Probe Demanded Over Campaign Funds In Canada House
In the House of Commons Rene Pelletier urged a probe into Conservative campaign fund levies after alleging sources of contributions were hidden. Prime Minister Mackenzie King denied specific corrupt practices, noting legal avenues exist for inquiries, while Pelletier pressed for a full investigation to clear Parliament’s honor.
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House of Commons
Rene Pelletier
Peace River
Jo)cop
Rosetown-Biggar
Pelletier
Bennett Waid
Canada
Mackenzie King
Supreme Court
Feader
Bennett
Douglas Ross
Toronto-St Paul
Italian seaplane crash claims four crew in sea off coast
Italian seaplane piloted by Captain Stoppani crashed in heavy seas off the coast while attempting Natal to Cadiz. Stoppani survived after German rescue plane picked him up. Four others, Captains Barco Comani and Mario Viola, Sergeant Jaria, and technician Paglia, were reported dead.
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Ain
Stoppani
Natal
Cadiz
Spain
Barco Comani
Mario Viola
Ethiopia
Jaria
Paglia
Imperial Oil official urges production balance at Turner Valley inquiry
LeBoeur of Imperial Oil argues for maintaining a price balance to support ongoing development as the Turner Valley field faces a 42 percent quota. He notes Montana gasoline prices differ and says Montana oil contracts were rescinded. He will submit confidential cost statements. Royalite denies stopping pipeline carriage without Royalite contracts.
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Ottawa
RV. LeBoeur
Imperial Oil Company
Imperial
Royalite OD
Hha
Turner Valley
Allerta
Imperial and Britt 04
Montana
Western Canada
LeSueur
Turner Vales
Gorton Ross
Consumers Tire
Canada
Carload Jota
Ross
Regina
Robert Wilkinson
Royalite Company
Royalite
Singapore drills test endurance of new naval fortifications
In Singapore observers reported a staged siege scenario with coastal guns along mangrove fronts and 10,000 troops arrayed. About 25 warships from East Indies China stations and the Royal Indian Navy and 210 RAF planes joined the exercise to locate approaching enemy ships.
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Singapore
China Sea
Britain
East Indies
China
Royal Indian Navy
Royal Air Force
Rathlin Island Starved by Storms Traps 200 Inhabitants
London reports Rathlin island in the North Channel off Northern Ireland remains cut off by three weeks of continual storms. The 200 inhabitants face possible famine as gales stop ships delivering food and relief.
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North Channel
London
Rathlin Island
Northern Ireland
Scotland
British Isles
Rathi
Robert Bruce
Youth Agricultural Short Course Enrollment at Saskatoon
One hundred young men were brought to the university in Saskatoon to begin an agricultural short course under the department of agricultural extension. Students were chosen from across the growth area and will receive financial assistance.
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Saskatoon
Department of Agricultural Extension
Grouth
Danger Grows as Ice Breaks Near North Pole Camp
Four Russian scientists report via wireless that a six day storm has split the ice beneath their weather observation camp which has reared loose after eight months. The Soviet northern sea route department rushes to rescue the crew in peril in icy seas.
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Moscow
North Pole
Northern Sea Route Department
New Bill Expands Government Control Over War Exports
Ottawa introduces a bill granting the governor in council power to prohibit exports of all war supplies from Canada and to control shipments to any country. The measure, read for the first time, expands on arms export rules under the customs act. Senate resumes with Duncan Marshall sworn in, sponsored by Liberal leaders.
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Ottawa
Canada
House of Commons
Mer Howe
House
Spain
Legion officers elected at Fort William meeting
President of Legion Fort William Ontario W W Foster of Vancouver elected to direct Canadian Legion affairs for two years. Basil Price of Montreal named Dominion first vice president and Alex Walker of Calgary second vice president. Re-elected officers include A E Stack Moore of Winnipeg as Dominion chairman and Major Milton F Gregg of Ottawa as Dominion honorary treasurer. Foster praised the Legion's growth and standing in Canada during his address.
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Fort William
Onta Wari
W. Foster
Vancouver
Canadian Legion
Canada
Wood takes RCMP command amid MacBrien illness
Deputy Commissioner Wood assumed control of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police following Col G L Jennings retirement. Wood acts as commissioner while Major General Sir James MacBrien, head of the force, nurses illness in Toronto and may retire, with Wood as possible successor if retirement occurs. No official word on when Sir James will resume duties or retire.
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Ottawa
Wood
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Col
G. L. Jennings
Col Wood
Toronto
James MacBrien
James
Col. Wood
War Declared By Hirota In Parliament
Foreign Minister Koki Hirota told parliament there is no Chinese central government recognized by Japan and a state of war exists between the two nations. Japan has not yet declared war on China, with the spokesman declining to comment further. Ottawa representations were to be made over a bombing attempt involving the Miye Maru.
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Tokyo
Ainister
Koki Hirota
Japan
China
Foreign Office
Arement
Move to bar air raids on Spanish cities gains UK Commons support
London discussions faded as Parliament backed a Labor motion for an international pact to prohibit bombardment of non combatants. Morgan Jones led the call, deeming aerial attacks crimes against humanity, with government backing to urge global cooperation.
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London
Far East
House of Commons
Morgan Jones
Commons
Queen Elizabeth to christen famed Cunard liner at launch
The 86,000 ton liner, built by John Brown at Clydebank, will be named Queen Elizabeth and christened by the living British queen at its Sept 27 launching. It will be the largest and fastest ocean liner, surpassing Queen Mary and Normandie, with dredging and river works planned ahead of the ceremony. A Clyde Trust fund of 10,000 pounds finances river improvements to ease launching and ship movements.
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London
John Brown and Company
Clyttebank
Cunard
White Star Line
Sip
Anvntrance
Clyde Trust
Beardmore Bend
Clyde
Driller Rescues Bit From Gas Well In Calgary Field
Will Herron of Okalta, at Turner Valley south of Calgary, was lowered 120 feet into a gas well on a wet bailer with a safety rope. He retrieved a broken drill bit in under an hour, a task that could have taken weeks of fishing amid treacherous gravel walls and shifting walls.
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Calgary
Will Herron
Okalta
Turner Valley
Herron
RAF Pilot Killed During Maneuvers at Hallindon
Engve Mervyn Seymour Bocquet of the Royal Air Force was killed in a training flight at Hallindon Middlesex when the aircraft fell fatally. A rescuer had to dig 13 feet to recover the body.
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Hallindon
Middlesex
Engve Mervyn Seymour Bocquet
Royal Air Force
RAF
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