Rush Work on Huge Atlantic Air Terminal
Newfoundland project near St Johns 156 miles northwest nears completion with 400 workers, expanding to house 200 more. First test flight expected in June, with a 200 yard wide by one mile long runway amid four runways planned over two years. Gander lake seaplane base to serve as water operations, Botwood field as emergency landing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newfoundland
St John’s
Virgin Wilderness
Atlantic
Nher
Air Company
trans-Atlantic Air Service
Gander Lake
Botwood Field
Botwood
Alcock and Brown
Lost Girl Found After Four Nights in Porcupine Forest
Ten year old Lena Shkraba survived four nights in the Porcupine forest north of Pelly Saskatchewan after wandering with Hazel Macyshysn. Rescuers, including 200 volunteers and a Regina plane, aided the search led by RCMP. Lena and Hazel were located near the Swan River and brought to safety with first aid and nourishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porcupine Forest
Pelly
Lena Shkraba
Hazel Macyshysn
R.cm.p
Regina
Bob Eddy
Swan River
Margaret Anderson
T. A. Anderson
M.L.A
Anderson
Lena
Renses
Escapee Vernon Campbell Dies After Gunshot Wounds
Vernon Blackie Campbell, 23, Hawaiian, who escaped Oakalla prison farm with Gordon Fawcett, died in Tacoma after six gunshot wounds and emergency amputation of his left arm. He fled Seattle after robbing a hotel clerk and was pursued by police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Vernon Blackie Campbell
Gordon Fawcett
Oakalla
Burnaby
Seattle
That City
Egypt Granted League Membership by Unanimous Vote
Egypt was admitted to the League of Nations by a unanimous vote of all 46 members present after a committee considered Egypt’s application. Earlier the Ethiopia question was raised but no decisive action was taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Egypt
League of Nations
Assembly
Ethiopia
Four-Year-Old Eva Parsons Dies After Poison Candy Incident
In Kingston Nova Scotia a four year old girl Eva Parsons ingested twenty tablets containing poison while her mother slept. She died three hours later from convulsions. The incident centers on how the child reached the candy coated tablets and the authorities' investigation into the packaging and storage of hazardous substances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
N.S
Eva Parsons
Eva
French Plane Forced Down Near Bilbao Amid Gunfire
A French Air Pyrenees transport was forced to land on sandy ground near Sopelana twelve miles north of Bilbao by insurgent warplanes. Pilot Jean Gally and a Spanish passenger were wounded, rushed to Bilbao for treatment. three other passengers survived unhurt as the damaged craft endured the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bilbao
Spain
Here
Jean Gally
Biarritz
Air Pyrenees
Sopelana
Antonia Larranga
Gally
Grazing Talk Spurs 34 Ranchers to Sign Range Rehab Pact
L. B. Thomson urged thrift grazing at the Short Grass Stock Growers meeting in Medicine Hat Alberta. He warned against over grazing and said grass cannot be restored by government. Glenn Smith of the US department discussed water conservation spending and a voluntary range rehabilitation agreement was signed by 34 ranchers controlling over 2,000,000 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
Alta
L. B. Thomson
Swift Current
Sask
Alberta
Short Grass Stock Growers Association
Thomson
Manyberries
International Boundary
Glenn Smith
United States Department of Agriculture
Montana
Soviet North Pole expedition reports landed third supply plane
Prof. Otto J. Schmidt announced the third plane of the North Pole expedition had landed satisfactorily near the pole. I P Mazuruk piloted one of three Rudolf Island aircraft delivering a year of supplies for four men to remain on the ice for a year. Molokoff and Alexieff also landed their heavily loaded planes, completing the 560 mile dash in seven hours and 24 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Soviet Union
North Pole
Pole
Otto J. Schmidt
I. P. Mazuruk
Rudolf Islands
Vassily Molokoff
A. D. Alexieff
Rudolf Island
Molokoff
GWR to use weed killing tank train on branch lines
London reports a special tank train will patrol 500 miles of branch line track and spray a weed killer at 400 gallons per mile for 25 miles without refilling. The article also notes nine Canadians among 127 people decorated by the king at Buckingham Palace with Order of Saint John insignia. Mrs Lillian Boyd of Montreal is singled out as the sole Canadian woman invested as serving sister 2203.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Great Western Railway
Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
Buckingham Palace
Lillian Boyd
Montreal
Ontario Premier Curtails Relief Plans For Unemployed
Premier Hepburn announced June 1 that single unemployed in Ontario will be removed from relief rolls and required to seek work. The government will restart its farm employment campaign and pay transportation costs for farm jobs. It will not extend the current works program or adjust relief rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Hepburn
Ontario
Surplus Wheat To Be Sold By End Of Crop Year
Regina report states Canada’s wheat board will dispose of its surplus by July 31, ending a carryover that began in 1930s. Chairman James R. Murray says the 1935 crop and older stock will be cleared, leaving a clean slate for 1937-38.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
Canada
Wheat Board
James R. Murray
Ottawa
Murray
Turgeon Grain Commission
Turgeon Commission
League of Nations Society in Canada backs King stand
