Final Phase of Agreement With Russia Near Conclusion
Reports from London claim progress toward concluding the final steps of a broader accord among Russia France and Great Britain on mutual aid. Official circles see no new European upheaval, while negotiations with Poland and Turkey for new treaties progress. The Daily Telegraph warns of rising tension and a potential spark that could ignite a European blaze amid German aims on Danzig.
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London
Russia
France
Great Britain
Moscow
Poland
Turkey
Newispeang Peer
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Daily Telegraph
Europe
Germany
Danzig
German Reich
British Plan For Palestine Faces Criticism In League Debate
In London Aug IX a British memo to the League council contests the Mandates Commission refusal to approve the Palestine plan. Government and other quarters weigh possible paths including amending the mandate or reshaping policy to fit League interpretation while seeking unanimous council consent.
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London
CCR
Malcolo Maebnald Monclosud
League of Nations
Geneva
Permanent Mandates Commission
League Council
Mandates Commission
League
Palestine
Ong
Leage Council
Mandate Commission
Drummond Named President of Bank of Montreal
President Drummond of Montreal succeeds Sir Charles Gordon after his death as Bank of Montreal appoints Huntley R Drummond to lead the institution. Rear Admiral John Vivian becomes British naval chief in the Far East.
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Huntley R. Drummond
Bank of Montreal Today
Charles Gordon
John Vivian
Far East
Pottery Exhibit At Flower Show Opens In Arena Today
Women are drawn to Medicine Hat pottery at the Horticultural Show. The display at the Black Hardware booth features vase moulding and decorative pieces by a Medicine Hat expert who will answer questions. The exhibit previously appeared at Calgary.
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Black Hardware
Medicine Hat
Calgary
Pendergast Machine Still Factor in Kansas State Affairs
In Kansas City, Aug 18, debate rages over whether the Pendergast political machine remains dominant after the boss's tax evasion conviction and imprisonment. The mayors and council face recalls, charter party moves, and investigations as fallout hits city contracts, payrolls, and county government.
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Pendergast Democratic
Kansas
Kansas City
Yom Pendergast
Leavenworth
Henry F. Melilroy
Prand
Lloyd C. Stark
Bryce B. Smith
Pendergast
Smith
Charter Party
Foxy
Jackson County
Campbell tops water speed with 134 mph on Bluebird I
Sir Malcolm Campbell rode Bluebird I to 134 mph on Lake Coniston, fastest on water, though not a two way record due to water intake trouble. A new engine is set for tomorrow. In Utah, John Cobb hit 352.94 mph in the measured mile but skipped the return run to pursue the land speed record later.
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Coniston
Eng
C. P
Sir Malcolm Campbell
Lake Coniston
Malcolm
Bonneville
Salt Flats
Utah
C.P
John Cobb
George Eyston
Cobb
CBC and BBC Agree on New Cooperation
Major W E Gladstone Murray of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation announced a new cooperation with the British Broadcasting Company. Canada will send more national programs to UK listeners while BRG will provide four Canadian oriented series starting in September. The arrangement follows the royal visit and aims to showcase Canadian life and people to British audiences.
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New York
W. E. Gladstone Murray
CBC
London
Canada
United Kingdom
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Major Murray
Great Britain
British Broadcasting Company
BRG
British Broadcasting Systems
Dominion
Two Vancouver men face bribe charges in county court
Constables Eldon Pinkerton and Hugh Hamilton appeared before County Court Judge David Whiteside in Vancouver on charges of accepting and demanding a bribe. Both men denied the charges. The body of Frederick R. Nichols, who died of a heart attack aboard H.M.C.S. Restigouche at Campbell River, B C, will be buried at sea off the Vancouver Island coast with naval ritual.
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Eldon Pinkerton
Hugh Hamilton
Judz
David Whiteside
Vancouver
Frederick R. Nichols
H.M.C.S. Restigouche
Campbell River
B.C
Vancouver Island
Roper Resigns As U S Envoy To Canada
Daniel C. Roper resigns as the United States envoy to Canada. President Roosevelt accepted the resignation and sent a letter of regret. The move comes during Roosevelt’s Hyde Park holiday cruise.
