Italy Threatens League Exit Over Ethiopia Pressure
An unsigned Mussolini attributed article in Popolo D Italia says Italy will quit the League of Nations if Ethiopia is not forced out by January. The note appears alongside reports in Messagero. In London Britons offer to volunteer for the Ethiopian army as Britain seeks a settlement via the League Council.
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Italy
Ethiopia
Milan
Mussolini
Samuel Hoare
Rome
League of Nations
League
Benito Mussolini
Popolo D'Italia
Th Duce
London
Great Britain
France
League of Nations Council
Addis Ababa
Haille
Mercury Reaches 102 Degrees in City Heat Wave
The city endures a blistering Monday as temperatures soar to 102 in the shade and a few thermometers reach 107 in direct sun. Records show 100 plus readings since 1884, with July 1886 the hottest in history at 108. Spotty morning showers cooled air but yielded little moisture, with July rainfall at 0.49 inch versus the ten year average of 1.42 inches.
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Pickering
Mercury
Mrs Evelyn Smith Named As Slayer
CHICAGO July 16 A.P. police said Mrs Blanche Dunkel admitted being present when her son in law Ervin Lang was strangled for a $100 fee. Dunkel led officers to Lang's legless garroted body found near Hammond Ind. last Tuesday. Awaiting Mrs Smith and her Chinese husband Harry Jung. Sixteen Chinese were questioned. Clearer weather expected with cooler showers.
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Chicago
A.P
Blanche Dunkel
Ervin Lang
Tom Kelly
Evelyn Smith
Mrs. Smith
Faith of Settlers on Western Farms Justified
The article notes a rebound in western farm country after four drought years, with improved rainfall across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta aiding crop prospects six weeks before harvest. Wheat and grain conditions rise toward or above long term averages, pastures and hay yields improve livestock, and farmers shift acreage to oats and barley to build feed reserves as Col Harry Mullins MP predicts drought lands would return.
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Winnipisg
C.P
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Nitohba
Alberta
West
Col
Harry Mullins
Marquette
Man
House of Commons
Premier Reid questions Pattullo on Alberta election timing
Edmonton July 16 Premier R G Reid rejected British Columbia Premier Pattullo’s plan to require an election date before a legislature ends. Reid said Pattullo’s interference is not his business and Alberta will handle its own affairs.
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Edmonton
R. G. Reid
Victoria
Pattullo
British Columbia
Alberta
Reid
Fatal stabbing after nickel request in Morningside Park
In New York on July 16 AP reports Leonora Rivera and Albert Martinez, both sitting on a bench in Morningside Park, were approached by a Black panhandler asking for a nickel. Martinez refused, the man slashed him and stabbed Rivera under the heart, killing Rivera and injuring Martinez.
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New York
A.P
Leonora Rivera
Albert Martinez
Morningside Park
Buddy
Martinez
Miss Rivera
Eclipse Last Night Viewed By Thousands
The July 16 eclipse drew crowds across the United States and Canada as the first total lunar eclipse since 1927. Visibility varied by location with clear conditions in New York and the Great Lakes region, while Montreal Ottawa and other areas reported cloud cover rain or fog obscuring the view.
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New York
C.P
United States
Canada
Montreal
Ottawa
Harvard Observatory
Great Lakes
Cleveland
Chicago
Detroit
Bandit Kills Two Policemen in Washington Bank Hold Up
A bandit resembling Scar-faced William Mahan shot and killed two police officers near Tacoma after robbing the Orting State Bank of 500 dollars. Chief Frank Chadwick of Puyallup and Harry Storem were killed in the ensuing fight as officers pursued the suspect toward Seattle. Police across western Washington were alerted and highways guarded.
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Tacoma
Wash
Hank
William Mahan
George Weyerhaeuser
Here
Orting
Washington
Everett
William Cole
Nomination Day Set for August 12 in Alberta Polls
Edmonton reports the Alberta provincial election will be held on August 22 with nomination day on August 12 200 C The Liberal leader W R Howson has 61 candidates United Farmers of Alberta 41 Conservatives 38 and Social Credit under William Aberhart plans a candidate in every constituency Nomination conventions remain and Social Credit nominees to be announced.
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Edmonton
Alberta
George Hoadley
Liberal Party
W. R. Howson
United Farmers of Alberta
R. G. Reid
Conservatives
D. M. Duggan
Social Credit Party of Alberta
William Aberhart
Calgary
Evangelist
Social Crédits
Farmers Entitled To a Living Wage
Saskatoon July 16 Farmers rally for a living wage call to demand a living allowance of 550 dollars for a family of four. J F Herman president of the United Farmers of Canada Saskatchewan urges action as farmers justify revolt against current conditions.
