Yugoslavia Demands Neutrality Amid Axis Pressure
Belgrade reports Yugoslavia will remain strictly neutral even under German Italian demands for rail use and axis supervision of economic military centers. Premier Cvetkovich travels to Italy to convey firm stance to Rome and Berlin. Britain and France pledged backing if Yugoslavia faces conflict, warning against surrender that could threaten Romania Greece and Turkey.
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Yugoslavia
Yugosavia
Brita
France
Dragisha Cvetkovich
Tealy
Germany
Italy
Slovenia
Brenner Pass
Roumania
Cvetkovich
Budapest
Stephen Canky
Hungary
Salzburg
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Paul
London
Paris
Britain
Greece
Turkey
Not An Offical Visit At Churchill
Churchill visitors led by Lord and Lady Tweedamuir depart for Prince Albert after a three day stay marked by tours of historic sites and modern ties. John Buchan is welcomed aboard Nascopie returning from Arctic service. The trip reads as a family reunion with clear photo opportunities as Eskimos dogs and whales headline the river scenes.
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Iian Lord
Tweedamuir
John
Alastair Buchan
Prince Albert
Sask
Hon
John Buchan
Nascopie
Arctic
Hudson's Bay Company
Churchill River
Grasshoppers In Ontario Invasion Described As Unusual
Toronto WR reports Ontario deputy minister of agriculture Reek says the grasshopper abundance this year is unusual but not a heavy plague. Albert Chapman of Kitchener district notes he has seen few grasshoppers in 30 years of farming.
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Toronto
WR. Reek
Ontario
Reek
Albert Chapman
Kitchener
Build More Bombers Ottawa Six More Stranraer Bombers For RCAF
Ottawa reports that Canadian Vickers Ltd in Montreal will build six additional Stranraer bombers for the Royal Canadian Air Force. This brings the total on order or in delivery to 18, with an initial order of 12 already being processed.
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Ottawa
Stranraer
Royal Canadian Air Force
Canadian Vickers Ltd
Montreal
Fim
Polish Ambassador Predicts Miracle Needed for Danzig Crisis
Polish Ambassador to the United States Jerry Potock said solving the Danzig European crisis would require a miracle. He told acting Secretary Sumner Welles that war might be avoided if by Oct 1 Poland and allies hold out, but possible German moves could trigger a Polish response with Britain and France likely to back Poland. He warned Hitler must act before a stronger European coalition forms by next spring.
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Washington
Jerry Potock
Poush Ambasador
United States
Danzig
Sumner Welles
Poland
Europe
Hitler
Great Britain
Britain
France
Passenger Service Cut London
Imperial Airways announces a substantial reduction in passenger capacity on empire routes due to shortages from the wartime rearma ment program. The company cites high staff standards and RAF recruitment leaving few trained pilots, creating formidable difficulties in obtaining wholly trained staff.
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London
Imperial Airways
Empire
Royal Air Force
Seek Pilots From Canada Ottawa
Imperial Airways seeks Canadian pilots as RAF recruitment drains reserve pool. London announced reduced empire route capacity due to machine and pilot shortages, prompting the New York office to ask Canadian Flying Clubs Association for help. Several Canadian pilots have built strong reputations in Imperial Airways ships.
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Royal Air Force
Imperial Airways Ltd
Canada
London
Imperial Airways
New York
Canadian Flying Clubs Association
Lightning Left Imprints on Boy Killed by Storm
A telegraph boy named Ben Oliver, about a year old, was struck and killed by lightning near Montreal during a storm. Imprints of ferns and leaves marked his chest arms and legs, described by medico legal expert Dr. Rosario Fontaine who said such marks are unprecedented in his experience.
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Montreal
Ben Oliver
Rosario Fontaine
Fontaine
Nascopie Sails From Churchill On Arctic Post Run
The Nascopie departed Churchill on August 8 for the second leg of its annual voyage to Hudsons Bay Company posts and RCMP detachments along the Arctic shore. It reaches Fort Ross, the continent’s northernmost point, about 1000 miles north of there.
