Jewish immigration into Palestine sparks parliamentary debate
In the House of Commons Colonial Secretary MacDonald argues illegal Jewish entries aim to discredit British rule in Palestine and undermine the White Paper policy. Labor cites the six month immigration suspension as evidence. MacDonald cites 4807 Jews caught since April 1 and 4000 aboard ships attempting entry amid unrest among Arab residents.
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Lemion
Matolim MacDonald
House of Commons
Palestine
Alfred Duff-Cooper
the Admiralty
Great Britain
MacDonald
Labor
Lang to study Estevan coal fields for Ontario deposits
Col. Lang chairman of Temiskaming and Northern Ontario rail way plans a western trip to study the Estevan coal field in Saskatchewan. Information from Estevan would guide development of Onakakwa na soft coal deposits in Ontario. He notes Estevan's lignite mining centre resembles northern Ontario deposits.
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North Bay
Ont
Mac Lang
The
Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway
Estevan
Saskatchewan
Onakawana
Cochrane
Col. Lang
Ontario
Protest in Montreal Against Czech Bata Entry
A mass meeting of shoe industry workers adopted a resolution energetically protesting the entry to Canada of 250 Czecho Slovak technicians for Bata shoes. Trades leader Rooul Trepanier warned that a Canadian plant would raise unemployment. Bata has an option on a site at Frankford Ontario near Trenton for a factory.
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Montreal
Canada
Bata
Rooul Trepanier
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
Bata Company
Frankford
Ont
Trenton
Chambers Of Commerce Vote To Meet In Canada In 1942
The congress of Chambers of Commerce of the British Empire voted to hold its 1942 meeting in Canada. The Canadian delegation will decide the city, with a likely determination while they travel home or shortly after arrival.
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Chambers of Commerce of
London
Congress of Chambers of Commerce
British Empire
Canada
Wartime Pensions Paid to Veterans Across Provinces
Hon. C. G. Power states 20 806 veterans in actual war theatres receive war veterans allowance. Annual outlay totals $7,200,000 with recipients by province including Quebec 2,071 Manitoba 1,910 Alberta 1,629 Saskatchewan 1,211 Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island 1,166 New Brunswick 620.
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Ottawa
C. G. Power
Quebec
Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
National Emergency Survey Invites Canadian Women to Register
Ontario leads plan to set up registration bureaux as provincial committees invite women aged 16 to 65 to answer a questionnaire in six weeks. The survey seeks housing, farming, catering, and technical skills, plus physical health and willingness to host or work in camps and farms.
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Toronto
Margaret Hyndman
Ontario
Iva C. Fallis
Submarine Safeguards London After Thetis Tragedy
Government announces new safety measures after the Thetis sinking near Liverpool Bay on June 1. A naval vessel will accompany diving trials and a submarine will tow a marker buoy to fix position during tests. Experiments with telephones lights and a flooding prevention device for torpedo tubes are planned.
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London
Thetis
Liverpool Bay
Geoffrey Shakespeare
Admiralty
Roosevelt summons refugees conference at White House
President Roosevelt invited officers of the inter governmental committee on refugees to a two day conference at the White House in the first week of September. The invitation was sent to representatives of Britain France Brazil Argentina and The Netherlands by Myron Taylor the American delegate. Acceptance is expected once governments approve.
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London
Roosevelt
Europe
Intergovernmental Committee On Refugees
White House
Britain
France
Brazil
Argentina
Netherlands
Myron C. Taylor
Flying Boats Chosen for Trans Atlantic Mail Route
Montreal Imperial Airways selects the flying boats Cabot and Caribou for weekly trans Atlantic air mail service with the first flight set for Aug. 5, information relayed to Trans-Canada Airlines by cable from Imperial Airways.
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Montreal
Imperial Airways
Cabot
Caribou
trans-Atlantic
Trans-Canada Airlines
Canadian women pilots trained for emergency duty
Wing Commander A. T. Cowley of the RCAF said in Ottawa that Canadian women pilots may be used as lying instructors in a national emergency. He noted that 40 Canadian women had trained as pilots.
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Winnipeg
A. T. Cowley
RCAF
Ottawa
U S May Call a Special Session in Event of Crisis
The Roosevelt administration signals readiness for a special congressional session if Europe’s turmoil escalates. It pushes to repeal the arms embargo to belligerents, arguing it hinders U S peacemaking, while facing Republican opposition and a potential national address.
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U.S
Washington
Roosevelt
Europe
Emergency bill to curb IRA terrorism in Britain
The government asked Parliament for extraordinary powers to suppress the IRA campaign in Britain. Home Secretary Sir Samuel Hoare introduced a two year emergency bill to deport or refuse entry for suspects, require police registration, grant wide search rights, with no appeal from the home secretary’s decisions.
