League votes for no interference in Spanish war
The League of Nations committee adopted a resolution tying non intervention in the Spanish civil war to the withdrawal of foreign volunteers. It warns that if withdrawal negotiations fail the league will consider ending the policy. Debates centered on threats and timelines, with leaders like De Valera opposing coercive language while Britain France and the Soviet delegates call it a compromise.
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Geneva
League of Nations Committee On Political Questions
League of Nations
Spain
Associated Press
Mussolini
Italy
League
Eamon de Valera
Irish Free State
Assembly
Council of the League
de Valera
Delbos
League of Nations Council
Council
Test Flights Planned Over Western TransCanada Route
Test flights over the western section of Trans Canada Airlines are expected within about three weeks. Winnipeg will be the starting point with about 20 pilots and a similar ground crew. The route extends 750 miles to Lethbridge west and Kapuskasing east, with emergency fields and radio beams at key cities.
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TransCanada Air Lines
Winnipeg
trans-Canada Air Lines
Philip Johnson
Air Line
Eastern Lines
Johnson
Manitoba
Lethbridge
Kapuskasing
Ont
Regina
Medicine Hat
Cranbrook
Oliver
Rocky Mountains
Calgary
Turner Valley Oilmen Cut Freight Rates to Saskatchewan
Calgary to Regina freight charges for casing-head gas from Turner Valley have been halved from 60 to 30 cents per 100 pounds. The cut aims to widen Turner Valley oilmen's market into Saskatchewan as casing-head gas, refined through blending, boosts gasoline production.
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Turner Valley
Regina
Calgary
Saskatchewan
Harvesting Near Completion in Peace River Area
Harvesting and threshing of 1937 grain crops in the Peace River area and other farming districts north of Edmonton nears completion. Heavy rains in some districts have delayed hauling to elevators, according to a survey by Northern Alberta Railways.
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Edmonton
Peace River
Northern Alberta Railways
Visitors from Japan En Route Home Through Winnipeg
Prince and Princess Chichibu, imperial siblings of the Japanese emperor, were guests in Winnipeg while traveling from London to Vancouver, en route to their homeland.
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Winnipeg
Prince
Princess Chichibu
Emperor of
Japan
London
Vancouver
Lord Mayor Sir Harry Twyford Elected In City Ceremony
Sir Harry Twyford chosen lord mayor of London succeeding Sir George Broadbridge after election at the guild hall by the court of aldermen. He has served Cripplegate wards since 1930 and was sheriff in 1934. Twyford heads George Brettle and Company, warehousing and hosiery, and earlier led the New Zealand telegraph station.
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London
Harry Twyford
Nicholas Twyford
George Broadbridge
Harry
Church of St. Lawrence Jewry
Goldhall
Cripplegate
Cripplegate Without
George Brettle and Company
Eastern Extension Telegraph Company
Singapore
Hong Kong
Java
Sydney
Nelson
New Zealand
To Buy New Plane and Hunt Russians Flyers
Sir Hubert Wilkins arrived in Los Angeles seeking a plane for Arctic reconnaissance. He aims to resume the search for six missing Russian aviators, noting the supply line from Moscow could cover two months. The expedition is reportedly financed by the Russian government.
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Los Angeles
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Arctic
Sir Hubert
Moscow
Concrete Dams Planned on Souris River Near Melita
Two reinforced concrete dams will be built this fall to stabilize water levels on the Souris River near Melita in southwestern Manitoba. The upstream dam six miles from Melita will create water 6 1/2 feet deep for 12 miles south to the border, while a downstream dam two miles away will be five feet deep.
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Winnipeg
Souris River
Melita
Manitoba
John Vallance
Prairie Rehabilitation Board
Distemper Rumor Debunked in Alberta Fox Farms
Dr. J A Allen of Winnipeg and a Manitoba University team found no widespread distemper in Alberta fox ranches. Of about 1100 farms, only six showed any infection, disproving reports of a large outbreak.
