London fires Bullock for improper private talks with Imperial Airways
Prime Minister Baldwin dismissed Sir Christopher Bullock permanent secretary to the air council after a board of inquiry found four conversations with Imperial Airways chairman Geddes and managing director Woods-Humphrey improper. The report cites civil service code violations and warns the official steps should have guarded against private self interest influencing public negotiations.
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London
Baldwin
Christopher Bullock
The
Air Council
Mr. Baldwin
Sir Christopher
Eric Geddes
Imperial Airways, Limited
G. E. Woods-Humphrey
Imperial Airways Board
Board of
Bullock
Geddes
Woods-Humphrey
Christopher
Imperial Airways
Air Ministry
Overseas Visitors Rise in England Amid Continental Influx
Reliable statistics show England entertaining more overseas visitors over the past six years with a notable influx from the continent offsetting declines in American tourism. Americans reached 137,500 in June, up 4,000 from the previous June as France faced a tourism drop of about 700,000 due to high living costs and political unrest. Hotel groups plan to set coronation pricing next year with hotelkeepers aiming to avoid deterring visitors and smaller-budget tourists unlikely to face lodging issues outside central London.
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England
London
France
French Chamber of Commerce
Cash for Gold Placer Miners In British Columbia
British Columbia's provincial government has bought placer gold under its small purchase plan. About 304 ounces valued at around $10,000 were acquired last year, with miners paid $28 per ounce on the spot. Gold commissioners report weekly small gold dust shipments to the assayer, replacing the former practice of shipping to the Dominion assay office.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Department of Mines
Dominion Assay ‘Office
Dominion
More Coal Produced Ottawa
The Dominion bureau of statistics reports Canada’s coal output for last June at 1,022,885 tons, up from 990,008 tons in June 1935 and above the five year monthly average of 59,438 tons. Coke production was only slightly less than a year earlier.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Forest Fires in Southwestern Alberta Blamed on Dry Lightning
Dry lightning without thunder or rain triggered several fires in southwestern Alberta last week. Two blazes started in isolated districts near Gala tea creek headwaters and near Trapp creek in the Highwood valley, with forestry crews monitoring both. other fires lingered in Castle river and Highwood valley as hundreds kept watch along the fronts under control.
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Alberta
Calgary
Galatea Creek
Trapp Creek
Highwood Valley
Castle River
Highwood Vallley
Must Remain Friends French Minister Of Pensions Lire
Albert Riviere France s minister of pensions told 5,000 Canadian war veterans at a banquet in Rouen that the friendship between Canada and France must stay strong as a key guarantee of peace. He cited the Vimy Ridge memorial unveilings and noted the veterans would soon return home.
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Canada
Rouen
France
Albert Riviere
Paris
Vimy Ridge
Holiday Cruise Kings Yacht London King Edward Sixth Flight
King Edward made his sixth flight since accession in a quick Sandringham visit before joining guests on the yacht Nahlin for a Mediterranean holiday cruise. Two destroyers Grafton and Glowworm were assigned as convoy for the Nahlin. Vancouver report notes Kirkland Vesey arrives in London claiming MacKenzie lineage and planning travel to Bella Coola. Royal Treasures London exhibition announced for April and May coronation year.
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London
Edward
Sandringham
Nahlin
Mediterranean
Sandringham House
Grafton
Glowworm
Admiralty
Royal Treasures
Tourist Traffic to Canada Breaks Records This Summer
Tourists from the United States and other nations will spend about 300 million dollars in Canada this year, says Leo Dolan of the Canadian travel bureau. The summer flow shows a 15 percent rise with June visitors at 1,632,485 versus 1,481,858 last year. July arrivals reached 2,500,000 and August 2,000,000, with expectations that the current month will push total visitors toward 3,000,000.
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Ottawa
United States
Canada
Leo Dolan
Canadian Travel Bureau
Peace Gardens Negotiations Spread Across Europe
Henry J. Moore told the 38th annual convention of the Canadian Florists and Gardeners Association that plans are under way to establish international peace gardens at border points including Latvia Lithuania and Bethenia. He suggested France and Germany might add border gardens, following the Manitoba North Dakota example.
