France ends mutual aid pact with Britain in Mediterranean
Paris reports France has terminated its Mediterranean mutual assistance agreement with Great Britain after sanctions were lifted. Officials said France informed London and Rome that the arrangement, tied to Italy’s concerns, is ended, affecting naval base use and potential aid in a clash with Italy. London notes Britain will adjust naval deployments accordingly.
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Paris
A.P
France
Mediterranean
Great Britain
Italy
League of Nations
Locarno
Brus Ds
Dardanelles
League
London
Rome
Britain
Mediterranean Sea
Wyoming forest fire roars through Black Hills area
Sundancer Wyoming reports the worst forest fire in years racing through the Black Hills near Sundancer. About 60 square miles burned with livestock and wild game killed. Forty forestry workers faced being trapped but escaped to safety.
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Sundancer
Wyo
A.P
Wyoming
Black Hills
Ted Cochran
Cochrane
Geraldton
Ont
C. P
Ontario
Thunder Bay
Ontario Forestry Branch
Macleod-Cockshutt
Macleod+Cockshutt
Adv
Child Drowns in Farm Hole After Heavy Rain
Doris Holowaty aged three was playing in a hole behind the family farm when a heavy rally filled the hole with water and she apparently slipped in and drowned. Hail stones damaged windows as rain filled sloughs and ditches nearby.
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Moolomin
Sask
C.P
Doris
Holowaty
Heri Farm
Mussolini and Hitler form diplomatic partnership on Austria
Paris July 10 sources assert Mussolini and Hitler have formed a diplomatic partnership. They reportedly agreed on Austria’s fate and likely reached an understanding on the Locarno issue amid British and French efforts to keep Italy from rejoining the Locarno treaty union.
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Paris
C.P
Mussolin
Hitler
Italy
Germany
Austria
Five Million Famine Deaths Reported in North China
Famine killed five million people in northern Szechuen province according to relief workers. Millions more face death in the worst drought the province has seen, with relief efforts by national and provincial authorities under way to aid the stricken population.
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Chengtu
C.P
Szechuen
Customs Tariff in Canada Defined Under New Order
Ottawa July 8 The government issued an order-in-council defining goods made or produced in Canada for tariff purposes The rule requires at least 10 percent of normal Canadian demand be met by Canadian production to qualify The Department of Revenue will decide which goods meet the criterion and tariffs hinge on this produced in Canada provision The amendment authorized adjusting the production percentage to keep the tariff rates operative.
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Ottawa
C.P
Japan
Canada
Natione Revenue Department
Chinese National Government Prepares War Mandate for Kwangsi
Nanking reports a rushed Kuomintang session to back Chiang Kai-Shek with a war mandate against Kwangsi province. One hundred fifty loyalists from across China attended to authorize a campaign while Kwangsi remains a top southwestern threat.
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Kwangsi
Nanking
A.P
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kuomiintang
Kuomintang
Kwangtung
Canton
Thanksgiving Day Fixed for October 12 by Order in Council
Ottawa government announces an order in council fixing October 12 as Thanksgiving Day. The declaration sets the date for nationwide observance.
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Ottawa
C.P
Bank robbery ends with two bandits killed near Decatur
In Bethany, Til. two men who robbed the Scott State Bank reportedly fled five miles southeast of Decatur. Sheriff Emery Throwell led eight officers in a 15 minute gun battle ending with both bandits dead. Decatur officer Co W Hinds was wounded in the jaw but survived. Identities of the robbers were not known at once.
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Decatur
Til
Ethiopian War Continues Amid Rail Line Attacks Near Addis Ababa
Rome reports Ethiopian brigands cut the Addis Ababa Djibouti railway and telegraph lines and battled Italian troops all night. A marauding band tore up the line less than 50 miles southeast of Addis Ababa. Reinforcements arrived by morning and drove off the bandits after heavy casualties.
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Rome
C.P
Addis Ababa-Djibouti
Italy
North Africa
Addis Ababa
Wheat Prices Still In Ascendant
Wheat futures on the Winnipeg Grain Exchange rose amid heavy buying with exports estimated at 1,000,000 bushels. July, October, and December contracts closed higher as Chicago and Minneapolis markets provided bullish influence amid drought and heat across the U S and Canadian Prairies.
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Winnipeg
C.P
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Chicago
Minneapolis
If Britain Lost Command Of Seas She Would Lose War
Lord Chancellor Viscount Hailsham warned in the Lords that losing command of the sea would doom Britain to defeat and defeat food supply, arguing that large wartime grain stocks in England are impractical and that storage cannot replace naval control. He cited Canada, New Zealand, and Australia as suppliers and outlined a policy of expanding home production alongside imports.
