Warlike Moves Reported in Germany Stir Diplomatic Talks
London news agency cites Manchester Guardian account of German military preparations along the Nuremberg Ulm line and conscript service extensions with farmers ordered to place horses at military disposal by Aug 20. Munich residents uneasy as mobilization rumors mount amid border tensions.
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London
Havas
Gemany
Sad Havas
Manchester Guardian Liberal
Manchester Guardian
Nuremberg-Ulm
Berlin
Germany
Reich
Czechoslovakia
Munich
Czech
Italy Buys Large Wheat Shipment From Hungary
Italian officials report Hungary agreed to sell over 2.56 million bushels of wheat with Italy having bought 5.5 million bushels in June and possibly more by month end. Hungary, rich in crops, prefers barter terms with one third cash, two thirds in goods, at about 75 cents a bushel.
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Rome
Italy
Hungary
Germany
Runciman Finds Encouragement in Czechoslovakia Peace Efforts
Reports say Viscount Runciman sees progress toward a peaceful solution with both Sudeten German and Czech Slovak representatives showing less obstinacy. Prime Minister Chamberlain circle relayed that a letter from Runciman indicated unofficial status and cautious optimism amid minority tensions. Edmonton delegates reject a tentative Metis land deal. Alberta halfbreed settlements oppose proposed 320 acre grants on 99 year leases for 2,500 families.
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London
Viscount Runciman
Czechoslovakia
Havas
Chamberlain
Lord Runciman
Edmonton
Alberta
Spy Hunt Reported After Theft at Hamilton Field
The San Francisco Examiner cites unofficial information that U S Army officials conduct a spy hunt following a reported theft of drawings of a secret training device at Hamilton Field Army Air Corps base.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Examiner
United States Army
Army Air Corps
Hamilton Field
Valuable Cargo Seized in 35-Ton Newfoundland Schooner
RCMP escorted the 35 ton Newfoundland schooner Nellie J Banks to Charlottetown with a 30000 dollar liquor cargo after it was seized off Shore Point near Prince Edward Island. The haul included 225 alcohol cases 20 gin cases 34 whisky cases 20000 cigarettes and no rum.
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Halifax
Canada
Newfoundland
Nellie J. Banks
Charlottetown
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Shore Point
Prince Edward Island
F.C. M.P
Isaac Illington
Britain and U S Agree on Joint Use of Canton Enderbury
The British foreign office said Britain and the United States will jointly use Canton and Enderbury islands in the mid Pacific for aviation and communications. The Phoenix group lies about 2,000 miles south southwest of Hawaii on the Honolulu to Australia and New Zealand air route. President Roosevelt previously placed the islands under interior department jurisdiction, a move seen as challenging British claims. The United States colonized the islands with 11 Hawaiian youths, seven on Canton and four on Enderbury.
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London
Great Britain
United States
Canton
Enderbury Islands
mid-Pacific
Phoenix Group
Hawaiian Islands
Honolulu
Australia
New Zealand
Enderbury
Roosevelt
Interior Department
Islands
Fnderbury
Planes For Britain to Be Made in Canadian Factories
Sir Samuel Hardman Lever says Canadian plants will produce identical aircraft for the Royal Air Force with assembly at a central plant. Individual factories will manufacture specific parts and capital for the assembly and related expenses must come from Canadian industry.
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Montreal
Royal Air Force
Samuel Hardman Lever
British Air Ministry
Canada
British Air
Manitoba Plan to Hire Winnipeg Graduates for Six Week Training
A.MacNamara Manitoba deputy minister of labor announced the provincial government asked Canada for approval of a plan. More than 4,000 Winnipeg high school graduates would be employed by garment manufacturers to take a six weeks training course. The province would provide a fixed subsidy to raise wages to the minimum under the youth training scheme.
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Winnipeg
New Farm Machinery Delivered by Lethbridge Dealers
Lethbridge dealers report over a million dollars worth of new farm equipment delivered in the past three to four weeks as harvest prospects look strong. New combines binders and trucks dominate the deliveries, marking the greatest equipment replacement since 1930.
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Lethbridge
Alta
British Columbia Moves to Replant Logged Forests
After 11 years of experimental work the British Columbia government is ready to seriously replant forests destroyed by logging and fires as a state program.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Bomb toll from air attacks reported for Zaragoza era
Official estimates by the Spanish insurgent command report 2 090 government air attacks on 373 towns claiming 15 985 lives between July 18 1936 and June 1 1938.
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Zaragoza
Spain
Eminent Canadians named to defence advisory committees
Ottawa announces three honorary advisory committees for navy army and air force to advise Defence Minister Ian Mackenzie. Each panel of five includes senior officers and civilians who have wartime service and will meet as needed. The boards aim to link permanent and non permanent forces and broaden defence coordination.
