Military Rule Declared in Minneapolis Truck Strike
Governor Floyd B. Olson imposes military rule to maintain order as Minneapolis truck drivers strike continues. Coastwise longshoremen vote three to one for arbitration, risking 12 000 cargo handlers and 15 000 marine workers. Aluminum workers’ strike narrowly averted, while local drivers return after sympathy walkout. Abandonment of a Hammond construction project noted.
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Gov. Olson
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Floyd B. Olson
Associated Press
Acific Coast
United States
San Francisco
Pittsburgh
Aluminum Company of America
Hammond
Ind
Union Carbide
Government Forces Crush Nazi Resistance in Styria
Vienna reports the Austrian government crushed Nazi forces in Styria after the assassination of Chancellor Dollfuss. Nazis fled across the border into Yugoslavia as government troops entered Ratggersburg without opposition. Four Austrian frontline divisions were dispatched to points along the frontier as Mussolini held a war council amid warnings from Britain France and Italy against further action.
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Vienna
C.P
Engelbert Dollfuss
Styria
Yugoslavia
Ratggersburg
BOME
Mussolini
John Simon
House of Commons
Austria
France
Paris
Gaston Doumergue
Dollfuss
Doumerge
Hitler
London
Corres
World crops greatly reduced force nations to rely on Canada and Argentina
A July report notes wheat is starved worldwide with U S weather reducing crops and forecasts revised downward in the Danube region Russia and Australia. Canada’s crop also trimmed by heat waves. British statistics show a 150 million bushel drop for home use and little export wheat for the United Kingdom.
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London
C.p.-Havas
Canada
Argentina
United States
Danube
Russia
Australia
United Kingdom
Doukhobor Convention Heads to Veregin Saskatchewan
Peter Veregin leads 100 Doukhobor followers from British Columbia to Veregin Sask to attend the Canada Doukhobor convention opening July 27. Delegates from BC settlements represent both community and independent groups. The gathering will discuss economic social and political questions amid federal franchise restrictions.
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Nelson
B.C
C.P
Peter Veregin
Veregin
Sask
Canada
British Columbia
Starved Child Found Near Palmarello After Search
In TIBI Quebec on July 26 a three year old girl, daughter of settler J Chatigny, was found dead in the bush near her Palmarello home after a seven day search. She disappeared July 15 while picking berries and is believed to have wandered into the forest. Neighbors located the body after missing earlier sightings.
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Tibi
Que
C.P
J. Chatigny
Palmarello
Chatigny
Eye-Witness Account of Nazi Putsch Yesterday
A band of 300 Nazi conspirators in Vienna wore Deutschmeister uniforms and raided the federal chancellery. Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss was killed, and several cabinet members were imprisoned for hours before surrender under safe conduct. Emil Fey appeared on the balcony to urge restraint as the siege ended.
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Associated Press
Deutschmeister
Vienna
Engelbert Dollfuss
Emil Fey
Dollfuss
Fey
Austria
Ballhausplatz
Price slump on exchange
War clouds in Europe and home drought fears sent New York stock exchange prices into the year’s sharpest slump. Shares fell about $1 to $10 while bonds especially foreign ones declined. Canadian markets also dropped and wheat slid in Chicago and Winnipeg. Toronto led losses, down as much as $3 among leaders.
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New York
Europe
New York Stock Exchange
Chicago
Winnipeg
Toronto
North Dakota Governor Declares Debt Moratorium
North Dakota Governor Ole H Olson proclaimed a moratorium on all forms of debt yesterday for debtors showing inability to pay. The move, reported from Bismarck, signals state action to ease financial pressure during tough times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
N.D
North Dakota
Ole H. Olson
Meighen and Bond Dealing
The Royal Commission hearing into the Ontario Hydro affair revealed Senator Arthur Meighen acted to block OPSCo bond dealings by firms linked to him while he feared inside information as a hydro commissioner. Witness James Gallagher testified a trader bought 5000 dollars in bonds later sold for profit and that Meighen had vetoed such dealings in May 1932 and rescinded it July 25 to 26.
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Toronto
C.P
Royal Commission
Ontario Hydro Electric Commission
Ontario Power Service Corporation
Arthur Meighen
O.P.S.C
Hydro
James Gallagher
Canadian General Securities Company
Meighen
Gallagher
Thief Confesses Gold Theft From Nile Bound Plane
An Armenian suspect confessed to stealing $30,000 in gold from a British plane anchored on the Nile near Cairo. The cargo bound for London from South Africa was thrown into the river with plans to recover it later. the confession implicated several others and the gold disappeared while guarded.
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Cairo
C.P
Nile
Here
South Africa
London
German View of Uprising in Austria
Berlin reports that Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss was assassinated yesterday in Vienna. The German News Bureau says Austrians rose against their rulers with army support to end the illegal regime and that the new government must restore order and rejoin a greater Germany.
