Forest fires devastate Ontario regions with large mobilization
In Thunder Bay area the fire crews reach 700 workers, matching last year’s peak. Fires at Whitefish Lake Obonga Lake and Dog Lakes require airlifted support. A Pigeon Timber Company camp group and dam valued at 6000 dollars burned near Dog Lake, while two firefighters died at Onion Lake after a canoe accident. Gogama bush fire endangers 3000 acres with 200 firefighters. one injury reported Paul Natatka badly burned by a falling tree.
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Port Arthur
Ont
Thunder Bay
Whitefish Lake
Obonga Lake
Sunday Creek
Graham
Whitefish
Obonga
Dog Lakes
Gull River
Dog Lake
Pigeon Timber Company
Joseph Marrifield
Don Mahoney
Burial of Violet Sharpe in Englewood
Violet Sharpe, English servant in the Morrow household, was buried in Brookside Cemetery Englewood with a brief service attended by Morrow staff and the acting British consul general who will report on her death. The simple casket was carried by four male employees to the grave where Senator Dwight W. Morrow rests. No Morrow or Lindbergh family members attended the rites. Arthur Springer and Mrs. Josephine D. Graham represented the families.
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Englewood
N.J
Violet Sharpe
Dwight W. Morrow
Morrow
Brookside Cemetery
Lindbergh
Decision Resting With Immigration Minister in Halifax Case
In Halifax Nova Scotia the fate of a group of alleged Communists held for weeks hinges on the immigration minister Wesley A. Gordon. Their lawyer L A Ryan said there is no further appeal as the Nova Scotia Supreme Court full bench has spoken unanimously.
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Halifax
N.S
Wesley A. Gordon
L. A. Ryan
Supreme Court of Nova Scotia
Nazi Leader Strasser Declares War Willingness in Broadcast
Gregor Strasser, head of the Nazi party, states in a radio address that fascists will not shrink from war if needed to defend political and social freedom. He says the National Socialists do not defy a new war but will not avoid it.
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Berlin
Germany
Gregor Strasser
Adolph Hitler
Strasser
Kiwanis International holds 16th annual convention in Detroit
Canadian and U S Kiwanis members converge on Detroit for a four day convention addressing unemployment aid urban rural relations child welfare and civic betterment. About 89 000 Kiwanis members from Canada and the U S will participate with over 1 800 clubs involved. Canadian district governors and International officers lead the events as Citizenship Week runs June 26 to July 2.
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Detroit
Dominion
Kiwanis International
Kiwanis
Canada
U.S
Service Organization
William O. Harris
Los Angeles
Charles A. Fowler
Halifax
N.S
Ontario-Quebec-Maritime
James P. Whyte
Swift Current
Sask
Western Canada
Clinton S. Harley
Seattle
Pacific- Northwest
Andrew G. Gaul
Hamilton
Ont
Charles C. Tatham
Edmonton
United Fellowship
Kiwanis International Committee On Public Affairs For
H. Stanley Higman
Ottawa
Nelson A. Harkness
Vancouver
Richard W. Moore
Saskatoon
Alberta Premier silent on British immigration to western Canada
Premier J E Brownlee says he has received no communication on British immigration to western Canada. He notes that if the Dominion government planned to raise the issue at the imperial economic conference, provincial guidance would have been provided. He adds the Alberta government will be ready to express its views if needed.
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Edmonton
Alberta
A. D. McRae
Winnipeg
Western Canada
Regina
J. E. Brownlee
Brownlee
Dole Unhappy With Local Grape Picking Offer
In Mudgee New South Wales grape growers offered local unemployed men $2.50 a day plus meals and quarters for the picking season but the proposal was rejected. The dole had made workers particular about the type of work they would accept.
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Sydney
Australia
Mudgee
Vineyard
Peabody Announces Speed Flight From New York
Cyrus Peabody, veteran pilot, plans a high speed flight from New York to England France and Germany within weeks before departing for Nashville Tennessee.
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New York
Nashville, Tenn
Cyrus Peabody
England
France
Germany
Open Coastal Service Vancouver Skagway Inaugurated
The Canadian National Steamships inaugurated the summer service between Vancouver and Skagway as S S Prince George captained by Neil Mac Lean sailed from Vancouver on June 13.
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Vancouver
B.C
Skagway
Canadian National Steamships
S.S
Farmers secure mor tgage relief pledge in Ponoka
Premier J. E. Brownlee assured the Ponoka Constituency Association that mortgage companies will not foreclose on farm mortgages for one year without Alberta Debt Adjustment Board approval and that foreclosures will pause while interest payments are kept. He said the mortgage guarantee had been obtained and notes plans for grain payments.
