ruling against padlock law kept in doubt by minister
Ottawa minister Ernest Lapointe rejected immediate disallowance of Quebec's padlock act and refused to seek a constitutional ruling. The act, aimed at preventing communist propaganda, allowed padlocking of buildings with such material. Citations cover seizures from Clarte and The Clarion, and petitions from the Canadian Civil Liberties Union were heard without Quebec’s premier present.
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Ottawa
Minster
Ernest Lapointe
Quebec
Montreal
Clarte
Toronto
Clarion
Documenta
Lapointe
Duplessis
Peti Toners
Warwick Chipman
Charlemagne Rodier
Canadian Civil Liberties Union
Hubert Desaulniers
Frank R. Scott
JK Mergler
Wheat Board to Buy Canadian Crop From Farmers
After a cabinet meeting Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced the Wheat Board will purchase from farmers in the new crop year starting August 1 with no purchasing limits. The board has set a minimum price of 8.75 cents per bushel for the present crop year, guaranteed to the producer regardless of market prices.
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Mackenzie King
Wheat Board
Horse Epidemic Strikes Manitoba and Saskatchewan
Western Canada faces an outbreak of equine encephalomyelitis as rains stir dust spreading the deadly brain disease. Dr Alfred Savage of Manitoba's agriculture department says hundreds of horses affected, with Manitoba reporting around 100 deaths and Saskatchewan seeing higher losses. The Ruswell district is hardest hit in Manitoba, while vaccines have helped southwest regions. More than 200 cases reported overall, 60 deaths in Manitoba and significant fatalities in Saskatchewan, as cases extend into Hewand district near Regina.
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Alfred Savage
Prairie
Savage
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Ruswell
Hewand
Regina
Riots in Jerusalem and Haifa Bomb Kill 21
In the Holy Land a Haifa business district bombing and a running gun battle between Jews and Arabs leave at least 21 dead and 60 wounded during the evening rush. Witnesses report police fire as crowds rioted after the blast. Victims include Tivia Donnie, a 55 year old contractor and brother in law to Dr. Chaim Weizmann. A second bomb from a moving train hits Tel Aviv, killing two women and wounding two men.
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Eghteen Araba
Jerusalem
Haifa
Holy Land
Euch Group
Tivia Donnie
Chaim Weizmann
British Zionist Federation
Tel Aviv
Will to aid grain at home but navy must feed empire
Prime Minister Chamberlain told a parliamentary delegation that while government aims to boost domestic agriculture, wartime provisioning for the United Kingdom ultimately relies on naval supremacy. He defended his Kettering speech and said Britain cannot reasonably count on self sufficiency for food, despite efforts to raise home production.
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United Kingdom
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Kettering
Great Briin
Beaver Skin Transport Charged Man Granted Bail
Jacob Isaac Glick of Sudbury Ont appeared in police court on a charge of illegally transporting beaver skins from Algoma district to Rouyn Quebec. Glick pleaded not guilty and was remanded until July 25 after being released on $10 000 bail.
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Sudbury
Jacob Isaac Glick
Algoma
Rouyn
Quebec
Glick
Elevator Destroyed at Woodhouse Grain Elevator Fire
Fire destroyed the Alberta Pacific Grain Company elevator at Woodhouse in Alberta, 35 miles northwest of here. Between 800 and 900 bushels of wheat burned. Cause and total damage not yet determined.
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Lethbridge
Alta
Alberta Pacific Grain Company
Woodhouse
Here
Britain weighs orders for Canadian munitions production
In the House of Commons Sir Thomas Inskip said Britain is considering an order for explosives in Canada. He noted Canada is already supplying shell bodies directly and Bren guns with the Canadian government, while aircraft production is under study after a US-Canada mission report.
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Britain
London
Si Thomas Inskip
House of Commons
Canada
Thomas
Henry Page Croft
United States
Frederick Bellenger
Shanghai violence marks first anniversary of resistance
Explosions and assassinations rocked Shanghai as Chinese fighters mark the first anniversary of resisting Japanese invasion. Three bombs hit a Bund area Japanese post and bank site while a grenade attack wounded a Chinese in West Hongkew. A Japanese sentry was killed, and a British Sikh soldier was reported nearby as authorities tightened cordons between the International Settlement and occupied zones.
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Shanghai
China
Garden Bridge
Bund
Yokohama Specie Bank
West Hongkew
Yuyaheing Road
Hongkew
India
Yangtee River
Hankow
Japan
Parliament Hansard Volumes Reported for Session
The Hansard for the latest session opened January 27 and closed July 1, totaling about 5,000 pages for the House of Commons and 700 pages for the Senate. Each page averages 800 words, yielding roughly 4 million words from the Commons and over 500,000 from the Senate.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Senate
Rail fares rise to two and a half cents a mile
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized eastern railroads to fuse passenger coach fares from two to two and a half cents per mile. The increase will take effect after ten days notice.
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Washington
United States Interstate Commerce Commission
Flood Takes Many Lives in Kobe Port Disaster
A flood swept Kobe, Japan, the western port city, with Aliancows Hood flooding the area. Early reports place the death toll at about 480, with a Kobe resident warning Tokyo that the final toll could reach 1,000. The disaster sent heavy destruction across the city.
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Tokyo
Kobe
Japan
Year of War Brings China Severe Defeats and Struggle
Hankow reports twelve months of war drain China with half a million troops lost and vast territorial damage across ten provinces and major coast, yet resilience shown as Japan fails to dictate peace and united front holds. Kuomintang under Chiang Kai-shek faces Communist influence aiding resistance while China contemplates foreign loans to replenish currency reserves.
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Hankow
China
Yangtse
Japan
Peiping
Shanghai
Nanking
Kuomintang
Gene Kai-Shek
Chiang
Shansi
Austrian Exodus Possibility If New Homes Are Found
Austrian exile leader Arthur Rosenberg told United States delegates that about 4.5 million Austrians could flee Nazi rule if a new homeland is found for them. He cited that roughly 75 percent would depart with a sizable portion of property, amid reports of a 1934 population of 6.76 million and 200,000 to 300,000 Jews in Austria. The US delegation led by Myron Taylor spearheaded early talks to address refugee settlement following the March 13 Austro German union.
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Byian-Les-Bains
France
United States
Arthur Rosenberg
Roosevelt
Austria
Myron C. Taylor
United States Steel Corporation
British Boys For B C London Fairbridge Farm Schools
Fairbridge Farm Schools announce Captain J C Dun Waters has donated his Fintry estate in the Okanagan valley near Vernon to the schools The 2500 acre farm is self contained with range land orchards preserves game and traplines and water development The Laird of Fintry formerly a Scottish publisher is popular in Canada and oversees farming and training efforts. unrelated note mentions motorcycles in several South American countries.
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London
Fairbridge Farm Schools
J.C Dun Waters
Fintry
Okanagan Valley
Prince of Wales
Fairbridge Farm School
Okanagan Lake
Vernon
Towers
Dun Waters
Canada
Captain Dun Waters
Laird of
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