Liberal landslide in Nova Scotia election returns
Liberal Premier Angus L. Macdonald's party swept Nova Scotia, winning 25 of 30 seats while the Opposition lost ground. Conservatives secured five seats, with Col. Harrington defeated in Halifax South. All cabinet ministers were returned with strong majorities as Liberal gains spread across Halifax, Cape Breton Island, Cumberland Colchester and Queens.
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Malfax
Angus L. Macy Gonald
Opposi
Gordon
Harrington
Halifax
Cape Breton Island
Cumberland
Colchester
Queens
Cape Breton East
Rev
W. T. Mercer
George Morrison
Cape Breton South
Col. Harrington
Macdonald
Halifax South
Short Season Commences Goldfields Sask
In sub arctic and Arctic regions the short summer begins with trees in leaf flowers blooming and birds nesting. Berry bushes such as Saskatoons raspberries blueberries gooseberries cranberries and dewberries are blooming as fruit forms and ripens in less than a month. Bears will be happy as mosquitoes and black flies lie in wait in muskegs and lowlands. In Athabaska country summer is here sleigh dogs rest and northerners welcome the brief season.
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Goldfields
Sask
Arctic
Athabaska
Landing Field Sought At Victoria By Air Committee
The Greater Victoria airplane committee urged federal transport Minister C D Howe to establish an auxiliary landing field here in connection with the Trans Canada Airways development. The committee will forward its request to Ottawa.
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Victoria
Victor
C.D. Howe
Trans- Canada Airways
Ottaw
Will Investigate Costs Calgary Highway Inquiry
An Alberta inquiry into highway construction costs, led by Justice Lunney of Calgary, is expected to open in Edmonton on August 16. Attorney General J W Hugill said the commission counsel had not yet been appointed.
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Calgary
Alberta
Justice Lunney
Edmonton
J. W. Hugill
Commission
Heads Insurance Firm Names Ferguson Crown Life President
London reports the appointment of A Howard Ferguson former Ontario premier and Canadian high commissioner in London as president of Crown Life Insurance succeeding the late Sir Robert Borden. The announcement marks a notable leadership change at Crown Life.
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London
Ot A. Howard Ferguson
Ontario
Crown Life Insurance Company
Robert Borden
Progress through research urged by Minnesota agronomist
Dr B Jesness of the University of Minnesota told Canadian delegates that intensive agricultural research is essential for future progress. He stressed research must be independent from external influence, guided by data and flexible in application, with long term planning balanced against human considerations.
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University
Saskatoon
B Jesness
Agricultural Economics Division
University of Minnesota
Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists
G. SH. Barton
Canada
Jesness
United States
Soviet Polar Bases Needed in Canada US and Alaska
Dr Otto J Schmidt leader of the Soviet polar expedition said bases must be set up in Canada the United States and Alaska before regular air service between the USSR and North America begins He backed a plan to extend north polar camps beyond current Soviet bases and said polar research will continue as a permanent project He agreed with Sir Hubert Wilkins that a submarine could reach the pole but Russia has shown aircraft are more practical.
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Canada
Alaska
Moscow
Otto J. Schmidt
United States
Ussr
North America
Explorer
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Pole
Russia
Train Reaches 114 MPH on London Crewe Test Run
A London Midland and Scottish express train achieved 114 miles per hour during a test from London to Crewe and return. The Coronation Scot covered Crewe to Euston in 119 minutes at 80 mph, while London to Crewe took 229 minutes at 73 mph. The return leg peaked at 100 mph, with a planned service to Glasgow on July 5 under a 300 minute schedule.
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Britain
London
London, Midland and Scottish Expres
Crewe
Cheshire
Euston Station
H. Pear Stafford
Glasgow
Guard shoots prisoner at St Vincent de Paul penitentiary
Omesiphore Michelin, 25, of Three Rivers Quebec, serving a sentence for breaking and entering and theft, was shot dead by a guard at a quarry outside the St Vincent de Paul penitentiary after an alleged attack on a second guard. An onlooker in a high tower fired to disable him. the bullet passed through his brain. The incident was not part of any uprising or escape attempt.
