Empire migration urged to resume imperial ration
Malcolm Stewart, special commissioner on low in spirits areas, urged that Britain should quickly begin talks with the Dominions to resume empire ration. He warned transfer from troubled areas will mainly move to industrial posts in Britain unless imperial settlement flows are restored. Since 1931 inward migration has outpaced outward by about 25,000 yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
C.P
Malcolm Stewart
England
Wales
Dominions
Britain
Distinguished Irish author and AE dies at 68
George William Russell known as AE died yesterday in Bournemouth aged 68. Born April 10 1867 in Armagh he was a poet essayist editor painter and leader in Irish agricultural revival. He edited The Irish Homestead later merging with The Irish Statesman until 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bournemouth
Eng
C.P
George William Russell
Russell
County Armagh
Irish Agricultural Organization Society
Irish Homestead
Irish Statesman
AEON
Worst Inundation In Past 800 Years In China
Missionaries arriving in Hankow describe a record flood in north China as the most destructive in 800 years. Refugees suffer hunger disease and exposure while cholera fatalities rise. Tsunanfu dispatches place about 1,000,000 homeless in the Yellow River valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hankow
China
North
Tsunanfu
Yellow River Valley
Kipling funds endowment to sound Last Post at Loos memorial
Rudyard Kipling will provide an endowment to ensure the Last Post is sounded every night in perpetuity at the Loos memorial to British war dead and missing. The poet previously funded the ceremony and now secures its lasting continuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
C.P
Loos
Rudyard Kipling
Kipling
France to expand navy with new cruiser Marsellaise
Saint Nazaire July 17 France will increase its naval strength, says naval minister Francois Pietri at the launching of the cruiser Marsellaise. The Marsellaise is part of six cruisers in the 1932 naval quota. ships boast 067,600 tons, 4000 power, 32 knot speed and nine 6 inch guns in triple tur n. France seeks friends but remains their equal, Pietri added.
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Saint Nazaire
C.p.havas
France
Francois Pietri
Pietri
Yale Graduates Charged With Fraud in Stock Promotions
Arnold C. Mason, 25, Yale Sheffield Scientific School honor graduate, jailed on fraud charges in federal stock promotion case. Wallace Garland, Yale graduate ten years ago and pupil of Irving Fisher, sought by authorities. Three Mason-Gatland employees arrested and held on related counts.
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New York
Yale
Arnold C. Mason
Sheffield Scientific School
Wallace GG Garland
Irving Fisher
Mason-Gatland
United Farmers of Alberta Saskatchewan Condemn Justice Minister
The United Farmers of Alberta Saskatchewan section passed a resolution condemning the federal minister of justice over the commission to investigate the Regina riot. G R Bickerton, newly elected president, supported the resolution and backed a full investigation assigning blame.
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Saskatoon
Regina
United Farmers of Alberta
Saskatchewan
G. R. Bickerton
Canadian Pacific Official Visits Banff During Western Inspection
Banff Alberta July 18 D C Coleman senior vice president of the Canadian Pacific Railway spent a few hours at Banff Springs Hotel on his return journey to Montreal after inspecting Western lines. He was accompanied by W M Neal M E Nichols H B Shaw and S L Cork all of Winnipeg. The party arrived from Lake Louise Wednesday and left Banff for Calgary at 5 30 p m. They continue eastward today.
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Banff
Alberta
Chateau
Banff Springs Hotel
Calgary
Camp Workers Yield Early Gold Amid Training Program
Vancouver Island camp workers under BC mines training report initial placer recoveries near the Nanaimo river. About 100 men in the program plan to continue an active season. all gold recovered is weighed by the provincial analyst and eventually purchased by the provincial treasury with gross proceeds to the workers.
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Victoria
Vancouver Island
British Columbia
G. S. Pearson
Nanaimo
B.C
Lady Astor urges birth control to cut maternal deaths
In London on July 17 Lady Astor urged Britain to adopt birth control to reduce maternal mortality from illegal operations. She cited the commission on maternal mortality reporting 407 deaths of 3 085 abortions.
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Birth Control
London
A.P
Lady Astor
House of Commons
Britain
Commission On Maternal Mortality
British envoy named Minister to Holy See
F D Osborne minister plenipotentiary and counsellor of the British embassy in Washington is named Minister to the Holy See. Herbert OBrien of Grande Prairie died from injuries after an automobile accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy See
London
F. D. Osborne
Washington
Herbert O'Brien
Grande Prairie
Election date speculation after prorogation in Ottawa
Observers in Ottawa expect a general election soon after Parliament prorogues with polling possible as early as August 26 or September 3. Printers work in three shifts to ready revised voter lists and other preliminaries for the anticipated voting dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Bennett
Ethiopian Emperor Urges Freedom Even If It Ends Life
London July 1 In a rebroadcast of a wartime plea Anthon Eden leads Britain to seek League of Nations action to avert the Italo Ethiopian war. Plans discussed include arms for Ethiopia and troop movements on the Kenya frontier as tensions rise in East Africa.
