Canada backs British plan to lift sanctions
Ottawa aligns with Britain as Premier Mackenzie King says Canada will press for lifting economic sanctions on Italy at the League of Nations meeting. He notes independent Canadian decision, continued support for collective security, and possible legations to other countries. Bennett questions sanctions as a breach of international treaties.
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Ottawa
Canada
United Kingdom
Italy
Mackenzie King
House of Commons
League
Anthony Eden
Britain
King
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
R. B. Bennett
Hertzog
South Africa
Bennett
Mr. Bennett
Supplementary Estimates in Ottawa for 1937 Totals 11 Million
Hon Charles Dunning tabled supplementary estimates for the year ending March 31 1937 totaling 11 265 959 dollars. Largest items cover public works loans to harbor boards and commissions and a boost to national defence and aviation. Public works get 2 835 700 with major builds in most provinces, except British Columbia. Supreme court building in Ottawa is a 250 000 item. Militia and air force gains, plus civil aviation, total 2 140 541. Agriculture receives 1 193 000, including 750 000 for health of animals and related acts, plus 300 000 for marketing. Other items include 74 866 for losses from the 1934 British immigration agreement and 21 576 for legal fees tied to the Saskatchewan inquiry commission.
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Ottawa
Charles Dunning
British Columbia
Supreme Court
Air Force
Lower Interest Rates Pledge From Manitoba Premier Bracken
Premier John Bracken promised to pursue lower interest rates for the province municipalities and individuals. He spoke to the Manitoba Municipal Secretary treasurers association outlining six relief measures and urging Dominion leadership in social service costs while setting July 27 election dates.
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Winnipeg
John Bracken
Manitoba
Bracken
Liberal-Progressive Party
Dominion
Tax collections rise in Ottawa May totals
May income tax receipts in Ottawa totaled 59,687,726 dollars, up from 50,804,860 dollars a year earlier. The Department of National Revenue issued the statement noting nearly nine million more in May collections compared with May 1935.
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Ottawa
Department of National Revenue
Two Minutes of Silence Asked Across Dominion
Ottawa reports lawmakers may enact two minutes of silence across Canada to honor the Canadian Corps Association Council request during King Edward VIII’s unveiling of the Canadian memorial at Vimy Ridge on July 26.
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Ottawa
Canadian Corps Association Council
Dominion
Edward VIII
Vimy Ridge
Hopper Infestation Threatens Midwestern Crops
An agricultural survey reports the worst grasshopper plague since 1931 32 across Iowa Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma Missouri Montana with outbreaks in Illinois Wisconsin Colorado Farmers seek 2.5 million federal aid over two years for poison brandash control led by H C Aaberg assistant Iowa secretary of agriculture and entomologist O S Bare warns of a disastrous season unless rapid measures are taken.
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Des Moines
United States
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Montana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Colorado
H. C. Aaberg
Aaberg
O. S. Bare
University of Nebraska
Turner Valley Royalties Oil Well Becomes Deepest in Empire
A new Turner Valley Royalties well near Calgary roared to production as mud and water blasted from over a mile deep. At 6,824 feet, veteran driller Clarence E. Snyder estimates daily flow between 700 and 1500 barrels before a flow-controlling device was installed.
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Calgary
Turner Valley
British Empire
Clarence E. Snyder
Canada to await new session on constitution amendments
Hon. Ernest Lapointe told the House of Commons that amendments to the British North America Act to enable Canada to amend its own constitution will have to wait for another parliamentary session. Woodsworth had asked for details.
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Ottawa
Canada
Ernest Lapointe
House of Commons
J. S. Woodsworth
C.C.F
Federal Aid Sought at Ottawa Health Conference
Canada's parliament of health and the second annual conference of provincial ministers of health with the Dominion health department concluded with resolutions urging substantial federal assistance. They targeted cancer and tuberculosis and called for coordinated national action.
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Ottawa
Canada
Parliament of Health
Dominion Health Department
RAF reorganizes home commands for peace and war
The air council announces a three operational commands structure for bomber, fighter, and coastal commands, plus a training command. The air defence of Great Britain command will disappear, coastal defence will be reorganized, and air defence tasks will shift to the three operational commands with close coordination between them and the air ministry in peace and war.
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London
Royal Air Force
The
Air Council
Air Defence
Great Britain
Air Ministry
Italy Demands Recognition of Annexation in Ethiopia
Rome asserts it will not accept only sanctions relief but seeks formal recognition of its annexation of Ethiopia. London reports Britain will lift sanctions if League members agree, backing reform and a path to European peace with Germany holding the key.