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Saskatoon
J. F. Herman
United Farmers of Canada
Saskatchewan
Graburn Picnic Promises Full Day of Games and Dance
The Gra burn Gap Old-Timers association hosts the third annual Graburn Picnic with events from 10 a.m. to noon including ball games and children's races, then a 1 p.m. start for horse races, calf roping, steer riding, and wild cow milking, concluding with a dance in the evening. Local Medicine Hat holiday seekers are expected to attend.
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Graburn Gap
Old-Timers’ Association
Medicine Hat
Lloyd George Plan Rejected by British Cabinet
The cabinet rejected Lloyd George’s New Deal for Britain. A prosperity loan of 250 million pounds backed public works over two years formed the core. The government’s move shifts Parliamentary opinion toward a possible general election next spring.
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Charles P. Nutter
Associated Press
London
A.P
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Britain
Tariff Row Looms In Congress Over Farm Program
Washington July 16 The United States moves to swiftly enact legislation to patch and extend its farm adjustment program but faces a reciprocal tariff controversy. Senator Patrick McCarran Nevada announced plans to repeal the reciprocal tariff law and attach his bill to withdraw presidential authority to negotiate tariff treaties, aiming to gain Republican support.
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Washington
A.P
United States
Patrick McCarran
Nevada
Roosevelt
Stevens Endorsed by Ontario Retail Merchants Association
Ontario division of the Retail Merchants' Association endorsed the Reconstruction party of Hon. H. H. Stevens, former Minister of Trade and Commerce. The board passed a resolution at a meeting led by H. C. Wallace. The manifesto was recommended for favorable consideration to Ontario independent retail trade.
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Toronto
C.P
Ontario
Retail Merchants’ Association
Reconstruction Party
H. H. Stevens
Short Council Meeting Last Evening
A sweltering night and light agenda produced a brief session lasting about twenty minutes. The Medalta Potteries Ltd transfer of land for a proper entrance was approved subject to the company covering transfer costs. The report, adopted on motion by Ald. Warham and Boyd, also notes Mitchell seeking a lease on the old Preston planing mill building.
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Medalta Entrance
Committee of the Whole
Medalta Potteries Ltd
Ald. Warham and Boyd
Mitchell
Preston
Wight
Modesty Returns as Soviet Officials Reprove Mixed Bathing
Soviet officials rebuked a coal mine manager in the Don basin who ordered male and female workers to bathe together and objected to a separating wall calling modesty a bourgeois prejudice. The official Tszystia newspaper denounced the practice as offensive to Soviet dignity.
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Moscow
Russia
Don
Modesty
Tzvestia
Dike Collapse Floods Hankow Area Killing Thousands
In central China near Hanyang the Han river dike burst flooding two thirds of Hanyang city. Witnesses on a motor boat estimated about 10 000 lives were lost as residents fled to higher ground while Hankow saw a slight Yangtze recession.
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Hankow
China
Hanyang
Yangtze
Manitoba Relief Camp Strikers On Their Way To Ontario Boundary
Nearly 400 relief camp strikers from Manitoba left Winnipeg bound for the Manitoba Ontario boundary to resume their march to Ottawa. About 300 men rode 11 buses and 75 more in autos. they will disembark at the boundary and wait for stragglers. In Toronto plans were set for a 250 mile march to Ottawa despite earlier setbacks with a potential Tuesday departure at Queen's Park.
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Manitoba
Ontario
Ottawa
Capital
Winnipeg
Manitoba-Ontario
Toronto
C.P
Queen’s Park
Ewart Humphries
Murderer calls act of mercy in hotel death
Forest R. Wells, 30, blind musician, faced a murder charge in Boston for tossing his near blind sweetheart Hazel Martin, 25, from a hotel window. Wells told police he acted to spare her from want, saying they were broke and quarrelling. her dog was hurled after her and she died at the scene.
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Boston
A.P
Forest R. Wells
Harry Pierce
Hazel Martin
Pierce
Wells
Excess Heat Eases Tension Over Medicine Hat Crops
Heat over the last two to three days drained moisture from crops in the Medicine Hat district. No major damage reported yet, but rain is hoped to prevent further deterioration. Farmers welcomed cooler, cloudy weather after the weekend heat, with optimism near Taber and Bow Island where crops appeared unusually strong, noted by E A Brink and A C Saunders.
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Medicine Hat
Taber
Bow Island
E. A. Brink
A. C. Saunders
Lethbridge
Mr. Saunders
Japan to Tax Canadian Imports 50 Percent
Tokyo cabinet approves a 50 percent surtax on Canada’s chief exports in retaliation for alleged discrimination. The measure awaits imperial ordinance around July 20 and could be lifted if Canada concedes on trade. Ottawa reports concern as talks continue over lumber pine and wood pulp exports amid yen depreciation.
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Tokio
C.P
Canada
Japan
Foreign Office
Ottawa
Dominion
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Messagero
Manitoba, Sask
Great Lakes Region
William. Mahan
Graburn Picnic
Central
O.K
City OF Medicine
H. J. Noble
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