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Calgary
Alberta
J. A. Allen
Winnipeg
University of Manitoba
MacPherson Urges BNA Act Amendments For Social Reform
Hon. M. A. MacPherson of Regina former Saskatchewan attorney general and treasurer urged Canada to amend the British North America Act to enable a comprehensive social security program. Speaking at an Empire club gathering in Winnipeg he highlighted unemployment insurance as essential and warned of moral risks from joblessness among middle aged workers.
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Winnipeg
M. A. MacPherson
Regina
Saskatchewan
Great Britain
Canada
Traffic Deaths Rise Across U S Highways
Chicago report notes that traffic accidents set a grim pace with the national safety council estimating 24,520 deaths in the first eight months. The figure is 11 percent higher than the 22,160 deaths in the same period in 1930, the year that logged a record 36,500 deaths.
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Chicago
United States
National Safety Council
Wage Increase Won After Union Ties Up Great Lakes
The Canadian Seamen's Union withdrew its threat to disrupt Great Lakes navigation on the eve of the grain move after 22 lake shipping companies agreed to wage raises. Secretary treasurer J A Sullivan said about 6000 crewmen would gain 15 to 25 percent increases effective immediately, with union recognition granted and talks on future grievances to follow.
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Montreal
Great Lakes
J. A. Sullivan
Sullivan
Britain urges ban on Japanese imports amid China clashes
London reports industrialists and labor leaders call for a war material embargo on Japan. The National Council of Labor seeks government action and League of Nations backing to halt imports and loans, while Britain pressures for compensation for China damage and World body cooperation.
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London
Great Britain
China
National Council of Labor
Japan
League of Nations
Federation of British Industries
Manchester and
Bradford
Swift Current to Host Trans-Canada Radio Beam Station
Swift Current will host a radio beam station and landing field as part of the trans-Canada air transport system. Inspector Robertson negotiates for municipal land near Elmwood Golf Club for a beam tower and attendant quarters. Government has already acquired five miles southeast for a landing field with a graded runway and tenders called for a meteorological building.
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Swift Current
trans-Canada Air Transport Service
Inspector Robertson
Civic Aviation Branch
Dominion Department of Transport
Elmwood Golf Club
Reward Offered for Nazareth Anglican Church Killings
British authorities posted a reward of £10000 for information leading to the arrest of the assailants who killed Lewis Yelland Andrews, district commissioner for Galilee, and his bodyguard as they left the Anglican church at Nazareth.
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Jerusalem
Lewis Yelland Andrews
Galilee
Nazareth
Mussolini and Hitler Forge Close Understanding in Berlin
Premier Mussolini, cheered by German crowds, returns to Italy with no signed treaty yet a working accord with Adolf Hitler. Officials say they avoided a formal pact yet align on key actions and keep Rome Berlin axis open to others, with military chiefs ready if needed.
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Berlin
Mussolini
Italy
Hitler
Germany
Versailles
Rome-Berlin
President Roosevelt Visits Victoria Canada in Friendly Exchange
President Franklin D. Roosevelt made a three hour goodwill visit to Victoria on Vancouver Island aboard the destroyer Phelps. He noted his annual Canadian trips dating to 1884 and discussed a potential Alaska to Washington highway with Premier T. D. Pattullo as the destroyer departed Ogden Point.
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Victoria
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Canada
Government House
United States
Campobello Island
Atlantic
Vancouver Island
Phelps
Ogden Point
P.S.T
Porter
Port Angeles
Roosevelt
Alaska
Lorrain Roberts
Mr. Roosevelt
Tower of London
Ogden Point Dock
Princess Patricia's
Canadian Light Infantry
R0yal
Canadian Navy
War risk insurance halted by British firms amid air power fears
British insurers suspend war risk coverage, citing modern aircraft’s destructive reach and uncertain premium costs. Policies issued now waive liability for war or civil conflict. The move follows examples from Spain and China and aims to support world peace via reduced risk.
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London
Spain
China
Hitler to Visit Italy in Near Future
Italian circles report Chancellor Hitler may travel to Rome soon to reciprocate Premier Mussolini's five day visit to the reich. Mussolini extended the invitation before leaving for Rome and no date is set yet but a trip is believed likely.
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Berlin
Hitler
Italy
Mussolini
Reich
Rome
Fuehrer
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