Soviet Aviators Set Long Polar Flight Record
Soviet pilots aboard a single engine monoplane completed a 6,262 mile Moscow to March Field crossing in 62 hours 17 minutes with a shower of weather challenges. They claimed two world records for straight and blind flying and noted possible near 7,000 mile non stop distance before an early fog forced a landing near San Jacinto California.
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San Jacinto
Clicance
Moscow
Army Air Base
San Diego
Mikhail Gromoff
Andrei Yumosheff
Sergei Danilinin
Marchfeld
Gromoff
Canada
Paul Codos
Maurice Rossi
New York
Syria
Valerie Chekaloff
Georgi Baidukoff
Alexander Beliakoff
Vancouver
Washington
Marchfield
California
Rocky Mountains
Gromoft
Authority Withdrawn for Puss M moth Planes in Canada
Ottawa announces withdrawal of authority for carrying passengers for hire using Puss Moth airplanes in Canada. The move follows a board inquiry into the June 21 crash near St Mary's Ontario, in which pilots A D Leavena and A W Ogden and C M Beckett of Toronto were killed.
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Ottawa
V. Mowe
Minster of Transport
Canada
Board of Inquiry
St Mary's
Ont
A. D. Leavena
A. W. Ogden
C. M. Beckett
Toronto
Pan Pacific Women's Conference Opens In Vancouver
Prime ministers W L Mackenzie King of Canada and Earle Page of Australia sent greetings to the Pan Pacific Womens Association gathering in Vancouver to discuss practical steps for promoting peace. NSW premier also sent a message. Tulsa clubwoman Roberta Lawson spoke on the Federated Women's Clubs, noting a $1000 annual fellowship and US efforts to create an Englandlike public affairs academy to train diplomats and civil servants.
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Vancouver
Pan Pacific Women’s Association
W. L. Mackenzie King
Canada
Earle Page
Australia
New South Wales
Roberta Lawson
Tulsa
Oklo
Federated Women's Clubs
United States
American Women’s Clube
England
Academy of Public Affairs
Royal Visit To Wales Cardiff
The king and queen toured Welsh villages from Newport to Cardiff. Crowds cheered their majesties as they spoke with unemployed workers about conditions. The trip echoes the Duke of Windsor's pre abdication visit through south Wales.
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Cardiff
Wales
Swansea
Duke of Windsor
South
Newport
May Become Headquarters Winnipeg In Favored Position For Operating Air Service
Winnipeg may become the operating headquarters of Trans-Canada Airlines in the Dominion center, said Philip G. Johnson vice-president. Final decision awaits official opening of the transcontinental service. Johnson noted the operation needs at least 20 pilots and possibly 40 if co pilots are used, with twice that many required for two daily transcontinental flights.
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Winnipeg
Dominion
Trans- Canada Airlines
Philip G. Johnson
trans-Canada Air Service
Johnson
Oil From Coal Plan Backed in House of Lords
Longon.-tora awanstoam moved in the house of lords that plants be ret established to extract oil from coal for national defence. The government accepted the motion and the house approved. Lord Mot intone urged such plants in Durham and South Wales to help reduce unemployment in distressed areas.
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Longon
Tora Awanstoam
House of Lords
Lord Motintone
Durham
South Wales
Saskatchewan to Buy Surplus Hay for Manitoba
Saskatchewan minister J. G. Taggart told Manitoba’s government that his province is ready to purchase any surplus hay. Deputy minister J. H. Evans said circular letters will be sent to list hay for removal before freeze up, aiding farmers with feed before winter.
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Winnpeg
J. G. Taggart
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
J. H. Evans
Taggart
Evans
Alarm Sparks from Logs Fire In Tiveston Basement
Howard Correlan, 20, trapped beneath a tumbling pile of logs in the Best Lumber Company basement, lit a match from his pocket and used the flame to activate a nearby fire alarm sprinkler system. Firemen and police freed him after responders arrived.
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Tiveston
Howard Correla
Best Lumber Company
Roosevelt seeks rent cuts to ease housing burden
President Roosevelt says Americans pay too much of their income to landlords and orders housing experts to find ways to reduce rents. He notes some families spend half their income on shelter and directs action to lower costs nationwide.
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Washington
Tremaent Roosevelt
United States
Tokyo General Ikutaro Inouye Warns 3 Million Reservists
Inouye, head of the Army and Navy Reservist Association, urged 3 million members to be ready to serve the empire against China amid a north China crisis. He said Communist leaders offered to settle with Chiang Kai-Shek, while a 60,000 strong Communist force operates near Shenji province. Ontario looks at annual driving fitness exams, the Police Association reports.
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Tokyo
Ikutaro Inouye
Army and ‘Navy Reservist Association
China
Communist Army
Chiang Kai-Shek
North China
Japan
North
Inouye
Far East
Shenji
Compromise Pan London Offers Non Intervention Plan
Foreyn proposes a revised non intervention scheme in the Spanish Civil War. Abolish naval patrols, install cargo observers at Spanish ports, and extend limited belligerent rights to both sides by the 27 non intervention nations. Non members to cooperate. foreign volunteers to be withdrawn. Eden warns greater international effort needed to avoid a dangerous new phase.
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London
Baen
Great
Spain
Ben
Franco
Germany
Italy
France
Great Britain
Europe
Eden
Non-Intervention Committee
Trail to Lord Tweedsmuir Route Across Mackenzie Country
A 30 mile trail through a 3500 acre provincial park is prepared for Lord Tweedsmuir August visit. His 10 day tour will traverse former glacier country near extinct volcanoes, lakes, and trout rivers, ending at Bella Coola with Indian rock carvings. A provincial police escort and radio link to BC posts will ensure security.
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Victoria
Alexander Mackenzie
Pacific Coast
Lord Tweedsmuir
Glacier
Algatcho
Bella Coola
British Columbia
Britain arms merchant ships steps to arm merchantmen
London reports government moves to amass guns and equipment to arm British merchantmen in an emergency. Alfred Duff-Cooper told the House of Commons training may be arranged for mercantile seamen. The Morton was seized by the Almirante Cerviera near Santander, prompting debate on Santander waters and sovereignty.
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London
Alfred Duff-Cooper
Admiralty
House of Commons
Morton
Almirante Cerviera
Santander
Duff-Cooper
Robert Rankin
Rankin
Mercantile Marine
Labor
Archibald Sinclair
Britannia
Farlier Labor
Franco
New War Weapon Returned to Defence Department
Capt J R Bowen of Toronto, twin of Alberta’s Lt Gov, turned over a shell design claimed to cut barbed wire to Ottawa’s national defence department. He says the shell releases knives after muzzle discharge and has worked on the plans since the war years, with one set burned in Ottawa in December 1917. It was turned over without remuneration.
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Ottawa
Rians
National Defence Department
J. R. Bowen
Toronto
J. C. Bowen
Alberta
Bowen
Department
Army Strength Boosted in London by 16164 Men
The termoral army increased by 16164 men between July 41 1936 and the same date this year authorities announced. Effective strength including officers non commissioned officers and enlisted men was 155000 July 1 this year compared with 138926 in 1936.
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London
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Aur Perces
Soviet Union
Acros
North Pole
Athority
Royal Vist
Palestine Royal Commission
Palestine
Arthur Wauchope
Ontario
The
Police Association of Ontario
B.C. Park
Queen Mary
Oxford
Viscount Halifax
Oxford University
Bodleian Library
Britain
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