Efforts to Repair London Flood Damages
London Ontario faces extensive flood damage with disease fears and mass cleanup. Red Cross and medical officials plan strict precautions including typhoid inoculations for residents returning to flooded homes. A three week estimate to reoccupy affected areas, placards, and large cash fundraising are urged as mud, plaster, and structural repairs begin.
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London
W H. Kippen
Red Crom
West Lecrdon
Red Crown
London West
Red Cross Committee
Red Cross Society
Wiliam Vietch
F. V. Buchanan
Public Utilities Commission
Experimental trans Atlantic flight readied during coronation week
Imperial Airways prepares its first experimental trans Atlantic flight from Newfoundland to connect Europe and America. Secretary Fraser says takeoff timing depends on weather. Botwood, near Ganders Lake, houses a major seaplane base with landing, direction finding, and harbor handling facilities nearing completion.
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St John’s
Nild
Imperial Airways
Europe
America
Fraser
Newfoundland
Botwood
Ganders Lake
Canadian Troops Sail To Attend The Coronation
The liner Montcalm carried nearly 300 militiamen and soldiers from Montreal down the St. Lawrence to join Canada’s expeditionary force for the coronation of King George VI. A large crowd and hundreds of civilians, including 160 schoolboys, saw them off as Brig Gen Alex Ross of the Canadian Legion and veterans traveled to London and Berlin to meet Front Line Fighters.
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Canada
Montreal
Montcalm
St. Lawrence River
Tipperary
Alex Ross
Dominion
Canadian Legion
Legion
London
Berlin
German Association of
Front Line
Yukon Territory Transfer Talks Advance In Canada
Ottawa Senator Raoul Dandurand said negotiations between the Dominion of Canada and British Columbia have reached an advanced stage on Yukon governance. Premier Pattullo indicated BC would acquire the Yukon pending formal approval by both governments and Parliament, with transfer likely after a one year delay.
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British Columbia
Ottawa
Raoul Dandurand
Dominion
Yukon Territory
Dandurand
Victoria
T. D. Pattullo
Pattullo
Yukon
Thomas Crerar
Mines
London
Farm Rehabilitation shows 1775 water works completed Ottawa
Since 1985 the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation movement has completed 1775 water conservation works. The tally includes 1004 dugouts 632 stock watering dams and 139 private irrigation items. Costs vary by earth rock and materials with set maximums for each structure. Province totals include Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba with numerous dugouts dams and irrigation schemes.
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Ottawa
Prairie Farm
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Free State Declines Representation at Imperial Conference
In the Dail, President De Valera stated the Irish Free State would not be represented at the upcoming Imperial Conference. Responding to James Dillon, he said no decision was needed unless representation served the people’s interests, and emphasized it was unnecessary to formalize a decision.
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de Valera
Dublin
Dail
James Dillon
Dillon
Free State
Campaign to wage final war on field pests
In Lethbridge Alberta a two day conference of entomologists from prairie provinces and U S rain belt districts planned an intensive campaign against grasshoppers that devastate grain fields. Details to be released in a joint Washington Ottawa statement.
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Lethbridge
Alta
Canada
United States
Prairie Provinces
Rain
Washington
Ottawa
Sugar Conference Reaches Global Quota Pact in London
In London a world sugar conference approved a plan to cap exports under a 22 nation accord and adjourn once signed. Allocations by country remain secret but totals around 8.679 million tons per year. The pact aims to stabilize markets and likely modestly raise prices benefiting producers without harming consumers.
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London
Planning Crow Campaign Promises Bounties in Manitoba
Edward Pit blado of the Manitoba Game and Fish Association announced a summer crow campaign. The government will band 150 crows and pay varying rewards for returned bands, plus remuneration to school children for collecting bands.
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Winnipeg
Edward Pitblado
Manitoba Game and Fish Association
Belgium Refuses Withdrawal in Exchange for Security Guarantees
Belgium will not withdraw from the League of Nations for German security guarantees and seeks an imitation of the league covenant clause allowing passage of foreign troops over Belgian territory in war. The stance follows Eden's Brussels visit and the Anglo French declaration freeing Brussels from Locarno obligations.
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Brussels
Belgium
League of Nations
Britain
France
Eden
Germany
Locarno
Musical Prodigy From Winnipeg Sent To London For Study
Lome Munro a 12 year old Winnipeg cello prodigy earned praise at Manitoba's festival and will travel to London under Winnipeg service club sponsorship to study under Arthur Benjamin, the festival adjudicator. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Wallace Munro and began music at age three with his father’s violin request. His mother is also a musician and aids his training.
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Winnipeg
London
Lome Munro
Manitoba
England
Arthur Benjamin
Lorne
Wallace Munro
Road Building Plan to Provide Work for Jobless
Ottawa outlines a nationwide road building plan to fight unemployment with about 7.3 million federal funds and provincial contributions. Manitoba also reports a shared cost for building materials, marking a shift from labor-only relief to material support, with parks and playgrounds as main municipal works.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominions
T. B. McQuesten
Ontario
Norman Rogers
William Tremblay
Quebec
Dominion
Manitoba
Rogers
Ses Western
Deaf Education Proposal Seeks National Program in Montreal
Edwin G. Peterson, Saskatchewan School for the Deaf superintendent, outlined a national plan at a MacKay Institution meeting in Montreal. The proposal calls for a school of higher education for deaf students teaching technical and academic subjects, with loan scholarships and improved teacher training. It targets graduates of Canadian deaf schools and envisions short courses and full-term programs.
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Montreal
Edwin G. Peterson
Saskatchewan
Ottawa customs hold Coronation Commentary from US edition
Canadian revenue officials stop the U S edition of Coronation Commentary by Geoffrey Dennis at Ottawa for examination and forward a copy to headquarters. English publishers withdrew the book in Britain after Edward VIII’s complaint, while American publishers plan to release the continental edition.
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Ottawa
Department of National Revenue
United States
Geoffrey Dennis
Great Britain
Edward VIII
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Elizabeth
Hopper
Sugar Conference
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Lakehurst
Rome
New York
International ‘Telephone and Telegraph Company
Electrical Apparatus Co
Milan
Italy
King
Duke of
Aosta
E. D. Honeyman
W. R. Clubb
Greater
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