Attempt on King Edward's life during ceremonial procession
A stocky man with a revolver aimed at King Edward as a royal procession up Constitution Hill. A grey clothed woman forced the weapon from his hand, a crowd watched in shock, and police arrested George Andrew McMahon, a Glasgow journalist later identified as Jerome Bannigan. He faces charges of unlawful possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and was remanded.
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Constitution Hill
George Andrew McMahon
London
McMahon
Bow Street
Rollo Campbell Gray
Reuters
Jerome Bannigan
Tyrone
Ireland
Govan
Glasgow
King
Human Gazette
Wellington Arch
Mussolini Declares End of Sanctions and Economic Victory
In Rome Premier Mussolini praised Italy for lifting sanctions by the League of Nations order. He hailed an economic victory due to Italian sacrifice, saluted allied collaboration with King Zog of Albania, and noted Albania receiving five loans totaling about 30 million gold francs and a major oil concession.
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Rome
Mussolini
Piazza Venezia
Italy
League of Nations
Il Duce
Africa
Europe
Adriatic
Zog
Albania
Popolo d'Italia
Britain seeks extra funds for gas masks and systems
A supplementary civil service estimate in the House of Commons requests 4.25 million dollars to buy gas masks. Of this, 125 thousand dollars is earmarked to buy and adapt two factories in the Manchester area for mask production. An additional 25 thousand dollars is allotted for the civilian anti gas school.
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London
Great Britain
Civil Service
House of Commons
Manchester
Ontario Finds Giant Artesian Area From Wasaga Beach to Toronto
Col. R. B. Harkness announced a survey by the provincial mines department federal geologists and Ontario Agricultural College reveals a giant artesian area extending from Wasaga Beach on Georgian Bay to Toronto.
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Toronto
Ontario
Provincial Mines Department
Ontario Agricultural College
Wasaga Beach
Georgian Bay
R. B. Harkness
Nova Scotia Cuts Amusement Tax By Nearly Half
Premier Macdonald announced a cabinet and motion picture industry meeting led to a nearly 50 percent reduction in amusement taxes in Nova Scotia. The measure targets film and entertainment sectors to stimulate activity.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
Macdonald
PEI fishermen to receive $50,000 rehabilitation grant
A joint federal and provincial grant of 50000 is being placed at the disposal of Prince Edward Island fishermen for rehabilitation purchases. The announcement accompanies the appointment of a provincial fisheries board.
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Charlottetown
Prince Edward Island
Ottawa Tax Collections Hit New Highs in First Quarter
Federal government income tax receipts for the first three months of the fiscal year totalled 66,134,762 dollars, up 11,570,152 from 1935. Customs duties and excise taxes also rose, with net excise taxes at 26,406,619 dollars and excise duties 11,215,376 dollars. Sundry collections declined to 180,926 dollars.
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Ottawa
Scadding In Toronto Returns From Mine Rescue
Alfred Scadding arrived in Toronto with a beaming grin and a hearty welcome. His mother embraced him as relatives and friends gathered around his stretcher, while Dr. D. E. Robertson, who spent ten days with him in the Moose River mine pit, could not contain his emotion. It was his first return home since January and his first meeting with the doctor since rescue.
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Toronto
Alfred Scadding
D. E. Robertson
Dr. Robertson
Moose River
Convention Planned For West Fredericton By CS T A
The 1937 convention of the Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists will be held in a western Canada city to be named later, announced at the 16th annual gathering. H. L. Trueman of Ottawa was reappointed general secretary and managing editor of the CS T A Review.
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Fredericton
N.B
Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists
Canada
H. L. Trueman
Ottawa
Cs.t.a. Review
Canadians Gather in London for Vimy Ridge Memorial Assembly
Hon. Vincent Massey hosts a reception for the Canadian Legion officials and advance guard of 6 000 veterans and others in London on July 14. The event coincides with plans for the July 26 unveiling of the Canadian memorial at Vimy Ridge.
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London
Canadian Legion
Vimy Ridge
Vincent Massey
Ministers Dunning Euler Meet King at Buckingham Palace
Hon. Charles Dunning and Hon. W. D. Euler were received by King Edward at Buckingham Palace. The cabinet ministers spent a brief audience with His Majesty.
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London
Charles Dunning
W. D. Euler
Buckingham Palace
Strength Of British Navy Amid European Tensions
Winston Churchill asserted the Royal Navy is adequate for any demand and incomparably stronger than any European navies. Lord Strickland urged the government to store poison gas in Malta to fortify the Mediterranean as a defense and counter-attack base.