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Toronto
Manitoba-North Dakota
Henry J. Moore
Islington
Canadian Florists and Gardeners’ Association
Latvia
Bethenia
Lithuania
France
Germany
Chief Justice May Retire Calgary
Hon. W. C. Simmons chief justice of the Alberta supreme court will retire September 1. Appointed to the supreme court bench in 1910 after serving as Liberal member for Lethbridge, he became chief justice for the trial division in 1920.
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Calgary
Calgary Herald
W. C.simmons
Alberta Supreme Court
Reme
Alberta
Lethbridge
Supreme Court
Refugees from Spain Tell of Narrow Escape to United States
First U S refugees from civil strife in Spain recount horror and bloodshed aboard the SS Exeter. Don ald Newhall and his wife describe being targeted by Spanish soldiers in Minorca, saved by a Spanish woman who cried English. Elizabeth Healey recalls riots and arson at Malaga from an ancient fort.
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United States
Crstas
Boston
Spain
Exeter
New York
Donald Newhall
Minorca
Newhall
Elizabeth Healey
The
Cooperative School For
Malaga
Wheat Exports Rise Nearly 80 Million Bushels in Canada
The Dominion bureau of statistics reports total Canadian wheat exports for the crop year ending July 31 at 222,215,279 bushels, up about 80,000,000 from the previous crop year. Overseas shipments reach 172,045,574 bushels while United States imports total 50,167,705. In the last week, exports were 5,286,607 bushels with 4,102,657 overseas and 1,184,000 to the United States.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
United States
Bond
New Radio Station Erected on Lulu Island Vancouver
Mayor G G McGeer broke ground for a Canadian radio commission broadcasting station on Lulu Island to house a 5000 watt transmitter. Plans to upgrade CRCV from 500 watts progressed after a year’s discussion with a contract let two weeks ago. A 40 foot tower and new studios are slated for completion by October.
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Inadian Commission
Lulu Island
Vancouver
G. G. McGeer
Canadian Radio Commission
CRCV
Protest From Ean Edmonton Over Railway Labour
Protesters in Edmonton demand the withdrawal of 28 Pacific coast men sent for railway construction work while hundreds of local unemployed men are available. Mayor Clarke urged Winnipeg CN Railways vice president A. E. Warren to arrange return of the men to their homes at once.
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Edmonton
Clarke
A. E. Warren
Winnipeg
Canadian National Railways
British empire must keep trade routes and integrity intact
Lord Snell, Labor leader in the British House of Lords, told a Geneva Park audience that two of three meals for English people must be imported due to material shortages. He urged a sufficient naval power and a flexible foreign policy to avoid wars unless major interests are at stake.
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Orillia
Ont
England
Canada
Dominion
United States
Britain
Canadian minister envisions united and progressive Canada
Hon J E Michaud the Dominion minister of fisheries spoke to the Laurier club on a journey across the Rocky Mountains. He voiced national consciousness bringing eastern and western provinces to mutual understanding and shared progress toward a united Canada through friendly relations and broad trade outlook.
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Victoria United
Canada
J. E. Michaud
Dominion
Laurier Club
Rocky Mountains
Vatican organ links Soviet to Spain Civil War
Osservatore Romano accuses the Moscow Third International of masterminding the Spanish war. It says the Soviet Union acted not as a government but through its specialists who oppose order and commit atrocities against the rebels.
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Vatican Organ
Vatican City
Rome
Spain
Osservatore Romano
Vatican
Moscow Third International
Soviet Union
Third International
Plan Drought Conference Ottawa Plan Drought Conference Ottawa
The drought situation in western Canada will be debated at a Dominion and provincial representatives conference likely on August 17. Minister J G Gardiner, from Saskatchewan, is expected to attend after returning to Canada. Other cabinet members who have been overseas may join. The drought plan hinges on Gardiner’s involvement. The Board of Railway Commissioners will depart September 6 for hearings across the west, with stops in Winnipeg Saskatoon Edmonton Vancouver Calgary Swift Current and Brandon.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
J. G. Gardiner
Gardiner
Saskatchewan
Board of Railway Commissioners
Winnipeg
Saskatoon
Edmonton
Vancouver
Calgary
Swift Current
Brandon
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Alexander Mac-Kenzie
Marquess of
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Trafic
Peace Gardens
Europe
C. Simmons
Alberta Court
Ean
Iral
Wiliam Fisher
Portsmouth
Cers
Nelson
Vittory
Sir Willam
Brostle
Russia
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