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Britain
London
C.P
Viscount Hailsham
House ‘of ‘Lords
Great Britain
Baron Phillimore
Baron Strabolgi
Canada
L6rd
Ottawa
Dominions
New Zealand
Australia
England
Lord Hailsham
Million Bushels Of Wheat to U S Each Week Now
Ottawa reports the United States now buys about 1,000,000 bushels of Canadian wheat weekly. Prospects of smaller U S and Canadian crops keep buyers active. U S duties apply to imports, some milled in bond for re export with duty rebate.
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U.S
Ottawa
United States
Canada
Minneapolis
Winnipeg
United Kingdom
Manitoba Election Manifestoes Float Across Campaign
Manitoba voters hear party manifestos as 97 candidates run in 43 rural seats and 10 Winnipeg seats. Premier Bracken urges debt adjustment and drought relief, with promises on wage tax consolidation, lower interest, and better- shared revenue. Conservatives pledge cutting costs and tax relief, CCf calls for public ownership and a provincial economic council, Social Credit envisions universal dividend and price controls.
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Winnipeg
C.P
Manitoba
Rupert’s Land
Watalk Progressive Party
John Bracken
Co-operative Commonwealth ‘Federation
Social Credit
Orie
Social Credit Central Executive
Bracken
Errick F. Willis
Willis
C.C.F
No Friction Now Between teachers And Home Clubs
Toronto reports that friction between teachers and home and school clubs has largely disappeared in Canada as delegates gather for the National Federation of Home and School convention. Dr George W Kerby presided at the fifth annual gathering with remarks from Dr Duncan McArthur on educational policy and the home school atmosphere. Prof W G Black of British Columbia notes only a small critic minority among members.
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Toronto
C.P
Canada
National Federation of Home and School
Federation
George W. Kerby
Mount Royal College
Calgary
Department of Education
Duncan McArthur
Ontario
British Columbia
W. G. Black
British Columbia Federation
Utah State Executes Slayer by Firing Squad at Penitentiary
Delbert Green, 28, who killed three, was executed at dawn by a firing squad behind a canvas screen at Utah State penitentiary. He sat strapped in a crude chair, five riflemen fired from about twenty paces. one weapon carried a blank cartridge.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Delbert Green
Utah State Penitentiary
Retailers Warn Over Scrip Cards Displayed Here
Alberta chambers of commerce and boards of trade warn retailers that wholesalers and manufacturers will be unable to accept prosperity certificates. The notice, signed by multiple organizations, urges understanding of the position on Alberta prosperity certificates to be issued by August 1. Local Ponoka remarks mention workers in highway projects paid with scrip on the Hilda Schuler road rebuilding effort.
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Alberta Chambers of Commerce and Boards of Trade
Medicine-Hat
Edmonton ,Chamber of Commerce
Calgary Board of Trade
Lethbridge Board of Trade
Red Deer Board of Trade
Medicine- Hat Chamber of Commerce
Alberta
Canadian Manufacturers'‘Association
Arid
Ponoka
Lucien Maynard
Hilda-Schuler Road
Montreal Sheriff Lists Over Forty Thousand Tax Arrears
More than 40,000 Montreal properties appear on the sheriff's sale list for December due to unpaid taxes older than two years. The notice states the city is preparing to auction the sites to recover delinquent amounts.
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Montreal
Heat Wave Ravages Ontario Cities Killing Seventeen
Toronto records 108 degree heat while St Catherine’s hits 105 as 17 people die across Ontario and five drownings occur as residents seek relief at beaches. The third hot day drives authorities to issue warnings.
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St. Catherines
Toronto 108
Heat Wave Persists Across Canada and U S as Death Toll Rises
Toronto reports potential thunderstorm area with heat lingering over Ontario and grain regions. Manitoba and Saskatchewan see scattered showers. In the U S the heat drives fatalities to 269 with 208 in the Midwest. cases of drowning and widespread crop damage noted as temperatures hit record or near record highs from the Dakotas to Virginia and New England.
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Toronto
C.P
Canada
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Prairie
Chicago
United States
Aberdeen
N.C
Kansas
Virginia
New England
Serge
Midwest
Ocean
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China
Order-In-Council
Geneva
Turkey
Soviet Union
Anthony Eden
Bethany
Canadian
Prairies
C.R
Oatatsia
U. States
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