Rust threat hits bread wheat across Manitoba and Saskatchewan
The Dominion bureau of statistics reports serious stem rust infections in Manitoba and spreading westward into Saskatchewan with drought worsening prospects for the southern plains. Alberta shows lighter crops expected. two to three weeks remain for harvests in affected belts as the rust area expands.
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Ottawa
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Alberta-Saskatchewan
Alberta
Winnipeg
J. H. Craigie
Dominion Rust Research Laboratory
Riding Mountain National Park
Saskatoon
Moose Jaw
Prince Albert
Garnet Wheat Price Set by Winnipeg Exchange
The Winnipeg Grain Exchange cash closing committee established the approximate market value of Garnet wheat as a separately graded wheat on July 31. No 1 Garnet was quoted at 79.5 cents, three cents under No 2 Northern, and No 2 Garnet at 77.5 cents, equal to No 3 Northern. Beginning Aug 1, Garnet will be graded separately into two grades and any grain unfit for these grades will automatically grade No 3 Northern or lower.
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Winnipeg
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Northern Wheats
South Africa Prosperous Vancouver Boom Signals Trade Rise
South Africans enjoy prosperity as world mood sours. David de Meyer, South African trade commissioner to Canada, told a service club that wealth rose after leaving the gold standard and that South Africa boosted Canada purchases from 5.7 million to over 12 million dollars in 1934.
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Vancouver
David de Meyer
Canada
South Africa
Ready To Retaliate Against Trade Barriers Charted
J McCormick of the Scottish Co op Wholesale Society in Glasgow warned that if the new Canadian wheat board hinders trade the society will divert wheat purchases to other channels. He said the society imports 3 million bushels of Canadian wheat yearly and owns Scotland’s largest flour mills using mainly Canadian hard wheat. He criticized Ottawa agreements and advocated free trade. He travels with Cameron Thompson and C Hewitt.
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Calgary
Canadian Wheat Board
Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society of Glasgow
J. McCormick
Canada
McCormick
Scotland
Ottawa
Society
Cameron Thompson
C. Hewitt
British Sikhs to Guard Legation in Addis Ababa
Preparations to deploy Sikh detachments from India to Ethiopia if needed to protect the British legation in Addis Ababa were reported. Britain also plans evacuation of missionaries and families. House of Commons confirms no embargo on munitions materials exports. Britain grants Italy 35 air permits for East Africa flights.
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London
India
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Britain
House of Commons
Great Britain
Italy
East Africa
British Somaliland
Sudan
Canadian visitors cheer King and Queen at Buckingham Palace
A group of 220 Canadian teachers and students touring England under the Overseas Education League greeted the King and Queen with three cheers in the Buckingham Palace grounds. Their Majesties paused in the royal car to chat with Major and Mrs. F Ney and several visitors as they headed to Victoria station for the Cowes regatta.
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Buckingham Palace
England
Overseas Education League
Victoria Station
Cowes
F. Ney
Roosevelt Designs Novel U S Coinage With Holes And Squares
President Roosevelt drafts a half cent coin with a hole in the center and sketches a square one mill piece, marking an unusual departure in United States currency design as Henry Morgenthau notes the hole. The ideas reflect a bold innovation in coinage.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
United States
Canada Leads in Wheat Exports in First Half 1935
Ottawa reports Dominion bureau of statistics says Canada ranked first in exports to the United Kingdom in the first six months of 1935. The Dominion also led in oats wheat flour lobsters copper ore copper rods crude zinc non ferrous metals patent leather and rubber manufacture.
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Ottawa
Canada
United Kingdom
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Dominion
Counterfeit One Cent Coins Foil Vancouver Makers
Counterfeit one cent pieces have appeared in Vancouver as expert copper imitations. The coins are half as thick as government issues and possess only one defect. Authorities note the coins are circulating with unknown distribution and urge caution.