Hamilton council cables a resolution to Prime Minister Mackenzie King urging him to stand by the league during deliberations at the imperial conference in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Ont
Mackenzie King
League
London
Council of the
League of Nations Society
Canada
Laws Of Averages Toronto
Dr A L Clark of Queen's University shows half a million steel balls on a steel plate illustrate that probability can predict phenomena with high accuracy. He notes coin tosses and dice illustrate probability, saying meaning grows with more events and that outcomes approach expected frequencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Queen's University
A. L. Clark
Faculty of Applied Science
Royal Society of Canada
Clark
Honored in Death at Calgary Stampede Tribute
Memorial at the Calgary Stampede opening on July 5 will honor Pete Knight, four times bronk riding world champion from Crossfield Alberta, killed at a Hayward California rodeo. Government and civic dignitaries will attend as cowboys in regalia pay tribute to their friend in a silent prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Pete Knight
Knight
Crossfield
Alta
Hayward
Calif
James Gardiner
Appointment of R. M. Scott to Canada Markets Service
R. M. Scott of Winnipeg named chief of the new Dominion agricultural markets information service announced by Minister J. G. Gardiner. A M Shaw directs marketing under whom Scott will operate to disseminate price quotes market trends and consumer guidance across Canada and the empire. A radio price distribution and consumer bulletins program will be launched with focus on promoting regional farm products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
R. M. Scott
Winnipeg
New Dominion Agricultural Markets Information Service
J. G. Gardiner
M. Shaw
Scott
Shaw
Empire
Canada
Mr. Scott
Differences of opinion held on foreign policy
London imperial conference discussions reveal broad differences over empire defence and the League of Nations. Australia pushes for unified empire policy while Canada and South Africa resist centralization and favor inter empire harmony. Italy's conquest of Ethiopia shadows future policy. New Zealand supports sharpening the league covenant and Britain accepts de facto recognition of Italy.
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London
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Australia
Canada
South Africa
Commonwealth
New Zealand
League
Mackenzie King
Britain
Special League Assembly
Dominions
Quebec Legislature Prorogues After Three Months
The second session of Quebec's 20th legislature, last provincial house to close this year, prorogues after more than three months of sittings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Paul F. Bredt Elected Head of Pool Agency
Regina Paul F. Bredt president of Manitoba Pool Elevators Ltd is elected chairman of the central selling agency for Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta pools at a directors meeting He succeeds the late LC Brouillette of Regina Bredt has long served in co operative farming roles and university governance in Manitoba and Saskatchewan
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul F. Bredt
Regina
Manitoba Pool Elevators, Ltd
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and
Alberta Pool Organization
LC. Brouillette
Vancouver
Lou Hutchinson
Duhamel
Ben Plumer
Bassano
Alberta
Colin Burnell
Oakville
J. W. Baldwin
Reston
Manitoba
Brooks Catton
Hanley
Leonard Widdup
Kipling
Saskatchewan
F. W Ranson
Winnipeg
Leipzig
Germany
Mr. Bredt
Canada
Edenwald
Sask
Manitoba Agricultural College
Bredt
Manitoba Pool
Pool Elevator Company
Wheat Pool
University of Manitoba
Grain Standards Board
Might Be Popular Choice Dublin
A letter to Dublin papers from Alastair McCabe suggests inviting the Duke of Kent to be president of the Irish Free State when the new constitution takes effect. He argues a royal figure would be detached from politics and politically popular and could embody the United Ireland idea while also acting as governor of Northern Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Duke of Kent
Irish Free State
Alastair McCabe
Dail Eireann
McCabe
United Ireland
Northern Ireland
Ottawa minister Power to attend western legion and medical events
Hon C G Power minister of pensions and national health will attend Saskatchewan Legion convention in Saskatoon on June 14 and Alberta command convention in Lethbridge on June 16. He will then join Canadian Medical Association meetings in Ottawa on June 21 before a quick return to the capital and plans to visit the Pacific coast later in the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
C G. Power
Pensions and National Health
Saskatchewan
Canadian Legion
Saskatoon
Alberta
Lethbridge
Canadian Medical Association
Mr Power
Pacific Coast
Ottawa plan for combined land and sea air facilities
Ottawa and department of transport officials agree on a three year project to build combined land and sea aviation facilities for Toronto capable of handling all forms of air transport at an estimated cost of 1.5 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Toronto
Department of Transport
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Atlantic Air Terminal
Forest Norquay
Egyptan League
Bayonne
France
W. A. Riddell
Oxford Group
Netherlands
Frank N. D. Buchman
Eric Bentley
Amsterdam
Utrecht
Dominion
Buchman
M. Scott
Agricultural Markets Information Service
Churchill Port
Churchill, Man
Churchill River
Hudson Bay
George Bennett
Mannville
Alberta Pool
J. H. Wesson
Maidstone
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
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