Japanese aim for Pacific domination sparks Shanghai crisis
Shanghai authorities capitulate to Japanese ultimatum demanding suppression of anti Japanese agitators. Japan parks 24 ships in the Whangpo River as 2,400 marines position to defend the international settlement and 10,000 Chinese troops move in. Eugene Chen warns of war between Japan and the United States as Manchuria is seen as a prelude to broader conquest.
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Shangha
China
Shanghai
Japan
Whangpo
Bureau of Public Safety
National Salvation Society
Eugene Chen
United States
Tokyo
Pacific
Manchuria
Australia
Dr. Chen
Asia
Pacific Ocean
Britain orders fast air mail planes to double empire delivery speed
The air ministry announced plans to double air mail speed on Empire routes. It ordered all metal planes from Boulton and Paul capable of 2700 miles per hour cruising speed, 12,000 feet service ceiling, two pilots, 1060 pounds of mail, and a 1000 mile cruising radius with full load.
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Britain
Lendon
England
Air Ministry
Boulton and Paul, Ltd
Royal Air Force
Craven Sets Saskatchewan Freshwater Swim Record
William Craven, Emmanuel College student, swam 652 lengths in the University of Saskatchewan pool to beat the Saskatchewan freshwater record. The pool runs 45 feet per length, totaling over five and a half miles. He swam from 7 15 to 11 55, surpassing the previous mark set in 1929 by Leslie Skinner.
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Saskatoon
Sask
University of Saskatchewan
William Craven
Emmanuel College
Saskatchewan
Joe Griffiths
Leslie Skinner
College of Medicine
Craven
Police seize prints in Montreal lottery operation
Police seized more than 1,000,000 lottery tickets at a Montreal printing plant. No arrests were reported but printing plates were taken to headquarters for investigation. About 20 men were at the presses when officers entered the plant.
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Montreal
Que
Sir Hubert Wilkins Plans New Polar Submarine Expedition
Australian explorer Sir Hubert Wilkins announced plans for a next year polar expedition under the North Polar ice and a possible Antarctic holiday. He described a hydraulically propelled, slow-speed undersea craft using compressed air, with no diving rudders and no external propellers, costing an estimated 150000 to 200000 dollars.
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Sir Hubert Wilkins
Victoria
P.C
Antarctic
Sir Hubert
Vickers
Hubert
Outlay Proposed to Save Western Farmers by Planting Trees
R O Sweezey retiring president of the Canadian Forestry Association urged a 300 million dollar program to plant trees across the prairie provinces within years to avert further drought losses. He warned drought may worsen without forest cover and said irrigation plus tree planting could protect moisture and reduce costs compared with losses from two dry years like 1931.
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Montreal
Prairie
R. O. Sweezey
Canadian Forestry Association
Sweezey
Saskatchewan
Prairies
Exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II Turns 73 in Doorn
Berlin reports mark Kaiser Wilhelm IIs seventy third birthday while in exile at Doorn Holland. National press dedicates extra space to praising His Majesty and urging firm leadership in Germany amid post empire times.
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Berlin
Germany
Doorn
Holland
King of Timber Wolves Captured Near Noelville
Orland Seguin, a farmer in Sudbury district, captured a record timber wolf near Noelville. The animal measured over seven feet in length and wore two old snares around its neck, showing it had broken prior wolf-hunting gear supplied by Ontario Government.
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Sudbury
Ont
Noelville
Orland Seguin
Seguin
Ontario
Bracken Sees Hope for Prairie Government Unification
Premier Bracken on official Ottawa business says his plan for uniting governments in the three prairie provinces has met some success and that Premiers Anderson and Brownlee are willing to consider the idea.
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Ottawa
Ont
Prairie Provinces
Bracken
Anderson
Brownlee
Mountie Officer Joseph V. Begin Dies in Atlanta
Colonel Joseph V. Begin retired Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer and wartime commander of a Canadian artillery regiment died in Atlanta on January 26 at age 76 after a period of failing health. He had lived in Atlanta for three years.
