Britain presses for calm in Shanghai after cabinet talks
London plans to urge China and Japan to remove armed forces from Shanghai after a chamberlain led cabinet meeting. The communique says Britain will keep two heavy ships and four destroyer flotillas in the western Mediterranean to protect shipping and will continue to seek exclusion of Shanghai from hostilities.
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London
Great Britain
China
Japan
Shanghai
Chamberlain
Mediterranean
Far Eastern
Trouble Aboard Warspite Revealed by Naval Inquiry
A naval court findings published on June 30 disclose trouble on the battleship Warspite at Portsmouth. The inquiry recommends transferring 9 or 10 ratings to other ships, discharging three ratings, and relieving three Warspite officers of their appointments for a weekend leave misunderstanding and discipline handling.
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London
Portsmouth
Japan Gets Support Berlin Praise for Japanese North China Success
Nazi press welcomed reports of Japanese advances in North China and described Tokyo as facing the world with a new political situation. Der Angriff alleged Soviet involvement in China by supplying Chinese forces, praising Japan's motorized army and noting large Chinese losses.
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Berlin
China
Tokyo
Japan
Goebbels’ der Angriff
Soviet Union
Spain
Executions In Russia Report On Leningrad Wreckers Trial
Seven collective farm officials go on trial in Leningrad province for sabotaging Soviet farming aims to restore capitalism. Nine others executed as terrorists after the trial, per Leningradskaya Pravda.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Leningradskaya Pravda
Alberta Debt Cut in Quarter Ended June 1937
Alberta's net funded and unfunded debt declined by 174 211 for the quarter ending June 30 1937. Treasurer Solon Low reported the total funded and unfunded debt at 158 556 281 on June 30 1937.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Hon Solon Low
Low
Ottawa official honored as fellow of poultry science association
W. A. Brown chief of the poultry services division of the Canadian department of agriculture was made a fellow of the Poultry Science Association of North America at the association meeting in Madison Wisconsin.
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Ottawa
W. A. Brown
Department of Agriculture
Poultry Science Association of North America
Association
Madison
Wis
Denial of Salvation Army Revolt Rumors by Chief of Staff
John MacMillan, the Salvation Army chief of staff, refutes reports of a planned revolt by senior officers against General Evangeline C. Booth if she declines to retire at 73. He warns newspapers have published false statements and notes past retirements under Bramwell Booth and aging rules set by General Higgins.
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London
Salvation Army
John MacMillan
Evangeline C. Booth
MacMillan
Canada
The
Daily Herald
Booth
High Council of the Army
Bramwell Booth
Edward J. Higgins
Evangeline Booth
Baby Clings to Running Board in Cacouna Car Ride
Odette Letourneau a 20 month old clung to the running board as her father drove eight miles over rough roads from Cacouna Quebec while the mother pursued in a neighbor’s car. The car sped past farms before the mother caught up. The child was unhurt.
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Cacouna
Odette Letourneau
Odette
Hamilton bylaw tightens anti noise rules for city
Hamilton's board of health approved a revised anti noise clause. Newsboys must sell in a reasonable manner under heavy fines. Barking dogs crowing roosters and cackling hens risk court if too loud. Car radios may not blare beyond a 25 foot limit. Wagons pulled by horses with steel tires must travel at a walk pace.
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Hamilton, Ont
Hamilton
Board of Health
Captain Leads Crew After Mate Slips and Breaks Leg
On the voyage from Halifax to Preston England the four masted James E Newsom from Lunenburg Nova Scotia saw Mate Archie Geldert suffer a leg fracture. Captain Dawson Geldert supervised the makeshift splints and he set the bone as the ship pressed on.
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Lunenburg
N.S
Archie Geldert
James E. Newsom
Dawson Geldert
Halifax
Preston
Eng
Gelder
Geldert
Gardiner's House Robbed in Ottawa
Thieves broke into the Ottawa home of Honorable J. G. Gardiner minister of agriculture and stole a considerable quantity of jewelry and silverware. The value of the theft will be determined when the family returns.
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Ottawa
J. G. Gardiner
Rowe to Leave Safe Seat to Contest Simcoe Centre
Hon Earl Rowe MP and Ontario Conservative leader will quit his 14 year hold on Dufferin Simcoe to run in Simcoe Centre against Hon L J Simpson minister of education in the October 6 election. Rowe said he accepted Simpson’s challenge to test public opinion in his own riding and is confident electors will endorse his stand.
