No Need to Fear War Says Hoare in London Speech
Sir Samuel Hoare in a Royal Empire Society dinner speech argues no European country desires war and calls it folly to assume inevitability. He urges strong rearmament to deter conflict, saying a well balanced British fleet capable of covering seas and convoy duties can prevent a world war.
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London
Ware
Samuel Hoare
The
Admiralty
Royal Empire Society
Europe
Manitoba Nightingale Edith Miller Fergusson Dies in England
Edith J Miller Fergusson formerly of Portage la Prairie Manitoba, known as the Manitoba Nightingale, died in Fagland Gravesend England. She won fame as a contralto and studied at Westminster Ladies College Toronto and the Toronto Conservatory of Music, later training in Winnipeg London and Paris under Signor d Auria and Madame Marches.
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Earth Miller
Portage le Prairie
Fagland Gravesend
Eng
Max Colyer Fergusson
Manitoba
Fergusson
Portage la Prairie
Man
Winnipeg
Max Colyer-Ferrusson
Edith J. Miler
W. W. Miller
Train disaster in Spain kills thirteen in tunnel crash
In Ponferrada a Madrid express collided head on with a slow freight inside a mountain tunnel. Thirteen people died and 28 were injured. The signalman says signals warned the freight to take a siding. authorities say the signal was ignored. The freight engineer vanished after the crash. the express crew perished.
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Loon
Spain
Madrid
Ponferrada
Freman
Left Without Debate on House Motions and Senate Bill
Several private member motions and a senate bill remained on the order paper after prorogation with debate not completed. The permissive senate measure to authorize free foreign trade zones in Canada stayed in early stages, while other motions were in various stages of debate on the House of Commons agenda.
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House of Commons
Senate
Canada
Ae Lee
Abolish Office Valera Proposes New Irish Head of State
De Valera told the Dail the governor generalship would be abolished in the projected constitution. An elected representative of the people would be the ceremonial head of state. James McNeill, first governor general, was appointed in 1928 and resigned October 3, 1932 with the king's acceptance on De Valera's advice. His successor was Donald Buckley, linked to the 1916 Easter uprising. Friction had existed between McNeill and De Valera over powers granted by the Free State government.
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Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Dail
James McNeill
Irish Free State
de Valera
Executive Council
Donald Buckley
Floods Hit Northern England Causes Widespread Damage
Heavy storms swept England flooding Cheshire Derby and Lancashire. Deaths occurred from accidents and heat. Hundreds of houses flooded along the Mersey in North Derby and the river flowed to the Irish Sea at Liverpool. Rail services disrupted with Mersey Road station submerged.
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Liverpool
Cheshire
Derby
Lancashire
England
Mersey River
Mersey Road
Successful Treatments For Gastric Ulcer Reported
Dr E E Cleaver of Toronto told the Canadian Medical Association that 40 cases of gastric ulcer in fairly advanced years were treated with diet and a duodenal tube without innovations. X ray pictures showed five year plus relief for 33 patients. Gastric ulcer has a natural tendency to heal, he noted.
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Victoria
E. E. Cleaver
Toronto
Canadian Medical Association
Cleaver
Edmonton 13-year-old publisher wins Academy award
Pierre Auge the French consul for western Canada decorates Jean-Baptiste Boulanger of Edmonton with la Medal Vermeil from Academie Francaise at a reception. The 13-year-old publisher of Le Petit Jour is honored for his work on the French language newspaper.
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Edmonton
Pierre Auge
Vancouver
Western Canada
Jean-Baptiste Boulanger
la Medaille Vermeil
Academie Francaise
Academy
Labor conference approves vacations and keeps 40 hour week future aim
The International Labour Organisation ended its annual conference endorsing paid vacations and rejecting an immediate universal 40 hour week. Chair C B Bramnaes of Denmark reported the shorter hours as a future goal, while Harold Butler urged not abandoning the 40 hour week. The 40 hour standard has only been adopted by six nations since its early proposals.
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Geneva
International Labor Organisation
C. B. Bramnaes
Denmark
Abor
Labor Office
Harold Butler
International , Labor ‘Organization
King Edward Sends Thanks on His Forty Second Birthday
King Edward thanked Canada for loyal congratulations and good wishes on his 42nd birthday. The message, received by Governor-General Tweedsmuir at the Citadel, was a reply to a cable sent by Baron Tweedsmuir to the people of Canada.
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Canada
Quebec
Edward
Lord ‘Tweedsmuir
Baron Tweedsmuir
Swiss Press Warn Ethiopia Emperor To Stay Out
A Swiss federal council asked Emperor Haile Selassie to refrain from living in his Vevey villa while the Italo Ethiopian conflict remains unsettled. The request aims to keep him from active residence in Switzerland except for a visit to the League of Nations.
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Berne
Switzerlana
Haiti Sellassie
Switzerland
League of Nations
Vevey
Lifting Of Sanctions Debate Draws Lloyd George Fire
David Lloyd George denounces government plans to end sanctions and debate in the House of Commons. He criticizes the move as a betrayal of Abyssinia and voices strong anger over foreign ministers quitting the task. He argues Britain must lead the world in right action.
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Bawley
Derbyshire
David Lloyd George
House of Commons
Abyssinia
Comi Front
Sinscotin
Laval
Britain
Agronomy Officers Elected at University of Manitoba
The University of Manitoba announces the election of agronomy officers with Hon. vice presidents and notable peers named. Officials listed include the senior officers and committee members from Winnipeg associations.
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Srtms
Tiversity
Manitoba
Presi
Oranch
Winnipeg
Reese
Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists Convention Set
Representatives from all nine provinces join 280 delegates at the annual Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists convention in Fredericton from July 13 to 16. Retiring president Dean Malcolm Shaw of the agricultural college Saskatoon will step down. he is a member of the Canadian Grain Board.
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Fredericton
N.B
Canadian Society of Technical ‘Agriculturists
Malcolm Shaw
Agricultural College
Saskatoon
Sask
Canadian Grain Board
Prime Minister to Lead Canadian Delegation to League Meet
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Mackenzie King will head Canada's delegation to the League of Nations Assembly in Geneva in September and attend King Edward's coronation and the Imperial conference in London next May. He will miss the Vimy Ridge memorial unveiling in France and has named ministers Lapointe Power and MacKenzie to represent the government at Vimy.
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Mackenzie King
Canada
Assembly of the
League of Nations
Geneva
Edward
London
France
Vimy Ridge
King
Ernest Lapointe
C. G. Power
Ian MacKenzie
National Defence
R. B. Bennett
Assembly of the League
Philip Roy
Vincent Massey
W. A. Riddell
Loring Christie
Department of External Affairs
Russia Presses for Free Passage Through Dardanelles
Foreign minister Maxim Litvinoff urged that Russian submarines and other warships have unfettered passage through the Dardanelles in response to Turkish demands to bar underwater craft. He argued ships from non Black Sea nations should be allowed access only under courtesy calls or League missions, while Japan and France pressed for reciprocal movement or unrestricted passage when acting under League mandates or regional pacts.
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Montreux
Maxim Litvinoff
Russia
Dardanelles
Turkey
Litvinoff
Black Sea
League of Nations
Japan
France
League
Motor Torpedo Boats Handed To British Admiralty
The first of six high powered motor torpedo boats was handed over to the British Admiralty in Portsmouth. The boat, capable of over 40 miles an hour and carrying a crew of ten, features two torpedoes launched by wireless and light gun armament. British experts say the design may revolutionize naval construction and it could be built in the same cost as a single submarine destroyer.
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British Admiralty
Portsmouth
Eng
Admiralty
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