Air Ministry Official Discharged Over Imperial Airways Links
London Prime Minister Baldwin dismissed Sir Christopher Bullock permanent secretary to the air council after a board of inquiry found improper discussions with Imperial Airways officials about his future with the company. The panel noted the intact relation between the air ministry and the firm but condemned Bullock’s initiation of talks. No corruption was found.
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London
Baldwin
Christopher Bullock
Air Council
Ar Baldwin
Board of
Sir Christopher
Eric Geddes
Imperial Airways, Limited
G. FE. Woods-Humphrey
Christopher
Imperial Airways Board
Bullock
Geddes
Woods-Humphrey
Imperial Airways
Air Ministry
Victoria Lets Placer Miners Sell Gold Directly for Cash
The British Columbia government reports cash on the spot purchases under its small purchase plan for placer miners. About 314 ounces were bought last year at 28 dollars per ounce, with weekly small lots sent from outlying areas to the assayer, replacing prior shipments to the Dominion assay office. The department of mines estimates the value at ten thousand dollars. The government handles shipments and resells the refined gold to the Dominion government.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Department of Mines
Dominion Assay Office
Dominion
Coal Output in Canada Rises in June Ignite
The Dominion bureau of Statistics reports Canada produced 1,022,385 tons of coal in June, higher than June 1935 at 503,093 tons and above the five-year monthly average of 859,458 tons. Coke production was slightly below the previous year.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Overseas Visitors Boost England Tourism Amid Continental Rise
England hosts more overseas visitors than in six years as gains from Europe offset a sharp decline in American tourism. In June Americans totaled 137 500, up 4 000 from last June, while France reports a 700 000 drop in tourist numbers due to living costs and unrest. Hotels plan price talks for the coronation year. savvy travelers may seek lodgings outside central London.
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England
London
France
French Chamber of Commerce
Forest Fires in Alberta Spark Firefighting Alarm
Dry lightning without thunder or rain touched timber lands in southwestern Alberta, igniting fires near Gala tea creek headwaters and near Trapp creek in the Highwood valley. Crews monitored both blazes as other fires along Castle river and Highwood valley remained under control with hundreds of firefighters on guard.
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Calgary
Alberta
Galatea Creek
Trapp Creek
Highwood Valley
Castle River
Must Remain Friends at Banquet for Canadian War Veterans
French Minister of Pensions Albert Riviere told 5 000 Canadian veterans arriving in six special trains that the Canada France friendship must stay strong as a key peace guarantee. He noted the Vimy Ridge memorial unveiling and lamented the veterans' imminent departure.
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Canada
Rouen
France
Albert Riviere
Paris
Frances
Vimy Ridge
King Edward VI Makes Sixth Flight For Holiday Yacht Cruise
King Edward VI completes a rapid round trip from London to Sandringham to join Queen Mary before sailing on the yacht Nahlin for a Mediterranean holiday cruise. The Nahlin voyage is aided by two British destroyers, the Grafton and the Glowworm, acting as convoy. In London, Mrs. S. Kirkland Vesey, great grand niece of Sir Alexander Mackenzie, arrives after traveling the Mackenzie River route to Aklavik and planning a Bella Coola visit seeking the Pacific Ocean sighting made by Mackenzie in 1793.
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London
Edward
Sandringham
Queen Mary's
Nahlin
Mediterranean
Sandringham House
Grafton
Glowworm
Admiralty
Vancouver
S. Kirkland Vesey
England
Sir Alexander Mackenzie
Royal Treasures Exhibition for coronation year shown next April
Personal treasures of royalty from ancient times to today will be displayed in London at the Royal Treasures Exhibition during April and May. The event is a special attraction marking the coronation year.
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London
Tourist Traffic to Canada Rises as Summer Visits Grow
Tourist traffic into Canada this summer rises about 15 percent from last year. In June 1,632,485 visitors came, vs 1,481,858 a year earlier. July saw 2,500,000 and August 2,800,000. Projections estimate reaching 3,000,000 visitors this month.
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Ottawa
United States
Canada
Leo Dolan
Canadian Travel Bureau
Peace Gardens spread to borders of Latvia Estonia and Lithuania
Henry J. Moore of Islington told the 39th annual convention of the Canadian Florets and Gardeners' Association that international peace gardens are spreading. Negotiations were under way for gardens on the borders of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania with hopes France and Germany may join.