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Toronto
Earl Rowe
Ontario Conservative Party
Dufferin-Simcoe
Rowe
Simcoe Centre
L. J. Simpson
Simpson
Mr. Rowe
Airmail to Europe May Cost 25 Cents This Fall
U S postal officials expect airmail to Europe to start in fall at 25 cents per letter. Harllee Branch notes they hoped for 20 cents but now expect about 25. British Imperial Airways and Pan American Airlines are finishing tests and aim to begin by November.
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Washington
Europe
United States
Harllee Branch
British Imperial Airways
Pan- American Airlines
Tourist Sees Car Plunge From Cliffside Tower
Gilbert Goff of Owasso Michigan climbed the Towers on the Cliffside and witnessed his motor car roll off a barred window and tumble 150 feet to a lower street after brakes slipped. He was left speechless by the sight.
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Quebec
Gilbert Goff
Owasso
Mich
Goff
Bush Fire Destroys Grain, Buildings Across Prince Albert Region
Meath Park reports $10,000 damage as a bush fire destroys thousands of bushels of grain, several buildings, 25 telegraph poles and large timber, feed and hay losses. Forestry reports 11 new outbreaks near Sled Lake and Smoothstone Lake as crews race to contain flames.
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Prince Albert
Meath Park
Here
Canadian Pacific
Smoothstone Lake
Fort A la Corne
Big River
Torch River
Nipawin
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Canadian Pacific Railway
Peiping Sealed Off as Japan Moves to Censor News
Foreign residents fear isolation as 20 Japanese plainclothesmen raid the central post office to set up mail censorship. The Peiping Chronicle is closed by police, leaving foreigners with only pro-Japanese and small French papers for outside news. Japan seizes the radio station of the Chinese ministry of communications.
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Peiping
Peiping Chronicle
Nanking
Chronicle
Journal de Pekin
Ministry of Communications
Manitoba Reports Sleepy Sickness Hooks Horses
Manitoba agriculture department releases first semi official estimates showing from 1000 to 2000 horses affected by sleeping sickness across southern Manitoba based on available records and dispatches.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Manitoba
Surrender of Santander Falls to Franco Forces
News agency reports the provisional Basque capital Santander surrendered to General Franco's northern troops. About 15,000 government troops were said to lay down arms as insurgents swept the region. Franco warned ships aiding Valencia government and urged neutral nations to clamp down on arms traffic.
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Santander
Spain
Franco
Torrelavega
Trafic
Over Eight Millions Loaned Ottawa
The home improvement loan plan began last November and loans totaling 8,249,685 have been issued across Canada for house repairs and improvements. As of August 23, 21,647 loans were approved, averaging 384 each. Alberta and British Columbia lead in totals, with BC ahead in number of loans and slightly ahead in amount.
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Ottawa
Canada
C. A. Dunning
Alberta
British Columbia
Japanese Blockade of Chinese Shipping Declared
The Domei News Agency reports Japan ordered a blockade of all Chinese official and private shipping along the Chinese coast. Vice-Admiral Kiyoshi Hasegawa, head of the third fleet in Chinese waters, proclaimed the measure effective immediately, exempting non Chinese vessels.
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Tokyo
Japan
Domei
Kiyoshi Hasegawa
Two-Year Agricultural Course For Farmers Sons
Ontario Agricultural College to start a two year program this fall for farmers sons who struggle with expenses. Hon Duncan Marshall, minister of agriculture, announced. Board reduced to 3.50 dollars a week with no tuition fees.
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Toronto
Ontario Agricultural College
Duncan Marshall
Do minion Rifle sweepstakes winners announced
Lawrence Beauin of Ormiston Quebec won the main prize of 10000 dollars in the Dominion Rifle Association sweepstake. Second prize of 5000 dollars went to R Anthony of North Battleford Saskatchewan and third prize of 2500 dollars to P Perotte of Calgary.
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Ottawa
Lawrence Beauin
Ormiston
Que
Dominion Rifle Association
R. Anthony
North Battleford
Sask
P. Perotte
Calgary
U Boat Commander Wassner Die In The Hague
The German embassy announced that Rear Admiral Erwin Wassner naval attaché and noted U boat commander died at The Hague. He was on the way to London to resume duties when ill.
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London
Erwin Wassner
Hague
Netherlands
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Naval Board of Inquiry
Russia
Baby
Gardiner
Norman Martin
Ontario
Elgin
Mitchell Hepburn
U.S
New York
Tlp Farmers’ Sons
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