Trade Mission to Cuba Planned for Next Fall
Ottawa reports Hon. W. D. Euler minister of trade and commerce plans a trade mission to Cuba the West Indies and possibly Argentina to expand markets for Canadian seed potatoes Bermuda shipments target a wider market with a decade of growth in the island trade. Exports to Argentina reached 180 000 bushels last year as Cuba may seek sugar tariff relief and talks with Australia await the imperial conference and Lyons visit.
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Ottawa
Canada
London
Bermuda
Cavan
Cuba
Argentina
American Republic
Australia
J. A. Lyons
Mr. Euler
India
Plans To Fly Passengers Between London And Paris World Fair
Rumors of wholesale shipment of United States planes to Spain were denied. Craft will be used to fly passengers from London to Paris World Fair. Five planes were seized at Le Bourget field. Nineteen planes dismantled and coated before shipment from New York have been unloaded. One has been reassembled and is making test flights. Ships to be operated by a French firm with all required authorizations.
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London
Paris
Havre
France
United States
Spain
New Appointments in National Defence Across Divisions
The National Defence Department announces appointments in the Royal Canadian Volunteer Reserve affecting western divisions. F.R Wentz is named in the Saskatoon division as acting lieutenant while A.C Campbell joins the Vancouver division as midshipman. Pension commission quorums now have 501 applications, just enough to remain active.
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National Defence Department
Anv A
Ottawa
Department of Tional Defence
Royal Canadian Volunteer Reserve
F.R Wentz
Saskatoon
A.C Campbell
Vancouver
Canadian Pension Commission
Canberra Drops War Hero From Coronation Contingent
The Australian government decided not to despatch another of the Commonwealth's war heroes to replace Gunner Arthur Sullivan VC. Sullivan was killed in a London traffic accident.
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Canberra
Commonwealth
Arthur Sullivan
Sullivan
London
World Wide Air System To Yukon Service From Edmonton
An all British air mail plan bridges 967 miles from Edmonton to Whitehorse Yukon starting July 5 with United Air Transport of Edmonton operating weekly passenger and airmail service. The route links with Pan American to Nome Alaska and Imperial Airways aims to run Nome to Shanghai. Authorities say westward Canada could carry most Orient bound mail and lower operating costs if mail volume grows.
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Edmonton
Winnipeg
Whitehorse
Yukon
George Herring
Ottawa
Meo Herring
Post Office Department
Western Canada
United Air Transport of
Nome
Alaska
Pacific
Imperial Airways
Shanghai
China
North America
Canada
Orient
Herring
Chicago
Pacific Ocean
Hawaii
Manila
Doctor Removed From Ontario Medical List
Dr John S Hett of Kitchener has been released from the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons after denying charges of possessing a cancer cure. Registrar Dr Robert Noble said the council will assist him to substantiate his claims, while Hett cited refusing to reveal the serum’s nature as the reason for cancellation after 40 years in cancer research.
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Toronto
Robert Noble
College of Physicians and ‘Surgeons
John S. Het
Kitchener
College Council
Noble
Hett
Ontario
Mounted Police Parade Before Coronation Review
Major General Sir James H. MacBrien inspected 35 member Royal Canadian Mounted Police detachment en route to England for the Coronation. The unit, attired in full dress, rode with Regina horses as officers led the parade at the 17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars grounds. Deputy Commissioner 8. T. Wood of Ottawa commanded. A sick sailor, Arthur Westley, was rescued from the freighter Bristol City and brought aboard the liner Alaunia 700 miles from Southampton in heavy seas. The Ritchies, traveling from Vancouver via the Rocky Mountains snow scene, recalled 24 years in South Africa on their London coronation trip.
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MacBrien
Montreal
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
England
James H. MacBrien
Regina
Duke of York's
Royal Canadian Hussars
8. T. Wood
Ottawa
Bristol City
Southampton
Arthur Westley
Sail At Own Risk London Debates on Merchant Ship Rights
Sir Samuel Hoare repeated the government's stance in the Commons that British merchant ships entering Spanish waters do so at their own risk. He clarified insurgent warships outside the three mile limit cannot fire on British ships inside it. Any such insurgent action would only allow seizure of the freighter and the insurgents would bear damage claims.
