Britain imposes blanket embargo on aircraft to Spain
London announces an airtight ban on exporting civil and military planes to both sides in the Spanish civil war. Whitehall says the move goes beyond the French neutrality proposals and aims to prevent technically legal aid and delays in a united non intervention policy. The embargo covers 20 types of war material including private aircraft.
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London
Great Britain
Britain
Spain
Whitehall
Europe
Alberta Farmers Expect Higher Wheat Returns This Year
Alberta farmers in the central and northern regions are forecast to receive about 14 million dollars more for this season's wheat crop if safely harvested, compared with last year. The 1935 harvest in the north and central area yielded 44 million bushels valued at 22 million dollars, while the estimate for this year’s same area is 45 million bushels valued around 36 million dollars at country prices near 80 cents. Harvest began 16 days earlier than last year, averaging Aug 8 in the north, with rains delaying and then resuming activity in the Edmonton district, aiding green feed and easing fodder shortages.
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Aberta
Edmonton
Alberta
Harvert
Australia to start new commonwealth rearmament program
A supplementary defence program will be launched in September to amplify the three year plan begun in 1934. R. A. Parkhill minister for defence said a new program would complete the commonwealths defence against air raids. He forecast air force personnel to 2060 and citizen force to 395 while hoping aircraft manufacture would begin in Australia.
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Commonwealth
Sydney
Australia
Manly
N.S.W
R. A. Parkhill
Wheat In Storage In Ottawa For Week End Aug 14
Canadian wheat in store for the week ending August 14 totaled 116,393,568 bushels, compared with 313,061,155 bushels the previous week. The same week last year recorded 196,551,774 bushels.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
British Settlers urged for Canada immigration policy
F C Brown of Vancouver, first vice president of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association, urged adoption of an aggressive immigration policy to bring to Canada desirable types of British settlers.
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Vancouver
Canada
F.C. Brown
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Strict Neutrality Call Sparks British Debate on Spain
Sir Samuel Hoare warns that aiding one Spanish faction could trigger a European-wide war. George Lansbury’s proposal to join the Spanish struggle is condemned as reckless. Hoare argues neutrality protects Britain from fascist threats and stresses that progress and free discussion beat extremism.
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Europe
Lansbury
George Lansbury
Labor
Spain
Sir Samuel
Smithsonian links sun output cycle to U S drought forecast
The Smithsonian theorizes a 46 year rainfall cycle tied to solar radiation may explain Great Lakes water trends. Dr. Charles G. Abbot notes the drought area is near a bottom point and expects a return to higher precipitation within a few years, not a permanent desert.
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Scientinto
Washington
Smithsonian Institution
North Central
United States
Great Lakes
Smithsonian
Charles G. Abbot
Institution
Newfoundland Fishermen Seek Help Against Sea Monster
Port-Au-Port and local fisherfolk asked the Newfoundland department of natural resources to send a crew to kill a sea monster blamed for threatening gear. The creature, described as a 200 foot sea serpent, was reported as a danger to boats and nets.
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Port-Au-Port
Newfoundland Department of Natural Resources
Hepburn Rules Out Ontario Election Soon
Premier Hepburn told a Liberal picnic in Sydenham that there would be no election in Ontario for some time to come in reply to Earl Rowe’s challenge to go to the country next.
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Sydenham
Unt
Hepburn
Ontario
Earl Rowe
Oldest Indian Peter Big Wind Celebrates 97th Birthday
Peter Big Wind, hereditary chief of the Ojibway Indiana, oldest in the district, resides at Rama reservation and marks his 97th birthday amid Ojibway heritage and community.
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Orilla
Peter Big Wind
Indiana
Rama Reservation
Viscount Elibank to Speak During Canada Tour
Rt. Hon. Viscount Elibank president of the Conference of Chambers of Commerce of the Empire will address several groups while journeying across Canada en route to New Zealand. He is a descendant of a Quebec governor and holds the Baronetcy of Nova Scotia as the eleventh in line.
