Britain imposes total embargo on exports of planes
London reports Britain bans export of civil and military planes to both Spanish factions to uphold non intervention in the Spanish civil war. Whitehall cites threat to European peace from technically legal civil aircraft supplies and delays in unified policy. The embargo covers twenty varieties of war material including private aircraft.
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London
Great Britain
Britain
Spain
Whitehall
Europe
Alberta wheat crop outlook boosts northern harvest
Alberta farmers may see 14 million dollars more from this season's wheat if harvests stay safe. Last year the region produced 44 million bushels worth 22 million at 80 cents, with 45 million expected this year for a value near 36 million. Harvest in the northern half dominates, resumed after rain, aiding fodder for livestock.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Australia Prepares New Defence Program in September
In a Manly speech NSW minister for defence R A Parkhill announced a supplementary defence program to start in September. The plan expands the three year program begun in 1934 and overlaps with it as Australia embarks on intensified rearmament. He forecast air force personnel rising to 2060 and civilian staff to 395 and hoped local aircraft manufacture would begin soon.
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Manly
Nsw
R. A. Parkhill
Australia
Wheat stocks show rise in week ending August 14
Ottawa reports Canadian wheat in store for the week ending August 14 at 116,393,568 bushels, up from 113,061,155 the prior week. The same week last year totalled 196,551,774 bushels according to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
British Settlers Vancouver Policy Urged
F. C. Brown of Vancouver, first vice president of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association, urged adopting an aggressive immigration policy to bring to Canada desirable types of British settlers.
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Vancouver
Canada
F. C. Brown
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Strict Neutrality Warning From Sir Samuel Hoare Over Spain Faction Support
In Cromer England Sir Samuel Hoare warns that deviating from strict neutrality in the Spanish civil war risks drawing Europe into conflict. He condemns socialist calls to back Spain's left and stresses the dangers of taking sides, urging restraint and placid progress over fanaticism and violence.
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Cromer
England
Samuel Hoare
Admiralty
Spain
Sir Samuel
Smithsonian links drought cycle to sun activity
The Smithsonian predicts a 46 year precipitation cycle tied to sun radiation. Dr Charles G Abbot says the current drought near its nadir may end within a few years, with a rapid upswing in precipitation after 1938-40, tempering fears of permanent desertification.
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Washington
Smithsonian Institution
North Central
United States
Great Lakes
Smithsonian
Charles G. Abbot
Institution
Port-Au-Port Fishermen Seek DNR Boat to Kill Sea Monster
Fishermen of Port-Au-Port request the Newfoundland Department of Natural Resources send a boat to kill a sea monster feared to damage gear. The creature, described as a 200 foot long sea serpent, was sighted near the harbor.
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Port-Au-Port
Mid
Newfoundland Department of Natural Resources
Montreal man's murder charge tied to fatal blaze at clothing store
Julius Cohen aged 49 faces murder charges as coroner’s inquest ties him to a deadly fire that razed Maison Canadien, killing three firemen and injuring fifty others. Romeo Vidal, 35, charged with arson as investigators probe the blaze.
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Montreal
Julius Cohen
Romeo Vidal
Cohen
Maison Canadien
Albert Guerin
Pierre Plouffe
Francois Beaulieu
Massicotte
Vidal
Mining of the prairie wheatlands impresses London mayor
Sir Percy Vincent, Lord Mayor of London, toured Canada and praised the mining of prairie wheatlands alongside the Rocky Mountains. He urged Canada to boost population with pioneer types to sustain agriculture and warned against stripping soil without returning value.
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Vancouver
Percy Vincent
London
Canada
Rocky Mountains
Min Ng
Prairie Wheatlands
Trade Mission To Far East Leaves Vancouver For China
A trade mission sponsored by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce with support from the department of trade and commerce and the Canadian Manufacturers' Association will depart Vancouver for China on January 19, 1937.
