Japanese Marines Hunt Killer in Shanghai after Trade House Employee Shot
In North Shanghai Japanese forces searched a Japanese colony for the gunman who mortally wounded Kosaku Kagan of Mitsubishi Trading Company as he walked with a year-old baby. Two Japanese Marines were badly injured in a collision with a British-registered car driven by C. N. Brooke. Arata Sugihara demanded stronger protection for Japanese residents and warned Sino-Japanese tensions amid ongoing peace talks in Nanking.
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Shanghai
Kosaku Kagan
Mitsubishi Trading Company
C. N. Brooke
Chinese Maritime Customs Office
Arata Sugihara
Tsai Ching-Chun
Great Shanghai
Sugihara
F. W. Gerarden
International Settlement Police
Wu Teh-Chen
Greater
Kayau
Hong .Kong
Canton
Hong Kong
Nanking
French Farm Labor Strife Worsens Across Avignon and Paris
Street fighting in Avignon marks mounting farm labor unrest as workers press for higher wages amid harvest season. The National Federation of Agricultural Laborers orders allied unions to strike unless a collective contract is signed by July 14. Paris authorities prepare for Bastille Day clashes and the government drafts bills to ease tillers grievances while employers resist wage increases citing bleak economic conditions.
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Paris
C.P
Havas
Avignon
People’s Front
Georges ‘Monnét
Dominion to spend over 200000 on Jasper Banff scenic highway
The Dominion government will invest more than 200000 this year in constructing the Jasper Banff scenic highway. About 54 miles of the projected 147 mile route remain to be built.
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Edmonton
Dominion
Jasper-Banff
Rain Quietly Breaks Drought Across Alberta and Saskatchewan
Light rain fell over a wide area from Brassano to Swift Current easing three weeks of drought. Rain totals varied from a quarter inch at Lomond to .90 minutes at Brassano and an hour forty five at Swift Current, with Medicine Hat seeing drizzle after a hot spell. The month's total is only .10 inch locally and 3.09 inches for April to date, far below normal.
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Alberta
Saskatchewan
Brassano
Swift Current
C.P.R
Bassano
Jenner
Vauxhall
Lomond
Charles Pickering
Hat
Weekly air mail service from Prince Albert to Goldfields
The post office department announced plans for a weekly air mail service between Prince Albert Saskatchewan and Goldfields Saskatchewan starting around July 13. The route will supplement the Fort Chipewyan to Goldfields service with Canada and the United States collaborating on upper air weather observation at about 17 000 feet under Dr. John Patterson of Toronto.
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Ottawa
Post Office Department
Prince Albert
Sask
Fort Smith
N.W.T
John Patterson
Toronto
Dominion Meteorological Service
Department ,of Marine
Kingston Negro Prisoner Stabs Guard
Chester Crossley, a Kingston penitentiary inmate, attacked guards with a short knife during parade. Guard Jack Twohey suffered abdominal and arm wounds. Guard John McCormick was wounded in the chest and sent to surgery. both men hospitalized with unknown conditions. Crossley, ringleader in the 1932 St Vincent de Paul riot, prompted renewed concern over prison unrest.
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Kingston
Ont
C.P
Kingston Penitentiary
Chester-Cross‘ley
Jack Twohey
General ‘Hospital
John McCormick
Hotel
Crossley
St. Vincet de Paul
Quebec
Aas
Averer
Edmonton Council Votes Half Stipend in Prosperity Bonds
Edmonton council members, meeting Friday, approved paying half of their $500 annual stipends in provincial prosperity certificates. Alderman Elisha East of Sovil Credit proposed the plan, with funds to be issued as soon as circulations begin.
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Edmonton Council
Edmonton
Ald
Elisha
East
Soviul Credit
Germany and Austria reach amicable settlement
Berlin July 11. A far reaching agreement between Germany and Austria will be proclaimed tonight. The text of the announcement was guarded but leaks indicate the two nations have settled their differences amicably.
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Berlin
C.P
Germany
Austria
Lord Sempill Abandons Flight To Australia
Lord Sempill halted his attempt to fly from Hamworth England to Australia after discovering a wing defect on landing in Vienna. He departed Hamworth at 4 p.m. in a Monetstar St-18 plane with a relief pilot and ground crew, aiming to beat U.S. aircraft in a three and a half day dash.
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Vienna
Lord Sempill
Australia
Hamworth Airdrome
England
Hamworth
Lord Semplll
London
United States
University bonds pay full rate despite partial plan
Edmonton July 10 The University of Alberta bond issue 450 000 matured July 1 but is being paid at 6.5 percent rather than the proposed 3.25 percent. The province covers half the rate while the university makes up the rest to ensure full obligations are met, according to Chief Justice Harvey.