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Churchill
Man
Nascopie
Hudson's Bay Company
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Arctic Ocean
Fort Ross
Tension At Tientsin Beating Mistaken Briton By Japanese
In Tientsin a Belgian, D Connings, was beaten when taken for a Briton as he stepped from a train. H McClure, the first British subject, resisted a full search, accepting only pocket content inspection. Barriers to British and French concessions tighten amid anti British actions.
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China
H. McClure
Tokyo
McClure
Peitaso
D. Connings
Weistaken
Menace To Eskimos In Western Arctic
A Canadian Arctic report notes diseases of civilization especially tuberculosis harming Eskimo communities. Rev H R Rockeby Thomas, Anglican missionary at Cambridge Bay Victoria Island 1500 miles north of Edmonton, says he and his wife have returned outside for a fur loug after five years caring for 750 Eskimos. They will visit the Pacific coast and then Wales.
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Edmonton
Canada
Arctic
H.R. Rockeby-Thomas
Cambridge Bay
Victoria Island
Pacific Coast
Old Country
Wales
Central European Immigration Quotas Backed Up by War Threats
The United States faces a swelling immigration wave amid fears of persecution in central Europe as quotas fill. Germany sees 208000 quota visa applicants though most are rejected on health or other grounds, Poland has 114000 applicants for a 6524 quota, and Hungary records 30000 applicants for an 869 annual limit, creating long waiting periods.
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Washington
Europe
Hungary
United States
Germany
Czecho-Slovakia
Poland
Romania
Youth Training Ontario Employment Outlook Reveals Placement
A Dominion labor department review shows about 30 percent of youths enrolled in provincial training courses last year secured jobs. In the year ending March 31, 15 878 youths attended, with A147 placed, while 58 984 pursued other programs. British Columbia led enrollments with 21 893, followed by Quebec 17 392, Alberta 10 714, Saskatchewan 9 848, and Manitoba 5 292.
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Dominion
Department of Labor
British Columbia
Quebec
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Bomb Explodes On Patrol Launch Off Haifa Sinking
A British police sergeant was killed and two constables injured when a time bomb exploded aboard a new patrol launch cruising off Haifa. The vessel sank after the blast while three Jews were killed and two wounded by a land mine near Ekron during the same period.
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Haifa
Palestine
Europe
Ekron
Agreement Reached on U S Canada Airways
Ottawa and Washington officials concluded a joint session on international air transportation calling for limited boundary impact on routes. Canada sought equal access with the United States, proposing latitude for cross border lines within about 100 miles of the frontier and alternate day operation for Canadian and American carriers.
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Ottawa
United States
Canada
Co Transportation
On Air
Pace Too Fast Scottish Women Tourists Not Geared
Fifty eight Scottish farm women touring eastern Canada under the Scottish Rural Women's Association complain tours are too hectic and not suited to their customs. They note Canadians do long motor trips and hospitality feels like kindness overload, expressing exhaustion after weeks of visits to Ontario hosts and farm groups.
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Toronto
Canada
Scottish Rural Women's Association
Ontario
Ban on Foreign Publications Sparks Censorship Debate
Britain close watch on foreign papers after Wholesale News Agents Federation refuses Time. Members fear libel and political influence over criticisms of British institutions, royalty, and foreign figures. First time politics drive policy in handling foreign publications.
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Britain
London
Time
Federation
England
Kings Ocean Search Planned By Royal Australian Air Force
Sydney reports a 1935 plan to search coastal areas for traces of Sir Charles Kings off Bar Bar. The Royal Australian Air Force aircraft, described as flying fortresses, are bound for Australia for delivery, with the Australian civil minister stating he is briefing the defence minister.
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Australia
Sir Charles Kings
Bar
Royal Australian Air Force
Acton
Defence
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