Probe demanded into campaign funds and contractor levies
In Ottawa the House discussed Bennett charges that campaign levies were taken from government contractors. Rene Pelletier urged a probe to clear parliament’s honor, while Prime Minister Mackenzie King noted no formal charges or petitions existed. Douglas Ross criticized CBC for advertising practices tied to American programs.
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Ottawa
Bennett
House of Commons
Rene Pelletier
Peace River
Cobswell
C.cf
Rosetown-Biggar
Tiree
Politics Partis
Pelletier
Canada
Mackenzie King
Supreme Court
House
Mr. Pelletier
Sinnett
Italian Seaplane Crash off Brazil Claims Four Crewmembers
Italian trans Atlantic seaplane led by Captain Mario Stoppani crashed in flames off the Brazil coast near Natal while attempting a Natal to Cadiz flight. Only Stoppani survived after engine trouble forced a turnback. Four crew, including Captains Enrico Comani and Mario Viola, Sergeant Jaria, and Mechanic Pagliani, died. A German rescue plane later reported difficulties in rising from heavy seas.
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Watal
Brazil
Mario Stoppani
Stoppani
Stoppanis
Natal
Cadiz
Spain
Enrico Comani
Mario Viola
Ethiopia
Jaria
Mechan. Pagliani
Oil Investigation hearing in Turner Valley probes pricing
Imperial Oil vice president R V LeSueur told the tariff board the 42 percent Turner Valley quota would rise as demand allows. He noted rescinded Montana crude purchases by Imperial and British-American, and said cost statements would be submitted confidentially. Robert Wilkinson alleged Royalite refused pipeline carriage without a Royalite selling contract.
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Ottawa
R. V. LeSueur
Imperial Oil Company
Imperial
Royalite
Tariff Board
Turner Valley
Alberta
Montana
Western Canada
LeSueur
Gordon Roas
Moose Jaw
Lask
Co-Operative
Reuso
Canada
Ross
Regina
Robert Wilkinson
Royalite Company
Singapore siege tests with coastal guns and fleet drill
Fast scouting planes swept the China Sea to locate approaching enemy ships as 18 inch coastal defence guns and 10,000 troops awaited behind mangrove swamps. Twenty five warships from East Indies China stations and Royal Indian Navy joined 210 Royal Air Force planes in a large scale naval fortifications drill near Singapore.
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Singapore
China Sea
Britain
East Indies
China
Royal Indian Navy
Royal Air Force
Rathlin Island Starvation Threat Amid Storm Blockade
About 200 Rathlin Island residents faced possible starvation after three weeks of storms cut them off from food shipments. Gales and high seas barred relief vessels, intensifying the crisis across the British Isles.
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Lonnon
Rathlin Island
Northern Ireland
Scotland
British Isles
Rathlin
Robert Bruce
Short Agricultural Course Opens In Saskatoon
One hundred young men arrive at the university for a departmental youth training program. They begin a agricultural short course selected from all sections of the grouth area and will receive financial assistance.
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Saskatoon
Department of Agricultural Extension
Grouth
Regina
Evelyn
Elsie Cray
Saskatchewan
Canada
New York
Danger Increases as Polar Camp Adrift Eight Months
Four Russian scientists reported by wireless a six day storm split the ice floe carrying their north pole weather observation camp which has drifted for eight months prompting a rush by the Soviet northern sea route department to organize a rescue.
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Moscow
North Pole
Soviet Northern Sea Route Department
New Bill Introduced to Control War Exports in Canada
Ottawa introduces a bill granting the government power to prohibit export of all war supplies from Canada by order of the governor in council. The measure expands arms export controls, builds on last year’s customs act amendments, and covers materials usable for war including food for man and beast.
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Ottawa
Canada
House of Commons
Howe
Spain
Canadian Legion elects leaders for two-year term
President Col W W Foster of Fort William and Col C Basil Price of Montreal lead the election as Col Foster inherits the presidency. Dominion first vice-president is C Basil Price and Calgary’s Alex Walker becomes second vice president. Re-elected officers include A E Jack Moore as Dominion chairman and Major Milton F Gregg as Dominion honorary treasurer. Foster stressed the legion’s growing prestige and its status as the country’s largest service body.
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Fort William
Foster
Canada
Duncan Marshall Sworn In as Ottawa Senator
Ottawa reports Duncan Marshall was sworn in and seated in the senate. He was sponsored by Liberal leader Dandurand and Senator A C Hardy as the chamber resumed its sittings.
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Ottawa
Senate
Duncan Marshall
Dandurand
A. C. Hardy
Wood Leads RCMP as Acting Commissioner Amid Illness
Deputy Commissioner Ss. T. Wood assumes acting RCMP commissioner duties following Col. G. L. Jennings retirement. Major-General Sir James MacBrien ill in Toronto, with potential retirement planned and Wood as possible successor if he chooses to retire. Unclear if Sir James resumes duties before final retirement.
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Ottawa
Ss. T. Wood
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
G. L. Jennings
Col. Wood
Toronto
James MacBrien
James
War Exists Between China and Japan Declared by Hirota
Foreign Minister Koki Hirota told the diet that there is no Chinese central government recognized by Japan and that a state of war exists between the two countries. Japan has not declared war in seven months of hostilities. A Tokyo spokesman said Hirota’s words spoke for themselves. The government also instructed its Ottawa chargé d’affaires to lodge representations with Canada over an attempted bombing of the steamship Miye Maru at Seattle by two Canadians last month.
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Tokyo
Koki Hirota
Japan
China
Foreign Office
Hirota
Ottawa
Seattle
Move to bar air raids on Spanish cities gains support
London Parliament unites behind a Labor motion calling for an international pact to prohibit bombardment of non combatants in Spain. The resolution, branded crimes against humanity, urges Britain's influence to secure a ceasefire and formal accord among Spanish factions.
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London
Spain
Far East
House of Commons
Morgan Jones
Commons
Queen Elizabeth to christen world's largest liner at Clydebank
The 86 000 ton liner No 552 to be named Queen Elizabeth at its Sept 27 launching by Queen Elizabeth herself. The sister of Queen Mary will surpass the Norman die in size and speed, with dredging at Beardmore Bend and river improvements funded by the Clyde trust.
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London
John Brown and Company
Clydebank
Queen Elizabeth
Cunarsh- White Star Line
Clyde Trust
Rver
Beardmore Bend
Queen Mary
Clyde
Driller Rescues Bit From Calgary Gas Well
William Herron chief driller of Okalta Ne fs in Turner Valley recalls being lowered 120 feet into a south Turner Valley gas well to recover a broken drilling bit. He wore a safety rope held by surface crew and completed the task in under an hour despite fear of collapsing gravel walls.
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Calgary
William Herron
Okalta Ne
RAF Pilot Bocquet Killed During Maneuvers in Middlesex
Royal Air Force pilot Paul Mervyn Seymour Bocquet died during RAF manoeuvres at Hallindon Middlesex when his aircraft crashed. A rescuer had to dig 13 feet to recover his body, officials said.
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Hallindon
Middlesex
Eng
Paul Mervyn Seymour Bocquet
Royal Air Force
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