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Edmonton
University of Alberta
Harvey
Board of Governors
Fremier Aberhart
Edmonton Shower Brings Relief Amid Heat Wave
A sharp shower in Edmonton on July 10 cooled sweltering streets after temperatures rose to 81 degrees in the shade. The brief rain relieved humidity and aided local garden crops in the district.
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Edmonton
C.P
Drought Wipes Out Alberta Crops, Minister Says
In the Youngstown district Hon. W. A. Fallow reports southern Alberta crops nearly destroyed by drought. He states that wheat is "all gone, just bald prairie left" after his visit.
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Edmonton
C.P
Alberta
W. A. Fallow
Youngstown
Weekly Livestock Review Ottawa July 10
Canada’s agriculture department reports beef cattle prices held steady despite heavy yard receipts in hot weather. Export demand favored the United Kingdom while U.S. market droughts pressured prices, with calves remaining the market bright spot and exports rising to about 17,603 cattle year to date. Lambs and hogs showed mixed gains across Toronto Winnipeg Calgary Montreal and Chicago prices.
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Ottawa
C.P
Department of Agriculture
United States
Toronto
United Kingdom
U.S
Winnipeg
Chicago
Canada
Seattle
Montreal
Calgary
S.s. Manchester
Birkenhead
Saskatchewan University
Toront
Bacons
British Coal President Pushes Canadian Fuel Price Control
Harry Aird of British Coal urges the Ottawa Royal Commission to have the Dominion government regulate importation distribution and pricing of coal to shield small consumers from rising costs. He says a fuel control board could set an average fair price for the season and stabilize supply.
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Montreal
C.P
Canada
Tory
Royal Commission
Harry“Aird
Goal Corporation
Aird
Commission
Bernard Bissonette
K.C
Mie Sala Lis
Agule Lo
Lise
Mr. Bissonette
Dominion
Mr. Aird
Rust threat grows in Canadian crops across prairie
Black stem rust has reached Saskatchewan from Manitoba and now threatens central crop areas. The disease appears as heat affects crops, framing an emerging risk to the prairie harvest.
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Regina
C.P
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Wheat Prices Drop on Winnipeg Markets
On July 11 in Winnipeg, profit-taking and light showers pushed wheat values down on the grain exchange. July closed at 91 cents, October at 90 3/8, and December at 90 1/4 to 90 3/8 cents. Weekend profit-taking by nervous hands and prairie showers fueled the bearish mood. Weather reports noted scattered showers, especially in Saskatchewan.
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Winnipeg
C.P
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Prairies
Saskatchewan
Swain Safe as Ontario Forest Fires Are Suppressed
Geraldton Ont July 11 Charles Swain a 50 year old Ontario for estry branch foreman from Port Arthur was found safe tonight as forest fires in the area 160 miles east of Lakehead were stamped out. Swain an experienced bushman was cut off from the crew by the blaze and part of the crew sought refuge in the lake while flames neared them. Fire-fighting crews continued to suppress fires across the region.
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Geraldton
Swain
CPR Promotion Honors Jim McNab Before Departure
Jim McNab, foreign freight agent of the Canadian Pacific for 11 years in Vancouver, received honors from colleagues at farewell functions. He leaves Monday for Montreal to become general foreign freight agent, a move after 31 years with CPR beginning in Winnipeg. He has served in Vancouver Prince Rupert and Portland Oregon.
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Vancouver
B.C
Jim. McNab
Canadian Pacific
jHe
Montreal
McNab
C.p.r.if
Winnipeg
Hla Company
Prince Rupert
Portland
Ore
Nine Committees Form Year Work Plan For Medicine Hat Fish and Game
Medicine Hat Fish and Game association directors at the annual meeting appointed nine committees to subdivide work for the year with C A Anderson as president guiding finance and education groups. They endorsed a two week antelope season around late Oct to early Nov and urged a simple one buck license within big game licenses with landowner permissions required for private land hunting.
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Medicine ‘Hat
Edmonton
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Goldfields
Wichita
Kan
Kingston Negro
Lord Semphills
Weekly Livestock Review
British Coal Corporation
Lake
C. ,A. Anderson
J. H. Chaseley
C. W. Gilmour
A. G. Finch
H. H.bateman
Dr. M. L. Moore
C. W. ‘Pattison
W. C. Yuill
J. B. Hardy
Harold Patton
Dave ‘Smithson
Reg.Bray
R. T. Johnson
W. E. Hatcher
A. P. Burns
William McKenzie
Fish
H. H. Bateman
Walter Sla
C.’ W. Gilmour
A. J. N. Terrill
James Mitchell
D. W. Hays
A. L. McDougall
J. H. Chaseley, R., ‘A. Lindsay, H. W. George
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