Britain announces new military steps amid wartime measures
London reports show Britain tightening defences with a new Middle East command to coordinate land forces in Suez and nearby regions. RAF bombers threaten over France with hints of actions toward Poland Greece Romania and Turkey. Royal Navy ships may visit Greek Turkish and other ports as negotiations continue in Tokyo on the Axis conflict.
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Submarine Safeguards Plan After Thetis Tragedy
Government announces new diving test safeguards after the British submarine Thetis sank in Liverpool bay on June 1. A naval relay will attend trials and a marking buoy will track position. The plan includes telephones lights within the buoy and a device to prevent torpedo tubes from flooding when outer caps open.
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Thetis
Liverpool Bay
Geoffrey Shakespeare
Admiralty
Refugee Conference Invited by Roosevelt at White House
President Roosevelt invites the intergovernmental committee on refugees to a two day conference in the White House during the first week of September. Britain France Brazil Argentina and the Netherlands were notified by Myron C. Taylor the American delegate. Acceptance awaits government approval. Sydney Australia honey shipments see strong demand with plans for larger consignments.
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Roosevelt
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Inter- Governmental Committee On Refugees
White House
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France
Brazil
Argentina
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Myron C. Taylor
Government seeks extra powers to curb IRA terror campaign
London. The British government asks Parliament for extraordinary powers to stamp out the IRA terror campaign in Great Britain. Home Secretary Sir Samuel Hoare introduces a bill to deport or bar entry for suspects, require police registration, and grant wide search powers with no appeal. The act lasts two years and is emergency legislation.
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Irish Republican Army
Great Britain
Samuel Hoare
Home Secretary
House of Commons
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Prairie Farm Board acquires 30000 acres for settlers
The Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Board has reached an agreement to acquire 30,000 acres between Medicine Hat and Vauxhall from the Canada Land and Irrigation Company. The land aims to support 200 new settlers from dry areas, with half under irrigation. Surveyors start dividing the project into farm units for irrigated and dry land. PERA officials in Regina note families for Medicine Hat will come from sub marginal lands in Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
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PERA
Regina
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Busy shipping season ahead at Port Churchill
Elevator officials forecast a busy grain shipping season in Churchill as the first wheat train leaves with 60,000 bushels of last year’s crop. A hold-over of 2,200,000 bushels exists with 450,000 bushels more from western Canada due this month, following last summer’s movement of about 1,000,000 bushels by three freighters.
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Western Canada
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Mounted RCMP Ride At Parliament Entrance In Ottawa
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police will deploy two mounted constables at the main Parliament Building entrance. The change follows officials deciding visitors may observe riders during patrols, as two noble steeds replace the prior on foot presence.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Pariament Building
Port of Trieste Grants Germany Special Privileges
In Rome it is understood negotiations progress for Italy to grant Germany special privileges at Trieste port to divert Adriatic traffic from Hamburg. Reports say talks near conclusion though Germany hesitates to take full port rehabilitation. Initial reports mentioned a 10 year lease and modernization plans.
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Canadian delegates to decide 1942 chambers meeting city
The British Empire chambers of commerce congress voted to hold its 1942 meeting in Canada. The Canadian delegation said a decision on the city would likely be made while traveling home or soon after arrival.
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National Emergency law to register Canadian women
Ontario will establish a registration bureau as part of a national emergency effort inviting 4 5,000,000 Canadian women aged 16 to 65 to fill a questionnaire in six weeks. Provincial committees will organize bureaux in larger buildings while a western tour will arrange provincial and local support. The questionnaire covers qualifications and willingness to host children or adults, physical condition, and ability to work six hours daily. It also asks about organizing camps, catering, farm work, and technical training such as air mechanics, nursing, or surveying. The plan includes a wide range of skills from homemaking to laboratory work and professional roles.
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Toronto
Margaret Hyndman
Ontario
Iva C. Fallis
Miss Hyndman
Cost Of War Pensions In Canada Reported
Ottawa notes a war veterans allowance program for those who served in actual war theatres. Pensions minister C Power cited an annual outlay of $000. Provinces with recipients include Quebec 2,071 Manitoba 1,910 Alberta 1,620 Saskatchewan 1,211 Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island 1,166 New Brunswick 620.
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Manitoba
Alberta
Katchewan
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
Portrait Presented to Famed Agriculturist in Regina
A portrait of Hon. Dr. W. R. Motherwell was presented at a Regina dinner by former colleagues and admirers. Motherwell, in his 60s, is a Melville MP and former Provincial and Dominion Minister of Agriculture born in Ontario and a U of G graduate who helped found Saskatchewan's legislature in 1905.
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W. R. Motherwell
Ernest Fosbery
RCA
Ottawa
Motherwell
Melville
Ontario
Ontario Agricultural College
Guelph
Saskatchewan
U S May Call a Special Session in Event of Crisis
Washington reports the Roosevelt administration pressed to repeal the arms embargo and expand neutrality laws, signaling readiness to seek a special session if Europe’s turmoil worsens. White House and foreign service warned such a crisis could trigger a call, with Congress split over immediate action.
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West
Hiram Johnson
California
Unlucky In Safety Drive Ends In Vancouver
Vancouver third attempt at the 100 Deathless Days safety drive ended four days after it began when W. A. Hanna, an elderly visitor from Kay Joops, B.C., was fatally injured in a collision with a passenger bus at a residential intersection. The bus driver and 26 passengers were shaken but unhurt, marking Hanna’s death as the city's sixth fatality since the campaign started July 1.
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W. A. Hanna
Kay Joops
B.C
General Hospital
Hanna
Airman plans California to Africa record flight
Maurice Rossi announced a bold attempt to regain the nonstop distance record by flying from Hollywood to Jibadi in French Africa. Two British planes flew Ismailia to Port Darwin covering 7,160 miles on November 7, 1925. Syria lies about eight miles from Hollywood and Jibadi about $9,000.
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Canadian Women Pilots Trained to Instruct in Emergency
Wing Commander A. T. Cowley of the RCAF in Ottawa said Canadian women pilots may serve as flying instructors in a national emergency. He noted 40 Canadian women had trained as pilots at present.
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