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St. Vincent de Faut
Stain
Montreal
St. Vincent de Paul
Omesiphore Michelin
Three Rivers
Que
Michelin
Pastor Sentenced Over Criticism of Hitler in Danzig
Pastor Jo solph Walther, chairman of the Danzig Confessional church, was sentenced to three months in prison for criticizing Chancellor Hitler and the Third Reich in a circular letter read from his pulpit. The case highlights ongoing tensions between church leaders and Nazi authorities in the Free City of Danzig.
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Free City of
Danzig
Josolph Walther
Hitler
Third Reich
Insects Cause 20 to 25 Percent Crop Damage in Bad Years
K M King of the federal entomological branch told the Western Canadian Society of Agronomy at the University of Saskatchewan that insect infestation can account for 20 to 25 percent of Saskatchewan wheat losses in bad years. He warned this is not an average and highlighted the roles of wireworms pale western cutworms grasshoppers and western sawfly. He noted government control campaigns in 1934 limited crop damage and cited long term stats showing about five percent damage per insect in bad years.
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Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
K. M. King
Federal
Western Canadian Society of Agronomy
University of Saskatchewan
King
Grow More Wheat Move Sparks Commons Question
London The House of Commons debated wheat production in Britain as Agriculture Minister Morrison moved a money resolution to fund government plans. The scheme would raise the anticipated supply under the 1932 Wheat Act from 48 million to 64 million bushels and extend price guarantees. Williams opposed, saying the plan would push farmers to plant wheat on unsuitable land and noted the UK cannot outproduce Canada the US Australia or South America in grains.
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Tain
London
House of Commons
Great Britain
W. S. Morrison
T. Williams
United Kingdom
Canada
United States
Australia
South America
King Opens Duveen Galleries at Tate in London
The king formally opened the new Duveen sculpture halls at the Tate art gallery declaring them the finest in the world. The galleries, gifted to the nation by Lord Duveen, cost £100,000.
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London
Duveen
Tate Art Gallery
Lord Duveen
Police Station Vancouver Theft Rumor Credited to Inmate
Vancouver police report $500 missing from the station general office safe. The money was placed as bait for an unnamed Chinese individual charged with operating a gaming house, sparking fresh inquiries at the station.
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Vancouver
Objection Taken To Britain Over Spanish Patrol
London and Paris proposed patrolling all of Spain’s coasts to preserve neutrality a move rejected by Germany and Italy. A foreign office spokesman said the plan could shift to belligerent rights if the non intervention framework collapsed. The Earl of Plymouth outlined the Anglo French idea but faced swift German and Italian opposition.
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London
Stermany
Tealy
Great Britain
France
Spain
Francisco Franco
Germany
Italy
Foreign Office
Earl of Plymouth
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Ger
Dino Grandi
Priain
Charles Corbin
Czechoslovakia
Belgium
Sweden
Soviet
Russia
Duchess of Bedford Believed Found After Secret Flight
A body found at sea by Captain Riley of the Hayter is believed to be the 71 year old Duchess of Bedford, who disappeared during a private survey flight over the River Ouse area. The peeress, who learned to fly at 61 and once set an England Cape Town record, took off March 22 from Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire. Wreckage identified as her plane washed ashore on a Norfolk beach days later, confirming a disaster.
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London
Duchess of Bedford
River Ouse
RS. Riley
Hayter
Capetown
Woburn Abbey
Bedfordshire
Cambridge
Aing
Norfolk
Returning Montreal Students Head Home For Summer Break
Most of Canada s high school representatives to the coronation have returned home to share their experiences with classmates as summer vacations begin. The liner Empress of Australia landed 104 girls at Quebec last week. Soviets arrest 20 United States born mon ary students who came to Russia in 1929 on espionage charges, per Gudok newspaper.
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Montreal
Moscow
Mvessapust
Russia
United States
Ukraine
Gudok
Commissariat of Railways
Aviator Slightly Injured In Southampton Plane Crash
Brush Aviator Sir Alan Coonam was slightly injured when his plane crashed after departing Southampton airport en route to Portsmouth following the inauguration of Imperial Airways air mail plane engine tests.
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Southampton
Alan Coonam
Cobham
Portmouth
Imperial Airways
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T. D. Pattullo
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