Halifax vows Britain will resist aggression at wartime cost
Lord Halifax in a broadcast speech before the Royal Institute of International Affairs reaffirms Britain's guarantees to Poland Roumania Greece and Turkey and argues Germany isolates herself through autarchy and racist policy The foreign secretary says Britain will resist calumnies or force and urges unity to defend international law and the liberty of peoples
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London
Lord Halifax
Britain
Royal Institute of International Affairs
Poland
Roumania
Greece
Turkey
Germany
British Broadcasting Corporation
Tientsin
Far East
Chamberlain
Moscow
Canada Delay Election Decision Amid Global Tension
Prime Minister Mackenzie King said Canada will delay calling a general election to assess the European and Asiatic crises. He noted factors like the Munich affair and domestic issues, including a defence purchasing board, may influence timing and could prompt a special session if a crisis arises.
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Ottawa
Europe
Far East
Mackenzie King
Canada
Munich
Daladier
France
Defence Purchasing Board
Postal Revenues Rise, Ottawa Reports Upward Trend
Postmaster General Norman McLarty notes post office department revenue in Canada shows an overall upturn, signaling improving commercial conditions across the country. He described the trend in a recent statement.
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Ottawa
Post Office Department
Canada
Norman McLarty
French engineers to aid Turkey on Dardanelles defences
French engineers who helped build the Maginot line will be sent to Turkey to advise on strengthening defences along the northern shores of the Dardanelles. They will assist the Turkish government in bolstering coastal and border security against potential threats.
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Paris
Maginot
Germany
Turkey
Dardanelles
Hughes Plans Jasper Holiday With Mrs Hughes
Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes and Mrs Hughes intend to travel to Jasper National Park in Western Canada for a holiday, visiting the Jasper Skytop area. The trip is described as a planned retreat to the Canadian Rockies.
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Skytop
Charles Evans Hughes
United States
Hughes
Canada
Jasper National Park
Empire Planes linking Empire with London in vast aviation scheme
A crisp government official described Britain's drive to build empire linking air routes as aviation spending nears 200 million pounds yearly. Flying boats and land planes are under construction for routes across Africa and Australia, with trans Atlantic and Pacific plans. By autumn an Australia to New Zealand service will operate.
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London
Great Britain
Europe
Kingsley Wood
Africa
Australia
New Zealand
World Wheat Crop Outlook Drops From Last Year
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics predicts a world wheat crop nearly 000,000,000 bushels below last year's 4,555,000,000. The July 1 carryover is expected to about double the 1938 figure of 600,000,000 bushels. Northern hemisphere yields exclude China and the Soviet Union at about 500,000,000 bushels, with southern hemisphere output down 75,000,000 from last year if conditions stay average. Canada and north Africa show projected increases.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
China
Soviet Union
Canada
North Africa
Miraculous Escape When Car Plunged Into St. Lawrence River
Albert Docteur aged 58 escaped after his car plunged from a Kingston ferry dock into 16 feet of water. He broke a window to free himself and suffered only minor cuts and shock. He could not explain how he stayed under water for five minutes.
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Kingston. Gat
St. Lawrence River
Albert Docteur
Parliaments Passes Act to Control Aliens in Union
South Africa's parliament approved a new act aimed at regulating aliens living in the union. The measure seeks to establish control mechanisms and set rules for residency, requiring compliance from foreign nationals and monitoring by state authorities.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Pariament
Union
Marketing Conference Plans in Western Canada
Alberta members of the Western marketing and readjustment committee met in Calgary to discuss a full conference to be held in Saskatchewan in about a fortnight. C. B. Davidson of Winnipeg said he would seek views from Saskatchewan members in Regina and that the meeting would be in Regina or Saskatoon. Participating were 15 to 20 members and non-members including L. W. Brockington D. G. McKenzie and Mr. Davidson of Winnipeg.
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Calgary
Alberta
Western Marketing and Readjustment Committee
Saskatchewan
C. B. Davidson
Winnipeg
Davidson
Regina
Saskatoon
L. W. Brockington
D. G. McKenzie
Mr. Davidson
Grain Elevator Firms Plan Major Repair Program Across Prairies
Winnipeg reports grain elevator firms will launch a large repair and renovation drive ahead of a expected bumper crop. About 5,679 elevators are eyed for upgrades with an estimated 3 million dollars spent. Some 150 elevators may reopen after drought closures as moisture levels run at 123 percent of normal. Provincial figures show Alberta 115, Saskatchewan 135, Manitoba 89.