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London
A.p.t Anthony Eden
Great Britain
League of Nations Council
J. Malcolm MacDonald
The
Commons
Britain
Kenya
Ethiopia
Samuel Hoare
Sudan
Haile Selassie
Paris
Rome
A. E. Stuntz
A.P
Italy
Africa
League of Nations
Council
League
Addis Ababa
Cairo
Egypt
National Aviation Service
Giuseppe Valle
Air
East Africa
Ministry of Propaganda
Eritrean
Dancali
Mohammed Ahau
Dammabhulta
Negaso
Teru Biru
Madra
Eritrea
Assab
Istanbul
Turkey
David
Judah
Union of Democratic Control urges armament nationalization
In London on July 17 the Union of Democratic Control pressed the royal commission on private manufacture and trade in arms to nationalize Britain's armament plants. It called for summoning distinguished British financiers and industrialists as witnesses and inspecting plants, with Sir William Jowitt urging steps like those in America to uncover facts.
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London
Britain
Royal Commission On
Union of Democratic Control Today
William Jowitt
America
Miners Trapped After Kentucky Mine Gas Blast
In VAN LEAR Kentucky nine coal miners remain entombed about two miles from the mine entrance after a gas explosion cut off escape and ventilation. Rescue workers faced dangerous conditions as rock and burning coal hindered progress. If alive, the men would need access to government mandated gas masks and oxygen tanks.
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van Lear
Milne
Maime
British Fascists Attacked by Mob in London
Seventeen British Fascists meeting in Camden Town were attacked by about 600 rioters last night. The crowd forced them into a garage, pelted them with missiles and oil cans, and two dozen officers arrived to escort them to safety after injuries and delays.
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London
C.p.havas
Camden Town
Polic
Courteous Larceny Returns Dress With Note
A Winnipeg dress on a downtown clothesline was taken to the beach by a passerby who left a note saying she had nothing to wear. The dress later returned with a note apologizing that it did not fit and thanking the owner for the loan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
C.P
Victims Of Crash Recovering At White Horse
Four air crash victims at McDames Lake British Columbia are recovering in hospital. Pilot Everett Wasson brought in Pilot Howard Macdonald and passenger Lynch Callison, with later arrivals Mechanic Ray Arnold and C Cushwa, a mining engineer.
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White Horse
McDames Lake
B.C
Everett Wasson
Howard Macdonald
Lynch Callison
Ray Arnold
C. Cushwa
Macdonald
William Strong
Taku
Winnipeg
Perjury and Bribery Charges in Toronto Brokerage Case
Col. D. F. Pidgeon announced charges of perjury against Bowden Myers of Armstrong Taylor and Co. and bribery against Kerr Downs and Co. in connection with alleged dishonest stock brokerage dealings in Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
C.P
Col
D. F. Pidgeon
Ontario Securities Commission
Bowden Myers
Armstrong Taylor and Co
Kerr Downs
Kerr Downs and Co
Gardiner Plans Return From Saskatchewan Holiday Visit
Premier J. G. Gardiner of Saskatchewan said during a holiday visit to Exeter Ontario that he will return to the west around the first of next month. He declined to comment on provincial affairs and said he was out of touch with western events after leaving on holiday two weeks ago.
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Exeter
Ont
C.P
J. G. Gardiner
Saskatchewan
House Passes Bill to Block Gold Clause Suits
The U S House approved legislation by 258 to 88 to bar lawsuits against government securities coins or currencies over gold clauses. It aims to prevent holders from demanding revalued dollars for their gold clause bonds. More than 10 billion in such securities exist. The Senate faces opposition from Democrats Carter Glass and Gibbs McAdoo.
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Washington
A.P
United States
House of Representatives
Senate
Treasury
Carter Glass
Virginia
Gibbs McAdoo
California
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Court of Claims
Crop Report Describes Mixed Wheat Growth Across Prairies
The Canadian Pacific Railway weekly Crop Report notes fine growth in most prairie provinces with heavy stands up to 3.5 feet and good top length. Drought and heat hit extreme western Saskatchewan and parts of Alberta, while other regions saw beneficial precipitation. Some crops show infection of stem rust on common wheats and southeastern Saskatchewan reports gnome infection.
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Winnipeg
Prairie Provinces
Canadian Pacific Railway
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Othe
Manitoba
Jobless relief scheme breaks up CN boxcars at Scarboro
In Toronto a municipal plan uses unemployed labor to dismantle 502 CN boxcars, paying 50 cents an hour for work and supplying a free truckload of wood to each relief recipient. About 1,900 men have worked in six weeks, with 140 cars already removed and proceeds supporting township trucks and upkeep. Paris Demonstration injures many.
