Giant Dirigible A-100 Reaches St Hubert Port
The R-100 dirigible arrives at St Hubert airport after a trans Atlantic flight from Cardington England. Fabric trouble delayed the craft and crew while repairs were made near Orleans Quebec and the ship passed Quebec with crowds watching along the St Lawrence.
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ST. Hubert
Montreal
Great Britain
Cardington
England
Gulf of
Eastern
Daylight Saving Tire
Orleans
Quebec
Henry St. Martin
Imperial Conference Faces Constitutional Challenges
Premier J Ramsay MacDonald told the United Kingdom Branch Empire Parliamentary Association that the Imperial Economic Conference faces unprecedented constitutional problems. He warned the year would be historic and urged cross party consideration of imperial questions. He stressed the commonwealth nations are greater than any single party.
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London
Eng
Imperial Economic Conference
J. Ramsay MacDonald
United Kingdom
Empire Parliamentary Association
Westminster Hall
Commonwealth
Canadian Government Declines Indian Grievance Delegation
A London parliamentary committee told Six Nations Indians from Brantford Ontario that Minister of Dominion Affairs J H Thomas refused to meet the deputation. The committee said the grievances should be handled by the Canadian Government.
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London
England
Canada
Six Nations
Brantford
Ont
J. H. Thomas
Dominion Affairs
Body Of British Flyer Found In Burmese Jungle
The Evening News report from Rangoon says Eric Hook, a British flyer, was found as a skeleton in Burma's jungles after a forced crash while attempting a flight to Australia. His partner survived the ordeal.
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London
England
The
Evening News
Rangoon
Eric Hook
Burma
Hook
Australia
Crop report notes rust rises in Manitoba and parts of the prairies
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports better overall crop conditions in central Saskatchewan and Alberta while Manitoba experiences increased stem rust infection with 30 to 75 percent severity in central and southern areas. Frosts damage potatoes in Grande Prairie district and early wheat ready to cut within a week.
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Ottawa
Ont
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Manitoba
Victora
Beaver Lodge
Grande Prairie
Dominion Rust Research Laboratory
Winnipeg
Brooklyn County Judge Sentenced To Six Years
W Bernard Vause once known for harsh sentences and a whipping post proposal was convicted of using the mails to defraud in the Columbia Finance Corporation case. He is to serve six years in federal prison.
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New York
W. Bernard Vause
Brooklyn
Vause
Columbia Finance Corporation
Massey Resigns As Canadian High Commissioner
The feature notes that Hon. Vincent Massey is understood to have sent his resignation of the post of Canadian High Commissioner to Great Britain to Rt. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King. He also asked that Hon. R. B. Bennett be advised.
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Toronto
Mail
Empire
Vincent Massey
W. L. Mackenzie King
Great Britain
R. B. Bennett
Protest Against Liquor Use at British Embassy
Samuel B. Woods former Mayor of Charlottesville Va and ardent dry sends protest to Sir Ronald Lindsay against liquor at the British embassy. The letter marks continuing temperance agitation amid diplomatic affairs.
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Washington
Ronald Lindsay
Samuel B. Woods
Charlottesville
Ardent
Bennett to Form New Cabinet as Ottawa Prep Gears Up
Ottawa reports Premier elect R. B. Bennett will form a new cabinet and call a special session of parliament likely by September 11 to address unemployment. Cabinet selections discuss including Hugh Guthrie or George Black for speaker, with probable picks such as R. J. Manion and J. D. Chaplin for ministerial posts.
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Ottawa
Bennett
House of Commons
Senate
Hugh Guthrie
South Wellington
Commons
George Black
Yukon
Guthrie
R. J. Manion
Fort William
Manion
J. D. Chaplin
E. B. Ryckman
Province of
Quebec
George Perley
Argenteuil
London
Maurice Dupre
Gerard Lacroix
Quebec West
Arthur Duranteau
Chambly Vercheres
Arthur Sauve
E. S. Rhodes
Nova Scotia
W. G. Ernst
Queens-Lunenburg
Prince Edward Island
J. A. MacDonald
J .H. Meyers
C. P. Beaubien
Montreal
Winnipeg
Crewar? Minister of Railways Awaits By-Election Fate
In Winnipeg the defeated federal candidate Hon. T A Cre rar, former Minister of Railways, declined to discuss a possible return to the House by by-election. He stated he had nothing to say before leaving Brandon for Ottawa.
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Winnipeg
Man
T. A. Crerar
Brandon
Ottawa
Premier Baxter Reflects On Dominion Election Deliverance
St John New Brunswick Premier J B M Baxter commented on the Dominion election result saying Canada has sustained a great deliverance. He spoke amid reactions from officials and the public about the political outcome and its implications for the province and the nation.