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Montreal
Far East
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Department of Trade and Commerce
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Vancouver
China
No Election In Sight Sydenham Liberal Picnic
Premier Hepburn told a Liberal picnic in Sydenham Ontario that there would be no election in the province for some time to come in response to Hon Earl Rowe who challenged him to go to the country next year.
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Sydenham
Ont
Hepburn
Ontario
Earl Rowe
Oldest Indian in district marks 97th birthday
Peter Big Wind, hereditary chief of the Ojibway Indians whose people now live at Rama reservation, celebrated his 97th birthday in Orillia Ontario.
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Orillia
Ont
Peter Big Wind
Rama Reservation
May Abolish Penal Colony Port Of Spain
Rumors spread that France may abolish its penal colony in French Guiana as Trinidad authorities set four Cayenne fugitives adrift in an open boat and prepared to release seven more. The exhausted group faced days on the shore with two in serious condition aided by Salvation Army. Labor party groups appealed to the French consul while a police boat towed the four out to sea and they were last seen rowing toward Venezuela.
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Port of Spain
Trinidad
France
French Guiana
Cayenne
Salvation Army
Trinidad Labor Party
Labor Party
Venezuela
Eskimos in Barrow May Face Starvation Without Food Aid
Dr. Henry W. Greist reports a trader offered to land 5000 dollars worth of food to relieve 500 Eskimos along the Arctic rim. The offer was made to the Indian bureau in Juneau by Captain C. D. Pedersen, a San Francisco trader near Herschel Island. Barter Island and adjacent areas are among the hardest hit as winter approaches.
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Barrow
Alaska
Henry W. Greist
Arctic Rim
Indian Bureau
Juneau
C. D. Pedersen
San Francisco
Herschel Island
Pedersen
Demand for Platinum and Immigration Shifts in Canada
Platinum prices rose 23 percent to 53 dollars an ounce amid three weeks of unusual demand led by war related uses. Japan and Ottawa head foreign purchases as Canada reports 5,252 immigrants in six months, mostly women and children, with adult males 1,236 and a peak year 1912-13 at 382,841.
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New York
Japan
Ottawa
Canada
Department of Immigration
British Isles
United States
Japan as Drag on Factory Wages in Global Trade
British economists Hubbard and Baring warn Japan’s rise as an exporter hinges on very low selling prices and wages. They predict wages won’t rise substantially due to population labor supply and agriculturist links, noting Japan’s cotton and steel output growth while Western nations fall. They see India and Far East industrialization expanding and call for peaceful adjustment to new conditions. Stewart adds Manchukuo occupation is economically futile.
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Yosemite
Calif
Japan
Institute of Pacific Relations
G. E. Hubbard
Royal Institute of International Affairs
Denzil Baring
United States
France
Great Britain
India
Far East
J. R. Stewart
Institute
Manchuria
Manchukuo
Arab Terrorism Strikes as British Patrols Reinforced
In Jerusalem and across the Holy Land British forces were reinforced after a new wave of Arab terrorism. The violence cost 11 Jewish lives, bringing the total Jewish fatalities in the economic war to 66.
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Jerusalem
Holy Land
Reception in Ottawa for Sir Percy Vincent Lord Mayor of London
Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced an official reception in Parliament Hill to welcome Sir Percy Vincent returning as lord mayor of London. Ottawa mayor and civic officials will attend with a luncheon for the privy council and other distinguished citizens after a city tour.
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Ottawa
Percy Vincent
London
Mackenzie King
Privy Council
Harvest Wheat Yields Reported Across Rolla District
Farmers in Rolla district expect wheat yields up to 55 bushels per acre from summer fallow plots and about 35 bushels per acre from fall plowed fields. Large scale cutting has begun.
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Rolla
B.C
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Conference of Chambers of Commerce of the Empire
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Western Canada
Lord Tweedsmuir
A. J. Haggett
Regina
Judge Rimmer
Arcola
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