Differences of Opinion Held on Foreign Policy
London imperial conference discusses broad differences over empire defence and the League of Nations. Australia urges unified empire policy. Canada and South Africa resist centralization. Ethiopia’s conquest shadows talks. New Zealand seeks a tougher League Covenant while Britain and Italy drift on recognition.
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London
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Australia
Canada
South Africa
Commonwealth
Imperial Defence Committees
New Zealand
League
Mackenzie King
Britain
Near East
Eden
Italy
Special League Assembly
Dominions
Remembrance to Honor Pete Knight at Calgary Stampede
A remembrance ceremony for Pete Knight world bronk riding champion will be held at the Calgary stampede opening July 5 in the mid-arena area. Attendees include Hon James Gardiner federal agriculture minister and civic dignitaries. The tribute follows the opening ceremony with cowboys paying homage to their friend.
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Calgary
Pete Knight
Knght
Crossfield
Alta
Hayward Calif
James Gardiner
Cattle Grazing Rules Outlined At Alberta Stock Meet
In Medicine Hat Alberta L B Thorson Swift Current superintendent told 200 ranchers that a 40 acre per head grazing scale is needed for thrifty cattle. He warned against over grazing and said land control lies with ranchers. Glen A Smith of USDA noted 3 090 000 spent on water projects. A voluntary range rehabilitation agreement was signed by 34 ranchers covering over 2 000 000 acres.
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Medicine Hat
Alta
L. B Thorson
Swift Current Sask
Alberta
Short Grass Stock Growers Association
Thomson
Manyberries
Glen A. Smith
United States Department of Agriculture
Montana
Duke of Kent Suggested as President of Irish Free State
A Dublin letter from Alastair McCabe proposes inviting the British royal family member Duke of Kent as president of the Irish Free State when the new constitution takes effect. He argues royal neutrality could curb party politics and a prince president might symbolize United Ireland while also serving as governor of Northern Ireland if elected.
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Duke of Kent
Irish Free State
Dublin
United Ireland
Northern Ireland
Minister Power to Attend Western Legion and CMA Meetings
Hon. C. G. Power minister of pensions and national health will attend the Saskatchewan convention of the Canadian Legion in Saskatoon on June 14 and the Alberta command convention in Lethbridge on June 16. He will join Ottawa conferences starting June 21 with the Canadian Medical Association and aim to return west and visit the Pacific coast later this year.
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Ottawa
C. G. Power
Pensions and National Health
Saskatchewan
Canadian Legion
Saskatoon
Alberta
Lethbridge
Canadian Medical Association
Power
Pacific
Egypt Granted Admission to League After Unanimous Vote
Egypt was admitted to the League of Nations by a unanimous vote of the 46 members present. A special committee previously reviewed Egypts request for admission. The Ethopia issue had been raised earlier but produced no decisive action.
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Geneva
Egypt
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Curtail Relief in Ontario Jobs Plan Announced
Premier Hepburn announced that from June 1 all single unemployed in Ontario would be removed from relief rolls and required to seek work. The government will resume the farm employment campaign and pay transportation costs for farm job seekers. It will not extend the current works program or adjust relief rates.
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Toronto
Hepburn
Ontario
Canadians Decorated by King at Buckingham Palace
At Buckingham Palace, 127 men and women were decorated with various insignia of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem by the king. Mrs. Lillian Boyd of Montreal was the sole Canadian woman invested as serving sister 2205.
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London
Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
Buckingham Palace
Lillian Boyd
Montreal
Laws Of Averages From Queen's University Talk
Dr A L Clark of Queen's University faculty of applied science argued before the Royal Society of Canada that probability laws extend beyond gambling. He illustrated with half a million steel balls on a plate and with dice, explaining results converge to expected frequencies as events increase.
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Toronto
Queen's University
A. L. Clark
Faculty of Applied Science
Royal Society of Canada
Clark
To Destroy Weeds London with Weed-Killing Tank Train
Great Western Railway will run a special weed killing tank train to patrol 500 miles of branch line trackages. It will spread weed-killing solution along 25 miles at 400 gallons per mile without a refill, ending back-breaking weed pulling for sectionmen.
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London
Great Western Railway
Appointment Announced M Scott Heads Agricultural Markets Service
RR M Scott of Winnipeg named chief of the Dominion agricultural markets information service announced by Hon J G Gardiner minister of agriculture. A M Shaw directs marketing and will supervise Scott with aims to disseminate price quotations market trends and consumer guidance across Canada and empire. A divisional radio price distribution for growers and consumer bulletins will operate with focus on promoting suitable Canadian products.
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M. Scott
Agricultural Markets Information Service
Ottawa
RR M Scott
Winnipeg
New Dominion Agricultural Markets Information Service
J. G. Gardiner
A. M Shaw
Scott
Shaw
Empire
Canada
Soviet North Pole supply planes reach destination safely
The third Soviet North Pole expedition plane landed near the pole after days missing. Pilot I P Mazuruk reported a satisfactory touchdown as part of a bid to stock a year’s supplies for four men. The Rudolf Island base sent three planes with eight tons of food and gear, Molokoff’s craft flying 560 miles in seven hours 24 minutes.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
North Pole
Pole
Otto J. Schmidt
I. P. Mazuruk
Rudolf Island
Vassily Molokoff
A.D. Alexieff
Molokoff
Tacoma man dies from gunshot wounds after prison escape
Vernon Blackie Campbell aged 23, escapee from Qakalla prison farm at Burnaby BC with Gordon Fawcett, died in Tacoma hospital after emergency arm amputation for gangrene from six gunshot wounds suffered during a flight from Seattle police after robbing a hotel clerk.
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Tacoma
Wash
Vernon “Blackie’ Campbell
Hanaan
Gordon Fawcett
Qakalla
Burnaby
Seattle
Surplus Wheat to be Sold by August Says Wheat Board Chief
Regina reports that Canada’s wheat board plans to dispose of surplus wheat by July 31 1937 ending a carryover from 1927 28 and earlier. Chairman James K R Murray testified the 1935 36 and earlier stocks will be cleared and the board will start 1937 38 with a clean slate.
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Regina
Canada
Wheat Board
James KR. Murray
Ottawa
Murray
Turgeon Grain Commission
Turgeon Commission
French Plane Forced Down Near Bilbao Amid Damaging Fire
An insurgent air attack on a French transport plane near Sopelana 13 miles north of Bilbao wounded a Spanish passenger and pilot Jean Gally. The craft with four passengers including Antonia Larranga sustained heavy damage but landed on a sandy strip behind government lines and was rushed to Basque capital for care.
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Bilbao
Spain
Jean Gally
Air Pyrenees
Sopelana
Gally
Antonia Larranga
Bayonne
France
Biarritz
Roosevelt Says Exploratory Talks Open on Great Lakes Treaty
President Roosevelt reveals in a letter to Rep. Walter G. Andrews that exploratory conversations are underway with Canadian authorities toward a new treaty for power and navigation development in the Great Lakes St. Lawrence region. The disclosure centers on collaborative efforts between the United States and Canada to manage regional resources and infrastructure.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Walter G. Andrews
Buffalo
N.Y
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
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Egyptan League
W. A. Riddell
Oxford Group
Netherlands
Frank N. D. Buchman
Eric Bentley
Amsterdam
Utrecht
Dominion
Buchman
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