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U.S.S. Lang
Bay of Islands
Newfoundland
Daniel C. Roper
Canada
Dominion
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Roper
Ontario Quebec Axis Visioned By Toronto Writer
Toronto journalist B K Sandwell told the Canadian Institute on Economics and Politics that fascism could emerge in Canada within years. He warned of an Ontario Quebec axis with a sea corridor and predicted regional fascist regimes under nominal royal sovereignty, plus growing government power over liberty and property. Sandwell cited Alberta Social Credit and potential federal deadlock as signs of creeping fascism.
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Lake Couchiching
Ont
C.P
Canada
Ontario
Quebec
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Canadian Institute On Economics and Politics
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Toronto Saturday Night
Mr. Sandwell
Alberta
Sandwell
Germany
Italy
Germanization of World Debate Reaches Canada Meeting
At a Canadian Bar Association event in Quebec Maitre Jacques Charpentier of Paris warned that the world must choose whether to accept German dominance. He said the moment may come soon and urged readiness as Britain’s Lord Maugham outlined resistance to German expansion.
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Frank Flaherty
Quebec
Canadian Bar Association
Maitre Jacques Charpentier
Paris
M. Charpentier
Canada
Europe
Atlantic
Hitler
Annenberg Surrenders in Chicago Tax Case
M L Annenberg Walter Annenberg and two associates surrendered to the U S marshal posting bonds totaling 175000 and were released pending trial on charges of evading five million five hundred forty eight thousand three hundred eighty four dollars in tax plus penalties on the publisher's income.
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Chicago
M. L. Annenberg
Walter
United States
Britain rejects Hitler envoy proposal on Danzig talks
Paris Aug 18 Havas quotes a reliable diplomatic source saying Britain refused a suggestion from Chancellor Hitler to send a special British envoy to Germany to discuss the Danzig issue. Professor Carl Burchardt, League high commissioner for Danzig, went to Germany last weekend and was understood to have spoken with Hitler.
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Paris
C.P
Havas
London
Britain
Hitler
Germany
Danzig
Paren
Carl Burchardt
League
Hungary and Germany Discuss Carpatho Ukraine Use and Neutrality
Berlin reports outline delicate talks with Hungarian foreign minister Count Stefan Csaky during his Salzburg visit. Germany and Hungary reportedly agree on cooperation in the Balkans while debating a possible use of Carpatho Ukraine as a springboard toward Poland and the shape of Hungarys neutrality should war arise.
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Berlin
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Europe
Stefan Csaky
Salzburg
Hungary
Poland
Count Csaky
Balkans
Csaky
Wilhelm Frick
Arthur Seysz-Inquart
Austria
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Body Found In Trunk At Railroad Station Stirs Inquiry
A bruised young mulatto woman's body was found in a trunk at a railroad station in Atlanta. Police recovered a thumbnail photograph of a well dressed young mulatto man inside the trunk. The trunk arrived from Washington and had been tied with rope. Dead for days, she wore only a brassiere and bloomers. Police note a crushed back of head and needle marks on her finger. Washington says the trunk was shipped by two men in a truck. Canada imported 1532 automobiles valued at 1 168 000 in June.
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Atlanta
Joe Perry
Perry
Washington
Union Station
Britain Rejects Widening Talks Basis With Japan
London said no to Japan’s demand to include economic questions in Tokyo talks on the Nanking dispute. Sir Robert Craigie told Tokyo discussions must stay within the nine power treaty framework. Progress noted on police control in Tien tsin as a tied issue. Hong Kong reported Japan’s army claiming full control along the British boundary as planes reportedly crossed over British soil.
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London
C.P
Great Britain
Tokyo
Japan
Robert Craigie
Canada
Tientsin
Hong. Kong
German American Bund Leader Defiant Before Congress
Fritz Kuhn of the German American Bund clashed with the House committee on un American activities for two days of testimony. Representative Dies said the Bund linked with German government agencies and may receive their guidance. Kuhn denied any un American ties and claimed the committee lacked proof. He also referenced former investigator John Metcalfe and his own New York neighborhood.
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Fritz Kuhn
Stolid Fuenver
Bund
Congressional Committee On un-American Activities
Dies
Kuhn
Germany
Metcalfe
John C. Metcalfe
New York
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