Tragic Quebec Flood Leaves Towns Inundated And Death Toll Climbs
Torrential rains in the Quebec region caused widespread destruction near Quebec City. Eleven dead, with many missing or injured, as rivers rose and homes were swept away. A derailment near Portneuf killed two railway workers, while a landslide destroyed an eight unit apartment building. Rescue efforts continued amid flooding and road washouts across the area.
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Portneuf
Canadian Pacific
Ovide Carvier
Donat Jobidon
Montreal
Quebec City
Quebec
Beauport
St. Gregoire de Montmorency
Laurentian
Ancienne Lorette
Quebec-Montreal
Salter
Harry “Carpenter
Salter Carpenter
St. Casmir
Ste. Catherine
St. Lawrence
Bren gun contract to be reviewed by public accounts committee
Hon. Ian Mackenzie announced through his secretary that the Bren gun contract awarded to John Inglis Company of Toronto will be fully reviewed before the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee. The assurance signals scrutiny of the agreement linked to national defense.
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Ottawa
Ian Mackenzie
National Defence
John Inglis Company, Limited
Toronto
House of Commons Public Accounts Committee
Young sets English gliding record at Shrewsbury
A 22 year old officer of the air service with five days gliding experience, A N Young, stayed aloft for 154 hours in Shrewsbury England, surpassing the previous mark by eighty minutes. He described the flight as cramped after landing.
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Shrewsbury
Shropshire
Eng
Feet Air Arm
A. N. Young
Evacuation Plans Outlined for Civilian Refugees
The Daily Herald reports a government committee will study a comprehensive wartime evacuation plan for all children and non-combatants from UK cities. Arrangements with transport firms aim to move thousands per hour, billeting evacuees in cottages and farms with no large camps planned.
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London
Daily Herald Labor
United Kingdom
London Passenger Transport Board
Main Line
The
Herald
Geoffrey Lloyd
Home Office
House of Commons
Lloyd
Earthquake Shakes Los Angeles Area
A strong east west earthquake was felt across Los Angeles with downtown and harbor district reports. San Pedro Long Beach Redondo Beach Lynwood Compton Hawthorne Huntington Park Anaheim and Santa Monica noted shocks while Pasadena and foothill cities felt little or none.
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Los Angeles
Harbor District
San Pedro
Long Beach
Redondo Beach
Lynwood
Maywood
Compton
Hawthorne, Huntington Park
Anaheim
Santa Monica
Pasadena
Agreement Is Essential for Wheat Price Recovery
The Financial News editorial argues a large world wheat surplus requires action by exporting countries. It cites two options for sustained price recovery: renewed crop failures or a formal agreement among major exporters. The piece asserts an agreement is the right course and will eventually occur.
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London
The
Financial News
Manitoba Geological Survey proposes province wide study
The Manitoba Geological Survey Board, appointed by the government, urges the administration to create a province wide geological survey to aid the mining industry. It calls for yearly statistics on economic minerals and education programs to prepare students for geological engineering and metallurgical work, plus practical mining industry instruction.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba Survey Board
May Contest Seat Ottawa in Ontario by elections
Unconfirmed reports indicate Hon Dr. R. J. Manion may seek a London by election seat in the House of Commons with Waterloo South another Ontario vacancy. Major Fred C. Betts, who represented London, drowned fishing in Quebec last spring. the riding has been Conservative since 1907.
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Ottawa
R. J. Manion
House of Commons
London
Ontario
Waterloo South
Fred C. Betts
Major Betts
Quebec
Photographic Survey Teams Arrive for Saskatchewan Drouth Map
Four members of No 2 general purpose detachment RCAF arrive at Swift Current from Edmonton to conduct a long term aerial photographic survey of southwestern Saskatchewan drought area. Planes will photograph land to aid Ottawa in map making showing topography water courses and soil types. Flying Officer Rutledge commands the detachment with Sergt Gilmour and Corporals Baxter Rhodes and Schultz assisting.
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Swift Current
No. 2
Royal Canadian Air Force
Edmonton
Saskatchewan Drouth
Drouth
Ottawa
Rutledge
Sergt
Gilmour
Baxter
Rhodes
Schultz
Calm counsel urged to avert European crisis in 1938
London reports intensified British pressure for conciliation between Germany and Czechoslovakia as Hitler’s decision looms. Diplomats note potential for peace or war, with Polish, American, and Czech liaisons watching for a German response to Czech minority proposals or a Nazi rally in Nuremberg.
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London
Great Britain
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Hitler
Foreign Office
Antoni Jazdzewska
Germany
Soviet Russia
Joseph P. Kennedy
United States
Viscount Halifax
Jan Masaryk
Czechoslovak Sudeten
Czechoslovakia
U.S. Exports Wheat Under New Subsidy Plan
The agriculture department launched a wheat export subsidy program selling 451000 bushels to exporters for foreign markets. The grain, bought from dealers, sold to shippers at a total $24520 below government cost. The Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation reported 235000 bushels sold in the Pacific Northwest at four cents under cost and 216000 in the Gulf at seven cents under cost. Officials expect export sales to rise rapidly.
