Palestine Plan Fails to Get Mandates Commission Backing
In Geneva the Permanent Mandates Commission split four to three over Britain’s May 17 white paper on Palestine. Four members opposed limiting Jewish immigration while three supported the British position. The decision now rests with the League of Nations council next month, with British Colonial Secretary Malcolm MacDonald set to seek council approval.
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Commission
World Zionist Congress
Holy Land
League of Nations Council
Palestine
League Council
Switzerland
Belgium
Norway
Netherlands
Britain
League
Leidon
Malcolm MacDonald
Geneva
Permanent Mandates Commission
Mandates Commission
Canadian British broadcasting pact announced by CBC chief
Major W E Gladstone Murray of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation announces a new cooperation with the British Broadcasting Company. CBC will send more national programs to British listeners while BBC will tailor programs for Canadian interests. The exchange starts in September.
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New York
W. E. Gladstone Murray
CBC
Low
Canada
United Kingdom
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Major Murray
Great Britain
British Broadcasting Company
BBC
British Broadcasting Systems
Boy Found Living Alone on Galapagos Island
The Ecuadorian cruiser President Alfaro reported a 10-year-old boy named Jose Perez living alone on a Galapagos island far off Ecuador. He said he arrived three years ago with a family but fled into the interior due to ill treatment. He will travel back to Guayaquil aboard the cruiser.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Alfaro
Galapagos Islands
Jose Perez
Charcoal Duke of Windsor portrait rejected by Tate
A charcoal drawing of the Duke of Windsor as Prince of Wales by John Sargent was rejected by the Tate gallery after review on artistic grounds. Sir Philip Sassoon left the piece to the gallery and Dr John Rothenstein, the director, stated the decision was based solely on merit as a portrait.
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London
Duke of Windsor
Prince of Wales
Tate Gallery
Philip Sassoon
John Sargent
John Rothenstein
German Armed Readies as Danzig Clash Looms
Polish corridor and East Prussia are cited as potential German aims as Hitler presses for Danzig and broader gains. Observers warn that if appeasement fails, he may signal intent during the 25th anniversary of the Battle of Tannenberg on August 27 and the Nuremberg party congress from September 2 to 11.
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Berlin
Germany
Tatra Mountains
Slovakia
Baltic
Fuehrer
Hitler
Danzig
East Prussia
Pomorze
Tannenberg
Toronto teen wins Macdonald Brier rifle match at DCRA meet
James Boa Jr aged 17 from Toronto won the Macdonald Brier match at the Dominion of Canada Rifle Association annual meet. He earned 100 dollars and the DCRA silver medal with a 122 score just shy of a possible, defeating about 250 shooters including his father Lieut. James Boa. Cadet Boa also fired a possible at 300 yards and a 72 at 500 yards while Ontario marksman Private D H Gibson won the Life Members' match with a 48 at 1,000 yards.
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Connaught Rifles
James Boa
Toronto
Dominion of Canada Rifle Association
D.C.R.A
Boa
Michael Faraday
Lieut. Bon
R.Q
J. E. Bosteck
Winnipeg
Manitoba Rifleman
Lieut. Boa
Ontario
D. H. Gibson
Hamilton
Supreme Court widens farmer definition under credit act
Canada Supreme Court extends the Farmers' Creditors' Arrangement Act to include corporations as farmers. The ruling overturns Manitoba and Saskatchewan decisions that a corporation transferring its affairs to a limited company could not seek benefits. Barickman Hut terian Mutual Corporation may apply to have its debts adjusted under the act.
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Saskatoon
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Farmers
Supreme Court of Canada
Canada Law
Saskatchewan Board of Review
Manitoba Court of Appeal
Supreme Court
Manitoba Appeal Court
Barickman Hutterian Mutual Corporation
Farmers’ Creditors’ Arrangement Act
New Air Record Set by Captain Rossi at Istres
Captain Maurice Rossi, famed French aviator, set an international speed record over a 10 000 kilometer closed course with an average of 211.621 kilometers per hour 193.628 miles per hour. The prior record of 236.970 kilometers 147.15 miles per hour was held by Italian army fliers set on August 1.
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Istres
France
Maurice Rossi
Hitler celebrates 25th anniversary of WWI service
On August 16 Chancellor Hitler marked the twenty fifth anniversary of his entry into the German army as a Great War volunteer. Delegations from the army and former comrades gathered at Obersalzberg to extend congratulations at Hitler's Bavarian retreat.
Economic Help for Germany If Peace Is Assured
Washington weighs peace incentives for Germany offering credits via the export import bank to buy American surplus wheat and cotton at subsidized prices on credit. Germany would agree to disarmament steps, liberalize trade, devalue the mark, and end barter practices to boost exports and restore exchange values.
