Sanctions on Italy Cut British Exports Half Year
London reports sanctions on Italy cost Britain £4.9 million in exports in the first half of 1936. Walter Runciman told the House of Commons Britain will seek empire and sterling-area trade growth while noting overall world trade shows progress despite coal and cotton gaps. Rail and postal receipts rose. exports grew by £2 million even as imports climbed, with no alarm over rising import speeds if absorbed by industry needs.
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London
Great Britain
Italy
Walter Runciman
Board of Trade
House of Commons
Britain
Sterling
Runciman
Rome
1937 CST A convention planned for western Canada city
The 1937 convention of the Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists will be held in a western Canada city to be named later, announced at the 16th annual gathering. H. L. Trueman of Ottawa was reappointed general secretary and managing editor of the CST A Review.
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Fredericton
N.B
Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists
Canada
H. L. Trueman
Ottawa
C.S.T.A. Review
Giant Artesian Area Found Across Ontario Coast to Coast
Col R B Harkness announced a survey by the Ontario Mines Department federal geologists and the Ontario Agricultural College reveals a giant artesian area from Wasaga Beach on Georgian Bay to Toronto. The finding shows a vast underground water-bearing formation spanning central Ontario regions.
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Toronto
Ontario
Provincial Mines Department
Ontario Agricultural College
Wasaga Beach
Georgian Bay
R. B. Harkness
Canadians in London Attend Massey Reception Before Vimy Ridge
In London on July 14 Hon. Vincent Massey hosted a reception for the Canadian Legion advance party headed for Vimy Ridge July 26 to unveil the Canadian memorial. The event gathered about 6,000 veterans and other Canadians, effectively reuniting the community in the British capital.
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Hon
Vincent Massey
London
Canadian Legion
Vimy Ridge
New Station For Callander Callander Ont
The Canadian National Railways built a new station at Callander Ontario after railway passenger traffic surged with the Dionne quintuplets birth. It replaces the old two-coach structure and modernizes the rail line beside the tracks. Dentists surveying 11 000 UC girls report 400 with perfect teeth.
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Callander
Ont
Canadian National Railways
University of California
Guarantee Of Support Maintained Despite Malta Fleet Withdrawals
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons that Britain will maintain its mutual assistance commitments with France Yugoslavia and Greece despite the withdrawal of certain Mediterranean fleet units. He noted France regards Britain France mutual assurances as cancelled by sanctions withdrawal and reaffirmed that British assurances remain in force while other nations positions vary.
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London
Mediterranean
Britain
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Eden
Great Britain
France
Yugoslavia
Greece
Italy
Geoffrey Mander
End Of Drouth Forecast By Meteorologist Maxwell
Chicago forecaster Seby Maxwell, an astronomer meteorologist, predicts an immediate end to the drouth with rain by month’s end after warning of drought starting around Christmas 1935. He bases forecasts on moon wobble readings and long range charts.
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Chicago
Seby Maxwell
Maxwell
Scadding Returns Home to Toronto After Rescue
Alfred Scadding arrives in Toronto with bandaged feet and a joyful reunion. His mother embraces him as relatives crowd the stretcher and Dr D E Robertson, who spent 10 days with him in the Moore River gold mine pit, shows emotion. This marks his first homecoming since January.
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Toronto
Alfred Scadding
D. E. Robertson
Dr. Robertson
Moore River
Will Do Historical Canvas For Vimy Memorial
John Russell Canadian painter known for stately nudes has been commissioned to record the Vimy memorial unveiling. He traveled to France to paint King Edward unveiling the memorial at Vimy Ridge on July 26 for display at the August 28 exhibition opening.
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Toronto
John Russell
Vimy Memorial
Russell
France
Edward
Vimy Ridge
Inaugurating Air Service London Bermuda Route
A weekly Bermudan to New York air service will start in autumn directed by Imperial Airways. The project is subsidized with a £34,500 capital grant and an annual £18,000 subsidy, supported by the Bermuda government at £3,300 for five years. remaining subsidies come from the colonial official.
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Imperial Airways
Bermuda
New York
London
Premier King Officiates Ottawa Bastille Day Cornerstone
Premier Mackenzie King laid the cornerstone of the new French legation on Bastille Day July 14. The building will overlook the Ottawa river near the research council and the bureau of statistics as representatives of foreign nations watched. Raymond Brugere, French minister to Canada, spoke of strong ties between France and Canada.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
France
Ottawa River
Research Council
Bureau of Statistics
Raymond Brugere
Canada
Mussolini Flags Sanctions Victory and Ties With Albania
Premier Mussolini spoke to a Piazza Venezia crowd declaring the sanction lift a victory for Italy and civilization in Africa and Europe. He praised Italian sacrifice and announced closer ties with Albania’s King Zog, noting five loans totaling about 30 million gold francs and an oil concession in exchange for political promises and a Durazzo port upgrade.
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Rome
Mussolini
Piazza Venezia
Italy
League of Nations
Il Duce
Africa
Europe
Adriatic
Zog
Albania
Popolo d'Italia
Durazzo
Strength Of British Navy Adequate For Any Demand
London reports Winston Churchill as first lord of the admiralty declaring the royal navy sufficient for any demand. He said it is incomparably stronger than any European naval combination. Lord Strickland urged allowing poison gas by the ton in Malta to turn the Mediterranean into an impregnable base for defense and counter attack.
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London
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Epping
Royal Navy
Europe
Lord Strickland
Malta
House of Lords
Mediterranean
Isand
Britain withdraws ships from Mediterranean crisis eases
Britain pulls several warships from the Mediterranean as the crisis appears to fade. London plans to keep a higher fleet strength there and to fortify an emergency route to the East around the Cape of Good Hope, reducing dependence on the Suez Canal and Strait of Gibraltar.
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Mediterranean
Great Britain
Cape of Good Hope
Strait of Gibraltar
Suez Canal
Navy Chief Warns of Escalating Naval Secrets Leakage
Admiral Standley says espionage by foreign powers may force revision of confidential navy documents as Farnsworth case prompts broad probe. Navy builds 79 new warships and vows to tighten controls while Justice Department agents continue in investigation with naval intelligence to track more suspects.
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Washington
William H. Standley
United States Navy
Standley
John S. Farnsworth
Imperial Japanese Navy
Farnsworth
United States
Navy
Justice Department
Washington Post
Tamon Yamaguchi
William D. Puleston
Naval Intelligence
Ottawa Reports Rising Federal Tax Collections
New records in income tax receipts across the federal government show a three month total of 66 million 134 thousand 762 dollars, up 11 million 570 thousand 152 from 1935. Customs duties and excise taxes also rise, with net excise taxes at 26 million 406 thousand 619 and excise duties at 11 million 215 thousand 376, while sundry collections fall to 180 thousand 926.
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Ottawa
Britain Expands Gas Mask Purchases in Civil Defence
In London Britain boosts air raid precautions with a supplementary civil service estimate of 4.25 million dollars for gas masks. Of this sum 125000 is set for buying and adapting two Manchester area factories to mask production and 25000 is allocated for a civilian anti gas school.
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London
Great Britain
Civil Service
House of Commons
Manchester
Lemons From Italy Reach Toronto Amid Parade
Italian fruit merchants celebrate the arrival of five carloads of lemons the first to reach Toronto from Italy since sanctions last fall. They march through market districts singing God Save the King O Canada and Italian songs.
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Toronto
Italy
Canada
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Denton Massey
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