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Rt. Hoo
Elibank
Conference of Chambers of Commerce of the Empire
New Zealand
Canada
Quebec
Baronet
Nova Scotia
Montreal blaze kills three firefighters as arson arrests follow
Julius Cohen, 49, charged with murder and Romeo Vidal, 35, charged with arson as investigators tie the Montreal fire and explosion that razed Maison Canadien stores to criminal responsibility. Three firemen died and 50 injured in the blaze.
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Montreal
Julius Cohen
Romeo ‘Vidal
Cohen
Maison Canadien
Albert Guerin
Pierre Plouffe
Francois Beaulieu
Massicotte
Vidal
Arron
May Abolish Penal Colony Port of Spain Rumors
Reports claim France may abolish its penal colony in Guiana as Trinidad authorities set four Cayenne fugitives adrift in an open boat and planned to depart seven more similarly. The exhausted group faced days before transfer to Britain’s island, with two seriously ill and treated by Salvation Army staff.
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Port of Spain
Irmosd
France
French Guiana
Trinidad
Cayenne
Balvation Army
Trin Fiad Labor Party
Labor Party
Venezuela
Eskimos Offered Food Relief Near Barrow Alaska
Dr Henry W Greist a medical missionary reports a San Francisco trader offered to land 5000 dollars worth of food to relieve 500 starving Eskimos along the Arctic rim The offer was made to the Indian bureau in Juneau by Captain C Pedersen now near Herschel Island Barter Island 275 miles east of Barrow is among the worst hit areas with famine expected if relief does not arrive.
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Barrow
Alaska
Henry W. Greist
Arctic Rim
Indian Bureau
Juneau
C. D. Pedersen
San Francisco
Herschel Island
Pedersen
Barter Island
Greist
Demarcation
Herschel Islands
Demand For Platinum Price Soars Amid Unusual Demand
Platinum jumped 23 percent to 53 dollars an ounce after three weeks of unusual buying from New York and abroad. Dealers say most metal goes to war-related uses including chemical weapons, battleship gear, and surgical equipment, with Japan the major foreign buyer. In the Holy Land, Jerusalem British patrols were reinforced after Arab terrorism killed 11 Jews, bringing total Jewish fatalities to 66.
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New York
Japan
Jerusaem
Holy Land
Trade mission to the Far East sails from Vancouver
A Canadian Chamber of Commerce led mission with support from the department of trade and commerce and cooperation of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association will depart Vancouver for China in 1937. The venture aims to boost trade relations with Far East markets and showcases Canadian industry on an international stage.
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Montreal
Far East
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Department of Trade and Commerce
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Vancouver
China
Japan’s Export Rise Tied to Low Wages and Prices
British economists warn Japan’s cotton goods edge relies on very low selling prices and wages due to vast labor supply and rural-urban links. They note little wage growth likely, silk trade falters, and Japan may shift to other manufactures as industrialization spreads in India and the Far East.
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Yosemite
Calif
Japan
Institute of Pacific Relations
G. E. Hubbard
Royal Institute of International Affairs
Denzil Baring
Increased Immigration to Canada in First Half of Year
Canada saw 5 252 immigrants enter during the first six months of the year, slightly above the prior year. Adult females numbered 2 163. children under 18 1 853. adult males 1 236, with larger shares from 48 other races and fewer from the British Isles and United States.
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Ottawa
Canada
Department of Immigration
British Isles
United States
Reception for London Lord Mayor Sir Percy Vincent in Ottawa
Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced a reception to Sir Percy Vincent, Lord Mayor of London, on his Ottawa return. Ottawa’s mayor and civic officials will join. King will host a city tour and luncheon inviting Privy Council members and other distinguished citizens.
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Vancouver
Percy Vincent
London
Canada
Rocky Mountains
Prairie
Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Privy Council
Wheat Yields Reported Across District in Survey
Big Rolla, B C Farmers in this district will harvest wheat yielding up to 55 bushels per acre, a district survey shows. Summer follow crops are expected to yield that amount while fall plowed fields are expected to yield 25 bushels per acre. Cutting on a wide scale has commenced.
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Rolla
B.C
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