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London
Samuel Hoare
Admiralty
House of Commons
Pay War Debts Proposal From Britain in 50 Year Loan
Rupert de la Bere Conservative MP proposes Britain settle postwar debt to the United States by issuing a 50 year loan in the United States. He to question the chancellor of the exchequer on whether Britain could pursue such an arrangement considering its capacity to pay. In New York, a graduate chemistry residence scholarship is awarded to William A. Jones of Regina, a 1932 Saskatchewan arts graduate, among 164 Columbia University fellows and scholars for 1937-38.
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Britain
London
Rupert de la Bere
House of Commons
United States
de la Bere
United States of America
New York
Willam A. Jones
Regina
University of Saskatchewan
Columbia University
Roosevelt seeks 1.5 billion for relief and tax overhaul
President Roosevelt asked Congress for 1.5 billion dollars for next year’s relief burden and warned of a deficit near 2.0 billion by June 30. He projected the public debt rising toward 35.5 billion and urged a careful survey of the tax system to balance income and outgo for fiscal year 1938.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States Congress
Treasury
Legion May Enter Politics With Veterans Message
The Canadian Legion plans an educational campaign to present veterans' conditions to the public at the Alberta convention in Lethbridge next June. Calgary branch will sponsor the recommendation. James Simmons, president, said no new party would be formed.
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Canadian Legion
Calgary
British Empire Service League
Alberta
Lethbridge
Imperial Division
Legion
James Simmons
Queen Mary to witness son's coronation in royal procession
Making history, Queen Mary will be the first queen mother to watch her son crowned. Queen Maud of Norway and Queen Alexandra will join separate processions to Westminster Abbey, with a special carriage and cavalry escort planned for the morning ceremony. Montreal-based orders placed for 50 air conditioned coaches for the Canadian National Railways may enter service this summer.
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Mary
London
Queen Maud
Norway
Westminste Abbey
Alexandra
George v
Montreal
Canadian National Railways
Canadian Car and Foundry Company
British Worry Over Scope of New Tax Levy
London reports show Chancellor Chamberlain pressing a prosperity profits tax to fund Britain’s five year defence program. Conservatives fear the levy will soak business profits, with debates in the House of Commons and mounting perturbations. Sir Robert Horne argued the combined tax burden could reach 45 to 75 percent for many firms, provoking socialists and Labour cheers from the gallery.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Robert Horne
Britain
Robert
In Tax
National Defence Union
Labor
Ert
Finland Probes Plot Over Arms Stockpile For Spain
The Finnish government ordered an inquiry into claims by the Marquess of Donegal that Finland stored as much as ten million dollars in munitions for potential shipment to Spain. He alleged two Englishmen Victor Hervey and John Christopher Lonsdale plotted profits for themselves. The war ministry denied arms sales to Spain and said the accusations were unfounded.
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Spain
Helsingfors
Marquess of Donegal
Finland
War Ministry
London Sunday Dispatch
Lord Donegal
Victor Hervey
Lord Hervey
John Christopher Lonsdale
Paris
London
Pan American Wins Trans Atlantic Flying Rights
Permits from Great Britain, Canada and the Irish Free State were presented to Pan American Airways in a ceremony at the Commerce Department. Secretary Dan Roper called it the first real effort for scheduled trans-Atlantic air service and said opportunities for participation are open to all interested transport companies.
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Washington
Pan-American Airways
Great Britain
Canada
Irish Free State
Dan‘ Roper
United States
Sailor Dies of Smallpox After Vancouver Voyage
John Seickle, a writhe aboard the Em press of Russia, contracted smallpox en route from Shanghai to the Shetland Islands. Vaccination of passengers and crew on the Canadian Pacific liner prevented wider outbreak. He died at William Head quarantine station and will be buried there.
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Ictoria
Vancouver
William Head
John Seickle
Shanghai
Shetland Islands
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Ts “Macbeath
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