Monetary Loss To The West As Result Of Drouth
Canada’s prairie provinces face a drought driven drop in wheat output from 544,900,000 bushels in 1928 to estimates as low as 150,000,000 to 200,000,000 this year. Agriculture Minister Gardiner notes a multi-year decline, with Western relief needs rising as Saskatoon Regina feel the impact and Manitoba foresees limited recovery.
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Ottawa
Canada
Prairie Provinces
South Saskatchewan
United States
J. G. Gardiner
House of Commons
Gardiner
Calgary
Alberta
Lethbridge
Saskatchewan
Regina
Saskatoon
Battleford
Prairies Leas
Saskatches
Gleichen
Neghboring
Manitoba
Mr Gardiner
First electric train enters Rand gold and diamond fields
The first electric locomotive in South Africa’s Rand gold and diamond fields has been placed in operation, marking a milestone in regional rail service. The debut promises faster transit for workers and goods across key mining districts.
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Electrc
Rand Gold and Diamond Fields
South Africa
Britain defers trade talks with Japan over North China crisis
Foreign Secretary Eden told Ambassador Toshida that Britain will not open trade talks with Japan until the North China situation is resolved. Tokyo rejected foreign intervention to settle the conflict, and Eden offered mediation through normal diplomatic channels. The cabinet considered the far eastern crisis but made no change to the Commons policy.
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London
Eden
Shigeru Toshida
House of Commons
Great Britain
Japan
China
Yoshida
Tokyo
Commons
Prospects Improve for Western Wheat Yields
Winnipeg officials led by W Sanford Evans note rains lifted crop prospects across districts. Evans says western crop may still be salvageable despite fears of small yields, recalling 1924 late rains revived fields. Private estimates peg current wheat around 150 million bushels with better conditions recently.
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Winnipeg
W. Sanford Evans
Evans
Romans pay tribute to Marconi ahead of burial in Bologna
Thousands of Romans from all walks of life filed past the bier of Guglielmo Marconi in hushed farewell before the Italian Royal Academy. The crowd awaited the chance to honor the wireless telegraphy pioneer as his body prepared to be returned to Bologna for burial.
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Sands
Bier
Invente
Rome
Guglielmo Marconi
Royal Academy
Bologna
Minister Rogers to Visit Western Prairies Over Drouth Relief
Labor Minister Norman McL. Rogers will visit the Western Canada drought area toward month end to study relief problems. He has not chosen departure gate or western itinerary yet and no decision has been made on travel plans.
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West
Ottawa
Canada
Norman McL. Rogers
Prairies
Rogers
Buses Replace Street Cars in New Westminster
New Westminster, Western Canada’s first to scrap streetcars, unveiled twelve new buses with nine more to follow as the transit service moves to full operation. A public parade demonstrated the future travel mode for citizens.
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New Westminster
Canada
Farm Labor Shortage Burdens District Harvest Efforts
Farmers in the district report a severe help shortage as harvests approach. Fifty applications for farm labor have been received, while workers remain scarce, hindering field work and operations. Also noted is a claim of Europe’s longest hair by a Warsaw girl measuring 5 feet 9 inches.
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Gueion
Uni—vemand
Europe
Warsaw
Oil Reserve Talk At Geologists Meeting
A Kusman scientist told the International Congress of Geologists that the US would need discovery of 10 to 12 new oil fields annually to sustain reserves amid a yearly consumption of one billion barrels. Ivan Gubkin of the Russian Academy of Sciences said fields must yield 100 million barrels per year each to keep future reserves intact, while total world reserves were placed at about 7.075 billion tons, deemed sufficient for many years.
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Moscow
Kusman Sehentist
International Congress of Geologists
United States
Russian Academy of Science
Ivan Gubkin
Mark Diamond Jubilee celebrations in Banff at treaty signing site
In Banff Alberta on July 23 hundreds of Alberta residents marked the diamond jubilee of the 1887 Blackfoot Crossing treaty signing with a display of tepees from Bloods Blackfeet Sarcees Pelicans and Stonies and Cascade mountain backdrop. In Niagara Falls inspectors note most motorists crossing the Falls View bridge headed to Callandar Ontario to see the five famous sisters.
