Border Patrol Commended by U S Official
Representative Clancy of Michigan praised the U S border patrol for reducing illicit liquor traffic across the border and cited cooperation from Canada. He attacked U S patrol tactics and contrasted U S liquor laws with Canadian policy, forecasting that U S jails fill quickly due to stricter enforcement.
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Border Patrol
U.S
Clancy
Republican
Michigan
United States
Treasury Department
E. W. Camp
France Delays Naval Program For Negotiations With Italy
Foreign Minister Aristide Briand announced the suspension of France’s shipbuilding program until December to pursue naval talks with Italy. He told the Chamber of Deputies there would be no new ships started before December and stressed that a new European war is impossible. Briand noted Italy had demanded parity without presenting supporting figures.
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Paris
France
Aristide Briand
Italy
Foreign Relations Committee
The
Chamber of Deputies
Europe
M. Briand
Briand
Mussolini
Shortage of Wheat Triggers Imports Review in Lisbon
The National Association of Millers suspends work amid a wheat shortage in Lisbon Portugal. Army stocks prevent bread famine while the government considers importing beyond the legal quota. The public is urged not to waste bread and merchants must declare stocks to guide import quantities. Alarming reports relate to interior corn shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Portugal
National Association of Millers
New Woman Member For British House
London reports the North Norfolk by election brings Lady Noel Buxton into the House of Commons increasing women in parliament to 14 the most in history. Nine are Labour with three Conservatives one Liberal and one Independent. Margaret Bondfield becomes first woman in the cabinet and Susan Lawrence serves as parliamentary secretary to the Ministry of Health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Noel Buxton
House of Commons
North Norfolk
Labor
Margaret Bondfield
Susan Lawrence
Ministry of Health
Population figure cited for Prince Albert city voters
Local civic officials and boosters claim Prince Albert has a population of 12 000 based on voters lists showing 4 755 voters within the city. They contend eligible voters are generally about one third of the population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Albert
Sask
Labor Government Narrowly Survives Critical Division
In London the Labor government escapes defeat by a three vote margin on the finance bill a record tight tally for this administration. The Liberal leader Lloyd George pushed an amendment exempting profits spent on modernization from income tax but Liberals largely voted against or abstained while four Liberals joined Labor to secure the win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
MacDonald
House of Commons
David Lloyd George
D. Simon
Withington
Manchester
William Edge
First Canadian Scout Jamboree Opens at Prince Albert
The first boy scout jamboree in Canada opens in Prince Albert National Park with 476 scouts answering roll call. The camp site by Lake Waskesiu features Big Beach a half mile long with white sand and safe bathing. Waskesiu Beach hosts park headquarters and Premier Mackenzie King’s western summer home, a government motor camp with facilities.
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Prince Albert
Canada
Prince Albert National Park
Lake Waskesia
Prospect Point
Waskesia
Mackenzie King
Ban On U.S. Apples Hits British Imports
British order bans raw apples from the United States into the United Kingdom from July 7 to November 15. Exceptions apply to certain grades in barrels and boxes, with U S inspection certificates required. The move may hinge on a fruit fly concern, the railroad borer, not believed to be present in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ont
A. M. Wiseman
Canada
Ontario
United States
United Kingdom
United States Department of Agriculture
England
Forest Fires Ravage Saskatchewan North 195 Fires Reported
Dominion forestry office reports 195 of 225 fires from April 1 to June 30 caused the vast loss of 138,929 dollars in forest wealth. Birch Bark Lake blazes burned 171,627 acres and destroyed or salvaged millions of board feet of timber. Main causes include settlers campers travellers incendiaries and railways with lightning and lumbering also implicated.
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Prince Albert
Sask
Saskatchewan
Dominion Forestry Office
Birch Bark Lake
Marksman at Bisley Camp Scores Six Bull's Eyes at 200 Yards
Sergt MacKay of Scotland, aged 78, who won the King's prize at Bisley in 1883, displayed enduring marksmanship with six consecutive bull's-eyes at 200 yards, proving his keen eye and steady hand remain intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bisley Camp
England
Sergt MacKay
Scotland
Bisley
Longest Ocean Glider Flight Attempt Near Gibraltar
Wireless from the liner Saturna reports glider Claibourne Foster stayed aloft eight hours notched as a record for towed ocean flight. The craft, named for a Broadway actress sponsor, heads to Gibraltar for an east west ocean crossing behind a ship. Practiced by Hugh Keayney and Robert Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Claibourne Foster
Gibraltar
Hugh Keayney
Robert Lewis
Narrow escape at Markinch grain elevator
J. E. Burke, local agent for the North Star Grain Elevator Company, narrowly avoided burial when a grain bin burst open just after he vacated it. Several tons of wheat poured into the space he had just left, and had the failure occurred moments earlier he would have been trapped with little chance of escape.
Viceroy vows firm action on India's civil disobedience
Simla, India. Lord Irwin, Viceroy of India, pledges a fight to the finish against civil disobedience. He denounces Gandhi's mass action as unconstitutional and dangerous while urging Britain and India to join in solving India's riddle. He cautions government must resist or abdicate if mass pressure makes governance impossible. He cites the Simon Commission report and the looming London round table as key in India's path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simla
India
Lord Irwin
Britain
Mahatma Gandhi
Simon Commission
London
Ottawa butter price probe eyed under Combines Act
Jean Francois Pouliot former Liberal MP for Temiskaming Que says a newspaper circulation alleges producers loss from a price fixing scheme by wholesale butter dealers. He sent the claim to Minister of Labor Peter Heenan asking action under the Combines Investigation Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Jean Francois Fpouloit
Temiskaming
Que
Peter Heenan
Crooks Displace Decent Men In Chicago Election Posts
A supplemental petition before County Judge Edmund V. Maguire names 211 election judges and clerks with alleged police or criminal records. This follows a prior filing listing 275 judges and clerks. The drive claims clean officials were replaced by those tied to political bosses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
State Senate
Edmund V. Maguire
Wheat Hopefuly Yields Near Hague Sask
Third generation Marquis wheat stands four feet high on Henry W. Fisher’s Hague Saskatchewan farm. Heads measure about four inches and Fisher expects a 40 bushel per acre yield from his 50 acre crop if conditions hold.