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Winnipeg
Prairies
Grain Circle
Drouth
Prairie
Searle Grain Company, Limited
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Australia Prepares For Sudden Attacks Defence plan outlined
Defence for Australia aims to deter a knockout blow with £70,000,000 set aside for three years to June 1941. This year Australia will spend about £26,000,000, equating to roughly £50 per minute, the highest per capita among dominions. Navy expenditure tops £21,000,000, Army about £20,000,000, and Air Force £17,000,000 with plant and munitions pushing total beyond £70,000,000.
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Australia
Northland
United Kingdom
Dominions
Jews bring bodies from German frontier to Polish border
A Jewish relief official said a group of 140 Jews brought bodies of several killed by shots at the Silesian frontier to the Polish border. Professor Moisi Schorr, head of the union caring for refugees, could not confirm if killings were by German police during expulsion or by Polish guards at the frontier.
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Warsaw
Germany
Silesian
Moisi Schorr
Union of Jewish Organizations
Poland
Bag of negotiable securities recovered on street car
Street car motorman Roy Dinsmore found a bag under a seat at the end of the line. An inspector arrived and revealed the bag contained 26000 dollars in negotiable securities. An elderly couple had left the bag believing valuables were safer while they sight-seed.
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Vancouver
Roy Dinsmore
Berlin Railways Claim World Passenger Speed Record
The German railways reported a new world passenger train speed record with an average of 124 mph. One train reached 133 mph and kept it for as long as 25 minutes.
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Berlin
German Railways Organization
CBC Receives National Merit For Salute of Nations
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation was awarded a certificate of merit by the National Federation of Press Women for The Salute of Nations radio series promoting international peace. Major W Gladstone Murray, CBC general manager, accepted the award at the federation’s annual dinner. Certificates were also given to other major broadcasters and to Dr John S Young who conceived the series.
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New York
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
National Federation of Press Women
W. Gladstone Murray
CBC
Press
John S Young
British note says aggression by Germany triggers hostility
London told Berlin that Britain would only be hostile if Germany commits an act of aggression against another country and if Britain has given guarantees to others. The foreign office released a note from Sir Nevile Henderson replying to Hitler’s naval pact repudiation and German claims Britain seeks encirclement.
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London
Great Britain
Hitler
Britain
Germany
Reich
Foreign Office
Nevile Henderson
Berlin
Bohemia and
Moravia
Europe
United Kingdom
Joachim von Ribbentrop
West favors big crop as prairies expect record wheat
Moisture grows across Western Canada with favorable conditions for a large harvest similar to 1928 and 1932. Farmers anticipate boosted farm hand jobs and urban demand for equipment as elevators reopen, with rust and grasshoppers less damaging and widespread rust resistance noted.
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Winnipeg
Western Canada
Prairie Wheat Belt
Saskatchewan
Prairies
Manitoba
Alberta
Ottawa Farm Worker Flies Solo After Quick Training
Saxon Cole a 26 year old agriculture worker in Ottawa learned to fly within a single day. He joined the Ottawa Flying Club and, under instructor William Nixon, made a single morning to dusk solo flight in a dual controlled light monoplane.
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Ottawa
Saxon Cole
Department of Agriculture
Cole
Canada
Ottawa Flying Club
William Nixon
Nixon
Government weighs origin stamp on all salmon tins
Oliver Stanley, president of the board of trade, told the House of Commons the government considers stamping country of origin on every salmon tin sold in the United Kingdom. Charges that Japan has dumped salmon in England were aired after Food Industries Weekly cited London dealers signing a large salmon contract with Japan.
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London
United Kingdom
Oliver Stanley
Board of Trade
House of Commons
Japan
England
Food Industries Weekly
Ottawa to probe death of missionary couple in China raid
The Canadian external affairs department said it is making inquiries into the deaths of Rev. A. A. Caswell and his wife when Japanese airmen bombed their mission post at Changteh in Hunan province. A formal protest to Japan will be considered after the report is received.
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Ottawa
External Affairs Department
A. A. Caswell
Changteh
Hunan Province
China
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