Britain to shield rights in China as Japan pressure grows
London. Viscount Halifax, foreign secretary, warned Japan Britain will protect centuries old interests in China. In a Lords address he said Britain may take action if China interests are not adequately respected. He urged international sincerity on Crisel Slovakia and noted Anglo Italian friendship delays amid the Spanish war.
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London
Czechoslovakia
Lord Halifax
Britain
France
Italy
Ottawa reacts to Groft remark about Hitler
Prime Minister Mackenzie King says no action will be taken over Alderman Groft’s remark on Adolf Hitler, noting diplomacy will avoid mountain out of a molehill. Goering bans army members from YMCA meetings as tensions rise in Berlin. RAF opens new training school at St Athan on Sept 1 as Britain expands aviation capacity.
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Ottawa
Neumarks
William Groft
Toronto
Adolf Hitler
Erich Windels
Gentral
Mackenzie King
Croft
Beavers
Hitver
YMCA
Berlin
Hermann Goering
Young Men's Christian Association
London
Sir Kingsley Wood
Air
Royal Air Force
St Athan
Glamorganshire
Great Britain
Census Drive to Count Soviet Russia Population
The Soviet cabinet on January 17 1989 authorized a great census of Soviet Russia covering all residents including foreigners. The present population is estimated at 169000000. Mercury deposits found at Moba about 20 miles northeast on Bridge River north fork.
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Seta
Cems
Moscow
Soviet Russia
Soviet Union
Moba
Here
Bridge River
Vancouver waterfront blaze destroys CPR Pier D
A $1,000,000 fire destroyed the Canadian Pacific Railway Pier D at Vancouver tearing through a 1,000 foot structure and its superstructure. The blaze threatened the waterfront before water and quick actions saved ships Princess Charlotte and Princess Adelaide. Captain Thomas Rippon coordinated an emergency move to safety. Pier value was about $500,000 with equal losses to the rest of the facilities and freight.
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Navy Lowe
Whee Cfr
Vancouver
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Granville Street
Princess Charlotte
Thomas Rippon
German Condor round-the-world flight plan announced
A German round the world flight plans to start in August or September with six crew aboard a four motor Condor. Captain Henke commands with Captain Van Moreau as co pilot and a navigator radio operator and two mechanics completing the crew. From Germany the route goes to India China Japan Alaska and San Francisco before possible nonstop to New York and the Atlantic hop. The mission aims for long distance tests rather than competing with Howard Hughes.
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Alaska
U.S. Washington
Berlin
United States
Henke
van Moreau
Fockewulf
Germany
India
China
Japan
San Francisco
San Franscsco
New York
Atlantic
Howard Hughes
Ex Duke Helps Forest Rangers Fight B C Fires
Lord Martin Cecil, Canadian rancher and English noble, joined forest rangers and local section men to defend central British Columbia from wildfires. He has ranching operations across 50,000 acres with 2,000 cattle and runs a guest ranch near a Pacific railway point known as 100 mile house.
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Eart
B.C
Exeter
Lord Martin Cecil
Regalahift
Forest Rangers
1 Way
British Columbia
Cecil
Marquess of Exeter
Lord Burghley
Pacific Eastern
British Journalist Ordered to Leave Italy
Paul Cremona, correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor and vice president of the Foreign Press Association in Rome, was ordered expelled from Italy. The British ambassador Earl of Perth pressed Italian officials who promised a temporary stay, but officials gave no reason for the expulsion.
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Christian Science ‘Monitor
Rome
Paul Cremona
Christian Science Mortor
Foreign Press Association
Italy
Earl of Perth
Galeazzo Ciano
Cremona
Malta
Army Worm Menace Spreads in Manitoba Grain Fields
Manitoba grain fields report a new insect threat named the army worm due to its relentless destructiveness. Farmers note pockets of damage in several districts as the pest attacks crops and yard areas, prompting warnings and monitoring efforts across the province.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Pilot C T Bennett delivers Mercury coast to coast
Captain C T Bennett of Imperial Airways piloted the Mercury on a non stop Atlantic run to Montreal. Facing head winds the craft finished within two hours of schedule, landing on the St Lawrence and adding a new aviation milestone.
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C. T. Bennett
Imperial Airways
Atlantic Ocean
Montreal
St Lawrence
Marketing Act Upheld in London by Privy Council
The Privy Council backed the British Columbia Natural Products Marketing Act, rejecting dairymen appeals. It held the act regulates intra provincial transactions within section 92 powers and rejects a narrow interpretation. Appellants ordered to pay costs. Victoria reports Lord Tweedsmuir cabled regret over the Campbell River fire.
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London
Privy Council
British Columbia
Judicial Committee
Victoria
Lord Tweensmuir
England
Campbell River
Vancouversland
British Proposals For Two Man Commission On Bombings Accepted
The Spanish government unconditionally accepted Great Britain’s plan for a two man commission to investigate bombings of civilian centers. Insurgents accepted the proposal in principle and urged widening the scope to include other assassinations and barbarities not linked to air raids. Richard Butler disclosed the plan, noting Franco’s changes may delay entry into Spain until the study concludes. France had previously accepted in principle the commission, to consist of a retired RAF officer and an active artillery officer.
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London
Great Britain
Spain
Franco
Richard Butler
Foreign Office
France
Royal Air Force
Motor Vehicle Accidents Death Toll by Province in 1937
The Dominion bureau reports 1937 motor vehicle deaths totalled 1 626, up from 1 516 in 1936. Ontario saw the highest provincial death rate at 208 per 100 000, with Alberta next at 7.1. Saskatchewan and the lowest rate stood at 5.0, while Ontario led in fatalities with 772 and Quebec 405. Other provinces list Nova Scotia 83 and British Columbia 124.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alaa
Reaches New Record Recruiting For British Army
London reports a marked increase in army recruiting with 11,663 volunteers in the April to June quarter, a record for that period. If this pace continues, the force will be within 20,000 of its planned strength by March next year. Medical exams showed 10,295 fit for service versus 5,517 accepted a year ago.
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London
Leslie Hore-Belisha
House of ‘Commons
German Press Condemns Czech Minority Plan
Berlin papers condemn Milan Hodza's proposed minority statute for Czechoslovakia as evading Sudeten German autonomy. Headlines call it scandalous, sabotaging British mediation, and insufficient to grant Sudeten rights. German outlets warn Praha may be toying with concessions to appease Lord Runciman.
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Berlin
Hitler
Milan Hodza
Czechoslovakia
Praha
Staatsvolk
Hodza
Runeimayr
Germany
Lokalanzeiger
Geman
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Tweedsmuir to Rest in England for Month
Ottawa Prime Minister King says Lord Tweedsmuir governor general of Canada will take a complete rest for about a month in England before returning. Health concerns prompted postponement of his return and western Canada tour with a probable Ottawa return around September.
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England
Ottawa
Lord Tweedsmuir
Canada
King
Mackenzie King
Difficult Task in Arbitration Described by Halifax
In the House of Lords Viscount Halifax, foreign minister, explained his duties in arbitrating the Czechoslovak German dispute. The mediator told him, I understand, you are set adrift in a small boat in mid Atlantic. Halifax replied that is the exact position.
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Senni
London
Viscount Halifas
House of Lords
Runciman
Atlantic
Lord Halifax
Savings Depots Report Mixed June Banking Figures
The monthly statement shows lower deposits and higher demand deposits, with increases in call and current loans across Canadian chartered banks as of June 30 versus the prior month.
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Unawa
Caian Chartered
Canada
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