Peace Front Strength Cited as War Deterrent in Britain
London officials warned Parliament that war may be averted by a growing peace front and deterrents. Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax urged calm while noting global anxiety. Sir Thomas Inskip echoed optimism that war is unlikely, citing national strength and unity.
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London
Viscount Halifax
Great Britain
Thomas Inskip
Secetary
House of Lords
Foreign Affairs
Lord Halifax
Canada to consider Tweedsmuir extension for second term
Prime Minister Mackenzie King indicated Toronto that efforts would be made to retain Lord Tweedsmuir as governor general. He said he would prefer an extension to the five year term rather than name a successor. A London despatch mentioned the Duke of Devonshire as a possible successor.
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Ottawa
Lord Tweedsmuir
Canada
Mackenzie King
London
Duke of Devonshire
British Troops Battle Arabs Near Bethlehem
British troops killed nine Arabs and wounded 20 in a clash with a large rebel band south of Bethlehem. Several prisoners were taken. British officers said the band was responsible for killing a British private and wounding four others on July 23.
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Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Naval air service to test gunners with five intelligence questions
The naval air service seeks more gunners and will require a five question intelligence test. The exam will not cover mathematics or gunnery, focusing instead on general reasoning.
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London
Naval Air Service
Navy London boosts fleet with 180 new vessels
Geoffrey Shakespeare announces in the House of Commons that Britain will add 180 ships to the 1939 naval program. The plan includes 107 trawlers for mine sweeping and anti submarine duties, 56 whale packet type vessels for patrol and anti submarine work, 10 large minesweepers, six boom defense ships and one cable ship. A floating dock for small craft up to 5,000 tons has been bought and costs are to be covered in a supplemental budget. The total is about 51.5 million dollars and the program will follow the initial annual schedule to respect naval treaty limits.
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London
Geoffrey Shakespeare
Admiralty
House of Commons
Great Britain
Shakespeare
Wheat Quota Plan at London Conference Proposed
US delegate Ray Atherton proposes a five year wheat quota among Canada the United States Australia and Argentina. The plan sets Canada 40 percent Argentina 23 percent the United States 19 percent and Australia 18 percent of a 435 million bushel annual world demand. Australia seeks 21 percent and Argentina 25 percent. A suggested solution favors countries with large surpluses over those with high domestic consumption.
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London
Ray Atherton
United States
Canada
Australia
Argentina
Britain May Have Election This November
Britain appears headed for a general election in November if the international situation does not deteriorate. Parliament adjourned until Oct 3 and is expected to sit about three weeks before dissolution. Prime Minister Chamberlain favors an early election unless world events intervene.
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London
Britain
Chamberlain
RCMP Police Dog Locates Lost Spryfield Man Quickly
Royal Canadian Mounted Police dog near Halifax tracked the scent of 76 year old William Mackenzie and located him in the woods within an hour after police were alerted about his disappearance at 11 p.m. The Spryfield resident was found before midnight.
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Halifax
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Here
William Mackenzie
Province cuts wholesale gas price in British Columbia
The government of British Columbia orders a three cent per gallon cut in wholesale gasoline prices and tightens the price spread to lower consumer costs effective August 7 for motorists in Victoria and across the province.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Russian Pilot Mikhail Alexeioff Dies in Duty
Soviet pilot famed for altitude flights and recent military aircraft testing was killed in the line of duty. The official notice gave no further details about the incident or circumstances surrounding his death.
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Moscow
Mikhail Alexeioff
Air Force leader warns of danger to Canada in future war
Vancouver report quotes Air Marshal W. A. Bishop V C predicting a real danger of conflict and asserting Canada must join a fighting effort for its own survival. He urges a united empire display of force, expansion of the Canadian Air Force, and notes strong Canadian aircraft production and pilot reserves for wartime needs.
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AIR Force
Vancouver
W. A. Bishop
V.C
Royal Canadian Air Force
Service Clubs Council On
Air Defence of
Canada
United Kingdom
Praise For Hitler From Three English Girls
Three English girls who danced before Chancellor Hitler in the Berlin Winter Garden returned home praised the Fuehrer for his marvellous eyes dynamic personality and magnetic attraction for women.
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London
Hitler
Berlin
Fuehrer
Germans Celebrate Berlin Anniversary Parade Under Hitler Orders
Under orders of Chancellor Hitler the German army marked the first anniversary of the Great War's outbreak in Berlin celebrations. The event underscored Nazi leadership and wartime mobilization amid rising tensions in 1939.