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London
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Epping
Royal Navy
Europe
Lord Strickland
Malta
House of Lords
Mediterranean
Britain's exports to Italy hit by sanctions in 1936 half-year
London reports sanctions cost Britain £4 million in exports to Italy in the first half of 1936. Walter Runciman, president of the board of trade, told Parliament that overall world trade showed encouraging features and that Britain would push expansion with the empire and sterling area. He noted unemployment improvements and growth in railway and postal receipts, with imports rising more than exports but within absorbable limits if matched by industry demand.
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London
Great Britain
Italy
Walter Runciman
Board of Trade
House of Commons
Britain
Runciman
Rome
End Of Drouth Forecast By Sed Maxwell
Sed Maxwell, renowned astronomer meteorologist, predicts an immediate end to the drouth and a rush of heavy rains within days. He warned six months ago of dry weather and now asserts the moon’s wobble signals a break in drought with rain so abundant that the drought danger will be over by month’s end.
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Chicago
Maxwell
Premier King Officiates at Ottawa Legation Cornerstone
Premier Mackenzie King laid the cornerstone of the new French legation in Ottawa on Bastille Day July 14. The building will overlook the Ottawa River below the research council and bureau of statistics as foreign representatives observe. Raymond Berugere, French minister to Canada, cited strong ties between France and Canada.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
France
Ottawa River
Research Council
Bureau of Statistics
Raymond Berugere
Canada
Guarantee Of Support Amid Fleet Withdrawals
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons that Britain's guarantee of mutual support remains in force with Mediterranean powers despite withdrawing certain fleet units. He noted France regards Britain France assurances as canceled with sanctions, while other assurances stay as outlined in his earlier speech.
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London
Mediterranean
Britain
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Eden
Great Britain
France
Yugoslavia
Greece
Italy
Geoffrey Mander
Liberal
Mander
Falen
Archibald Sinclair
Inaugurating Air Service London Bermuda NY
A weekly air service between Bermuda and New York will be inaugurated this autumn. Imperial Airways directs the service with a £34,500 capital grant and a £18,000 annual subsidy, Bermuda contributes £3,300, over five years, with the colonial official funding the rest.
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London
Bermuda
New York
Imperial Airways
Navy probes leak of secrets after Farnsworth arrest
Admiral Standley warns espionage could force redesign of confidential navy documents as authorities move to trial former Lt Cmdr John S. Farnsworth on charges of selling data to a Japanese agent. Officials say leak risks rise with naval buildup and vow broader rounds of investigations.
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Washington
William H. Standley
United States Navy
Standley
John S. Farnsworth
Farnsworth
Imperial Japanese Navy
United States
Navy
Justice Department
Washington Post
Tamon Yamaguchi
William D. Puleston
William D. Puleston, Chief of Naval Intelligence
New Party Won't Contest Quebec Election
Montreal. Paul Gouin, leader of Action Liberale Nationale, announced the party will place no candidates in the provincial election. He said the party aims to adapt provincial legislation and endow Quebec with a national political aim, with reconstruction following the overthrow of the Taschereau regime. A educational campaign is needed and will run outside electoral preoccupations.
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Montreal
Paul Gouin
Action Liberale Nationale
L'Action Liberale Nationale
Quebec
Gouin
Taschereau
Militia Reorganization Affects Canadian Troops
The Department of National Defence released a long list of militia changes signaling a vigorous house cleaning in Canada’s non permanent forces. Disbandments and amalgamations reduce cavalry units from 35 to 28, split engineers into two active groups plus Ottawa’s First Corps Field Survey company, while fifteen field and two fortress engineer companies remain.
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Ottawa
Department of National Defence
Canada
Canadian Defence Association
Dominions
United Kingdom
First Corps
Indians Hold Sun Dances Near Calgary
Sun dances at the Stony Indian reserve near Morley 60 miles west of Calgary were held to appease the sun as drought withered vegetation and dried streams. Participants included 90 year old Joshua Twin who declared conditions the worst in nearly fifty years.
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Calgary
Stony
Morley
Joshua Twin
John Russell commissioned to paint Vimy memorial unveiling
Canadian painter John Russell, noted for stately nude works at past Canadian National exhibitions in Toronto, has been commissioned to record the Vimy memorial unveiling. He travels to France to capture King Edward opening the memorial at Vimy Ridge on July 26, aiming to finish before the exhibition opens on August 25.
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Toronto
John Russell
Vimy Memorial
Russell
France
Edward
Vimy Ridge
Kingston Prison Guard Death Case Crowned by Jury
A coroner's jury in Kingston, Ontario found convict Chester Crossley responsible for the death of guard John J. McCormick of Kingston Penitentiary. The verdict says McCormick died from knife wounds in the abdomen inflicted by Crossley.
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Kingston
Ont
Chester Crossley
John J. McCormick
Kingston Penitentiary
McCormick
Crossley
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