures. Officials avoided figures but noted £20,000,000 would be high, and the air mission will be sent to Canada following a Commons announcement.
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London
Air Ministry
Canada
Royal Air Force
Britain’s Food Supply Debate Ends With Victory in Commons
In a Commons vote 240 to 137 the government won a food policy debate sparked by Chamberlain’s July 2 speech at Kettering. Morrison defended progress in reducing imports and noted 50 000 tractors and growing domestic production despite a smaller rural population. If weather stays favorable, the next wheat harvest may beat 1922.
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Mr. Chamberlain
Kettering
W. S. Morrison
Great Britain
Britain
Dominions
Morrison
United Kingdom
Earl of Egmont Sells Avon Castle in Hampshire
The Earl of Egmont and the Countess sailed from Alberta to New York and announced plans to sell their Hampshire ancestral home Avon Castle in Ringwood. He will pursue a seat in the House of Lords, citing renovation costs as the reason for selling and seeking a new residence or building. The lord inherited the title in 1932 after his father, a Priddis rancher, died in a car accident.
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Southampton
Earl of Egmont
Alberta
New York
Hampshire
Avon Castle
House of Lords
Countess of Egmont
Lord Egmont
Priddis
Alta
England
Ringwood
Departure Delay for Lord Tweedsmuir Tour
Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced that Lord Tweedsmuir will delay his departure from Great Britain to Canada until mid September. The governor general's western Canada tour planned for this fall is postponed to next spring. He sailed from Quebec July 1 and was to return in August.
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Ottawa
Lord Tweedsmuir
Great Britain
Canada
W. L. Mackenzie King
Western Canada
McTavish Honored at Winnipeg Dinner Before Vancouver Move
W L McTavish former managing editor of The Winnipeg Tribune was celebrated by 300 residents at a complimentary dinner in Winnipeg. He departs for Vancouver to assume editor in chief duties at The Daily Province.
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Winnipeg
W. L. McTavish
The
Winnipeg Tribune
Vancouver
Daily Province
War Spirit Wanes as Japan Feels Strain of War
Tokyo reports quoted Japan's war minister Lieut. Gen. Seisimro Itagaki warning that national war spirit is slackening and patriotic ardor may be fading. He cited insufficient replenishment of munitions due to scarce raw materials and limited productive capacity.
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Tokyo
Japan
Seisimro Itagaki
Chungi Shogyo
Army Chiefs of Staff
Itagaki
Western Air Mail Service to Link Winnipeg and Vancouver
Winnipeg to Vancouver air mail service to start August 1 with flights seven days a week. Depart Winnipeg 11:30 p.m. CST arrive Vancouver 5:20 a.m. PST. Return leaves 7:00 p.m. CST and reaches Winnipeg 3:20 a.m. Stops planned at Regina and Lethbridge with no Calgary stop until airport improvements are finished.
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Winnipeg
C.S.T
Vancouver
P.S.T
Regina
Lethbridge
Lough
Calgary
Calgary Sheep Show Awards at Calgary Exhibition
Ontario and Manitoba exhibitors won top awards as sheep judging began at the Calgary exhibition and stampede. Leading performers were F. W. Gurney of Paris Ontario and R. B. Hunter of Winnipeg in Shropshire, with Rockwood Ontario Boys' and Girls' Club and S. Crossman of Winnipeg dominating the Oxford division.
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Calgary
Ontario
Manitoba
F. W. Gurney
Paris
Ont
R. B. Hunter
Winnipeg
Rockwood
S. Crossman
Oxford
Britain plans to procure air bombers here
London reports a new British air mission heads to Canada to negotiate with the Canadian aircraft industry for manufacturing large bomber aircraft in Canada. Sir Kingsley Wood announced the mission to the House of Commons with Sir Hardman Lever as head, alongside RAF officers and industry leaders.
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Britain
London
Canada
Dominion
House of Commons
Kingsley Wood
Air
Hardman Lever
The
Treasury
Imperial Airways
United States
J. G. Weir
Great Britain
Royal Air Force
Edward Ellington
F. Handley Page
Society of British Aircraft Constructors
A. H. Self
Air Ministry
Ottawa
British Air Ministry
Defence
Ian Mackenzie
Penitentiary Reforms Remove Ottawa Superintendent
An order in council abolishes the superintendent of penitentiaries position. Brigadier General D M Ormond will be dismissed after a royal commission recommendation. Inspector J D Dawson moves to revenue office in Ottawa. George E Shortt named to Kingston inspectorship. No successor named yet. further announcement expected later this month.
