Rust threat grows as crop report warns of spreading disease
The Dominion rust report notes severe stem rust in Manitoba and Saskatchewan bread wheat, with light durum yields and drought crippling prospects in the southern plains. Alberta faces light harvests but overall prospects vary, with infection extending toward Saskatchewan and cautious outlook ahead.
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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 set Garnet wheat values on July 31. No 1 Garnet at 7.95 cents, No 2 Garnet at 7.75 cents, and No 2 Garnet equal to No 3 Northern at 7.75 cents. Beginning Aug 1 Garnet will be graded separately from Northern wheats into two grades with unfit grain dropping to No 3 Northern or lower.
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Winnipeg
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Northern
South Africa Shows Prosperity Boosts Trade with Canada
South Africa enjoys a booming period as David de Meyer, the South African trade commissioner to Canada, cites million of dollars in new wealth after leaving the gold standard. He notes Canada purchases rising from 5.7 million to over 12 million and South Africa becoming Britain’s second largest buyer.
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Vancouver
David de Meyer
Canada
South Africa
Great Britain
Ready To Retaliate Calgary Against Wheat Trade
J McCormick of the Scottish Co operative Wholesale Society of Glasgow warned in Canada that any Canadian Wheat Board obstruction would trigger retaliation by diverting purchases elsewhere. He noted the society imports 3 million bushels yearly and runs Scotland’s largest flour mills using 90 percent Canadian hard wheat. He criticized Ottawa agreements and urged free trade. He is joined by Cameron Thompson and C Hewitt.
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Calgary
New
Canadian Wheat Board
Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society of Glasgow
J. McCormick
Canada
McCormick
Scotland
Ottawa
Society
Cameron Thompson
C. Hewitt
Britain prepares Sikh detachments for Ethiopia mission
Reported moves in London indicate detachments of Sikhs from India may be sent to Ethiopia to protect the British legation in Addis Ababa. Britain also plans to evacuate missionaries and families and keep them in contact with the legation. No embargo on raw materials for munitions export to Ethiopia was noted in the House of Commons. Britain grants Italy 35 permits to fly planes over East Africa, 20 to British Somaliland and the remainder to the Sudan.
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London
India
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Britain
House of Commons
Great Britain
Italy
East Africa
British Somaliland
Sudan
Aerial Survey Opens From Prince Rupert to Wrangell Alaska
A 10000 mile aerial survey of northern Canada began July 30 with Dr. Charles Camsell leading the party. They flew from Prince Rupert to Wrangell Alaska in a seaplane piloted by C H Dickins. The team will photograph 30000 square miles of unmapped Yukon territory and may explore legendary tropical valleys. The survey should finish around August 15 at Edmonton.
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Prince Rupert
B.C
Canada
Charles Camsell
Wrangell
Alaska
C. H. ‘‘Punch
Dick'ns
A. D. McLean
Canadian Airways
W. H. Sutherland
Camsell
Yukon
Liard River
Rocky Mountains
Mackenzie Ranges
Edmonton
Canadian teachers cheer King and Queen at Buckingham Palace
A group of 220 Canadian teachers and students from the Overseas Education League greeted the King and Queen with three cheers as their royal car passed the Buckingham Palace grounds on the way to Victoria station. The King stopped to chat with Major and Mrs. F. Ney who led the party.
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Buckingham Palace
England
Overseas Education League
Victoria Station
Cowes
F. Ney
Dominion Canada Treasury Bills Set New Low Yield Record
A $30,000,000 issue of Dominion Canada treasury bills sold at a 1.2337 percent average annual yield, breaking the previous low of 1.38 percent on a $20,000,000 issue. Bills mature November 1, with a 99.69 discount price. Proceeds will partly retire a $50,000,000 issue from chartered banks at 2 percent.
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Ottawa
Dominion Canada
Treasury
Chartered Banks
Flooded Slave Lake town cut off with air access only
Lesser Slave Lake area faces severe flood damage with five foot waves over two and a half days. Residents live in tents on higher ground as buildings wash away and soil erodes. No road or rail transport. the highway remains under water and the Northern Alberta Railway is blocked. Estimated damage reaches 25 000 dollars.
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Slave Lake
Alta
Lesser Slave Lake
Northern Alberta Railway
Russian Sub Sinks Amid Baltic Maneuvers
An official notice reports 55 Russian seamen perished when submarine B-3 sank in Finland Bay after colliding with an unidentified surface vessel during Baltic fleet maneuvers. All aboard, including officers naval students and cadets, died. Kronstadt to hold mass funeral. families to receive 10,000 rubles and pensions.
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Moscow
F.nland Bay
Russia
Kronstadt
Explosion traps miners at Marsfield mine in Transvaal
An explosion at the Marsfield mine near Es tantia 150 miles from Johannesburg traps 78 native miners in a gallery after two white miners were killed on the 300-foot level. Rescue squads reach the mine but all hope is abandoned for a successful rescue.
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Ermelo
Transvaal
Marsfield
Estantia
Johannesburg
Roosevelt Designs New US Coins With Hole in Center
Franklin Delano Roosevelt designs a half cent piece with a hole in the center and sketches a square one mill coin distinct from other U S currency. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau confirms the hole feature and notes the unusual currency concepts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
United States
Ottawa leads in Wheat Exports in first half of 1935
Canada ranks first in exports to the United Kingdom for wheat during the first six months of 1935. The Dominion bureau of statistics also reports Canada first 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 copper cent coins surface in Vancouver
A circulating bogus money issue shows counterfeit one cent pieces in Vancouver. The coins are copper plated and nearly perfect except for being half the thickness of genuine government cents. The detector flaw is their reduced thickness and uneven edge.
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Vancouver
Ontario to overhaul relief system and shift costs to municipalities
Premier Hepburn announced drastic changes to Ontario relief. The province will cap per capita payments, with $7.50 monthly in 17 bankrupt municipalities and $5 in others after September 1, while municipalities assume full relief administration. Expected savings exceed $7.5 million yearly.
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Toronto
Ontario
Mitchell F. Hepburn
David Croll
Welfare Department
Starving Survivors Crowd Upland After Flood Devastation
Descriptions from Chungsiang in Hupeh depict emaciated survivors scavenging unripe grain as relief from Hankow lags 300 miles away. Flooded Han river towns face death tolls with bodies of people and animals mingled. crowds announce they come to eat while relief bands inch forward.
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Chungsiang
Hupeh
Hankow
Han River
Rural families move toward self support in relief exit
An Association Press survey shows rural middle America shedding relief as farm families gain self support through improved crop conditions resettlement loans and hard work. Eight states report relief lists under 50 000 families, signaling broader decline in aid reliance.
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Kansas City
Middle America
Association
First Woman Pilot Qualifies In Western Canada
Miss Margaret Fane, 21, is believed to be the first woman to qualify as a commercial pilot in Alberta or Saskatchewan after passing her flying tests. Announcement was made by Howard C. Ingram, inspector of civil aviation for western Canada.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Margaret Fane
Howard C. Ingram
Western Canada
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Wheat Board
Thomas Cantley
Senate
Start
Palace Grounds
Duchess OF York
Duke and Duchess of York
Brussels
Belgium
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