Hope Seen for Relaxation of Tension in Europe
The Associated Press quotes an authoritative source. A new balance of power hinges on Mussolini joining the Anglo French working agreement and promising fewer Italian troops in Spain. Rome and Geneva reports say talks in Paris may enable Italy to participate in the anti piracy patrol and redefine its Mediterranean position.
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London
Associated Press
Europe
Mussimi
Mussolini
France
Spain
Italy
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Renato Bova-Scopa
Geneva
Yvon Delbos
Count Ciano
Rome
Germany
Ciano
Bova-Scopa
E. M. B. Ingram
Caino
Ethiopia
East Africa
Franco
Turner Valley Producers Discuss Oil Import Question
At a Turner Valley Petroleum Producers' Association meeting Alberta crude importation questions were debated before the federal tariff board. J. J. Frawley cited potential board reports to the Dominion government while talks covered a Pacific coast pipeline and a per barrel levy of one half cent to finance the association.
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Calgary
Western Canada
Federal Tariff Board
Turner Valley Petroleum Producers’ Association
Tariff Board
J. J. Frawley
Attorney-General's Department
Pacific Coast
Turner Valley
Cochran Breaks Speed Record In Detroit Flights
New York aviatrix Jacqueline Cochran averaged 293.05 mph across four runs on a three kilometre course in Detroit, surpassing the previous women’s land plane record of 276.527 mph set in 1934 by Helene Boucher of France.
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Detroit
Jacqueline Cochran
New York
Helene Boucher
France
Saskatchewan Cattle Shipments Reach Forty Thousand Head
About 40 000 head of cattle have been shipped from Saskatchewan under the federal government scheme, according to figures released by J G Robertson the Saskatchewan livestock commissioner.
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Regioa
Saskatchewan
J. G. Robertson
Saskatchewan Livestock Com
Incident Is Closed Over Japan Britain China Wounding
Britain declares incident closed after Japan sends final note on the wounding of Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen. London accepts Japanese assurances and promises to prevent further incidents while demanding accountability and an apology.
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London
Great Britain
Japan
China
Foreign Office
Tokyo
Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen
Britain
Nanking
Shanghai
Robert Craigie
Koki Hirota
Craigie
Hirota
United Kingdom
Bombing Of Nanking And Canton Reported
Japanese air forces carried out two raids on Nanking with over 50 planes causing extensive civilian casualties and fires. In the south Canton faced four major air attacks, with fears of thousands dead as refugees fled railway stations.
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Nanking
Japan
China
Yangtze River
Canton
Yangtze
Pukow
Line To Goldfields Hinted Edmonton
Sir Edward Beatty outlined three survey routes for a potential rail line to the Goldfields mining area near Edmonton. No decision or construction plan exists, and the route from the Lake Athabasca district via the NAR or North Battleford area or from Prince Albert remains undecided. Beatty visited Edmonton en route to Dawson Creek to inspect Northerly railway lines.
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Edmonton
Sir Edward Beatty
G.B.E
Canadian Pacific Railway
Lake Athabaska
N.A.R
North Battleford
Prince Albert
Sir Edward
Calgary
Government House
J. C. Bowen
Dawson Creek
B.C
Flag profits spark govt anger in Japan over flag prices
The Japanese government denounces flag makers for exploiting patriotism as demand surges during patriotic demonstrations. Prices for national flags have risen sharply as the public shows greater patriotism.
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Flag
Japan
Tokyo
Intelligent control for relief grants urged by Purvis
A B Purvis, chairman of the National Employment Commission, told Winnipeg Board of Trade youths that relief must be targeted. He warned indiscriminate aid weakens moral fibre and urged scientific classification to separate employables from nonfault of work. He cited Saskatchewan as facing a national problem amid drought and drought relief.
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Winnipeg
A. B. Purvis
National Employment Commission
Winnipeg Board of Trade
Saskatchewan
Mr. Purvis
Drouth Area
Alberta Orders Block Court Actions Questioning Legislation
Edmonton reports three orders in council aim to block court actions testing Alberta statutes. Premier Aberhart said the measures curb filing of claims and notices without lieutenant-governor in council consent. Signed by Lieutenant-Governor Bowen, the orders restrict when constitutional challenges to provincial laws may proceed.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Aberhart
Alberta Supreme Court
J. C. Bowen
Improving Civil Aircraft British Manufacturers Face Foreign Challenge
British aircraft makers race to produce a new liner to counter stiff competition from United States and German firms. A meeting with Viscount Swinton indicates possible government financial backing and urgent action. The air ministry aims to negotiate with dominions on unified action, craft suitable for faster intra empire service, and market consolidation.