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Ottawa
Penitentiaries
P. J. Cardin
D. M. Ormond
Royal Commission On Penitentiaries
J. D. Dawson
Office
Comproller of Revenue
George E. Shortt
Kingston
General Ormond
Lapointe
Alberta Cattle Rustlers Targeted by Western Stock Growers
Directors of the Western Stock Growers Association in Calgary discussed plans to run out cattle rustlers from Alberta rangelands and farms. They reported rising rustling, noted thieves using motor trucks and on-site slaughter, and called for more Royal Canadian Mounted Police manpower near markets.
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Calgary
Alberta
Western Stock Growers’ Association
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Ontario Ruling on Relief Ties Benefit to Work Acceptance
Premier Mitchell Hepburn announced that any able bodied man on relief who refuses work on a farm or elsewhere will be cut from relief rolls. He stressed farm work should be available for all employable married men while single men remain ineligible. Relief continues for the farm worker's family and the man may retain only part of his wages with the rest going to relief.
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Toronto
Mitchell Hepburn
Britain has no new plans to hasten ratification
The British government has no proposals to accelerate ratification of the Anglo-Italian treaty. British quarters say ratification remains tied to Italy withdrawing troops from Spain unless radical changes occur in the Spanish situation such as an armistice.
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London
Italy
Spain
Western Trip Delayed for Prime Minister Mackenzie King
Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced after a cabinet meeting that his long planned western Canada visit, including his Prince Albert constituency, Sask, will be delayed until September. He will stay to advance work then attend Fort Henry celebration end of July and joint events with President Roosevelt August 18 19 at Thousand Islands Ivy Lea and Sarnia bridges. By-elections in London and Waterloo South will wait until autumn.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Cabinet Council
Western Canada
Prince Albert, Sask
Fort Henry
Ont
Roosevelt
Thousand Islands
Ivy Lea
Sarnia
Lord Stanley
Dominions
Canada
Toronto
London
Waterloo South
King
Sharper Note Against Bombing of British Ships
London reports Prime Minister Chamberlain voiced a sharper note in the Commons, saying Britain cannot accept bombing of merchant ships as legitimate. He noted protests to General Franco over attacks in Spanish waters and suggested a possible recall of MPs for summer session to discuss Anglo-Italian agreement, with government rejecting unilateral expansion of hostilities but condemning deliberate attacks on isolated vessels.
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London
His
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Franco
Mr. Chamberlain
Adverse trade balance worries Britain urges reciprocal buys
The Federation of British Industries urged Britain to insist that countries buying from it also buy British. It warned of three export trade hurdles: foreign nations not reciprocating, subsidized foreign products, and cheaper rival goods. It urged reciprocity or withdrawal of most favored nation status and higher duties if needed.
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London
Great Britain
Federation of British Industries
Britain
United Kingdom
Federation
Command of the sea vital to Britain's food supplies
The Earl of Feversham in the Lords said Britain cannot be self sufficient for food, importing 77 percent of wheat 50 percent of meat and 90 percent of butter. He stressed continued reliance on foreign supplies and declared command of the sea crucial.
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London
Earl of Feversham
House of Lords
Great Britain
Britain
Lord Feversham
CBC Plans 50,000-Watt Saskatchewan Station
Hon C D Howe announced an order in council approving a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation project to build a 50,000 watt station in Saskatchewan. It will join a chain of high powered outlets. Cost estimated around 250000 and site not yet decided.
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Ottawa
C. D. Howe
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Saskatchewan
Prairie Provinces
The
Broadcasting Corporation
Guerilla Fighting in Haifa Wounds Arabs and Jews
Violence in Haifa's mixed quarter injures an undetermined number of Arabs and Jews amid street gunfire and stones. Evacuations continue as casualty tallies since July 5 show 66 Arabs and 26 Jews killed and 146 Arabs, 95 Jews plus five British soldiers wounded.
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Jerusalem
Haifa
World Record Milk Yield Set by Berry Lovely Cow
In Sydney Australia Berry Lovely an Illawarra Shorthorn at the Berry government dairy training farm claims a 273 day world record for milk and butter fat production with 136,392 pounds of milk and 618.24 pounds of butter fat. The Melba 15th of Barbalare held the previous all breed record at 13,510 pounds of milk and 587 pounds of butter fat.
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Sydney
Australia
Berry Lovely
Illawarra
Berry
Melba
Barbalare
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Ministry of Agriculture
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Egmont
Western Air Mail
Brandon
Man
W. F. Lough
Calgary Sheep Awards
Ormond
Charles Maconachie
O.B.E. M.C
Victoria
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Howard Hughes
Harry Connor
Richard Stoddart
Western Broadcasting
Skatchewan
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