Purge in Soviet Union Shocks Moscow Officials
In Moscow a sweeping political purge follows the suicide of Alexander G Cherviakoff and mass arrests across White Russia. The government accuses many officials and army leaders of treason, with charges of wrecking and diversion amid a wide political storm. Foreign observers note chaos and dissension within the regime.
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Moscow
Soviet Republs
Soviet
Russia
Alexander G Cherviakoff
Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
White
Minsk
White Russia
N. M. Goloded
White Russian Council of Commissars
State Central Executive Committee
I. P. Uborevitch
Red Army
Garrson
Ukraine
Union
Germany
State Communist Party
Canada
Commissariats of Agricult
M. I. Kalmanovitch
Veterinary Institute
Cherviakoff
Jan Gamarnik
Defence
Golgoded
Owreckers
Britain Plans Five Percent Tax on Excess Profits
The government proposes a five percent levy on excess profits as a five year national defence substitute. Corporations pay five percent and individuals four percent on profits over £2000, with deductions for below £12000 profits. Public utilities and professions exempt. investment income largely excluded. depreciation allowed. Revenue expected about £24.7 million annually.
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Britain
London
Chamberlain
United Kingdom
National Defence
Plans For Toronto Municipal Airports Reassessed
Toronto faces power limits under Ontario statute preventing more than 500000 in municipal airport funding. City plans for two airports facing a 1800000 cost with Dominion and provincial promises totaling 900000, leaving 900000 to be raised locally.
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Toronto
Relief Costs in Toronto Fall in Early Year Report
Welfare Commissioner A W Laver says relief expenditures in Toronto for the first five months dropped by 795,627 from 1936. By May end a total of 3,591,420 had been spent on relief.
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Toronto
A W. Laver
Canada Grants Brazil Most Favored Nation Tariff Status
Canada accords Brazil most favored nation tariff treatment under an order in council effective June 21. Brazil will pay lowest rates available to any foreign country, aligning with France United States and Poland trade terms. Balance of trade favors Canada with exports about four times import. In 1936 Canada shipped 3,711,000 to Brazil and imported 900,000. 1935 figures were 2,769,000 and 535,546 respectively.
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Ottawa
Brazil
Canada
France
United States
Poland
Uruguay
Argentina
Venezuela
Colombia
Farm Labor Shortage Hits East London Ontario District
Employment bureau officials report a worsening farm labor shortage in the East London district with farmers seeking experienced help at an accelerated rate in the last ten days. The average wage is $25 a month.
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East London
Ont
Employment Bureau
Unemployed Youth Training Plans Move Forward in Canada
Arrangements for occupational and physical training of unemployed young men 18 to 25 proceed after a 1 million dollar Parliament vote. Provinces and the Dominion will share costs dollar for dollar under ongoing negotiations. Labor Minister Norman Rogers expects announcements soon.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Norman Rogers
Rogers
Regard For Beauty Montreal Speaker Urges Engineers to Aim for Aesthetic
Lord Tweedsmuir told about 500 engineers at the Canadian Engineering Institute’s semi centennial banquet that the material background of a great nation must balance utility with art. He urged conscious artistic purpose in bridges and cautioned that Canada’s scenic grandeur demands beauty as well as usefulness.
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Montreal
Lord Tweedsmuir
Ban on Sunday Truck Traffic in Quebec Declared
Officials of the attorney general's department announced a future prohibition on motor trucks conveying merchandise on provincial highways and city streets in Quebec on Sundays. The measure targets all descriptions of goods and applies to both public roads and urban streets.
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Quebec
Attorney General's Department
Timber Fires Rage Across Northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan
Forest fires in northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan have scorched hundreds of acres of timberlands with thousands of dollars in damage. In Saskatchewan 100 miles northwest of Flin Flon more than 1,000 acres have burned near Reindeer lake. Firefighters face wide scattered blazes with rain as the only hope to stop the flames.
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Flin Flon
Man
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Deep Bay
Reindeer Lake
Churchill River
Island Falls
Deschambault Lake
South Reindeer Lake
German Airways aims for 1938 start for US freighter service
Ocean Air Freight Service Zerlin reports the German Airways Corporation will not inaugurate regular air freight service to the United States until 1938. Chairman George Von Stauss told officials at Lufthansa that trans-Atlantic trial flights would resume in August and that regular service in 1938 is the goal.
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Zerlin
German Airways Corporation
United States
George von Stauss
Lufthansa
Trans- Atlantic
Canada keeps fire losses low says Ottawa meeting head
E. B. Pennefather, vice-president of the Dominion Fire Prevention Association, told the group in Ottawa that Canada leads industrialized nations in minimizing fire losses. He spoke at the association’s annual convention.
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Ottawa
Canada
E. B. Pennefather
Dominion Fire Prevention Association
Exchange of Climatic Knowledge Between Nations
Kingston Ontario report notes a push for greater Canada United States meteorological knowledge exchange. C W Thornthwaite of the U.S. Department of Agriculture urges continent wide study to map upper air climate movements and hazards such as drought. He argues shared methods could reduce costly experiments and suffering.
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Kingston
Canada
United States
C. W. Thornthwaite
United States Department of Agriculture
Furce
Drouth
Thornthwaite
Soil Conservation Service
Department
Great Plains
Salvage Cattle Aid Extended for Prairie Drought Areas
The government co operative agreement with western provinces to salvage cattle and lambs in drought struck areas will continue to the end of August. Agriculture Minister J G Gardiner said lack of rain and poor dered it necessary to extend assistance by 000 cattle and 40,000 lambs moved from prairies to pasturage. Eastern Canada stock will receive support as plans for central pasture in the prairies could not be completed in time. Fodder shipments will aid milking cows and transport of other stock to eastern pastures.
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Ottawa
J. G. Gardiner
Canada
Gardiner
Prairie Provinces
House of Commons
New Poultry Mash Set for Canada Expansion
Professor Ito of Japan announced a secret new poultry mash to be manufactured in Canada with a plan for five factories in Toronto Winnipeg Regina Calgary and Vancouver. The mix uses wheat as its base and aims for export to the United States England and Denmark. A unique grinder allegedly reduces the mash to powder, with production expected to begin in Canada before year end.
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Regina
Lake Louise
Alta
Ito
Japan
Toronto
Winnipeg
Calgary
Vancouver
England
Denmark
Professor Ito
Canada
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Winnipeg Free Press
Markets Information Service
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Ocean Air Freight Service
Pepys
Church of St. Olave's
Samuel Pepys
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