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Atlanta
Joseph V. Begin
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Canadian Artillery
Begin
Trouble In India Leeds Speech By Lord Irwin On Indian Trouble
Lord Irwin former viceroy of India says responsibility for current Indian trouble lies with the Nationalist Congress Party. He asserts Gandhi did not want the condition, but his lieutenants abroad created a situation he could not control upon returning home.
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Leeds
England
Lord Irwin
India
Congress Party
Gandhi
Lord Willingdon
World's Champion Hen Lady Victorine Dies at University
Saskatoon reports the death of Lady Victorine, the world champion hen at the University of Saskatchewan. She laid 358 eggs in one year and totaled 694 eggs across four years of record production before dying in a poultry house.
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Saskatoon
Lady Victorine
University of Saskatchewan
Britain to join Ottawa Imperial Economic Conference
London officials say the British Government will attend the Imperial Economic Conference in Ottawa without constraints. Two preliminary commitments with foreign powers are planned that could affect free talks on trade. Rumors place July 21 and 23 as possible opening dates.
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London
England
Ottawa
Prince of Wales urges youth to keep England strong
The Prince told 10 000 schoolchildren at Albert Hall that many paths in life are closed to him yet he seeks to unite the empire. He warned against apathy and urged the younger generation to fight for England as a bulwark of liberty and heritage.
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London
England
Prince of Wales
Albert Hall
National Council For Social Service
Emerson
Empire
Appointment of New Minister of Finance in Ottawa
Hon. Edgar N. Rhodes will become Minister of Finance when Parliament opens, with Prime Minister Bennett to relinquish the duties soon. Rhodes may also oversee Fisheries initially, while W. A. Gordon could take Labor, health permitting, and a possible further change remains uncertain.
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Ottawa
Ont
Edgar N. Rhodes
R. B. Bennett
Rhodes
Department of Fisheries
W. A. Gordon
Immigration and Mines
Minster of Labor
Gideon Robertson
West Indies
Ministry of Fisheries
Commission to probe war reparations on Gypsum Queen claim
Ottawa Chief Justice Harvey of the Alberta Supreme Court named commissioner to investigate the payment of 71,276 in war reparations to owners of the Gypsum Queen. The schooner was torpedoed and sunk July 21, 1915, about 60 miles off Ireland. New information suggests irregularities in the claim.
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Ottawa
Ont
Harvey
Alberta Supreme Court
Ireland
National policy urged to retain Canada’s best brains
Dr H M Tory president of the National Research Council of Canada urged a national policy to keep top Canadian youth in science at home. Speaking to the Canadian Construction Association in Vancouver he warned that losing brain power harms national strength and urged follow up by governments and industry. He contrasted Britain’s higher support for scientific industry links with Canada’s need to keep pace.
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Vancouver
B.C
Canada
H. M. Tory
National Research Council of Canada
Canadian Construction Association
St. John
N.B
British Columbia
Tory
Great Britain
British Empire
Britain
United States
Bengali Girls Sentenced to Life Transport in Murder Trial
Miss Santi Ghose and Miss Sunity Chowduri, Bengali schoolgirls in Calcutta, were convicted of murder and sentenced to life transportation. Government policy suggests exile outside Bengal is unlikely, with remission offering about 16 years. They may serve as nurses or clerical aides despite hard labour being in theory.
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Calcutta
India
Santi Ghose
Sunity Chowduri
C. G. B. Stevens
Bengal
Italy declares Libya pacified after twenty years of war
Marshall Badoglio reports Libya including Tripoli Cirenaica has been thoroughly pacified and occupied for the first time since 1912. The report notes the end of Italian military operations and a formal assertion of control by the Libyan provinces. In Paris the French naval committee favors immediate construction of a 26 000 ton battle cruiser as a response to Germany's pocket battleships.
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Tripoli
Libya
Africa
Italy
Cirenaica
Marshall Badoglio
Italian Trops
Turkey
Paris
France
Naval Affairs Committee
Chamber of Deputies
Germany
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