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Rome
Italy
Ethiopia
Havas
London
League of Nations
Germany
Eden
House of Commons
Britain
League
Youth delegates to World Youth Congress from Canada
Thirty young Canadians will travel to Geneva in mid August to attend the World Youth Congress opening August 31. Delegates are chosen by the League of Nations Society of Canada from nominations by organizations.
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Ottawa
Geneva
World Youth Congress
League of Nations Society
Canada
Dominion
Railway Bill Approved For Rouyn Senneterre Line
The house railway committee approved a bill granting Canadian National permission to build a 99 mile line from Rouyn to Senneterre in northern Quebec at an estimated cost of 5.94 million dollars. The plan targets a rich mining area east of Noranda and faced strong opposition including N E Lariviere who spoke for and against sections of the proposal. The committee ultimately adopted the bill in full after lengthy debate.
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Ottawa
House
Canadian National
Rouyn
Senneterre
Quebec
Noranda
N. E. Lariviere
Temiscaming
Lariviere
Fragment of Richthofen Plane To Be Shown In Germany
A piece of the plane that brought down Baron Manfred von Richthofen will be shown in Germany this summer. Canadian Olympic team members will present it, and Captain W R May of Edmonton will donate the fragment. Richthofen pursued May’s crippled craft when Roy Brown intervened.
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Toronto
Baron Mannfred von Richthofen
France
Roy Brown
Germany
Canada
W. R. “Wop” May
Edmonton Flyer
Brown
Richthofen
May
Freighter Change of Ownership at Montreal Harbor
The 5400 ton freighter Canadian Conqueror changed hands from the Canadian government merchant marine to new owners, the Montreal, Australia, New Zealand line, marking a formal transfer of control.
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Quebec
Montreal
Australia
New Zealand
London Insurance Firms Bet On Coronation Plans
Lloyds Insurance Corporation offered 10 to 1 against any change in the King’s coronation plans. Brokers sold odds to souvenir makers worried the King might marry before or delay the ceremony. Pottery and knickknack firms amass orders for coronation souvenirs, with potential double portraits if the marriage occurs.
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London
Lloyd's Insurance Corporation
Corporation
Supreme Court Rules On Reform Laws in Canada Clash
Ottawa reports the Supreme Court found two of eight reform statutes constitutional and split 3-3 on three treaty laws. Farmers Creditors Arrangement Act valid. Section 498a valid. Employment Insurance Act invalid. others tied. Decisions to be appealed to the Privy Council. ruling not binding on statutes.
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Ottawa
Supreme Court of Canada
Dominion Trade and Industry Commission
Farmers
Price Spreads Commission
Dominion Trade and Industries Commission
International Labor Office
Geneva
Duff
Davis
Kerwin
Rinfret
Canon and Crockett
Privy Council
England
Dominion
Commission to Probe Abuses in Quebec Affairs
Premier Adelard Godbout announces a royal commission to fully investigate past Quebec administration. The inquiry will be independent and enforceable, with punishments for those found responsible. The new government pledges reforms for farmers and workers and to end direct relief in favor of fair wages and state protection. The three party race pits L Action Liberale Nationale against Liberals and Conservatives.
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Quebec
Adelard Godbout
Liberal Party
Godbout
Paul Gouin
L’action Liberale Nationale
Louis A. Taschereau
Duplessis
Ottawa Rail Revenues Rise Above March 1935
Canada railways reported gross revenues of 25,535,156 in March, up from 23,867,501 a year earlier, marking the ninth straight year over year rise. For the first three months, gross revenues climbed to 70,366,128 while operating income fell to 2,047,896 from 2,388,259.
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Ottawa
Canada Railways
Dominion Bureaus of Statistics
Plague Kills Caterpillars Across Northwestern Ontario
A mysterious plague kills thousands of caterpillars in northwestern Ontario as they crawl northward. Reports say the insects are dying fast from a strange disease after two weeks of spread, with cocoons to form in about a week and moths to emerge.
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Fort William
Ontario
Canadian camp opens Silver Dart airport at Petawawa
A new airport at the Petawawa artillery camp, northwest of Ottawa, was opened after official ceremonies honoring pioneer Canadian aviators. The field is named Silver Dart after J A D McCurdy's 1909 Baddeck flight, the British Empire's first heavier-than-air achievement.
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Petawawa
Ont
Ottawa
J. A. D. McCurdy
Baddeck
N.S
British Empire
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Regina
Inquiry Commission
Saskatchewan
Taschereau
Joseph Adelard Godbout
Mr. Godbout
C.N.R
W. G. A. Ormsby-Gore
Colonial Office
Colonies
J. H. Thomas
Lioyd
Commission
Canadian Railways
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