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London
Irish Republican Army
Great Britain
Samuel Hoare
Home Secretary
House of Commons
I.R.A
Prairie Farm Board to Acquire 30000 Acres Near Medicine Hat
The Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Board agreed to take 30 000 acres from Canada Land and Irrigation Company between Medicine Hat and Vauxhall. The land will host 200 new settlers from dry areas with half irrigated. Surveyors begin dividing the project into farm units for irrigated and dry land. Families to come from sub marginal lands in Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
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Medicine Hat
Canada Land and Irrigation Company
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Board
Vauxhall
Busy Shipping Season at Port Churchill Expected in Manitoba
The Pas Manitoba reports a busy grain move ahead as the first wheat train to Churchill carries 60,000 bushels from last year. Elevator stock sits at 2,200,000 bushels with 450,000 more from western Canada due this month. Last summer about 1,000,000 bushels were shifted by three grain freighters.
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Pas
Man
Churchill
Western Canada
Unlucky In Safety Drive Vancouver
Vancouver's third attempt at the 100 Deathless Days safety campaign ended four days after it began when W. A. Hanna from Kamloops B C was fatally injured in a collision between his car and a passenger bus at a suburban intersection. The bus driver and 26 passengers escaped with minor injuries. Hanna's death marked the sixth fatality since the city started the campaign on July 1.
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Vancouver
W. A. Hanna
Kamloops
B.C
General Hospital
Hanna
Britain steps up military measures amid parliament drive
Britain moves to strengthen defence of Great Britain and allies as parliament braces to adjourn August 4. Prime Minister faces opposition questions in the House of Commons while negotiations continue in Tokyo on the Tientsin dispute and discussion of a British French Soviet mutual assistance pact proceeds. Measures include a new canal area command, RAF bomber flights over France with possible missions to Poland Greece Romania and Turkey, and naval visits to Greek and Turkish ports with potential outreach to Roumania Russia and Bulgaria. A new Middle East command headed by Lieut General Sir Archibald Wavell will co-ordinate forces in Egypt Sudan and Cyprus. Britain rejects sending troops to Danzig area. Germany is said to mobilize, with expert estimates of up to 2 million men by August end plus 400000 reservists called last spring and a standing army near 1 million.
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London
Great Britain
House of Commons
Tokyo
Tientsin
Canal
Royal Air Force
France
Kingsley Wood
Poland
Greece
Roumania
Turkey
Admiralty
Geoffrey Shakespeare
Britain
Suez Canal
Middle East
War Office
Archibald P. Wavell
Southern Command
Egypt
Sudan
Cyprus
British United Press
Danzig
Free City
Paris
Germany
Berlin
Reich
Coastal Route Favored for Alaska Highway Plan
The British Columbia Alaska Highway Commission says no instructions exist to consider a prairie route through northern Alberta. Vancouver board of trade urged a coastal BC route to lower transport costs to Prince Rupert, Stewart, the Stikine River and Skagway. Kamloops mayor advocated an interior route as shortest and most economical with rail and air links nearby. A Vancouver group backed Prince George to Finlay Forks as a route, arguing fewer mountain obstacles and easier climate.
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Vancouver
International
British Columni-Alaska Highway Commission
Alberta
Alaska
Charles Stewart
Commission
Howard Mitchell
Vancouver Board of Trade
Stewart
Dominion
Board of Trade
British Columbia
Prince Rupert
Stikine River
Skagway
C. E. Scanlan
Kamloops
B.C
Scanlan
T. P. O'Kelly
Monkman Pass Highway Association
Prince George
Finlay Forks
Port of Trieste Talks Report Shared Between Italy and Germany
In Rome it is understood that negotiations advance toward granting Germany special privileges at Trieste to divert Adriatic traffic from Hamburg. Germany is said to hesitate on full port rehabilitation despite favorable Reich terms. Initial reports mentioned a 10 year lease and modernization of Trieste.
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Rome
Italy
Germany
Trieste
Adriatic
Hamburg
New Air Service Planned Between Lisbon and New York
Germany aims to start a North Atlantic air transport service before next summer using a six motor, 50 000 to 90 000 pound plane. Pending U S landing permit it would carry about 30 to 40 passengers on the first nonstop Lisbon Portugal to New York flight covering 3 300 miles.
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New York
Germany
North Atlantic Air Transport
United States
Lisbon
Portugal
Rossi Seeks Hollywood to Jibati Record Flight
French airman Maurice Rossi plans a California start to regain the long distance non stop record by flying from Hollywood to Jibati. Two British planes flew from Ismailia to Port Darwin covering 7 160 miles in the region. Syria lies about 1 000 miles from Hollywood while Jibati costs around 9 000 dollars.
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Marseille
France
Maurice Rossi
California
Hollywood
Jibati
French East Africa
Ismaila
Egypt
Port Darwin
Australia
Syria
Mounted RCMP Patrol at Parliament Entrance
Ottawa officials allow two Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables to ride two horses at the main Parliament Building entrance replacing foot patrols. The plan aims to enhance visitor experience in the capital as officers continue to watch for security and safety.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Parlament
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