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Toronto
Manitoba-North Dakota
Henry J. Moore
Islington
Canadian Florets and Gardeners’ Association
Latvia
Esthenia
Lithuania
France
Germany
Chief Justice May Retire Calgary
Hon. W. C. Simmons, chief justice of the Alberta supreme court, will retire September 1. Appointed to the bench in 1910 after a Liberal tenure in the Alberta legislature for Lethbridge, he became chief justice of the trial division in 1920.
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W. C. Simmons
Alberta
Calgary
Calgary Herald
Alberta Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Lethbridge
Refugees From Spain Describe Terror At Hands Of War
United States citizens fled the Spanish civil conflict aboard the Exeter telling of burned churches, sudden attacks, roaming armed bands, and fear. Donald Newhall and Elizabeth Healey recounted ordeals in Minorca and Malaga as they arrived in New York.
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United States
Boston
Spain
New York
Donald Newhall
Minorca
Newhal
Elizabeth Healey
Cooperative School For
Malaga
Wheat Exports Rise for Canadian Crop Year
The Dominion bureau reports Canadian wheat exports for the year ended July 31 at 222,215,279 bushels, up nearly 80 million from the prior year. Overseas exports total 172,045,574 bushels, U.S. imports 50,167,705, with last week delivering 5,286,657 bushels to markets.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
United States
Bond
Vancouver radio station breaks ground on Lulu Island site
Mayor G G McGeer turned the first sod for a new Canadian radio commission broadcasting station on Lulu Island. The facility will use a 5 000 watt transmitter and aims to boost CRCV from 500 watts. A 40 foot tower and new studios are slated for completion by October after a contract for the station was let two weeks ago.
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Lulu Island
Vancouver
G. G. McGeer
Canadian Radio Commission
CRCV
Edmonton Mayor Demands Return of Pacific Workers
Edmonton mayor Clarke cables A. E. Warren of Canadian National Railways protesting the dumping of 28 Pacific coast men for railway work while hundreds of unemployed locals are available. He urges immediate arrangements to send the men back to their homes.
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Edmonton
Clarke
A. E. Warren
Winnipeg
Canadian National Railways
Lord Snell on maintaining British empire and trade routes
Lord Snell, Labour leader in the British House of Lords, told a Geneva Park audience that the integrity of the British commonwealth must be upheld and trade routes kept open. He argued for importing essential goods, maintaining naval power, and a flexible foreign policy guided by collective security and honor.
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Orillia
Ont
England
Canada
United States
Britain
Canadian unity vision shared by fisheries minister
Hon. J. F. Michaud, Dominion minister of fisheries, spoke to the Laurier club about broader trade and friendly world relations. He praised his Rocky Mountain journey and urged a national consciousness so eastern and western provinces work together for a united and progressive Canada.
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Victoria
United
Canada
J. F. Michaud
Dominion
Laurier Club
Rocky Mountains
Vatican Paper Blames Soviet Hand in Spanish War
Osservatore Romano, Vatican’s official newspaper, says the Moscow Third International bears primary responsibility for the Spanish civil war. It asserts the Soviet Union acted not as its government but as the Third International, sending specialists opposed to order who commit atrocities against the rebels.
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Vatican
Vatican City
Rome
Spain
Osservatore Romano
Moscow Third International
Soviet Union
Third International
Drought Conference Tentatively Set for August in Ottawa
Western Canada drought issues to be discussed by Dominion and provincial representatives likely August 17. Transport minister J. G. Gardiner from Saskatchewan expected to attend along with other cabinet members returning from overseas.
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Canada
Ottawa
Dominion
J. G. Gardiner
Gardiner
Saskatchewan
Rail Commission For West Ottawa Plans Western Hearings
The board of railway commissioners will depart on September 6 for a tour of hearings across the west. Confirmed stops include Winnipeg Saskatoon Edmonton Vancouver Calgary Swift Current and Brandon with more dates to be announced.
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Ottawa
Board of Railway Commissioners
Winnipeg
Saskatoon
Edmonton
Vancouver
Calgary
Swift Current
Brandon
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