Premier Mackenzie King Eyes Hopeful European Outlook
Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King, after returning from Britain and visits to France Germany and Belgium, urged cautioned optimism on European politics and trade. He warned against sensationalism and urged international cooperation to avoid conflict and advance social reform. St John’s report notes Humprey Walwyns fishing haul with 102 salmon over six days.
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Quebec
Great Britain
Mackenzie King
Liner
Express
Britain
St. John's
Mid
Humphrey Walwyn
Lieut
Walwyn
Loyalists Press Offensive on Madrid Front
Government troops launched a major push against Franco’s forces along a west central front from Escorial to Navalcarnero, claiming Madrid siege relief. Villanueva de la Canada fell to Jose Miaja’s units near Madrid and Brunete was reported captured by officials though insurgents denied it.
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Hendaye
Madrid
Irun
Escorial
Navalcarnero
Villaneuva de la Canada
Jose Miaja
Brunete
West Central Front
Francisco Franco
Casa de Campo
University City
Oriental Trouble Near Peiping Sparks Battles
Chinese and Japanese troops clashed near Fengtai and Lukowkiao just south of the Great Wall with artillery trench mortars and machine guns. Japanese reinforcements rushed from Fengtai to Lukowkiao as officers held a council of war amid rising tensions and reported casualties on both sides.
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Tokyo
Manchukuo
Fengtai
Peiping
Great China Wall
Lukowkiao
Domei
Leutenant
Tientsin
De Valera to Carry On Dublin Amid Referendum Victory
President Eamon de Valera asserted the government will press on with its policy, despite Labor opposition. He announced a new constitution to become effective within six months, defended as the fundamental law, approved by 599,635 to 452,692 in the referendum.
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Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Dail
Labor Party
Labor
Fiamna Fail
Fine Gael
de Valera
Butter Prizes Awarded at Calgary Exhibition
Manitoba and Alberta dominated the creamery butter classes at the Calgary exhibition. Manitoba exhibitors won 24 firsts 42 seconds and seven thirds while Alberta took 26 firsts 75 seconds and 11 thirds. Saskatchewan and Quebec won a few placements.
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Calgary
Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Quebec
Home Improvement Plan Leaders in Canadian Towns
New Waterford Nova Scotia tops per capita use of the home improvement plan with government sponsorship and bank support. Mining towns like Nelson and Trail in British Columbia and Timmins Ontario also show high uptake as mortgages are scarce there, pushing residents to government loans for repairs.
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Toronto
New Waterford
N.S
Nelson
Trail
British Columbia
Tim Mins
Ont
U S War Dept Awards Curtis Wright Plane Contract
The United States war department awards Curtis Wright Corporation a 4 113 550 contract for 210 low wing all metal cabin monoplanes with 1 100 horsepower radial engines. These pursuit aircraft are designed to exceed 300 miles per hour.
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Washington
United States War Department
Curtis Wright Corporation
Buffalo
N.Y
War Department
Trail blazing Atlantic flight praised by presses
London editors hail Imperial Airways Caledonia and Pan American Clipper III for precise dual east and west Atlantic flights. Times editorial praises meteorological tests and boat trials while warning against over-enthusiasm. Daily Mail calls it greatest stride since steamship era and Morning Post notes era of settled commerce.
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London
Imperal Airways
Caledonia
Atlantic
The
Times
Daily Mail
Morning Post
Canada
Yorkshire Post
A Tent City for Veterans at Salisbury Camp Brantford
A tent city for 10000 Great War veterans from Canada and the United States will rise at Agriculture Park Brantford from July 31 to August 2 for the ex-imperials convention and reunion. Camp streets will be named after major battles with James Cook as commandant as veterans from many regiments gather.
