British freighters sunk by new bomber raids near Valencia
Two British merchant ships were attacked by an insurgent seaplane raid after leaving Valencia. The African Trader and the Thorpeness were struck and sank, with 7,006 tons of grain lost from the Thorpeness and a Chinese crewman among the casualties. The Sunica, also hit, burned for hours and foundered, while crew were rescued by a destroyer.
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Valencia
Valencu
Palma
Balearic Islands
Bay of Biscay
Imogen
Norman Goater
Southampton
William Kermode
Paris
Tarragona
Empire opens field to women reporters in Canada
At the triennial convention Miss Isabel Armstrong president of the Canadian Women's Press Club announced the Empire Press Union has opened the empire field to women reporters for exchange as well as men. The age limit is 35 and delegates discussed billets in the Old Country and overseas dominions.
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Winnipeg
Empire Exchange
Canadian Women's Press Club
Isabel Armstrong
Empire Press Union
Empire Field
Old Country
Dominions
Armstrong
Delegates Anticipated for National Conservative Convention
Ottawa hosts the National Conservative convention July 5 to 7 with more than 1,000 acceptances already in hand from across Canada. John R. MacNicol, joint convention chairman, said at least 1,800 delegates are expected along with several hundred visitors.
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Ottawa
National Conservative
Canada
John R. MacNico
Queen Mother Dies in London at 76
The Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne mother of Queen Elizabeth died at her London home aged 76. The king queen and family were by her bedside as Lady Rose Leveson Gower traveled to London to be with them. The Earl of Strathmore age 83 presided over their Scottish estates at Glamis Castle.
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Countess of Strathmore
Queen Elizabeth
London
Countess of Strath More
Lady Strathmore
Earl of Strathmore
Kinghorne
Nina Cavendish-Bentinck
Duke of Portland
Weymouth
Lord Strathmore
Rose Leveson Gower
Isle of Man
Strathmore
Cumberland Mansions
Buckingham Palace
Glamis Castle
Bondfield sees socialist Britain within a decade
Rt Hon Margaret Bondfield told the Canadian conference on social work that a socialist government could rise in Great Britain within a decade not by violence but by consent through free speech public meetings and a free press. She warned that stifling channels could invite revolution and urged focus on leisure and social services.
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Vancouver
Margaret Bondfield
Great Britain
Miss Bondfield
Canada’s Sheep Industry Calgary
W H J Tisdale of Toronto urged service club members to demand pure virgin fleece wool rather than shoddy to support Canada’s sheep industry. He noted Canada’s sheep population had not grown since 1867 while Australia’s numbers were five times higher than in 1860, saying the industry helped lift Australia from economic lows.
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Calgary
Canada
W.H. J. Tisdale
Toronto
Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers, Limited
Australia
Third Picture Finished North Bay Article on Dionne Quintuplets
The Dionne quintuplets have completed their third film project in North Bay Ontario. The location unit departed for the south after recording director pleasing performances. About 20,000 feet of footage was shot over two weeks.
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North Bay
Ont
Dionne Quintuplets
South
impasse over Farmers Creditors Arrangement Act amendment
The senate and Commons clash over a senate amendment to the Farmers Creditors Arrangement Act. The Commons rejected the senate’s clause to end the act in all provinces except Alberta and Saskatchewan by year end, while the senate argues it is no longer needed after December 31, 1938. Conference between houses is suggested to resolve the stalemate.
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Ottawa
Senate
House of Commons
Commons
Alberta
Saskatchewan
First Murder Trial On British Warship In A Century
Ordinary Seaman Edwin Dwyer aged 19 pleads not guilty to the murder of Leading Seaman Robert Dickinson aged 29 aboard the cruiser Dorsetshire off Australia on May 2. The Crown contends Dwyer shot Dickinson after the latter found an offence by Dwyer.
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Hong Kong
Edwin Dwyer
Robert Dickinson
Dorsetshire
Australia
Dwyer
Dickinson
Lindbergh kidnapping fuels debate on sensational press
Ishbel Ross criticizes sensational reporting at a Manitoba banquet while noting American papers faced reader pressure to publish full facts about the Lindberghs case. She cites reader calls and protests demanding comprehensive coverage despite privacy concerns.
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Winnipeg
Ishbel Ross
New York Herald Tribune
Canadian Women's Press Club
Manitoba
Herald Tribune
Europe
Lindberghs
The
Humanities
Halifax Nova Scotia housing co op pioneers mining town project
The Nova Scotia housing commission launches a cooperative housing venture for Reserve, a coal mining town, first of its kind in Canada. Eleven houses with garden plots, a parkway, a community garden, a tree plot, and a large playground will form a miniature settlement financed by long term loans with low monthly payments.
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Halifax
Reserve
Nova Scotia Housing Commission
Canada
Cape Breton Island
Commission
Childen
Valuable Gulliver's Travels Book Sold in London Auction
A 212 year old copy of Gulliver's Travels from the late Lord Dysart library sold at auction in London to the Rosenbach Company of New York for 12,500 dollars.
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London
Six RAF aviators killed in Malay Sea crash
Six Royal Air Force flyers were killed when two torpedo bombers plunged into the sea during night manoeuvres off Swettenham Federated Malay States the air ministry announced.
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London
Royal Air Force
Swettenham
Federated Malay States
Air Ministry
Ottawa's Jobless Problem Requires Federal Aid and Registry
Vancouver social services head W. R. Bone told delegates at the Canadian conference on social work that federal assistance is essential to solve transient unemployed and indigent issues. He urged nationwide registration of all citizens to link people to their province or locality for available services and called for uniform domicile regulations to curb moving for welfare.
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Vancouver
W. R Bone
Bone
Railway Unification False Alarm Says CP Official
D C Coleman vice president of the Canadian Pacific Railway told the senate railways committee that public alarm over railway unification is unfounded. He said misconceptions stem from propaganda and that any accepted plan would not force line abandonments or harm employment or services. Coleman asserted that the Canadian Pacific would not consent to any damaging outcomes.
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Ottawa
D. C. Coleman
Canadian Pacific Railway
Senate Railways Committee
Duff Commission
Coleman
Royal Commission
A. E. Warren
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific
Canadian Wheat In Store Drops Week Of June 17
Ottawa reports a week ended June 17 decline of 1 510 420 bushels from the prior week and 20 629 933 from the year ago period. Total in store 27 664 272 bushels, with prairie province receipts led by Alberta 380 260, Saskatchewan 314 750, Manitoba 111 435. Canadian wheat in the United States stood at 92 000 bushels.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
United States
Prairie
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
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Empire Exchange of Women Reporters
Britain
C.N.E
Lord Stanley
Nova Scotia
England
Charles Wheaton
R. J. McInnis
Quebec
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