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United States
Hitler
Germany
Freighter Troutpool Sails With 603,500 Bushels Wheat
The Troutpool of the Ropner line sailed from Churchill Manitoba for an undetermined Spanish port carrying 603,500 bushels of wheat from northern Saskatchewan farming districts. The ship arrived in pallast Aug. 13.
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Churchill
Man
Troutpool
Ropner Line
Hudson Bay
Saskatchewan
Pallast
Swiss government orders immediate food reserves at home
Berne reports the Swiss federal council declares a state of emergency to stockpile food, instructing all families to lay in supplies due to the gravity of the international situation.
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Berne
Federal Council
Alberta Oil Market Sees Unlimited Demand in Old Country
Frederic Hudd, chief Canadian trade commissioner in the U K, says there is an unlimited market for Alberta oil in Britain if a feasible pipeline to Fort William or Vancouver is built. Federal experts study a Turner Valley to coast pipeline, and Hudd notes past efforts to promote Canada’s oil field impressed British interest.
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Calgary
Frederic Hudd
United Kingdom
Alberta
Fort William
Ont
Vancouver
Charles Camsell
Mines and Resources
Turner Valley
Hudd
Canada
England
Renewed Arab Jewish clashes prompt prisoner release halt
In Palestine tensions rise as British forces suspend prisoner releases from concentration camps amid renewed clashes. A Jewish policeman is arrested at Kafar Manahim after probing an attack on Indibna. Five bombs are seized and another Arab attack near Kiriath Anavim leaves one Arab dead.
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Jerusalem
Kafar Manahim
Indibna
Jaffa
Road Nearing Completion on Victoria to Big Bend Corridor
The final link in the British Columbia trans-Canada route will be handed by federal authorities to the B C government next month. A formal opening is planned for July next year, while travel over the route remains possible in the interim.
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Victoria
Big Bend
British Columbia
B.C
Honorary Degree Recipients at Laval University Meet
At Laval University the Canadian Bar Association opened its 24th annual meeting with five eminent lawyers and judges from four countries honored with doctors of laws. Recipients included Lord Maugham of England, Jacques Charpentier of Paris, Hon. Frank Hogan of Washington, Sir Lyman P. Duff of Canada, and L. E. Beaulieu of Quebec.
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Quebec
British war office contract boosts Sorel firm orders
Joseph Simard of Marine Industries Limited confirms a British war office contract for 25 pounder field guns. The deal may exceed $1,000,000 though exact figures aren’t disclosed. Reports say Canadian munition plants anticipate more orders including Bren guns carriers tanks and two pound anti tank guns.
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Montreal
Joseph Simard
Marine Industries, Limited
Sorel, Ine
War Office
Simard
Montreal Gazette
Ottawa to Aid Prairie Stock Buyers This Autumn
Dominion government will refund one way travel expenses for farmers buying feeder stock this autumn under a policy effective Sept 1 to Dec 31. The plan covers eastern Canada prairie BC and requires stockyard inspections. Ministers meet in Winnipeg to discuss livestock marketing and dealer licensing.
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Ottawa
Ae G. Gardiner
Canada
Prairie Provinces
British Columbia
Manitoba
Saskatoon
Moose Jaw
Prairie
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Williams Lake
Praine
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Edmonton
Winnipeg
D. B. Mullen
German Troops Dig In Near Polish Border in Silesia
German forces push into upper Silesia near Poland with trench work 300 feet from the border. Engineers speed up fortifications along a 40 mile frontier as discussions over Danzig and Polish territories unfold, with officials noting possible direct talks and a bloodless settlement.
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Gleiwitz
Germany
Upper Silesian
Poland
Schoenwald
Danzig
Free City
Associated Press
Berlin
Danzig-Pomorze
Royal Visit Cargo by Air From Canada to England
Two black beaver skins and two elk heads presented to King George by Patrick Ashley Cooper mark the dues forfeit of a Hudson’s Bay Company territory gift during the royal Winnipeg visit. Cabot's return flight carried the skins and flowers from Vancouver and a parcel of agricultural parasites to Palestine for citrus mealy bug control.
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Montreal
George
Winnipeg
Imperial Airways
Cabot
England
Canada
Patrick Ashley Cooper
Hudson's Bay Company
Great Britain
Vancouver
Ontario Department of Agriculture
Belleville
Ont
Palestine
Hoppers Invade Toronto Insect Swarms Shut City Homes
Grasshoppers descended on Toronto districts as a western wind carried dark clouds from Willowvale park. Verandahs and windows were covered while Bay and Yonge streets saw the pests invade the downtown area and drivers battled insects against windshields.
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Toronto
Willowvale Park
Bay and
Yonge Streets
Early Winter Predicted by Northern Manitoba Indians
Northern Manitoba Indians predict an early winter this year citing earlier duck migrations and muskrat quest for den sites as signs.
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Manitoba
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Europe
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R. P. Jellett
Champer of Commerce
Jellett
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Lady Maugham
Canadian Bar Association
Laval University
King George
Hoppers
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