Italy Backs Germany on Sudeten Demands
Informazione Diplomatica reports Italy sides with Germany and the Sudeten cause urging Czechoslovakia to heed autonomy demands of the German minority. It notes no mobilization yet and signals willingness to face emergencies if talks fail, framing Henlein eight points as a guiding policy.
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Rome
Italy
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Informazione Diplomatica
Stefani
Prague
Konrad Henlein
Karlovy Vary
Henlein
Sudeten
Republic
London Times
la Republique
Paris
Virginio Gay
Calgary Dealers Report Surge in Southern Alberta Farm Machinery Demand
Alberta farmers anticipate a good crop and buy trucks, combines, binders and tractors worth hundreds of thousands. A major truck firm says sales this year exceed any in the past decade, with all stock sold and awaiting new supplies. Business is more than double last year.
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Calgary
Alberta
Boundary Marking Work Clears Alberta Saskatchewan Line
A survey party has completed marking the Alberta Saskatchewan boundary from Lake Athabasca to the 60th parallel, covering 48 miles. The group, flown from their northern camp, included B. W. Waugh of Ottawa I Inkster of Alberta Public Works and O. Martin of Saskatchewan Public Works.
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Saskatchewan Line
Edmonton
Alberta-Saskatchewan
Lake Athabaska
60Th Parallel
B. W. Waugh
Ottawa
I. Inkster
Alberta Department of Public Works
O. Martin
Saskatchewan Department of Public Works
Turner Valley Crude Drive Spurs Western Refineries
Alberta Petroleum Association official E W Kolb says several western refineries use imported crude due to a belief all Turner Valley oil is contracted by major companies. The drive continues to have Turner Valley crude used across the west, Kolb states. In the same report, a heavy land mine explosion on the northern frontier near Khan Samah kills two British soldiers and wounds four, with Arab Jew clashes causing additional fatalities.
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Turner Valley
Calgary
E W Kolb
Alberta Petroleum Association
Kolb
Jerusalem
Khan Samah
New wartime order sends troops to Maginot Line frontier
Paris charges a 21 day deployment of trained infantry reserve to Fortified Maginot positions while Marseille port falls under military control by decree. Government invokes wartime law to place strategic Mediterranean base under army authority as North Africa officials rush back to duty.
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Paris
War Ministry
Magincot
Germany
Marseille
Mediterranean
Maginot
North Africa
New Tension in Europe Over the Czech Situation
London reports a breach in talks over the Czechoslovak Sudeten crisis heightening European tensions. Britain seeks to restrain Germany from warlike action as the Sudeten German party ends negotiations with Prague. Berlin hints at rejection of Prague offers and potential force, while Chamberlain returns for crisis talks.
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Europe
London
Great Britain
Germany
Prague
Paris
Nuremberg
Hitler
Konrad Henlein
Henlein
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Chamberlain
Scotland
Viscount Halifax
Italian Nardi crash claims Chilean lieutenant
Santiago Chile Lieut Ernésto Hermann was killed when a new Italian Nardi aircraft crashed as part of a recent purchase. Other planes from Italy were acquired recently.
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Santiago
Chile
Ernésto Hermann
Italy
Vatican Rift Deepens Over Italian Race Doctrine
Fresh evidence shows discord between the Vatican and Fascism over Italy's racial doctrine. L Osservatore Romano cites Pope Pius condemning anti Semitic views as an error touching Catholic doctrine while a Fascist warning signals potential harm to Jews at home. The piece notes resignations by Jewish officials and officials abroad amid rising racial policies.
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Vatican City
Vatican
L’'Osservatore Romano
Pius
Italy
Il Giornale D'Italia
Virginio Gayda
London
Milan
Vittorio Sacerdoti
Navy
Castel Gandolfo
L'Osservatore
Floods and Typhoon Strike Central Japan
A 97 mile an hour typhoon set off fires and floods across central Japan. At least 100 people are confirmed dead as property losses spread over a wide area. Takaoka suffered a blaze demolishing over 2,000 dwellings and public buildings. Osaka reported 15,000 homes flooded and Kobe saw 31 ships sunk or damaged.
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Tokyo
Japan
Takaoka
Noto Peninsula
Osaka
Kobe
Public assistance reach by 20 800,000 in July
The social security board reported about 20 800,000 persons nationwide received public assistance in July. The data reflects ongoing relief efforts across the United States during mid summer.
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Washington
The
Social Security Board
United States
Fish Company Robbery Hits Vancouver Wharf
Burglars raided a Vancouver fish company at the mouth of False Creek while the attendant was absent and escaped with 3300 dollars in cash.
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Vancouver
False Creek
Trade official Sir Robert Dalton arrives in Montreal
Sir Robert Dalton, His Majesty's Senior Trade Commissioner in Australia, arrives in Montreal on a Dominion visit. He notes that lower wool prices last year slowed trade for Great Britain in Australia, making this year quieter.
