Avenol Resigns as League of Nations Secretary General
The Swiss station reported a rumor of Frances withdrawal from the League within days after Joseph Avenol announced his resignation as secretary general. Avenol, French, said the realities of the times made the office unnecessary and will set a resignation date after a supervisory committee meeting next month.
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Avenol
Berlin
Joseph Avenol
League of Nations
Frange
League
Geneva
Joseph A. C. Avenol
Mussolini
Rome
Germans claim eight times less than actual convoy loss
Report details a July 26 engagement in the English Channel where German torpedo boats attacked a 21-ship convoy. Five merchant ships totaling 5,104 tons were sunk, five damaged at 5,133 tons, one beaching a 553-ton vessel. RAF fighters and shore batteries fought back as torpedo boats retreated behind smoke. Boreas sustained casualties after a dive bomber hit. Berberis and Corona aided survivors. Oil fires were set in Germany by RAF bombers.
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English Channel
Admiralty
Boreas
Royal Air Force
St London
Japanese Stop U S Trade in China Report
SHANGHAI July 26 Japanese restrictions halted all American trader activity in North China after Tiantsin trade limits began June 0. No import permits for United States oil and scrap iron have been issued and signs point to a full freeze out akin to prior Manchukuo take over.
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Shanghai
United States
North China
Tiantsin
Japan
Manchuokuo
Scenic road open despite propaganda claims
Public Works Minister Fallon dismissed propaganda asserting the Edmonton Jasper highway is impassable. He said the road is in good condition and misinformation has kept tourists away from Edmonton and the round trip to Jasper Banff Calgary. The note also mentions increased civilian indemnities by the British Cabinet for air raid and volunteer defense injuries.
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Edmonton
Calgary-Banff
Edmonton-Jasper
Fallow
Fallon
House panel approves plan to use U S ships for refugee children
Chairman Sol Bloom said the House foreign affairs committee backed with one hundred percent support a proposal to deploy United States vessels to remove refugee children from European war zones. President Roosevelt spoke of potential action and urged assurances that safe passage would be granted for the children from England.
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Washington
Sol Bloom
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Roosevelt
England
Sask Wheat Pool backs govt wheat policy with three changes
John H. Weason, president of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, endorses the new wheat policy but urges three revisions. He calls for farmer storage finance, a fixed domestic price of 1.25 per bushel, removal of the 5 000 bushel delivery cap, and ending the Winnipeg futures market to diversify selling options. He notes the need for farm advances and criticizes the 15 cent processing tax as merely a gesture.
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Ottawa
Jay
John H. Weason
Oving
Saskatchescie Wheat Pool
Winnipeg
Mr. Wesson
Canada
Wheat Purchasing Commission
Great Britain
Canadian Wheat Board
Wesson
Wheat Board
Britain to tighten blockade by rationing neutral trade
London report says Britain will reinforce its economic blockade of German dominated Europe by rationing neutral country trade to the bare minimum required for existence. The plan aims to make reexports to German occupied areas via neutral channels virtually impossible.
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London
Britain
Europe
Redcliff petitions to restore C Company to town
Citizens of Redcliff petitioned Lt. Col. G. G. Elder to restore C Company of the South Alberta Regiment to Redcliff. Elder, on inspection, promised to push the move if Redcliff can muster 100 volunteers, a goal the town aims to reach amid large enlistment for the CAF.
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Redcliff
G. G. Elder
South Alberta Regiment
Elder
C.A.S.F
Canada
Brooks
Col. Elder
City Market Quiet as Eggs Run Low and Butter Steady
Small morning market with no egg deliveries and butter priced at 20 cents a pound.
Secret visit prompts Irish defense plan updates
July 26 report from Belfast notes Anthony Eden's secret inspection of border defenses. Major General J Caton de Wart and Lt General Sir Hubert Huddinstone named leading troops in Ireland. Northern Ireland also reports its first RAF air defense against German bombers, with at least one plane shot down.