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Berlin
Hitler
Precautions Built for Radium Burying Deep in Wartime
Mount Vernon hospital in Northwood Middlesex completed a 50 foot deep pit to store radium out of bomb blast reach. Dr John Read says 20 grams worth £100000 would be moved from nearby hospitals in war. He warns radiations could create a death trap over a large area if dispersed.
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London
Mount Vernon Hospital
Northwood
Middlesex
John Read
Imperial Airways and TCA carry first Atlantic mail to Canada
Imperial Airways flying boats Caribou and Cabot will relay mail from Great Britain to Vancouver and Victoria via Newfoundland. About 1,000 pounds of mail or roughly 25,000 letters are planned for the first crossing with Captain Kelly Rogers piloting the Caribou. TCA HQ announced the schedule and routes.
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Montreal
Great Britain
Atlantic
Imperial Airways
Dominion
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Vancouver
Victoria
T.C.A
Caribou
Cabot
Kelly Rogers
Tragic Cornwall Crash Claims Truck Driver and Boy
A transport truck veered off the highway near Cornwall Ontario and struck a tree while attempting to avoid a boy on a bicycle. Harold Wells of Morrisburg the driver died instantly. Wallace Pescod age 13 died later in hospital.
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Cornwall
Ont
Here
Harold Wells
Morrisburg
Wallace Pescod
Mortgage Bank Western Man Appoints Johnston Supervisor
BL M Johnston has been appointed supervisor of the Central Mortgage Bank Ottawa. Born and educated in Scotland, he came to Canada in 1910. He served with the soldier settlement board in Winnipeg and later directed boards in Regina, Edmonton and Saskatoon.
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M. Johnston
Ottawa
E. M. Johnston
Central Mortgage Bank
Mr. Johnston
Scotland
Canada
Soldier Settlement Board
Winnipeg
Regina
Edmonton
Saskatoon
Adjournment of British House for Two Months
London reports Prime Minister Chamberlain overriding a party revolt and winning a confidence vote 250 to 132 to adjourn Parliament for two months. Opposition led by Greenwood and Churchill argued for a late August one-day session due to a tense international situation. The government’s adjournment was approved 245 to 129 with reassembly set for October 3.
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London
Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Arthur Greenwood
Archibald Sinclair
Churchill
Geoffrey Mander
Mander
Bohemia and Moravia
Japan Plans To Work With Two Axis Powers
Reliable sources report Japanese ambassadors to Italy and Germany met at Villa d Este near Lake Como with advisers to discuss closer ties to the axis. A mission led by General Count Terauchi and Admiral Baron Osuni is said to approach military and economic coordination with Germany and Italy, despite Tokyo’s divided council.
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Rome
Italy
Germany
Villa d’Este
Lake Como
Tokyo
Galeazzo Ciano
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Japan
Juichi Terauchi
Baron Mineo Osuni
Naples
Nuremberg
Japanese Foreign Office
Berlin
Movement Begins as Tyrol Germans Flee to East Prussia
Two thousand German families from Italy's South Tyrol have started moving to East Prussia after Rome ordered expulsion of foreign residents near the Upper Adige border. Tyrol leaders pressed Chancellor Hitler to intervene, and the Cistercian abbey of Stans was closed by the Nazis amid claimed mismanagement or anti Italian propaganda by monks.
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Berlin
Italy
Tyrol
East Prussia
Rome
Upper Adige
Hitler
Stans
South Tyrol
Alberta Hail Insurance Board Logs Largest Year
The Alberta Hail Insurance Board announced its biggest year, insuring 2 341 000 acres with liability over 16 million dollars. Provincial treasurer Solon E Low said losses are lower than last year as storms were less intense and dispersed, predicting a successful season.
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Edmonton
Alberta Hail Insurance Board
Solon E. Low
Wheat Exports To Britain Led By Canada In 1932 First Half
Canada topped all nations as a wheat supplier to the United Kingdom in the first six months of 1932, with exports totaling 16,634,615 cwt. The United States followed with 10,496,526 cwt, according to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
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Ottawa
Canada
United Kingdom
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
United States
New Silver Dollar Coin Honors Royal Visit in Canada
The Silver Dollar coin commemorates the royal visit and boosts demand among Canadians who favored the dollar bill. The mint has issued 1,329,300 since Their Majesties arrived in Canada May 17.
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Ottawa
Canada
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