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Banff
Alta
Alberta
Indiana
Blackfoot Crossing
Cascade Mountain
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Falls View Bridge
Callandar
Ont
Hitler Receives Soviet Ambassador in Berchtesgaden
Chancellor Hitler hosts the new Soviet ambassador at his Berchtesgaden villa. He cites non intervention and says normal relations with Russia would aid mutual interests and support cooperative efforts. The move is seen by some as a peace gesture toward the USSR despite past tensions.
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Nator Wither
Ville Berlin
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Breetings
Germany
Russia
Reich
Spain
Banks urged to cooperate in social credit plan
Premier Aberhart announces steps to secure voluntary co operation of chartered banks in Alberta to establish a Social Credit system as a preliminary measure before the August legislature session. The Social Credit board advises immediate bank notification to align with the people’s will, aiming to cut the cost of living by removing taxation quickly.
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Social Credit Eamonton
Aberhart
Social Credit Board
Premier Hepburn's Ontario Agent Purchases Cattle Trip
Acting as agent for Ontario Premier Hepburn, 8 G Carlyle, former Alberta livestock commissioner, set out last week to Saskatchewan to buy three carloads of dairy cattle and two carloads of beef cattle. The mission, at the request of Ontario Agriculture Minister Duncan Marshall, targets Swift Current Moose Jaw and Regina districts.
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Ontario
Edmonton
Germany to Gather Human Hair for War Materials
Hairdressers across Germany will be urged at the Breslau barbers convention to collect human hair of all kinds and lengths for use in carpet making tarpaper roofs and felt as part of the nation’s resource saving plan.
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Berlin
Germany
Breslau
Sino Japanese Tension Eased Reported By Havas
Tientsin reports a Sino Japanese clash easing as Chinese troops withdraw from the Wandinghsien Lukouchiao zone near Peiping. About 4,000 troops rushed to Lukouchiao, with the 29th army unwilling to retreat. A separate Tokyo report says an assassination plot against Japanese officials in Tientsin was foiled by consular police.
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Tientsin
Wandinghsien
Peiping
China
29Th Army
Ca’ Ng
Havas
Nanking
Lukouchiao
Lukouchiao F
Wanpinghsien
Tokyo
Hochi
Shigeru Kawagoe
Bai Shou Tang
Kawagoe
Bai
Feng Yu-Hsiang
Central
Disease Kills Eskimos Mysterious Ailment Across Baffin Island
Major D. L. McKeand reports six adults and seven children died near Lake Harbor on Baffin Island last February from a mysterious illness affecting Eskimos. Dr. L. D. Livingston and northern doctors seek diagnosis, suspect ptomaine poisoning from bad meat. further info awaited from winter northern doctors.
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Ottawa
D. L. McKeand
Eastern Arctic Patrol
Lake Harbor
Baffin Island
Department of Mines and Resources
L. D. Livingston
First threshing reports reach Manitoba from Wallace Blair
Wallace Blair reports first threshing in Manitoba from a 60 day barley field near Wallace Blair area 175 miles southwest of Winnipeg. He notes good quality grain and a fair yield from the early crop indicating an active harvest start in the region.
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Douglas Iran
Manitoba
Wallace Blair
Winnipeg
Navy searches cover wide area planes and ships for Earhart
United States Navy aircraft and ships logged about 150000 miles in the search for Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan. Rear Admiral Orin G. Murfin issued a statement expressing belief the aviatrix and navigator had perished.
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United States Navy
Amelia Earhart
Orin G. Murfin
Treasure Find In Chiriqui Reveals $3 Million Gold Hoard
An investigating committee led by the governor of Chiriqui province confirms the discovery of a three million dollar treasure of gold hidden for centuries in tunnels along the Piedra Candela river.
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Panama
Chiriqui
Piedra Candela Rive
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