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Toronto
C.P
Canadian National Railway
Scarboro Junction
Mach
Paris
Paris Protest Turns Violent Over Salary and Pension Cuts
In Place de l Opera thousands protest salary and pension cuts. Police and troops clash with demonstrators. many injured and hundreds arrested including women agitators.
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Paris
Place de l’Opera
Await Court Test of A A A Program in Oregon
Portland July 19 The agricultural adjustment program will not be altered until the Supreme Court rules on the processing tax Henry A Wallace secretary of agriculture declared Thursday Most proposals bearing on the tax have been sent to Congress as amendments to the Agricultural Adjustment Act and the program of acreage and crop reduction and benefit payments to compliant farmers will continue without change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Department of Agriculture
Supreme Court
Henry A. Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture
Walace
Department
Boston
U. S. Circuit Court of Apeals
Congress
Flynn appointed yardmaster at Medicine Hat CPR
Charles I Flynn former night yardmaster is named day-duty yardmaster of the Canadian Pacific Railway at Medicine Hat succeeding the late Harry Sparks. V K Baker becomes night yardmaster from Macleod and is due in the city over the weekend. Flynn is celebrated by colleagues on his promotion.
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Charles ‘I. Flynn
Canadian Pacific Railway
Medicine Hat
Harry Sparks
V. KR. Baker
Macleod
Fir. Flynn
C.P.R
Politicians Cause War Says Lyons
Victoria July 19 C P Prime Minister Joseph A Lyons says war would be caused by politicians not the people and urges leaders to visit battlefields France to reflect He argues governments should meet annual for reflection and warns against war while calling for better Pacific relations and closer Canada Australia trade ties.
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Victoria
C.P
Joseph A. Lyons
Australia
France
Canada
Pacific
Lyons
Kiwanis Camp Opens For Medicine Hat Boys
Twenty seven Medicine Hat boys chosen by Miss Carson and Miss Smith attend the Kiwanis club camp at Healds Grove for a seven day session. Roy Cunliffe directs the under privileged program with Ross McKay in charge and Miss Adely Weeks as nurse. A new kitchen and leveled ground site prepare the camp with fenced grounds and supplied cots and bedding. The camp aims to safeguard health and happiness during the vacation period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
Kiwanis Ciliren
Heald's Grove
Paris
Miss Carson
Miss Smith
Medicine Hat Kiwanis Club
Roy Cunliffe
Ross McKay
Miss Adely Weeks
Fred Foulston
Kiwanis Club
Stevens to run in East Kootenay election bid
Ottawa July 19 H O Stevens leader of the Reconstruction party announced he would be a candidate in East Kootenay British Columbia in the coming federal election His nomination would occur in a few days He would maintain the same organization as backed him in the 1938 by election when he was elected for East 100 away by acclamation after joining the Bennett government as minister of trade and commerce He declined to say if a Conservative ticket nominee would oppose him Two western organizers were named W L McQuarrie Saskatoon for Saskatchewan and A C MacKay Calgary for Alberta
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
H. O H. Stevens
Reestruction Party
East Kootenay
B.C
Stevens
East
Joinme
Bennett
Trade and Commerce
W. L. McQuarrie
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
A. C. MacKay
Calgary
Alberta
New York Lawyer Decorates Grave in Machias After Accident
Charles G Strong, a New York lawyer, laid a wild rosebush sods and daisies beside his wife’s grave in Machias Maine a year after their car overturned near Antigonish Nova Scotia. Mrs Strong a Longfellow cousin died in the crash while touring the Maritime provinces.
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Antigonish
N.S
C P
Charles G. Strong
New York
Machias
Mob Kills Black Suspect Near Fort Lauderdale
In Fort Lauderdale Florida a Black man accused of a knife crime against a white woman was seized from six deputies by a mob of about 100 masked white men. The suspect Robin Stacey died near a roadside tree as the crowd overpowered officers and attacked the vehicle.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Robin Stacey
Marion Jones
Stacey
Groward County
Dade
Miami
Virgil Wright
Writs for Alberta election delayed to late July
Edmonton July 18 The date for issuing writs for the provincial election on August 22 has not been set. Chief electoral officer John D. Hunt said writs are expected Thursday or Friday to allow early preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
C.P
John D. Hunt
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D. C. Coleman
Abyssinia
Kentucky
Whitehorse Hospital
Gardiner
U.S.A
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C.P.R. Crop Report
Ontario
A.A.A
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Wallace
C. T. Flynn
Yardmaster
Will
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