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Brantford
Canada
United States
Agriculture Park
Salisbury
James Cook
Black Watch
Royal Navy
Old Contemptibles
Fourth Battalion
Gallipoli
Mesopotamia
Palestine
Imperial Army
Shorthorn Bulls Shine At Calgary Exhibition
Mystic Prince owned by Duncan Campbell of Moffatt Ontario won grand and senior championships for Shorthorn bulls at the Calgary show. Princeton Republic from E P ranch Pekisko Alberta owned by the Duke of Windsor took reserve grand and reserve senior ribbons. Two Glenburn animals shown by F H Deacon Unionville Ontario were named junior champion and reserve junior Shorthorn bulls.
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Calgary
Duncan Campbell
Moffatt, Ont
Princeton Republic
E.P Ranch
Pekisko
Alta
Duke of Windsor
Glenburn
F. H. Deacon
Unionville, Ont
British Commission to study distribution of industrial population
In the House of Commons the prime minister announced a royal commission to examine factors shaping Great Britain's industrial population spread. Sir Montague Barlow chairs the 13 member panel, with two women among the appointees, and the inquiry will assess current distribution and likely future shifts plus urban concentration drawbacks.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Great Britain
Montague Barlow
Montague
Alberta
Geneva
Plan to divide Palestine into Arab and Jewish states
The Palestine royal commission proposes partitioning Palestine into independent Arab and Jewish states and a British administered zone including Jerusalem and Bethlehem. It envisions a new mandate, safeguards for minorities, and a $10 million payment to Arabs, with land sale limits and immigration caps during 1937–38.
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London
Palestine
Holy Land
Palestine Royal Commission
League of Nations
Jerusalem
Bethlehem
United Kingdom
League
Commission
Trans- Jordan
Zionist Organization
Trans-Jordan
Panhandle
Lake of Tiberias
Beisan
Megiddo
Maritime Plain
Rehovot
U S Favors Broad Program of World Peace
Sumner Welles under secretary of state told the University of Virginia Institute of Public Affairs that if nations will address postwar inequalities the U S will support a broad world peace program. He warned the main danger is antagonistic dogmas and cited Spain as a battleground. He proposed restoring moral standards, reducing trade barriers, cutting armaments, and holding frequent international conferences.
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Charlottesville
Sumner Welles
United States
University of Virginia
Institute of Public Affairs
Welles
Spain
Edmonton to Great Falls test flight marks Yukon Alaska route
W Leigh Brintwell head of Mackenzie Air Service flew Edmonton to Great Falls Montana and back a 1000 mile test journey. He completed the Edmonton Calgary leg in 1 hour 5 minutes aboard a small Beechcraft. He said delivery of a twin motor 200 mph craft will start service on the route.
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Edmonton
Yukon
Alaska
Montana
W. Leigh Brintwell
Mackenzie Air Service
Great Falls
Calgary
Brintwell
Beechcraft
Premier Chamberlain pays tribute at Conservative rally
Prime Minister Chamberlain praised Malcolm MacDonald for tact and understanding during the imperial conference. He cited Mackenzie King’s Paris speech as remarkable, noting it showed Canada would support England against any threat and would come to her side promptly.
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France
Germany
Belgium
Hitler
London
Chamberlain
Albert Hall
Mackenzie Kng
Paris
Malcolm MacDonald
Dominions
Mackenzie King
England
Canada
Ancient Skeleton Found Near Treesbank
The skeleton of an Indian girl who died about 2,000 years ago was found near Treesbank, 120 miles west of Winnipeg, and is now in the Manitoba museum. Stuart Criddle, a Treesbank museum director, located the grave five feet underground and noted the bones were well preserved.
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Winnipeg
Treesbank
Here
Manitoba Museum
Stuart Criddle
Victoria and Albert to Sail to Belfast with King and Queen
The veteran royal yacht Victoria and Albert will undertake its longest voyage in years to Belfast late this month conveying the king and queen. The last departure from the English Channel occurred in 1925 when King George V and Queen Mary voyaged to the Mediterranean.
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Portsmouth
England
Victoria and Albert
Belfast
English Channel
King George V
Queen Mary
Mediterranean
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