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Washington
United States Agriculture Department
F. R. Wilcox
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Pacific Northwest
Gulf Region
Should Build Ships Winnipeg for Canada to Boost Sea Trade
R S Dalgleish of Newcastle England urged Canada and Britain to fund new ships to meet fierce competition. Dalgleish said Britain has 2000 fewer ships than in 1914 and warned Canada could lose Pacific coast trade to modern Japanese vessels. He travels to England after his Pacific coast visit.
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Winnipeg
Canada
R. S. Dalgleish
Newcastle
England
Dalgleish
Great Britain
Pacific
Italians Die in Spain List Widens Widely
Names of 67 Italian legionnaires killed in the Spanish civil war were published, marking the 19th such list since hostilities began. A hospital ship docked at Naples carried 650 wounded Italian officers and men.
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Rome
Spain
Naples
Polish Opinion Sees Nazi Regime Weaker Than 1914
Warsaw reports from Illustrowany Kurier Codzienny that Hitler’s Nazi Reich is weaker than the 1914 German empire and less likely to win a new European conflict. Polish circles fret over possible Germany Czechoslovakia hostilities and hinge hopes on Britain’s stance as key to peace.
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Warsaw
Hitler
Germany
Illustrowany Kurier Cozienny
Liberal
Czechoslovakia
Great Britain
Gazeta Polska
German Refugee Smuggles Five Thousand Pounds to East Africa
Customs officials report a German refugee smuggled £5000 from Germany in a hops bale. The consignee met the shipment, claimed the money hidden in tubes inside a bale, and was allowed to proceed to the Kenya colony in East Africa.
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Harwich
Eng
Germany
Consignee
Kenya
East Africa
Manion urges reforms to avert social collapse during Canada tour
Saint John New Brunswick reports national Conservative leader Dr. R. J. Manion warning that drastic economic reforms are needed to avoid wreck, anarchy and barbarism from an unequal system. He advocates public works and social justice, stressing liberty, economic freedom and responsibility to the community.
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Saint John
N.B
R. J. Manion
Barry's Bay
Ont
Manion
Canada
New Brunswick
National Conservative Party
Dr. Manion
Dominion
Trade Pact With New Zealand Extended To 1939
Ottawa announces extension of the trade agreement with New Zealand until September 30, 1939. Removal of the exchange dumping duty is paired with NZ cooperation to limit shipments. Canadian exports to NZ reached 16.55 million in the year ending June 1938 while imports from NZ stood at 5.19 million.
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Ottawa
New Zealand
C. D. Howe
Trade and Commerce
Defends Bay Route as Great Lakes Savings Grow
Alderman S. E. Bushe told board of trade members that shipping rate savings on the Great Lakes came from opening the northern Hudson Bay route. R. S. Dalgliesh complained in Regina that the bay route was secured and not used. J. H. Holmes noted western farmers saw little saving, with profits going to shippers, urging western port control as a remedy.
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Saskatoon
Hudson Bay
S. E. Bushe
Board of Trade
Great Lakes
Holmes
Western
Canada
British and French Seek Quick Delivery of Warplanes
Britain has ordered 400 reconnaissance and training planes in the United States and France 100 pursuit planes. Informants say delivery is aimed to be expedited but aircraft likely won’t be ready for four to five months. If war erupts sooner US Neutrality Act could block shipments.
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John Simon
Scotland
Great Britain
Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Washington
France
Europe
United States
Ontario Police Destroy 4 25 Sticks of Dynamite at Quarry
On orders of the Ontario provincial police, 4 25 sticks of 12 year old dynamite were destroyed at a quarry near Little Current. The action was believed linked to the Dodge camp explosion that preceded Daniel Dodge's drowning two weeks earlier.
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Ontario
Dodge
Daniel Dodge
Wheat for Spain to be sent from prairie pools
Wheat pools of Alberta Manitoba and Saskatchewan and the Winnipeg Grain Exchange will contribute substantial wheat to the cargo of the Canadian American relief ship Malcolm Ross, secretary of the relief ship committee said.
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Toronto
Prairie Provinces
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Spain
Malcolm Ross
Refinery Work Begins in East Calgary
Construction of the new $1 350,000 oil refinery by the British American Oil Company will start in East Calgary within two or three days. The project marks a significant industrial expansion for Calgary's oil sector and local employment prospects.
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Calgary
British American Oil Company
Calgary Air Field work begins on new civic site
Work has begun on excavation and grading for the Calgary civic air field. Crews start site preparation and earth moving to establish foundations and runways for the new municipal aviation facility.
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Calgary
Civic Air Field
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Rosa LaChance
Patrick Dehisle
Corinthia Audet
George Marcot
Rose Marcot
Bridget Marcot
Fernand Marcot
St. Gregoire
California
Geological Survey
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
U.S
George E. T. Eyston
Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
Calgary Air Field
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