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Saskatoon
Henry W. Fisher
Hague
Sask
Here
Fisher
Garnet Wheat Milling Tested by British Mills
A report by L H Newman Dominion cerealist details overseas tests on Garnet wheat shipped to the United Kingdom and Europe. Milledge suggests Garnet be marketed as a separate variety to aid millers in treating it appropriately. About 6,700 bushels were sent overseas for expert opinion and the responses are summarized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Great Britain
L. H. Newman
Dominion Cerealist
Federal Department of Agriculture
United Kingdom
Newman
Halt Immigration Debate Raised by E W Beatty
E W Beatty president of the Canadian Pacific Railway urges halting immigration from the United States and Europe for the time being except British immigrants with capital who can proceed under their own steam. He links unemployment in building trades to project delays and hopes a normal crop could improve Canada's situation unless Europe resists permanently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
United States
Europe
E. W. Beatty
K.C
Canadian Pacific Railway
Beatty
Canada
Mr. Beatty
Power Line Proposal Aims at Horseshoe Bend Site
The Saskatchewan Government weighs a 4.5 million dollar plan to harness the Saskatchewan River at The Horseshoe Bend 35 miles east of Prince Albert. Backers include Fraser Brace Engineering of Montreal and Rollins and Sons of Boston, with expected downstream benefits for northern pulpwood development.
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Prince Albert
Canada
United States
Horseshoe Bend
Saskatchewan River
Saskatchewan
Fraser Brace Engineering Company
Montreal
Rollins and Sons
Boston
Senator Clark George Blasts Tariff Killing Canada Trade
U S Senator George of Georgia condemns the Smoot Hawley Grundy tariff as strangling Canadian trade. He notes 1929 two way trade valued at 948 million exported and 52 million imports, with a 445 million favorable balance, calling it an economic calamity and urging liberal trade policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George
Georgia
Democratic National Committee
Canada
Dominion of Canada
Department of Commerce
Royal assent seals British North America bill in swift passage
The British North America bill has received Royal assent and becomes law after rapid passage through both Houses in 15 days. It amends the British North America Act to implement resource and land arrangements among Canada, Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia. Manitoba marks its 60th anniversary on July 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Dominion of Canada
Westminster
Claim Of Rancher Earl Is Confirmed
London England Mr Justice Eve in Chancery Division confirmed Frederick Trevelyan Perceval former Alberta rancher as rightful Earl of Egmont. The decision earlier by Master Wandler dismissed rivals Robert Poinall and James William Perceval. A declaration ordered funds held by trustees to vest in Perceval subject to trusts and settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Eve
Supreme Court
Frederick Trevelyan Perceval
Alberta
Earldom of
Egmont
Chancery
P. W. Wandler
Robert Poinall
James William Perceval
Baker
Earl
Perceval
Poultry Congress Brandon Exhibit Heads to London Show
An exhibit of live poultry from Brandon district travels to the World's Poultry Congress in London England this month. Thirteen of Manitoba's fifty birds are from local exhibitors including Mrs Jos Woods Jas Clarke John Windover Roger Morrison Mrs John Mumby and Mrs A M MacPherson. About 1 000 birds from across Canada are slated for the London event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandon
London
England
Manitoba
Jos. Woods
Jas. Clarke
John Windover
Provincial Exhibition Park
Roger Morrison
John Mumby
A. M. MacPherson
Canada
Canadian government planes embark on three month Arctic cruise
Two Canadian government airplanes equipped for a three month cruise depart Lac Du Bonnet and head north via Stony Rapids and the Mackenzie delta to Aklavik. The return route includes Great Bear Lake Coppermine River Baker Lake Chesterfield Inlet and Churchill along the Hudson Bay Railway terminus.
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Lac du Bonnet
Man
Aklavik
Mackenzie River
Canada
F. J. Mandesley
Stony Rapids
Sask
Mackenzie
Great Bear Lake
Coppermine River
Baker Lake
Chesterfield Inlet
Churchill
Hudson Bay
Vancouver Grain Exports Fall Short of 50 Million Goal
Vancouver figures show 46,837,287 bushels of grain exported to date in 1939 36, a sharp drop from 93,534,934 bushels by this time last year. The Vancouver Harbor Board reports the current annual total is unlikely to reach 50 million bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
B.C
Vancouver Harbor Board
Poultry Show in Ottawa Prepares Birds for World Congress
In Ottawa 800 poultry birds from all provinces await shipment to the World Poultry Congress in London England at month end. A representative of Canada's aristocracy of poultry world notes the display. Separately an initial silverware order for the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York calls for 100000 pieces.
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Ottawa
Ont
London
England
Dominion
New Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
New York
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Markinch
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Lords
Mr. Pouliat
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Liverpool
Britannia
Canadian Pacific
C.P.R
U. S
Farldom
For
Poultry Congress
North
Vancouver Grain Exports
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