Gardiner's Saskatchewan plan ends relief camp standoff
Premier Gardiner announced disbandment proposals for about 1500 relief camp strikers at Regina. A special train will move strikers to their homes or camps while meals and lodging are provided. police report riot violence left one detective dead and many injured with hundreds detained.
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C.P
Saskatchewan
J. G. Gardiner
Exhibition Grounds
Sam G. Ross
Charles Millar
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Lumsden
Ottawa
British Columbia
Alberta
Gardiner
R. B. Bennett
Bennett
Ethiopians and Italians Clash With Casualties
Reports from Addis Ababa claim heavy casualties in fighting on the Eritrean frontier as Mussolini convenes a naval war council in Rome. Belgium cartridges bound for Ethiopia are reportedly held up at Djibouti by French authorities amid the tension.
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Addis Ababa
Eritea
Ethiopia
Belgium
Djibouti
Rome
Dry June Report From Medicine by Weatherman Pickering
Weather figures from Charles Pickering show Medicine had a dry June with 1.06 inches of precipitation versus 4.72 inches last June. The report lists June mean temperature 60.6, max 88.4 on June 22, min 37.4 on June 6, total sunshine 223.2 hours, and a ten year average rainfall of 2.50 inches.
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Charles Pickering
Pickering
Premier Bennett Says Communists Seek to Overthrow Authority
Ottawa July 2 The government vows not to yield to subversive acts by Communists in relief camps across Canada. Bennett accuses a coordinated movement to implant Communist doctrine and praises a constructive relief program while urging leniency for camp youths. A reconstruction plan proposes work at 50 cents an hour with public financing if bankers withhold credit.
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Ottawa
Canada
R. B. Bennett
House of Commons
Regina
Bennett
Reading
H. H. Stevens
Stevens
T. L. Church
Toronto East
Agnes Macphail
South-East Grey
Tim Buck
Collins
Evans
Crop Conditions Favorable Across Canada Says Bureau Report
Moisture conditions nationwide are generally favorable for crops with dry areas limited to Vancouver Island parts of southern Alberta and sections of Saskatchewan and British Columbia. The Dominion Bureau of Statistics issued the telegraphic crop report today noting favorable growing conditions.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Vancouver Island
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Women in Politics Federation Opens Fifth Dominion Meeting
In Calgary July 3 CP report cites Mrs. Dalla Jones, vice president of the Canadian Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, saying the future of women in politics depends on the survey given their ties. Miss A Josephine Dauphine of Vancouver officially opened the convention's three day sessions.
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Calgary
Dadla’ Jones
Curedian ‘Federation of Business ‘Professional Women’s Club
Dominion
A. Josephine Dauphinee
Vancouver
Lloyd George Denies Submarine Charge in Commons
London reports that Sir Bolton Eyres Monsell denied Lloyd George's charge of Britain refusing to abolish submarines amid Anglo German talks. Lloyd George told the Council of Action for Peace and Reconstruction that powerful interests oppose his new deal and urged organized counter pressure to push through peace and prosperity before the next general election.
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London
C.P
David Lloyd George
Council of Action For Peace and Reconstruction
Lloyd George
Germany
Great Britain
Bolton Eyres Monsell
Admiralty
United States
Britain
Hoosevelt
America
Europe
Amended Grain Board Bill outlines new Canadian Wheat Board
Ottawa details show a three member Canadian Wheat Board to set a fixed minimum price for wheat, buy from producers, and replace the old stabilization system. The act authorizes elevators under board control, requires nontransferable producer certificates, and establishes an advisory committee with pay. Reporting and accounting rules accompany weekly ministerial reports.
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Ottawa
Canadian Wheat Board
John S. McFarland
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Canadian Co-operative Wheat Producers Limited
John I. McFarland
Board of Grain Commissioners
Fort William
Canadian Co- Operative Wheat Producers Limited
Alberta United Farmers caucus discusses election timing
Edmonton July 2 The two day United Farmers of Alberta caucus chaired by Premier R G Reid opened with all candidates present. A clear focus on provincial affairs emerged and election date was not set. Government likely to decide whether to vote before or after harvest with announcement by week’s end.
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Edmonton
United Farmers of Alberta
R. G. Reid
Reid
Oeservers
Aberhart Social Credit
Flood Damage Delays BC Train Movements Northbound
Heavy rains and floods in central British Columbia have washed away five bridges and disrupted Pacific coast train movements. No trains have reached Calgary from Vancouver since Monday. A local No. 2 from Calgary arrived at 9:30 a.m. and No. 4 is due at 10:20 p.m. tonight. It remains uncertain if Thursday morning’s No. 2 will be a local or through service from the coast.
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British Columbia
Pacific Coast
Calgary
Vancouver
Sympathy Strike Ties Drumheller Valley Relief Effort
Several hundred relief workers in the Drumheller valley walked off municipal relief projects for 24 hours in solidarity with Regina marchers. The walkout affected Nacmine, Rosdale, East Coulee and Drumheller districts with no disorder reported.
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Drumheller
C.P
Drumheller Valley
Regina
Nacmine
Rosedale
East Coulee
Slaying of Lillian Gallaher Recalled as Suspect Questioned
In New York a man named Raymond Johnson, 27, is questioned by detectives as the suspected killer of 11 year old Lillian Gallaher in Detroit last September. Johnson was arrested yesterday as Den Park after a patrolman encountered him. Police found the mutilated body of Lillian Gallaher on September 26, 1934, in a Detroit apartment. The girl had been choked and her body stuffed in a trunk.
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New York
C.P
Raymond Johnson
Lillian Gallaher
Detroit
den Park
Doug Too Salty For Cannibals To Eat
Victoria report shows actor Doug Fairbanks returning from a five month South Sea Islands tour. He says cannibals do not eat white men generally and only target their own kind or missionaries and white officials because they believe they gain strength. Ordinary white people are deemed too salty.
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Victoria
C.P
Douglas Fairbanks
South Sea Islands
Milk Bonus Paid to July Dairy Shipments in Ottawa
In Ottawa July milk shipments to cheese factories will receive a bonus of 11 4 cents a pound. The plan is funded by a $1,000,000 pool to stabilize dairy prices. Fernand Rinfret criticized the fund as a vote catching measure by the government.
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Ottawa
C.P
Robert Weir
House of Commons
House
Fernand Rinfret
Lib
St. James
Montreal
Rinfret
Rain Needed Yet Crops Hold Satisfactory, Alberta Report
Southern Alberta crops around Medicine Hat remain satisfactory though rainfall is urgent in many areas. Wheat stands vary from thin to heavy, with 25 to 50 percent shotblade and growth about six to 12 days behind normal. A fierce hailstorm near Tompkins Sask damaged 800 acres, roofs and cars pierced by golf-ball sized hail. moisture may revive downed grain.
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Alberta
Medicine Hat
C.P.R
Calgary
Shotblade
West End
Empress
Tompkins
Sask
Mike Suda
Eighth St
City Power House
United States
Vesuvius Eruption Shocks Naples Early Today
Mount Vesuvius erupted with a massive explosion blowing a cone fragment into the air. Naples residents were alarmed, while the observatory issued a statement downplaying immediate danger.
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Vesuvius
Naples
Mount
Vepivtus Observatory
Soviet Protest Over Japanese Actions and Baltic Shift
Pravda accuses Japanese militarists of deliberate frontier provocations and notes a Soviet Baltic fleet build up to counter a German naval concentration in the Baltic. It warns against misjudging Soviet resolve and signals heightened tensions with Japan and Germany.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Communist Party
Pravda
Tokyo
Baltic
Germany
Russia
Gulf of Finland
Finland
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