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Belfast
Anthony Eden
London
Northern Ireland
Gener&j. Caton de Wlart
Eden
Ir Hubert Huddinstone
Ireland
R.A.F
English farmer captures German bomber pilot in England
London report says 47 year old farmer B J Parsons of southwest England seized a parachuting Nazi pilot with a shotgun after the airman bailed out. Parsons is a Home Guard member and aided by parashooters on his farmyard.
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London
C.P
J. Parsons
England
Parsons
Home Guard
Western Coal Shipments To Be Doubled in 1940
Ottawa July 26 Con tracts are let by the Department of Munitions and Supply for up to 10 000 tons of western domestic coal for Camp Borden Toronto and Kingston needs Hon J A MacKinnon said. Alberta bituminous coal may be tendered and likely used instead of American coal. Alberta domestic coal moved to Ontario reached about 90 000 tons in 1939 and is expected to double in 1940.
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Ottawa
Department of Munitions and Supply
Camp Borden
Toronto
Kingston
J. A. MacKinnon
Alberta
Ontario
RAF shoots down record 28 German planes in a day
London reports RAF losses to German air raids rose to 28 aircraft shot down yesterday, the highest total in Britain since the war began. The German raids resumed this morning with one bomber shot down in southwest England, bringing Nazi losses since June to 212. The prior single day record was 23 on July 11.
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London
Royal Air Force
Britain
Merning
England
Duggan Named Registrar For National Registration Effort
H O Duggan, former returning officer, is appointed registrar following Percy Riches resignation. W F Oates remains assistant registrar with W W Parrish offering to assist. Medicine Hat district to appoint deputy registrars for its 126 polling divisions. Full details to be announced. national volunteers urged to help.
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Percy Riches
H. O. Duggan
Ottawa
W. F. Oates
W. W. Parrish
Duggan
Medicine Hat
Canada
Feast of Ste Anne Opens in Beaupre Pilgrimage Start
Thousands of devout pilgrims converged on Ste Anne de Beaupre Que as opening ceremonies for the Feast of Ste Anne, patroness of the shrine, began in the town about 21 miles east of Quebec. The event drew visitors from across the region to honor the patron saint and attend mass and pageantry at the revered shrine.
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Ste. Anne
Ste. Anne DE Beaupre
C.P
Quebec
British subs sink Turkish vessels in Constantinople harbor
News from 25 years ago reports a British submarine sinking two Turkish gunboats and two supply ships in the harbor of Constantinople. German forces pressed on toward Warsaw amid hard terrain as Sir Robert Borden returned to London after a week with Canadians in France.
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Constantinople
Istanbul
Warsaw
Sir Robert Borden
London
France
Murder charge tied to Toronto man in Brampton case
Gordon Ross Matthew 21 of Toronto was committed for trial in Brampton after being charged with murder. The proceeding occurred on July 25 as part of the case handling by local authorities.
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Brampton
Onxt
C.P
Gordon Ross Matthew
Toronto
Senate committee weighs curbs on peacetime draft dodging
The Senate military committee examined penalties for draft evasion under the conscription bill. Proposed punishments include five years in prison and fines up to ten thousand dollars for men aged 18 to 65 who avoid compulsory service if the bill becomes law.
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Washington
United States Senate Military Committee
Brampton Man Pleads Not Guilty in Wife Slaying
A Brampton man charged with slaying his wife Ethel 24 whose body was found in the Erindale pond near here two weeks ago pleaded not guilty. Brampton lies twenty miles west of Toronto.
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Ethel
Erindale
Brampton
Toronto
Matthew
Barter System Could Bind Global Trade and Economy
Economists warn a global barter system proposed by German Economics Minister Funk would restrict trade and harm development by forcing nations to barter for needed goods. They contrast this with gold based free trade, noting one way gold flows to the U S could undermine such plans.
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New York
Funk
United States
Italy
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