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St. John
N.B
J. B. M. Baxter
New Brunswick
Canada
South Africa Deems Independence From Britain Nonnegotiable
Prime Minister James Barry Hertzog asserted South Africa’s complete independence on the eve of leaving for London to attend the Imperial Conference. He stressed that no part of independence will be sacrificed and that secession from the British Commonwealth remains a possible option if desired in the future while promising cooperation with Britain and other Dominions.
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Pretoria
South Africa
British Commonwealth of Nations
Fuuter
James Barry Hertzog
London
England
Great Britain
Dominions
British Commonwealth
All-India Congress Boycott Sessions In Bombay
The All-India Congress working committee opened its session in Bombay with ten present and 21 in prison. The closed meetings, led by Vallabhai Patel, aimed at stiffening the boycott against British goods and intensifying civil disobedience as its main agenda. officials said Sapru and Jayakar peace plans would likely be ignored and negotiations would not sway decisions.
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Bombay
India
All-India Congress
Vallabhai Patel
Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru
M. Jayakar
Dominion election standings in Toronto report
The Canadian Press tally shows Conservatives 138, Liberals 86, UFA 10, Progressives 2, Liberal-Progressives 3, Independents 2, Labor 3, doubtful 1, total 245. The report outlines current party positions across the Dominion.
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Toronto
Ont
Conservatives
Liberals
U.F.A
Progressives
Liberal-Progressives
Labor
Doubtful
Total
Chinese Pillage Hits Shanghai Area as Communists Loot Changsha
Communist forces loot and burn foreign properties in Changsha, Hunan, driving panic among residents. Missionaries who stayed are unaccounted for while diversions target consulates and large offices on Shuilin Island. Millions of dollars in property already damaged.
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Shanghai
China
Changsha
Hunan
Liang River
Shuilin Island
Saskatchewan Egg Pool final payment raises per unit prices
Regina reports higher payments compared with 1929 for the Saskatchewan Co Operative Poultry Producers Egg Pool. The second pool of the year closed July 19 with net cash f o b shipping point freight terms. Extras 22 cents, first 19, second 17, crust 15 cents.
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Regina
Saskatchewan Co- Operative Poultry Producers Ltd
F.o.b
National Works Go On Under New Government
Ottawa reports that Canada’s major projects persist through regime changes. The Welland Canal, Hudson Bay Railway, and plans for St Lawrence River deep waterways continue, with expectations that the new ministry will oversee these historic undertakings and the canal port, under Premier Howard Ferguson.
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Ottawa
Ont
Welland Ship Canal
Hudson Bay Railway
St. Lawrence River
Hobert Borden
Nelson
Mr. Meighen
Mr. King
Many Changes in Portfolio of Immigration
Ottawa notes a revolving door in the immigration portfolio with ten ministers in nine years. The piece traces past holders from James Calder to Ian Mackenzie and forecasts another change after the coming election and Imperial Conference.
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Ottawa
Ont
Robert Rogers
Conference On Immigration
James Calder Wa
J. W. Edwards
Meighen
Mackenzie King
Charles Stewart
Interior
James A. Robt
G. N. Gordon
Manion
Henry Drayton
King
Robert Forke
Senate
Stewart
Ian Mackenzie
Immigration Department
Change Permit System Promises Ontario Liquor Reform
Sir Henry Drayton, chairman of the Liquor Control Board, announced at the Chief Constables Association of Canada convention a new permit system for liquor purchases in Ontario designating totals in dollars and cents. He admitted faults but said free sale of beer in stores or parlors will not occur. Chief Mort. S. Wigle of Windsor urged police fingerprinting and photographing of vagrancy detainees as a security measure.
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Hamilton
Ont
Sir Henry Drayton
Liquor Control Board
Chief Constables Association of Canada
Ontario
Sir Henry
Mort. S. Wigle
Windsor
Victoria Lumbermen Urge Wider British Market Access
A delegation of B C lumbermen waited on Premier S F Tolmie to seek greater participation in British markets and to press for a delegation to the Imperial Economic Conference in the fall. They called conditions in the province unfavorable with falling prices and shrinking demand, noting Britain as the only promising market.
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Victoria
B.C
B.C. Lumber
Imperial Economic Conference
S. F. Tolmie
Wheat for China discussed in Wakefield Kansas
Senator Henry J. Allen spoke in Wakefield Kansas about sending surplus wheat to China famine districts. President Hoover and Chairman Alexander Legge of the Federal Farm Board were studying distributions through cooperation with the Chinese Government.
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Wakefield
Kansas
Henry J. Allen
China
Hooves
Alexander Legge
Federal Farm Board
Senate
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