Relief administration changes urged after employment commission
Ottawa to adjust relief aid by class with tighter controls and conditions on federal funds. Labor Minister Norman Rogers says measures will boost employability among the workless and align aid with each group’s needs. The interim commission report covers 1936 to 1937 with nine approvals and others pending.
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Ottawa
National Employment Commission
Norman Pogers
A. B. Purvis
Commission
Lindbergh Reported Near Buying Millio Island Off Breton Coast
Col Charles A Lindbergh reportedly negotiated purchase of Millio, small island near Trebeurden Bretagne, once owned by Aristide Briand. Le Journal's despatch cites informants who say he would buy to be near Dr Alexia Carrel with whom he collaborated scientifically. Dr Carrel maintains a residence on nearby St Gildas island.
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Paris
Charles A. Lindbergh
Millio
Aristide Briand
Trebeurden
Breton
le Journal
Perrosquirec
Alexia Carrel
Japanese Reserve Captain Mord Hirotsu Ends Life on Tokyo Grounds
The death by own action ends Mario Hirotsu’s grief over inability to fight for Japan. On Tokyo parade grounds he took his life saying bad health prevented serving the country in its hour of trial. He informed friends of his decision before the act.
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Tokyo
Mario Hirotsu
Japan
China
Six Trotskyist spies executed in White Russia court
The Minsk Rabochi reports six Trotskyist spies convicted of poisoning Red Army soldiers in White Russia were shot under orders of the Fascist intelligence service. All pleaded guilty before a military court.
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Moscow
Red Army
White Russia
Minsk
Rabochi
Worker
Conditions Are Encouraging Sudbury Report
Sir Edward Beatty told the board of trade that three quarters of Canada showed excellent recovery while the remaining quarter needed help. He cited Maritime prosperity and eastern strong points, with Saskatchewan and Alberta weaker and a hoped redistribution of federal and provincial financial duties. He urged greater western support and equity in future government funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sudbury
Canada
Sir Edward
Royal Commission
Epidemic Threatens Manitoba Harvest as Horses Die
The encephalomyelitis outbreak slams Manitoba and Saskatchewan with heavy horse losses and serum shortages. Farmers brace for harvest as veterinarians and authorities act to curb the spread amid scarce medical supplies.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canada
Saskatchewan
Modern Schoolhouse Planned for Goldfields Mining Town
Goldfields on the north shore of Lake Athabasca will get a fully modern school building this winter. A $5,000 bond issue is authorized by the Local Government Board and locally subscribed, making the school the most northerly public institution in Saskatchewan. Unofficial reports say two large mining firms in the district guaranteed the bonds.
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Regina
Lake Athabasca
Saskatchewan
Goldfields
Steering Committee Formed for League of Nations in Canada
The steering committee of the newly created League of Nations Society in Canada will meet in Ottawa on August 31. Five national organizations compose the committee: the Canadian Teachers' Federation, the Council for Social Service of the Church of England in Canada, the Dominion command of the Canadian Legion, the National Council of Women, and the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada.
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League of Nations
Canada
Ottawa
League of Nations Society
Canadian Teachers’ Federation
Council For Social Service
Church of England
Dominion Command of the
Canadian Legion
National Council of Women
The
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
Insurgent Leader Queipo de Llano Attacks France
General Gonzalo Queipo de Llano, southern insurgent commander, warned that France's day of reckoning is near in a Morocc o-based broadcast. He accused France of acting against Spanish interests and called it a bad neighbor.
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Gibraltar
Gonzalo Queipo de Llano
France
Salamanca
Western Japan Shaken by Major Earthquake
A strong earthquake struck western Japan with limited damage and no casualties. Cities including Yoto Osaka Kobe Nagoya and nearby areas reported intense shaking. The seismic focus was believed to be west of Lake Biwa.
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Tokyo
Japan
Yoto
Osaka
Kobe
Nagoya
Seiamic
Lake Biwa
Rescue party ends search for drowned timberman in Cariboo mine
Rescue teams halted a 15 hour hunt after finding Hugh F. Cameron crushed under gravel in the Wingham mine on Lightning creek. Andrew Dean, his partner, said conditions were normal when he left the pit. Cameron’s death was deemed instant by mine officials.