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Australia
Canada
Montreal
Dominion
Robert
Great Britain
Wheat Exports Outlook For 1938 39 To Britain
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics forecasts the United Kingdom will import about 200 million bushels of U S wheat in the 1938 39 marketing year. Canada likely supplies most of British needs due to surplus and miller preference. US exports to Britain are expected to fall from 31 million bushels last year. The Agriculture Department reports it bought 6,188,983 bushels for sale to exporters under the export subsidy program with 1,868,264 bushels sold to date. government sales to foreign shippers occurred at losses of four to seven cents per bushel.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United Kingdom
Canada
United States
Agriculture Department
Britain's Debt Tops Eight Billion in Historic Rise
Britain's national debt climbed above 8 billion pounds for the first time, reaching 8,026,143,422 pounds as of March 31, up 228,913,878 pounds from a year earlier amid intensified rearmament. In New York, A H Self said Canadian plants will start warplane production to accelerate Britain's defense drive.
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London
Great Britain
Britain
New York
A. H. Self
Canada
England
Manitoba Plans Supplementary Brief at Rowell Commission
Premier John Bracken announced Manitoba will file a supplementary brief to the Rowell commission on Dominion provincial relations. Manitoba representatives will attend the commission's final Ottawa sessions likely in October. The restatement targets Ontario's Premier Mitchell Hepburn and other eastern provinces, with broader relevance to the three prairie provinces.
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Winnipeg
John Bracken
Manitoba
Rowell Commission
Ottawa
Prairie
Mitchell Hepburn
Ontario
Prospects of Dominion Immigration Dwindle Amid UK Birth Decline
The British delegation at the commonwealth relations conference said prospects for large numbers of immigrants from the United Kingdom to the Dominions have shrunk due to Britain's falling birth rate. Britain has in recent years received emigrants as its population neared stagnation or slight decline.
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Sydney
N.S.W
Dominions
United Kingdom
Britain
British Commonwealth Relations Conference
Commission to Investigate Bren Gun Contract
Ottawa reports a one man inquiry led by Justice H H Davis to probe the 7000 Bren machine gun contract awarded to John Inglis Co of Toronto. The probe aims to examine Col George A Drew s allegations and may expand if needed. Col Drew invited to testify with counsel support as required.
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Ottawa
H. H. Davis
Supreme Court of Canada
John Inglis Company of
Toronto
Mackenzie King
George A. Drew
Justice Davis
Col. Drew
Canada
House of Commons
Ian Mackenzie
National Defence
Col Drew
Captain Brown Leaves Guards to Lead RCMP Band
Ottawa reports Captain T J Brown director of music for the Governor General's Foot Guards resigns to form a band for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at Regina training depot. The move affects the regiment as Brown departs for the policing force.
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Ottawa
T. J. Brown
Governor-General’s Foot Guards
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Regina
Rescue of 45 on Italian Prince off Cape Finisterre
Radio messages to Lloyds underwriters recount the rescue of 45 aboard the British steamship Italian Prince near Cape Finisterre Spain. One passenger is missing and eleven others plus the crew were saved by a French and an Italian steamship.
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London
Cape Finisterre
Spain
Lloyds
Ontario hospital probe ordered to review detentions
Premier Hepburn ordered a royal commission to probe Ontario mental hospitals after the John R. Green case. The inquiry will examine Green's two year nine month detention for observation on an intoxication charge and may lead to changes in the Mental Hospitals act including a visiting committee for each hospital. Clifford Magone leads the panel with Dr. William Avery Lionel Conacher and others assisting. Green was released after officials completed an internal review.
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Toronto
Ontario
Hepburn
Queen's Park
John R. Green
St. Thomas
Green
Ontario Hospital
London
Harold Kirby
George H. Stevenson
London Hospital
McGeogh
Stevenson
Clifford R. Magone
Attorney - General's Department
William H. Avery
Lionel Conacher
Toronto Bracondale
Grain Exports From Churchill Pick Up Steam
Two freighters have been chartered to carry Canadian grain from Churchill Hudson Bay Port to old world markets. The Rudby and the Daleby, British tramp ships owned by Ropner Shipping, should reach Manitoba port between Sept 23 and 25 to load 30 000 bushels each. Navigation will run to about Oct 10. Winnipeg Wheat Board directs elevators to ship specified grades from districts to the northern port which can handle 2 500 000 bushels.
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Montreal
Churchill
Hudson Bayport
C. C. Lawes
Montreal Shipping Company
Rudby
Daleby
Ropner Shipping Company
West Hartlepool
Manitoba
Lawes
Saskatchewan
Winnipeg
Wheat Board
Rebels Press Iberian Ebro Front Hard Fight
Contest rages on the Ebro front with insurgents driving on government lines. Reports place the heaviest actions south of Gandesa and along the Gandesa Mora de Ebro highway as Franco’s troops attempt to seize the Fatarella foothills and dislodge militiamen from Sierra de Los Caballos.
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Hendaye
France
Ebro
Gandesa
Gandesa- Mora de Ebro
Fatarella
Franco
Sierra de Los Caballos
Engineers Forecast November Opening For Vancouver Bridge
Engineers in charge of the First Narrows suspension bridge project said the 1500 foot structure near Vancouver Harbor would be ready for opening by mid November.
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Vancouver
First Narrows
English Taught in Every Japanese High School
A report notes that English language instruction is implemented in all Japanese high schools nationwide including rural districts. The piece emphasizes uniform curriculum across regions and highlights ongoing emphasis on conversational skills and global communication.
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Japan
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Commission
J. L. Ralston
K.C
Drew
R.C.M.P. Band
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