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London
United States
Dominions
Airlne
Viscount Swinton
Air Ministry
Winnipeg eyed for first session of Dominion relations commission
Hon Newton Rowell chairing the royal commission on Dominion-provincial relations indicated Winnipeg could host the initial hearing. He arrived to confer with western officials as the inquiry prepared, then proceeded to Regina Edmonton and Victoria to set up preliminary arrangements with provincial leaders.
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Winnipeg
Royal Commission On
Newton Rowell
Ontario
Justice Rowell
Regina
Edmonton
Victoria
Lost Flyers Search Narrowed To Two Russian Planes
Withdrawal of Sir Hubert Wilkins and his team from the search for the lost Soviet transpolar flyers reduced the effort to two Russian aircraft on this side of the north pole. One amphibian, piloted by Alexsei Gratciansky, is a few hundred miles north on a 2000 mile mission. The other, with Basil Zad koff at the controls, is under repair east of here after a minor crash.
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Barrow
Alaska
Sir Hubert Wilkins
North Pole
Alexsei Gratciansky
Here
Basil Zadkoff
Rudolph Island
Russian Arctic
Siberia
Moscow
Spanish City on Fire in Cordoba Battle Zone
Government forces swept across the Cordoba Badajoz border into Gran ja de Torrhermosa as air bombardment battered the town. Civilians fled while insurgent machine gunners held the central cathedral tower, and troops dug in behind tombstones in a siege near the cemetery.
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Madrid
Granja de Torrhermosa
Spain
No Man's Land
Cordoba
Cordoba-Badajoz
Central Cathedral
Father of Patent Office Lynch Dies at 84
William Joseph Lynch former chief of the Dominion patent office died here aged 84 He was a Quebec City native and long time official known as the father of the patent office He joined the office at 13 and rose through the ranks becoming chief in 1908 until his retirement in 1921 He authored patent law books that circulated worldwide and attended conferences in Washington and London England.
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Ottawa
William Joseph Lynch
Dominion Patent Office
Quebec City
Patent Office
Washington
London
England
Department of Agriculture
League Moves to Halt Sino Japanese Conflict in China
Geneva reports Britain weighs reviving the 1922 Washington nine power pact to stop the Sino Japanese war. A multi nation conference would include the United States to forge a united program. In Geneva, Italo French talks improved relations amid Mediterranean patrol and Spain intervention issues.
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Geneva
Great Britain
Washington
China
Far East
United States
Japan
League of Nations
Yvon Delbos
Renato Bovascopa
Italy
Mediterranean
Spain
Delbos
Bovascopa
France
Scoppa
Nyon
Japanese Bombing Ravages Chinese Cities Across East
The Japanese air force spread death through eastern China hitting Canton Shanghai and other towns. In Canton thousands dead or wounded in two days of bombings while Nanking escaped major strikes but remained tense. Shanghai reports of continued bombing despite international protests and a frontline near Lotien with Chinese casualties as rains hinder operations.
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Shanghai
Japan
China
Canton
Nanking
Great Britain
United States
France
Germany
Kiangyin
Yangtze River
Yangtze
Sngle
Lotien
Short Shipping Season at Churchill Ends Early
Ottawa notes a brief Hudson Strait shipping season as Churchill exports stall. Only two freighters carried grain to the elevator on Hudson Bay this year, and no further shipments are expected. Government icebreaker N B McLean sails back to the St Lawrence at month end after advising on ice and weather. Last year Churchill shipped 13 cargoes of grain.
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Ottawa
Churchill
Hudson Strait
Manitoba
Hudson Bay
N. B. McLean
St. Lawrence
McLean
Straits
British Firms Seek China Occupation Compensation
British exporters and importers form two committees to monitor wartime developments in China and petition the Foreign Office for compensation for property seized or occupied by troops.
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London
China
Foregn Office
Quebec Forest Employment Forecast For Winter
Hon. Johnny Bourque acting minister of land and forests said about 45 000 lumbermen will be employed in Quebec forests this winter by lumber companies. Last year's wood cutting employed 35 000 men and the coming season's figure probably will be an all time record.
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Quebec
Johnny Bourque
Minster of Land and Forests
Beef prices hit 18 year high in Chicago market
Wholesale and retail beef prices reached their highest levels in years as choice steers sold for 19.50 per hundredweight in Chicago. Cattle feeders reported record profit margins, according to livestock men.
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Chicago
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