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Wingdam
B.C
Hugh F. Cameron
Wingham
Lightning Creek
Cariboo
Cameron
Andrew Dean
Dean
Progress on Trans-Canada Air Service Funding Placed
S J Hungerford, president of Canadian National Railways and Trans-Canada Air Lines, said about 8 million dollars has been spent to date for field facilities for the trans-Canada air service. He noted that radio directional beams, meteorological and other services remain to be developed.
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Calgary
Trans- Canada Air Service
S. J. Hungerford
Canadian National Railways
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Order-In-Council bars Alberta bank control law
The order in council restricting Alberta bank control legislation was published in a special Canada Gazette edition dated August 17 and signed by Chief Justice Duff in his acting governor-general role.
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Ottawa
Alberta
Canada Gazette
Duff
British Tanker Corporal Bombed by Three Planes Near Algiers
The captain of the British tanker Corporal reported to owners that three tri motor planes bombed the vessel off Algiers on Aug 8, dropping about 40 bombs and firing machine guns as the crew prepared lifeboats. The Union Jack remained flying throughout the attack.
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Mediterranean
London
Francisco Franco
Algiers
Grant of 25000 Approved by Service Fund Administrators
A grant of 25000 dollars for former imperial soldiers in Canada has been approved by administrators of the United Services Fund. The funds will be disbursed to needy ex imperial soldiers through trustees named by the administrators, following representations made last May by Brig General Lambotham, British minister of pensions, to the British Legion.
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Service Fund
Ottawa
Canada
United Services Fund
London
Dominion
Canadian Legion
2Ambotham
British Legion
Unemployment Drops in Manitoba Harvest Fields
James Neish of the Manitoba branch Employment Service of Canada says unemployment is thinning in Winnipeg. He notes over 1,000 men have found temporary work in Manitoba harvest fields since August 1, with demand expected to stay high through month end.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg
James Neish
The
Employment Service of Canada
May Buy Elsewhere Toronto Premier Warns on Supplies
Premier Mitchell Hepburn said International Nickel at Sudbury, the largest customer of Pineland Timber Company at Foreyet, has served notice that unless work starts immediately and deliveries are made, it will contract future supplies in British Columbia.
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Toronto
Mitchell Hepburn
International Nickel
Sudbury
Pineland Timber Company
Foreyet
British Columbia
Plans Made to Protect British in Shanghai Zone
London reports a cabinet emergency session endorsed steps to safeguard British lives and interests in Shanghai amid the war. Eden announced measures while Chamberlain rested in Scotland, with talks focusing on shielding nationals and isolating Shanghai's concession from hostilities.
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Shanghai
London
Council of Ministers
Far
Eden
Chamberlain
Sutherlandshire
China
Havas News
Portugal Breaks Diplomatic Ties With Czechoslovakia
Lisbon announced that Portugal severed diplomatic relations with Czechoslovakia. The Portuguese minister to Prague left the city and the Czechoslovakian envoy in Lisbon will depart soon. No reason was given. London reported the move as a surprise amid bomb explosions in Lisbon and a life attempt on Prime Minister Salazar.
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Lisbon
London
Czechoslovakia
Oliveira Salazar
Ethiopian monarch Haile Selassie refuses Mussolini terms
Philip Jordan in the News Chronicle reports Haile Selassie twice declined Italian demands to return to power as a domi nated Ethiopian monarch. He would only negotiate through the League of Nations.
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London
Philip Jordan
News Chronicle
Haile Selassie
Mussolini
Ethiopia
League of Nations
Narrow Escape as Lightning Strikes Fork Shelter
John Schaka a Parkhill Ontario farmhand shielding with a grain fork was knocked unconscious by a lightning strike. He recovered consciousness after about fifteen minutes with temporary paralysis of one leg and no other injuries reported.
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Parkhill
Ont
John Schaka
Honorary Membership Presented at Winnipeg Grain Exchange
President De A. Dowler halted pit trading briefly to award an honorary exchange membership to E. Cora Hind, veteran Winnipeg agricultural editor. Hind becomes the first woman honored by the Winnipeg Grain Exchange.
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Winnipeg
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
de A. Dowler
E. Cora Hind
Miss Hind
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