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Ponoka
Alberta
Alberta Debt Adjustment Board
United Farmers of Alberta
J. E. Brownlee
Brownlee
Bloodless Sea Fight Off New York Ends With Damaged Vessels
A sea skirmish between a British rum runner and a US cutter occurred about 70 miles off New York. Potatoes, turnips, paint pots and molasses jugs were hurled between crews as both sides claimed to have been rammed by the Daphne. The Ganeff suffered a large hole in her stern and limped into harbor with the Mary F Ruth.
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Halifax
United States
New York
Ganeff
Mary F. Ruth
Daphne
Goitre Theory: Ohio Doctor Links Fungus to Disease
Dr. Andre Crotti of Columbus presents to the American association for the study of goitre arguing iodine deficiency is not the cause. He claims a micro-organism, a small fungus found on cabbage leaves and in soil of goitre belt areas, underpins goitre.
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Hamilton
Ont
Andre Crotti
Columbus
Ohio
American Association For the
Crotti
Goitre
Washington Man Sentenced in Lindbergh Baby Swindle Case
Gaston B. Means receives 15 years for swindling Evelyn Walsh McLean of 104000 in a scheme tied to the kidnapped Lindbergh baby. Justice James M. Proctor also imposes 10 years for larceny of 190000 ransom and five years for 4000 expense money, to run after the first term.
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Washington
Gaston B. Means
Evelyn Walsh McLean
James M. Proctor
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Justice Department
Geld Rush In Manitoba The Pas Prospectors Flock To Find
Prospectors rush to a new gold strike 40 miles northwest of Island Lake Manitoba. Claim stakers move from Island Lake after reports of richer samples than those in the Island Lake area which sparked a prior Winnipeg aeroplane rush. Details are scarce as samples are sent in for testing.
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Island Lake
Island Lake District
Winnipeg
Vice Regal Tour Through Western Canada Planned
Their Excellencies the Governor General and Lady Bess will leave Ottawa on August 15 for a tour of western Canada lasting until October 11. The trip will pass through Victoria with stops along the route both ways. They will visit the Okanagan Valley during British Columbia stay.
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Ottawa
Ont
Lady Bessborouh
Canada
Victoria
British Columbia
Okanagan Valley
St Lawrence Seaway Route Backed by U S Support
The Republican platform at the Republican National Convention in Chicago states the party is committed to developing the Great Lakes St Lawrence seaway. It notes negotiations with Canada under President Hoover are at a favorable point and pledges effort toward early completion.
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Chicago
Cana
St.Lawrence Seaway
St. Lawrence
Republican Party
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway
Hoover
Canada
Great Lakes
Ford of Windsor to Supply English Ford Firm in England
Wallace R. Campbell announced a $3,000,000 contract for the East Windsor plant to supply Ford V-8 motors to the Ford Motor Company of England for the next year and deliver 1,500 to 1,800 V-8 cars in July. The Canadian unit will export the English Ford 8 horsepower model to New Zealand Australia South Africa Africa Malay States and other British territories, while England will sell the V-8 in Britain Spain Sweden and other markets. Campbell noted the deal preserves nearly full Canadian payroll across East Windsor Toronto and other plants.
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Ford Motor Company of
Windsor
East Windsor
Ont
England
Wallace R. Campbell
Canada
Ford
New Zealand
Australia
South Africa
Africa
Malay States
Great Britain
Spain
Sweden
Campbell
Toronto
Hold Station Master Responsible For Wreck
Dnieperpetrorks USSR. The station master at Zeboaya and his assistant were sentenced to death for causing a wreck near the station in which several passengers died. A head on collision occurred after signals were mixed while the master was intoxicated. Thirteen other railroad workers received prison terms from one to ten years and one man was exonerated.
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Dnieperpetrorks
U.S.S.R
Zeboaya
Arms Conference Suspends Activities in Disarmament Talks
Geneva reports the World Disarmament Conference has suspended formal activities for an indefinite period. Private talks among leaders focus on possible solutions as discussions on war debts and reparations surface near Lausanne financial talks.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Lords urged timber advisory committee for Imperial Conference
Lord Lovat in the House of Lords urged forming an advisory committee representing all sections of the British timber trade to accompany the British delegation to the Imperial Economic Conference in Ottawa. He said government representatives should be well informed on the technical aspects of the issue.
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London
England
Ottawa
Lord Lovat
House of Lords
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J. R. Watts
Queen's University
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Manitoba
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Watts
Nova Scotia
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West
ST. Lawrence Seaway
Rome
Congress of Fliers
Hubert Wilkins
Italo Balbo
Arthur Witten Brown
John Alcock
Atlantic
Italy
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