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Ottawa
Defence
Ian Mackenzie
Navy
Canada
Mackenzie
National Defence Ministry
Re Open Immigration Explored by British MP
Sir Henry Page Croft member of parliament and chair of the Empire Industries Association arrived in Canada aboard the Empress of Australia to discuss reopening immigration from Great Britain. He had headed the Empire Settlement and Development Research Committee in 1933 which urged large scale resettlement in the Dominions.
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Henry Page Croft
Quebec
Canada
Great Britain
Sir Henry
Empire Industries Association
Empire Settlement and Development Research
Dominions
British Columbia
Anticosti Island Survey Under Defence Study
The Anticosti expedition of the Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Canadian Air Force has completed a preliminary survey of Anticosti Island. Officers report confidential findings sent to Ottawa as defence plans are refined. Secrecy limits owners from knowing potential purchases or expropriations.
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Port Menier
Que
Anticosti
Royal Canadian Navy
Royal Canadian Air Force
Anticosti Island
Ottawa
Appointment Announced for Wheat Board Secretary in Ottawa
Dr. T. W. Grindley of Ottawa was named secretary of the Canadian Wheat Board after serving as secretary to Mr. Justice Turgeon during the royal commission on grain. Ray E. Lee of Vancouver will be reappointed to reopen the office to handle Pacific port shipments. A. M. Millard of Calgary will reestablish the Calgary office to manage Alberta trade.
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Winnipeg
T. W. Grindley
Ottawa
W. F. A. Turgeon
Royal Commission
Canadian Wheat
Ray E. Lee
Vancouver
Pacific
A. M. Millard
Calgary
Alberta
New York Bans Sky Writing Over City
Mayor LaGuardia prohibits sky writing and aerial banners over New York City. Louis Purchase made a forced landing at Dreamland Park Coney Island while towing an advertising banner. engine failure narrowly missed thousands on the beach.
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New York
New York City
Air Tour Underway To Count Ducks In Western Canada
Winnipeg president John C Huntington and vice president A M Bartley of More Game Birds in America, New York, prepare for a 16000 mile air tour of western Canada to conduct a duck census. Ducks Unlimited Canada sponsors the project with officials joining Bartley and Huntington. First leg piloted by Tommy Lamb of Winnipeg to The Pas, Manitoba.
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Winnipeg
John C Huntington
A M. Bartley
America
New York
Canada
Ducks Unlimited
Bartley
Huntington
Tommy Lamb
Pas
Manitoba
Fewer Labor Disputes in Canada in July
The labor department reported July strikes and lockouts in Canada totaled 15 incidents affecting 1,423 workers with 10,435 lost days. June had 19 disputes involving 2,366 workers and 12,216 lost days, showing July was quieter than both June and a year ago.
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Ottawa
Canada
Labor Department
Manion Seeks Federal Relief Burden to Lift Municipal Taxes
In Barry's Bay Ontario Hon R J Manion Conservative leader urged the federal government assume relief costs to reduce heavy municipal taxation hampering business. He warned relief tax shifts risk a revolution and urged action on economic planning, youth opportunities, fair prices for farmers, and broader prosperity under British democratic principles.
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Barry's Bay
Ont
Dominion
R. J. Manion
Manion
Renfrew County
Canada
Dr. Manion
Transport Board to Oversee Canadian Airlines
Ottawa announces six weeks until new powers take effect. The transport board will regulate airline passenger and freight rates like railways and ships, creating a forum for operators to raise difficulties. The move aims to curb ruinous competition affecting northern routes and mail contracts.
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Ottawa
Board of Transport Commissioners
C D Howe
Sorf
Canada
Mr. Howe
Board of Railway Commissioners
Transport Board
Civil Aviation Branch
Transport Department
J. A. Wilson
Civil Aviation
Mercy Flight From Churchill To Chesterfield Inlet
German army aviator Father Paul Schulte flew from Churchill to Arctic territory to rescue Father Chochard, ill with fever, then returned toward Chesterfield Inlet with the patient aboard. The mercy mission covered about 1200 miles through rain and fog.
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Priest
Arctic Bay
Baffin Island
N.W.T
Paul Schulte
Arctic
Chesterfield Inlet
Northland
E.S.T
Father Chochard
Father Schulte
Chesterfield
Brother Beaudoin
Churchill
Manitoba
Hudson Bay
Brandenburg Completes Non-Stop Berlin to New York Flight
The four engine German transport plane Brandenburg completed the first westward non-stop Atlantic flight from Berlin to New York, landing at Floyd Bennett Field at 12 53 p m M S T after 25 hours airborne. The 19 ton craft, normally carrying 24 passengers, had a four man crew on the 3942 mile trip. Official time was 24 hours 54 minutes due to field passage timing.
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New York
Berlin
North Atlantic
Brandenburg
Floyd Bennett Airport
Farm yields 900 bushels from 10 acres in Brantford
Earl Hopkins an auctioneer and farmer compares his harvest to pulling a jackpot. His 10 acre field produced 900 bushels of mixed grain at threshing, far above the typical 40 bushels per acre for most farms.
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Brantford
Earl Hopkins
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