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Vancouver
Aerial Survey Underway Led by Dr. Charles Camsell
Dr. Charles Camsell leads a northern Canada aerial survey beginning July 30 from Prince Rupert to Wrangell Alaska in a seaplane. The party includes A D McLean and W H Sutherland. They aim to photograph 30 000 square miles of unmapped Yukon territory and study the Rocky Mountain end and Mackenzie ranges. The expedition plans to finish around August 15 at Edmonton.
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Charles Camsell
Prince Rupert
B.C
Canada
Wrangell
Alaska
C. H. “Punch” Dickens
A. D. McLean
Canadian Airways
W. H. Sutherland
Camsell
Yukon
Liard River
Rocky Mountains
Mackenzie Ranges
Edmonton
Dominion Canada Treasury Bills Set New Low Interest Record
Ottawa reports a $30 million issue of Dominion Canada treasury bills sold at an average yield of 1.2337 percent per year, beating the prior low of 1.38 percent on a $20 million issue. Bills maturing November 1 were bid at a discounted price of 99.69, with proceeds to retire part of a $50 million issue underlying bank redemptions at 2 percent.
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Ottawa
Dominion Canada
Treasury
Destructive floods hit Lesser Slave Lake town in Alberta
Lesser Slave Lake pounded by 5 foot waves for two and a half days floods this Alberta town. Residents live in tents on higher ground as buildings including the post office wash away. Damage is estimated at 25 000 dollars with roads underwater and rail service again blocked. Travel by boat or air only.
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Slave Lake
Alta
Lesser
Northern Alberta Railway
Russian Sub Sinks in Baltic Maneuver Fatalities Reported
An official Soviet notice states 55 seamen perished when submarine B-3 sank in Finland Bay during Baltic fleet exercises after colliding with an unidentified surface vessel. All aboard including officers cadets and naval students died. Kronstadt to host mass funeral. families to receive 10 000 rubles plus pensions.
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Moscow
Finland Bay
Russia
Kronstadt
Explosion traps miners at Marsfield mine in Es tantia
An explosion in the Marsfield mine at Es tantia 150 miles from Johannesburg traps 78 native miners after two white miners are killed on the 300-foot level. Rescue squads reach the scene but all hope is abandoned for the trapped workers.
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Ermelo
Transvaal
Marsfield
Estantia
Johannesburg
Ontario to overhaul relief system and shift costs
Premier Hepburn announced a drastic reorganization of Ontario relief to cut costs and shift administration to municipalities. Beginning September 1 the province will cap per capita payments at $7.50 in 17 bankrupt municipalities and $5 in others, with welfare department downsized to save about $750,000 monthly and $240,000 yearly in admin costs.
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Toronto
Ontario
Mitchell F. Hepburn
David Croll
Welfare Department
Chinese Survivors Eat Unripe Grain Amid Flood Hunger
Emaciated survivors Chungsiang Hupeh scavenge unripe grain to stave off starvation as relief from Hankow 300 miles away arrives in bands of up to 1,000. Bodies of men women children lie among flooding debris from the Han river after the July 7 disaster. The starving hordes announce they come to eat.
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Chungsiang
Hupeh
Hankow
Han River
Rural families gain ground as relief shrinks
An Association Press survey shows rural Midwest families moving toward self support with aid from better crop conditions resettlement loans and their own efforts. Eight states report relief lists under 50 000 families as relief declines nationwide.
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Kansas City
Middle America
Association
First Woman Pilot Qualifies in Western Canada
Miss Margaret Fane, 21, is reported by Howard C. Ingram to be the first woman to pass flying tests in Alberta or Saskatchewan. She has successfully qualified as a commercial pilot, marking a historic achievement in western Canada aviation.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Margaret Fane
Howard C. Ingram
Western Canada
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Commissio
Wheat Board
Palace Grounds
Thomas Cantley
Senate
Start
Slave Lake Area
Duchess OF York
Duke and Duchess of York
Brussels
Belgium
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