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Berlin
C.p.havas
Engelbert Dollfuss
Vienna
Austria
Mlegal
Schutzbund
Germany
Freeman Gosden Arrives in Ketchikan for Two Months Fishing Cruise
Amos and Andy star Freeman F. Gosden travels to Alaska with wife and two Chicago guests, Mr. and Mrs. William M. Dewey Jr., arriving aboard the Campbell Church yacht Caroline for a two months fishing cruise to start today in Ketchikan.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
Freeman FF. Gosden
Amos
Radio
Andy
William M. Dewey, Jr
Chicago
Caroline
Moved Wheat Out Via Hudson's Bay
Regina July 26 Saskatchewan Wheat Pool projects earnings exceed two million dollars for the crop year ending July 31 after handling more than 60 million bushels. K A Robinson reports at the annual committee meeting that Churchill port opening has enabled direct shipment of 6,500 bushels via Hudson's Bay route out of 18.4 million consigned.
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Regina
C.P
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
K. A. Robinson
Hudson’s Bay
Robinson
Churchill
Athabaska Results in Saskatchewan Liberal Lead Narrowing
Saskatoon July 26 half the polls reported D A Hall Liberal led Jules Marion Liberal by about 450 in Athabaska riding. Twenty one of forty two polls gave Hall 1004 votes to 554 for Marion as the vast northern district yielded slow results.
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Saskatoon
D. A. Hall
Jules Marion
Saskatchew
Athabask
Hall
Marion
Athabaska
Water shortage threats across the United States
Wind and rain gave slight relief to parched fields as heat deaths reach 1112. Livestock losses and crop damage mount across great producing areas. Corn and wheat futures rise on drought forecasts. Mead warns Dakotas and Rockies residents may need evacuation. Gulf storm hits Texas towns Freeport and Port O Connor. communications disrupted.
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Chicago
A.P
United States
Chicago Board of Trade
Elwood Mead
Dakotas
Rockies
Gulf Coast
Texas
Freeport
Port O’connor
Atlantic Coast
Pacific Coast
Illinois
Middle West
Seek Solution Soil Drifting In Prairie Provinces
Winnipeg July 26 The Dominion Experimental Farm Ottawa researcher Dr E S Hopkins sought federal provincial cooperation on soil drifting during a prairie survey. He planned talks with Western agricultural officials and met Manitoba deputy minister J H Evans. Evans then headed to Saskatoon to meet Saskatchewan deputy minister H A Craig with Dominion dairy representatives.
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Winnipeg
C.P
E. S. Hopkins
Dominion Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Prairie Provinces
J. H. Evans
Manitoba
Evans
Saskatoon
H. A. Craig
Saskatchewan
Dominion Dairy Branch
Storm Rips Ottawa Area Injuring Five
Ottawa turmoil from a cyclonic storm sweeps down from Gatineau to eastern Ontario. Five injured as the roof at Wellington Street building is torn off and blows into the street. debris strikes a passing car wounding its occupants.
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Ottawa
C.P
Ottawa Valley
Gatineau
Ontario
Wellington St
Lords Debate Irish Free State Policy Amid Settlement Talks
Lord Hailsham warned the Irish Free State’s statements do not aid a peaceful settlement with Britain. He cited the 1926 Imperial Conference, stressing autonomous status and rejecting unilateral repudiation of treaty obligations.
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London
C. P. Cable
Irish Free State
United Kingdom
House ‘of Lords
Lord ‘Hailsham
Hamon- de Valera
Free State
Britain
Lord Hailsham
Prince of Wales Farm Wins Premier Honors at Saskatoon Exhibit
Saskatoon exhibition awards crown Prince of Wales Farm of High River for a clean sweep in the herd. F. H. Deacon of Unionville Ontario takes grand championships, male and female in the senior class. BE. P. Ranch leads in juniors with reserve grand in both sexes and top a two year old female. Nuncan Campbell Farms and T. A. Russell win senior reserves.
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Saskatoon
C.P
H.R.H. Prince of Wales
High River
F. H. Deacon
Unionville
Ontario
BE. P. Ranch
Nuncan Campbell Farms
Moffatt
T. A. Russell
Downsview
United Farmers of Canada Endorses Usehold Title Land Policy
Saskatoon July 26 The ninth annual United Farmers of Canada Saskatchewan convention endorses usehold title as the land policy, with delegates blaming misinterpretation on UF speakers and opponents. A draft of the policy is to be distributed, and the Saskatchewan legislature urged to repeal the debtors personal covenant clause. The convention also approves Canadian neutrality and cooperation as paths to permanent peace, pledging to admit one representative from each Co-operative Commonwealth Federation club for Friday and Saturday sessions. Industrial action such as a general strike is supported as in line with the Winnipeg national convention.
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Sam G. Ross
Saskatoon
United Farmers of Canada
Saskatchewan
United Farmer
George Williams
M.L.A
Wadena
Sessions
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Club
Gare
United F’armers of
Canada
League of Nations
Cooperative ‘Commonwealth
Federation
Winnipeg
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Hugh Allen
Alberta
Stella
Allen
Peace River
Grande Prairie
McAdoos
Eleanor Wilson McAdoo
President Wilson
Los Angeles
William Gibbs McAdoo
California
Great Britain
Italy
Felt
Argentine
Wade Werner
Bratislava
Czechoslovakia
Bond
Hudson's Bay
Churchills
U.S.A
DR. Hopkins
Prince OF Wales Farm
U.F. of C
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